1963 Rotherham by-election

The 1963 Rotherham by-election was held on 28 March 1963 after the death of the Labour MP John Henry Jones in a road accident. It was won by the Labour candidate Brian O'Malley.

A total of 493 people serving in the Armed Forces applied for nomination papers to stand in the election, to avail of the automatic military discharge for Parliamentary candidates publicised by Malcolm Thompson at the 1962 Middlesbrough West by-election. Whereas Thompson's name had appeared on the ballot paper, by 1963 it was widely known that merely applying for papers sufficed for a discharge, without needing to submit the papers or pay an electoral deposit. Rotherham was the last election before the military rules for election discharge were tightened.[1]

Result

Rotherham by-election, 1963: Rotherham[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Brian O'Malley 22,411 69.2 +6.4
Conservative John Michael Barrass 9,209 28.5 −8.7
Independent Russell Ernest Eckley 742 2.3 New
Majority 13,202 40.7 +15.1
Turnout 32,362
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. ^
    • Leonard, Dick; Mortimore, Roger (2001). Elections in Britain: A Voter's Guide (4th ed.). New York: Palgrave. pp. 86–87. ISBN 978-0-333-91799-2 – via Open Library.
    • "Parliamentary Elections (Service Candidates)". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 669. Commons. 18 December 1962. col. 1086–1089.
    • Craig, F. W. S. Minor Parties at British Parliamentary Elections. London: Macmillan. p. 129. SBN 333 17152 7.
    • Feron, James (11 March 1963). "175 'candidates' Avoid Yorkshire; Servicemen Having Second Thoughts on Election; Servicemen Screened; 2 Other Elections Slated". The New York Times. p. 3. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
  2. ^ "1963 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 25 February 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
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