Frank Lawson John Jackson

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(12 June 1919 – 29 March 1976) was a British

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who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1959 to 1964. Jackson unsuccessfully contested the Labour-held marginal constituency of South East Derbyshire at the 1955 general election, losing by 1,581 votes to the sitting Labour MP Arthur Champion. At the 1959 general election, he defeated Champion, taking the seat with a majority of only 12 votes. Jackson did not contest the seat at the 1964 general election, when Trevor Park gained South East Derbyshire for Labour. Jackson never returned to the

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References

Richard Kimber's political science resources: UK General Elections since 1832
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* 1919 births 1976 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1959–1964 Officers_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1910s-stub