Frank Lawson John Jackson (12 June 1919 – 29 March 1976) is a retired British

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 Conservative

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 politician

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 who seved as a Member of Parliament

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 (MP) from 1959 to 1964.

Jackson unsuccessfully contested the Labour

Labour Party (UK)

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-held marginal constituency of South East Derbyshire

South East Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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 at the 1955 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1955

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, losing by 1,581 votes to the sitting Labour MP Arthur Champion

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. At the 1959 general election

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, he defeated Champion, taking the seat with a majority of only 12 votes.

Jackson did not contest the seat at the 1964 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1964

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, when Trevor Park

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 won South East Derbyshire for Labour. Jackson never returned to the House of Commons

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