1965 East Grinstead by-election

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The East Grinstead by-election 1965 was a parliamentary by-election for the East Grinstead constituency of the British House of Commons held on 4 February 1965.

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The by-election was held following conferment of a life peerage on Evelyn Emmet.

Previous result

General election 1964: East Grinstead
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Evelyn Emmet 29,094 53.18
Liberal Richard Holme 14,75326.97
Labour W Hill10,85919.85
Majority14,34126.21
Turnout 54,70678.0+0.1
Conservative hold Swing

Result

It was a Conservative hold with a reduced majority.

East Grinstead by-election, 1965 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Geoffrey Johnson-Smith 24,896 54.99 +1.81
Liberal Richard Holme 14,27931.54+4.57
Labour Jon Evans6,10113.48−6.37
Majority10,61723.44−2.77
Turnout 45,27664.5−13.5
Conservative hold Swing -1.4

References

  1. "1965 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2015.