1965 East Grinstead by-election
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.
The by-election was held following conferment of a life peerage on Evelyn Emmet.
Previous result
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Evelyn Emmet | 29,094 | 53.18 | ||
Liberal | Richard Holme | 14,753 | 26.97 | ||
Labour | W Hill | 10,859 | 19.85 | ||
Majority | 14,341 | 26.21 | |||
Turnout | 54,706 | 78.0 | +0.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Result
It was a Conservative hold with a reduced majority.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Geoffrey Johnson-Smith | 24,896 | 54.99 | +1.81 | |
Liberal | Richard Holme | 14,279 | 31.54 | +4.57 | |
Labour | Jon Evans | 6,101 | 13.48 | −6.37 | |
Majority | 10,617 | 23.44 | −2.77 | ||
Turnout | 45,276 | 64.5 | −13.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.4 |
References
- ^ "1965 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- UK General Elections since 1832 Archived 2 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source] [better source needed]
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