Sutton and Cheam by-election, 1972

The Sutton and Cheam by-election of December 7, 1972 was held after Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Richard Sharples was appointed Governor of Bermuda. In a defeat for Edward Heath's government the seat was taken by the Liberals. This was the second Liberal gain during the 1970-1974 Parliament.

[edit] Results

Sutton and Cheam, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Graham Tope	18,328	53.58	+38.98
	Conservative	Neil Macfarlane	10,911	31.90	-26.19
	Labour	David Miller	2,937	8.59	-18.72
	Anti-Common Market	Chris Frere-Smith	1,332	3.89	N/A
	National Independence	Edgar Scruby	660	1.93	N/A
Turnout			34,204
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

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1970	October: St Marylebone • November: Enfield West

1971	April: Liverpool Scotland • Arundel and Shoreham • May: Southampton Itchen • Bromsgrove • Goole • June: Hayes and Harlington • July: Greenwich • September: Stirling and Falkirk • Widnes • Macclesfield

1972	April: Merthyr Tydfil • May: Kingston-upon-Thames • Southwark • October: Rochdale • December: Sutton and Cheam • Uxbridge

1973	March: Chester-le-Street • Dundee East • Lincoln • May: West Bromwich • Westhoughton • June: Manchester Exchange • July: Isle of Ely • Ripon • November: Berwick-upon-Tweed • Edinburgh North • Glasgow Govan • Hove

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