Kingston-upon-Thames by-election, 1972

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The Kingston-upon-Thames by-election of 4 May 1972 was held after Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) John Boyd-Carpenter was appointed chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority. The seat was retained by the Conservatives.^[1]^[2]

Results

Kingston-upon-Thames, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norman Lamont	16,679	52.32	-4.25
	Labour	Anthony Judge	9,892	31.03	-0.64
	Liberal	Stephen Wells	3,601	11.3	-0.36
	Anti-Common Market Conservative	Edgar Scruby	1,705	5.35	N/A
Turnout			31,877
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Kingston-Upon Thames
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Boyd-Carpenter	23,426	56.67
	Labour	RH Crockett	13,090	31.67
	Liberal	SJ Wells	4,822	11.66
Majority			10,336	25.0
Turnout			41,338	69.13
	Conservative hold		Swing

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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

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