East Grinstead (UK Parliament constituency)
East Grinstead | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | West Sussex |
Major settlements | East Grinstead |
1885–1983 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Mid Sussex and Wealden |
1307–1832 | |
Number of members | Two |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
East Grinstead was a parliamentary constituency in the Kingdom of England, the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. It first existed as a Parliamentary borough from 1307, returning two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons elected by the bloc vote system. The borough was disfranchised under the Reform Act 1832, but the name was revived at the 1885 election when the Redistribution of Seats Act created a new single-member county division of the same name.
Upon its abolition for the 1983 election, its territory was divided between Mid Sussex and Wealden.
Members of Parliament
MPs 1307–1660
Year | First member | Second member | |
---|---|---|---|
1388 (Feb) | John Dyne | John Heldele [1] | |
1388 (Sep) | William Nelond | Richard Woghere [1] | |
1390 (Jan) | |||
1390 (Nov) | |||
1391 | John Alfray I | John Dyne [1] | |
1393 | Thomas Alleyn | Thomas Rasse [1] | |
1394 | |||
1395 | Thomas Farlegh | William atte Hull [1] | |
1397 (Jan) | John Dyne | John Punget [1] | |
1397 (Sep) | John Dyne | John Punget [1] | |
1399 | John Dyne | Richard Woghere [1] | |
1401 | |||
1402 | John Dyne | Richard Woghere [1] | |
1404 (Jan) | |||
1404 (Oct) | |||
1406 | |||
1407 | John Dyne | Richard Woghere [1] | |
1410 | |||
1411 | |||
1413 (Feb) | |||
1413 (May) | Thomas Alleyn | John Hoke [1] | |
1414 (Apr) | |||
1414 (Nov) | John Dyne | John Woghere [1] | |
1415 | |||
1416 (Mar) | John Ermyte | John Mason [1] | |
1416 (Oct) | |||
1417 | |||
1419 | William Fenningham | John Hamme [1] | |
1420 | |||
1421 (May) | Richard Fowell | John Woghere [1] | |
1421 (Dec) | John Alfray II | John Woghere [1] | |
1433 | Thomas Russell[2] | ||
1457 | Ralph Legh | ||
1510-1523 | No names known [3] | ||
1529 | William Rutter | Edward Goodwin [3] | |
1536 | ? | ||
1539 | ? | ||
1542 | ? | John Sackville [3] | |
1545 | ? | ||
1547 | Jasper Culpeper | John Sackville II, died and replaced by Jan 1552 by George Darrell [3] | |
1553 (Mar) | Sir Robert Oxenbridge | George Darrell [3] | |
1553 (Oct) | Sir Thomas Stradling | John Story[3] | |
1554 (Apr) | Richard Whalley | Anthony Stapleton [3] | |
1554 (Nov) | Thomas Duffield | ||
1555 | ?William Barnes | John Wiseman [3] | |
1558 | Thomas Farnham | Thomas Parker [3] | |
1559 | Thomas Sackville | Humphrey Llwyd [4] | |
1562/3 | John Sackville | Lawrence Banester [4] | |
1571 | John Jeffrey | Henry Berkeley [4] | |
1572 | Thomas Cure | Michael Heneage [4] | |
1584 | Thomas Cure | Francis Alford [4] | |
1586 | John Covert | Drew Pickesse [4] | |
1589 | Francis Alford | Thomas Frere [4] | |
1593 | Reade Stafford | John Shurley [4] | |
1597 | George Rivers | Richard Baker [4] | |
1601 | Sir Henry Compton | George Rivers [4] | |
1604 | Sir Henry Compton | Sir John Swynnerton | |
1614 | Sir Henry Compton | George Rivers | |
1621 | Sir Henry Compton | Thomas Pelham | |
1624 | Robert Heath | Thomas Caldicot | |
1625 | Robert Heath | Sir Henry Compton | |
1626 | Robert Goodwin | Sir Henry Compton | |
1628-1629 | Robert Goodwin | Sir Henry Compton | |
1629–1640 | No Parliaments summoned | ||
1640 (Apr) | Sir Henry Compton | Robert Goodwin | |
1640 (Nov) | Lord Buckhurst, disabled 1644 | Robert Goodwin | |
1648 | Robert Goodwin | John Baker | |
1653 | Not represented in Barebones Parliament | ||
1654 | John Goodwin | (one seat only) | |
1656 | John Goodwin | (one seat only) | |
1659 | Robert Goodwin | George Courthope | |
MPs 1660–1885
Year | First member | Second member |
---|---|---|
1660 | Marmaduke Gresham | George Courthope |
1661 | Lord Buckhurst | |
1675 | Edward Sackville | |
1678 | Thomas Pelham | |
12 February 1679 | Edward Sackville | |
7 April 1679 | Henry Powle | |
19 April 1679 | Sir Thomas Littleton, Bt | |
19 August 1679 | Goodwin Wharton | William Jephson |
1681 | Sir Cyril Wyche | Henry Powle |
1685 | Simon Smith | Thomas Jones |
1689 | Sir Thomas Dyke | Thomas Sackville |
1693 | Simon Smith | |
February 1695 | The Earl of Orrery | |
November 1695 | John Conyers | |
1698 | The Earl of Orrery | |
January 1701 | Matthew Prior | |
November 1701 | The Earl of Orrery | |
1702 | John Toke | |
1708 | Viscount Lumley | Henry Campion |
1710 | John Conyers | Leonard Gale |
1713 | Hon. Spencer Compton | |
1715 | The Viscount Shannon | |
March 1722 | Hon. Sir Spencer Compton | |
November 1722 | The Viscount Shannon | |
1725 | Edward Conyers | |
1727 | The Viscount Palmerston | |
1734 | The Earl of Middlesex | Edward Conyers |
1741 | Sir Whistler Webster | |
1742 | John Butler | |
1747 | Sydney Smythe | |
1751 | Hon. Joseph Yorke | |
March 1761 | The Earl of Middlesex | Lord George Sackville |
December 1761 | Sir Thomas Hales, Bt | |
1762 | John Irwin | |
1765 | Sir Charles Farnaby | |
1767 | Lord George Sackville | |
1782 | Henry Arthur Herbert | |
1783 | George Medley | |
1786 | James Cuninghame | |
1788 | Robert Cuninghame | |
1789 | Richard Ford | |
1790 | Nathaniel Dance | William Hamilton Nisbet |
1796 | James Strange | |
1802 | Sir Henry Strachey | Daniel Giles |
1807 | Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland, Bt. | Charles Rose Ellis |
January 1812 | Richard Wellesley | |
March 1812 | George Gunning | |
June 1812 | Nicholas Vansittart | |
October 1812 | George Gunning | James Stephen |
1815 | Sir George Johnstone Hope | |
May 1818 | Lord Strathavon | |
June 1818 | The Hon. Charles Jenkinson | |
1829 | Viscount Holmesdale | |
1830 | Frederick Richard West |
- Constituency abolished (1832)
MPs 1885–1983
- Constituency revived (1885)
Election | Name | Party | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1885 | George Burrow Gregory | Conservative | MP for East Sussex 1868–1885 | |
1886 | Alfred Erskine Gathorne-Hardy | Conservative | MP for Canterbury 1878–1880. Son of 1st Earl of Cranbrook | |
1895 | George Goschen | Conservative | Governor of Madras 1924–1929; 2nd Viscount Goschen 1907–1952 | |
1906 | Charles Corbett | Liberal | ||
1910 (Jan) | Henry Strother Cautley | Conservative | ennobled in 1936 as Baron Cautley, triggering a by-election | |
1936 by-election | Ralph Stephenson Clarke | Conservative | ||
1955 | Evelyn Violet Elizabeth Emmet | Conservative | Made a life peer in 1965 as Baroness Emmet of Amberley, triggering a by-election | |
1965 by-election | Geoffrey Johnson Smith | Conservative | Former broadcaster. MP for Wealden 1983–2001 | |
1983 | Constituency abolished. See Wealden and Mid Sussex |
Elections
Elections in the 1880s
General Election 1885: East Grinstead[5] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | George Burrow Gregory | 3,530 | 57.8 | n/a | |
Liberal | CJ Heald | 2,579 | 42.2 | n/a | |
Majority | 951 | 15.6 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 79.8 | n/a | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
General Election 1886: East Grinstead[6] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Hon. Alfred Erskine Gathorne-Hardy | 3,289 | 63.7 | +5.9 | |
Liberal | CJ Heald | 1,877 | 36.3 | -5.9 | |
Majority | 1,412 | 27.4 | +11.8 | ||
Turnout | 67.4 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.9 | |||
Elections in the 1890s
General Election 1892: East Grinstead[7] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Hon. Alfred Erskine Gathorne-Hardy | 3,987 | 62.9 | ||
Liberal | Sir Edward George Jenkinson | 2,349 | 37.1 | ||
Majority | 1,638 | 25.8 | |||
Turnout | 72.4 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1895: East Grinstead[8] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Hon. George Joachim Goschen | 3,731 | 56.5 | -6.4 | |
Liberal | Charles Joseph Henry Corbett | 2,874 | 43.5 | +6.4 | |
Majority | 857 | 13.0 | -12.8 | ||
Turnout | 71.3 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -6.4 | |||
Elections in the 1900s
General Election 1900: East Grinstead[9] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Hon. George Joachim Goschen | 3,890 | 56.4 | ||
Liberal | Charles Joseph Henry Corbett | 3,003 | 43.6 | ||
Majority | 887 | 12.8 | |||
Turnout | 71.8 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1906 East Grinstead[10] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Charles Joseph Henry Corbett | 4,793 | 51.4 | +7.8 | |
Conservative | Edgar March Crookshank | 4,531 | 48.6 | -7.8 | |
Majority | 262 | 2.8 | 15.6 | ||
Turnout | 86.9 | +15.1 | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +7.8 | |||
Elections in the 1910s
General Election January 1910: East Grinstead[11] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Henry Strother Cautley | 6,563 | 64.2 | ||
Liberal | Charles Joseph Henry Corbett | 3,660 | 35.8 | ||
Majority | 2,903 | 28.4 | |||
Turnout | 88.4 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
General Election December 1910: East Grinstead[12] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Henry Strother Cautley | 5,926 | 62.7 | -1.5 | |
Liberal | Henry Norman Spalding | 3,531 | 37.3 | +1.5 | |
Majority | 2,395 | 25.4 | -3.0 | ||
Turnout | 81.8 | -6.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.5 | |||
General Election 1914/15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Unionist: Henry Strother Cautley
- Liberal: Richard Arthur Austen-Leigh
General Election 1918: East Grinstead[13] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Unionist | 12,584 | 67.0 | |||
Labour | David Graham Pole | 6,208 | 33.0 | ||
Majority | 6,376 | 34.0 | |||
Turnout | 52.3 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
- denotes candidate who was endorsed by the Coalition Government.
Elections in the 1920s
General Election 1922: East Grinstead[14]
Electorate 38,664 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Unionist | Henry Strother Cautley | 15,981 | 71.0 | +4.0 | |
Labour | Thomas Crawford | 6,527 | 29.0 | -4.0 | |
Majority | 9,454 | 42.0 | +8.0 | ||
Turnout | 58.2 | +5.9 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | +4.0 | |||
General Election 1923: East Grinstead[15]
Electorate 39,405 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Unionist | Henry Strother Cautley | 14,215 | 68.8 | ||
Labour | Thomas Crawford | 6,451 | 31.2 | ||
Majority | 7,764 | 37.6 | -4.4 | ||
Turnout | 52.4 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | -2.2 | |||
General Election 1924: East Grinstead[16]
Electorate 40,500 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Unionist | Sir Henry Strother Cautley | 18,365 | 64.6 | ||
Liberal | Godfrey Frerichs Mowatt | 5,604 | 19.7 | n/a | |
Labour | J Morgan | 4,479 | 15.7 | ||
Majority | 12,761 | 44.9 | |||
Turnout | 70.2 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1929: East Grinstead[17]
Electorate 55,352 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Unionist | Sir Henry Strother Cautley | 21,940 | 57.9 | -6.7 | |
Liberal | Miss Barbara Ellen Mary Bliss | 9,718 | 25.6 | +5.9 | |
Labour | Thomas Crawford | 6,265 | 16.5 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 12,222 | ||||
Turnout | 68.5 | -1.7 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1930s
General Election 1931: East Grinstead[18] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Sir Henry Strother Cautley | 34,826 | 87.2 | ||
Labour | Evan Frank Mottram Durbin | 5,121 | 12.8 | ||
Majority | 29,705 | 74.4 | |||
Turnout | 39,947 | 69.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
- Liberal candidate Lewis R. Jones withdrew at the last minute.
General Election 1935: East Grinstead[19] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Sir Henry Strother Cautley | 29,440 | 78.4 | ||
Labour | Stanilaus Seuffert | 8,097 | 21.6 | ||
Majority | 21,343 | 56.9 | |||
Turnout | 37,537 | 61.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
East Grinstead by-election, 1936[20] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Ralph Stephenson Clarke | 22,207 | 79.6 | +1.2 | |
Labour | Albert Edward Millett | 5,708 | 20.4 | -1.2 | |
Majority | 16,499 | 59.2 | +2.4 | ||
Turnout | 45.5 | -15.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.2 | |||
General Election 1939/40: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
- Conservative: Ralph Stephenson Clarke
- Liberal: William Cavendish Searle[21]
Elections in the 1940s
General Election 1945: East Grinstead[22] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Col. Ralph Stephenson Clarke | 28,273 | 57.1 | ||
Labour | David George Packham | 12,519 | 25.3 | ||
Liberal | John Charles McLaughlin | 8,711 | 17.6 | n/a | |
Majority | 15,754 | 31.8 | |||
Turnout | 70.9 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1950s
General Election 1950: East Grinstead[23] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Ralph Stephenson Clarke | 29,786 | 55.1 | ||
Labour | Catherine Ellis Williamson | 12,983 | 24.0 | ||
Liberal | John Charles McLaughlin | 11,329 | 20.9 | ||
Majority | 16,803 | 31.1 | |||
Turnout | 81.7 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1951: East Grinstead[24] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Ralph Stephenson Clarke | 32,803 | 60.3 | +5.2 | |
Labour | Herbert Atkinson | 14,271 | 26.2 | ||
Liberal | John Charles McLaughlin | 7,375 | 13.5 | ||
Majority | 18,532 | 34.1 | |||
Turnout | 80.3 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1955: East Grinstead[25] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Hon. Evelyn Violet Elizabeth Emmet | 28,450 | 61.5 | +1.2 | |
Labour | Martin Mason | 11,750 | 25.4 | -0.8 | |
Liberal | Judith St John Thornton | 6,034 | 13.1 | -0.4 | |
Majority | 16,700 | 36.1 | |||
Turnout | 46,234 | 75.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1959: East Grinstead[26] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Hon. Evelyn Violet Elizabeth Emmet | 31,759 | 62.3 | ||
Labour | Robert William G Humphreys | 10,104 | 19.8 | ||
Liberal | Patrick Arthur Thomas Furnell | 9,100 | 17.9 | ||
Majority | 21,655 | 42.5 | +6.4 | ||
Turnout | 50,963 | 77.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1960s
General Election 1964: East Grinstead[27] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Hon. Evelyn Violet Elizabeth Emmet | 29,094 | 53.2 | ||
Liberal | Richard Gordon Holme | 14,753 | 26.7 | ||
Labour | William H Hill | 10,859 | 19.8 | ||
Majority | 14,341 | 26.2 | |||
Turnout | 54,706 | 78.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
East Grinstead by-election, 1965[28] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Geoffrey Johnson-Smith | 24,896 | 55.0 | +1.8 | |
Liberal | Richard Gordon Holme | 14,279 | 31.5 | +4.6 | |
Labour | Jon Antony A Evans | 6,101 | 13.5 | -6.4 | |
Majority | 10,617 | 23.4 | |||
Turnout | 45,276 | 64.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.4 | |||
General Election 1966: East Grinstead[29] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Geoffrey Johnson-Smith | 31,595 | 53.2 | ||
Liberal | James H Downie | 13,611 | 27.0 | ||
Labour | Arthur Harris Roberts | 11,938 | 19.8 | ||
Majority | 17,984 | 26.2 | |||
Turnout | 57,144 | 76.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1970s
General Election 1970: East Grinstead[30] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Geoffrey Johnson-Smith | 38,359 | 61.2 | ||
Liberal | David Carleton Bruce Smithers | 12,343 | 19.7 | ||
Labour | Anthony Louis Banks | 12,014 | 19.2 | ||
Majority | 26,016 | 41.5 | |||
Turnout | 62,716 | 72.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
General Election February 1974: East Grinstead[31] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Geoffrey Johnson-Smith | 23,928 | 53.3 | ||
Liberal | Peter Billenness | 15,351 | 34.2 | ||
Labour | William J Short | 5,629 | 12.5 | ||
Majority | 8,577 | 19.1 | |||
Turnout | 81.5 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
General Election October 1974: East Grinstead[32] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Geoffrey Johnson-Smith | 22,035 | 53.2 | ||
Liberal | Paul Hayden | 12,755 | 30.8 | ||
Labour | David William John Blake | 6,648 | 16.0 | ||
Majority | 9,280 | 22.4 | |||
Turnout | 74.5 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1979: East Grinstead[33] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Geoffrey Johnson-Smith | 28,279 | 62.0 | ||
Liberal | J Nieboer | 11,102 | 24.4 | ||
Labour | RJ Taylor | 6,196 | 13.6 | ||
Majority | 17,177 | 37.7 | |||
Turnout | 77.1 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
- ↑ http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/russell-thomas-ii
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
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- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
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- ↑ The Liberal Magazine, 1939
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- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
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- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
- ↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
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- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1974-1983 by FWS Craig
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1974-1983 by FWS Craig
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1974-1983 by FWS Craig
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 1)
- Election results, 1950 - 1979
- Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 404. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
- Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 481. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
Further reading
- Hills, Wallace Henry (c. 1906). "The Borough of East Grinstead and its Members of Parliament". The History of East Grinstead: The rise and progress of the town and the history of its institutions & People. Farncombe. Retrieved 29 October 2010.