East Grinstead by-election, 1965
The East Grinstead by-election 1965 was a parliamentary by-election for the East Grinstead British House of Commons held on 4 February 1965.
The by-election was held following confirment of a life peerage for Evelyn Emmet.
Previous result
| General Election 1964: East Grinstead | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Evelyn Violet Elizabeth Emmet | 29,094 | 53.18 | ||
| Liberal | Richard Gordon Holme | 14,753 | 26.97 | ||
| Labour | W Hill | 10,859 | 19.85 | ||
| Majority | 14,341 | 26.21 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
Result
It was a Conservative hold.
| East Grinstead by-election, 1965 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Geoffrey Johnson-Smith | 24,896 | 54.99% | +1.81% | |
| Liberal | Richard Gordon Holme | 14,279 | 31.54 | +4.57% | |
| Labour | Jon Evans | 6,101 | 13.48 | -6.37% | |
| Majority | 10,617 | 23.44 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
References
- British Parliamentary by-elections: Leyton
- UK General Elections since 1832
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
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