1965 East Grinstead by-election facts for kids
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
| General election 1964: East Grinstead | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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 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 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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