East Grinstead by-election, 1965

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 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

It was a Conservative hold.

East Grinstead by-election, 1965^[1]
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	-2.77
Turnout

↑ "1965 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2015-08-19.

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