1965 East Grinstead by-election

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	78.0	+0.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

It was a Conservative hold with a reduced majority.

East Grinstead by-election, 1965^[1]
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	64.5	−13.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.4

^ "1965 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2015.

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