1965 East Grinstead by-election
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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
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|title=General election 1964: East Grinstead
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Evelyn Emmet
|votes = 29,094
|percentage = 53.18
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Richard Holme
|votes = 14,753
|percentage = 26.97
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = W Hill
|votes = 10,859
|percentage = 19.85
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{{Election box majority
|votes = 14,341
|percentage = 26.21
|change =
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 54,706
|percentage = 78.0
|change = +0.1
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
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Result
It was a Conservative hold with a reduced majority.
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Geoffrey Johnson-Smith
|votes = 24,896
|percentage = 54.99
|change = +1.81
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Richard Holme
|votes = 14,279
|percentage = 31.54
|change = +4.57
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Jon Evans
|votes = 6,101
|percentage = 13.48
|change = -6.37
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{{Election box majority
|votes = 10,617
|percentage = 23.44
|change = -2.77
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 45,276
|percentage = 64.5
|change = -13.5
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = -1.4
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References
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- [http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk UK General Elections since 1832] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090702081222/http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/ |date=2 July 2009 }}
- {{Rayment|date=February 2012}}
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