East Grinstead (UK Parliament constituency)

1885–1918: The Sessional Divisions of Cuckfield (except the parish of Crawley), East Grinstead, and Uckfield (except the parishes of East Heathley and Waldron).

1918–1950: The Urban Districts of Burgess Hill, Cuckfield, East Grinstead, Hayward's Heath, and Uckfield, and the Rural Districts of Cuckfield, East Grinstead, and Uckfield.

1950–1955: The Urban Districts of Cuckfield and East Grinstead, the Rural District of Uckfield, in the Rural District of Cuckfield the parishes of Ardingly, Balcombe, Bolney, Cuckfield Rural, Horsted Keynes, Lindfield Rural, Slaugham, West Hoathly, and Worth, and in the Rural District of Battle the parishes of Burwash, Etchingham, and Ticehurst.

1955–1974: As 1950 less the Battle RD parishes.

1974–1983: The Urban District of East Grinstead, and the Rural District of Uckfield.

class="wikitable"
Year	First member	Second member
1660	Marmaduke Gresham	rowspan="4" | George Courthope
1661	Lord Buckhurst
1675	Edward Sackville
1678	rowspan="4" | Thomas Pelham
12 February 1679	Edward Sackville
7 April 1679	Henry Powle
19 April 1679	Sir Thomas Littleton, Bt
19 August 1679	Goodwin Wharton	William Jephson
1681	Sir Cyril Wyche	Henry Powle
1685	Simon Smith	Thomas Jones
1689	rowspan="4" | Sir Thomas Dyke	Thomas Sackville
1693	Simon Smith
February 1695	The Earl of Orrery
November 1695	rowspan="5" | John Conyers
1698	The Earl of Orrery
January 1701	Matthew Prior
November 1701	The Earl of Orrery
1702	John Toke
1708	Viscount Lumley	Henry Campion
1710	rowspan="5" | John Conyers	Leonard Gale
1713	Hon. Spencer Compton
1715	The Viscount Shannon
March 1722	Hon. Sir Spencer Compton
November 1722	rowspan="3" | The Viscount Shannon
1725	Edward Conyers
1727	The Viscount Palmerston
1734	rowspan="2" | The Earl of Middlesex	Edward Conyers
1741	rowspan="4" | Sir Whistler Webster
1742	John Butler
1747	Sydney Smythe
1751	Hon. Joseph Yorke
March 1761	rowspan="3" | The Earl of Middlesex	Lord George Sackville
December 1761	Sir Thomas Hales, Bt
1762	rowspan="4" | John Irwin
1765	Sir Charles Farnaby
1767	Lord George Sackville
1782	rowspan="2" | Henry Arthur Herbert
1783	rowspan="4" | George Medley
1786	James Cuninghame
1788	Robert Cuninghame
1789	Richard Ford
1790	rowspan="2" | Nathaniel Dance	William Hamilton Nisbet
1796	James Strange
1802	Sir Henry Strachey	Daniel Giles
1807	Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland, Bt.	rowspan="4" | Charles Ellis
January 1812	Richard Wellesley
March 1812	George Gunning
June 1812	Nicholas Vansittart
October 1812	rowspan="3" | George Gunning	James Stephen
1815	Sir George Johnstone Hope
May 1818	rowspan="3" | Lord Strathavon
June 1818	The Hon. Charles Jenkinson
1829	rowspan="2" | Viscount Holmesdale
1830	Frederick Richard West

• Constituency abolished (1832)

• Constituency revived (1885)

class="wikitable" !colspan="2"| Election !! Name !! Party !! Notes

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 1885 | George Gregory | Conservative | MP for East Sussex 1868–1885

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 1886 | Alfred Gathorne-Hardy | Conservative | MP for Canterbury 1878–1880. Son of 1st Earl of Cranbrook

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 1895 | George Goschen | Conservative | Governor of Madras 1924–1929; 2nd Viscount Goschen 1907–1952

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" | | 1906 | Charles Corbett | Liberal

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 1910 (Jan) | Henry Cautley | Conservative | ennobled in 1936 as Baron Cautley, triggering a by-election

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 1936 by-election | Ralph Clarke | Conservative

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 1955 | Evelyn Emmet | Conservative | Made a life peer in 1965 as Baroness Emmet of Amberley, triggering a by-election

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 1965 by-election | Geoffrey Johnson-Smith | Conservative | Former broadcaster. MP for Wealden 1983–2001

colspan="2" align="center" | 1983 | colspan="3" |Constituency abolished. See Wealden and Mid Sussex

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|candidate = George Gregory

|votes =3,530

|percentage = 57.8

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|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Charles John Heald

|votes = 2,579

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|votes = 951

|percentage = 15.6

|change =

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 6,109

|percentage = 79.8

|change =

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{{Election box registered electors|

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Alfred Gathorne-Hardy

|votes =3,289

|percentage = 63.7

|change = +5.9

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Charles John Heald

|votes = 1,877

|percentage = 36.3

|change = -5.9

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,412

|percentage = 27.4

|change = +11.8

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 5,166

|percentage = 67.4

|change = −12.4

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 7,660

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +5.9

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Alfred Gathorne-Hardy

|votes =3,987

|percentage = 62.9

|change = −0.8

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Edward George Jenkinson

|votes = 2,349

|percentage = 37.1

|change = +0.8

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,638

|percentage = 25.8

|change = −1.6

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 6,336

|percentage = 72.4

|change = +5.0

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 8,754

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −0.8

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File:George Goschen the younger.jpg

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = George Goschen

|votes =3,731

|percentage = 56.5

|change = -6.4

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Charles Corbett

|votes = 2,874

|percentage = 43.5

|change = +6.4

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 857

|percentage = 13.0

|change = -12.8

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 6,605

|percentage = 71.3

|change = −1.1

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 9,262

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = -6.4

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{{Election box end}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = George Goschen

|votes =3,890

|percentage = 56.4

|change = −0.1

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Charles Corbett

|votes = 3,003

|percentage = 43.6

|change = +0.1

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 887

|percentage = 12.8

|change = −0.2

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 6,893

|percentage = 71.8

|change = +0.5

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 9,596

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −0.1

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{{Election box end}}

File:Edgar March Crookshank.jpg

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Charles Corbett

|votes = 4,793

|percentage = 51.4

|change = +7.8

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Edgar Crookshank

|votes =4,531

|percentage = 48.6

|change = -7.8

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 262

|percentage = 2.8

|change = N/A

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 9,324

|percentage = 86.9

|change = +15.1

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 10,726

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{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +7.8

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{{Election box end}}

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|title=General election January 1910: East GrinsteadBritish parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Cautley

|votes =6,563

|percentage = 64.2

|change = +15.6

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Charles Corbett

|votes = 3,660

|percentage = 35.8

|change = −15.6

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 2,903

|percentage = 28.4

|change = N/A

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 10,223

|percentage = 88.4

|change = +1.5

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 11,562

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{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = +15.6

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{{Election box end}}

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|title=General election December 1910: East GrinsteadBritish parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Cautley

|votes =5,926

|percentage = 62.7

|change = -1.5

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Norman Spalding

|votes = 3,531

|percentage = 37.3

|change = +1.5

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 2,395

|percentage = 25.4

|change = -3.0

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 9,457

|percentage = 81.8

|change = -6.6

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 11,562

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = -1.5

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{{Election box end}}

General Election 1914–15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

• Unionist: Henry Cautley
• Liberal: Richard Arthur Austen-Leigh

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|title=By-election, 1918: East GrinsteadBritish parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Cautley

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Unionist Party (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

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|title=General election 1918: East GrinsteadBritish Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link coalition 1918|

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Cautley

|votes = 12,584

|percentage = 67.0

|change = +4.3

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = David Pole

|votes = 6,208

|percentage = 33.0

|change = New

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 6,376

|percentage = 34.0

|change = +8.6

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 18,792

|percentage = 52.3

|change = −29.5

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 35,955

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Unionist Party (UK)

|swing = +4.3

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{{Election box end 1918}}

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|title=General election 1922: East GrinsteadBritish Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Cautley

|votes = 15,981

|percentage = 71.0

|change = +4.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Thomas Crawford

|votes = 6,527

|percentage = 29.0

|change = −4.0

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 9,454

|percentage = 42.0

|change = +8.0

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 22,508

|percentage = 58.2

|change = +5.9

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 38,664

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Unionist Party (UK)

|swing = +4.0

}}

{{Election box end}}

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|title=General election 1923: East GrinsteadBritish Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Cautley

|votes = 14,215

|percentage = 68.8

|change = −2.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Thomas Crawford

|votes = 6,451

|percentage = 31.2

|change = +2.2

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 7,764

|percentage = 37.6

|change = −4.4

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 20,666

|percentage = 52.4

|change = −5.8

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 39,405

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Unionist Party (UK)

|swing = −2.2

}}

{{Election box end}}

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|title=General election 1924: East GrinsteadBritish Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Cautley

|votes = 18,365

|percentage = 64.6

|change = −4.2

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Godfrey Frerichs Mowatt

|votes = 5,604

|percentage = 19.7

|change = New

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = John Morgan

|votes = 4,479

|percentage = 15.7

|change = −15.5

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 12,761

|percentage = 44.9

|change = +7.3

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 28,448

|percentage = 70.2

|change = +17.8

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 40,500

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Unionist Party (UK)

|swing = +5.7

}}

{{Election box end}}

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|title=General election 1929: East GrinsteadBritish Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Cautley

|votes = 21,940

|percentage = 57.9

|change = −6.7

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Barbara Bliss

|votes = 9,718

|percentage = 25.6

|change = +5.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Thomas Crawford

|votes = 6,265

|percentage = 16.5

|change = +0.8

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 12,222

|percentage = 32.3

|change = −12.6

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 37,923

|percentage = 68.5

|change = −1.7

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 55,352

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Unionist Party (UK)

|swing = −6.3

}}

{{Election box end}}

File:Evan Durbin.jpg

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|title=General election 1931: East GrinsteadBritish Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Cautley

|votes = 34,826

|percentage = 87.2

|change = +29.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Evan Durbin

|votes = 5,121

|percentage = 12.8

|change = -3.7

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 29,705

|percentage = 74.4

|change = +42.1

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 39,947

|percentage = 69.2

|change = +0.7

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

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{{Election box end}}

• Liberal candidate Lewis R. Jones withdrew at the last minute.

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|title=General election 1935: East GrinsteadBritish Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Cautley

|votes = 29,440

|percentage = 78.4

|change = -8.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Stanislaus Seuffert

|votes = 8,097

|percentage = 21.6

|change = +8.8

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 21,343

|percentage = 56.8

|change = -17.6

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 37,537

|percentage = 61.2

|change = -8.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

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{{Election box end}}

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|title=1936 East Grinstead by-electionBritish Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Ralph Clarke

|votes = 22,207

|percentage = 79.6

|change = +1.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Albert Edward Millett

|votes = 5,708

|percentage = 20.4

|change = -1.2

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 16,499

|percentage = 59.2

|change = +2.4

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 27,915

|percentage = 45.5

|change = -15.7

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +1.2

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{{Election box end}}

General Election 1939–40:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

• Conservative: Ralph Clarke
• Liberal: William Cavendish SearleThe Liberal Magazine, 1939

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|title=General election 1945: East GrinsteadBritish Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Ralph Clarke

|votes = 28,273

|percentage = 57.1

|change = -21.3

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = David George Packham

|votes = 12,519

|percentage = 25.3

|change = +3.7

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = John Charles McLaughlin

|votes = 8,711

|percentage = 17.6

|change = New

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 15,754

|percentage = 31.8

|change = -25.0

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 49,503

|percentage = 70.9

|change = +9.7

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

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{{Election box end}}

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|title=General election 1950: East GrinsteadBritish parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Ralph Clarke

|votes = 29,786

|percentage = 55.1

|change = -2.0

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Catherine Williamson

|votes = 12,983

|percentage = 24.0

|change = -1.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = John Charles McLaughlin

|votes = 11,329

|percentage = 20.9

|change = +3.3

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 16,803

|percentage = 31.1

|change = -0.7

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 54,098

|percentage = 81.7

|change = +11.8

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

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{{Election box end}}

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|title=General election 1951: East GrinsteadBritish parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Ralph Clarke

|votes = 32,803

|percentage = 60.3

|change = +5.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Herbert Atkinson

|votes = 14,271

|percentage = 26.2

|change = +2.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = John Charles McLaughlin

|votes = 7,375

|percentage = 13.5

|change = -7.4

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 18,532

|percentage = 34.1

|change = +3.0

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 54,449

|percentage = 80.3

|change = -1.4

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1955: East GrinsteadBritish parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Evelyn Emmet

|votes = 28,450

|percentage = 61.5

|change = +1.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Martin Mason

|votes = 11,750

|percentage = 25.4

|change = -0.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Judith St John Thornton

|votes = 6,034

|percentage = 13.1

|change = -0.4

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 16,700

|percentage = 36.1

|change = +2.0

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 46,234

|percentage = 75.1

|change = -5.2

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

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{{Election box end}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Evelyn Emmet

|votes = 31,759

|percentage = 62.3

|change = +0.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Robert William G Humphreys

|votes = 10,104

|percentage = 19.8

|change = -5.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Patrick Furnell

|votes = 9,100

|percentage = 17.9

|change = +4.8

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 21,655

|percentage = 42.5

|change = +6.4

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 50,963

|percentage = 77.9

|change = +2.8

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1964: East GrinsteadF W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Evelyn Emmet

|votes = 29,094

|percentage = 53.2

|change = -10.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Richard Holme

|votes = 14,753

|percentage = 26.7

|change = +8.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = William H Hill

|votes = 10,859

|percentage = 19.8

|change = 0.0

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 14,341

|percentage = 26.5

|change = -16.0

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes =54,706

|percentage = 78.0

|change = +0.1

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin

|title=1965 East Grinstead by-electionBritish parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Geoffrey Johnson-Smith

|votes = 24,896

|percentage = 55.0

|change = +1.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Richard Holme

|votes = 14,279

|percentage = 31.5

|change = +4.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Jon Antony A Evans

|votes = 6,101

|percentage = 13.5

|change = -6.4

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 10,617

|percentage = 23.5

|change = -3.0

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 45,276

|percentage = 64.5

|change = -13.5

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = -1.4

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1966: East GrinsteadBritish parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Geoffrey Johnson-Smith

|votes = 31,595

|percentage = 53.2

|change = 0.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = James H Downie

|votes = 13,611

|percentage = 27.0

|change = +0.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Arthur Harris Roberts

|votes = 11,938

|percentage = 19.8

|change = 0.0

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 17,984

|percentage = 26.2

|change = -0.3

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 57,144

|percentage = 76.8

|change = -1.2

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1970: East GrinsteadBritish parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Geoffrey Johnson-Smith

|votes = 38,359

|percentage = 61.2

|change = +8.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = David Carleton Bruce Smithers

|votes = 12,343

|percentage = 19.7

|change = -7.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Tony Banks

|votes = 12,014

|percentage = 19.2

|change = -0.6

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 26,016

|percentage = 41.5

|change = +15.3

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 62,716

|percentage = 72.5

|change = -4.3

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election February 1974: East GrinsteadBritish parliamentary election results, 1974-1983 by FWS Craig

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Geoffrey Johnson-Smith

|votes = 23,928

|percentage = 53.3

|change = -7.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Peter Hasler Billenness

|votes = 15,351

|percentage = 34.2

|change = +14.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = William J Short

|votes = 5,629

|percentage = 12.5

|change = -6.7

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 8,577

|percentage = 19.1

|change = -22.4

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 44,908

|percentage = 81.5

|change = +9.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election October 1974: East GrinsteadBritish parliamentary election results, 1974-1983 by FWS Craig

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Geoffrey Johnson-Smith

|votes = 22,035

|percentage = 53.2

|change = -0.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Paul Hayden

|votes = 12,755

|percentage = 30.8

|change = -3.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = David William John Blake

|votes = 6,648

|percentage = 16.0

|change = +3.5

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 9,280

|percentage = 22.4

|change = +3.3

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 41,438

|percentage = 74.5

|change = -7.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1979: East GrinsteadBritish parliamentary election results, 1974-1983 by FWS Craig

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Geoffrey Johnson-Smith

|votes = 28,279

|percentage = 62.0

|change = +8.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Jeremy Nieboer

|votes = 11,102

|percentage = 24.4

|change = -6.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = RJ Taylor

|votes = 6,196

|percentage = 13.6

|change = -2.4

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 17,177

|percentage = 37.6

|change = +15.2

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 45,577

|percentage = 77.1

|change = +2.6

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

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• {{Rayment-hc|e|1|date=March 2012}}
• [http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/edates.htm Election results, 1950 - 1979] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040505172753/http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/edates.htm |date=5 May 2004 }}
• {{cite book

|last=Craig

|first=F. W. S.

|author-link= F. W. S. Craig

|title=British parliamentary election results 1885–1918

|orig-year=1974

|edition= 2nd

|year=1989

|publisher= Parliamentary Research Services

|location=Chichester

|isbn= 0-900178-27-2

|page=404

}}

• {{cite book

|last=Craig

|first=F. W. S.

|author-link= F. W. S. Craig

|title=British parliamentary election results 1918–1949

|orig-year=1969

|edition=3rd

|year=1983

|publisher= Parliamentary Research Services

|location=Chichester

|isbn= 0-900178-06-X

|page=481

}}

• {{cite book | title=The History of East Grinstead: The rise and progress of the town and the history of its institutions & People | chapter=The Borough of East Grinstead and its Members of Parliament | last=Hills | first=Wallace Henry | publisher=Farncombe | date=c. 1906 | url=http://www.sussexhistory.co.uk/history-east-grinstead/east-grinstead-history%20-%200122.htm | access-date=29 October 2010}}

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