1965 East Grinstead by-election

UK parliamentary by-election August 2014 August 2014 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 Conservative Party (UK) Evelyn Emmet 29,094 53.18 Liberal Party (UK) Richard Holme 14,753 26.97 Labour Party (UK) W Hill 10,859 19.85 14,341 26.21 54,706 78.0 +0.1 Conservative Party (UK) Result It was a Conservative hold with a reduced majority. East Grinstead by-election, 1965http://by-elections.co.uk/65.html https://web.archive.org/web/20131029205408/http://by-elections.co.uk/65.html 1965 By Election Results 2013-10-29 dead 2015-08-19 Conservative Party (UK) Geoffrey Johnson-Smith 24,896 54.99 +1.81 Liberal Party (UK) Richard Holme 14,279 31.54 +4.57 Labour Party (UK) Jon Evans 6,101 13.48 -6.37 10,617 23.44 -2.77 45,276 64.5 -13.5 Conservative Party (UK) -1.4 References UK General Elections since 1832 https://web.archive.org/web/20090702081222/http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/ 2 July 2009 February 2012 Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in West Sussex constituencies East Grinstead Category:1965 in England Category:East Grinstead Category:20th century in Sussex