1972 Sutton and Cheam by-election

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1972 Sutton and Cheam by-election
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Constituency of Sutton and Cheam
Turnout56.3% (Decrease 11.3%)
  First party Second party Third party
  Official portrait of Lord Tope (3x4 crop).jpg Neil Macfarlane (3x4 crop).jpg
Lab
Candidate Graham Tope Neil Macfarlane David Miller
Party Liberal Conservative Labour
Popular vote 18,328 10,911 2,937
Percentage 53.6% 31.9% 8.6%
Swing Increase 39.0% Decrease 26.2% Decrease 18.7%
MP before election

Richard Sharples
Conservative

Elected MP

Graham Tope
Liberal

The Sutton and Cheam by-election of 7 December 1972 was held after Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Richard Sharples was appointed Governor of Bermuda. In a defeat for Edward Heath's government the seat was taken by the Liberals.[1] This was the second Liberal gain during the 1970–1974 Parliament, during which they gained five seats overall.[2]

Results[]

1972 Sutton and Cheam by-election[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Graham Tope 18,328 53.6 +39.0
Conservative Neil Macfarlane 10,911 31.9 -26.2
Labour David Miller 2,937 8.6 -18.7
Anti-Common Market Chris Frere-Smith 1,332 3.9 New
National Independence Edgar Scruby 660 1.9 New
Majority 7,417 21.7 N/A
Turnout 34,194 56.3 -11.3
Registered electors
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +32.6

External links[]

  1. ^ Result with some Graham Tope campaign literature Archived 14 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Michael McManus, Jo Grimond: Towards the Sound of Gunfire, Edinburgh, 2001, p. 317
  3. ^ "1972 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
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