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1972 Sutton and Cheam by-election

1972 UK Parliamentary by-election

1972 UK Parliamentary by-election

FieldValue
election_name1972 Sutton and Cheam by-election
typeparliamentary
countryUnited Kingdom
seats_for_electionConstituency of Sutton and Cheam
ongoingno
previous_election1970 United Kingdom general election
previous_year1970
next_electionFebruary 1974 United Kingdom general election
next_year1974
election_date7 December 1972
candidate1**Graham Tope**
image1[[File:Official portrait of Lord Tope (3x4 crop).jpgx160px]]
party1Liberal Party (UK)
popular_vote1**18,328**
percentage1**53.6%**
swing1**39.0%**
candidate2Neil Macfarlane
image2[[File:Neil Macfarlane (3x4 crop).jpgx160px]]
party2Conservative Party (UK)
popular_vote210,911
percentage231.9%
swing226.2%
candidate3David Miller
image3**Lab**
party3Labour Party (UK)
popular_vote32,937
percentage38.6%
swing318.7%
map_size200px
titleMP
before_electionRichard Sharples
before_partyConservative Party (UK)
after_electionGraham Tope
after_partyLiberal Party (UK)
turnout56.3% ( 11.3%)

The 1972 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 won by Liberal candidate Graham Tope, who defeated the Conservative candidate Neil Macfarlane. This was the second Liberal gain during the 1970–1974 Parliament, during which they gained five seats overall. Tope went on to lose the seat to Macfarlane at the February 1974 election.

Result

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References

  1. [http://by-elections.co.uk/72.html#sutton Result with some Graham Tope campaign literature] {{webarchive. link. (14 March 2012)
  2. Michael McManus, ''Jo Grimond: Towards the Sound of Gunfire'', Edinburgh, 2001, p. 317
  3. "1972 By Election Results".
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