Sutton and Cheam by-election, 1972

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

Sutton and Cheam, 1972^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Graham Tope	18,328	53.58	+38.98
	Conservative	Neil Macfarlane	10,911	31.90	-26.19
	Labour	David Miller	2,937	8.59	-18.72
	Anti-Common Market	Chris Frere-Smith	1,332	3.89	N/A
	National Independence	Edgar Scruby	660	1.93	N/A
Majority			7,417	21.7
Turnout			34,204
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

↑ Result with some Graham Tope campaign literature
↑ Michael McManus, Jo Grimond: Towards the Sound of Gunfire, Edinburgh, 2001, p. 317
↑ "1972 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2015-09-08.

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