1972 Sutton and Cheam by-election
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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 won by Liberal candidate Graham Tope, who defeated the Conservative candidate Neil Macfarlane.[1] This was the second Liberal gain during the 1970–1974 Parliament, during which they gained five seats overall.[2] Tope went on to lose the seat to Macfarlane at the February 1974 election.
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