Elections in The 1960s
| General Election 1966: Sutton Coldfield | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Geoffrey Lloyd | 30,350 | 52.5 | ||
| Labour | D Finnigan | 14,257 | 24.7 | ||
| Liberal | M Whincup | 13,237 | 22.9 | ||
| Majority | 16,093 | 27.8 | |||
| Turnout | 76.3 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1964: Sutton Coldfield | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Geoffrey Lloyd | 31,772 | 57.9 | ||
| Liberal | MH Whincup | 14,745 | 25.5 | ||
| Labour | P E Tombs | 11,399 | 19.7 | ||
| Majority | 17,027 | 29.4 | |||
| Turnout | 78.3 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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