Arundel | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Sussex |
Major settlements | Arundel |
1974–1997 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Arundel & Shoreham |
Replaced by | Arundel & South Downs and Bognor Regis & Littlehampton |
1295–1868 | |
Seats | 1295–1832: Two 1832–1868: One |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
Replaced by | West Sussex |
Arundel was twice a parliamentary constituency in the Kingdom of England, the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. The first incarnation strictly comprised the town centre of Arundel and was a borough constituency in Sussex first enfranchised in 1295 and disfranchised in 1868 under the Reform Act 1867. Arundel initially elected two members, but this was reduced to one in 1832 by the Great Reform Act. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
The second incarnation was broader, reaching to Bognor Regis. It was created by the Boundary Commission in the 1974 boundary changes, and existed until 1997. This Arundel seat elected only one member. The territory previously covered by Arundel was split between Arundel & South Downs and Bognor Regis & Littlehampton constituencies.
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Year | Member [15] | Party | |
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1832 | Lord Dudley Stuart | Whig [17] [18] | |
1837 | Henry Fitzalan-Howard, Earl of Arundel | Whig [17] [19] | |
1851 | Edward Strutt | Whig [20] [21] [22] [23] | |
1852 | Lord Edward Fitzalan-Howard | Whig [24] | |
1859 | Liberal | ||
1868 | Constituency abolished |
Election | Member [15] | Party | |
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Feb 1974 | Sir Michael Marshall | Conservative | |
1997 | Constituency abolished: see Arundel and South Downs & Bognor Regis and Littlehampton |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | Dudley Stuart | Unopposed | |||
Tory | John Atkins | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold | |||||
Tory hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | John Atkins | 85 | 49.4 | N/A | |
Whig | Dudley Stuart | 85 | 49.4 | N/A | |
Radical | Godfrey Webster | 2 | 1.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 83 | 48.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 87 | N/A | |||
Tory hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Dudley Stuart | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 351 | ||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Dudley Stuart | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 360 | ||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Henry Fitzalan-Howard | 176 | 62.6 | N/A | |
Whig | Dudley Stuart | 105 | 37.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 71 | 25.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 281 | 87.3 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 322 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Henry Fitzalan-Howard | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 261 | ||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Henry Fitzalan-Howard | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 221 | ||||
Whig hold |
FitzAlan-Howard's resignation in protest at the passing of the Ecclesiastical Titles Act 1851 caused a by-election. [26]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | Edward Strutt | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Edward Fitzalan-Howard | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 208 | ||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Edward Fitzalan-Howard | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 199 | ||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edward Fitzalan-Howard | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 196 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Edward Fitzalan-Howard | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 174 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Marshall | 37,655 | 57.1 | ||
Liberal | John Rex Kingsbury | 17,712 | 26.9 | ||
Labour | Ben Pimlott | 10,597 | 16.1 | ||
Majority | 19,943 | 30.2 | |||
Turnout | 65,964 | 79.6 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Marshall | 34,215 | 56.2 | −0.9 | |
Liberal | John Rex Kingsbury | 15,404 | 25.3 | −1.6 | |
Labour | Michael Ewart Stedman | 11,268 | 18.5 | +2.4 | |
Majority | 18,811 | 30.9 | +0.7 | ||
Turnout | 60,887 | 73.0 | −6.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Robert Marshall | 43,968 | 65.0 | +8.8 | |
Liberal | John Rex Kingsbury | 13,208 | 19.5 | −5.8 | |
Labour | John Nigel Tizard | 10,509 | 15.5 | −3.0 | |
Majority | 30,760 | 35.5 | +4.6 | ||
Turnout | 67,685 | 73.9 | +0.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +7.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Marshall | 31,096 | 59.6 | −5.4 | |
Liberal | James Walsh | 15,391 | 29.5 | +10.0 | |
Labour | Gareth Rees | 4,302 | 8.2 | −7.3 | |
Conservative for Corporal Punishment | John Wadman | 1,399 | 2.7 | New | |
Majority | 15,705 | 30.1 | −5.4 | ||
Turnout | 52,188 | 69.7 | −4.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −7.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Marshall | 34,356 | 61.3 | +1.7 | |
Liberal | James Walsh | 15,476 | 27.6 | −1.9 | |
Labour | Peter Slowe | 6,177 | 11.0 | +2.8 | |
Majority | 18,880 | 33.7 | +3.6 | ||
Turnout | 56,009 | 71.2 | +1.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Marshall | 35,405 | 58.0 | −3.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | James Walsh | 15,542 | 25.5 | −2.1 | |
Labour | Roger Nash | 8,321 | 13.6 | +2.6 | |
Liberal | Denise Renson | 1,103 | 1.8 | N/A | |
Green | Robert Corbin | 693 | 1.1 | New | |
Majority | 19,863 | 32.5 | −1.2 | ||
Turnout | 61,064 | 77.0 | +5.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.6 |