# Arundel (UK Parliament constituency)

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.
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.

## Members of Parliament
### 1295–1640

| Parliament | First member | Second member |
| 1386 | William Colyn | Richard Wodeland |
| 1388 (Feb) | Roger Clerk | John Hereward |
| 1388 (Sep) | Robert Fisher | Nicholas Hereward |
| 1390 (Jan) | William Colchestre | Robert Fisher |
| 1390 (Nov) | |
| 1391 | Hugh Hasell | Richard Wodeland |
| 1393 | John Chamberlain | Robert Fisher |
| 1394 | |
| 1395 | Richard Wodeland | Robert Fisher |
| 1397 (Jan) | Henry Skimmer | Richard Wodeland |
| 1397 (Sep) | John Patching | Richard Wodeland |
| 1399 | John Esshing | William Terry |
| 1401 | William Terry | John Wiltshire |
| 1402 | John Dusse | John Wyldebess |
| 1404 (Jan) | |
| 1404 (Oct) | |
| 1406 | John Patching | Thomas Spicer |
| 1407 | John Dusse | John Patching |
| 1410 | John Wiltshire |
| 1411 | |
| 1413 (Feb) | |
| 1413 (May) | John Dusse | John Wiltshire |
| 1414 (Apr) | |
| 1414 (Nov) | John Dusse | John Patching |
| 1415 | |
| 1416 (Mar) | William Chapman | Richard Smith |
| 1416 (Oct) | |
| 1417 | Thomas Dusse | Richard Smith |
| 1419 | John Hilly | Thomas Kyng |
| 1420 | Thomas Dusse | Thomas Pursell |
| 1421 (May) | John Hilly | Alan Chamber |
| 1421 (Dec) | Thomas Pursell | Thomas Dusse |
| 1449 | Thomas Bellingham | |
| 1459 | Thomas Bellingham | |
| 1510-1523 | No names known | No names known |
| 1529 | Richard Sackville | Thomas Prestall |
| 1536 | ? |
| 1539 | ? |
| 1542 | ? |
| 1545 | ? |
| 1547 | Sir Nicholas Pelham | Thomas Carpenter |
| 1553 (Mar) | Thomas Palmer | Thomas Morley |
| 1553 (Oct) | Sir Thomas Palmer | Thomas Gawdy |
| 1554 (Apr) | Sir Thomas Holcroft | Sir Thomas Stradling |
| 1554 (Nov) | John Burnet | Richard Bowyer |
| 1555 | Sir Henry Paget | Sir William Damsell |
| 1558 | Edward Stradling | David Stradling |
| 1559 | Sir Francis Knollys | Thomas Heneage |
| 1562–3 | Sir John St Leger | William Aubrey |
| 1571 | Thomas Browne | Michael Heneage |
| 1572 | Thomas Fanshawe | Richard Browne |
| 1584 | Thomas Fanshawe | Robert Buxton |
| 1586 | Thomas Fanshawe | Thomas Palmer |
| 1588 | Sir Owen Hopton | Thomas Fanshawe |
| 1593 | Thomas Fanshawe | Richard Baker |
| 1597 | William Essex | James Smith |
| 1601 | Thomas Palmer | Thomas Baker |
| 1604-1611 | Thomas Preston | John Tye |
| 1614 | Sir Henry Spiller | Edward Morley |
| 1621 | Lionel Cranfield, ennobled Sep 1622 and repl. Nov 1622 by Sir Richard Weston | Sir Henry Spiller |
| 1624 | Sir Henry Spiller | Sir George Chaworth replaced 1624 on petition by William Mill |
| 1625 | Sir Henry Spiller | William Mill |
| 1626 | Nicholas Jordain | William Mill |
| 1628 | John Alford | Henry Lord Maltravers |
| 1629–1640 | No Parliaments summoned | No Parliaments summoned |
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### 1640–1832

| Year | First member | First party | Second member | Second party |
| April 1640 | Henry Garton | Parliamentarian | Henry Goring | |
| November 1640 | Henry Garton | Parliamentarian | Sir Edward Alford | Royalist |
| 1641 | John Downes | Parliamentarian | Sir Edward Alford | Royalist |
| January 1644 | John Downes | Parliamentarian | Alford disabled from sitting - seat vacant | Alford disabled from sitting - seat vacant |
| 1645 | John Downes | Parliamentarian | Herbert Hay | |
| December 1648 | John Downes | Parliamentarian | Hay excluded in Pride's Purge - seat vacant | Hay excluded in Pride's Purge - seat vacant |
| 1653 | Arundel was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament | Arundel was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament | Arundel was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament | Arundel was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament |
| 1654 | Anthony Shirley | | Arundel had only one seat in the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate | Arundel had only one seat in the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate |
| 1656 | Sir John Trevor | | Arundel had only one seat in the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate | Arundel had only one seat in the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate |
| January 1659 | Henry Onslow | | Richard Marriot | |
| May 1659 | John Downes | | One seat vacant | One seat vacant |
| April 1660 | The Earl of Orrery | | The Viscount Falkland | |
| May 1660 | The Earl of Orrery | | John Trevor | |
| 1661 | The Earl of Orrery | | The Lord Aungier of Longford | |
| 1679 | William Garway | | James Butler | |
| 1685 | William Garway | | William Westbrooke | |
| 1689 | William Garway | | William Morley | |
| 1690 | James Butler | | William Morley | |
| January 1694 | James Butler | | Lord Walden | |
| February 1694 | James Butler | | John Cooke | |
| 1695 | Lord Walden | | Edmund Dummer | |
| 1698 | John Cooke | | Christopher Knight | |
| January 1701 | John Cooke | | Edmund Dummer | |
| November 1701 | John Cooke | | Carew Weekes | |
| 1702 | Edmund Dummer | | Carew Weekes | |
| 1705 | Edmund Dummer | | James Butler | |
| May 1708 | Sir Henry Peachey, Bt | | The Viscount Shannon | |
| December 1708 | Viscount Lumley | | The Viscount Shannon | |
| 1710 | The Earl of Thomond | | Viscount Lumley | Whig |
| 1715 | General Henry Lumley | | Thomas Micklethwaite | |
| 1718 | General Henry Lumley | | Joseph Micklethwaite | |
| 1722 | Thomas Lumley | | Joseph Micklethwaite | |
| 1727 | Sir John Shelley, Bt | | The Viscount Gage | |
| 1728 | Sir John Shelley, Bt | | John Lumley | |
| 1739 | Sir John Shelley, Bt | | Garton Orme | |
| 1741 | James Lumley | | Garton Orme | |
| 1747 | Theobald Taafe | | Garton Orme | |
| 1754 | Sir George Colebrooke, Bt | | Thomas Griffin | |
| 1761 | Sir George Colebrooke, Bt | | John Bristow | |
| 1768 | Sir George Colebrooke, Bt | | Lauchlin Macleane | |
| 1771 | Sir George Colebrooke, Bt | | John Stewart | |
| 1774 | Thomas Brand | | George Newnham | |
| 1780 | Sir Patrick Crauford | Whig | Thomas Fitzherbert | Tory |
| 1781 | Peter William Baker | | Thomas Fitzherbert | Tory |
| April 1784 | Earl of Surrey | Whig | Thomas Fitzherbert | Tory |
| June 1784 | Richard Beckford | Whig | Thomas Fitzherbert | Tory |
| 1790 | Sir George Thomas, Bt | Tory | Henry Howard | Whig |
| 1795 | Sir George Thomas, Bt | Tory | Sir Thomas Gascoigne, Bt | |
| 1796 | Sir George Thomas, Bt | Tory | James Greene | Whig |
| 1797 | Nisbet Balfour | | James Greene | Whig |
| 1802 | Viscount Andover | Whig | John Atkins | Tory |
| 1806 | Sir Arthur Piggott | Whig | Francis Wilder | Whig |
| January 1807 | Sir Arthur Piggott | Whig | The Lord Lecale | Whig |
| May 1807 | Sir Arthur Piggott | Whig | Francis Wilder | Whig |
| October 1812 | Henry Molyneux-Howard | Whig | Francis Wilder | Whig |
| December 1812 | Sir Samuel Romilly | Whig | Francis Wilder | Whig |
| 1818 | Lord Henry Howard-Molyneux-Howard | Whig | Sir Arthur Piggott | Whig |
| 1819 | Lord Henry Howard-Molyneux-Howard | Whig | Robert Blake | Tory |
| 1820 | Viscount Bury | Whig | Robert Blake | Tory |
| 1823 | Viscount Bury | Whig | Thomas Read Kemp | Whig |
| 1826 | Edward Lombe | Whig | John Atkins | Tory |
| 1830 | Lord Dudley Stuart | Whig | John Atkins | Tory |
| 1832 | Representation reduced to one member | Representation reduced to one member | Representation reduced to one member | Representation reduced to one member |
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### 1832–1868

| Year | Member | Party |
| 1832 | Lord Dudley Stuart | Whig |
| 1837 | Henry Fitzalan-Howard, Earl of Arundel | Whig |
| 1851 | Edward Strutt | Whig |
| 1852 | Lord Edward Fitzalan-Howard | Whig |
| 1859 | Lord Edward Fitzalan-Howard | Liberal |
| 1868 | Constituency abolished | Constituency abolished |
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## Arundel County Constituency (1974–1997)

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | Feb 1974 | Sir Michael Marshall | Conservative |
| | 1997 | Constituency abolished: see Arundel and South Downs & Bognor Regis and Littlehampton | Constituency abolished: see Arundel and South Downs & Bognor Regis and Littlehampton |

## Elections
### Elections in the 1830s

General election 1830: Arundel :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Whig | Dudley Stuart | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Tory | John Atkins | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold |
| Tory hold | Tory hold | Tory hold | Tory hold | Tory hold |
General election 1831: Arundel :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 83 | 48.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 87 | | N/A |
| | Tory hold | Tory hold | Swing | N/A | |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Swing | N/A | |
General election 1832: Arundel :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Whig | Dudley Stuart | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 351 | | |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold |
General election 1835: Arundel :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Whig | Dudley Stuart | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 360 | | |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold |
General election 1837: Arundel :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Whig | Henry Fitzalan-Howard | 176 | 62.6 | N/A |
| | Whig | Dudley Stuart | 105 | 37.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 71 | 25.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 281 | 87.3 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 322 | | |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Swing | N/A | |

### Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Arundel :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Whig | Henry Fitzalan-Howard | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 261 | | |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold |
General election 1847: Arundel :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Whig | Henry Fitzalan-Howard | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 221 | | |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold |
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### Elections in the 1850s

FitzAlan-Howard's resignation in protest at the passing of the Ecclesiastical Titles Act 1851 caused a by-election.
By-election, 16 July 1851: Arundel :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Whig | Edward Strutt | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold |
General election 1852: Arundel :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Whig | Edward Fitzalan-Howard | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 208 | | |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold |
General election 1857: Arundel :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Whig | Edward Fitzalan-Howard | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 199 | | |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold |
General election 1859: Arundel :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Edward Fitzalan-Howard | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 196 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |
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### Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: Arundel :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Edward Fitzalan-Howard | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 174 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |
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### Elections in the 1970s

General election February 1974: Arundel :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 19,943 | 30.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 65,964 | 79.6 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
General election October 1974: Arundel :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 18,811 | 30.9 | +0.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 60,887 | 73.0 | −6.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +0.4 | |
General election 1979: Arundel :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | 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 | Majority | Majority | 30,760 | 35.5 | +4.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 67,685 | 73.9 | +0.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +7.3 | |
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### Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Arundel :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 15,705 | 30.1 | −5.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 52,188 | 69.7 | −4.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | −7.7 | |
General election 1987: Arundel :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 18,880 | 33.7 | +3.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 56,009 | 71.2 | +1.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +1.8 | |
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### Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Arundel :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 19,863 | 32.5 | −1.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 61,064 | 77.0 | +5.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | −0.6 | |
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