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Arundel (UK Parliament constituency)
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Arundel was twice a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom. The first incarnation strictly comprised the town of Arundel and was a borough constituency first enfranchised in 1332 and disenfranchised 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 of the seat comprised also the area surrounding Arundel, including towns like Littlehampton. It was created by the Boundary Commission in the 1974 boundary changes, existing until 1997. Arundel now only elected one member. The territory previously covered by Arundel was split between Arundel & South Downs and Bognor Regis & Littlehampton constituencies.
Members of Parliament
Arundel borough (1332-1868)
1332-1640
1640-1832
1832-1868
Arundel County Constituency (1974-1997)
Notes
- ^ Created a peer, September 1622
- ^ Downes was elected after a disputed return at the by-election which followed the death of Garton
Election results
References
- Election results, 1974 - 1997
- Concise Dictionary of National Biography (entry on Sir Nicholas Pelham)
- D Brunton & D H Pennington, Members of the Long Parliament (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
- Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808) [1]
- Maija Jansson (ed.), Proceedings in Parliament, 1614 (House of Commons) (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1988) [2]
- J Holladay Philbin, Parliamentary Representation 1832 - England and Wales (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965)
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
