Arundel and Shoreham (UK Parliament constituency)
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Arundel and Shoreham | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons |
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County | West Sussex |
Major settlements | Littlehampton, Arundel and Shoreham-by-Sea |
1950–1974 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Arundel and Shoreham |
Arundel and Shoreham was a borough constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
It was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the February 1974 general election, when it was divided to create the constituencies of Arundel and Shoreham.
Contents
Members of Parliament
Election | Member [1] | Party | |
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1950 | William Cuthbert | Conservative | |
1954 by-election | Henry Kerby | Conservative | |
1971 by-election | Richard Luce | Conservative | |
Feb 1974 | constituency abolished: see Arundel & Shoreham |
Election results
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Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Nicolson Cuthbert | 30,774 | 58.2 | ||
Labour | T Parsons | 15,220 | 28.8 | ||
Liberal | Howard Stuart Beardmore | 6,879 | 13.0 | ||
Majority | 15,554 | 29.4 | |||
Turnout | 52,873 | 82.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Nicolson Cuthbert | 34,946 | 67.4 | ||
Labour | Mrs. Margaret Reid | 16,923 | 32.6 | ||
Majority | 18,023 | 34.8 | |||
Turnout | 51,869 | 78.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Briton Kerby | 24,857 | |||
Labour | Mrs. Margaret Reid | 11,420 | |||
Majority | 13,437 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Henry Briton Kerby | 35,180 | 69.9 | ||
Labour | Frank W Banfield | 15,188 | 30.2 | ||
Majority | 91,992 | 30.7 | |||
Turnout | 50,368 | 73.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Briton Kerby | 37,034 | 64.0 | ||
Labour | Arthur L Bell | 12,745 | 22.0 | ||
Liberal | Albert L Ford | 8,081 | 14.0 | ||
Majority | 24,289 | 41.2 | |||
Turnout | 57,860 | 76.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Henry Briton Kerby | 36,943 | 57.5 | ||
Labour | Anthony AR Thompson | 15,624 | 24.3 | ||
Liberal | Peter M Bulwer | 11,671 | 18.2 | ||
Majority | 21,319 | 33.2 | |||
Turnout | 64,238 | 76.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Briton Kerby | 36,913 | 55.5 | ||
Labour | Roger R Kenward | 18,817 | 28.9 | ||
Liberal | Peter M Bulwer | 10,816 | 16.3 | ||
Majority | 18,096 | 27.2 | |||
Turnout | 66,546 | 75.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Briton Kerby | 43,907 | 60.8 | ||
Labour | Barry M Lyne | 16,531 | 22.9 | ||
Liberal | Peter Bartram | 11,769 | 16.3 | ||
Majority | 27,376 | 37.9 | |||
Turnout | 72,207 | 71.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Richard Napier Luce | 34,482 | 64.1 | ||
Labour | Roger R Kenward | 11,228 | 20.9 | ||
Liberal | Peter Bartram | 7,917 | 14.7 | ||
Independent | George Thomas | 191 | 0.4 | ||
Majority | 23,254 | 43.2 | |||
Turnout | 53,818 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 3)[self-published source][better source needed]
- ↑ The Times House of Commons 1955
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