Arundel was twice a
parliamentary constituency
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in the
Kingdom of England
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, the
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, and the
United Kingdom
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. The first incarnation strictly comprised the town centre of
Arundel
Arundel ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the Arun District of the South Downs, West Sussex, England.
The much-conserved town has a medieval castle and Roman Catholic cathedral. Arundel has a museum and comes second behind much large ...
and was a
borough constituency
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in Sussex first enfranchised in 1332 and disfranchised in 1868 under the
Reform Act 1867
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. Arundel initially elected two members, but this was reduced to one in 1832 by the
Great Reform Act
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The second incarnation was broader, reaching to
Bognor Regis
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. It was created by the
Boundary Commission
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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
1332-1640
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1832-1868
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Arundel County Constituency (1974-1997)
Elections
Elections in the 1830s
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Elections in the 1850s
FitzAlan-Howard's
resignation
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in protest at the passing of the
Ecclesiastical Titles Act 1851
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caused a by-election.
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See also
*
List of parliamentary constituencies in West Sussex
Notes and references
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Sources
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
* Maija Jansson (ed.), ''Proceedings in Parliament, 1614 (House of Commons)'' (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1988
* J Holladay Philbin, ''Parliamentary Representation 1832 - England and Wales'' (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965)
Parliamentary constituencies in South East England (historic)
1332 establishments in England
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1868
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Arundel