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Encyclopedia > Arundel (UK Parliament constituency)
Arundel
Borough constituency
Creation 1332
Abolition 1868
Type House of Commons
Arundel
County constituency
Creation 1974
Abolition 1997
Type House of Commons

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. A borough constituency (in Scotland, a burgh constituency) is a type of parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom. ... Events November 7 - Lucerne joins the Swiss Confederation with Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden. ... 1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... In the United Kingdom each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly. ... The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and is now the dominant branch of Parliament. ... A County constituency is a constituency in the United Kingdom that covers a predominantly rural area. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV in Roman) is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... 1997 (MCMXCVII in Roman) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In the United Kingdom each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly. ... The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and is now the dominant branch of Parliament. ... In the United Kingdom each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly. ... This article is about the town in England. ... A borough constituency (in Scotland, a burgh constituency) is a type of parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom. ... The Reform Act 1867 (also known as the Second Reform Act) was a piece of British legislation that greatly increased the number of men who could vote in elections in the UK. In its final form, the Reform Act 1867 enfranchised all male householders and abolished compounding (the practice of... The British Reform Act of 1832 (2 & 3 Will. ...


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. Map sources for Littlehampton at grid reference TQ1731 Littlehampton is a town in the county of West Sussex on the south coast of England. ... In the United Kingdom, the four Boundary Commissions are responsible for determining the boundaries of House of Commons constituencies. ... Arundel and South Downs is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Bognor Regis and Littlehampton is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...


Members of Parliament

  • Constituency created (1332)
Year First member Second member
April 1660 Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery Henry Carey, 4th Viscount Falkland
May 1660 Sir John Trevor
1661 Francis Aungier, 3rd Baron Aungier of Longford
1679 William Garway James Butler
1685 William Westbrooke
1689 William Morley
1690 James Butler
January 1694 Lord Henry Howard
February 1694 John Cooke
1695 Lord Henry Howard Edward Dummer
1698 John Cooke Christopher Knight
January 1701 Edmund Dummer
November 1701 Carew Weekes
1702 Edmund Dummer
1705 James Butler
May 1708 Sir Henry Peachey Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon
December 1708 Henry Lumley, Viscount Lumley
1710 Henry O'Brien, 8th Earl of Thomond Richard Lumley, Viscount Lumley
1715 Gen. Henry Lumley Thomas Micklethwait
1718 Joseph Micklethwait
1722 Thomas Lumley
1727 Sir John Shelley Thomas Gage, 1st Viscount Gage
1728 John Lumley
1739 Garton Orme
1741 James Lumley
1747 Theobald Taafe
1754 Sir George Colebrooke Thomas Griffin
1761 John Bristow
1768 Lauchlin Macleane
1771 John Stewart
1774 Thomas Brand George Newnham
1780 Sir Patrick Crauford Thomas Fitzherbert
1781 Peter William Baker
April 1784 Charles Howard, Earl of Surrey
June 1784 Richard Beckford
1790 Sir George Thomas Lord Henry Thomas Howard
1795 Sir Thomas Gascoigne
1796 James Greene
1797 Nisbet Balfour
1802 Thomas Howard, Viscount Andover John Atkins
1806 Sir Arthur Piggott Francis Wilder
January 1807 Charles FitzGerald, 1st Baron Lecale
May 1807 Francis Wilder
October 1812 Lord Henry Thomas Howard
December 1812 Sir Samuel Romilly
1818 Lord Henry Thomas Howard Sir Arthur Piggott
1819 Robert Blake
1820 Augustus Keppel, Viscount Bury
1823 Thomas Read Kemp
1826 Edward Lombe John Atkins
1830 Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart

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Events January 4 - Palace of Whitehall in London is destroyed by fire. ... Events January 18 - Frederick I becomes King of Prussia. ... Events January 18 - Frederick I becomes King of Prussia. ... Events March 8 - William III died; Princess Anne Stuart becomes Queen Anne of England, Scotland and Ireland. ... Events Construction begins on Blenheim Palace, in Oxfordshire, England. ... // Events March 23 - James Francis Edward Stuart lands at the Firth of Forth July 1 - Tewoflos becomes Emperor of Ethiopia September 28 - Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya Kandahar conquered by Mir Wais In Masuria one third of the population die during the plague J... 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Election Results

Sources

  • Historic List of MPs
  • Original Creation Date
  • Election results, 1974 - 1997


 

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