Election Name: | 1971 Arundel and Shoreham by-election |
Type: | parliamentary |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Seats For Election: | Constituency of Arundel and Shoreham |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1970 United Kingdom general election |
Previous Year: | 1970 |
Election Date: | 1 April 1971 |
Candidate1: | Richard Luce |
Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Popular Vote1: | 34,482 |
Percentage1: | 64.1% |
Swing1: | 3.3% |
Candidate2: | Roger R. Kenward |
Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
Popular Vote2: | 11,228 |
Percentage2: | 20.9% |
Swing2: | 2.0% |
Candidate3: | Peter Bartram |
Image3: | Lib |
Party3: | Liberal Party (UK) |
Popular Vote3: | 7,917 |
Percentage3: | 14.7% |
Swing3: | 1.6% |
MP | |
Posttitle: | Subsequent MP |
Before Election: | Henry Kerby |
Before Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
After Election: | Richard Luce |
After Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
A 1971 by-election for the United Kingdom House of Commons was held in the constituency of Arundel and Shoreham on 1 April 1971, following the death of sitting Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Henry Kerby.
It was successfully held by the new Conservative candidate, Richard Napier Luce.