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Arundel and South Downs () is a constituency in West Sussex created in 1997 and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Andrew Griffith, a Conservative, since 2019.




Constituency profile


This is a mostly rural constituency including the town of Arundel and small towns and villages within the South Downs national park boundaries or encircled by the park, the largest of which are Midhurst, Petworth, Pulborough, Steyning and Storrington. Residents' incomes and house prices are significantly wealthier than the UK averages.




Boundaries


1997–2010: Following their review of parliamentary boundaries in West Sussex which Parliament approved in 1995, the Boundary Commission for England formed new constituencies. As created in 1997, the seat was constituted as follows:

The following wards of the District of Arun, namely, Aldingbourne, Angmering, Arundel, Barnham, Findon and Walberton;
The Bury ward of the District of Chichester;
The following wards of the District of Horsham, namely, Bramber and Upper Beeding, Chanctonbury, Henfield, Pulborough, Steyning, Storrington, Sullington, West Chiltington and West Grinstead; and
The Bolney, Clayton, Hurstpierpoint and Keymer wards of the District of Mid Sussex.
In their recommendations, the Boundary Commission for England mooted the name Chanctonbury after uninhabited Chanctonbury Ring, an ancient hill fort at its centre. This name was rejected during the local inquiry process at which the current name was chosen.
2010–2024: Following their review of parliamentary boundaries in West Sussex which Parliament approved in 2007, the Boundary Commission for England recommended the constituency be composed of:

The Arun District wards of: Angmering, Arundel, Barnham, Findon, and Walberton
The Chichester District wards of: Bury, Petworth, and Wisborough Green
The Horsham District wards of: Bramber, Upper Beeding and Woodmancote, Chanctonbury, Chantry, Cowfold, Partridge Green, Shermanbury and West Grinstead, Henfield, Pulborough and Coldwaltham, and Steyning
The Mid Sussex District wards of: Hassocks, and Hurstpierpoint and Downs
2024–present: Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which came into force for the 2024 general election, the constituency is currently composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

The District of Arun wards of: Arundel & Walberton; Barnham; Felpham East (polling district BHOE).
The District of Chichester wards of: Easebourne; Fernhurst; Fittleworth; Goodwood (polling districts GWBX, GWEA, GWED, GWSI and GWUP); Harting; Loxwood; Midhurst; Petworth.
The District of Horsham wards of: Bramber, Upper Beeding & Woodmancote; Henfield; Pulborough, Coldwaltham & Amberley; Steyning & Ashurst; Storrington & Washington; West Chiltington, Thakeham & Ashington.
The electorate was reduced to bring it within the permitted range by transferring out the two District of Mid Sussex wards and the Horsham District ward of Cowfold, Shermanbury & West Grinstead to their respectively-named constituencies; the District of Arun ward of Angmering & Findon was transferred to Worthing West. To partly compensate, the constituency was extended further northwards and westwards into the constituency/District of Chichester, gaining the town of Midhurst.




History






= Results and EU referendum stance

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The 2017 result saw the sixth Conservative win.
Second-place runners-up have been, listed in order, four times a Liberal Democrat, once the UKIP candidate and once the Labour candidate. In line with regional trends, the highest percentage of the vote among these was the Liberal Democrat in 2010, with 27.9% of the vote.
In June 2016, an estimated 50.3% of local adults voting in the EU membership referendum chose to remain in the European Union instead of to leave. This was defied in two January 2018 votes in Parliament by its MP, in line with his governing party's promise to adhere to the overall result of that referendum.
The 2015-2017 status was as the 8th safest of the Conservative Party's 331 seats by percentage of majority.




= De-selection of incumbent seeking re-election in 2005

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The incumbent Howard Flight MP had national media coverage in the run-up to the 2005 general election due to his deselection requested by the party leader for membership of Conservative Way Forward, lobbying for spending cuts to be more severe than set out in the small cuts in the 2005 manifesto. Flight hinted his preferred cuts would be as implemented by a Conservative government in his view. He had represented the constituency since its creation at the 1997 general election. Anne Marie Morris, Laura Sandys and Nick Herbert put themselves forward for nomination as replacement candidates. The chosen candidate, Nick Herbert, won the seat at the election. Morris and Sandys became MPs elsewhere in 2010.




= Predecessor seats

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The seat and its predecessors have in the 20th century been a Conservative Party stronghold save that the minor contributory Horsham seat to the area's electorate saw victory by 8.6% of the vote over the Labour Party in 1966, followed statistically by a next-most-marginal victory again with the Labour Party as runner-up, in 1950, of 14.4%.
Between 1974 and 1983, much of the South Downs area was part of the Shoreham constituency, with the town of Arundel remaining in the Arundel constituency.
Prior to 1974, the seat was largely part of the Arundel and Shoreham constituency.




Members of Parliament


Arundel and Horsham prior to 1997




Elections






= Elections in the 2020s

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= Elections in the 2010s

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= Elections in the 2000s

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= Elections in the 1990s

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See also


List of parliamentary constituencies in West Sussex
List of parliamentary constituencies in the South East England (region)




Notes






References






Sources


Election result, 2005 (BBC)
Election results, 1997 – 2001 (BBC)
Election results, 1997 – 2001 Archived 21 January 2020 at the Wayback Machine (Election Demon)
Election results, 1997 – 2005 (Guardian)




External links


Arundel and South Downs UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
Arundel and South Downs UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
Arundel and South Downs UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK

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