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Line 1: {{Infobox election {{Use dmy dates\|date=January 2015}}▼ \| election_name = 1971 Arundel and Shoreham by-election \| type = parliamentary \| country = United Kingdom \| seats_for_election = Constituency of [[Arundel and Shoreham (UK Parliament constituency)\|Arundel and Shoreham]] \| ongoing = no \| previous_election = 1970 United Kingdom general election \| previous_year = 1970 \| election_date = 1 April 1971 \| candidate1 = '''[[Richard Luce, Baron Luce\|Richard Luce]]''' \| image1 = [[File:Official portrait of Lord Luce (3x4 crop).jpg\|x160px]] \| party1 = Conservative Party (UK) \| popular_vote1 = '''34,482''' \| percentage1 = '''64.1%''' \| swing1 = {{increase}}'''3.3%''' \| candidate2 = Roger R. Kenward \| image2 = <div style="width:120px;"><span style="line-height:160px; vertical-align:center; text-align:center; color:{{party color\|Labour Party (UK)}}; font-size:35px;"> '''Lab'''</span></div> \| party2 = Labour Party (UK) \| popular_vote2 = 11,228 \| percentage2 = 20.9% \| swing2 = {{decrease}}2.0% \| candidate3 = Peter Bartram \| image3 = <div style="width:120px;"><span style="line-height:160px; vertical-align:center; text-align:center; color:{{party color\|Liberal Party (UK)}}; font-size:35px;"> '''Lib'''</span></div> \| party3 = Liberal Party (UK) \| popular_vote3 = 7,917 \| percentage3 = 14.7% \| swing3 = {{decrease}}1.6% \| title = MP \| posttitle = Subsequent MP \| before_election = [[Henry Kerby]] \| before_party = Conservative Party (UK) \| after_election = [[Richard Luce, Baron Luce\|Richard Luce]] \| after_party = Conservative Party (UK) \| turnout = ▲}}{{Use dmy dates\|date=~~January~~December ~~2015~~2020}} {{Use British English\|date=January 2015}} A '''1971 [[by-election]]''' for the [[United Kingdom]] [[~~British~~ House of Commons of the United Kingdom\|House of Commons]] was held in the [[constituency]] of '''[[Arundel and Shoreham (UK Parliament constituency)\|Arundel and Shoreham]]''' on 1 April 1971, following the death of sitting [[Conservative Party (UK)\|Conservative]] [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)\|Member of Parliament]] (MP) [[Henry Kerby]]. It was successfully held by the new Conservative candidate, [[Richard Luce, Baron Luce\|Richard Napier Luce]]. ==~~Results~~Result== {{Election box begin \| \|title=Arundel and Shoreham by-election, 1971<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://by-elections.co.uk/71.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329040730/http://by-elections.co.uk/71.html\|title=1970 -71 By Election Results\|archive-date=2012-03-29\|~~dead-~~url-status=~~yes~~dead\|access-date=2015-09-08}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link\| \|party = Conservative Party (UK) \|candidate = [[Richard Luce, Baron Luce\|Richard Luce]] Line 34 ⟶ 68: \|votes = 191 \|percentage = 0.4 \|change = ~~+0.4~~''New'' }} {{Election box majority\| Line 52 ⟶ 86: {{Election box end}} ==Previous ~~Result~~result== {{Election box begin \| \|title=[[1970 United Kingdom general election~~, 1970~~\|General ~~Election~~election 1970]]: Arundel and Shoreham }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link\| \|party = Conservative Party (UK) \|candidate = [[Henry Kerby]] \|votes = 43,907 \|percentage = 60.8 \|change = +5.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link\| Line 68 ⟶ 102: \|votes = 16,531 \|percentage = 22.9 \|change = -6.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link\| Line 75 ⟶ 109: \|votes = 11,769 \|percentage = 16.3 \|change = 0.0 }} {{Election box majority\| \|votes = 27,376 \|percentage = 37.9 \|change = +11.3 }} {{Election box turnout\| \|votes = 72,207 \|percentage = 71.8 \|change = -4.0 }} {{Election box hold with party link\| Line 95 ⟶ 129: ==See also== [[Arundel and Shoreham (UK Parliament constituency)\|Arundel and Shoreham constituency]] [[~~List~~Lists of United Kingdom by-elections]] *[[List of United Kingdom by-elections (1950-1979)]] Line 103 ⟶ 137: {{By-elections to the 45th UK Parliament}} [[Category:1971 elections in the United Kingdom\|Arundel and Shoreham by-election]] [[Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in West Sussex constituencies]] [[Category:1971 in England\|Arundel and Shoreham by-election]] [[Category:20th century in Sussex]] [[Category:Arundel]] [[Category:Shoreham-by-Sea]] [[Category:April 1971 events in Europe\|Arundel and Shoreham by-election]]