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| 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>
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| 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>
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| popular_vote3 = 7,917
| percentage3 = 14.7%
| swing3 = {{decrease}} 1.6%
| title = MP
| posttitle = Subsequent MP
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{{Use British English|date=January 2015}}
A '''1971 [[by-election]]''' for the [[United Kingdom]] [[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]].
 
==ResultsResult==
{{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|url-status=dead|access-date=2015-09-08}}</ref>}}
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|votes = 43,907
|percentage = 60.8
|change = +5.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
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|votes = 16,531
|percentage = 22.9
|change = -6.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
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|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|