General Election Results

The Arundel & South Downs constituency was created in 1997, out of the old Arundel seat, as represented by Sir Michael Marshall from 1974 to 1997, and elements of the Mid Sussex, Chichester and Horsham seats.

2010 General Election

Votes	Share %	±%
Nick Herbert, Conservative	32,333	57.8	+8.0
Derek Deedman, Liberal Democrat	15,642	27.9	+0.8
Tim Lunnon, Labour	4,835	8.6	-8.5
Stuart Bower, UKIP	3,172	5.7	+0.3

Majority	16,691	29.9
Turnout	55,982	72.2	+1.4

Conservative hold	Swing	+3.0

2005 General Election

	Votes	Share %
Nick Herbert, Conservative	24,752	49.8
Derek Deedman, Liberal Democrat	13,443	27.1
Sharon Whitlam, Labour	8,482	17.1
Andrew Moffat, UK Independence Party	2,700	5.4
Mark Stack, Protest Vote Party	313	0.6

2001 General Election

	Votes	Share %
Howard Flight, Conservative	23,969	52.2
Derek Deedman, Liberal Democrat	10,265	22.4
Charles Taylor, Labour	9,488	20.7
Robert Perrin, UK Independence Party	2,167	4.7

1997 General Election

	Votes	Share %
Howard Flight, Conservative	27,251	53.1
John Goss, Liberal Democrat	13,216	25.7
Richard Black, Labour	9,376	18.3
J Herbert, UK Independent	1,494	2.9