Crawley (UK Parliament constituency)

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Crawley
Borough constituency

Crawley shown within West Sussex, and West Sussex shown within England
Created: 1983
MP: Laura Moffatt
Party: Labour
Type: House of Commons
County: West Sussex
EP constituency: South East England

Crawley is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It is a marginal seat between the Labour Party and the Conservatives.

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The constituency covers the whole of the town of Crawley in West Sussex, as well as London Gatwick Airport. Crawley borders Horsham to the East, South and West and Mole Valley and East Surrey to the North.

The Boundary Commission for England have recommended that no changes to the constituency are made for the Next United Kingdom general election. The Crawley constituency will be co-terminous with the District boundaries.

Prior to the 1983 General Election, Crawley had been a part of the Horsham & Crawley, Horsham, and Horsham & Worthing constituencies at various times. Due to the growth of the Crawley as a new town in the 1960s and 70s, the Boundary Commission took the decision to separate it from Horsham in 1983. It looked safely Labour after comfortable victories in 1997 and 2001, but the sometimes volatile nature of New Town voters, especially in South-East England, has made the seat highly marginal again: Labour only just scraped home by barely 40 votes in the 2005 election, making this seat the most marginal in the UK.

General Election 2005: Crawley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Laura Moffatt 16,411 39.1 -10.2
Conservative Henry Smith 16,374 39.0 +6.8
Liberal Democrat Rupert Sheard 6,503 15.5 +2.8
British National Party Richard Trower 1,277 3.0 N/A
UK Independence Ronald Walters 935 2.2 -0.7
Democratic Socialist Alliance - People Before Profit Robin Burnham 263 0.6 N/A
Justice Party Arshad Khan 210 0.5 -0.2
Majority 37 0.1
Turnout 41,973 58.4 +3.2
Labour hold Swing -8.5
General Election 2001: Crawley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Laura Moffatt 19,488 49.3 -5.7
Conservative Henry Smith 12,718 32.2 +0.4
Liberal Democrat Linda Seekings 5,009 12.7 +4.5
UK Independence Brian Galloway 1,137 2.9 +2.2
Monster Raving Loony Claire Staniford 383 1.0 N/A
Justice Party Arshad Khan 271 0.7 +0.2
Socialist Labour Karl Stewart 260 0.7 N/A
Socialist Alliance Muriel Hirsch 251 0.6 N/A
Majority 6,770 17.1 -6.2
Turnout 39,517 55.2 -17.7
Labour hold Swing -3.1
General Election 1997: Crawley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Laura Moffatt 27,750 55.1 +14.7
Conservative Josephine Crabb 16,043 31.8 -12.1
Liberal Democrat Harold De Souza 4,141 8.2 -6.3
Referendum Party Ronald Walters 1,931 3.8 N/A
UK Independence Eric Saunders 322 0.6 N/A
Justice Party Arshad Khan 230 0.5 N/A
Majority 11,707 23.3
Turnout 50,417 72.9
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

This constituency underwent boundary changes between the 1992 and 1997 general elections and thus change in share of vote is based on a notional calculation.

General Election 1992: Crawley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nicholas Soames 30,204 48.8 -0.7
Labour Laura Moffatt 22,439 36.2 +7.2
Liberal Democrat Gordon Seekings 8,558 13.8 -7.7
Green M. Wilson 766 1.2 N/A
Majority 7,765 12.6
Turnout 61,967 79.2 +2.1
Conservative hold Swing -4.0
General Election 1987: Crawley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nicholas Soames 29,259 49.5 +1.4
Labour P. J. Leo 17,121 29.0 +2.8
Social Democrat D. N. Simmons 12,674 21.5 -4.2
Majority 12,138 20.5
Turnout 59,054 77.1 +0.7
Conservative hold Swing -0.7


General Election 1983: Crawley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nicholas Soames 25,963 48.1
Labour L. Allen 14,149 26.2
Social Democrat T. Forrester 13,900 25.7
Majority 11,814 21.9
Turnout 54,012 76.4
Conservative hold Swing

Constituencies in South East England
Conservative

Aldershot | Arundel and South Downs | Ashford | Aylesbury | Banbury | Basingstoke | Beaconsfield | Bexhill and Battle | Bognor Regis and Littlehampton | Bracknell | Buckingham | Canterbury | Chesham and Amersham | Chichester | East Hampshire | East Surrey | East Worthing and Shoreham | Eastbourne | Epsom and Ewell | Esher and Walton | Fareham | Faversham and Mid Kent | Folkestone and Hythe | Gosport | Gravesham | Guildford | Havant | Henley | Horsham | Isle of Wight | Maidenhead | Maidstone and The Weald | Mid Sussex | Mole Valley | New Forest East | New Forest West | Newbury | North East Hampshire | North East Milton Keynes | North Thanet | North West Hampshire | Reading East | Reigate | Runnymede and Weybridge | Sevenoaks | South West Surrey | Spelthorne | Surrey Heath | Tonbridge and Malling | Tunbridge Wells | Wantage | Wealden | Windsor | Witney | Woking | Wokingham | Worthing West | Wycombe
Labour

Brighton Kemptown | Brighton Pavilion | Chatham and Aylesford | Crawley | Dartford | Dover | Gillingham | Hastings and Rye | Hove | Medway | Milton Keynes South West | Oxford East | Portsmouth North | Reading West | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Slough | Southampton Itchen | Southampton Test | South Thanet
Liberal Democrat

Eastleigh | Lewes | Oxford West and Abingdon | Portsmouth South | Romsey | Winchester
South East European constituency: Conservative (4) | UKIP (2) | Liberal Democrats (2) | Labour (1) | Green (1)
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Crawley in West Sussex
Administration Constituency · Local Elections · MP: Laura Moffatt
Leisure Broadfield Stadium · Celtic and Irish Cultural Society · Crawley and District Football League · Crawley Rugby Club · Crawley Town F.C. · Hawth Theatre · Tilgate Park
Transport Fastway · Crawley Station · Gatwick Airport · Ifield Station · Three Bridges Station · M23 motorway · A23 road
Education Schools in Crawley · Central Sussex College · Ifield Community College · Hazelwick School · Holy Trinity School · Oriel High School · St Wilfrid's School · Thomas Bennett Community College · Bewbush Community Primary School · Desmond Anderson Primary School · Hilltop Primary School · Mill Primary School · The Oaks Primary School · West Green Primary School
Neighbourhoods Bewbush · Broadfield · Furnace Green · Gossops Green · Ifield · Langley Green · Maidenbower · Manor Royal Industrial · Northgate · Pound Hill · Southgate · Three Bridges · Tilgate · West Green
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