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.

1 Boundaries
2 History
3 Members of Parliament
4 Elections
5 Sources
6 See also
7 External links

[edit] Boundaries

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.

[edit] History

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.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Constituency created (1983)
1983 — 1997: Nicholas Soames, Conservative
1997 — present: Laura Moffatt, Labour

[edit] Elections

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 Democrats	Rupert Sheard	6,503	15.5	+2.8
	British National	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 Democrats	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 Democrats	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 Democrats	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

[edit] Sources

Election result, 2005 (BBC)
Election results, 1997 - 2001 (BBC)
Election results, 1997 - 2001 (Election Demon)
Election results, 1983 - 1992 (Election Demon)
Election results, 1992 - 2005 (Guardian)

[edit] See also

List of Parliamentary constituencies in West Sussex

[edit] External links

Make Votes Count in West Sussex

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)