Horsham and Crawley (UK Parliament constituency)
Horsham and Crawley was a parliamentary constituency centred on the towns of Horsham and Crawley in West Sussex. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
| Horsham and Crawley | |
|---|---|
| Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
| February 1974–1983 | |
| Number of members | one |
| Replaced by | Crawley and Horsham[1] |
| Created from | Horsham |
The constituency was created for the February 1974 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new Horsham and Crawley constituencies.
Boundaries
The Urban Districts of Horsham and Crawley, and the Rural District of Horsham.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1974 | Peter Hordern | Conservative | |
| 1983 | constituency abolished: see Horsham and Crawley | ||
Elections
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Peter Hordern | 31,802 | 42.40 | ||
| Labour | Ron Leighton | 25,028 | 33.37 | ||
| Liberal | A Gill | 18,167 | 24.22 | ||
| Majority | 6,774 | 9.03 | |||
| Turnout | 74,997 | 83.49 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Peter Hordern | 29,867 | 42.08 | ||
| Labour | Matthew Oakeshott | 26,168 | 36.86 | ||
| Liberal | P Greenwood | 13,848 | 19.51 | ||
| National Front | A Brewer | 1,101 | 1.55 | New | |
| Majority | 3,699 | 5.22 | |||
| Turnout | 70,984 | 78.05 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Peter Hordern | 42,529 | 52.21 | ||
| Labour | PW Newman | 27,508 | 33.77 | ||
| Liberal | MH Foley | 10,920 | 13.41 | ||
| National Front | A Murch | 493 | 0.61 | ||
| Majority | 15,021 | 18.44 | |||
| Turnout | 81,450 | 81.40 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
References
- "'Horsham and Crawley', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
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