Horsham and Crawley (UK Parliament constituency)

Horsham and Crawley
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
February 1974–1983
Seats	one
Created from	Horsham
Replaced by	Crawley and Horsham

Horsham and Crawley was a parliamentary constituency centred on the towns of Horsham and Crawley in West Sussex. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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

General election February 1974: Horsham and Crawley

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)

General election October 1974: Horsham and Crawley

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

General election 1979: Horsham and Crawley

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

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 4)