Crawley was part of the Horsham constituency, which first sent members to Parliament in 1295. It originally returned two members, but from 1832 this was reduced to one. From 1918 Horsham was amalgamated to form Horsham and Worthing constituency, but became a separate constituency again in 1945. In 1974 it became Horsham and Crawley until 1983 when Crawley became a separate constituency from Horsham.
Crawley2019 | Henry Smith | Conservative |
2017 | Henry Smith | Conservative |
2015 | Henry Smith | Conservative |
2010 | Henry Smith | Conservative |
2005 | Laura Moffatt | Labour |
2001 | Laura Moffatt | Labour |
1997 | Laura Moffatt | Labour |
1992 | Nicholas Soames | Conservative |
1987 | Nicholas Soames | Conservative |
1983 | Nicholas Soames | Conservative |
1979 | Peter Horden | Conservative |
1974, October | Peter Horden | Conservative |
1974, February | Peter Horden | Conservative |
1970 | Peter Horden | Conservative |
1966 | Peter Horden | Conservative |
1964 | Peter Horden | Conservative |
1959 | Frederick Gough | Conservative |
1955 | Frederick Gough | Conservative |
1951 | Frederick Gough | Conservative |
1950 | Edward Turnour, 6th Earl Winterton | Conservative |
1945 | Edward Turnour, 6th Earl Winterton | Conservative |
1935 | Edward Turnour, 6th Earl Winterton | Conservative |
1931 | Edward Turnour, 6th Earl Winterton | Conservative |
1929 | Edward Turnour, 6th Earl Winterton | Conservative |
1924 | Edward Turnour, 6th Earl Winterton | Conservative |
1923 | Edward Turnour, 6th Earl Winterton | Conservative |
1922 | Edward Turnour, 6th Earl Winterton | Conservative |
1918 | Edward Turnour, 6th Earl Winterton | Conservative |
1910, December | Edward Turnour, 6th Earl Winterton | Conservative |
1910, January | Edward Turnour, 6th Earl Winterton | Conservative |
1906 | Viscount Turnour | Conservative |
1904 by-election | Edward Turnour | Conservative |
1900 | John Heywood Johnstone | Conservative |
1895 | John Heywood Johnstone | Conservative |
1893 by-election | John Heywood Johnstone | Conservative |
1892 | Sir Walter Barttelot | Conservative |
1886 | Sir Walter Barttelot | Conservative |
1885 | Sir Walter Barttelot | Conservative |
1880 | Sir Henry Aubrey-Fletcher | Conservative |
1876 by-election | James Clifton Brown | Liberal |
1875 by-election | Robert Henry Hurst | Liberal |
1874 | Sir William Robert Seymour Vesey-Fitzgerald | Conservative |
1869 by-election | Robert Henry Hurst | Liberal |
1868 | John Aldridge | Conservative |
1865 | Robert Henry Hurst | Liberal |
1852 | William Robert Seymour Vesey Fitzgerald | |
1848 by-election | Edward George Fitzalan-Howard | Liberal |
1848 by-election | William Robert Seymour Vesey Fitzgerald | |
1847 | John Jervis | |
1844 by-election | Robert Henry Hurst | |
1841 | Robert Campbell Scarlett | |
1832 | Robert Henry Hurst |
1829 | Nicholas William Ridley-Colborne | Henry Fitzalan-Howard, Earl of Arundel | |
1827 | Nicholas William Ridley-Colborne | Robert Hurst | |
1826 | Henry Edward Fox | Robert Hurst | |
1820 | Sir John Aubrey, Bt | Robert Hurst | |
1818 | George Richard Phillips | Robert Hurst | |
1812 | Sir Arthur Leary Piggott | Robert Hurst | |
1807 | Sir Samuel Romilly | Whig | Love Parry Jones-Parry |
1806 | Francis John Wilder | Love Parry Jones-Parry | |
1804 | Edward Hilliard | James Edward Harris, Viscount FitzHarris | |
1802 | Edward Hilliard | Patrick Ross | |
1796 | Sir John MacPherson | James Fox-Lane | |
1793 | Lord William Gordon | William Fullarton | |
1792 | Lord William Gordon | James Baillie | |
1790 | Timothy Shelley | Wilson Braddyll | |
1784 | Jeremiah Crutchley | Philip Metcalfe | |
1783 | Sir George Osborn | James Crauford | |
November 1780 | Sir George Osborn | James Wallace | |
September 1780 | George Legge, Viscount Lewisham | James Wallace | |
1776 | Charles Moore, 6th Earl of Drogheda | James Wallace | |
1774 | Jeremiah Dyson | James Wallace | |
1770 | Robert Pratt | James Wallace | |
1768 | Robert Pratt | James Grenville | |
1763 | Robert Pratt | Sir Lionel Pilkington | |
1748 | Charles Ingram | Sir Lionel Pilkington | |
1747 | Charles Ingram | General Charles Ingram | |
1741 | Sir Richard Mill | General Charles Ingram | |
1737 | Charles Eversfield | General Charles Ingram | |
1722 | Charles Eversfield | Henry Ingram, 7th Viscount of Irvine | |
1721 | Charles Eversfield | Arthur Ingram (of Barrowby) | |
June 1715 | Arthur Ingram, 6th Viscount of Irvine | Arthur Ingram (of Barrowby) | |
January 1715 | Sir Henry Goring | Charles Eversfield | |
1713 | John Middleton | Charles Eversfield | |
1710 | John Middleton | John Wicker | |
1708 | John Wicker | ||
1707 | Henry Goring | ||
1705 | Henry Cowper | ||
1702 | John Wicker | Henry Cowper | |
November 1701 | John Wicker | Henry Yates | |
January 1701 | Henry Cowper | Henry Yates | |
1695 | John Machell | Henry Yates | |
1690 | John Machell | Thomas White | |
1685 | John Machell | Anthony Eversfield | |
1681 | John Machell | John Michell | |
1679 | Anthony Eversfield | John Michell | |
1669 | Sir John Covert | Orlando Bridgeman | |
1661 | Sir John Covert | Henry Chowne | |
1660 | Thomas Middleton | Hall Ravenscroft |
Do you think the UK should stay in the European Community (Common Market)?
Yes: | 242,890 | 76.2% |
No: | 73,928 | 23.8% |
Electorate: . Turnout: 316,818 - 68.6%. Number of spoilt ballots : .
5th May 2011
At present, the UK uses the first past the post system to elect MPs to the House of Commons. Should the alternative vote system be used instead?
Yes: | 7,993 | 28.3% |
No: | 20,275 | 71.7% |
Electorate: 72,100. Turnout: 28,414 - 39.4%. Number of spoilt ballots : 146.
23rd June 2016
Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union?
Remain: | 22,388 | 41.6% |
Leave: | 31,447 | 58.4% |
Electorate: ?. Turnout: 53,884 - 73.2%. Number of spoilt ballots : 49.