Crawley | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of Crawley in West Sussex.
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Location of West Sussex within England.
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County | West Sussex |
Electorate | 74,369 (May 2015) |
Major settlements | Crawley |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1983 |
Member of parliament | Henry Smith (Conservative) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | Horsham and Crawley and Mid Sussex |
Overlaps | |
European Parliament constituency | South East England |
Coordinates: 51°06′47″N 0°10′59″W / 51.113°N 0.183°W
Crawley is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Henry Smith of the Conservative Party.
1983-1997: The Borough of Crawley, and the District of Mid Sussex wards of Balcombe, Copthorne and Worth, Crawley Down, Slaugham, and Turners Hill.
1997-present: The Borough of Crawley.
The constituency covers the whole of the town and borough of Crawley in West Sussex which includes London Gatwick Airport. Crawley borders Horsham in the same county on all sides other than the north, where it borders a part of East Surrey.
The Boundary Commission analysed population increase and recommended that no changes to the constituency were made for the 2010 general election so the seat remains coterminous with the borough.