Horsham and Crawley (UK Parliament constituency)
Coordinates: 51°05′31″N 0°13′59″W / 51.092°N 0.233°W 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.
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 (the civil parishes of Billingshurst, Cowfold, Horsham Rural, Itchingfield, Lower Beeding, Nuthurst, Rudgwick, Rusper, Shipley, Slinfold, Warnham, and West Grinstead).
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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Feb 1974 | Peter Hordern | Conservative | |
1983 | constituency abolished: see Horsham and Crawley |
Elections
General Election February 1974: Horsham and Crawley | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Peter Hordern | 31,802 | 42.40 | ||
Labour | R Leighton | 25,028 | 33.37 | ||
Liberal | A Gill | 18,167 | 24.22 | ||
Majority | 6,774 | 9.03 | |||
Turnout | 83.49 | ||||
Conservative win | |||||
General Election October 1974: Horsham and Crawley | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Peter Hordern | 29,867 | 42.08 | ||
Labour | MA Oakeshott | 26,168 | 36.86 | ||
Liberal | P Greenwood | 13,848 | 19.51 | ||
National Front | A Brewer | 1,101 | 1.55 | ||
Majority | 3,699 | 5.21 | |||
Turnout | 78.05 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | {{{swing}}} | |||
General Election 1979: Horsham and Crawley | |||||
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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 | 81.40 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | {{{swing}}} | |||
References
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