| Horsham and Crawley | |
|---|---|
| Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
| February 1974–1983 | |
| Seats | one |
| Created from | Horsham |
| Replaced by | Crawley and Horsham[1] |
Horsham and Crawley was a parliamentary constituency centred on the towns of Horsham and CrawleyinWest 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.
The Urban Districts of Horsham and Crawley, and the Rural District of Horsham.
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1974 | Peter Hordern | Conservative | |
| 1983 | constituency abolished: see 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) | |||||
| 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 | ||||
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