UK Explained

Crawley

Represented in Parliament by Peter Lamb (Labour). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

Peter Lamb, Labour. Open their full page →

These describe the record. They do not say why an MP voted or claimed as they did.

How Crawley compares

Every dot is one of the 631 areas that have figures. The large red dot is this area; green dots are areas like it.

TYPICAL FULL-TIME PAY, A WEEK

This area is 283 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £762£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 502 areas and lower than 146.

UK 3.9%This area 4.6%0.0%12.0%

Areas like this one

The three areas with the closest pay and claimant rate. This says nothing about politics or geography.

AreaWeekly payClaimants
Crawley£7624.6%
Leeds North East£7674.6%
Wycombe£7534.5%
Bristol East£7764.5%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

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Who lives in Crawley

From the 2021 Census, next to the figure for England and Wales as a whole. Census day was 21 March 2021, so some things will have changed.

About the areaThis areaEngland and WalesCompared
Number of people118,49559,597,740 in total
Aged under 1621%18%2 points higher
Aged 65 and over13%19%5 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher28%34%6 points lower
Households that own their home57%62%6 points lower
Households renting from a council or housing association23%17%6 points higher
Households renting privately20%20%about the same

Source: ONS, Census 2021 (England and Wales), via the UK Data Service statistics portal. Fetched 2026-10-04. These describe who lives here. They do not explain how anyone votes.

WINNER, 2024
Peter Lamb

Labour

MAJORITY
5,235

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
60%

of people who could vote did

Peter Lamb won with 38% of the votes, and Zack Ali (Conservative) came second with 27%.

Votes for each party

Labour38% · 17,453
Conservative27% · 12,218
Reform UK19% · 8,447
Green Party6% · 2,621
Workers Party of Britain5% · 2,407
Liberal Democrat5% · 2,205
Everyone else1% · 291
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Peter LambLabour17,45338.2%
Zack AliConservative12,21826.8%
Tim ChartersReform UK8,44718.5%
Iain DicksonGreen Party2,6215.7%
Linda BamiehWorkers Party of Britain2,4075.3%
Lee GibbsLiberal Democrat2,2054.8%
Robin BurnhamTrade Unionist and Socialist Coalition1530.3%
Dan WeirHeritage Party1380.3%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£762 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
4.6%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

Updated 4 Oct 2026