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Crawley

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Apr 2026

Represented by Lab since 2024. Centred on Crawley (Crawley). Population 118,491.

Crawley's MP has made headlines by openly defying his own government on the Chagos Islands deal -- one of the more visible acts of Labour rebellion in the current parliament. Peter Lamb voted against the Diego Garcia bill at both Second Reading and during Lords amendments ping-pong in January 2026, siding with Lords changes that would have strengthened transparency on treaty costs and protected Chagossian self-determination rights. His Crawley constituency has a significant Chagossian community, giving the rebellion clear local grounding. He has also staked out a noticeably pro-assisted-dying position, deviating from his party average by around 20 percentage points on access and autonomy measures -- including a rebel vote to close a safeguarding loophole that his party majority supported.

Beyond those flashpoints, Lamb is an engaged and broadly loyal MP -- a 96.2% party-line voter with a 92% participation rate, above the Commons average. His speeches cluster around local government, the economy, defence, social care, and health. On the ground he has secured £423,000 in homelessness funding for Crawley, campaigned against cuts to local urgent treatment centre hours, and pushed a private member's bill on school nutrition standards. His stance profile shows strong alignment with workers' rights and progressive taxation but noticeably low scores on pro-business and parliamentary scrutiny measures.

449
Commons votes
This parliament
£29k
Median income
HMRC · 2024
75.6k
Electorate
2024 GE

Lab took this seat from Con after 4 consecutive elections.

Current Member of Parliament

Peter Lamb

Peter Lamb

Labour Party

Peter Lamb is the Labour MP for Crawley, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

Notable Votes

MPs voted on whether to reject a change made by the House of Lords to the Diego Garcia Military Base Bill. The Lords had added Amendment 6 to place additional conditions or constraints on the deal; the government asked the Commons to overturn it in order to proceed with the agreement as negotiated.

MP voted NoAgainst party majorityLikely whipped

MPs voted on whether to reject a Lords amendment that would have required the government to publish the full inflation-adjusted costs of payments to Mauritius under the Diego Garcia treaty, including the methodology used to calculate them. The government argued the financial details were already publicly available; the opposition said the government had never been transparent about the true costs to British taxpayers.

MP voted NoAgainst party majorityLikely whipped

MPs voted on whether to reject a Lords amendment to the Diego Garcia/British Indian Ocean Territory Bill. Lords Amendment 1 would have added conditions around notifying Mauritius about military activities on the base, which critics argued would compromise operational security and undermine British sovereignty over the territory.

MP voted NoAgainst party majorityLikely whipped

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Voting at a Glance

Represented by Lab since 2024. Centred on Crawley (Crawley). Population 118,491.

2024 General Election

§ 06This week in Westminster.Live · today’s sittingOrder Paper · refreshed daily

Lamb’s scheduled Commons activity this week — whipped divisions, oral questions, debates — drawn from the House of Commons Order Paper.

§ 07The record, at a glance.465 divisions voted

Two readings of the same data. Issue volume shows where Lamb has cast the most ballots — a proxy for engagement, not direction. Notable votes are the moments where the whip was free or where they broke ranks.

Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted · cumulative this Parliament
Taxation
95
Economy
87
Employment
52
Crime & Policing
45
Education
39
Constitution and Democracy
31
Notable votes
Free votes and rebellions — moments the MP’s own judgment matters more than the whip
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 620 Jan 2026
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 520 Jan 2026
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 120 Jan 2026
No
§ 08The local picture.13 wards

Constituencies are not uniform. Below — the local council make-up, key facts worth knowing, and the neighbouring seats on either side.

WardCouncillorVotesParty
Bewbush North BroadfieldMichael Jones920Labour P
BroadfieldKiran Khan979Labour P
Furnace GreenDuncan Crow919Conserva
Gossops Green North East BroadfieldEsther Barrott914Labour P
IfieldBenazir Yianni1,046Labour P
Langley Green TushmoreShelly Bushnell772Labour P
MaidenbowerImtiaz Khan1,606Conserva
Northgate West GreenSue Mullins1,188Labour P
Pound Hill North Forge WoodNick Hilton1,236Labour P
Pound Hill South WorthThomas Bidwell1,099Conserva
SouthgateDipesh Jitendra Patel924Labour P
Three BridgesAtif Nawaz1,274Labour P
Population (2021 Census)
118,491
Electorate 75,569 · 2024 register
Median income
£29,100
HMRC SPI 2024
Households renting privately
19.8%
England average 20.0%
Schools
37
25 primary · 6 secondary
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