Editing Crawley (section)

=== United Kingdom government ===
Crawley has had its own MP since 1983, and the  [[Crawley (UK Parliament constituency)|parliamentary constituency of Crawley]] shares the same boundaries as the borough. [[Peter Lamb (politician)|Peter Lamb]] of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] won the seat at the [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024 general election]], replacing [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] [[Henry Smith (British politician)|Henry Smith]] who was MP from 2010 to 2024. Previously, [[Laura Moffatt]], a member of the Labour Party, had been the MP for Crawley from 1997 to 2010; she was the [[Parliamentary Private Secretary]] to the [[Secretary of State for Health]], [[Alan Johnson]].<ref name="mp">{{cite web|url=http://www.lauramoffattmp.co.uk/ |title=Laura Moffatt—Labour Member of Parliament for Crawley |access-date=1 April 2008 |publisher=The Labour Party |year=2008 |work=Official website of Laura Moffatt MP |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080419090655/http://www.lauramoffattmp.co.uk/ |archive-date=19 April 2008 }}</ref><ref name="PPS">{{cite news|url=http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,,-3678,00.html |title=Laura Moffatt |access-date=1 April 2008 |publisher=Guardian News and Media Ltd |year=2008 |work=The Guardian |location=London Politics website |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070218113746/http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0%2C%2C-3678%2C00.html |archive-date=18 February 2007 }}</ref> In the [[2005 United Kingdom general election|2005 general election]], the winning margin was the slimmest of any [[United Kingdom constituencies|UK constituency]]: Moffatt won by just 37 votes.<ref name="mp2">{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/vote_2005/frontpage/4521191.stm|title=10 things about the election|access-date=31 July 2007|date=6 May 2005|publisher=BBC News Website: Election 2005|archive-date=22 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122234119/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/vote_2005/frontpage/4521191.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> Crawley was previously in the constituencies of [[Horsham and Crawley (UK Parliament constituency)|Horsham and Crawley]] (1974-1983) and before that [[Horsham (UK Parliament constituency)|Horsham]] (to 1918, 1945-1974) and [[Horsham and Worthing (UK Parliament constituency)|Horsham and Worthing]] (1918-1945)

Two [[Immigration detention in the United Kingdom|immigration detention centres]] –&nbsp;[[Brook House Immigration Removal Centre|Brook House]] and [[Tinsley House Immigration Removal Centre|Tinsley House]] –&nbsp;are situated within the grounds of [[Gatwick Airport]] in Crawley.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-29 |title=Brook House: Ongoing 'failings' at migrant removal centre |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpqjy4vlgg5o |access-date=2025-02-23 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>