Crawley

Old parliamentary constituency

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In June 2024, this constituency was replaced with:

Crawley

Covers approximately 100% of this old constituency’s population, and 100% of this old constituency’s area.

MP profiles

Date elected

6th May 2010

Public opinion

Would be less favourable towards the Conservative Party if they chose to weaken climate policies

68%

69.1% national average

Support nuclear energy

56%

57.4% national average

Believe the government has increased investment in renewables over the past 5 years

62%

51.9% national average

Believe that the government should use wind and solar farms to reduce energy bills

88%

84.2% national average

Believe that the government should continue the block on onshore wind development

29%

24.2% national average

Have missed a bill payment in the last six months

36%

31.6% national average

Have missed a credit payment in the last six months

28%

23.7% national average

Have not been able to afford to turn the heating on at home when they have felt cold in the past month

38%

37.6% national average

Loss of nature and destruction of the environment should be one of the most important concerns for the country

This area National average
Net agree 72% 72.5%
Net disagree 8% 8.7%
Strongly agree 33% 33.8%
Partly agree 39% 38.8%
Neither agree nor disagree 19% 18.7%
Partly disagree 6% 5.9%
Strongly disagree 3% 2.7%

Mental health has been impacted by the cost of living crisis

41%

41.6% national average

Neither support nor oppose Net Zero

28%

26.7% national average

Oppose Net Zero

13%

12.7% national average

Policies for tackling the cost of living crisis should go hand in hand with policies to tackle the climate crisis

This area National average
Net agree 61% 58.8%
Net disagree 16% 17.7%
Strongly agree 26% 24.2%
Somewhat agree 35% 34.7%
Neither agree nor disagree 24% 23.5%
Somewhat disagree 10% 10.6%
Strongly disagree 6% 7.2%

Tackling climate change should / should not be one of the Government’s biggest priorities right now

This area National average
Should be a priority 57% 57.4%
Should not be a priority 43% 42.6%

Worried about having to use a foodbank in the next year

30%

28.8% national average

Worried about not being able to afford their mortgage or rent in the next year

45%

40.0% national average

Place

Air pollution

This area National average
Benzene 0.5% 0.3%
NO2 13.4% 9.7%
NOX 18.2% 13.1%
Ozone 2.3% 2.1%
PM10 11.3% 11.5%
PM2.5 7.1% 6.5%
SO2 1.6% 1.5%

Constituency age distribution

This area National average
Ages 0-9 14.2% 11.8%
Ages 10-19 12.2% 11.5%
Ages 20-29 11.3% 12.9%
Ages 30-39 15.9% 13.3%
Ages 40-49 14.3% 12.6%
Ages 50-59 12.9% 13.7%
Ages 60-69 9.3% 10.8%
Ages 70-79 5.9% 8.5%
Ages 80+ 3.9% 5.0%

Country of the UK

England

Estimated child poverty

34.4%

29.4% national average

Ethnicity

This area National average
African 2.8% 2.2%
Any other ethnic group 2.1% 1.4%
Arab 0.6% 0.5%
Bangladeshi 0.5% 0.9%
Caribbean 0.6% 0.9%
Chinese 0.5% 0.7%
English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British 61.8% 76.5%
Gypsy or Irish Traveller 0.1% 0.1%
Indian 6.2% 2.8%
Irish 0.7% 0.8%
Other Asian 3.0% 1.5%
Other Black 1.1% 0.4%
Other Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 1.2% 0.7%
Other White 10.5% 5.7%
Pakistani 5.2% 2.4%
Roma 0.3% 0.2%
White and Asian 1.1% 0.8%
White and Black African 0.8% 0.4%
White and Black Caribbean 0.9% 0.8%

Number of onshore windfarms

0

0.7 national average

Socio-economic status

This area National average
Full-time students 5.9% 7.4%
Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations 10.5% 12.9%
Intermediate occupations 14.0% 11.5%
Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations 18.1% 19.9%
Lower supervisory and technical occupations 6.5% 5.5%
Never worked / long-term unemployed 7.8% 8.5%
Routine occupations 14.2% 12.2%
Semi-routine occupations 13.6% 11.5%
Small employers and own account workers 9.3% 10.6%

Movement

Churches that have declared a climate emergency

0

0.2 national average

Number of CAFOD parishes

5

1.4 national average

Number of CAFOD schools

0

2.3 national average

Number of Friends of the Earth local action groups

1

  • CAGNE

Number of Hope For The Future trained constituents

0

0.2 national average

Number of RSPB Reserves

0

0.3 national average

Number of Save the Children shops

1

0.2 national average

Number of Wildlife Trusts Reserves

0

2.4 national average

Number of Women’s Institute groups