David Crausby | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2017 | |
| In office 1 May 1997 – 6 November 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Peter Thurnham |
| Succeeded by | Mark Logan |
| Member of Bury Council | |
| In office 3 May 1979 – 3 May 1984 | |
| Ward | East |
| Succeeded by | John Byrne |
| In office 3 May 1984 – 7 May 1992 | |
| Ward | Redvales |
| Preceded by | M. Hall |
| Succeeded by | C. Fitzgerald |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 June 1946 Bury, Lancashire, England |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse |
Enid Anne Noon (m. 1965) |
| Children | 2 |
Sir David Anthony Crausby (born 17 June 1946) is a British Labour politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolton North East from 1997 to 2019.
Born in Bury, Lancashire, Crausby worked as a turner and later became a workplace representative for the Amalgamated Engineering Union. He was a Member of Bury Metropolitan Borough Council from 1979 to 1992, and elected as an MP at the 1997 general election.
A backbencher throughout his tenure in Parliament, Crausby was a long-serving member of the Defence Select Committee and Panel of Chairs. He represented the UK internationally as a delegate to the Nato and Council of Europe Parliamentary Assemblies, and was knighted in the 2017 New Year Honours. Crausby lost his seat to the Conservatives at the 2019 general election.