Peter Lamb (politician)

Peter Lamb
MP
Official portrait, 2024
Member of Parliament
for Crawley
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 July 2024 (2024-07-04)
Preceded byHenry Smith
Leader of the Crawley Borough Council
In office
2014 (2014)–2022 (2022)
Preceded byHoward Bloom
Succeeded byMichael Jones
Personal details
Political partyLabour

Peter Keir Lamb[1] is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Crawley since 2024. He also served as leader of Crawley Borough Council until 2022.[2][3]

Lamb previously stood for Crawley in 2019, losing to then-incumbent Henry Smith by 8,360 votes.[4]

Lamb was born in Crawley and was a councillor for 14 years before becoming the area's MP.[5] He is the third consecutive MP for the constituency to lose at the previous general election and then win it at the next.

According to PR Week, Lamb was a "senior consultant for The Campaign Company, which specialises in insight and engagement and works for clients including local authorities, central government departments, the NHS, charities and universities."[6]

  1. ^ "Election results for Northgate & West Green". Democracy in Crawley. Crawley Borough Council. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Crawley | General Election 2024". Sky News. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Sussex election results 2022: Labour wins control of Worthing for first time". BBC. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  4. ^ Nicholson, Savannah (10 June 2024). "The Conservatives could lose Sussex strongholds at General Election". The Argus. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Peter Lamb, Labour candidate for Crawley". Crawley Labour Party. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  6. ^ Owen, Jonathan (8 November 2023). "More PR professionals bidding to become Labour MPs". www.prweek.com. Retrieved 22 August 2024.