Peter Lamb | |
Honorific Suffix: | MP |
Office: | Member of Parliament for Crawley |
Predecessor: | Henry Smith |
Office1: | Leader of the Crawley Borough Council |
Predecessor1: | Howard Bloom |
Successor1: | Michael Jones |
Party: | Labour |
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 the 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]