12 Facts About Angela Crawley

Angela Crawley was born on 3 June 1987 and is a Scottish National Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament for Lanark and Hamilton East from 2015 to 2024.

Angela Crawley was previously the SNP spokesperson for Women and Equalities and a member of the House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee.

Angela Crawley studied Politics at the University of Stirling, graduating with a BA degree.

Angela Crawley then spent several years living and working in Brighton for the Educational Travel Group.

Angela Crawley first stood for election to South Lanarkshire Council for the Hamilton South ward and was elected at the 2012 local elections with 1,255 first preferences and taking the second seat in the ward, exceeding the quota.

In 2017, Angela Crawley was named in the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for her work in Parliament.

Angela Crawley very narrowly retained her Lanark and Hamilton East seat at the 2017 snap general election, at what was a tight three way marginal behind the Conservatives and Labour.

In December 2016, Angela Crawley stated in Parliament her view that "the law must be updated to recognise an individual's gender identity, which has nothing to do with their birth gender and everything to do with the gender they believe they are".

In 2022, Angela Crawley led a debate on 50 Years of Pride in the UK, stating that "trans people in 2022 are facing the same hate crime and discrimination that many of the LGBTI community faced in the 1980s," and asserting that LGBTQ+ rights are human rights.

Angela Crawley has called for victims of domestic abuse to be exempted from the child maintenance charge, and wrote a letter to the then Home Secretary Amber Rudd on the issue in 2018.

In 2021, Angela Crawley launched a campaign for paid miscarriage leave in the UK including the introduction of a Private Members Bill on the issue along with a national petition.

Angela Crawley reintroduced the Private Members Bill in the 2022 Parliament.