Richmond (Yorks) (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1868-2024
Richmond (Yorks) is a constituency of the UK Parliament [note 1] in North Yorkshire. The last MP for Richmond (Yorks) was Rishi Sunak. Sunak is the current leader of the Conservative Party, and used to be the Prime Minister from 2022 to 2024.[note 2] Sunak replaced William Hague, who also served as Conservative Party leader. Hague was leader between 1997 and 2001. He was also Leader of the Opposition when Tony Blair was Prime Minister. Before Hague, Leon Brittan represented the constituency.
| Richmond (Yorks) | |
|---|---|
| Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of Richmond (Yorks) in North Yorkshire | |
 Location of North Yorkshire within England | |
| County | 1585–1974 North Riding of Yorkshire 1974–2024 North Yorkshire |
| Electorate | 83,219 (December 2019)[1] |
| Major settlements | Bedale, Catterick, Catterick Garrison, Great Ayton, Hawes, Leyburn, Middleham, Northallerton, Richmond, Stokesley |
| 1885–2024 | |
| Number of members | One |
| Replaced by | Richmond and Northallerton |
| 1585–1885 | |
| Number of members | 1585–1868: Two 1868–1885: One |
| Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
Election results
change| General election 2019: Richmond (Yorks)[2][3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Rishi Sunak | 36,693 | 63.6 | −0.3 | |
| Labour | Thomas Kirkwood | 9,483 | 16.4 | −7.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Philip Knowles | 6,989 | 12.1 | +6.2 | |
| Green | John Yorke | 2,500 | 4.3 | +1.2 | |
| Yorkshire | Laurence Waterhouse | 1,077 | 1.9 | −1.8 | |
| Independent | Nick Jardine | 961 | 1.7 | New | |
| Majority | 27,210 | 47.2 | +6.7 | ||
| Turnout | 57,703 | 69.9 | −0.6 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +3.3 | |||
Notes
change- ↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
References
change- ↑ "Constituency data: electorates – House of Commons Library". Parliament UK. 15 June 2020. Archived from the original on 28 July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ↑ "Electoral and elections documents: Statement of Persons Nominated Richmond (Yorks) & Notice of Poll". Hambleton District Council. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
- ↑ Minting, Stuart (13 December 2019). "Rishi Sunak increases Conservative majority in Richmond". Darlington and Stockton Times. Retrieved 13 December 2019.