Richmond (Yorks) (UK Parliament constituency)

Richmond (Yorks) is a constituency[n 1] in North Yorkshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since May 2015 by the current Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, a Conservative.[n 2]

See also: Richmond Park (UK Parliament constituency) and Richmond (Surrey) (UK Parliament constituency)

Richmond (Yorks)
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Richmond (Yorks) in North Yorkshire
Location of North Yorkshire within England
County1585–1974 North Riding of Yorkshire
1974– North Yorkshire
Electorate78,902 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlementsBedale, Catterick, Catterick Garrison, Great Ayton, Hawes, Leyburn, Middleham, Northallerton, Richmond, Stokesley
Current constituency
Created1885
Member of ParliamentRishi Sunak (Conservative)
Number of membersOne
1585–1885
Number of members1585–1868: Two
1868–1885: One
Type of constituencyBorough constituency

Constituency profile

The constituency presents itself as a safe seat for the Conservative Party, having held it continuously since 1910 (if including the 11 years by the allied Unionist Party from 1918), and in the 2010 general election, Richmond produced the largest numerical and percentage majority for a Conservative, 62.8% of the vote. The Conservative MP and one-time Party leader, William Hague, held the seat from a by-election in 1989 until he retired from the Commons in 2015. He had held the posts of Leader of the Opposition (1997–2001), Foreign Secretary (2010–2014) and Leader of the House of Commons (2014-2015).

The constituency consists of in the west the entire Richmondshire district and in the east the northern part of Hambleton District. A mostly rural seat, the population is almost wholly self-supportive[n 3] and in national terms affluent.

History

Richmond was one of the parliamentary boroughs in the Unreformed House of Commons that dates to the middle of its long existence, first being represented in 1585. In modern times it has been an ultra-safe seat for the Conservative Party.

From 1983, the seat was represented by the cabinet minister Leon Brittan, after boundary changes saw his Cleveland and Whitby seat abolished; however, he resigned from the Commons in December 1988 in order to take up the position of Vice-President of the European Commission.

1989 by-election

The ensuing by-election, held in February 1989, was won by William Hague: this was the last by-election won by a Conservative candidate during the Conservative Government of 1979-1997. Hague's win has been attributed in part to the decision by the remnants of the Social Democratic Party (those members that objected to the merger with the Liberal Party the previous year) to contest the election as well as the newly merged Social and Liberal Democrats (who subsequently renamed themselves the Liberal Democrats). The SDP candidate, local farmer Mike Potter, came second, and Hague's majority of 2,634 was considerably smaller than the number of votes (11,589) for the SLD candidate Barbara Pearce. Despite the Labour landslide of 1997, they did not come close to winning the seat, which stayed Conservative with a majority of 10,000. Hague retained the seat at every general election from then on, building the Conservative majority to 23,336, until his decision to step down at the 2015 election.

1992 change in main opposition candidate

In 1992, the Labour candidate until a few weeks before the election, David Abrahams, was deselected after a series of rows within the local party over his personal life and business interests. It emerged in 2007 that he used the name "David Martin" when dealing with tenants in his various rental properties in the Newcastle area,[2] and that he had claimed that he lived with his wife and son, though he had never been married. Divorcee Anthea Bailey later told a local newspaper she and her 11-year-old son had posed as Mr Abrahams' family as part of a business arrangement so that Abrahams could create "the right impression".[3][4]

Since 2001

At the 2001 general election, Richmond became the Conservatives' safest seat in the UK, both in terms of the actual numerical majority and by percentage, the seat being held by then Conservative leader Hague. Although the numerical majority was surpassed by Buckingham at the 2005 election, Richmond has a smaller electorate and had a greater proportion of Conservative voters so retained the second largest percentage majority. Again in 2010, Richmond was the safest Conservative seat in the country, in terms of numerical and percentage majority.

Boundaries

1918–1950: The Borough of Richmond, the Urban Districts of Kirklington-cum-Upsland, Masham, and Northallerton, and the Rural Districts of Aysgarth, Bedale, Croft, Leyburn, Northallerton, Reeth, Richmond, Startforth, and Stokesley.

1950–1955: The Borough of Richmond, the Urban District of Northallerton, and the Rural Districts of Aysgarth, Croft, Leyburn, Masham, Northallerton, Reeth, Richmond, Startforth, and Stokesley.

1955–1974: As prior but with redrawn boundaries.

1974–1983: As prior but with redrawn boundaries.

1983–1997: The District of Richmondshire, and the District of Hambleton wards of Appleton Wiske, Bedale, Brompton, Broughton and Greenhow, Carlton Miniott, Crakehall, Great Ayton, Hillside, Leeming, Leeming Bar, Morton-on-Swale, Northallerton North East, Northallerton South East, Northallerton West, Osmotherley, Romanby, Romanby Broomfield, Rudby, Sowerby, Stokesley, Swainby, Tanfield, The Cowtons, The Thorntons, Thirsk, Topcliffe, and Whitestonecliffe.

1997–2010: The District of Richmondshire, and the District of Hambleton wards of Appleton Wiske, Brompton, Broughton and Greenhow, Great Ayton, Leeming Bar, Morton-on-Swale, Northallerton North East, Northallerton South East, Northallerton West, Osmotherley, Romanby, Romanby Broomfield, Rudby, Stokesley, Swainby, and The Cowtons.

2010–present: The District of Richmondshire, and the District of Hambleton wards of Bedale, Brompton, Broughton and Greenhow, Cowtons, Crakehall, Great Ayton, Leeming, Leeming Bar, Morton-on-Swale, Northallerton Broomfield, Northallerton Central, Northallerton North, Osmotherley, Romanby, Rudby, Stokesley, Swainby, and Tanfield.

The Richmond constituency covers the Richmondshire district and the northern part of the Hambleton district. It is an affluent rural area with a significant commuter population, covering parts of the North York Moors and Yorkshire Dales National Parks, including Wensleydale and Swaledale. It contains the market towns of Northallerton, Richmond, Leyburn, Bedale, Hawes and Stokesley, along with Great Ayton and other surrounding villages. It also includes the large army base, Catterick Garrison.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1585–1640
ParliamentFirst memberSecond member
1584John PepperMarmaduke Wyvill[5]
1586Robert BowesSamuel Coxe[5]
1588James DaleJohn Smythe[5]
1593Talbot BowesJohn Pepper[5]
1597Marmaduke WyvillCuthbert Pepper[5]
1601Cuthbert PepperTalbot Bowes[5]
1604Sir John SavileRichard Percevall
1614Sir Talbot BowesSir William Richardson
1621Sir Talbot BowesWilliam Bowes
1624John WandesfordChristopher Pepper
1625Christopher WandesfordSir Talbot Bowes
1626Christopher WandesfordMatthew Hutton
1628Sir Talbot BowesJames Howell
1629–1640No Parliaments summoned

MPs 1640–1868
YearFirst member[6]First partySecond member[6]Second party
April 1640 Sir William Pennyman, Bt.Royalist Maulger Norton
November 1640 Sir Thomas DanbyRoyalist
August 1642 Pennyman disabled to sit – seat vacant
(Pennyman died August 1643)
September 1642 Danby disabled to sit – seat vacant
1645 Thomas Chaloner Francis Thorpe
1653 Richmond was unrepresented in Barebone's Parliament
1654 John Wastal Richmond had only one seat in the First and
Second Parliaments of the Protectorate
1656 John Bathurst
January 1659 Sir Christopher Wyvill, Bt. John Bathurst
May 1659 Thomas Chaloner Francis Thorpe
April 1660 James Darcy Sir Christopher Wyvill, Bt.
1661 Sir John Yorke Joseph Cradock
1662 John Wandesford
1664 Sir William Killigrew
1665 Marmaduke Darcy
1679 Humphrey Wharton Thomas Cradock
1681 John Darcy, Lord Conyers
1685 Thomas Cradock
January 1689 Thomas Yorke
February 1689 Philip Darcy
1690 Sir Mark Milbanke, Bt Theodore Bathurst
1695 Thomas Yorke Sir Marmaduke Wyvill, Bt.
1698 James Darcy
1701 John Hutton
1702 James Darcy
May 1705 Wharton Dunch
December 1705 William Walsh
1708 Harry Mordaunt
1710 John YorkeWhig
1713 Thomas Yorke
1717 John YorkeWhig
1720 Richard AbellWhig
1722 Conyers DarcyWhig
1727 Charles Bathurst Sir Marmaduke Wyvill, Bt.
1728[7] John YorkeWhig Sir Conyers Darcy[8]Whig
1747 Earl of Ancram
1757 Thomas Yorke
1761 Sir Ralph Milbanke
1763 Thomas Dundas
March 1768 Alexander Wedderburn Sir Lawrence Dundas, Bt[9]
November 1768 William Norton
1769 Charles John Crowle
1774 Thomas Dundas[10] Sir Lawrence Dundas, Bt[11]
January 1775 Charles Dundas
December 1775 William Norton
1780 Marquess of Graham Sir Lawrence Dundas, Bt
1781 George Fitzwilliam
1784 The Earl of Inchiquin Charles Dundas
1786 Sir Grey Cooper
1790 Lawrence DundasWhig
1796 Charles George Beauclerk
1798 Arthur ShakespeareWhig[12]
1802 George DundasWhig[12]
1806 Charles Lawrence DundasWhig[12]
1808 Lawrence DundasWhig[12]
1810 Robert ChalonerWhig[12]
January 1812 George DundasWhig
October 1812 Dudley Long NorthWhig[12]
1818 Thomas DundasWhig[12][13][14] Viscount MaitlandWhig[12]
1820 Samuel Barrett Moulton BarrettWhig[12]
1828 Hon. Sir Robert DundasWhig[12][15][16]
1830 Hon. John DundasWhig[12][17][14][18]
1835 Alexander SpeirsWhig[12][13][14] Hon. Thomas Dundas[19]Whig[12][13][14]
1839 Hon. Sir Robert DundasWhig[12][15][16]
February 1841 Hon. George Wentworth-FitzWilliamWhig[12][20][21][22]
June 1841 Hon. John DundasWhig[12][17][14][18] Hon. William Ridley-ColborneWhig[12][18][23]
1846 Henry RichWhig[24][12][13][25]
1847 Marmaduke WyvillWhig[24]
1859 Liberal Liberal
1861 Sir Roundell PalmerLiberal
1865 Hon. John DundasLiberal
1866 Marmaduke WyvillLiberal

MPs since 1868
Richmond, 1918–1948
ElectionMember[6]Party
1868 Sir Roundell Palmer Liberal
1872 by-election Lawrence Dundas Liberal
1873 by-election Hon. John Dundas Liberal
1885 Sir Frederick Milbank, Bt Liberal
1886 George Elliot[26] Conservative
1895 John Hutton Conservative
1906 Francis Dyke Acland Liberal
Jan 1910 Hon. William Orde-Powlett Conservative
1918 Sir Murrough Wilson Unionist
1929 Thomas Dugdale Conservative
1959 Timothy Kitson Conservative
1983 Leon Brittan Conservative
1989 by-election William Hague Conservative
2015 Rishi Sunak Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s
General election 2019: Richmond (Yorks)[27][28]
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 +1.3
Yorkshire Party Laurence Waterhouse 1,077 1.9 −1.8
Independent Nick Jardine 961 1.7 N/A
Majority 27,210 47.2 +6.7
Turnout 57,723 69.9 -0.6
Conservative hold Swing
General election 2017: Richmond (Yorks)[29][30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Rishi Sunak 36,458 63.9 +12.6
Labour Dan Perry 13,350 23.4 +10.2
Liberal Democrats Tobie Abel 3,360 5.9 −0.5
Yorkshire Party Chris Pearson 2,106 3.7 N/A
Green Fiona Yorke 1,739 3.1 −1.2
Majority 23,108 40.5 +4.3
Turnout 57,013 70.5 +5.8
Conservative hold Swing +1.2
General election 2015: Richmond (Yorks)[31][32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Rishi Sunak 27,744 51.4 −11.4
UKIP Matthew Cooke 8,194 15.2 +15.2
Labour Mike Hill 7,124 13.2 −2.1
Liberal Democrats John Harris 3,465 6.4 −12.7
Independent John Blackie 3,348 6.2 +6.2
Green Leslie Rowe 2,313 4.3 +1.4
Independent Robin Scott 1,811 3.4 +3.4
Majority 19,550 36.2 -7.5
Turnout 53,999 64.7 -2.5
Conservative hold Swing -13.3
General election 2010: Richmond (Yorks)[33][34]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative William Hague 33,541[35] 62.8 +3.5
Liberal Democrats Lawrence Meredith 10,205 19.1 +2.2
Labour Eileen Driver 8,150 15.3 −5.3
Green Leslie Rowe 1,516 2.8 −0.3
Majority 23,336 43.7 +4.1
Turnout 53,412 67.2 +2.6
Conservative hold Swing +4.4

Elections in the 2000s
General election 2005: Richmond (Yorks)[36]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative William Hague 26,722 59.1 +0.2
Labour Neil Foster 8,915 19.7 −2.2
Liberal Democrats Jacquie Bell 7,982 17.7 −0.2
Green Leslie Rowe 1,581 3.5 N/A
Majority 17,807 39.4 +2.4
Turnout 45,200 65.0 −2.5
Conservative hold Swing +1.2
General election 2001: Richmond (Yorks)[37]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative William Hague 25,951 58.9 +10.1
Labour Co-op Fay Tinnion 9,632 21.9 −5.9
Liberal Democrats Thomas Forth 7,890 17.9 −0.5
Monster Raving Loony Boney Steniforth 561 1.3 N/A
Majority 16,319 37.0 +15.9
Turnout 44,034 67.4 −6.0
Conservative hold Swing +8.0

Elections in the 1990s
General election 1997: Richmond (Yorks)[38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative William Hague 23,326 48.9 −13.0
Labour Co-op Steven Merritt 13,275 27.8 +16.2
Liberal Democrats Jane Harvey 8,773 18.4 −7.3
Referendum Alex Bentley 2,367 5.0 N/A
Majority 10,051 21.1 −15.1
Turnout 47,741 73.4 −5.0
Conservative hold Swing −13.9
General election 1992: Richmond (Yorkshire)[39][40]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative William Hague 40,202 61.9 +0.6
Liberal Democrats George Irwin 16,698 25.7 −1.3
Labour Ross Cranston 7,523 11.6 −0.2
Independent A. Michael Barr 570 0.9 N/A
Majority 23,504 36.2 +1.9
Turnout 64,993 78.4 +6.3
Conservative hold Swing +1.0

Elections in the 1980s
Richmond by-election, 1989
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative William Hague 19,543 37.2 -24.0
SDP (1988) Mike Potter 16,909 32.2
SLD Barbara Pearce 11,589 22.1 -4.9
Labour Frank Robson 2,591 4.9 -6.9
Green Robert Upshall 1,473 2.8
Monster Raving Loony Screaming Lord Sutch 167 0.3
Independent Anthony Millns1 113 0.2
Corrective Party Lindi St Clair 106 0.2
Liberal Nicholas Watkins 70 0.1
Majority 2,634 5.0
Turnout 52,561 64.4
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1987: Richmond (Yorks)[41]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Leon Brittan 34,995 61.23
Liberal David Lloyd-Williams 15,419 26.98
Labour Frank Robson 6,737 11.79
Majority 19,576 34.25
Turnout 72.09
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1983: Richmond (Yorks)[42]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Leon Brittan 32,373 62.64
Liberal D. Raw 14,307 27.69
Labour B. Hawkins 4,997 9.67
Majority 18,066 34.96
Turnout 68.72
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s
General election 1979: Richmond (Yorks)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Timothy Kitson 28,958 61.49
Liberal G. Hodgson 9,964 21.16
Labour K.R. Bratton 8,173 17.35
Majority 18,994 40.33
Turnout 72.10
Conservative hold Swing
General election October 1974: Richmond (Yorks)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Timothy Kitson 23,156 56.9
Liberal P. Waudby 9,528 23.4
Labour I.A. Wilkie 8,025 19.7
Majority 13,628 33.5
Turnout 65.7
Conservative hold Swing
General election February 1974: Richmond (Yorks)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Timothy Kitson 26,994 58.2
Liberal Elizabeth May Graham 11,727 25.3
Labour Edward Pearce 7,659 16.5
Majority 15,267 32.9
Turnout 75.5
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1970: Richmond (Yorks)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Timothy Kitson 30,471 62.8
Labour Michael Aldrich 12,702 26.2
Liberal John R. Smithson 5,354 11.0
Majority 17,769 36.6
Turnout 68.4
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s
General election 1966: Richmond (Yorks)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Timothy Kitson 23,541 56.6
Labour W. Patrick Lisle 10,210 24.6
Liberal Clifford Keith Wain Schellenberg 7,824 18.8
Majority 13,331 32.1
Turnout 41,575 71.3
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1964: Richmond (Yorks)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Timothy Kitson 25,345 58.9
Labour Gordon A. Knott 8,908 20.7
Liberal Clifford Keith Wain Schellenberg 8,787 20.4
Majority 16,437 38.2
Turnout 43,040 75.6
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s
General election 1959: Richmond (Yorks)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Timothy Kitson 28,270 75.44
Labour Mabel McMillan 9,203 24.56
Majority 19,067 50.88
Turnout 71.49
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1955: Richmond (Yorks)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Thomas Dugdale 24,979 73.57
Labour Richard Hoyle 8,974 26.43
Majority 16,005 47.14
Turnout 67.25
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1951: Richmond (Yorks)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Thomas Dugdale 26,231 70.62
Labour Richard Hoyle 10,915 29.38
Majority 15,316 41.23
Turnout 74.36
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1950: Richmond (Yorks)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Thomas Dugdale 22,999 59.20
Labour F.W. Beaton 8,694 22.38
Liberal Douglas Eugene Moore 7,157 18.42
Majority 14,305 36.82
Turnout 74.36
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s
General election 1945: Richmond (Yorks)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Thomas Dugdale 18,332 52.87 -24.1
Liberal M.W. Darwin 9,427 27.19 n/a
Labour George Henry Metcalfe 6,104 17.60 -5.1
Common Wealth Roy Norman Chesterton 813 2.34 n/a
Majority 8,905 25.68 -28.9
Turnout 68.38 +0.2
Conservative hold Swing n/a

Elections in the 1930s
General election 1935: Richmond (Yorks)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Thomas Dugdale 25,088 77.03
Labour Alfred Jonathan Best 7,369 22.70
Majority 17,719 54.59
Turnout 68.10
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1931: Richmond (Yorks)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Thomas Dugdale Unopposed
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s
General election 1929: Richmond (Yorks) [43]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist Thomas Dugdale 19,763 57.5 n/a
Liberal John Dixon Hinks 14,634 42.5 n/a
Majority 5,129 79.4 n/a
Turnout n/a
Unionist hold Swing n/a
General election 1924: Richmond (Yorks)[43]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist Murrough Wilson unopposed n/a n/a
Unionist hold Swing n/a
General election 1923: Richmond (Yorks)[43]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist Murrough Wilson unopposed n/a n/a
Unionist hold Swing n/a
General election 1922 : Richmond (Yorks)[43]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist Murrough Wilson unopposed n/a n/a
Unionist hold Swing n/a

Election results 1868–1918

Elections in the 1860s
General election 1868: Richmond (Yorks) [44]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Roundell Palmer 375 81.2 N/A
Liberal William Henry Roberts 87 18.8 N/A
Majority 288 62.3 N/A
Turnout 462 71.1 N/A
Registered electors 650
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1870s

Palmer resigned after being appointed Lord Chancellor and being elevated to the peerage, becoming Lord Selborne.

By-election, 7 Nov 1872: Richmond (Yorks) [44]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Lawrence Dundas 314 57.9
Independent Liberal Charles Edward Brunskill Cooke[45][46] 228 42.1 N/A
Majority 86 15.9
Turnout 542 79.5
Registered electors 682
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Dundas succeeded to the peerage, becoming Earl of Zetland.

By-election, 27 May 1873: Richmond (Yorks) [44]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal John Dundas Unopposed
Liberal hold
General election 1874: Richmond (Yorks) [44]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal John Dundas 313 54.7 N/A
Independent Liberal Charles Edward Brunskill Cooke 259 45.3 N/A
Majority 54 9.4 −52.9
Turnout 572 81.0 +9.9
Registered electors 706
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1880s
General election 1880: Richmond (Yorks) [44]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal John Dundas 447 75.8 +21.1
Conservative George Swinburne-King[47] 143 24.2 N/A
Majority 304 51.5 +42.1
Turnout 590 84.8 +3.8
Registered electors 696
Liberal hold Swing N/A
General election 1885: Richmond (Yorks) [11][48][49]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Frederick Milbank 4,869 53.0 −22.8
Conservative George Elliot 4,320 47.0 +22.8
Majority 549 6.0 −45.5
Turnout 9,189 81.8 −3.0
Registered electors 11,237
Liberal hold Swing −22.8
General election 1886: Richmond (Yorks) [11][48]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative George Elliot 4,810 55.5 +8.5
Liberal Edmund Turton 3,859 44.5 -8.5
Majority 951 11.0 N/A
Turnout 8,669 77.1 −4.7
Registered electors 11,237
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +8.5

Elections in the 1890s
General election 1892: Richmond (Yorks) [11][48]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative George Elliot 4,340 50.9 -4.6
Liberal Edmund Turton 4,181 49.1 +4.6
Majority 159 1.8 -9.2
Turnout 8,521 79.9 +2.8
Registered electors 10,669
Conservative hold Swing -4.6
Hutton
General election 1895: Richmond (Yorks) [11][48][50]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative John Hutton 4,555 53.4 +2.5
Liberal Edmund Turton 3,971 46.6 -2.5
Majority 584 6.8 +5.0
Turnout 8,526 79.9 +2.8
Registered electors 10,669
Conservative hold Swing +2.5

Elections in the 1900s
Howard
General election 1900: Richmond (Yorks) [48][50][51]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative John Hutton 4,573 59.5 +6.1
Liberal Geoffrey Howard 3,117 40.5 −6.1
Majority 1,456 19.0 +12.2
Turnout 7,690 74.2 −5.7
Registered electors 10,369
Conservative hold Swing +6.1
Acland
General election 1906: Richmond (Yorks) [11][48][51]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Francis Dyke Acland 4,470 50.6 +10.1
Conservative Lawrence Dundas 4,368 49.4 -10.1
Majority 102 1.2 N/A
Turnout 8,838 87.4 +13.2
Registered electors 10,112
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +10.1

Elections in the 1910s
General election January 1910: Richmond (Yorks) [11][52]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative William Orde-Powlett 5,246 55.8 +6.4
Liberal Francis Dyke Acland 4,163 44.2 −6.4
Majority 1,083 11.6 N/A
Turnout 9,409 89.7 +2.3
Registered electors 10,485
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +6.4
General election December 1910: Richmond (Yorks) [11][52]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative William Orde-Powlett Unopposed
Conservative hold

General Election 1914/15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

General election 1918 Richmond (Yorks)[43]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
C Unionist Murrough Wilson 9,857 66.8 N/A
National Farmers Union William Parlour 4,907 33.2 N/A
Majority 4,950 33.6 N/A
Turnout 14,764 48.1 N/A
Unionist hold Swing N/A
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Election results 1832–1868

Elections in the 1830s
General election 1832: Richmond (Yorks)[12][44]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig Robert Lawrence Dundas Unopposed
Whig John Dundas Unopposed
Registered electors 273
Whig hold
Whig hold
General election 1835: Richmond (Yorks)[12][44]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig Thomas Dundas Unopposed
Whig Alexander Speirs Unopposed
Registered electors 278
Whig hold
Whig hold
General election 1837: Richmond (Yorks)[12][44]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig Thomas Dundas Unopposed
Whig Alexander Speirs Unopposed
Registered electors 272
Whig hold
Whig hold

Dundas succeeded to the peerage, becoming 2nd Earl of Zetland and causing a by-election.

By-election, 12 March 1839: Richmond (Yorks)[12][44]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig Robert Lawrence Dundas 162 66.9
Conservative Miles Thomas Stapleton 80 33.1
Majority 82 33.9
Turnout 242 85.2
Registered electors 284
Whig hold

Elections in the 1840s

Speirs resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.

By-election, 16 February 1841: Richmond (Yorks) [44][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Whig George Wentworth-FitzWilliam Unopposed
Registered electors 276
Whig hold
General election 1841: Richmond (Yorks) [44][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Whig John Dundas Unopposed
Whig William Nicholas Ridley-Colborne Unopposed
Registered electors 276
Whig hold
Whig hold

Colborne's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 8 April 1846: Richmond (Yorks) [44]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Whig Henry Rich Unopposed
Whig hold

Rich was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, causing a by-election.

By-election, 13 July 1846: Richmond (Yorks) [44]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Whig Henry Rich Unopposed
Whig hold
General election 1847: Richmond (Yorks) [44]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Whig Marmaduke Wyvill Unopposed
Whig Henry Rich Unopposed
Registered electors 283
Whig hold
Whig hold

Elections in the 1850s
General election 1852: Richmond (Yorks) [44]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Whig Marmaduke Wyvill Unopposed
Whig Henry Rich Unopposed
Registered electors 243
Whig hold
Whig hold
General election 1857: Richmond (Yorks) [44]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Whig Marmaduke Wyvill Unopposed
Whig Henry Rich Unopposed
Registered electors 342
Whig hold
Whig hold
General election 1859: Richmond (Yorks) [44]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Marmaduke Wyvill Unopposed
Liberal Henry Rich Unopposed
Registered electors 327
Liberal hold
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1860s

Rich's resignation caused a by-election.

By-election, 9 July 1861: Richmond (Yorks) [44]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Roundell Palmer Unopposed
Liberal hold

Palmer was appointed Attorney General for England and Wales, causing a by-election.

By-election, 17 October 1863: Richmond (Yorks) [44]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Roundell Palmer Unopposed
Liberal hold
General election 1865: Richmond (Yorks) [44]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Roundell Palmer Unopposed
Liberal John Dundas Unopposed
Registered electors 316
Liberal hold
Liberal hold

Dundas' death caused a by-election.

By-election, 6 March 1866: Richmond (Yorks) [44]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Marmaduke Wyvill 213 94.2 N/A
Liberal William Henry Roberts[53] 13 5.8 N/A
Majority 200 88.5 N/A
Turnout 226 71.5 N/A
Registered electors 316
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Pre-1832 election results

Elections in the 1830s
General election 1830: Richmond (Yorks)[12][54]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig Robert Lawrence Dundas Unopposed
Whig John Dundas Unopposed
Whig hold
Whig hold
General election 1831: Richmond (Yorks)[12][54]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig Robert Lawrence Dundas Unopposed
Whig John Dundas Unopposed
Registered electors 273
Whig hold
Whig hold

See also

Notes and references
Notes
  1. A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. 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.
  3. The latest 2011 census statistics include minimal percentages of social housing and welfare dependency.
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  7. At the general election of 1727, Wyvill and Bathurst were returned as elected, but on petition they were unseated in favour of Yorke and Darcy, the dispute turning on who had the right to vote
  8. Sir Conyers Darcy was re-elected in 1747 but had also been elected for Yorkshire, which he chose to represent, and did not sit again for Richmond
  9. Sir Lawrence Dundas was also elected for Edinburgh, which he chose to represent, and did not sit for Richmond
  10. Thomas Dundas was also elected for Stirlingshire, which he chose to represent, and did not sit for Richmond in this parliament
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  • The Constitutional Yearbook for 1913 (London: National Unionist Association,

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