Richmond (Yorks)

Richmond (Yorks) is a former constituency. It ceased to exist following the boundary change in 2024. It was located in the Yorkshire and The Humber region of England. The seat was last held by Rishi Sunak (Conservative) between 7 May 2015 to 30 May 2024.

2019 General Election

The 2019 General Election was held on 12 December 2019. A total of 6 candidates ran for election.

Summary

CON
Conservative Hold
Majority
27,210
Electorate
82,569
Turnout
69.9%

You can view more detailed information about this election result on the election result pages.

Share of the vote

The graph below shows the share of the vote across all the candidates.

Breakdown

The table below shows the individual vote breakdown for each candidate.

Candidate/Party Votes Share Change
Rishi Sunak
Conservative
36,693 63.6% -0.4%
Thom Kirkwood
Labour
9,483 16.4% -7.0%
Philip Knowles
Liberal Democrat
6,989 12.1% 6.2%
John Yorke
Green Party
2,500 4.3% 1.3%
Laurence Waterhouse
The Yorkshire Party
1,077 1.9% -1.8%
Nick Jardine
Independent
961 1.7% 1.7%