Richmond (Yorks)

{{Short description|Former Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1585–2024}} {{Use British English|date=November 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox UK constituency main |name = Richmond (Yorks) |parliament = uk |image = 120px|alt=Outline map |caption = 2010–2024 boundary of Richmond in North Yorkshire |map2 = EnglandNorthYorkshire |map_entity = North Yorkshire |map_year = |year = 1885 |abolished = 2024 |towns = Bedale, Catterick, Catterick Garrison, Great Ayton, Hawes, Leyburn, Middleham, Northallerton, Richmond, Stokesley |type = County |previous = |next = Richmond and Northallerton |electorate = 83,219 (December 2019)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/parliament-and-elections/elections-elections/uk-elections/constituency-data-electorates/|title=Constituency data: electorates – House of Commons Library|date=15 June 2020|publisher=Parliament UK|access-date=22 July 2020}}</ref> |mp = |party = |region = England |county = 1585–1974 North Riding of Yorkshire<br />1974– North Yorkshire |european = Yorkshire and the Humber

|year2 = 1585 |abolished2 = 1885 |type2 = Borough |previous2 = |next2 = |elects_howmany = One |elects_howmany2 = 1585–1868: Two<br />1868–1885: One }} '''Richmond (Yorks)''' was a constituency{{#tag:ref|A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)|name=CC|group=note}} in North Yorkshire in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. It was represented from 1910 by members of the Conservative Party. The last MP for Richmond was Rishi Sunak from 2015 to 2024, who served as the Prime Minister and Conservative leader from 2022 to 2024.{{#tag:ref|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.|name=FPP|group=note}}<ref name="BBC News 2022">{{cite news | title=Rishi Sunak warns of profound economic challenges after winning race to become prime minister | website=BBC News | date=23 October 2022 | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-63327087 | access-date=24 October 2022}}</ref>

Further to the completion of the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, the seat had minor boundary changes and was renamed to '''Richmond and Northallerton''', first contested at the 2024 general election.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – Yorkshire and the Humber {{!}} Boundary Commission for England |url=https://boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/2023-review/2023-review-volume-one-report/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-one-report-yorkshire-and-the-humber/ |access-date=5 August 2023 |website=boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk}}</ref>

==Constituency profile== The constituency was a safe seat for the Conservative Party, which has held it continuously since 1910 (if including the 11&nbsp;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). His successor, Rishi Sunak, served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2020 to 2022 and as Prime Minister from 2022 to 2024, whilst Hague's predecessor, Leon Brittan, served as Home Secretary. The constituency thus produced three consecutive MPs who served in the Great Offices of State, two of whom served as Leader of the Conservative Party.

The constituency consisted of, in the west, the entire Richmondshire district and, in the east, the northern part of Hambleton District. It was a mostly rural seat with a mostly affluent population.{{#tag:ref|The latest 2011 census statistics include minimal percentages of social housing and welfare recipience.|name=Housing|group=note}}

==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. Medieval royal charters had specifically exempted the town from sending members to Parliament;<ref>{{cite web |title=Richmond 1604–1629 |url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/constituencies/richmond |website=History of Parliament}}</ref> at the time this was often seen as an expensive burden.

By the early eighteenth century it was controlled by the Yorke and Darcy families, who each nominated a member; the Darcys gained control in the 1760s and shortly afterwards the interest was purchased by Sir Lawrence Dundas, 1st Baronet, along with the Aske estate.<ref>{{cite web |title=Richmond 1754–1790 |url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/constituencies/richmond |website=History of Parliament}}</ref> The Dundases or their nominees would retain control of the borough's representation for many years; there was no contested election between 1722 and 1839 and then not another until 1866. The last Dundas family member would not retire from the seat until 1885. During this period the seat was a safe one for the Whigs and later the Liberals; since around 1918 it has been a safe seat for the Conservative Party, with majorities often more than 40%.

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, in February 1989, was won by William Hague: it was the last by-election won by a Conservative candidate during the Conservative Governments 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 following 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,<ref name="TimesProf">[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article2947099.ece Profile: reclusive Labour donor David Abrahams]{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} The Times – 26 November 2007</ref> 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".<ref name=sundaysun>{{cite news|url=http://icnewcastle.icnetwork.co.uk/sundaysun/news/tm_headline=how-sunday-sun-broke-first-david-abrahams-story&method=full&objectid=20190644&siteid=50081-name_page.html| title=How Sunday Sun broke first David Abrahams story|date=2 December 2007|author=Colin Patterson|publisher=Sunday Sun|access-date=2 December 2007}}</ref><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7114500.stm Profile of David Abrahams] BBC News – 27 November 2007</ref>

===2001–2024=== 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 William Hague, then the Conservative leader. 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,<ref name="2010 Marginality">{{cite report | last = Hough | first = David | date = 8 February 2013 | title = Marginal Seats | url = https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN06549/SN06549.pdf | id = Standard Note: SN/SG/06549 | publisher = House of Commons Library | access-date = 29 May 2024 }}</ref> though by 2019 it had slipped out of the top 15 safest Conservative seats.<ref name="2019 Results Analysis">{{cite report | author1 = Elise Uberoi | author2 = Carl Baker | author3 = Richard Cracknell | author4 = Grahame Allen | author5 = Nerys Roberts | author6 = Cassie Barton | author7 = Georgina Sturge | author8 = Shadi Danechi | author9 = Rachael Harker | author10 = Paul Bolton | author11 = Rod McInnes | author12 = Chris Watson | author13 = Noel Dempsey | author14 = Lukas Audicka | date = 28 January 2020 | title = General Election 2019: results and analysis | edition = 2nd | id = CBP 8749 | url = https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-8749/CBP-8749.pdf | publisher = House of Commons Library | access-date = 29 May 2024 }}</ref> It has been represented since May 2015 by Rishi Sunak, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and leader of the Conservative Party.<ref name="BBC News 2022" />

==Boundaries== {{maplink|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Richmond (Yorks) (UK Parliament constituency)}}|frame=yes|text=Map of 2010–2024 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.

'''2010–2024''': The District of Richmondshire, and the former 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 covered the Richmondshire district and the northern part of the former Hambleton District. It is a mostly 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 contained the market towns of Northallerton, Richmond, Leyburn, Bedale, Hawes and Stokesley, along with Great Ayton and other villages. It also includes the largest army base in Europe, Catterick Garrison.

==Members of Parliament==

===MPs 1585–1640=== {| class="wikitable" |- !Parliament!!First member!!Second member |- | 1584|| John Pepper|| Marmaduke Wyvill<ref name = HoP3>{{cite web | url = http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/constituencies/richmond| title = History of Parliament|publisher = History of Parliament trust| access-date = 16 October 2011}}</ref> |- | 1586|| Robert Bowes|| Samuel Coxe<ref name = HoP3/> |- | 1588|| James Dale|| John Smythe<ref name = HoP3/> |- | 1593|| Talbot Bowes|| John Pepper<ref name = HoP3/> |- | 1597|| Marmaduke Wyvill|| Cuthbert Pepper<ref name = HoP3/> |- | 1601|| Cuthbert Pepper|| Talbot Bowes<ref name = HoP3/> |- | 1604|| Sir John Savile|| Richard Percevall |- | 1614|| Sir Talbot Bowes|| Sir William Richardson |- | 1621|| Sir Talbot Bowes|| William Bowes |- | 1624|| John Wandesford|| Christopher Pepper |- | 1625|| Christopher Wandesford|| Sir Talbot Bowes |- | 1626|| Christopher Wandesford|| Matthew Hutton |- | 1628|| Sir Talbot Bowes|| James Howell |- | 1629–1640|| colspan="2"|''No Parliaments summoned'' |}

===MPs 1640–1868=== {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="3"|Year!!First member<ref name="rayment">{{Rayment-hc|r|1|date=March 2012}}</ref>!!First party!!Second member<ref name="rayment"/>!!Second party |- |rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Cavalier}}" | |style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |April 1640 |rowspan="2"| Sir William Pennyman, Bt. ||rowspan="2"| Royalist | Maulger Norton ||<!-- party --> |- |rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Cavalier}}" | |November 1640 |rowspan="2"| Sir Thomas Danby ||rowspan="2"| Royalist |- |rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |August 1642 |rowspan="2" colspan="2"|''Pennyman disabled to sit''<br />''(Pennyman died August 1643)'' |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |September 1642 |colspan="2"|''Danby disabled to sit'' |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |1645 |Thomas Chaloner ||<!-- party --> |Francis Thorpe ||<!-- party --> |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |1653 |colspan="4"|''Richmond was unrepresented in Barebone's Parliament'' |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |1654 |John Wastal ||<!-- party --> |rowspan="2" colspan="2"| ''Richmond had only one seat in the First and'' <br />''Second Parliaments of the Protectorate'' |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |1656 |John Bathurst ||<!-- party --> |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |January 1659 |Sir Christopher Wyvill, Bt. ||<!-- party --> |John Bathurst ||<!-- party --> |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |May 1659 |Thomas Chaloner || |Francis Thorpe || |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |April 1660 |James Darcy|| |Sir Christopher Wyvill, Bt.|| |- |rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |1661 |rowspan="2" |Sir John Yorke||rowspan="2" | |Joseph Cradock|| |- |rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |1662 |rowspan="2" |John Wandesford||rowspan="2" | |- |rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |1664 |rowspan="2" |Sir William Killigrew||rowspan="2" | |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |1665 |Marmaduke Darcy|| |- |rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |1679 |rowspan="2" |Humphrey Wharton||rowspan="2" | |Thomas Cradock|| |- |rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |1681 |rowspan="3" |John Darcy, Lord Conyers||rowspan="3" | |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |1685 |Thomas Cradock|| |- |rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |January 1689 |rowspan="2" |Thomas Yorke||rowspan="2" | |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |February 1689 |Philip Darcy|| |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |1690 |Sir Mark Milbanke, Bt|| |Theodore Bathurst|| |- |rowspan="7" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |1695 |rowspan="7" |Thomas Yorke||rowspan="7" | |Sir Marmaduke Wyvill, Bt.|| |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |1698 |James Darcy|| |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |1701 |John Hutton|| |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |1702 |James Darcy|| |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |May 1705 |Wharton Dunch|| |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |December 1705 |William Walsh|| |- |rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |1708 |rowspan="4" |Harry Mordaunt||rowspan="4" | |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}"| |1710 |John Yorke|| Whig |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |1713 |Thomas Yorke|| |- |rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | |1717 |rowspan="3" |John Yorke||rowspan="3" |Whig |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | |1720 |Richard Abell|| Whig |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | |1722 |Conyers Darcy|| Whig |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |1727 |Charles Bathurst|| |Sir Marmaduke Wyvill, Bt.|| |- |rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}"| |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}"| |1728<ref>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</ref> |rowspan="2" |John Yorke||rowspan="2" | Whig |Sir Conyers Darcy<ref>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</ref>||Whig |- |rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |1747 |rowspan="3" |Earl of Ancram||rowspan="3" | |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |1757 |Thomas Yorke|| |- |rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |1761 |rowspan="2" |Sir Ralph Milbanke||rowspan="2" | |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |1763 |Thomas Dundas|| |- |rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |March 1768 |rowspan="2" |Alexander Wedderburn||rowspan="2" | |Sir Lawrence Dundas, Bt<ref>Sir Lawrence Dundas was also elected for Edinburgh, which he chose to represent, and did not sit for Richmond</ref>|| |- |rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |November 1768 |rowspan="2" |William Norton||rowspan="2" | |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |1769 |Charles John Crowle|| |- |rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |1774 |rowspan="2" |Thomas Dundas<ref>Thomas Dundas was also elected for Stirlingshire, which he chose to represent, and did not sit for Richmond in this parliament</ref>||rowspan="2" | |Sir Lawrence Dundas, Bt<ref name="ReferenceA"/>|| |- |rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |January 1775 |rowspan="2" |Charles Dundas||rowspan="2" | |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |December 1775 |William Norton|| |- |rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |1780 |rowspan="2" |Marquess of Graham||rowspan="2" | |Sir Lawrence Dundas, Bt|| |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |1781 |George Fitzwilliam|| |- |rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |1784 |rowspan="3" |Murrough O'Brien, 1st Marquess of Thomond||rowspan="3" | |Charles Dundas|| |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |1786 |Sir Grey Cooper|| |- |rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | |1790 |rowspan="3" |Lawrence Dundas||rowspan="3" |Whig |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |1796 |Charles George Beauclerk|| |- |rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | |1798 |rowspan="3" |Arthur Shakespeare||rowspan="3" |Whig<ref name="stookssmith">{{cite book |last1=Stooks Smith |first1=Henry |title=The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive |date=1845 |publisher=Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. |location=London |pages=150–155, 162–164 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HacQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA162 |via=Google Books |access-date=29 November 2018}}</ref> |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | |1802 |George Dundas||Whig<ref name="stookssmith"/> |- |rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | |1806 |rowspan="2" |Charles Lawrence Dundas||rowspan="2" |Whig<ref name="stookssmith"/> |- |rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | |1808 |rowspan="2" |Lawrence Dundas||rowspan="2" |Whig<ref name="stookssmith"/> |- |rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | |1810 |rowspan="3" |Robert Chaloner||rowspan="3" |Whig<ref name="stookssmith"/> |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | |January 1812 |George Dundas||Whig |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | |October 1812 |Dudley Long North||Whig<ref name="stookssmith"/> |- |rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | |1818 |rowspan="3" |Thomas Dundas||rowspan="3" |Whig<ref name="stookssmith"/><ref name="churton"/><ref name="mosse"/> |Viscount Maitland||Whig<ref name="stookssmith"/> |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | |1820 |Samuel Barrett Moulton Barrett||Whig<ref name="stookssmith"/> |- |rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | |1828 |rowspan="2" |Sir Robert Dundas||rowspan="2" |Whig<ref name="stookssmith"/><ref name="pilot1839"/><ref name="hampshire1839"/> |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | |1830 |John Dundas||Whig<ref name="stookssmith"/><ref name="yorkshire1857"/><ref name="mosse"/><ref name="eveningmail1841"/> |- |rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | |1835 |rowspan="2" |Alexander Speirs||rowspan="2" |Whig<ref name="stookssmith"/><ref name="churton"/><ref name="mosse"/> |Thomas Dundas<ref>Styled Lord Dundas after his father was created an Earl in 1838</ref>||Whig<ref name="stookssmith"/><ref name="churton"/><ref name="mosse"/> |- |rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | |1839 |rowspan="2" |Sir Robert Dundas||rowspan="2" |Whig<ref name="stookssmith"/><ref name="pilot1839">{{cite news |title=Richmond Election |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001301/18390318/026/0002 |access-date=29 November 2018 |work=The Pilot |date=18 March 1839 |page=2 |via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name="hampshire1839">{{cite news |title=London, Monday, March 11, 1839 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000069/18390318/002/0001 |access-date=29 November 2018 |work=Hampshire Telegraph |date=18 March 1839 |page=1 |via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}</ref> |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | |February 1841 |George Wentworth-FitzWilliam||Whig<ref name="stookssmith"/><ref name="northernstar1841">{{cite news |title=Electoral Decisions |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000090/18410703/092/0024 |access-date=24 June 2018 |work=Northern Star and Leeds General Advertiser |date=3 July 1841 |page=24 |via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name="norfolknews1847">{{cite news |title=Members Returned |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000247/18470807/005/0002 |access-date=24 June 2018 |work=Norfolk News |date=7 August 1847 |page=2 |via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name="stooks-smith">{{cite book |last=Stooks Smith |first=Henry. |editor=Craig, F. W. S. |title=The Parliaments of England |orig-year=1844–1850 |edition=2nd |year=1973 |publisher=Parliamentary Research Services |location=Chichester |isbn=0-900178-13-2 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/parliamentsofeng0000smit/page/160 160, 235–237] |url=https://archive.org/details/parliamentsofeng0000smit/page/160 }}</ref> |- |rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | |June 1841 |rowspan="2" |John Dundas||rowspan="2" |Whig<ref name="stookssmith"/><ref name="yorkshire1857">{{cite news |title=North-Riding Election |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000266/18570314/147/0007 |access-date=19 August 2018 |work=Yorkshire Gazette |date=14 March 1857 |pages=7–8 |via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name="mosse">{{cite book|last1=Mosse|first1=Richard Bartholomew|title=The Parliamentary Guide: a concise history of the Members of both Houses, etc|date=1838|pages=157, 218|access-date=29 November 2018 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pHcEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA141 |via = Google Books }}</ref><ref name="eveningmail1841">{{cite news |title=Evening Mail, from Wednesday, June 23, to Friday, June 25, 1841 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001316/18410625/041/0006 |access-date=29 November 2018 |work=Evening Mail |date=25 June 1841 |page=6 |via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}</ref> |William Ridley-Colborne||Whig<ref name="stookssmith"/><ref name="eveningmail1841"/><ref>{{cite book|last1=Ollivier|first1=John|title=Ollivier's parliamentary and political director|date=1841|page=19|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZpfbFgGIn6oC&pg=PA19|access-date=29 November 2018}}</ref> |- |rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | |1846 |rowspan="3" |Henry Rich||rowspan="2" |Whig<ref name="glos-1852">{{cite news |title=Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001955/18520710/017/0003 |access-date=1 July 2018 |date=10 July 1852 |page=3 |via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name="stookssmith"/><ref name="churton">{{cite book|first1=Edward|last1=Churton|author-link1=Edward Churton|title=The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer: 1838|date=1838|pages=76, 193, 211|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FVwEAAAAQAAJ |via=Google Books |access-date=29 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=General Election |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000206/18370715/010/0003 |access-date=11 November 2018 |work=Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser |date=15 July 1837 |page=3 |via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}</ref> |- | style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | |1847 |rowspan="3" |Marmaduke Wyvill|| |Whig<ref name="glos-1852"/> |- |rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" | |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" | |1859 |rowspan="2" |Liberal |Liberal |- |rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" | |1861 |rowspan="3" |Sir Roundell Palmer||rowspan="3" |Liberal |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" | |1865 |John Dundas||Liberal |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" | |1866 |Marmaduke Wyvill||Liberal |- |colspan="7"| ''Representation reduced to one member'' |}

=== 1868–2024 === thumb|Richmond, 1918–1948, shown within the North Riding of Yorkshire.

{| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Member<ref name="rayment"/>!!Party |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" | | 1868 | Sir Roundell Palmer | Liberal |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" | | 1872 by-election | Lawrence Dundas | Liberal |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" | | 1873 by-election | John Dundas | Liberal |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" | | 1885 | Sir Frederick Milbank, Bt | Liberal |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 1886 | George Elliot<ref>Later Sir George Elliott</ref> | Conservative |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 1895 | John Hutton | Conservative |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" | | 1906 | Francis Dyke Acland | Liberal |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | Jan 1910 | William Orde-Powlett | Conservative |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 1918 | Sir Murrough Wilson | Unionist |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 1929 | Thomas Dugdale | Conservative |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 1959 | Timothy Kitson | Conservative |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 1983 | Leon Brittan | Conservative |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 1989 by-election | William Hague | Conservative |- |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 2015 | Rishi Sunak | Conservative |- | | 2024 | colspan="2" align="center" | ''Constituency abolished''<br />See Richmond and Northallerton |}

==Election results 1831–2019== ===Elections in the 2010s=== <!-- this section is transcluded on Electoral history of Rishi Sunak -->: <section begin="General Election 2019"/> {{Election box begin | title = General election 2019: Richmond (Yorks)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hambleton.gov.uk/downloads/file/5016/statement_of_persons_nominated_richmond_yorks_and_notice_of_poll|title=Electoral and elections documents: Statement of Persons Nominated Richmond (Yorks) & Notice of Poll|publisher= Hambleton District Council|access-date=15 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Minting |first1=Stuart |title=Rishi Sunak increases Conservative majority in Richmond |url=https://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/news/18099647.general-election-2019-rishi-sunak-increases-conservative-majority-richmond/ |access-date=13 December 2019 |work=Darlington and Stockton Times |date=13 December 2019 }}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Rishi Sunak|votes=36,693|percentage=63.6|change= −0.3}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Thomas Kirkwood|votes=9,483|percentage=16.4|change= −7.0}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Philip Knowles|votes=6,989|percentage=12.1|change=+6.2}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=John Yorke|votes=2,500|percentage=4.3|change=+1.2}} {{Election box candidate with party link||party=Yorkshire Party|candidate=Laurence Waterhouse|votes=1,077|percentage=1.9|change= −1.8}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Nick Jardine|votes=961|percentage=1.7|change=''New''}} {{Election box majority|votes=27,210|percentage=47.2|change=+6.7}} {{Election box turnout|votes=57,703|percentage=69.9|change= −0.6}} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = +3.3 }} {{Election box end}}<section end="General Election 2019"/> <!-- this section is transcluded on Electoral history of Rishi Sunak -->: <section begin="General Election 2017"/> {{Election box begin |title=General election 2017: Richmond (Yorks)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hambleton.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/3194/statement_of_persons_nominated_and_notice_of_poll_11052017.pdf |title=Statement of Persons Nominated |publisher=Hambleton District Council |access-date=13 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000895 |title=BBC Election Site|publisher=BBC|access-date=10 June 2017}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Rishi Sunak |votes = 36,458 |percentage = 63.9 |change = +12.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Dan Perry |votes = 13,350 |percentage = 23.4 |change = +10.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Liberal Democrats (UK) |candidate = Tobie Abel |votes = 3,360 |percentage = 5.9 |change = −0.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Yorkshire Party |candidate = Chris Pearson |votes = 2,106 |percentage = 3.7 |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Green Party of England and Wales |candidate = Fiona Yorke |votes = 1,739 |percentage = 3.1 |change = −1.2 }} {{Election box majority |votes = 23,108 |percentage = 40.5 |change = +4.3 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 57,013 |percentage = 70.5 |change = +5.8 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = +1.2 }} {{Election box end}}<section end="General Election 2017"/> <!-- this section is transcluded on Electoral history of Rishi Sunak -->: <section begin="General Election 2015"/> {{Election box begin | title=General election 2015: Richmond (Yorks)<ref name=electoralcalculus>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2015|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017112223/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|archive-date=17 October 2015}}</ref><ref name="2015 result">{{cite news | title = Richmond (Yorks) | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000895 | website = BBC News | access-date = 13 May 2015}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Rishi Sunak |votes = 27,744 |percentage = 51.4 |change = −11.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = UK Independence Party |candidate = Matthew Cooke |votes = 8,194 |percentage = 15.2 |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Mike Hill |votes = 7,124 |percentage = 13.2 |change = −2.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Democrats (UK) |candidate = John Harris |votes = 3,465 |percentage = 6.4 |change = −12.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Independent politician |candidate = John Blackie |votes = 3,348 |percentage = 6.2 |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Green Party of England and Wales |candidate = Leslie Rowe |votes = 2,313 |percentage = 4.3 |change = +1.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent politician |candidate = Robin Scott |votes = 1,811 |percentage = 3.4 |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box majority |votes = 19,550 |percentage = 36.2 |change = −7.5 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 53,999 |percentage = 64.7 |change = −2.5 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = −13.3 }} {{Election box end}}

[[File:William Hague (2010).jpg|thumb|248x248px|William Hague]]

{{Election box begin | title=General election 2010: Richmond (Yorks)<ref name=electoralcalculus2010>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2010|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726162034/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|archive-date=26 July 2013 }}</ref><ref name="Richmond [Yorks]">{{cite news | title = Richmond [Yorks<nowiki>]</nowiki> | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/d69.stm | website = BBC News | access-date = 7 May 2010}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = William Hague |votes = 33,541{{#tag:ref|This was the Conservative Party's highest vote share in the 2010 General Election, with William Hague securing 62.8% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web |title=The UK General Election 2010 In-depth |url=https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/2010-UK-General-Election-in-depth.pdf |website=electoral-reform.org.uk |access-date=6 November 2020 |page=32 |date=6 May 2010}}</ref>|name=Share|group=note}} |percentage = 62.8 |change = +3.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Democrats (UK) |candidate = Lawrence Meredith |votes = 10,205 |percentage = 19.1 |change = +2.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Eileen Driver |votes = 8,150 |percentage = 15.3 |change = −5.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Green Party of England and Wales |candidate = Leslie Rowe |votes = 1,516 |percentage = 2.8 |change = −0.3 }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 23,336 |percentage = 43.7 |change = +4.1 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 53,412 |percentage = 67.2 |change = +2.6 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = +4.4 }} {{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 2000s=== {{Election box begin | title=General election 2005: Richmond (Yorks)<ref name=electoralcalculus2005>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2005|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054249/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = William Hague |votes = 26,722 |percentage = 59.1 |change = +0.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Neil Foster |votes = 8,915 |percentage = 19.7 |change = −2.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Democrats (UK) |candidate = Jacquie Bell |votes = 7,982 |percentage = 17.7 |change = −0.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Green Party of England and Wales |candidate = Leslie Rowe |votes = 1,581 |percentage = 3.5 |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 17,807 |percentage = 39.4 |change = +2.4 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 45,200 |percentage = 65.0 |change = −2.4 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = +1.2 }} {{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | |title=General election 2001: Richmond (Yorks)<ref name=electoralcalculus2001>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2001|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054450/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = William Hague |votes = 25,951 |percentage = 58.9 |change = +10.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour and Co-operative |candidate = Fay Tinnion |votes = 9,632 |percentage = 21.9 |change = −5.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Democrats (UK) |candidate = Thomas Forth |votes = 7,890 |percentage = 17.9 |change = −0.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Official Monster Raving Loony Party |candidate = Boney Steniforth |votes = 561 |percentage = 1.3 |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 16,319 |percentage = 37.0 |change = +15.9 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 44,034 |percentage = 67.4 |change = −6.0 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = +8.0 }} {{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1990s=== {{Election box begin | |title=General election 1997: Richmond (Yorks)<ref name=electoralcalculus1997>{{cite web|title=Election Data 1997|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054424/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = William Hague |votes = 23,326 |percentage = 48.9 |change = −13.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour and Co-operative |candidate = Steven Merritt |votes = 13,275 |percentage = 27.8 |change = +16.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Democrats (UK) |candidate = Jane Harvey |votes = 8,773 |percentage = 18.4 |change = −7.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Referendum Party (UK) |candidate = Alex Bentley |votes = 2,367 |percentage = 5.0 |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 10,051 |percentage = 21.1 |change = −15.1 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 47,741 |percentage = 73.4 |change = −5.0 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = −13.9 }} {{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | |title=General election 1992: Richmond (Yorks)<ref name=electoralcalculus1992>{{cite web|title=Election Data 1992|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054418/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm|title=Politics Resources|date=9 April 1992|work=Election 1992|publisher=Politics Resources|access-date=6 December 2010}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = William Hague |votes = 40,202 |percentage = 61.9 |change = +0.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Democrats (UK) |candidate = George Irwin |votes = 16,698 |percentage = 25.7 |change = −1.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Ross Cranston |votes = 7,523 |percentage = 11.6 |change = −0.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = A. Michael Barr |votes = 570 |percentage = 0.9 |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 23,504 |percentage = 36.2 |change = +2.0 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 64,993 |percentage = 78.4 |change = +6.3 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = +1.0 }} {{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1980s=== {{Election box begin| |title= 1989 Richmond (Yorks) by-election }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = William Hague |votes = 19,543 |percentage = 37.2 |change = −24.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Social Democratic Party (UK, 1988) |candidate = Mike Potter |votes = 16,909 |percentage = 32.2 |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Social and Liberal Democrats |candidate = Barbara Pearce |votes = 11,589 |percentage = 22.1 |change = −4.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Frank Robson |votes = 2,591 |percentage = 4.9 |change = −6.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Green Party (UK) |candidate = Robert Upshall |votes = 1,473 |percentage = 2.8 |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Official Monster Raving Loony Party |candidate = Screaming Lord Sutch |votes = 167 |percentage = 0.3 |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent (politician) |candidate = Anthony Millns |votes = 113 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate| |party = Corrective Party |candidate = Lindi St Clair |votes = 106 |percentage = 0.2 |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK, 1989) |candidate = Nicholas Watkins |votes = 70 |percentage = 0.1 |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 2,634 |percentage = 5.0 |change = −29.2 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 52,561 |percentage = 64.4 |change = −7.7 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1987: Richmond (Yorks)<ref name=electoralcalculus1987>{{cite web|title=Election Data 1987|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054243/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Leon Brittan |votes = 34,995 |percentage = 61.2 |change = −1.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = David Lloyd-Williams |votes = 15,419 |percentage = 27.0 |change = −0.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Frank Robson |votes = 6,737 |percentage = 11.8 |change = +2.1 }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 19,576 |percentage = 34.2 |change = −0.7 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 57,151 |percentage = 72.1 |change = +3.4 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = −0.3 }} {{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1983: Richmond (Yorks)<ref name=electoralcalculus1983>{{cite web|title=Election Data 1983|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054231/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Leon Brittan |votes = 32,373 |percentage = 62.6 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = David Raw |votes = 14,307 |percentage = 27.7 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour Co-operative |candidate = Barbara Hawkins |votes = 4,997 |percentage = 9.7 |change = }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 18,066 |percentage = 34.9 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 51,677 |percentage = 68.7 |change = −3.4 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1970s=== {{Election box begin | title=General election 1979: Richmond (Yorks)}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Timothy Kitson |votes = 28,958 |percentage = 61.5 |change = +4.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = G. Hodgson |votes = 9,964 |percentage = 21.1 |change = -2.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Ken Bratton |votes = 8,173 |percentage = 17.4 |change = -2.3 }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 18,994 |percentage = 40.4 |change = +6.9 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 47,095 |percentage = 72.1 |change = -3.4 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = +3.5 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin | title=General election October 1974: Richmond (Yorks) }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Timothy Kitson |votes = 23,156 |percentage = 56.9 |change = -1.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = P. Waudby |votes = 9,528 |percentage = 23.4 |change = -1.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Ian Wilkie |votes = 8,025 |percentage = 19.7 |change = +3.2 }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 13,628 |percentage = 33.5 |change = +0.6 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 40,709 |percentage = 65.7 |change = -9.8 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = +0.3 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin | title=General election February 1974: Richmond (Yorks) }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Timothy Kitson |votes = 26,994 |percentage = 58.2 |change = -4.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = Elizabeth May Graham |votes = 11,727 |percentage = 25.3 |change = +14.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Edward Pearce |votes = 7,659 |percentage = 16.5 |change = -9.7 }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 15,267 |percentage = 32.9 |change = -3.7 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 46,380 |percentage = 75.5 |change = +6.1 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = -9.5 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin | title=General election 1970: Richmond (Yorks) }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Timothy Kitson |votes = 30,471 |percentage = 62.8 |change = +6.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Michael Aldrich |votes = 12,702 |percentage = 26.2 |change = +1.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = John R. Smithson |votes = 5,354 |percentage = 11.0 |change = -7.8 }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 17,769 |percentage = 36.6 |change = +4.6 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 48,527 |percentage = 68.4 |change = -2.9 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = +2.3 }} {{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1960s=== {{Election box begin | title=General election 1966: Richmond (Yorks) }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Timothy Kitson |votes = 23,541 |percentage = 56.6 |change = -2.3 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = W. Patrick Lisle |votes = 10,210 |percentage = 24.6 |change = +3.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = Clifford Keith Wain Schellenberg |votes = 7,824 |percentage = 18.8 |change = -1.6 }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 13,331 |percentage = 32.0 |change = -6.2 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 41,575 |percentage = 71.3 |change = -4.3 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin | title=General election 1964: Richmond (Yorks) }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Timothy Kitson |votes = 25,345 |percentage = 58.9 |change = -16.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Gordon A. Knott |votes = 8,908 |percentage = 20.7 |change = -3.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = Clifford Keith Wain Schellenberg |votes = 8,787 |percentage = 20.4 |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 16,437 |percentage = 38.2 |change = -12.7 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 43,040 |percentage = 75.6 |change = +4.1 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1950s=== {{Election box begin | title=General election 1959: Richmond (Yorks)}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Timothy Kitson |votes = 28,270 |percentage = 75.44 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Mabel McMillan |votes = 9,203 |percentage = 24.56 |change = }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 19,067 |percentage = 50.88 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 37,473 |percentage = 71.49 |change = }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin | title=General election 1955: Richmond (Yorks)}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Thomas Dugdale |votes = 24,979 |percentage = 73.57 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Richard Hoyle |votes = 8,974 |percentage = 26.43 |change = }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 16,005 |percentage = 47.14 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 33,953 |percentage = 67.25 |change = }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin | title=General election 1951: Richmond (Yorks)}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Thomas Dugdale |votes = 26,231 |percentage = 70.62 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Richard Hoyle |votes = 10,915 |percentage = 29.38 |change = }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 15,316 |percentage = 41.24 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 37,146 |percentage = 74.36 |change = }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin | title=General election 1950: Richmond (Yorks)}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Thomas Dugdale |votes = 22,999 |percentage = 59.20 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = F.W. Beaton |votes = 8,694 |percentage = 22.38 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = Douglas Eugene Moore |votes = 7,157 |percentage = 18.42 |change = }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 14,305 |percentage = 36.82 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 38,850 |percentage = 74.36 |change = }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1940s=== {{Election box begin | title=General election 1945: Richmond (Yorks)}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Thomas Dugdale |votes = 18,332 |percentage = 52.87 |change = -24.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = M.W. Darwin |votes = 9,427 |percentage = 27.19 |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = George Henry Metcalfe |votes = 6,104 |percentage = 17.60 |change = -5.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Common Wealth Party |candidate = Roy Norman Chesterton |votes = 813 |percentage = 2.34 |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 8,905 |percentage = 25.68 |change =-28.6 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 34,676 |percentage = 68.38 |change = +0.3 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1930s=== {{Election box begin | title=General election 1935: Richmond (Yorks)}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Thomas Dugdale |votes = 25,088 |percentage = 77.03 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Alfred Jonathan Best |votes = 7,369 |percentage = 22.70 |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 17,719 |percentage = 54.33 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 32,457 |percentage = 68.10 |change = }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 1931: Richmond (Yorks)}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Thomas Dugdale |votes = Unopposed |percentage = ''N/A'' |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box hold with party link no swing| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) }} {{Election box end}}

=== Elections in the 1920s === {{Election box begin | |title=General election 1929: Richmond (Yorks)<ref name="Craig, F. W. S. 1983">Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. {{ISBN|0-900178-06-X}}.</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Unionist Party (UK) |candidate = Thomas Dugdale |votes = 19,763 |percentage = 57.5 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = John Dixon Hinks |votes = 14,634 |percentage = 42.5 |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 5,129 |percentage = 15.0 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 34,397 |percentage = 79.4 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Unionist Party (UK) |swing = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin | |title=General election 1924: Richmond (Yorks)<ref name="Craig, F. W. S. 1983">Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. {{ISBN|0-900178-06-X}}.</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Unionist Party (UK) |candidate = Murrough Wilson |votes = Unopposed |percentage = ''N/A'' |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box hold with party link no swing| |winner = Unionist Party (UK) }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin | |title=General election 1923: Richmond (Yorks)<ref name="Craig, F. W. S. 1983">Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. {{ISBN|0-900178-06-X}}.</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Unionist Party (UK) |candidate = Murrough Wilson |votes = Unopposed |percentage = ''N/A'' |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box hold with party link no swing| |winner = Unionist Party (UK) }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin | |title=General election 1922: Richmond (Yorks)<ref name="Craig, F. W. S. 1983">Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. {{ISBN|0-900178-06-X}}.</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Unionist Party (UK) |candidate = Murrough Wilson |votes = Unopposed |percentage = ''N/A'' |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box hold with party link no swing| |winner = Unionist Party (UK) }} {{Election box end}}

==Election results 1868–1918== ===Elections in the 1860s=== {{Election box begin| title=General election 1868: Richmond (Yorks)<ref name="craig1832"/> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party =Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = Roundell Palmer |votes = 375 |percentage = 81.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = William Henry Roberts |votes = 87 |percentage = 18.8 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 288 |percentage = 62.4 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 462 |percentage = 71.1 |change =''N/A'' }} {{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors = 650 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Liberal Party (UK) |swing = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1870s=== Palmer resigned after being appointed Lord Chancellor and being elevated to the peerage, becoming Lord Selborne.

{{Election box begin| title=By-election, 7 November 1872: Richmond (Yorks)<ref name="craig1832"/> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party =Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = Lawrence Dundas |votes = 314 |percentage = 57.9 |change = -42.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent Liberal |candidate = Charles Edward Brunskill Cooke<ref>{{cite news|title=Representation of Richmond|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000031/18721106/088/0003|access-date=18 January 2018|work=Aberdeen Press and Journal|date=6 November 1872|page=3|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Richmond|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000252/18721109/038/0003|access-date=18 January 2018|work=Staffordshire Advertiser|date=9 November 1872|page=3|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}</ref> |votes = 228 |percentage = 42.1 |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 86 |percentage = 15.8 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 542 |percentage = 79.5 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors = 682 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Liberal Party (UK) |swing = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box end}}

Dundas succeeded to the peerage, becoming Earl of Zetland.

{{Election box begin| title=By-election, 27 May 1873: Richmond (Yorks)<ref name="craig1832"/> }} {{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |party =Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = John Dundas }} {{Election box hold with party link no swing| |winner = Liberal Party (UK) }} {{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1874: Richmond (Yorks)<ref name="craig1832"/> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party =Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = John Dundas |votes = 313 |percentage = 54.7 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Independent Liberal |candidate = Charles Edward Brunskill Cooke |votes = 259 |percentage = 45.3 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 54 |percentage = 9.4 |change = −53.0 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 572 |percentage = 81.0 |change = +9.9 }} {{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors = 706 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Liberal Party (UK) |swing = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box end}}

=== Elections in the 1880s === {{Election box begin| title=General election 1880: Richmond (Yorks)<ref name="craig1832">{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=F. W. S.|editor-link=F. W. S. Craig|title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885|date=1977|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=978-1-349-02349-3|edition=1st|type=e-book}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party =Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = John Dundas |votes = 447 |percentage = 75.8 |change = +21.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party =Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = George Swinburne-King<ref>{{cite news|title=The Tory Instructions to Voters|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000499/18800331/101/0005|access-date=10 December 2017|work=York Herald|date=31 March 1880|page=5|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}</ref> |votes = 143 |percentage = 24.2 |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 304 |percentage = 51.6 |change = +42.2 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 590 |percentage = 84.8 |change =+3.8 }} {{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors = 696 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner =Liberal Party (UK) |swing = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1885: Richmond (Yorks)<ref name="ReferenceA">British Parliamentary Election Results 1885–1918, FWS Craig</ref><ref name="ReferenceB">The Liberal Year Book, 1907</ref><ref>Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party =Liberal Party (UK) |candidate =Frederick Milbank |votes =4,869 |percentage =53.0 |change = −22.8 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party =Conservative Party (UK) |candidate =George Elliot |votes =4,320 |percentage =47.0 |change = +22.8 }} {{Election box majority| |votes =549 |percentage =6.0 |change = −45.6 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 9,189 |percentage =81.8 |change = −3.0 }} {{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors = 11,237 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner =Liberal Party (UK) |swing = −22.8 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin| title=General election 1886: Richmond (Yorks)<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref name="ReferenceB"/> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party =Conservative Party (UK) |candidate =George Elliot |votes =4,810 |percentage =55.5 |change =+8.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party =Liberal Party (UK) |candidate =Edmund Turton |votes =3,859 |percentage =44.5 |change =-8.5 }} {{Election box majority| |votes =951 |percentage =11.0 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 8,669 |percentage =77.1 |change = −4.7 }} {{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors = 11,237 }} {{Election box gain with party link| |winner =Conservative Party (UK) |loser =Liberal Party (UK) |swing =+8.5 }} {{Election box end}}

=== Elections in the 1890s === {{Election box begin| title=General election 1892: Richmond (Yorks)<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref name="ReferenceB"/> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party =Conservative Party (UK) |candidate =George Elliot |votes =4,340 |percentage =50.9 |change =-4.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party =Liberal Party (UK) |candidate =Edmund Turton |votes =4,181 |percentage =49.1 |change =+4.6 }} {{Election box majority| |votes =159 |percentage =1.8 |change =-9.2 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes =8,521 |percentage =79.9 |change =+2.8 }} {{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors = 10,669 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner =Conservative Party (UK) |swing =-4.6 }} {{Election box end}} thumb|120px|Hutton {{Election box begin| title=General election 1895: Richmond (Yorks)<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref name="ReferenceB"/><ref name="ReferenceC">Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party =Conservative Party (UK) |candidate =John Hutton |votes =4,555 |percentage =53.4 |change =+2.5 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party =Liberal Party (UK) |candidate =Edmund Turton |votes =3,971 |percentage =46.6 |change =-2.5 }} {{Election box majority| |votes =584 |percentage =6.8 |change =+5.0 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 8,526 |percentage =79.9 |change = 0.0 }} {{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors = 10,669 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner =Conservative Party (UK) |swing =+2.5 }} {{Election box end}}

=== Elections in the 1900s === thumb|120px|Howard {{Election box begin| title=General election 1900: Richmond (Yorks)<ref name="ReferenceB"/><ref name="ReferenceC">Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901</ref><ref name="craig1885">{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=F. W. S.|title=British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885–1918|date=1974|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=9781349022984}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party =Conservative Party (UK) |candidate =John Hutton |votes =4,573 |percentage = 59.5 |change =+6.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party =Liberal Party (UK) |candidate =Geoffrey Howard |votes =3,117 |percentage = 40.5 |change =−6.1 }} {{Election box majority| |votes =1,456 |percentage = 19.0 |change = +12.2 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 7,690 |percentage = 74.2 |change = −5.7 }} {{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors = 10,369 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner =Conservative Party (UK) |swing = +6.1 }} {{Election box end}} thumb|120px|Acland {{Election box begin| title=General election 1906: Richmond (Yorks)<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref name="ReferenceB"/><ref name="craig1885"/> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party =Liberal Party (UK) |candidate =Francis Dyke Acland |votes = 4,470 |percentage = 50.6 |change = +10.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Lawrence Dundas |votes = 4,368 |percentage = 49.4 |change = -10.1 }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 102 |percentage = 1.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 8,838 |percentage = 87.4 |change = +13.2 }} {{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors = 10,112 }} {{Election box gain with party link| |winner = Liberal Party (UK) |loser = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = +10.1 }} {{Election box end}}

=== Elections in the 1910s === {{Election box begin| |title=General election January 1910: Richmond (Yorks)<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref name="ReferenceD">Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party =Conservative Party (UK) |candidate =William Orde-Powlett |votes =5,246 |percentage =55.8 |change = +6.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party =Liberal Party (UK) |candidate =Francis Dyke Acland |votes =4,163 |percentage =44.2 |change = −6.4 }} {{Election box majority| |votes =1,083 |percentage =11.6 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box turnout| |votes =9,409 |percentage =89.7 |change =+2.3 }} {{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors = 10,485 }} {{Election box gain with party link| |winner =Conservative Party (UK) |loser =Liberal Party (UK) |swing = +6.4 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin| |title=General election December 1910: Richmond (Yorks)<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref name="ReferenceD">Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |party =Conservative Party (UK) |candidate =William Orde-Powlett }} {{Election box hold with party link no swing| |winner =Conservative Party (UK) }} {{Election box end}} '''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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected; *'''Unionist''': William Orde-Powlett *'''Liberal''':

{{Election box begin| |title=General election 1918: Richmond (Yorks)<ref name="Craig, F. W. S. 1983">Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. {{ISBN|0-900178-06-X}}.</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link coalition 1918| |party = Unionist Party (UK) |candidate =Murrough Wilson |votes = 9,857 |percentage = 66.8 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate |party = National Farmers Union |candidate = William Parlour |votes = 4,907 |percentage = 33.2 |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 4,950 |percentage = 33.6 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 14,764 |percentage = 48.1 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Unionist Party (UK) |swing = }} {{Election box end 1918}}

==Election results 1832–1868== ===Elections in the 1830s=== {{Election box begin no change| title=General election 1832: Richmond (Yorks)<ref name="stookssmith"/><ref name="craig1832"/> }} {{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |party = Whigs (British political party) |candidate = Robert Lawrence Dundas }} {{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |party = Whigs (British political party) |candidate = John Dundas }} {{Election box registered electors no change| |reg. electors = 273 }} {{Election box hold with party link no swing| |winner = Whigs (British political party) }} {{Election box hold with party link no swing| |winner = Whigs (British political party) }} {{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change| title=General election 1835: Richmond (Yorks)<ref name="stookssmith"/><ref name="craig1832"/> }} {{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |party = Whigs (British political party) |candidate = Thomas Dundas }} {{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |party = Whigs (British political party) |candidate = Alexander Speirs }} {{Election box registered electors no change| |reg. electors = 278 }} {{Election box hold with party link no swing| |winner = Whigs (British political party) }} {{Election box hold with party link no swing| |winner = Whigs (British political party) }} {{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change| title=General election 1837: Richmond (Yorks)<ref name="stookssmith"/><ref name="craig1832"/> }} {{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |party = Whigs (British political party) |candidate = Thomas Dundas }} {{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |party = Whigs (British political party) |candidate = Alexander Speirs }} {{Election box registered electors no change| |reg. electors = 272 }} {{Election box hold with party link no swing| |winner = Whigs (British political party) }} {{Election box hold with party link no swing| |winner = Whigs (British political party) }} {{Election box end}}

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

{{Election box begin no change| title=By-election, 12 March 1839: Richmond (Yorks)<ref name="stookssmith"/><ref name="craig1832"/> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change| |party = Whigs (British political party) |candidate = Robert Lawrence Dundas |votes = 162 |percentage = 66.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Miles Thomas Stapleton, 8th Baron Beaumont|Miles Thomas Stapleton |votes = 80 |percentage = 33.1 }} {{Election box majority no change| |votes = 82 |percentage = 33.8 }} {{Election box turnout no change| |votes = 242 |percentage = 85.2 }} {{Election box registered electors no change| |reg. electors = 284 }} {{Election box hold with party link no swing| |winner = Whigs (British political party) }} {{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1840s=== Speirs resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.

{{Election box begin| title=By-election, 16 February 1841: Richmond (Yorks)<ref name="craig1832"/><ref name="stookssmith"/> }} {{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |party = Whigs (British political party) |candidate = George Wentworth-FitzWilliam }} {{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors = 276 }} {{Election box hold with party link no swing| |winner = Whigs (British political party) }} {{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1841: Richmond (Yorks)<ref name="craig1832"/><ref name="stookssmith"/> }} {{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |party = Whigs (British political party) |candidate = John Dundas }} {{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |party = Whigs (British political party) |candidate = William Ridley-Colborne }} {{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors = 276 }} {{Election box hold with party link no swing| |winner = Whigs (British political party) }} {{Election box hold with party link no swing| |winner = Whigs (British political party) }} {{Election box end}}

Colborne's death caused a by-election.

{{Election box begin| title=By-election, 8 April 1846: Richmond (Yorks)<ref name="craig1832"/> }} {{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |party = Whigs (British political party) |candidate = Henry Rich }} {{Election box hold with party link no swing| |winner = Whigs (British political party) }} {{Election box end}}

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

{{Election box begin| title=By-election, 13 July 1846: Richmond (Yorks)<ref name="craig1832"/> }} {{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |party = Whigs (British political party) |candidate = Henry Rich }} {{Election box hold with party link no swing| |winner = Whigs (British political party) }} {{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1847: Richmond (Yorks)<ref name="craig1832"/> }} {{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |party = Whigs (British political party) |candidate = Marmaduke Wyvill }} {{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |party = Whigs (British political party) |candidate = Henry Rich }} {{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors = 283 }} {{Election box hold with party link no swing| |winner = Whigs (British political party) }} {{Election box hold with party link no swing| |winner = Whigs (British political party) }} {{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1850s=== {{Election box begin| title=General election 1852: Richmond (Yorks)<ref name="craig1832"/> }} {{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |party = Whigs (British political party) |candidate = Marmaduke Wyvill }} {{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |party = Whigs (British political party) |candidate = Henry Rich }} {{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors = 243 }} {{Election box hold with party link no swing| |winner = Whigs (British political party) }} {{Election box hold with party link no swing| |winner = Whigs (British political party) }} {{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1857: Richmond (Yorks)<ref name="craig1832"/> }} {{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |party = Whigs (British political party) |candidate = Marmaduke Wyvill }} {{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |party = Whigs (British political party) |candidate = Henry Rich }} {{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors = 342 }} {{Election box hold with party link no swing| |winner = Whigs (British political party) }} {{Election box hold with party link no swing| |winner = Whigs (British political party) }} {{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1859: Richmond (Yorks)<ref name="craig1832"/> }} {{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |party =Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = Marmaduke Wyvill }} {{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |party =Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = Henry Rich }} {{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors = 327 }} {{Election box hold with party link no swing| |winner =Liberal Party (UK) }} {{Election box hold with party link no swing| |winner =Liberal Party (UK) }} {{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1860s=== Rich's resignation caused a by-election.

{{Election box begin| title=By-election, 9 July 1861: Richmond (Yorks)<ref name="craig1832"/> }} {{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |party =Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = Roundell Palmer }} {{Election box hold with party link no swing| |winner =Liberal Party (UK) }} {{Election box end}}

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

{{Election box begin| title=By-election, 17 October 1863: Richmond (Yorks)<ref name="craig1832"/> }} {{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |party =Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = Roundell Palmer }} {{Election box hold with party link no swing| |winner =Liberal Party (UK) }} {{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1865: Richmond (Yorks)<ref name="craig1832"/> }} {{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |party =Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = Roundell Palmer }} {{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |party =Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = John Dundas }} {{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors = 316 }} {{Election box hold with party link no swing| |winner =Liberal Party (UK) }} {{Election box hold with party link no swing| |winner =Liberal Party (UK) }} {{Election box end}}

Dundas' death caused a by-election.

{{Election box begin| title=By-election, 6 March 1866: Richmond (Yorks)<ref name="craig1832"/> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party =Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = Marmaduke Wyvill |votes = 213 |percentage = 94.2 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = William Henry Roberts<ref>{{cite news|title=Richmond Election|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000266/18660310/002/0002|access-date=16 March 2018|work=Yorkshire Gazette|date=10 March 1866|page=2|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}</ref> |votes = 13 |percentage = 5.8 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 200 |percentage = 88.4 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 226 |percentage = 71.5 |change =''N/A'' }} {{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors = 316 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Liberal Party (UK) |swing = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box end}}

==Pre–1832 election results== ===Elections in the 1830s=== {{Election box begin no change| title=General election 1830: Richmond (Yorks)<ref name="stookssmith"/><ref name="hop1820-1832">{{cite web |last1=Casey |first1=Martin |title=Richmond |url=http://www.histparl.ac.uk/volume/1820-1832/constituencies/richmond |website=The History of Parliament |access-date=21 April 2020}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |party = Whigs (British political party) |candidate = Robert Lawrence Dundas }} {{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |party = Whigs (British political party) |candidate = John Dundas }} {{Election box hold with party link no swing| |winner = Whigs (British political party) }} {{Election box hold with party link no swing| |winner = Whigs (British political party) }} {{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change| title=General election 1831: Richmond (Yorks)<ref name="stookssmith"/><ref name="hop1820-1832"/> }} {{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |party = Whigs (British political party) |candidate = Robert Lawrence Dundas }} {{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |party = Whigs (British political party) |candidate = John Dundas }} {{Election box registered electors no change| |reg. electors = 273 }} {{Election box hold with party link no swing| |winner = Whigs (British political party) }} {{Election box hold with party link no swing| |winner = Whigs (British political party) }} {{Election box end}}

==See also== *List of parliamentary constituencies in North Yorkshire

==Notes== {{Reflist|group="note"}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Sources== *D. Brunton & D. H. Pennington, ''Members of the Long Parliament'' (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954) *''Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803'' (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808) [https://web.archive.org/web/20150904125310/http://www2.odl.ox.ac.uk/gsdl/cgi-bin/library?e=p-000-00---0modhis06--00-0-0-0prompt-10---4------0-1l--1-en-50---20-about---00001-001-1-1isoZz-8859Zz-1-0&a=d&cl=CL1] * F. W. S. Craig, ''British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885'' (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989) * J. Holladay Philbin, ''Parliamentary Representation 1832 – England and Wales'' (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965) * Henry Stooks Smith, ''The Parliaments of England from 1715 to 1847'' (2nd edition, edited by FWS Craig – Chichester: Parliamentary Reference Publications, 1973) * ''The Constitutional Yearbook for 1913'' (London: National Unionist Association)

==External links== *[https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/13318.html Richmond (Yorks) UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at ''MapIt UK'' *[https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/65722.html Richmond (Yorks) UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at ''MapIt UK''

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