Richmond Park (UK Parliament constituency)
Richmond Park | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Richmond Park in Greater London | |
County | Greater London |
Electorate | 77,071[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
Member of Parliament | Sarah Olney (Liberal Democrat) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Richmond and Barnes and Kingston upon Thames |
Richmond Park is a constituency[n 1] that has been represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Liberal Democrat MP Sarah Olney[n 2] since a by-election on December 1, 2016.
History and character
Richmond Park constituency was created in 1997 from two old seats: Richmond and Barnes[n 3] and a northern tranche of the Kingston upon Thames seat.[n 4] Jeremy Hanley, MP for Richmond and Barnes was selected as the Conservative candidate for the seat's first election but lost to Jenny Tonge (Liberal Democrat). The seat was held by the Liberal Democrats until 2010, when it was gained by Zac Goldsmith, a Conservative.
On 25 October 2016, Zac Goldsmith announced his resignation as the seat's MP in protest against the Conservative government's decision to allow a third runway to be built at Heathrow Airport. Goldsmith stood as a Independent candidate in the by-election held on 1 December and the Conservative Party decided not to put forward its own candidate.[2] This was the first by-election in the constituency since its creation in 1997.
He was appointed to be the Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds on 26 October, formally vacating his seat.[3]
Boundaries
1997–2010: The London Borough of Richmond upon Thames wards of Barnes; East Sheen; Ham and Petersham; Kew; Mortlake; Palewell; Richmond Hill; and Richmond Town, and the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames wards of Cambridge; Canbury; Coombe Hill; and Tudor.
2010–present: The London Borough of Richmond upon Thames wards of Barnes; East Sheen; Ham, Petersham and Richmond Riverside; Kew; Mortlake and Barnes Common; North Richmond; and South Richmond, and the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames wards of Canbury; Coombe Hill; Coombe Vale; and Tudor.
Richmond Park constituency stretches from Barnes in the north to Kingston upon Thames in the south, and includes the whole of East Sheen, Mortlake, Kew, Richmond, Petersham and Ham. The boundaries also include the Royal Park itself.
From Kingston Railway Bridge, the boundary follows the middle of the River Thames north (downstream) to Hammersmith Bridge and then southeast as far as Barn Elms. From here it is bounded by the outside Putney Common and the houses east of Hallam Road and Dyers Lane. At the south end of Dyers Lane the boundary runs along the Upper Richmond Road westwards as far as the Beverley Brook which it then follows south to the northern wall of Richmond Park itself.[n 5] The boundary then follows the wall of the park as far as the Robin Hood Gate on the A3 road and follows the Beverley Brook south, until it[n 6] turns west after Malden Golf Course. It then cuts across the golf course to Coombe Road, Coombe Vale, New Malden until the South West Main Line just west of New Malden station. Then the boundary curves north to follow the Kingston branch of the railway line as far as the railway bridge over the River Thames.
This means that the constituency includes Coombe, Norbiton, and half of Kingston upon Thames.[4]
Latest boundary reviews
As part of its Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission[n 7] made minor changes to re-align the constituency boundaries with the boundaries of the local government wards. This involved moving the entirety of the Beverley ward into Kingston and Surbiton. It had been split between the two constituencies after ward boundaries were changed in 2002. The public consultation on proposed changes across the boroughs of Kingston and Richmond received 11 submissions, of which ten were in support.[1][5] The new boundaries came into effect at the 2010 general election.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[6] | Party | |
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style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color" | | 1997 | Jenny Tonge | Liberal Democrat |
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color" | | 2005 | Susan Kramer | Liberal Democrat |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 2010 | Zac Goldsmith | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color" | | 2016 by-election | Sarah Olney | Liberal Democrat |
Election results
A by-election was held on 1 December 2016.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Sarah Olney | 20,510 | 49.6% | +30.3% | |
Independent | Zac Goldsmith | 18,638 | 45.1% | – 13.1% | |
Labour | Christian Wolmar | 1,515 | 3.7% | −8.6% | |
Monster Raving Loony | Howling Laud Hope | 184 | 0.4% | N/A | |
Independent | Fiona Syms | 173 | 0.4% | N/A | |
CPA | Dominic Francis Stockford | 164 | 0.4% | N/A | |
One Love | Maharaja Jammu and Kashmir | 67 | 0.2% | N/A | |
No label | David Powell | 32 | 0.1% | N/A | |
Majority | 1,872 | 4.5 | |||
Turnout | 41,283 | 53.5 | −23 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 21.7 |
The Conservative Party, Green Party and UK Independence Party did not put a candidate forward to contest the by-election. The Green Party endorsed the Liberal Democrat candidate, while UKIP endorsed Zac Goldsmith.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Zac Goldsmith | 34,404 | 58.2 | +8.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robin Meltzer | 11,389 | 19.3 | −23.5 | |
Labour | Sachin Patel[12] | 7,296 | 12.3 | +7.3 | |
Green | Andrée Frieze[13] | 3,548 | 6.0 | +5.0 | |
UKIP | Sam Naz[14] | 2,464 | 4.2 | +3.0 | |
Majority | 23,015 | 38.9 | +32.0 | ||
Turnout | 59,101 | 76.5 | −0.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +16.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Zac Goldsmith | 29,461 | 49.7 | +10.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Susan Kramer | 25,370 | 42.8 | −3.8 | |
Labour | Eleanor Tunnicliffe | 2,979 | 5.0 | −4.2 | |
UKIP | Peter Dul | 669 | 1.1 | +0.2 | |
Green | James Page | 572 | 1.0 | −1.7 | |
CPA | Susan May | 133 | 0.2 | −0.3 | |
Independent | Charles Hill | 84 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 4,091 | 6.9 | |||
Turnout | 59,268 | 76.9 | + 3.7 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | 7.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Susan Kramer | 24,011 | 46.7 | −1.0 | |
Conservative | Marco Forgione | 20,280 | 39.5 | +1.9 | |
Labour | James Butler | 4,768 | 9.3 | −2.0 | |
Green | James Page | 1,379 | 2.7 | +0.2 | |
UKIP | Peter Dul | 458 | 0.9 | +0.2 | |
CPA | Peter Flower | 288 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Independent | Margaret Harrison | 83 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Rainbow Dream Ticket | Rainbow George Weiss | 63 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Independent | Richard Meacock | 44 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,731 | 7.3 | |||
Turnout | 51,374 | 72.8 | +4.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | −1.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Jenny Tonge | 23,444 | 47.7 | +3.0 | |
Conservative | Tom Harris | 18,480 | 37.6 | −1.9 | |
Labour | Barry Langford | 5,541 | 11.3 | −1.3 | |
Green | James Page | 1,223 | 2.5 | N/A | |
UKIP | Peter St John Howe | 348 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Independent | Raymond Perrin | 115 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,964 | 10.1 | |||
Turnout | 49,151 | 67.6 | −11.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +2.45 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Jenny Tonge | 25,393 | 44.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Jeremy Hanley | 22,442 | 39.5 | N/A | |
Labour | Sue Jenkins | 7,172 | 12.6 | −1.3 | |
Referendum | Jake Pugh | 1,467 | 2.6 | N/A | |
Monster Raving Loony | David Beaupre | 348 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Natural Law | Bruno D'Arcy | 102 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Rainbow Dream Ticket | Peter Davies | 73 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,951 | 5.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 57,201 | 79.5 | N/A | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A |
See also
Notes and references
- Notes
- ^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
- ^ last held by the Conservative Jeremy Hanley
- ^ Held by the former Chancellor of the Exchequer Norman Lamont
- ^ Thus east is Roehampton in the London Borough of Wandsworth and part of Putney seat
- ^ Having included the residential section of the A3 at the Beverley Brook Interchange
- ^ For the subregion used see South London
- References
- ^ a b Fifth periodical report (PDF) (Report). Vol. Volume 3 Mapping for the London Boroughs and the Metropolitan Counties. Boundary Commission for England. 5 February 2007. ISBN 0101703228.
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has extra text (help) - ^ "Zac Goldsmith quits as MP over 'doomed' Heathrow expansion decision". The Guardian. 26 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ^ "Zac Goldsmith resigns as MP for Richmond Park". News from Parliament. 26 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ^ For the detailed map see the UK government election map web site
- ^ "South London Boroughs – Proposals for Parliamentary Constituencies" (PDF). Boundary Commission for England. 19 April 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2010.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 1)
- ^ Donovan, Tim. "Tactics reduce candidates for Richmond Park by-election". BBC News. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
- ^ http://www.richmond.gov.uk/notice_of_poll_spn_sops_richmond_park_by_election_2016.pdf
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Election results for Richmond Park UK Parliamentary General Election 2015 – Thursday, 7 May 2015". Cabnet.richmond.gov.uk. 2015-05-07. Retrieved 2016-10-26.
- ^ "Richmond Park parliamentary constituency – Election 2015". BBC News. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
- ^ "Sachin Patel: Candidate for Richmond Park". Labour Party (UK). Retrieved 18 January 2015.
- ^ "London Green Party | 2015 General Election". Green Party. Archived from the original on January 8, 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
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- ^ "Election 2010 –Constituency:Richmond Park". Election 2010. BBC. 6 May 2010.
- ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.