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Richmond (Yorks)
Richmond (Yorks)
Former County constituency; for the House of Commons
	Boundary of Richmond (Yorks) in North Yorkshire
	Location of North Yorkshire within England
County	1585–1974 North Riding of Yorkshire; 1974–2024 North Yorkshire
Electorate	83,219 (December 2019)
Major settlements	Bedale, Catterick, Catterick Garrison, Great Ayton, Hawes, Leyburn, Middleham, Northallerton, Richmond, Stokesley
1885–2024
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Richmond and Northallerton
1585–1885
Number of members	1585–1868: Two; 1868–1885: One
Type of constituency	Borough constituency

Richmond (Yorks) is a constituency of the UK Parliament ^{[note 1]} in North Yorkshire. The last MP for Richmond (Yorks) was Rishi Sunak. Sunak is the current leader of the Conservative Party, and used to be the Prime Minister from 2022 to 2024.^{[note 2]} Sunak replaced William Hague, who also served as Conservative Party leader. Hague was leader between 1997 and 2001. He was also Leader of the Opposition when Tony Blair was Prime Minister. Before Hague, Leon Brittan represented the constituency.

Election results

General election 2019: Richmond (Yorks)^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rishi Sunak	36,693	63.6	−0.3
	Labour	Thomas Kirkwood	9,483	16.4	−7.0
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Knowles	6,989	12.1	+6.2
	Green	John Yorke	2,500	4.3	+1.2
	Yorkshire	Laurence Waterhouse	1,077	1.9	−1.8
	Independent	Nick Jardine	961	1.7	New
Majority			27,210	47.2	+6.7
Turnout			57,703	69.9	−0.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.3

↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.