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Electoral history

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This is a summary of the electoral history of Rishi Sunak, the Leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since October 2022. Sunak previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2020 to 2022, and was the MP for Richmond (Yorks) from 2015 to 2024. Following boundary changes, Sunak's seat was abolished, and was reformed as Richmond and Northallerton; first contested at the 2024 general election with Sunak as the Conservative candidate.

Parliamentary elections

2015 general election, Richmond (Yorks)

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General election 2015: Richmond (Yorks)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rishi Sunak 27,744 51.4 ―11.4
UKIP Matthew Cooke 8,194 15.2 New
Labour Mike Hill 7,124 13.2 ―2.1
Liberal Democrats John Harris 3,465 6.4 ―12.7
Independent John Blackie 3,348 6.2 New
Green Leslie Rowe 2,313 4.3 +1.5
Independent Robin Scott 1,811 3.4 New
Majority 19,550 36.2 ―7.5
Turnout 53,999 64.7 ―2.5
Conservative hold Swing ―13.3

2017 general election, Richmond (Yorks)

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General election 2017: Richmond (Yorks)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rishi Sunak 36,458 63.9 +12.5
Labour Dan Perry 13,350 23.4 +10.2
Liberal Democrats Tobie Abel 3,360 5.9 −0.5
Yorkshire Chris Pearson 2,106 3.7 New
Green Fiona Yorke 1,739 3.1 −1.2
Majority 23,108 40.5 +4.3
Turnout 57,013 70.5 +5.8
Conservative hold Swing +1.2

2019 general election, Richmond (Yorks)

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General election 2019: Richmond (Yorks)[5][6]
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

2024 general election, Richmond and Northallerton

General election 2024: Richmond and Northallerton[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Jason Barnett
Count Binface Party Count Binface
Liberal Democrats Daniel Callaghan
Independent Angie Campion
Workers Party Louise Dickens
Green Kevin Foster
Yorkshire Rio Goldhammer
Independent Niko Omilana
Independent Brian Richmond
Monster Raving Loony Sir Archibald Stanton
Conservative Rishi Sunak
Reform UK Lee Taylor
Labour Tom Wilson
Majority
Turnout
win (new seat)

July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election

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Candidate MPs' 1st ballot:
13 July 2022[8][9] 		MPs' 2nd ballot:
14 July 2022[10][9] 		MPs' 3rd ballot:
18 July 2022[11][9] 		MPs' 4th ballot:
19 July 2022[12][9] 		MPs' 5th ballot:
20 July 2022[13][9] 		Members' vote
22 July to 2 September 2022[14][15][16]
Votes % Votes ± % Votes ± % Votes ± % Votes ± % Votes % % Votes cast
Liz Truss 50 14.0 64 +14 17.9 71 +7 19.8 86 +15 24.1 113 +27 31.6 81,326 47.2 57.4
Rishi Sunak 88 24.6 101 +13 28.2 115 +14 32.1 118 +3 33.1 137 +19 38.3 60,399 35.0 42.6
Penny Mordaunt 67 18.7 83 +16 23.2 82 −1 22.9 92 +10 25.8 105 +13 29.3 Eliminated
Kemi Badenoch 40 11.2 49 +9 13.7 58 +9 16.2 59 +1 16.5 Eliminated
Tom Tugendhat 37 10.3 32 −5 8.9 31 −1 8.7 Eliminated
Suella Braverman 32 8.9 27 −5 7.5 Eliminated
Nadhim Zahawi 25 7.0 Eliminated
Jeremy Hunt 18 5.0 Eliminated
Votes cast[a] 357 99.7 356 −1 99.4 357 +1 99.7 355 −2 99.4 355 0 99.2 141,725 82.2 100
Spoilt ballots 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 +1 0.3 2 +1 0.6 654 0.4
Abstentions 1 0.3 2 +1 0.6 1 −1 0.3 1 0 0.3 1 0 0.3 30,058 17.4
Registered voters 358 100.0 358 0 100.0 358 0 100.0 357 −1 100.0 358 +1 100.0 172,437 100.0
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October 2022 Conservative Party leadership election

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MP public endorsements
Candidate Endorsements %
Rishi Sunak 197 55.1
Boris Johnson 62 17.3
Penny Mordaunt 27 7.5
No endorsement 71 19.8

Note: Some endorsements are repeated due to MPs changing support after withdrawal.

Endorsements of Conservative MPs   Rishi Sunak   Boris Johnson   Penny Mordaunt   No endorsement   No Conservative MP

2024 United Kingdom general election

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Notes

  1. ^ Due to rounding errors the sum of percentages may deviate.

References

  1. ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Richmond (Yorks)". BBC News. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Hambleton District Council. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  4. ^ "BBC Election Site". BBC. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Electoral and elections documents: Statement of Persons Nominated Richmond (Yorks) & Notice of Poll". Hambleton District Council. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  6. ^ Minting, Stuart (13 December 2019). "Rishi Sunak increases Conservative majority in Richmond". Darlington and Stockton Times. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  7. ^ "Statement of persons nominated for Richmond and Northallerton Constituency" (PDF). North Yorkshire Council. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  8. ^ Stone, Jon (13 July 2022). "Tory leadership vote: The first round results in full". The Independent. Archived from the original on 14 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  9. ^ a b c d e Clarke, Seán; Leach, Anna (14 July 2022). "Tory leadership election: full results". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 14 July 2022.
  10. ^ Stone, Jon (14 July 2022). "Tory leadership vote: The second round results in full". The Independent. Archived from the original on 14 July 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  11. ^ "The third Tory leadership ballot – as it happened | The Spectator". The Spectator. 18 July 2022. Archived from the original on 27 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  12. ^ Stone, Jon (19 July 2022). "Tory leadership vote: The fourth round results in full". The Independent. Archived from the original on 19 July 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  13. ^ Stone, Jon (20 July 2022). "Tory leadership vote: The fifth round results in full". The Independent. Archived from the original on 20 July 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  14. ^ Maldment, Jack (5 September 2022). "Tory leadership result: New prime minister to be announced imminently - watch live". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 5 September 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  15. ^ Piper, Elizabeth; Maclellan, Kylie (5 September 2022). "Liz Truss named as Britain's next prime minister". Reuters. Archived from the original on 5 September 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  16. ^ "Liz Truss wins leadership race". BBC. 5 September 2022. Archived from the original on 5 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
    "Graham Brady reveals Liz Truss has been elected as new Tory leader". BBC News. 5 September 2022. Archived from the original on 6 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
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