Richmond (Yorks) | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | 1585–1974 North Riding of Yorkshire 1974– North Yorkshire |
Electorate | 83,219 (December 2019)[1] |
Major settlements | Bedale, Catterick, Catterick Garrison, Great Ayton, Hawes, Leyburn, Middleham, Northallerton, Richmond, Stokesley |
1885–2024 | |
Seats | One |
Replaced by | Richmond and Northallerton |
1585–1885 | |
Seats | 1585–1868: Two 1868–1885: One |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
Richmond (Yorks) was a constituency[note 1] 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, the former Prime Minister and Conservative leader from 2022 to 2024.[note 2][2]
Further to the completion of the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies, the seat had minor boundary changes and was renamed to Richmond and Northallerton, first contested at the 2024 general election.[3]
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