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Richmond (Yorks) (UK Parliament constituency)

Richmond (Yorks)
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of Richmond (Yorks) in North Yorkshire
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Location of North Yorkshire within England
County1585–1974 North Riding of Yorkshire
1974–2024 North Yorkshire
Electorate83,219 (December 2019)[1]
Major settlementsBedale, Catterick, Catterick Garrison, Great Ayton, Hawes, Leyburn, Middleham, Northallerton, Richmond, Stokesley
1885–2024
Number of membersOne
Replaced byRichmond and Northallerton
1585–1885
Number of members1585–1868: Two
1868–1885: One
Type of constituencyBorough 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.

  1. "Constituency data: electorates – House of Commons Library". Parliament UK. 15 June 2020. Archived from the original on 28 July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.


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