Richmond (UK Parliament constituency)

Richmond (Yorks)
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– North Yorkshire
Electorate	78,902 (December 2010)
Major settlements	Bedale, Catterick, Catterick Garrison, Hawes, Leyburn, Middleham, Northallerton, Richmond
Current constituency
Created	1885
Member of parliament	Rishi Sunak (Conservative)
Number of members	One
1585–1885
Number of members	1585–1868: Two 1868–1885: One
Type of constituency	Borough constituency
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Yorkshire and the Humber

Coordinates: 54°24′18″N 1°39′11″W / 54.405°N 1.653°W / 54.405; -1.653

Richmond (Yorks) is a constituency in North Yorkshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since May 2015 by Rishi Sunak, a Conservative.

The constituency presents itself as a safe seat for the Conservative Party, having held it continuously since 1910 (if including the 11 years by the allied Unionist Party from 1918), and in the 2010 general election, Richmond produced the largest numerical and percentage majority for a Conservative, 62.8% of the vote. The Conservative MP and one-time Party leader, William Hague, held the seat from a by-election in 1989 until he retired from the Commons in 2015. He had held the posts of Leader of the Opposition (1997–2001), Foreign Secretary (2010–2014) and Leader of the House of Commons (2014-2015).