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Electoral history of Rishi Sunak

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Official portrait of Rishi Sunak, 2022

This is a summary of the electoral history of Rishi Sunak, the Leader of the Conservative Party who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from October 2022 to July 2024. 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

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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

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General election 2024: Richmond and Northallerton[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rishi Sunak 23,059 47.5 −15.8
Labour Tom Wilson 10,874 22.4 6.0
Reform UK Lee Taylor 7,142 14.7 New
Liberal Democrats Daniel Callaghan 4,322 8.9 −3.6
Green Kevin Foster 2,058 4.2 0.4
Count Binface Party Count Binface 308 0.6 New
Independent Brian Richmond 222 0.5 New
Independent Niko Omilana 160 0.3 New
Yorkshire Rio Goldhammer 132 0.3 −1.8
Monster Raving Loony Sir Archibald Stanton 99 0.2 New
Workers Party Louise Dickens 90 0.2 New
Independent Angie Campion 33 0.1 New
Independent Jason Barnett 27 0.1 New
Majority 12,185
Turnout 73,888 66 −5.6

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

October 2022 Conservative Party leadership election

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

2024 United Kingdom general election

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The Labour Party under Keir Starmer won a landslide general election victory against the Conservatives under Rishi Sunak.



Affiliate Leader MPs Aggregate votes
Of total Of total
Labour Party Keir Starmer 411[b] 63.2%
9,704,655 33.7%
Conservative Party Rishi Sunak 121 18.6%
6,827,311 23.7%
Liberal Democrats Ed Davey 72 11.1%
3,519,199 12.2%
Scottish National Party John Swinney 9 1.4%
724,758 2.5%
Sinn Féin Mary Lou McDonald 7 1.1%
210,891 0.7%
Independent 6 0.9%
564,243 2.0%
Reform UK Nigel Farage 5 0.8%
4,117,221 14.3%
Democratic Unionist Party Gavin Robinson 5 0.8%
172,058 0.6%
Green Party of England and Wales Carla Denyer
Adrian Ramsay
4 0.6%
1,841,888 6.4%
Plaid Cymru Rhun ap Iorwerth 4 0.6%
194,811 0.7%
Social Democratic and Labour Party Colum Eastwood 2 0.3%
86,861 0.3%
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland Naomi Long 1 0.2%
117,191 0.4%
Ulster Unionist Party Doug Beattie 1 0.2%
94,779 0.3%
Traditional Unionist Voice Jim Allister 1 0.2%
48,685 0.2%
Speaker Lindsay Hoyle 1 0.2%
25,238 0.1%

Notes

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  1. ^ Due to rounding errors the sum of percentages may deviate.
  2. ^ Includes 43 MPs sponsored by the Co-operative Party, who are designated Labour and Co-operative.[17]

References

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  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.
  17. ^ "About: Members of Parliament". Co-operative Party. Archived from the original on 14 October 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2024.