UK general elections › 2015 › Richmond (Yorks)
Richmond (Yorks) — 2015
Rishi Sunak (Conservative Party) was elected with 27,744 votes— 51.4% of 53,999 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 51.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +1.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 53,999
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes. | Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rishi Sunak | Conservative Party | 27,744 | 51.4% | +1.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Matthew Cooke | UK Independence Party | 8,194 | 15.2% | — | |
| 3 | Mike Hill | Labour Party | 7,124 | 13.2% | — | |
| 4 | John Harris | Liberal Democrats | 3,465 | 6.4% | — | |
| 5 | John Blackie | Independent | 3,348 | 6.2% | — | |
| 6 | Leslie Rowe | Green Party | 2,313 | 4.3% | — | |
| 7 | Robin Scott | Independent | 1,811 | 3.4% | — |
Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.