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{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1918–1983}} |
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| Name = Richmond |
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{{Infobox UK constituency main| |
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| Type = Borough |
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| name = Richmond <br /> {{small|Richmond (Surrey)<br />Richmond-upon-Thames, Richmond}} |
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| Year = [[1918]] |
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| type = Borough |
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| year = 1918 |
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| abolished = 1983 |
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| elects_howmany = One |
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| previous = [[Kingston (UK Parliament constituency)|Kingston]] |
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| next = [[Richmond and Barnes (UK Parliament constituency)|Richmond and Barnes]] |
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| region = England |
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| county = {{plainlist| |
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*1918–1965 [[Surrey]] |
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*1965–1983 [[Greater London]]}} |
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| towns = {{plainlist| |
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*[[Richmond, London|Richmond]] |
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*[[Barnes, London]] |
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*[[Mortlake]] (including [[East Sheen]])}} |
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'''Richmond''' was a [[United Kingdom constituencies|parliamentary constituency]] centred on the town of [[Richmond, London|Richmond]] |
'''Richmond''' (1918–1983) was a [[United Kingdom constituencies|parliamentary constituency]] centred on the town of [[Richmond, London|Richmond]]. The seat mirrored for its first 47 years a small northern projection of [[Surrey]] (between [[Middlesex]] and the [[County of London]]). For the final 18 years its area, in local government, fell into the new county of [[Greater London]]. |
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Each winning candidate was a Unionist or from the allied [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]]. |
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Formally and informally on a local basis '''Richmond constituency'''; national publications usually added a reference to Surrey to distinguish [[Richmond (Yorks) (UK Parliament constituency)]] (1585–present). |
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== History == |
== History == |
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The constituency was created by the [[Representation of the People Act 1918]] for the [[United Kingdom general election |
The constituency was created by the [[Representation of the People Act 1918]] for the [[1918 United Kingdom general election|1918 general election]]. The area had been roughly the northern part of [[Kingston-upon-Thames (UK Parliament constituency)|Kingston]] (also in Surrey). |
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From April 1965 the constituency formed part of [[Greater London]]. It was the eastern half of the [[London Borough of Richmond upon Thames]]. The Second Periodical Review of the Parliamentary Boundary Commission for England in 1969 formally made "a slight modification in the names to conform with our policy of using the London borough name as a prefix", so that the constituency was formally known as 'Richmond upon Thames, Richmond'. Due to its prolix this was never used in the popular press. No boundary changes were made.<ref>"Boundary Commission for England", Second Periodical Report, [[Command paper|Cmnd.]] 4084, p. 24.</ref> |
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The seat was abolished for the [[United Kingdom general election, 1983|1983 general election]], when it was replaced by the new [[Richmond and Barnes (UK Parliament constituency)|Richmond & Barnes]] constituency. |
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The seat was abolished for the [[1983 United Kingdom general election|1983 general election]]; replaced by [[Richmond and Barnes (UK Parliament constituency)|Richmond and Barnes]] which took in a small part of former Middlesex, the local government electoral ward of East [[Twickenham]]. |
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==Boundaries== |
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In 1918 the seat was created as a [[borough constituency]] of Surrey. It was in the north-west corner of the historic county and adjoined the south bank of the [[River Thames]]. It comprised the [[Municipal Borough of Richmond]], as well as the Urban Districts of [[Barnes Urban District|Barnes]] and [[Ham Urban District|Ham]]. |
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===Single-member seat=== |
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In 1932 the Barnes [[Urban District]] was upgraded to a [[Municipal Borough]]. In the following year most of Ham was incorporated in the Municipal Borough of Richmond. These administrative changes did not lead to any immediate change in the constituency boundaries. |
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Not based on an ancient borough or key town, it reflected the schema of [[Redistribution of Seats Act 1885|the third Great Reform]] three decades before its creation, continued by the Fourth Reform Act, [[David Lloyd George|Lloyd George]]'s [[Representation of the People Act 1918]] by returning one [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) to the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|UK Parliament]], elected by [[first past the post]]. |
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==Boundaries== |
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In the redistribution of parliamentary seats, which took effect in 1950, this constituency was not significantly changed. It was defined in the [[Representation of the People Act 1948]] as comprising the Municipal Boroughs of Barnes and Richmond. There were some minor boundary changes to the two Municipal Boroughs, which affected the parliamentary seat from 1964 (see S.I. 1960/465). |
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In 1918 the seat was created as a [[borough constituency]] of Surrey. It was in the north-west corner of the much-reduced county (in the 1880s) and adjoined the south bank of the [[River Thames]]. It comprised the [[Municipal Borough of Richmond (Surrey)|Municipal Borough of Richmond]] which included [[Kew]] and [[Petersham, London|Petersham]], as well as the Urban Districts of [[Barnes Urban District|Barnes]] and [[Ham Urban District|Ham]]. |
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In 1932 the Barnes [[Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)|Urban District]] was upgraded to a [[municipal borough]]. In the following year most of Ham was incorporated in the Municipal Borough of Richmond. These were local government reconfigurations. |
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In 1965 the area of the constituency became the southern part of the [[London Borough of Richmond upon Thames]] in [[Greater London]]. |
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In the redistribution of parliamentary seats which took effect in 1950, this seat was little changed. It was defined in the [[Representation of the People Act 1948]] as comprising the Municipal Boroughs of Barnes and Richmond. There were some minor boundary changes to the two Municipal Boroughs, which affected the parliamentary seat from 1964 (per [[Statutory Instrument|S.I.]] 1960–465). |
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Incorporated in Greater London from 1965, the redistribution of parliamentary seats which took effect in 1974 did not change the constituency boundaries. It did however recast the definition of the boundaries, which set the constituency as comprising the following wards of the London Borough: [[Barnes, London|Barnes]], [[East Sheen]], [[Ham, London|Ham]], [[Petersham, London|Petersham]], [[Kew]], [[Mortlake]], Palewell, [[Richmond Hill, London|Richmond Hill]] and Richmond Town. The constituency shared boundaries with the [[Richmond (electoral division)|Richmond electoral division]] for election of councillors to the Greater London Council at elections in 1973, 1977 and 1981. |
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== Members of Parliament == |
== Members of Parliament == |
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| [[Clifford Blackburn Edgar]] |
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| [[Unionist Party (UK)|Unionist]] |
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| [[Newton James Moore|Sir Newton Moore]] |
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| [[1932 Richmond-upon-Thames by-election|1932 by-election]] |
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| [[William Ray (British politician)|Sir William Ray]] |
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| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |
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| [[1937 Richmond-upon-Thames by-election|1937 by-election]] |
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| [[George Steven Harvie-Watt|George Harvie-Watt]] |
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| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |
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| [[United Kingdom general election |
| [[1959 United Kingdom general election|1959]] |
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| [[Anthony Royle, Baron Fanshawe of Richmond|Anthony Royle]] |
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| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] |
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|colspan="2" align="center"|[[United Kingdom general election, 1983|1983]] |
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|[[1983 United Kingdom general election|1983]] |
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|colspan="2"| ''constituency abolished: see [[Richmond and Barnes (UK Parliament constituency)|Richmond & Barnes]]'' |
|colspan="2"| ''constituency abolished: see [[Richmond and Barnes (UK Parliament constituency)|Richmond & Barnes]]'' |
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==Elections== |
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==Election results== |
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=== Elections in the 1910s === |
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{{Election box begin | |
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|title=[[1918 United Kingdom general election|General election 1918]]: Richmond, Surrey<ref>British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, ed. [[F. W. S. Craig]], 3rd edition, Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1983, p. 223; Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench 1919, p/ .</ref> |
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}} |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link coalition 1918| |
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|party = Unionist Party (UK) |
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|candidate =[[Clifford Blackburn Edgar]] |
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|votes = 8,364 |
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|percentage = 47.4 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Independent (politician) |
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|candidate = [[Norah Elam|Norah Dacre Fox]] |
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|votes = 3,615 |
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|percentage = 20.4 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Liberal Party (UK) |
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|candidate = R. James Morrison |
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|votes = 3,491 |
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|percentage = 19.7 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Independent (politician) |
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|candidate = W. Walter Crotch <ref>‘CROTCH, William Walter’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U224293, accessed 19 Sept 2017]</ref> |
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|votes = 2,220 |
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|percentage = 12.5 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box majority| |
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|votes = 4,749 |
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|percentage = 27.0 |
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|change = |
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{{Election box turnout| |
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|votes = 17,690 |
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|percentage = 53.8 |
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|change = |
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}} |
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{{Election box new seat win| |
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|winner = Unionist Party (UK) |
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|swing = |
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}} |
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{{Election box end 1918}} |
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===Elections in the 1920s=== |
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[[File:1923 Margery Corbett Ashby.jpg|thumb|120px|Corbett Ashby]] |
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{{Election box begin | |
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|title=[[1922 United Kingdom general election|General election 1922]]: Richmond (Surrey)<ref>British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, ed. [[F. W. S. Craig]], 3rd edition, Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1983, p. 223; Return of Election Expenses (HC 2 1924), p. 33.</ref> |
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}} |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
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|party = Independent Unionist |
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|candidate = [[Harry Becker (politician)|Harry Becker]]* |
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|votes = 12,075 |
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|percentage = 50.6 |
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|change = ''New'' |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Unionist Party (UK) |
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|candidate =[[Clifford Blackburn Edgar]] |
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|votes = 6,032 |
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|percentage = 25.3 |
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|change = -22.1 |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Liberal Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[Margery Corbett Ashby]] |
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|votes = 5,765 |
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|percentage = 24.1 |
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|change = +4.4 |
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}} |
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{{Election box majority| |
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|votes = 6,043 |
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|percentage = 25.3 |
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|change = ''N/A'' |
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}} |
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{{Election box turnout| |
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|votes = 23,872 |
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|percentage = 68.8 |
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|change = +15.0 |
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}} |
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{{Election box gain with party link| |
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|winner = Independent Unionist |
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|loser = Unionist Party (UK) |
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|swing = |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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*supported by Anti-Waste League |
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{{Election box begin | |
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|title=[[1923 United Kingdom general election|General election 1923]]: Richmond (Surrey)<ref>British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, ed. [[F. W. S. Craig]], 3rd edition, Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1983, p. 223; Return of Election Expenses (HC 151 1924), p. 33.</ref> |
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}} |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
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|party = Unionist Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[Harry Becker (politician)|Harry Becker]] |
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|votes = 13,112 |
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|percentage = 63.0 |
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|change = +37.7 |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Liberal Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[Margery Corbett Ashby]] |
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|votes = 7,702 |
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|percentage = 37.0 |
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|change = +12.9 |
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}} |
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{{Election box majority| |
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|votes = 5,410 |
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|percentage = 26.0 |
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|change = ''N/A'' |
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{{Election box turnout| |
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|votes = 20,814 |
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|percentage = 59.4 |
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|change = -9.4 |
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{{Election box gain with party link| |
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|winner = Unionist Party (UK) |
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|loser = Independent Unionist |
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|swing = |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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[[File:Newton Moore (1870-1936).jpeg|thumb|120px|Moore]] |
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{{Election box begin | |
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|title=[[1924 United Kingdom general election|General election 1924]]: Richmond, Surrey<ref>British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, ed. [[F. W. S. Craig]], 3rd edition, Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1983, p. 223; Return of Election Expenses (HC 1 1926), p. 31.</ref> |
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}} |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
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|party = Unionist Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[Newton Moore]] |
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|votes = 19,948 |
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|percentage = 76.8 |
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|change = +13.8 |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Labour Party (UK) |
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|candidate = Herbert Parker |
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|votes = 6,034 |
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|percentage = 23.2 |
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|change = ''New'' |
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{{Election box majority| |
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|votes = 13,914 |
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|percentage = 53.6 |
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|change = +27.6 |
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{{Election box turnout| |
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|votes = 25,982 |
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|percentage = 72.8 |
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|change = +13.4 |
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}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link| |
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|winner = Unionist Party (UK) |
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|swing = |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box begin | |
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|title=[[1929 United Kingdom general election|General election 1929]]: Richmond, Surrey<ref>British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, ed. [[F. W. S. Craig]], 3rd edition, Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1983, p. 223; Return of Election Expenses (HC 114 1929–30), p. 33.</ref> |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
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|party = Unionist Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[Newton Moore]] |
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|votes = 23,148 |
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|percentage = 58.7 |
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|change = -18.1 |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Labour Party (UK) |
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|candidate = Philip Butler |
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|votes = 9,520 |
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|percentage = 24.1 |
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|change = +0.9 |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Liberal Party (UK) |
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|candidate = William Henry Williamson |
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|votes = 6,802 |
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|percentage = 17.2 |
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|change = ''New'' |
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{{Election box majority| |
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|votes = 13,628 |
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|percentage = 34.6 |
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|change = -19.0 |
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{{Election box turnout| |
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|votes = 39,470 |
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|percentage = 70.6 |
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|change = -2.2 |
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}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link| |
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|winner = Unionist Party (UK) |
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|swing = -9.5 |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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===Elections in the 1930s=== |
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{{Election box begin | |
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|title=[[1931 United Kingdom general election|General election 1931]]: Richmond (Surrey)<ref>British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, ed. [[F. W. S. Craig]], 3rd edition, Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1983, p. 223; Return of Election Expenses (HC 109 1931–32), p. 28.</ref> |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[Newton Moore]] |
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|votes = 35,333 |
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|percentage = 84.5 |
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|change = +25.8 |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Labour Party (UK) |
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|candidate = John Lamb Thomson |
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|votes = 6,460 |
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|percentage = 15.5 |
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|change = -8.6 |
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}} |
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{{Election box majority| |
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|votes = 28,873 |
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|percentage = 69.0 |
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|change = +34.4 |
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}} |
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{{Election box turnout| |
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|votes = 41,793 |
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|percentage = 72.0 |
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|change = +1.4 |
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}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link| |
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|winner = Unionist Party (UK) |
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|swing = +17.2 |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box begin | |
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|title=[[1932 Richmond-upon-Thames by-election]]<ref>British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, ed. [[F. W. S. Craig]], 3rd edition, Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1983, p. 223.</ref> |
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}} |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[William Ray (British politician)|William Ray]] |
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|votes = Unopposed |
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|percentage = ''N/A'' |
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|change = ''N/A'' |
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}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link no swing| |
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|winner = Conservative Party (UK) |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box begin | |
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|title=[[1935 United Kingdom general election|General election 1935]]: Richmond (Surrey)<ref>British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, ed. [[F. W. S. Craig]], 3rd edition, Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1983, p. 223; Return of Election Expenses (HC 150 1935–36), p. 29.</ref> |
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}} |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[William Ray (British politician)|William Ray]] |
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|votes = 30,433 |
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|percentage = 73.5 |
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|change = -11.0 |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Labour Party (UK) |
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|candidate = Lewis Gassman |
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|votes = 10,953 |
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|percentage = 26.5 |
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|change = +11.0 |
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}} |
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{{Election box majority| |
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|votes = 19,480 |
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|percentage = 47.0 |
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|change = -22.0 |
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}} |
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{{Election box turnout| |
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|votes = 41,386 |
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|percentage = 69.8 |
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|change = -2.2 |
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}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link| |
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|winner = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|swing = |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box begin | |
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|title= [[1937 Richmond-upon-Thames by-election]]<ref>British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, ed. [[F. W. S. Craig]], 3rd edition, Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1983, p. 223.</ref> |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[George Harvie-Watt]] |
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|votes = 20,546 |
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|percentage = 72.7 |
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|change = -0.8 |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Labour Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[George Rogers (British politician)|George Rogers]] |
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|votes = 7,709 |
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|percentage = 27.3 |
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|change = +0.8 |
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}} |
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{{Election box majority| |
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|votes = 12,837 |
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|percentage = 45.4 |
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|change = -1.6 |
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}} |
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{{Election box turnout| |
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|votes = 28,255 |
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|percentage = 47.3 |
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|change = -22.5 |
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}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link| |
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|winner = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|swing = -0.8 |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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===Election in the 1940s=== |
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{{Election box begin | |
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|title=[[1945 United Kingdom general election|General election 1945]]: Richmond (Surrey)<ref>British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, ed. [[F. W. S. Craig]], 3rd edition, Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1983, p. 223; Return of Election Expenses (HC 128 1945–46), p. 39.</ref> |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[George Harvie-Watt]] |
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|votes = 24,085 |
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|percentage = 52.8 |
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|change = -20.7 |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Labour Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[David Stark Murray]] |
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|votes = 15,760 |
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|percentage = 34.5 |
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|change = +8.0 |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Liberal Party (UK) |
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|candidate =George Andrew Douglas Gordon |
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|votes = 5,029 |
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|percentage = 11.0 |
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|change = ''New'' |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Common Wealth Party |
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|candidate = Douglas George Horace Frank |
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|votes = 753 |
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|percentage = 1.7 |
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|change = ''New'' |
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}} |
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{{Election box majority| |
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|votes = 8,325 |
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|percentage = 18.3 |
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|change = -28.7 |
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}} |
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{{Election box turnout| |
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|votes = 45,627 |
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|percentage = 76.4 |
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|change = +6.6 |
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}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link| |
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|winner = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|swing = -14.3 |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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===Elections in the 1950s=== |
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{{Election box begin | |
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|title=[[1950 United Kingdom general election|General election 1950]]: Richmond (Surrey)<ref>British Parliamentary Election Results 1950–1973, ed. [[F. W. S. Craig]], 2nd edition, Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1983, p. 249; Return of Election Expenses (HC 146 1950), p. 37.</ref> |
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}} |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[George Harvie-Watt]] |
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|votes = 30,907 |
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|percentage = 57.4 |
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|change = +4.6 |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Labour Party (UK) |
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|candidate = Karl Thorold Westwood |
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|votes = 17,238 |
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|percentage = 32.1 |
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|change = -2.4 |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Liberal Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[David Ennals, Baron Ennals|David Ennals]] |
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|votes = 5,634 |
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|percentage = 10.5 |
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|change = -0.5 |
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}} |
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{{Election box majority| |
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|votes = 13,669 |
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|percentage = 25.3 |
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|change = +7.0 |
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}} |
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{{Election box turnout| |
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|votes = 53,779 |
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|percentage = 86.2 |
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|change = +9.8 |
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}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link| |
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|winner = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|swing = +3.5 |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box begin | |
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|title=[[1951 United Kingdom general election|General election 1951]]: Richmond (Surrey)<ref>British Parliamentary Election Results 1950–1973, ed. [[F. W. S. Craig]], 2nd edition, Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1983, p. 249; Return of Election Expenses (HC 210 1951–52), p. 30.</ref> |
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}} |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[George Harvie-Watt]] |
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|votes = 30,743 |
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|percentage = 58.7 |
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|change = +1.3 |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Labour Party (UK) |
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|candidate = Freda White |
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|votes = 16,707 |
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|percentage = 31.9 |
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|change = -0.2 |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
|||
|party = Liberal Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[David Ennals, Baron Ennals|David Ennals]] |
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|votes = 4,933 |
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|percentage = 9.4 |
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|change = -1.1 |
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}} |
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{{Election box majority| |
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|votes = 14,036 |
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|percentage = 26.8 |
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|change = +1.5 |
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}} |
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{{Election box turnout| |
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|votes = 52,383 |
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|percentage = 82.8 |
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|change = -3.4 |
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}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link| |
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|winner = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|swing = +0.7 |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box begin | |
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|title=[[1955 United Kingdom general election|General election 1955]]: Richmond (Surrey)<ref>British Parliamentary Election Results 1950–1973, ed. [[F. W. S. Craig]], 2nd edition, Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1983, p. 249; Return of Election Expenses (HC 141 1955–56), p. 30.</ref> |
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}} |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[George Harvie-Watt]] |
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|votes = 27,628 |
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|percentage = 58.1 |
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|change = -0.6 |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Labour Party (UK) |
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|candidate = John Stuart Barr |
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|votes = 14,673 |
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|percentage = 30.8 |
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|change = -1.1 |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Liberal Party (UK) |
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|candidate = Eva Mabel Haynes |
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|votes = 5,266 |
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|percentage = 11.1 |
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|change = +1.7 |
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}} |
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{{Election box majority| |
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|votes = 12,955 |
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|percentage = 27.3 |
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|change = +0.5 |
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}} |
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{{Election box turnout| |
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|votes = 47,567 |
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|percentage = 77.5 |
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|change = -5.3 |
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}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link| |
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|winner = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|swing = +0.2 |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box begin | |
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|title=[[1959 United Kingdom general election|General election 1959]]: Richmond (Surrey)<ref>British Parliamentary Election Results 1950–1973, ed. [[F. W. S. Craig]], 2nd edition, Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1983, p. 249; Return of Election Expenses (HC 173 1959–60), p. 31.</ref> |
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}} |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[Anthony Royle, Baron Fanshawe of Richmond|Anthony Royle]] |
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|votes = 27,161 |
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|percentage = 57.2 |
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|change = -0.9 |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Labour Party (UK) |
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|candidate = Charles H Archibald |
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|votes = 12,975 |
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|percentage = 27.3 |
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|change = -3.5 |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Liberal Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[John Arnold Baker|John Baker]] |
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|votes = 7,359 |
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|percentage = 15.5 |
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|change = +4.4 |
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}} |
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{{Election box majority| |
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|votes = 14,186 |
|||
|percentage = 29.9 |
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|change = +2.6 |
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}} |
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{{Election box turnout| |
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|votes = 47,495 |
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|percentage = 79.4 |
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|change = +1.9 |
|||
}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link| |
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|winner = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|swing = +1.3 |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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===Elections in the 1960s=== |
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{{Election box begin | |
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|title=[[1964 United Kingdom general election|General election 1964]]: Richmond (Surrey)<ref>British Parliamentary Election Results 1950–1973, ed. [[F. W. S. Craig]], 2nd edition, Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1983, p. 249; Return of Election Expenses (HC 220 1964–65), p. 33.</ref> |
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}} |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[Anthony Royle, Baron Fanshawe of Richmond|Anthony Royle]] |
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|votes = 22,203 |
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|percentage = 50.4 |
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|change = -6.8 |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = Labour Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[Alan Brownjohn]] |
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|votes = 14,053 |
|||
|percentage = 31.9 |
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|change = +4.6 |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
|||
|party = Liberal Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[John Arnold Baker|John Baker]] |
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|votes = 7,800 |
|||
|percentage = 17.7 |
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|change = +2.2 |
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}} |
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{{Election box majority| |
|||
|votes = 8,150 |
|||
|percentage = 18.5 |
|||
|change = -11.4 |
|||
}} |
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{{Election box turnout| |
|||
|votes = 44,055 |
|||
|percentage = 76.5 |
|||
|change = -2.9 |
|||
}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link| |
|||
|winner = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|swing = -5.7 |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box begin | |
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|title=[[1966 United Kingdom general election|General election 1966]]: Richmond (Surrey)<ref>British Parliamentary Election Results 1950–1973, ed. [[F. W. S. Craig]], 2nd edition, Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1983, p. 249; Return of Election Expenses (HC 162 1966–67), p. 13.</ref> |
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}} |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[Anthony Royle, Baron Fanshawe of Richmond|Anthony Royle]] |
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|votes = 21,831 |
|||
|percentage = 49.5 |
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|change = -0.9 |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
|||
|party = Labour Party (UK) |
|||
|candidate = David George Boulton |
|||
|votes = 15,608 |
|||
|percentage = 35.4 |
|||
|change = +3.5 |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
|||
|party = Liberal Party (UK) |
|||
|candidate = Peter Miles Trelawney Sheldon-Williams |
|||
|votes = 6,661 |
|||
|percentage = 15.1 |
|||
|change = -2.6 |
|||
}} |
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{{Election box majority| |
|||
|votes = 6,223 |
|||
|percentage = 14.1 |
|||
|change = -4.4 |
|||
}} |
|||
{{Election box turnout| |
|||
|votes = 44,100 |
|||
|percentage = 79.4 |
|||
|change = +2.9 |
|||
}} |
|||
{{Election box hold with party link| |
|||
|winner = Conservative Party (UK) |
|||
|swing = -2.2 |
|||
}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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===Elections in the 1970s=== |
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{{Election box begin | |
|||
|title=[[1970 United Kingdom general election|General election 1970]]: Richmond upon Thames, Richmond<ref>British Parliamentary Election Results 1950–1973, ed. [[F. W. S. Craig]], 2nd edition, Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1983, p. 249; Return of Election Expenses (HC 305 1970–71), p. 14.</ref> |
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}} |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
|||
|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
|||
|candidate = [[Anthony Royle, Baron Fanshawe of Richmond|Anthony Royle]] |
|||
|votes = 20,979 |
|||
|percentage = 51.3 |
|||
|change = +1.8 |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
|||
|party = Labour Party (UK) |
|||
|candidate = Antony R. Palmer |
|||
|votes = 12,981 |
|||
|percentage = 31.7 |
|||
|change = -3.7 |
|||
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
|||
|party = Liberal Party (UK) |
|||
|candidate = [[Stanley Rundle]] |
|||
|votes = 6,934 |
|||
|percentage = 17.0 |
|||
|change = +1.9 |
|||
}} |
|||
{{Election box majority| |
|||
|votes = 7,998 |
|||
|percentage = 19.6 |
|||
|change = +5.5 |
|||
}} |
|||
{{Election box turnout| |
|||
|votes = 40,894 |
|||
|percentage = 71.7 |
|||
|change = -7.7 |
|||
}} |
|||
{{Election box hold with party link| |
|||
|winner = Conservative Party (UK) |
|||
|swing = +2.7 |
|||
}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box begin | |
|||
|title=[[February 1974 United Kingdom general election|General election February 1974]]: Richmond upon Thames, Richmond<ref>British Parliamentary Election Results 1974–1983, ed. [[F. W. S. Craig]], Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1984, p. 38; Return of Election Expenses (HC 69 1974–75), p. 16.</ref> |
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}} |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
|||
|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
|||
|candidate = [[Anthony Royle, Baron Fanshawe of Richmond|Anthony Royle]] |
|||
|votes = 19,534 |
|||
|percentage = 44.3 |
|||
|change = -7.0 |
|||
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
|||
|party = Liberal Party (UK) |
|||
|candidate = [[Stanley Rundle]] |
|||
|votes = 15,707 |
|||
|percentage = 35.6 |
|||
|change = +18.6 |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
|||
|party = Labour Party (UK) |
|||
|candidate = Antony R. Palmer |
|||
|votes = 8,322 |
|||
|percentage = 18.8 |
|||
|change = -12.9 |
|||
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
|||
|party = National Front (UK) |
|||
|candidate = Eric Ashley Russell |
|||
|votes = 570 |
|||
|percentage = 1.3 |
|||
|change = ''New'' |
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}} |
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{{Election box majority| |
|||
|votes = 3,827 |
|||
|percentage = 8.7 |
|||
|change = -10.9 |
|||
}} |
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{{Election box turnout| |
|||
|votes = 44,133 |
|||
|percentage = 82.6 |
|||
|change = +10.9 |
|||
}} |
|||
{{Election box hold with party link| |
|||
|winner = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|swing = -12.8 |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box begin | |
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|title=[[October 1974 United Kingdom general election|General election October 1974]]: Richmond upon Thames, Richmond<ref>British Parliamentary Election Results 1974–1983, ed. [[F. W. S. Craig]], Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1984, p. 38; Return of Election Expenses (HC 478 1974–75), p. 15.</ref> |
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}} |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
|||
|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[Anthony Royle, Baron Fanshawe of Richmond|Anthony Royle]] |
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|votes = 17,450 |
|||
|percentage = 43.2 |
|||
|change = -1.1 |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
|||
|party = Liberal Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[Alan Watson, Baron Watson of Richmond|Alan John Watson]] |
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|votes = 13,235 |
|||
|percentage = 32.7 |
|||
|change = -2.9 |
|||
}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
|||
|party = Labour Party (UK) |
|||
|candidate = [[Bob Marshall-Andrews]] |
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|votes = 8,714 |
|||
|percentage = 21.6 |
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|change = +2.8 |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
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|party = National Front (UK) |
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|candidate = Eric Ashley Russell |
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|votes = 1,000 |
|||
|percentage = 2.5 |
|||
|change = +1.2 |
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}} |
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{{Election box majority| |
|||
|votes = 4,215 |
|||
|percentage = 10.5 |
|||
|change = +1.8 |
|||
}} |
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{{Election box turnout| |
|||
|votes = 40,399 |
|||
|percentage = 75.1 |
|||
|change = -7.5 |
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}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link| |
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|winner = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|swing = +0.9 |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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{{Election box begin | |
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|title=[[1979 United Kingdom general election|General election 1979]]: Richmond upon Thames, Richmond<ref>British Parliamentary Election Results 1974–1983, ed. [[F. W. S. Craig]], Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1984, p. 38; Return of Election Expenses (HC 374 1979–80), p. 19.</ref> |
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}} |
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |
|||
|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
|||
|candidate = [[Anthony Royle, Baron Fanshawe of Richmond|Anthony Royle]] |
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|votes = 19,294 |
|||
|percentage = 46.7 |
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|change = +3.5 |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
|||
|party = Liberal Party (UK) |
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|candidate = [[Alan Watson, Baron Watson of Richmond|Alan John Watson]] |
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|votes = 16,764 |
|||
|percentage = 40.5 |
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|change = +7.8 |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
|||
|party = Labour Party (UK) |
|||
|candidate = Julian Filochowski |
|||
|votes = 4,692 |
|||
|percentage = 11.3 |
|||
|change = -10.3 |
|||
}} |
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{{Election box candidate |
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|party = Independent |
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|candidate = [[Jonathan King]] |
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|votes = 315 |
|||
|percentage = 0.8 |
|||
|change = ''New'' |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate with party link| |
|||
|party = National Front (UK) |
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|candidate = Patricia Murphy |
|||
|votes = 244 |
|||
|percentage = 0.6 |
|||
|change = -1.9 |
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}} |
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{{Election box candidate |
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|party = Libertarian Party |
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|candidate = *David Dean Wedgwood |
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|votes = 34 |
|||
|percentage = 0.1 |
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|change = ''New'' |
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}} |
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{{Election box majority| |
|||
|votes = 2,530 |
|||
|percentage = 6.2 |
|||
|change = -4.3 |
|||
}} |
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{{Election box turnout| |
|||
|votes = 41,343 |
|||
|percentage = 81.4 |
|||
|change = +6.3 |
|||
}} |
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{{Election box hold with party link| |
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|winner = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|swing = -2.0 |
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}} |
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{{Election box end}} |
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*endorsed by the [[English National Party]] of [[Frank Hansford-Miller]] |
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==See also== |
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*[[List of parliamentary constituencies in London]] |
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==References== |
==References== |
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{{Reflist}} |
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* ''Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972'', compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972) |
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* ''British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949'', compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1977) |
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*{{Rayment}} |
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==Sources== |
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* ''Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885–1972'', compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972) |
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* ''British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949'', compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1977) |
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Richmond Richmond (Surrey) Richmond-upon-Thames, Richmond | |
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Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
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1918–1983 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Kingston |
Replaced by | Richmond and Barnes |
Richmond (1918–1983) was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Richmond. The seat mirrored for its first 47 years a small northern projection of Surrey (between Middlesex and the County of London). For the final 18 years its area, in local government, fell into the new county of Greater London.
Each winning candidate was a Unionist or from the allied Conservative Party.
Formally and informally on a local basis Richmond constituency; national publications usually added a reference to Surrey to distinguish Richmond (Yorks) (UK Parliament constituency) (1585–present).
History
[edit]The constituency was created by the Representation of the People Act 1918 for the 1918 general election. The area had been roughly the northern part of Kingston (also in Surrey).
From April 1965 the constituency formed part of Greater London. It was the eastern half of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. The Second Periodical Review of the Parliamentary Boundary Commission for England in 1969 formally made "a slight modification in the names to conform with our policy of using the London borough name as a prefix", so that the constituency was formally known as 'Richmond upon Thames, Richmond'. Due to its prolix this was never used in the popular press. No boundary changes were made.[1]
The seat was abolished for the 1983 general election; replaced by Richmond and Barnes which took in a small part of former Middlesex, the local government electoral ward of East Twickenham.
Single-member seat
[edit]Not based on an ancient borough or key town, it reflected the schema of the third Great Reform three decades before its creation, continued by the Fourth Reform Act, Lloyd George's Representation of the People Act 1918 by returning one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the UK Parliament, elected by first past the post.
Boundaries
[edit]In 1918 the seat was created as a borough constituency of Surrey. It was in the north-west corner of the much-reduced county (in the 1880s) and adjoined the south bank of the River Thames. It comprised the Municipal Borough of Richmond which included Kew and Petersham, as well as the Urban Districts of Barnes and Ham.
In 1932 the Barnes Urban District was upgraded to a municipal borough. In the following year most of Ham was incorporated in the Municipal Borough of Richmond. These were local government reconfigurations.
In the redistribution of parliamentary seats which took effect in 1950, this seat was little changed. It was defined in the Representation of the People Act 1948 as comprising the Municipal Boroughs of Barnes and Richmond. There were some minor boundary changes to the two Municipal Boroughs, which affected the parliamentary seat from 1964 (per S.I. 1960–465).
Incorporated in Greater London from 1965, the redistribution of parliamentary seats which took effect in 1974 did not change the constituency boundaries. It did however recast the definition of the boundaries, which set the constituency as comprising the following wards of the London Borough: Barnes, East Sheen, Ham, Petersham, Kew, Mortlake, Palewell, Richmond Hill and Richmond Town. The constituency shared boundaries with the Richmond electoral division for election of councillors to the Greater London Council at elections in 1973, 1977 and 1981.
Members of Parliament
[edit]Event | Member[2] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1918 | Clifford Blackburn Edgar | Unionist | |
1922 | Harry Becker | Independent Unionist | |
1923 | Unionist | ||
1924 | Sir Newton Moore | Unionist | |
1932 by-election | Sir William Ray | Conservative | |
1937 by-election | George Harvie-Watt | Conservative | |
1959 | Anthony Royle | Conservative | |
1983 | constituency abolished: see Richmond & Barnes |
Elections
[edit]Elections in the 1910s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | Clifford Blackburn Edgar | 8,364 | 47.4 | |
Independent | Norah Dacre Fox | 3,615 | 20.4 | ||
Liberal | R. James Morrison | 3,491 | 19.7 | ||
Independent | W. Walter Crotch [4] | 2,220 | 12.5 | ||
Majority | 4,749 | 27.0 | |||
Turnout | 17,690 | 53.8 | |||
Unionist win (new seat) | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Elections in the 1920s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ind. Unionist | Harry Becker* | 12,075 | 50.6 | New | |
Unionist | Clifford Blackburn Edgar | 6,032 | 25.3 | −22.1 | |
Liberal | Margery Corbett Ashby | 5,765 | 24.1 | +4.4 | |
Majority | 6,043 | 25.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 23,872 | 68.8 | +15.0 | ||
Ind. Unionist gain from Unionist | Swing |
- supported by Anti-Waste League
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Harry Becker | 13,112 | 63.0 | +37.7 | |
Liberal | Margery Corbett Ashby | 7,702 | 37.0 | +12.9 | |
Majority | 5,410 | 26.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 20,814 | 59.4 | −9.4 | ||
Unionist gain from Ind. Unionist | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Newton Moore | 19,948 | 76.8 | +13.8 | |
Labour | Herbert Parker | 6,034 | 23.2 | New | |
Majority | 13,914 | 53.6 | +27.6 | ||
Turnout | 25,982 | 72.8 | +13.4 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Newton Moore | 23,148 | 58.7 | −18.1 | |
Labour | Philip Butler | 9,520 | 24.1 | +0.9 | |
Liberal | William Henry Williamson | 6,802 | 17.2 | New | |
Majority | 13,628 | 34.6 | −19.0 | ||
Turnout | 39,470 | 70.6 | −2.2 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | -9.5 |
Elections in the 1930s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Newton Moore | 35,333 | 84.5 | +25.8 | |
Labour | John Lamb Thomson | 6,460 | 15.5 | −8.6 | |
Majority | 28,873 | 69.0 | +34.4 | ||
Turnout | 41,793 | 72.0 | +1.4 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | +17.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Ray | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Ray | 30,433 | 73.5 | −11.0 | |
Labour | Lewis Gassman | 10,953 | 26.5 | +11.0 | |
Majority | 19,480 | 47.0 | −22.0 | ||
Turnout | 41,386 | 69.8 | −2.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Harvie-Watt | 20,546 | 72.7 | −0.8 | |
Labour | George Rogers | 7,709 | 27.3 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 12,837 | 45.4 | −1.6 | ||
Turnout | 28,255 | 47.3 | −22.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.8 |
Election in the 1940s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Harvie-Watt | 24,085 | 52.8 | −20.7 | |
Labour | David Stark Murray | 15,760 | 34.5 | +8.0 | |
Liberal | George Andrew Douglas Gordon | 5,029 | 11.0 | New | |
Common Wealth | Douglas George Horace Frank | 753 | 1.7 | New | |
Majority | 8,325 | 18.3 | −28.7 | ||
Turnout | 45,627 | 76.4 | +6.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -14.3 |
Elections in the 1950s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Harvie-Watt | 30,907 | 57.4 | +4.6 | |
Labour | Karl Thorold Westwood | 17,238 | 32.1 | −2.4 | |
Liberal | David Ennals | 5,634 | 10.5 | −0.5 | |
Majority | 13,669 | 25.3 | +7.0 | ||
Turnout | 53,779 | 86.2 | +9.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Harvie-Watt | 30,743 | 58.7 | +1.3 | |
Labour | Freda White | 16,707 | 31.9 | −0.2 | |
Liberal | David Ennals | 4,933 | 9.4 | −1.1 | |
Majority | 14,036 | 26.8 | +1.5 | ||
Turnout | 52,383 | 82.8 | −3.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Harvie-Watt | 27,628 | 58.1 | −0.6 | |
Labour | John Stuart Barr | 14,673 | 30.8 | −1.1 | |
Liberal | Eva Mabel Haynes | 5,266 | 11.1 | +1.7 | |
Majority | 12,955 | 27.3 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 47,567 | 77.5 | −5.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony Royle | 27,161 | 57.2 | −0.9 | |
Labour | Charles H Archibald | 12,975 | 27.3 | −3.5 | |
Liberal | John Baker | 7,359 | 15.5 | +4.4 | |
Majority | 14,186 | 29.9 | +2.6 | ||
Turnout | 47,495 | 79.4 | +1.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.3 |
Elections in the 1960s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony Royle | 22,203 | 50.4 | −6.8 | |
Labour | Alan Brownjohn | 14,053 | 31.9 | +4.6 | |
Liberal | John Baker | 7,800 | 17.7 | +2.2 | |
Majority | 8,150 | 18.5 | −11.4 | ||
Turnout | 44,055 | 76.5 | −2.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -5.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony Royle | 21,831 | 49.5 | −0.9 | |
Labour | David George Boulton | 15,608 | 35.4 | +3.5 | |
Liberal | Peter Miles Trelawney Sheldon-Williams | 6,661 | 15.1 | −2.6 | |
Majority | 6,223 | 14.1 | −4.4 | ||
Turnout | 44,100 | 79.4 | +2.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -2.2 |
Elections in the 1970s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony Royle | 20,979 | 51.3 | +1.8 | |
Labour | Antony R. Palmer | 12,981 | 31.7 | −3.7 | |
Liberal | Stanley Rundle | 6,934 | 17.0 | +1.9 | |
Majority | 7,998 | 19.6 | +5.5 | ||
Turnout | 40,894 | 71.7 | −7.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony Royle | 19,534 | 44.3 | −7.0 | |
Liberal | Stanley Rundle | 15,707 | 35.6 | +18.6 | |
Labour | Antony R. Palmer | 8,322 | 18.8 | −12.9 | |
National Front | Eric Ashley Russell | 570 | 1.3 | New | |
Majority | 3,827 | 8.7 | −10.9 | ||
Turnout | 44,133 | 82.6 | +10.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -12.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony Royle | 17,450 | 43.2 | −1.1 | |
Liberal | Alan John Watson | 13,235 | 32.7 | −2.9 | |
Labour | Bob Marshall-Andrews | 8,714 | 21.6 | +2.8 | |
National Front | Eric Ashley Russell | 1,000 | 2.5 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 4,215 | 10.5 | +1.8 | ||
Turnout | 40,399 | 75.1 | −7.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony Royle | 19,294 | 46.7 | +3.5 | |
Liberal | Alan John Watson | 16,764 | 40.5 | +7.8 | |
Labour | Julian Filochowski | 4,692 | 11.3 | −10.3 | |
Independent | Jonathan King | 315 | 0.8 | New | |
National Front | Patricia Murphy | 244 | 0.6 | −1.9 | |
Libertarian Party | *David Dean Wedgwood | 34 | 0.1 | New | |
Majority | 2,530 | 6.2 | −4.3 | ||
Turnout | 41,343 | 81.4 | +6.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -2.0 |
- endorsed by the English National Party of Frank Hansford-Miller
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Boundary Commission for England", Second Periodical Report, Cmnd. 4084, p. 24.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 1)
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, ed. F. W. S. Craig, 3rd edition, Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1983, p. 223; Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench 1919, p/ .
- ^ ‘CROTCH, William Walter’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 19 Sept 2017
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, ed. F. W. S. Craig, 3rd edition, Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1983, p. 223; Return of Election Expenses (HC 2 1924), p. 33.
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, ed. F. W. S. Craig, 3rd edition, Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1983, p. 223; Return of Election Expenses (HC 151 1924), p. 33.
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, ed. F. W. S. Craig, 3rd edition, Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1983, p. 223; Return of Election Expenses (HC 1 1926), p. 31.
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, ed. F. W. S. Craig, 3rd edition, Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1983, p. 223; Return of Election Expenses (HC 114 1929–30), p. 33.
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, ed. F. W. S. Craig, 3rd edition, Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1983, p. 223; Return of Election Expenses (HC 109 1931–32), p. 28.
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, ed. F. W. S. Craig, 3rd edition, Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1983, p. 223.
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, ed. F. W. S. Craig, 3rd edition, Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1983, p. 223; Return of Election Expenses (HC 150 1935–36), p. 29.
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, ed. F. W. S. Craig, 3rd edition, Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1983, p. 223.
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, ed. F. W. S. Craig, 3rd edition, Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1983, p. 223; Return of Election Expenses (HC 128 1945–46), p. 39.
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1950–1973, ed. F. W. S. Craig, 2nd edition, Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1983, p. 249; Return of Election Expenses (HC 146 1950), p. 37.
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1950–1973, ed. F. W. S. Craig, 2nd edition, Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1983, p. 249; Return of Election Expenses (HC 210 1951–52), p. 30.
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1950–1973, ed. F. W. S. Craig, 2nd edition, Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1983, p. 249; Return of Election Expenses (HC 141 1955–56), p. 30.
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1950–1973, ed. F. W. S. Craig, 2nd edition, Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1983, p. 249; Return of Election Expenses (HC 173 1959–60), p. 31.
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1950–1973, ed. F. W. S. Craig, 2nd edition, Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1983, p. 249; Return of Election Expenses (HC 220 1964–65), p. 33.
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1950–1973, ed. F. W. S. Craig, 2nd edition, Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1983, p. 249; Return of Election Expenses (HC 162 1966–67), p. 13.
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1950–1973, ed. F. W. S. Craig, 2nd edition, Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1983, p. 249; Return of Election Expenses (HC 305 1970–71), p. 14.
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1974–1983, ed. F. W. S. Craig, Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1984, p. 38; Return of Election Expenses (HC 69 1974–75), p. 16.
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1974–1983, ed. F. W. S. Craig, Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1984, p. 38; Return of Election Expenses (HC 478 1974–75), p. 15.
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1974–1983, ed. F. W. S. Craig, Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1984, p. 38; Return of Election Expenses (HC 374 1979–80), p. 19.
Sources
[edit]- Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885–1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1977)