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==Elections==
==Elections==
=== Elections in the 1910s ===

{{Election box begin |
|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1918|General Election 1918]]: Richmond, Surrey<ref>British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig</ref>
Electorate 32,900
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate = *[[Clifford Blackburn Edgar]]
|votes = 8,364
|percentage = 47.4
|change = n/a
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = [[Norah Elam|Norah Dacre Fox]]
|votes = 3,615
|percentage = 20.4
|change = n/a
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = R. James Morrison
|votes = 3,491
|percentage = 19.7
|change = n/a
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = William Walter Crotch
|votes = 2,220
|percentage = 12.5
|change = n/a
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 4,749
|percentage = 27.0
|change = n/a
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 53.8
|change = n/a
}}
{{Election box win
|winner = Unionist Party (UK)
|swing = n/a
}}
{{Election box end}}
* denotes candidate who was endorsed by the Coalition Government.
===Elections in the 1920s===
[[File:1923_Margery_Corbett_Ashby.jpg|thumb|right|Margery Corbett Ashby]]
[[File:1923_Margery_Corbett_Ashby.jpg|thumb|right|Margery Corbett Ashby]]
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1922|General Election 1922]]: Richmond (Surrey)<ref>British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, F W S Craig</ref>
Electorate 34,719
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent Unionist
|candidate = [[Harry Thomas Alfred Becker]]
|votes = 12,075
|percentage = 50.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Clifford Blackburn Edgar]]
|votes = 6,032
|percentage = 25.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Margery Corbett Ashby|Margery Irene Corbett Ashby]]
|votes = 5,765
|percentage = 24.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 6,043
|percentage = 25.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 68.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1923|General Election 1923]]: Richmond (Surrey)<ref>British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, F W S Craig</ref>
Electorate 35,042
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Harry Thomas Alfred Becker]]
|votes = 13,112
|percentage = 63.0
|change = +12.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Margery Corbett Ashby|Margery Irene Corbett Ashby]]
|votes = 7,702
|percentage = 37.0
|change = +12.9
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes =
|percentage = 26.0
|change = +.07
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 59.4
|change = -9.4
}}
{{Election box end}}

[[File:Newton Moore (1870-1936).jpeg|thumb|150px|Sir Newton Moore]]
[[File:Newton Moore (1870-1936).jpeg|thumb|150px|Sir Newton Moore]]
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1924|General Election 1924]]: Richmond, Surrey<ref>British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig</ref>
Electorate 35,704
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Newton Moore|Hon. Sir Newton James Moore]]
|votes = 19,948
|percentage = 76.8
|change = +13.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = H Parker
|votes = 6,034
|percentage = 23.2
|change = n/a
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 13,914
|percentage = 53.6
|change = +27.6
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 72.8
|change = +13.4
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Unionist Party (UK)
|swing = n/a
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1929|General Election 1929]]: Richmond, Surrey<ref>British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig</ref>
Electorate 55,936
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Newton Moore|Hon. Sir Newton James Moore]]
|votes = 23,148
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Philip Butler
|votes = 9,520
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = William Henry Williamson
|votes = 6,802
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 13,628
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Unionist Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}


===Elections in the 1930s===
{{Compact election box begin}}
{{Election box begin |
{{Compact election box
| election_title = [[United Kingdom general election, 1918|General Election 1918]]
|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1931|General Election 1931]]: Richmond (Surrey)
Electorate }}
| election_note =
{{Election box candidate with party link|
| election_ref =<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>
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
| electorate = 32,900
|candidate = [[Newton James Moore]]
| turnout_votes = 17,690
| turnout_percent = 53.8
|votes = 35,333
|percentage = 84.54
| turnout_change =
| majority_votes = 4,749
|change =
| majority_percent = 27.0
| majority_change =
| result = win
| winner = [[Clifford Edgar|Clifford Blackburn Edgar]]
| winner_party = Coalition Conservative
| winner_votes = 8,364
| winner_percent = 47.4
| winner_change =
| candidate2 = [[Norah Elam|Mrs. Norah Dacre Fox]]
| candidate2_party = Independent (politician)
| candidate2_votes = 3,615
| candidate2_percent = 20.4
| candidate2_change =
| candidate3 = R. James Morrison
| candidate3_party = Liberal Party (UK)
| candidate3_votes = 3,491
| candidate3_percent = 19.7
| candidate3_change =
| candidate4 = William Walter Crotch
| candidate4_party = Independent (politician)
| candidate4_votes = 2,220
| candidate4_percent = 12.5
| candidate4_change =
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Compact election box
|party = Labour Party (UK)
| election_title = [[United Kingdom general election, 1922|General Election 1922]]
|candidate = JL Thomson
| election_note =
|votes = 6,460
| election_ref =<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>
|percentage = 15.46
| electorate = 34,719
| turnout_votes = 23,872
|change =
| turnout_percent = 68.8
| turnout_change = +15.0
| majority_votes = 6,043
| majority_percent = 25.3
| majority_change =
| result = gain
| loser_party = Coalition Conservative
| winner = Harry Thomas Alfred Becker<ref group="n">Supported by the [[Anti-Waste League]]. From at least March 1923 he took the Conservative whip.</ref>
| winner_party_unlinked = Independent Conservative<br>
| winner_votes = 12,075
| winner_percent = 50.6
| winner_change =
| candidate2 = [[Clifford Edgar|Clifford Blackburn Edgar]]
| candidate2_party = Conservative Party (UK)
| candidate2_votes = 6,032
| candidate2_percent = 25.3
| candidate2_change = –22.1
| candidate3 = [[Margery Corbett Ashby|Margery Irene Corbett Ashby]]
| candidate3_party = Liberal Party (UK)
| candidate3_votes = 5,765
| candidate3_percent = 24.1
| candidate3_change = +4.4
}}
}}
{{Election box majority|
{{Compact election box
|votes = 28,873
| election_title = [[United Kingdom general election, 1923|General Election 1923]]
|percentage = 69.09
| election_note =
|change =
| election_ref =<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>
| electorate = 35,042
| turnout_votes = 20,814
| turnout_percent = 59.4
| turnout_change = –9.4
| majority_votes = 5,410
| majority_percent = 26.0
| majority_change =
| result = regain
| winner = Harry Thomas Alfred Becker
| winner_party = Conservative Party (UK)
| winner_votes = 13,112
| winner_percent = 63.0
| winner_change =
| candidate2 = [[Margery Corbett Ashby|Margery Irene Corbett Ashby]]
| candidate2_party = Liberal Party (UK)
| candidate2_votes = 7,702
| candidate2_percent = 37.0
| candidate2_change = +12.9
}}
}}
{{Election box turnout|
{{Compact election box
|votes =
| election_title = [[United Kingdom general election, 1924|General Election 1924]]
|percentage = 71.97
| election_note =
|change =
| election_ref =<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>
| electorate = 35,704
| turnout_votes = 25,982
| turnout_percent = 72.8
| turnout_change = +13.6
| majority_votes = 13,914
| majority_percent = 53.6
| majority_change =
| result = hold
| winner = [[Newton Moore|Maj-Gen. Hon. Sir Newton James Moore]] <small>KCMG VD</small>
| winner_party = Conservative Party (UK)
| winner_votes = 19,948
| winner_percent = 76.8
| winner_change = +13.8
| candidate2 = Herbert Parker
| candidate2_party = Labour Party (UK)
| candidate2_votes = 6,034
| candidate2_percent = 23.2
| candidate2_change =
}}
}}
{{Compact election box
{{Election box end}}

| election_title = [[United Kingdom general election, 1929|General Election 1929]]
{{Election box begin |
| election_note =
|title=[[Richmond-upon-Thames by-election, 1932]]
| election_ref =<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>
Electorate
| electorate = 55,936
| turnout_votes = 39,470
| turnout_percent = 70.6
| turnout_change = –2.2
| majority_votes = 13,628
| majority_percent = 34.6
| majority_change =
| result = hold
| winner = [[Newton Moore|Maj-Gen. Hon. Sir Newton James Moore]] <small>KCMG VD</small>
| winner_party = Conservative Party (UK)
| winner_votes = 23,148
| winner_percent = 58.7
| winner_change = –18.1
| candidate2 = Philip Butler
| candidate2_party = Labour Party (UK)
| candidate2_votes = 9,520
| candidate2_percent = 24.1
| candidate2_change = +0.9
| candidate3 = William Henry Williamson
| candidate3_party = Liberal Party (UK)
| candidate3_votes = 6,802
| candidate3_percent = 17.2
| candidate3_change =
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Compact election box
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
| election_title = [[United Kingdom general election, 1931|General Election 1931]]
|candidate = [[William Ray (British politician)|Sir William Ray]]
| election_note =
|votes = unopposed
| election_ref =<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>
|percentage = n/a
| electorate = 58,070
|change = n/a
| turnout_votes = 41,793
| turnout_percent = 72.0
| turnout_change = +1.4
| majority_votes = 28,873
| majority_percent = 69.0
| majority_change =
| result = hold
| winner = [[Newton Moore|Maj-Gen. Hon. Sir Newton James Moore]] <small>KCMG VD</small>
| winner_party = Conservative Party (UK)
| winner_votes = 35,333
| winner_percent = 84.5
| winner_change = +25.8
| candidate2 = John Lamb Thomson
| candidate2_party = Labour Party (UK)
| candidate2_votes = 6,460
| candidate2_percent = 15.5
| candidate2_change = –8.6
}}
}}
{{Compact election box
{{Election box end}}

| election_title = [[Richmond-upon-Thames by-election, 1932|By-election 13 April 1932]]
{{Election box begin |
| election_note = Sir Newton Moore resigned, 4 April 1932
|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1935|General Election 1935]]: Richmond (Surrey)
| election_ref =<ref>British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, ed. [[F. W. S. Craig]], 3rd edition, Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1983, p. 223.</ref>
Electorate 59,322}}
| result = hold
{{Election box candidate with party link|
| winner = [[William Ray (British politician)|Sir William Ray]]
| winner_party = Conservative Party (UK)
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[William Ray (British politician)|Sir William Ray]]
|votes = 30,433
|percentage = 73.53
|change =
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Compact election box
|party = Labour Party (UK)
| election_title = [[United Kingdom general election, 1935|General Election 1935]]
|candidate = L Gassman
| election_note =
|votes = 10,953
| election_ref =<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>
|percentage = 26.47
| electorate = 59,322
| turnout_votes = 41,386
|change =
| turnout_percent = 69.8
| turnout_change = –2.2
| majority_votes = 19,480
| majority_percent = 47.0
| majority_change =
| result = hold
| winner = [[William Ray (British politician)|Sir William Ray]]
| winner_party = Conservative Party (UK)
| winner_votes = 30,433
| winner_percent = 73.5
| winner_change = –11.0
| candidate2 = Lewis Gassman
| candidate2_party = Labour Party (UK)
| candidate2_votes = 10,953
| candidate2_percent = 26.5
| candidate2_change = +11.0
}}
}}
{{Election box majority|
{{Compact election box
|votes = 19,480
| election_title = [[Richmond-upon-Thames by-election, 1937|By-election 25 February 1937]]
|percentage = 47.07
| election_note = Sir William Ray resigned, 13 January 1937
|change =
| election_ref =<ref>British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, ed. [[F. W. S. Craig]], 3rd edition, Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1983, p. 223.</ref>
| electorate = 59,718
| turnout_votes = 28,255
| turnout_percent = 47.3
| turnout_change = –22.5
| majority_votes = 12,837
| majority_percent = 45.4
| majority_change =
| result = hold
| winner = [[George Harvie-Watt|George Steven Harvie-Watt]] <small>KC TD</small>
| winner_party = Conservative Party (UK)
| winner_votes = 20,546
| winner_percent = 72.7
| winner_change = –0.8
| candidate2 = [[George Rogers (British politician)|George Henry Roland Rogers]]
| candidate2_party = Labour Party (UK)
| candidate2_votes = 7,709
| candidate2_percent = 27.3
| candidate2_change = +0.8
}}
}}
{{Election box turnout|
{{Compact election box
|votes =
| election_title = [[United Kingdom general election, 1945|General Election 1945]]
|percentage = 69.77
| election_note =
|change =
| election_ref =<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>
| electorate = 59,759
| turnout_votes = 45,627
| turnout_percent = 76.4
| turnout_change = +6.6
| majority_votes = 8,325
| majority_percent = 18.3
| majority_change =
| result = hold
| winner = [[George Harvie-Watt|George Steven Harvie-Watt]] <small>KC TD</small>
| winner_party = Conservative Party (UK)
| winner_votes = 24,085
| winner_percent = 52.8
| winner_change = –20.7
| candidate2 = [[David Stark Murray|Dr David Stark Murray]]
| candidate2_party = Labour Party (UK)
| candidate2_votes = 15,760
| candidate2_percent = 34.5
| candidate2_change = +8.0
| candidate3 = Major George Andrew Douglas Gordon
| candidate3_party = Liberal Party (UK)
| candidate3_votes = 5,029
| candidate3_percent = 11.0
| candidate3_change =
| candidate4 = Lt. Douglas George Horace Frank
| candidate4_party = Common Wealth Party
| candidate4_votes = 753
| candidate4_percent = 1.7
| candidate4_change =
}}
}}
{{Compact election box
{{Election box end}}

| election_title = [[United Kingdom general election, 1950|General Election 1950]]
{{Election box begin |
| election_note = Major boundary change
|title= [[Richmond-upon-Thames by-election, 1937]]
| election_ref =<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>
Electorate 59,718}}
| electorate = 62,367
{{Election box candidate with party link|
| turnout_votes = 53,779
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
| turnout_percent = 86.2
|candidate = [[George Harvie-Watt|George Steven Harvie-Watt]]
| turnout_change =
| majority_votes = 13,669
|votes = 20,546
|percentage = 72.7
| majority_percent = 25.3
| majority_change =
|change =
| result = hold
| winner = [[George Harvie-Watt|Sir George Steven Harvie-Watt, Bt.]] <small>KC TD</small>
| winner_party = Conservative Party (UK)
| winner_votes = 30,907
| winner_percent = 57.4
| winner_change =
| candidate2 = Karl Thorold Westwood
| candidate2_party = Labour Party (UK)
| candidate2_votes = 17,238
| candidate2_percent = 32.1
| candidate2_change =
| candidate3 = [[David Ennals, Baron Ennals|David Hedley Ennals]]
| candidate3_party = Liberal Party (UK)
| candidate3_votes = 5,634
| candidate3_percent = 10.5
| candidate3_change =
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Compact election box
|party = Labour Party (UK)
| election_title = [[United Kingdom general election, 1951|General Election 1951]]
|candidate = GHR Rogers
| election_note =
|votes = 7,709
| election_ref =<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>
|percentage = 27.3
| electorate = 63,267
| turnout_votes = 52,383
|change =
| turnout_percent = 82.8
| turnout_change = –3.4
| majority_votes = 14,036
| majority_percent = 26.8
| majority_change =
| result = hold
| winner = [[George Harvie-Watt|Sir George Steven Harvie-Watt, Bt.]] <small>KC TD</small>
| winner_party = Conservative Party (UK)
| winner_votes = 30,743
| winner_percent = 58.7
| winner_change = +1.3
| candidate2 = Miss Freda White
| candidate2_party = Labour Party (UK)
| candidate2_votes = 16,707
| candidate2_percent = 31.9
| candidate2_change = –0.2
| candidate3 = [[David Ennals, Baron Ennals|David Hedley Ennals]]
| candidate3_party = Liberal Party (UK)
| candidate3_votes = 4,933
| candidate3_percent = 9.4
| candidate3_change = –1.1
}}
}}
{{Election box majority|
{{Compact election box
|votes = 12,837
| election_title = [[United Kingdom general election, 1955|General Election 1955]]
|percentage =
| election_note =
|change =
| election_ref =<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>
| electorate = 61,365
| turnout_votes = 47,567
| turnout_percent = 77.5
| turnout_change = –5.3
| majority_votes = 12,955
| majority_percent = 27.3
| majority_change =
| result = hold
| winner = [[George Harvie-Watt|Brig. Sir George Steven Harvie-Watt, Bt.]] <small>TD QC</small>
| winner_party = Conservative Party (UK)
| winner_votes = 27,628
| winner_percent = 58.1
| winner_change = –0.6
| candidate2 = John Stuart Barr
| candidate2_party = Labour Party (UK)
| candidate2_votes = 14,673
| candidate2_percent = 30.8
| candidate2_change = –1.1
| candidate3 = Miss Eva Mabel Haynes
| candidate3_party = Liberal Party (UK)
| candidate3_votes = 5,266
| candidate3_percent = 11.1
| candidate3_change = +1.7
}}
}}
{{Election box turnout|
{{Compact election box
|votes =
| election_title = [[United Kingdom general election, 1959|General Election 1959]]
|percentage = 47.3
| election_note =
|change =
| election_ref =<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>
| electorate = 59,852
| turnout_votes = 47,495
| turnout_percent = 79.4
| turnout_change = +1.9
| majority_votes = 14,186
| majority_percent = 29.9
| majority_change =
| result = hold
| winner = [[Anthony Royle, Baron Fanshawe of Richmond|Anthony Henry Fanshawe Royle]]
| winner_party = Conservative Party (UK)
| winner_votes = 27,161
| winner_percent = 57.2
| winner_change = –0.9
| candidate2 = Charles Henry Archibald
| candidate2_party = Labour Party (UK)
| candidate2_votes = 12,975
| candidate2_percent = 27.3
| candidate2_change = –3.5
| candidate3 = [[John Arnold Baker]]
| candidate3_party = Liberal Party (UK)
| candidate3_votes = 7,359
| candidate3_percent = 15.5
| candidate3_change = +4.4
}}
}}
{{Compact election box
{{Election box end}}

| election_title = [[United Kingdom general election, 1964|General Election 1964]]
===Election in the 1940s===
| election_note = Minor boundary change
{{Election box begin |
| election_ref =<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>
|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1945|General Election 1945]]: Richmond (Surrey)
| electorate = 57,622
Electorate 59,490}}
| turnout_votes = 44,055
{{Election box candidate with party link|
| turnout_percent = 76.5
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
| turnout_change = –2.9
|candidate = [[George Harvie-Watt|George Steven Harvie-Watt]]
| majority_votes = 8,150
|votes = 24,085
| majority_percent = 18.5
|percentage = 52.79
| majority_change =
| result = hold
|change =
| winner = [[Anthony Royle, Baron Fanshawe of Richmond|Anthony Henry Fanshawe Royle]]
| winner_party = Conservative Party (UK)
| winner_votes = 22,203
| winner_percent = 50.4
| winner_change = –6.8
| candidate2 = [[Alan Brownjohn|Alan Charles Brownjohn]]
| candidate2_party = Labour Party (UK)
| candidate2_votes = 14,053
| candidate2_percent = 31.9
| candidate2_change = +4.6
| candidate3 = [[John Arnold Baker]]
| candidate3_party = Liberal Party (UK)
| candidate3_votes = 7,800
| candidate3_percent = 17.7
| candidate3_change = +2.2
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Compact election box
|party = Labour Party (UK)
| election_title = [[United Kingdom general election, 1966|General Election 1966]]
|candidate = Dr. D Stark Murray
| election_note =
|votes = 15,760
| election_ref =<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>
|percentage = 34.54
| electorate = 55,534
| turnout_votes = 44,100
|change =
| turnout_percent = 79.4
| turnout_change = +2.9
| majority_votes = 6,223
| majority_percent = 14.1
| majority_change =
| result = hold
| winner = [[Anthony Royle, Baron Fanshawe of Richmond|Anthony Henry Fanshawe Royle]]
| winner_party = Conservative Party (UK)
| winner_votes = 21,831
| winner_percent = 49.5
| winner_change = –0.9
| candidate2 = David George Boulton
| candidate2_party = Labour Party (UK)
| candidate2_votes = 15,608
| candidate2_percent = 35.4
| candidate2_change = +3.5
| candidate3 = Peter Miles Trelawney Sheldon-Williams
| candidate3_party = Liberal Party (UK)
| candidate3_votes = 6,661
| candidate3_percent = 15.1
| candidate3_change = –2.6
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Compact election box
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
| election_title = [[United Kingdom general election, 1970|General Election 1970]]
|candidate = Maj. GAD Gordon
| election_note =
|votes = 5,029
| election_ref =<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>
|percentage = 11.02
| electorate = 57,031
| turnout_votes = 40,894
|change =
| turnout_percent = 71.7
| turnout_change = –7.7
| majority_votes = 7,998
| majority_percent = 19.6
| majority_change =
| result = hold
| winner = [[Anthony Royle, Baron Fanshawe of Richmond|Anthony Henry Fanshawe Royle]]
| winner_party = Conservative Party (UK)
| winner_votes = 20,979
| winner_percent = 51.3
| winner_change = +1.8
| candidate2 = Antony R. Palmer
| candidate2_party = Labour Party (UK)
| candidate2_votes = 12,981
| candidate2_percent = 31.7
| candidate2_change = –3.7
| candidate3 = Dr. Stanley Rundle
| candidate3_party = Liberal Party (UK)
| candidate3_votes = 6,934
| candidate3_percent = 17.0
| candidate3_change = +1.9
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Compact election box
|party = Common Wealth Party
| election_title = [[United Kingdom general election, February 1974|General Election February 1974]]
|candidate = D Frank
| election_note =
|votes = 753
| election_ref =<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>
|percentage = 1.65
| electorate = 53,453
| turnout_votes = 44,133
|change =
| turnout_percent = 82.6
| turnout_change = +10.9
| majority_votes = 3,827
| majority_percent = 8.7
| majority_change =
| result = hold
| winner = [[Anthony Royle, Baron Fanshawe of Richmond|Anthony Henry Fanshawe Royle]]
| winner_party = Conservative Party (UK)
| winner_votes = 19,534
| winner_percent = 44.3
| winner_change = –7.0
| candidate2 = Dr. Stanley Rundle
| candidate2_party = Liberal Party (UK)
| candidate2_votes = 15,707
| candidate2_percent = 35.6
| candidate2_change = +18.6
| candidate3 = Antony R. Palmer
| candidate3_party = Labour Party (UK)
| candidate3_votes = 8,322
| candidate3_percent = 18.8
| candidate3_change = –12.9
| candidate4 = Eric Ashley Russell
| candidate4_party = National Front (UK)
| candidate4_votes = 570
| candidate4_percent = 1.3
| candidate4_change =
}}
}}
{{Election box majority|
{{Compact election box
|votes = 8,325
| election_title = [[United Kingdom general election, October 1974|General Election October 1974]]
|percentage = 18.25
| election_note =
|change =
| election_ref =<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>
| electorate = 53,810
| turnout_votes = 40,399
| turnout_percent = 75.1
| turnout_change = –7.5
| majority_votes = 4,215
| majority_percent = 10.5
| majority_change =
| result = hold
| winner = [[Anthony Royle, Baron Fanshawe of Richmond|Sir Anthony Henry Fanshawe Royle]]
| winner_party = Conservative Party (UK)
| winner_votes = 17,450
| winner_percent = 43.2
| winner_change = –1.1
| candidate2 = [[Alan Watson, Baron Watson of Richmond|Alan John Watson]]
| candidate2_party = Liberal Party (UK)
| candidate2_votes = 13,235
| candidate2_percent = 32.7
| candidate2_change = –2.9
| candidate3 = [[Bob Marshall-Andrews|Robert Graham Marshall-Andrews]]
| candidate3_party = Labour Party (UK)
| candidate3_votes = 8,714
| candidate3_percent = 21.6
| candidate3_change = +2.8
| candidate4 = Eric Ashley Russell
| candidate4_party = National Front (UK)
| candidate4_votes = 1,000
| candidate4_percent = 2.5
| candidate4_change = +1.2
}}
}}
{{Election box turnout|
{{Compact election box
|votes =
| election_title = [[United Kingdom general election, 1979|General Election 1979]]
|percentage = 76.70
| election_note =
|change =
| election_ref =<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>
| electorate = 50,811
| turnout_votes = 41,343
| turnout_percent = 81.4
| turnout_change = +6.3
| majority_votes = 2,530
| majority_percent = 6.2
| majority_change =
| result = hold
| winner = [[Anthony Royle, Baron Fanshawe of Richmond|Sir Anthony Henry Fanshawe Royle]]
| winner_party = Conservative Party (UK)
| winner_votes = 19,294
| winner_percent = 46.7
| winner_change = +3.5
| candidate2 = [[Alan Watson, Baron Watson of Richmond|Alan John Watson]]
| candidate2_party = Liberal Party (UK)
| candidate2_votes = 16,764
| candidate2_percent = 40.5
| candidate2_change = +7.8
| candidate3 = Julian Filochowski
| candidate3_party = Labour Party (UK)
| candidate3_votes = 4,692
| candidate3_percent = 11.3
| candidate3_change = –10.3
| candidate4 = [[Jonathan King|Kenneth George King]]
| candidate4_party = Independent (politician)
| candidate4_votes = 315
| candidate4_percent = 0.8
| candidate4_change =
| candidate5 = Mrs. Patricia Murphy
| candidate5_party = National Front (UK)
| candidate5_votes = 244
| candidate5_percent = 0.6
| candidate5_change = –1.9
| candidate6 = David Dean Wedgwood
| candidate6_party_unlinked = Libertarian Party<ref group="n">Wedgwood was also endorsed by the [[English National Party]] of [[Frank Hansford-Miller]].</ref>
| candidate6_votes = 34
| candidate6_percent = 0.1
| candidate6_change =
}}
}}
{{compact election box end}}
{{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1950s===
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1950|General Election 1950]]: Richmond (Surrey)
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[George Harvie-Watt|George Steven Harvie-Watt]]
|votes = 30,907
|percentage = 57.47
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = K Westwood
|votes = 17,238
|percentage = 32.05
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[David Ennals, Baron Ennals|David Hedley Ennals]]
|votes = 5,634
|percentage = 10.48
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 13,669
|percentage = 25.42
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 86.23
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |
|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1951|General Election 1951]]: Richmond (Surrey)
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[George Harvie-Watt|George Steven Harvie-Watt]]
|votes = 30,743
|percentage = 58.69
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = F White
|votes = 16,707
|percentage = 31.89
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[David Ennals, Baron Ennals|David Hedley Ennals]]
|votes = 4,933
|percentage = 9.42
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 14,036
|percentage = 26.79
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 82.80
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |
|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1955|General Election 1955]]: Richmond (Surrey)
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[George Harvie-Watt|George Steven Harvie-Watt]]
|votes = 27,628
|percentage = 58.08
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = JS Barr
|votes = 14,673
|percentage = 30.85
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Eva Haynes
|votes = 5,266
|percentage = 11.07
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 12,955
|percentage = 27.24
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 77.51
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |
|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1959|General Election 1959]]: Richmond (Surrey)
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Anthony Royle, Baron Fanshawe of Richmond|Anthony Henry Fanshawe Royle]]
|votes = 27,161
|percentage = 57.19
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Charles H Archibald
|votes = 12,975
|percentage = 27.32
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[John Arnold Baker]]
|votes = 7,359
|percentage = 15.49
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 14,186
|percentage = 29.87
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 79.35
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1960s===
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1964|General Election 1964]]: Richmond (Surrey)
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Anthony Royle, Baron Fanshawe of Richmond|Anthony Henry Fanshawe Royle]]
|votes = 22,203
|percentage = 50.40
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Alan Brownjohn|Alan Charles Brownjohn]]
|votes = 14,053
|percentage = 31.90
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[John Arnold Baker]]
|votes = 7,800
|percentage = 17.70
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 8,150
|percentage = 18.50
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 76.46
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |
|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1966|General Election 1966]]: Richmond (Surrey)
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Anthony Royle, Baron Fanshawe of Richmond|Anthony Henry Fanshawe Royle]]
|votes = 21,831
|percentage = 49.50
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = David G Boulton
|votes = 15,608
|percentage = 35.39
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Peter M T Sheldon-Williams
|votes = 6,661
|percentage = 15.10
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 6,223
|percentage = 14.11
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 79.41
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1970s===
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1970|General Election 1970]]: Richmond (Surrey)
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Anthony Royle, Baron Fanshawe of Richmond|Anthony Henry Fanshawe Royle]]
|votes = 20,979
|percentage = 51.30
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Antony R Palmer
|votes = 12,981
|percentage = 31.74
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Stanley Rundle
|votes = 6,934
|percentage = 16.96
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 7,998
|percentage = 19.56
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 71.68
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |
|title=[[United Kingdom general election, February 1974|General Election February 1974]]: Richmond (Surrey)
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Anthony Royle, Baron Fanshawe of Richmond|Anthony Henry Fanshawe Royle]]
|votes = 19,534
|percentage = 44.26
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Stanley Rundle
|votes = 15,707
|percentage = 35.59
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Antony R Palmer
|votes = 8,322
|percentage = 18.86
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = National Front (UK)
|candidate = EA Russell
|votes = 570
|percentage = 1.29
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 3,827
|percentage = 8.67
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 82.59
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |
|title=[[United Kingdom general election, October 1974|General Election October 1974]]: Richmond (Surrey)
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Anthony Royle, Baron Fanshawe of Richmond|Anthony Henry Fanshawe Royle]]
|votes = 17,450
|percentage = 43.19
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Alan Watson, Baron Watson of Richmond|Alan John Watson]]
|votes = 13,235
|percentage = 32.76
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Bob Marshall-Andrews|Robert Graham Marshall-Andrews]]
|votes = 8,714
|percentage = 21.57
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = National Front (UK)
|candidate = EA Russell
|votes = 1,000
|percentage = 2.48
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 4,215
|percentage = 10.43
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 75.06
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |
|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1979|General Election 1979]]: Richmond (Surrey)
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Anthony Royle, Baron Fanshawe of Richmond|Anthony Henry Fanshawe Royle]]
|votes = 19,294
|percentage = 46.67
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Alan Watson, Baron Watson of Richmond|Alan John Watson]]
|votes = 16,764
|percentage = 40.55
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = J Filochowski
|votes = 4,692
|percentage = 11.35
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = KJ King
|votes = 315
|percentage = 0.76
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = National Front (UK)
|candidate = P Murphy
|votes = 244
|percentage = 0.59
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = English National
|candidate = DD Wedgwood
|votes = 34
|percentage = 0.08
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,530
|percentage = 6.12
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 81.37
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}



===Notes===
===Notes===

Revision as of 11:30, 4 January 2015

Not to be confused with the Richmond constituency in Yorkshire.

Richmond
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
County1918-1965 Surrey
1965-1983 Greater London
Major settlementsRichmond
1918–1983
SeatsOne
Created fromKingston
Replaced byRichmond and Barnes

Richmond was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Richmond, which is in the north-western part of the historic county of Surrey and (since 1965) in Greater London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.

History

The constituency was created by the Representation of the People Act 1918 for the 1918 general election. It had formerly been the northern part of the Kingston division.

The seat was abolished for the 1983 general election, when it was replaced by the new Richmond & Barnes constituency.

Boundaries

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 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 administrative changes did not lead to any immediate change in the constituency boundaries.

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).

In 1965 the area of the constituency became the southern part of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in Greater London.

When the next redistribution of parliamentary seats took effect in 1974, the constituency was again broadly unchanged. It was defined as comprising the following wards of the London Borough – Barnes, East Sheen, Ham, Petersham, Kew, Mortlake, Palewell, Richmond Hill and Richmond Town.

Members of Parliament

Event Member[1] Party
style="background-color: Template:Coalition Conservative/meta/color" | 1918 Clifford Blackburn Edgar Coalition Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Independent Conservative/meta/color" | 1922 Harry Thomas Alfred Becker Independent Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1923 Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1924 Sir Newton James Moore Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1932 by-election Sir William Ray Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1937 by-election Sir George Harvie-Watt Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1959 Sir Anthony Royle Conservative
1983 constituency abolished: see Richmond & Barnes

Elections

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Richmond, Surrey[2] Electorate 32,900
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist 8,364 47.4 n/a
Independent Norah Dacre Fox 3,615 20.4 n/a
Liberal R. James Morrison 3,491 19.7 n/a
Independent William Walter Crotch 2,220 12.5 n/a
Majority 4,749 27.0 n/a
Turnout 53.8 n/a
Unionist win
  • denotes candidate who was endorsed by the Coalition Government.

Elections in the 1920s

Margery Corbett Ashby
General Election 1922: Richmond (Surrey)[3] Electorate 34,719
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ind. Unionist Harry Thomas Alfred Becker 12,075 50.6
Unionist Clifford Blackburn Edgar 6,032 25.3
Liberal Margery Irene Corbett Ashby 5,765 24.1
Majority 6,043 25.3
Turnout 68.8
General Election 1923: Richmond (Surrey)[4] Electorate 35,042
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Harry Thomas Alfred Becker 13,112 63.0 +12.4
Liberal Margery Irene Corbett Ashby 7,702 37.0 +12.9
Majority 26.0 +.07
Turnout 59.4 −9.4
Sir Newton Moore
General Election 1924: Richmond, Surrey[5] Electorate 35,704
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Hon. Sir Newton James Moore 19,948 76.8 +13.8
Labour H Parker 6,034 23.2 n/a
Majority 13,914 53.6 +27.6
Turnout 72.8 +13.4
Unionist hold Swing n/a
General Election 1929: Richmond, Surrey[6] Electorate 55,936
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Hon. Sir Newton James Moore 23,148
Labour Philip Butler 9,520
Liberal William Henry Williamson 6,802
Majority 13,628
Turnout
Unionist hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931: Richmond (Surrey) Electorate
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Newton James Moore 35,333 84.54
Labour JL Thomson 6,460 15.46
Majority 28,873 69.09
Turnout 71.97
Richmond-upon-Thames by-election, 1932 Electorate
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sir William Ray unopposed n/a n/a
General Election 1935: Richmond (Surrey) Electorate 59,322
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sir William Ray 30,433 73.53
Labour L Gassman 10,953 26.47
Majority 19,480 47.07
Turnout 69.77
Richmond-upon-Thames by-election, 1937 Electorate 59,718
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Steven Harvie-Watt 20,546 72.7
Labour GHR Rogers 7,709 27.3
Majority 12,837
Turnout 47.3

Election in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Richmond (Surrey) Electorate 59,490
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Steven Harvie-Watt 24,085 52.79
Labour Dr. D Stark Murray 15,760 34.54
Liberal Maj. GAD Gordon 5,029 11.02
Common Wealth D Frank 753 1.65
Majority 8,325 18.25
Turnout 76.70

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: Richmond (Surrey)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Steven Harvie-Watt 30,907 57.47
Labour K Westwood 17,238 32.05
Liberal David Hedley Ennals 5,634 10.48
Majority 13,669 25.42
Turnout 86.23
General Election 1951: Richmond (Surrey)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Steven Harvie-Watt 30,743 58.69
Labour F White 16,707 31.89
Liberal David Hedley Ennals 4,933 9.42
Majority 14,036 26.79
Turnout 82.80
General Election 1955: Richmond (Surrey)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Steven Harvie-Watt 27,628 58.08
Labour JS Barr 14,673 30.85
Liberal Eva Haynes 5,266 11.07
Majority 12,955 27.24
Turnout 77.51
General Election 1959: Richmond (Surrey)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony Henry Fanshawe Royle 27,161 57.19
Labour Charles H Archibald 12,975 27.32
Liberal John Arnold Baker 7,359 15.49
Majority 14,186 29.87
Turnout 79.35

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: Richmond (Surrey)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony Henry Fanshawe Royle 22,203 50.40
Labour Alan Charles Brownjohn 14,053 31.90
Liberal John Arnold Baker 7,800 17.70
Majority 8,150 18.50
Turnout 76.46
General Election 1966: Richmond (Surrey)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony Henry Fanshawe Royle 21,831 49.50
Labour David G Boulton 15,608 35.39
Liberal Peter M T Sheldon-Williams 6,661 15.10
Majority 6,223 14.11
Turnout 79.41

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Richmond (Surrey)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony Henry Fanshawe Royle 20,979 51.30
Labour Antony R Palmer 12,981 31.74
Liberal Stanley Rundle 6,934 16.96
Majority 7,998 19.56
Turnout 71.68
General Election February 1974: Richmond (Surrey)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony Henry Fanshawe Royle 19,534 44.26
Liberal Stanley Rundle 15,707 35.59
Labour Antony R Palmer 8,322 18.86
National Front EA Russell 570 1.29
Majority 3,827 8.67
Turnout 82.59
General Election October 1974: Richmond (Surrey)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony Henry Fanshawe Royle 17,450 43.19
Liberal Alan John Watson 13,235 32.76
Labour Robert Graham Marshall-Andrews 8,714 21.57
National Front EA Russell 1,000 2.48
Majority 4,215 10.43
Turnout 75.06
General Election 1979: Richmond (Surrey)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony Henry Fanshawe Royle 19,294 46.67
Liberal Alan John Watson 16,764 40.55
Labour J Filochowski 4,692 11.35
Independent KJ King 315 0.76
National Front P Murphy 244 0.59
English National DD Wedgwood 34 0.08
Majority 2,530 6.12
Turnout 81.37


Notes

See also

References

  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 1)
  2. ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  3. ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, F W S Craig
  4. ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, F W S Craig
  5. ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  6. ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig

Sources

  • 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)


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