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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. The area had formerly been covered by the northern part of the Kingston division of the Parliamentary county of 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'. No boundary changes were made.[1]

The seat was abolished for the 1983 general election, when it was replaced by the new Richmond and 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).

Although incorporated in Greater London from 1974, 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.

Members of Parliament

Event Member[2] 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

Margery Corbett Ashby
Sir Newton Moore
Election Political result Candidate Party Votes % ±%
General Election 1918[3]
Electorate: 32,900
Turnout: 17,690 (53.8%)		Coalition Conservative win
Majority: 4,749 (27.0%) 		Clifford Blackburn EdgarCoalition Conservative8,36447.4
Mrs. Norah Dacre Fox Independent3,61520.4
R. James Morrison Liberal3,49119.7
William Walter Crotch Independent2,22012.5
General Election 1922[4]
Electorate: 34,719
Turnout: 23,872 (68.8%) +15.0		Independent Conservative
gain from Coalition Conservative
Majority: 6,043 (25.3%) 		Harry Thomas Alfred Becker[n 1]Independent Conservative
12,07550.6
Clifford Blackburn Edgar Conservative6,03225.3–22.1
Margery Irene Corbett Ashby Liberal5,76524.1+4.4
General Election 1923[5]
Electorate: 35,042
Turnout: 20,814 (59.4%) –9.4		Conservative regain
Majority: 5,410 (26.0%) 		Harry Thomas Alfred BeckerConservative13,11263.0
Margery Irene Corbett Ashby Liberal7,70237.0+12.9
General Election 1924[6]
Electorate: 35,704
Turnout: 25,982 (72.8%) +13.6		Conservative hold
Majority: 13,914 (53.6%) 		Maj-Gen. Hon. Sir Newton James Moore KCMG VDConservative19,94876.8+13.8
Herbert Parker Labour6,03423.2
General Election 1929[7]
Electorate: 55,936
Turnout: 39,470 (70.6%) –2.2		Conservative hold
Majority: 13,628 (34.6%) 		Maj-Gen. Hon. Sir Newton James Moore KCMG VDConservative23,14858.7–18.1
Philip Butler Labour9,52024.1+0.9
William Henry Williamson Liberal6,80217.2
General Election 1931[8]
Electorate: 58,070
Turnout: 41,793 (72.0%) +1.4		Conservative hold
Majority: 28,873 (69.0%) 		Maj-Gen. Hon. Sir Newton James Moore KCMG VDConservative35,33384.5+25.8
John Lamb Thomson Labour6,46015.5–8.6
By-election 13 April 1932[9]
Sir Newton Moore resigned, 4 April 1932		Conservative hold Sir William RayConservativeunopposed
General Election 1935[10]
Electorate: 59,322
Turnout: 41,386 (69.8%) –2.2		Conservative hold
Majority: 19,480 (47.0%) 		Sir William RayConservative30,43373.5–11.0
Lewis Gassman Labour10,95326.5+11.0
By-election 25 February 1937[11]
Sir William Ray resigned, 13 January 1937
Electorate: 59,718
Turnout: 28,255 (47.3%) –22.5		Conservative hold
Majority: 12,837 (45.4%) 		George Steven Harvie-Watt KC TDConservative20,54672.7–0.8
George Henry Roland Rogers Labour7,70927.3+0.8
General Election 1945[12]
Electorate: 59,759
Turnout: 45,627 (76.4%) +6.6		Conservative hold
Majority: 8,325 (18.3%) 		George Steven Harvie-Watt KC TDConservative24,08552.8–20.7
Dr David Stark Murray Labour15,76034.5+8.0
Major George Andrew Douglas Gordon Liberal5,02911.0
Lt. Douglas George Horace Frank Common Wealth7531.7
General Election 1950[13]
Major boundary change
Electorate: 62,367
Turnout: 53,779 (86.2%)		Conservative hold
Majority: 13,669 (25.3%) 		Sir George Steven Harvie-Watt, Bt. KC TDConservative30,90757.4
Karl Thorold Westwood Labour17,23832.1
David Hedley Ennals Liberal5,63410.5
General Election 1951[14]
Electorate: 63,267
Turnout: 52,383 (82.8%) –3.4		Conservative hold
Majority: 14,036 (26.8%) 		Sir George Steven Harvie-Watt, Bt. KC TDConservative30,74358.7+1.3
Miss Freda White Labour16,70731.9–0.2
David Hedley Ennals Liberal4,9339.4–1.1
General Election 1955[15]
Electorate: 61,365
Turnout: 47,567 (77.5%) –5.3		Conservative hold
Majority: 12,955 (27.3%) 		Brig. Sir George Steven Harvie-Watt, Bt. TD QCConservative27,62858.1–0.6
John Stuart Barr Labour14,67330.8–1.1
Miss Eva Mabel Haynes Liberal5,26611.1+1.7
General Election 1959[16]
Electorate: 59,852
Turnout: 47,495 (79.4%) +1.9		Conservative hold
Majority: 14,186 (29.9%) 		Anthony Henry Fanshawe RoyleConservative27,16157.2–0.9
Charles Henry Archibald Labour12,97527.3–3.5
John Arnold Baker Liberal7,35915.5+4.4
General Election 1964[17]
Minor boundary change
Electorate: 57,622
Turnout: 44,055 (76.5%) –2.9		Conservative hold
Majority: 8,150 (18.5%) 		Anthony Henry Fanshawe RoyleConservative22,20350.4–6.8
Alan Charles Brownjohn Labour14,05331.9+4.6
John Arnold Baker Liberal7,80017.7+2.2
General Election 1966[18]
Electorate: 55,534
Turnout: 44,100 (79.4%) +2.9		Conservative hold
Majority: 6,223 (14.1%) 		Anthony Henry Fanshawe RoyleConservative21,83149.5–0.9
David George Boulton Labour15,60835.4+3.5
Peter Miles Trelawney Sheldon-Williams Liberal6,66115.1–2.6
General Election 1970[19]
Electorate: 57,031
Turnout: 40,894 (71.7%) –7.7		Conservative hold
Majority: 7,998 (19.6%) 		Anthony Henry Fanshawe RoyleConservative20,97951.3+1.8
Antony R. Palmer Labour12,98131.7–3.7
Dr. Stanley Rundle Liberal6,93417.0+1.9
General Election February 1974[20]
Electorate: 53,453
Turnout: 44,133 (82.6%) +10.9		Conservative hold
Majority: 3,827 (8.7%) 		Anthony Henry Fanshawe RoyleConservative19,53444.3–7.0
Dr. Stanley Rundle Liberal15,70735.6+18.6
Antony R. Palmer Labour8,32218.8–12.9
Eric Ashley Russell National Front5701.3
General Election October 1974[21]
Electorate: 53,810
Turnout: 40,399 (75.1%) –7.5		Conservative hold
Majority: 4,215 (10.5%) 		Sir Anthony Henry Fanshawe RoyleConservative17,45043.2–1.1
Alan John Watson Liberal13,23532.7–2.9
Robert Graham Marshall-Andrews Labour8,71421.6+2.8
Eric Ashley Russell National Front1,0002.5+1.2
General Election 1979[22]
Electorate: 50,811
Turnout: 41,343 (81.4%) +6.3		Conservative hold
Majority: 2,530 (6.2%) 		Sir Anthony Henry Fanshawe RoyleConservative19,29446.7+3.5
Alan John Watson Liberal16,76440.5+7.8
Julian Filochowski Labour4,69211.3–10.3
Kenneth George King Independent3150.8
Mrs. Patricia Murphy National Front2440.6–1.9
David Dean Wedgwood Libertarian Party[n 2]340.1

Notes

  1. ^ Supported by the Anti-Waste League. From at least March 1923 he took the Conservative whip.
  2. ^ Wedgwood was also endorsed by the English National Party of Frank Hansford-Miller.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Boundary Commission for England", Second Periodical Report, Cmnd. 4084, p. 24.
  2. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 1)
  3. ^ 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/ .
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, ed. F. W. S. Craig, 3rd edition, Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1983, p. 223.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, ed. F. W. S. Craig, 3rd edition, Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1983, p. 223.
  12. ^ 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.
  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 146 1950), p. 37.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ 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.
  16. ^ 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.
  17. ^ 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.
  18. ^ 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.
  19. ^ 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.
  20. ^ 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.
  21. ^ 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.
  22. ^ 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

  • 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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