Electoral history of Rishi Sunak
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This is a summary of the electoral history of Rishi Sunak, the Leader of the Conservative Party who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from October 2022 to July 2024. Sunak previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2020 to 2022, and was the MP for Richmond (Yorks) from 2015 to 2024. Following boundary changes, Sunak's seat was abolished, and was reformed as Richmond and Northallerton; first contested at the 2024 general election with Sunak as the Conservative candidate.
Parliamentary elections
2015 general election, Richmond (Yorks)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Rishi Sunak | 27,744 | 51.4 | ―11.4 | |
| UKIP | Matthew Cooke | 8,194 | 15.2 | New | |
| Labour | Mike Hill | 7,124 | 13.2 | ―2.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Harris | 3,465 | 6.4 | ―12.7 | |
| Independent | John Blackie | 3,348 | 6.2 | New | |
| Green | Leslie Rowe | 2,313 | 4.3 | +1.5 | |
| Independent | Robin Scott | 1,811 | 3.4 | New | |
| Majority | 19,550 | 36.2 | ―7.5 | ||
| Turnout | 53,999 | 64.7 | ―2.5 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ―13.3 | |||
2017 general election, Richmond (Yorks)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Rishi Sunak | 36,458 | 63.9 | +12.5 | |
| Labour | Dan Perry | 13,350 | 23.4 | +10.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Tobie Abel | 3,360 | 5.9 | −0.5 | |
| Yorkshire | Chris Pearson | 2,106 | 3.7 | New | |
| Green | Fiona Yorke | 1,739 | 3.1 | −1.2 | |
| Majority | 23,108 | 40.5 | +4.3 | ||
| Turnout | 57,013 | 70.5 | +5.8 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +1.2 | |||
2019 general election, Richmond (Yorks)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Rishi Sunak | 36,693 | 63.6 | −0.3 | |
| Labour | Thomas Kirkwood | 9,483 | 16.4 | −7.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Philip Knowles | 6,989 | 12.1 | +6.2 | |
| Green | John Yorke | 2,500 | 4.3 | +1.2 | |
| Yorkshire | Laurence Waterhouse | 1,077 | 1.9 | −1.8 | |
| Independent | Nick Jardine | 961 | 1.7 | New | |
| Majority | 27,210 | 47.2 | +6.7 | ||
| Turnout | 57,703 | 69.9 | −0.6 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +3.3 | |||
2024 general election, Richmond and Northallerton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Rishi Sunak | 23,059 | 47.5 | −15.8 | |
| Labour | Tom Wilson | 10,874 | 22.4 | 6.0 | |
| Reform UK | Lee Taylor | 7,142 | 14.7 | New | |
| Liberal Democrats | Daniel Callaghan | 4,322 | 8.9 | −3.6 | |
| Green | Kevin Foster | 2,058 | 4.2 | 0.4 | |
| Count Binface Party | Count Binface | 308 | 0.6 | New | |
| Independent | Brian Richmond | 222 | 0.5 | New | |
| Independent | Niko Omilana | 160 | 0.3 | New | |
| Yorkshire | Rio Goldhammer | 132 | 0.3 | −1.8 | |
| Monster Raving Loony | Sir Archibald Stanton | 99 | 0.2 | New | |
| Workers Party | Louise Dickens | 90 | 0.2 | New | |
| Independent | Angie Campion | 33 | 0.1 | New | |
| Independent | Jason Barnett | 27 | 0.1 | New | |
| Majority | 12,185 | ||||
| Turnout | 73,888 | 66 | −5.6 | ||
July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election
| Candidate | MPs' 1st ballot: 13 July 2022[8][9] |
MPs' 2nd ballot: 14 July 2022[10][9] |
MPs' 3rd ballot: 18 July 2022[11][9] |
MPs' 4th ballot: 19 July 2022[12][9] |
MPs' 5th ballot: 20 July 2022[13][9] |
Members' vote 22 July to 2 September 2022[14][15][16] | |||||||||||
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| Votes | % | Votes | ± | % | Votes | ± | % | Votes | ± | % | Votes | ± | % | Votes | % | % Votes cast | |
| Liz Truss | 50 | 14.0 | 64 | +14 | 17.9 | 71 | +7 | 19.8 | 86 | +15 | 24.1 | 113 | +27 | 31.6 | 81,326 | 47.2 | 57.4 |
| Rishi Sunak | 88 | 24.6 | 101 | +13 | 28.2 | 115 | +14 | 32.1 | 118 | +3 | 33.1 | 137 | +19 | 38.3 | 60,399 | 35.0 | 42.6 |
| Penny Mordaunt | 67 | 18.7 | 83 | +16 | 23.2 | 82 | −1 | 22.9 | 92 | +10 | 25.8 | 105 | +13 | 29.3 | Eliminated | ||
| Kemi Badenoch | 40 | 11.2 | 49 | +9 | 13.7 | 58 | +9 | 16.2 | 59 | +1 | 16.5 | Eliminated | |||||
| Tom Tugendhat | 37 | 10.3 | 32 | −5 | 8.9 | 31 | −1 | 8.7 | Eliminated | ||||||||
| Suella Braverman | 32 | 8.9 | 27 | −5 | 7.5 | Eliminated | |||||||||||
| Nadhim Zahawi | 25 | 7.0 | Eliminated | ||||||||||||||
| Jeremy Hunt | 18 | 5.0 | Eliminated | ||||||||||||||
| Votes cast[a] | 357 | 99.7 | 356 | −1 | 99.4 | 357 | +1 | 99.7 | 355 | −2 | 99.4 | 355 | 0 | 99.2 | 141,725 | 82.2 | 100 |
| Spoilt ballots | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | +1 | 0.3 | 2 | +1 | 0.6 | 654 | 0.4 | |
| Abstentions | 1 | 0.3 | 2 | +1 | 0.6 | 1 | −1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0 | 0.3 | 1 | 0 | 0.3 | 30,058 | 17.4 | |
| Registered voters | 358 | 100.0 | 358 | 0 | 100.0 | 358 | 0 | 100.0 | 357 | −1 | 100.0 | 358 | +1 | 100.0 | 172,437 | 100.0 | |
October 2022 Conservative Party leadership election
| MP public endorsements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Endorsements | % | |
| Rishi Sunak | 197 | 55.1 | |
| Boris Johnson | 62 | 17.3 | |
| Penny Mordaunt | 27 | 7.5 | |
| No endorsement | 71 | 19.8 | |
Note: Some endorsements are repeated due to MPs changing support after withdrawal.
2024 United Kingdom general election
The Labour Party under Keir Starmer won a landslide general election victory against the Conservatives under Rishi Sunak.
| Affiliate | Leader | MPs | Aggregate votes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Of total | Of total | |||||||
| Labour Party | Keir Starmer | 411[b] | 63.2% | 9,708,716 | 33.7% | |||
| Conservative Party | Rishi Sunak | 121 | 18.6% | 6,828,925 | 23.7% | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Ed Davey | 72 | 11.1% | 3,519,143 | 12.2% | |||
| Scottish National Party | John Swinney | 9 | 1.4% | 724,758 | 2.5% | |||
| Sinn Féin | Mary Lou McDonald | 7 | 1.1% | 210,891 | 0.7% | |||
| Independent | — | 6 | 0.9% | 564,243 | 2.0% | |||
| Reform UK | Nigel Farage | 5 | 0.8% | 4,117,610 | 14.3% | |||
| Democratic Unionist Party | Gavin Robinson | 5 | 0.8% | 172,058 | 0.6% | |||
| Green Party of England and Wales | Carla Denyer Adrian Ramsay |
4 | 0.6% | 1,944,501 | 6.7% | |||
| Plaid Cymru | Rhun ap Iorwerth | 4 | 0.6% | 194,811 | 0.7% | |||
| Social Democratic and Labour Party | Colum Eastwood | 2 | 0.3% | 86,861 | 0.3% | |||
| Alliance Party of Northern Ireland | Naomi Long | 1 | 0.2% | 117,191 | 0.4% | |||
| Ulster Unionist Party | Doug Beattie | 1 | 0.2% | 94,779 | 0.3% | |||
| Traditional Unionist Voice | Jim Allister | 1 | 0.2% | 48,685 | 0.2% | |||
| Speaker | Lindsay Hoyle | 1 | 0.2% | 25,238 | 0.1% | |||
Notes
- ^ Due to rounding errors the sum of percentages may deviate.
- ^ Includes 43 MPs sponsored by the Co-operative Party, who are designated Labour and Co-operative.[17]
References
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- ^ "Richmond (Yorks)". BBC News. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
- ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Hambleton District Council. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
- ^ "BBC Election Site". BBC. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
- ^ "Electoral and elections documents: Statement of Persons Nominated Richmond (Yorks) & Notice of Poll". Hambleton District Council. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
- ^ Minting, Stuart (13 December 2019). "Rishi Sunak increases Conservative majority in Richmond". Darlington and Stockton Times. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ^ "Statement of persons nominated for Richmond and Northallerton Constituency" (PDF). North Yorkshire Council. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
- ^ Stone, Jon (13 July 2022). "Tory leadership vote: The first round results in full". The Independent. Archived from the original on 14 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
- ^ a b c d e Clarke, Seán; Leach, Anna (14 July 2022). "Tory leadership election: full results". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 14 July 2022.
- ^ Stone, Jon (14 July 2022). "Tory leadership vote: The second round results in full". The Independent. Archived from the original on 14 July 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
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- ^ Stone, Jon (19 July 2022). "Tory leadership vote: The fourth round results in full". The Independent. Archived from the original on 19 July 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
- ^ Stone, Jon (20 July 2022). "Tory leadership vote: The fifth round results in full". The Independent. Archived from the original on 20 July 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
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