Richmond (Yorks) (UK Parliament constituency)
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"Richmond (UK Parliament constituency)" redirects here. For the former constituency in greater London, see Richmond (Surrey) (UK Parliament constituency). For the current constituency in greater London, see Richmond Park (UK Parliament constituency).
Richmond (Yorks) is a constituency[note 1] in North Yorkshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since May 2015 by Rishi Sunak, the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and leader of the Conservative Party.[note 2][2]
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Richmond (Yorks) | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | 1585–1974 North Riding of Yorkshire 1974– North Yorkshire |
Electorate | 83,219 (December 2019)[1] |
Major settlements | Bedale, Catterick, Catterick Garrison, Great Ayton, Hawes, Leyburn, Middleham, Northallerton, Richmond, Stokesley |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1885 |
Member of Parliament | Rishi Sunak (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
1585–1885 | |
Seats | 1585–1868: Two 1868–1885: One |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
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Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be subject to moderate boundary changes and will be renamed Richmond and Northallerton, to be first contested at the next general election.[3]