Richmond Park (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Richmond Park is a constituency in Greater London represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. Since 2019, its Member of Parliament (MP) has been Sarah Olney of the Liberal Democrats.
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Richmond Park | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Greater London |
Electorate | 77,071[1] |
Major settlements | Richmond and part of Kingston |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
Member of Parliament | Sarah Olney (Liberal Democrats) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Richmond and Barnes and Kingston upon Thames |
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Previously held by Zac Goldsmith of the Conservative Party from 2010, Goldsmith stood down in 2016 in protest over expansion of Heathrow Airport. Olney won the seat at the resulting by-election, defeating Goldsmith who was then standing as an independent. Goldsmith regained the Conservative nomination and the seat in the 2017 general election, before losing to Olney a second time at the 2019 general election.