Richmond (Yorks) constituency

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Richmond (Yorks) constituency is a long-standing UK parliamentary seat in North Yorkshire, noted for being a safe Conservative stronghold and formerly represented by senior politician William Hague.

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instanceOf UK parliamentary constituency
abbreviation Richmond (Yorks) NERFINISHED
boundaryChangesOccurred 1918
1950
1983
1997
2010
contains parts of the Yorkshire Dales
country United Kingdom
county North Yorkshire NERFINISHED
created 1885
electoralSystem first past the post
electorateIncludes Bedale NERFINISHED
Catterick Garrison NERFINISHED
Leyburn NERFINISHED
Northallerton NERFINISHED
Richmond NERFINISHED
electorateType mixed rural and small town
elects one Member of Parliament
formerMP Lawrence Cunliffe NERFINISHED
Leon Brittan NERFINISHED
Rishi Sunak NERFINISHED
Timothy Kitson NERFINISHED
William Hague NERFINISHED
William Whitelaw NERFINISHED
hasConsistentlyElected Conservative MPs
hasLongstandingConservativeControl since early 20th century
hasLowSupportFor Labour Party (UK) NERFINISHED
Liberal Democrats NERFINISHED
hasPoliticalCharacter safe Conservative stronghold
hasRuralCharacter predominantly rural
hasStrongMilitaryPresence Catterick Garrison NERFINISHED
isSafeSeatFor Conservative Party (UK) NERFINISHED
locatedIn North Yorkshire
mapEntity England parliamentary constituencies
notableFormerMP Rishi Sunak NERFINISHED
William Hague NERFINISHED
partyOfCurrentMP Conservative Party (UK) NERFINISHED
predecessor North Riding of Yorkshire NERFINISHED
region Yorkshire and the Humber
representedBy Rishi Sunak NERFINISHED
representedIn House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED
RishiSunakRoleWhileMP Chancellor of the Exchequer NERFINISHED
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED
successorTo historic Richmond parliamentary borough
William HagueRoleWhileMP Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED
Leader of the Conservative Party

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Baron Hague of Richmond representedInCommons Richmond (Yorks) constituency
subject surface form: William Hague