Richmond (Surrey) (UK Parliament constituency)

{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1918–1983}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox UK constituency main|

| name = Richmond
{{small|Richmond (Surrey)
Richmond-upon-Thames, Richmond}}

| type = Borough

| year = 1918

| abolished = 1983

| elects_howmany = One

| previous = Kingston

| next = Richmond and Barnes

| region = England

| county = {{plainlist|

| towns = {{plainlist|

}}

Richmond (1918–1983) was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Richmond. The seat mirrored for its first 47 years a small northern projection of Surrey (between Middlesex and the County of London). For the final 18 years its area, in local government, fell into the new county of Greater London.

Each winning candidate was a Unionist or from the allied Conservative Party.

Formally and informally on a local basis Richmond constituency; national publications usually added a reference to Surrey to distinguish Richmond (Yorks) (UK Parliament constituency) (1585–present).

History

The constituency was created by the Representation of the People Act 1918 for the 1918 general election. The area had been roughly the northern part of Kingston (also in 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'. Due to its prolix this was never used in the popular press. No boundary changes were made."Boundary Commission for England", Second Periodical Report, Cmnd. 4084, p. 24.

The seat was abolished for the 1983 general election; replaced by Richmond and Barnes which took in a small part of former Middlesex, the local government electoral ward of East Twickenham.

=Single-member seat=

Not based on an ancient borough or key town, it reflected the schema of the third Great Reform three decades before its creation, continued by the Fourth Reform Act, Lloyd George's Representation of the People Act 1918 by returning one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the UK Parliament, elected by first past the post.

Boundaries

In 1918 the seat was created as a borough constituency of Surrey. It was in the north-west corner of the much-reduced county (in the 1880s) and adjoined the south bank of the River Thames. It comprised the Municipal Borough of Richmond which included Kew and Petersham, 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 were local government reconfigurations.

In the redistribution of parliamentary seats which took effect in 1950, this seat was little 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 (per S.I. 1960–465).

Incorporated in Greater London from 1965, 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. The constituency shared boundaries with the Richmond electoral division for election of councillors to the Greater London Council at elections in 1973, 1977 and 1981.

Members of Parliament

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style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Unionist Party (UK)}}" |

| 1918

| Clifford Blackburn Edgar

| Unionist

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Independent Conservative}}" |

| 1922

|rowspan="2"| Harry Becker

| Independent Unionist

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Unionist Party (UK)}}" |

| 1923

| Unionist

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Unionist Party (UK)}}" |

| 1924

| Sir Newton Moore

| Unionist

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 1932 by-election

| Sir William Ray

| Conservative

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 1937 by-election

| George Harvie-Watt

| Conservative

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 1959

| Anthony Royle

| Conservative

|1983

|colspan="2"| constituency abolished: see Richmond & Barnes

Elections

= Elections in the 1910s =

{{Election box begin no change|

|title=General election 1918: Richmond, SurreyBritish 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/ .

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link coalition 1918 no change|

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Clifford Edgar

|votes = 8,364

|percentage = 47.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Norah Elam

|votes = 3,615

|percentage = 20.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = R. James Morrison

|votes = 3,491

|percentage = 19.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = W. Walter Crotch ‘CROTCH, William Walter’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U224293, accessed 19 Sept 2017]

|votes = 2,220

|percentage = 12.5

}}

{{Election box majority no change|

|votes = 4,749

|percentage = 27.0

}}

{{Election box turnout no change|

|votes = 17,690

|percentage = 53.8

}}

{{Election box new seat win no change|

|winner = Unionist Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end 1918}}

=Elections in the 1920s=

File:1923 Margery Corbett Ashby.jpg

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1922: Richmond (Surrey)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.

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Independent Unionist

|candidate = Harry Becker*

|votes = 12,075

|percentage = 50.6

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate =Clifford Blackburn Edgar

|votes = 6,032

|percentage = 25.3

|change = -22.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Margery Corbett Ashby

|votes = 5,765

|percentage = 24.1

|change = +4.4

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 6,043

|percentage = 25.3

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 23,872

|percentage = 68.8

|change = +15.0

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Independent Unionist

|loser = Unionist Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

  • supported by Anti-Waste League

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1923: Richmond (Surrey)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.

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Harry Becker

|votes = 13,112

|percentage = 63.0

|change = +37.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Margery Corbett Ashby

|votes = 7,702

|percentage = 37.0

|change = +12.9

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 5,410

|percentage = 26.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 20,814

|percentage = 59.4

|change = -9.4

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Unionist Party (UK)

|loser = Independent Unionist

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

File:Newton Moore (1870-1936).jpeg

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1924: Richmond, SurreyBritish 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.

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Newton Moore

|votes = 19,948

|percentage = 76.8

|change = +13.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Herbert Parker

|votes = 6,034

|percentage = 23.2

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 13,914

|percentage = 53.6

|change = +27.6

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 25,982

|percentage = 72.8

|change = +13.4

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Unionist Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1929: Richmond, SurreyBritish 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.

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Newton Moore

|votes = 23,148

|percentage = 58.7

|change = -18.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Philip Butler

|votes = 9,520

|percentage = 24.1

|change = +0.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = William Henry Williamson

|votes = 6,802

|percentage = 17.2

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 13,628

|percentage = 34.6

|change = -19.0

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 39,470

|percentage = 70.6

|change = -2.2

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Unionist Party (UK)

|swing = -9.5

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Elections in the 1930s=

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1931: Richmond (Surrey)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.

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Newton Moore

|votes = 35,333

|percentage = 84.5

|change = +25.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = John Lamb Thomson

|votes = 6,460

|percentage = 15.5

|change = -8.6

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 28,873

|percentage = 69.0

|change = +34.4

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 41,793

|percentage = 72.0

|change = +1.4

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Unionist Party (UK)

|swing = +17.2

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=1932 Richmond-upon-Thames by-electionBritish Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, ed. F. W. S. Craig, 3rd edition, Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1983, p. 223.

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = William Ray

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage = N/A

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1935: Richmond (Surrey)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.

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = William Ray

|votes = 30,433

|percentage = 73.5

|change = -11.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Lewis Gassman

|votes = 10,953

|percentage = 26.5

|change = +11.0

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 19,480

|percentage = 47.0

|change = -22.0

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 41,386

|percentage = 69.8

|change = -2.2

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title= 1937 Richmond-upon-Thames by-electionBritish Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, ed. F. W. S. Craig, 3rd edition, Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1983, p. 223.

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = George Harvie-Watt

|votes = 20,546

|percentage = 72.7

|change = -0.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = George Rogers

|votes = 7,709

|percentage = 27.3

|change = +0.8

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 12,837

|percentage = 45.4

|change = -1.6

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 28,255

|percentage = 47.3

|change = -22.5

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = -0.8

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Election in the 1940s=

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1945: Richmond (Surrey)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.

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = George Harvie-Watt

|votes = 24,085

|percentage = 52.8

|change = -20.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = David Stark Murray

|votes = 15,760

|percentage = 34.5

|change = +8.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate =George Andrew Douglas Gordon

|votes = 5,029

|percentage = 11.0

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Common Wealth Party

|candidate = Douglas George Horace Frank

|votes = 753

|percentage = 1.7

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 8,325

|percentage = 18.3

|change = -28.7

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 45,627

|percentage = 76.4

|change = +6.6

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = -14.3

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Elections in the 1950s=

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1950: Richmond (Surrey)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.

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = George Harvie-Watt

|votes = 30,907

|percentage = 57.4

|change = +4.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Karl Thorold Westwood

|votes = 17,238

|percentage = 32.1

|change = -2.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = David Ennals

|votes = 5,634

|percentage = 10.5

|change = -0.5

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 13,669

|percentage = 25.3

|change = +7.0

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 53,779

|percentage = 86.2

|change = +9.8

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +3.5

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1951: Richmond (Surrey)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.

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = George Harvie-Watt

|votes = 30,743

|percentage = 58.7

|change = +1.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Freda White

|votes = 16,707

|percentage = 31.9

|change = -0.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = David Ennals

|votes = 4,933

|percentage = 9.4

|change = -1.1

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 14,036

|percentage = 26.8

|change = +1.5

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 52,383

|percentage = 82.8

|change = -3.4

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +0.7

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1955: Richmond (Surrey)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.

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = George Harvie-Watt

|votes = 27,628

|percentage = 58.1

|change = -0.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = John Stuart Barr

|votes = 14,673

|percentage = 30.8

|change = -1.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Eva Mabel Haynes

|votes = 5,266

|percentage = 11.1

|change = +1.7

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 12,955

|percentage = 27.3

|change = +0.5

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 47,567

|percentage = 77.5

|change = -5.3

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +0.2

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1959: Richmond (Surrey)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.

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Anthony Royle

|votes = 27,161

|percentage = 57.2

|change = -0.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Charles H Archibald

|votes = 12,975

|percentage = 27.3

|change = -3.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = John Baker

|votes = 7,359

|percentage = 15.5

|change = +4.4

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 14,186

|percentage = 29.9

|change = +2.6

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 47,495

|percentage = 79.4

|change = +1.9

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +1.3

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Elections in the 1960s=

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1964: Richmond (Surrey)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.

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Anthony Royle

|votes = 22,203

|percentage = 50.4

|change = -6.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Alan Brownjohn

|votes = 14,053

|percentage = 31.9

|change = +4.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = John Baker

|votes = 7,800

|percentage = 17.7

|change = +2.2

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 8,150

|percentage = 18.5

|change = -11.4

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 44,055

|percentage = 76.5

|change = -2.9

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = -5.7

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1966: Richmond (Surrey)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.

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Anthony Royle

|votes = 21,831

|percentage = 49.5

|change = -0.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = David George Boulton

|votes = 15,608

|percentage = 35.4

|change = +3.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Peter Miles Trelawney Sheldon-Williams

|votes = 6,661

|percentage = 15.1

|change = -2.6

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 6,223

|percentage = 14.1

|change = -4.4

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 44,100

|percentage = 79.4

|change = +2.9

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = -2.2

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Elections in the 1970s=

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1970: Richmond upon Thames, RichmondBritish 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.

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Anthony Royle

|votes = 20,979

|percentage = 51.3

|change = +1.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Antony R. Palmer

|votes = 12,981

|percentage = 31.7

|change = -3.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Stanley Rundle

|votes = 6,934

|percentage = 17.0

|change = +1.9

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 7,998

|percentage = 19.6

|change = +5.5

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 40,894

|percentage = 71.7

|change = -7.7

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +2.7

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election February 1974: Richmond upon Thames, RichmondBritish 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.

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Anthony Royle

|votes = 19,534

|percentage = 44.3

|change = -7.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Stanley Rundle

|votes = 15,707

|percentage = 35.6

|change = +18.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Antony R. Palmer

|votes = 8,322

|percentage = 18.8

|change = -12.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = National Front (UK)

|candidate = Eric Ashley Russell

|votes = 570

|percentage = 1.3

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 3,827

|percentage = 8.7

|change = -10.9

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 44,133

|percentage = 82.6

|change = +10.9

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = -12.8

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election October 1974: Richmond upon Thames, RichmondBritish 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.

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Anthony Royle

|votes = 17,450

|percentage = 43.2

|change = -1.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Alan John Watson

|votes = 13,235

|percentage = 32.7

|change = -2.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Bob Marshall-Andrews

|votes = 8,714

|percentage = 21.6

|change = +2.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = National Front (UK)

|candidate = Eric Ashley Russell

|votes = 1,000

|percentage = 2.5

|change = +1.2

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 4,215

|percentage = 10.5

|change = +1.8

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 40,399

|percentage = 75.1

|change = -7.5

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +0.9

}}

{{Election box end}}

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|title=General election 1979: Richmond upon Thames, RichmondBritish 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.

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Anthony Royle

|votes = 19,294

|percentage = 46.7

|change = +3.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Alan John Watson

|votes = 16,764

|percentage = 40.5

|change = +7.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Julian Filochowski

|votes = 4,692

|percentage = 11.3

|change = -10.3

}}

{{Election box candidate

|party = Independent

|candidate = Jonathan King

|votes = 315

|percentage = 0.8

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = National Front (UK)

|candidate = Patricia Murphy

|votes = 244

|percentage = 0.6

|change = -1.9

}}

{{Election box candidate

|party = Libertarian Party

|candidate = *David Dean Wedgwood

|votes = 34

|percentage = 0.1

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 2,530

|percentage = 6.2

|change = -4.3

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 41,343

|percentage = 81.4

|change = +6.3

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = -2.0

}}

{{Election box end}}

See also

References

{{Reflist}}

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)

{{Historic constituencies in London

| 1832 = n

| 1868 = n

| 1885 = n

| 1918 = n

| 1950 = n

| 1955 = n

| 1965 = y

| 1974 = y

| 1983 = n

| 1997 = n

}}

{{LB Richmond}}

{{Authority control}}

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Category:Politics of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames

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Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1983