Tom Randall (politician)
{{short description|British Conservative politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
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| name = Tom Randall
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| image = Official portrait of Tom Randall MP crop 2.jpg
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| office2 = Member of Parliament
for Gedling
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| predecessor2 = Vernon Coaker
| successor2 = Michael Payne
| term_start2 = 12 December 2019
| term_end2 = 30 May 2024
| birth_name = Thomas William Randall
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|07|04|df=y}}
| birth_place = Arnold, Nottinghamshire, England
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| party = Conservative
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| education = Redhill Academy
| alma_mater = University of Oxford
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| website = {{URL|https://www.tomforgedling.com/}}
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| caption = Official portrait, 2020
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Thomas William Randall{{cite web|url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2019-12-17/debates/2E37F0BD-4DF0-40A6-B9F9-0607212DBFB1/MembersSworn|title=Members Sworn|work=Hansard|publisher=UK Parliament|date=18 December 2019|access-date=28 January 2020}} (born 4 July 1981){{cite book |title=The Times guide to the House of Commons 2019 : the definitive record of Britain's historic 2019 General Election |date=2020 |location=Glasgow |isbn=978-0-00-839258-1 |page=204|publisher=Times Books}}{{cite web |last1=Sandeman |first1=Kit |title='I still go and stand in the House of Commons Chamber when it's empty, and just take it in': Gedling's new MP Tom Randall reflects on a whirlwind few months |url=https://www.gedlingeye.co.uk/news/gedling-news/gedlings-new-mp-tom-randall-reflects-on-a-whirlwind-few-months/ |work=Gedling Eye |access-date=17 March 2021 |date=2 March 2020}} is a British Conservative Party politician who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Gedling from 2019 until 2024.{{cite news|title=Gedling parliamentary constituency|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000710|access-date=7 April 2020|work=BBC News|date=13 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407174352/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000710|archive-date=7 April 2020}} He was a member of the 1922 Committee.
Early life
Randall was born and grew up in Arnold, Nottinghamshire, where he attended Redhill Academy.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/conservative-mp-who-took-gedling-3643690|title=Conservative MP who took Gedling after 22 years of Labour wants more business in the borough|work=Nottingham Post|publisher=Reach|date=14 December 2019|access-date=14 February 2020|last=Reid|first=Ben|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407181816/https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/conservative-mp-who-took-gedling-3643690|archive-date=7 April 2020|url-status=live}} He lived on Killisick Road.Nottingham Evening Post Tuesday 20 April 1999, page 15
He studied law at Oxford University,{{cite news|title=Gedling Conservatives select Tom Randall as candidate to take on Labour's Vernon Coaker in next election|url=https://www.gedlingeye.co.uk/news/tom-randall-conservatives-candidate-gedling/|access-date=27 December 2019|work=Gedling Eye|date=9 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407181515/https://www.gedlingeye.co.uk/news/tom-randall-conservatives-candidate-gedling/|archive-date=7 April 2020|url-status=live}} going on to practise as a solicitor for two years. He worked for a professional membership body{{what|date=February 2024}} before becoming an MP. He was diagnosed with Ankylosing spondylitis at the age of 16.
Political career
Randall contested the local government election in 2018 for Tower Hamlets but fell seven votes short of winning one of the two Canary Wharf seats.{{cite tweet|last=Randall|first=Tom|user=Tom_Randall|number=992739493039009792|date=5 May 2018|title=Congratulations to @Andrewwood17 and @going4golds on their re-election. My disappointment at falling 7 votes short from taking the second Canary Wharf seat is tempered by pride in working with such a fantastic group of @THConservatives members on a positive campaign|access-date=7 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191218083054/https://twitter.com/Tom_Randall/status/992739493039009792|archive-date=18 December 2019|url-status=live}}
Randall was selected to contest the Gedling seat by the Conservative Party for the 2019 general election. He went on to defeat the sitting Labour MP Vernon Coaker and win the seat with a majority of 1.4%, or 679 votes. This made the seat one of the most marginal in the country.
Randall was defeated by the Labour candidate Michael Payne at the 2024 general election.
Electoral history
=2024 general election=
{{Election box begin|title=General election 2024: Gedling[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001245 Gedling] }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party=Labour Party (UK)
|candidate=Michael Payne
|votes=23,278
|percentage=47.8
|change=+5.0
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party=Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate=Tom Randall
|votes=11,397
|percentage=23.4
|change=-23.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party=Reform UK
|candidate=Simon Christy
|votes=8,211
|percentage=16.9
|change=+13.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party=Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate=Dominic Berry
|votes=3,122
|percentage=6.4
|change=+4.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate=Tad Jones
|votes=2,473
|percentage=5.1
|change=+0.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party=Independent politician
|candidate=Irenea Marriott
|votes=241
|percentage=0.5
|change=New
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{{Election box majority|votes=11,881|percentage=24.4|change=|}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=48,722|percentage=63.3|change=|}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
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{{Election box end}}
=2019 general election=
{{Election box begin|title=General election 2019: Gedling
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Tom Randall
|votes = 22,718
|percentage = 45.5
|change = +2.6
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Vernon Coaker
|votes = 22,039
|percentage = 44.1
|change = -7.8
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Anita Prabhakar
|votes = 2,279
|percentage = 4.6
|change = +2.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Brexit Party
|candidate = Graham Hunt
|votes = 1,820
|percentage = 3.6
|change = +3.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Jim Norris
|votes = 1,097
|percentage = 2.2
|change = +1.2
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 679
|percentage = 1.4
|change = N/A
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 52,164
|percentage = 69.9
|change = -2.6
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{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = +5.2
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{{Election box end}}
= 2018 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council elections =
{{Election box begin |title=Canary Wharf (2) 2018{{cite web|title=Election results for Canary Wharf, 3 May 2018|date = 3 May 2018|url=http://democracy.towerhamlets.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=133&RPID=13606477|publisher=Tower Hamlets Council|access-date=5 May 2018}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Andrew Wood
|votes = 983
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Kyrsten Perry
|votes = 760
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Anisur Anis
|votes = 758
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Tom Randall
|votes = 754
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Aspire (political party)
|candidate = Mohammed Talukdar
|votes = 700
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Aspire (political party)
|candidate = Helen Begum
|votes = 456
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Kevin Lyons
|votes = 315
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = People's Alliance of Tower Hamlets
|candidate = Yusuf Ahmed
|votes = 236
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Gareth Shelton
|votes = 222
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Andrew Grey
|votes = 215
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Natasha Bolter
|votes = 141
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Alasdair Blackwell
|votes = 137
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{{Election box rejected|
|votes = 12
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 3,101
|percentage = 33.8
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{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 9,150
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
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{{Election box gain
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Tower Hamlets First
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{{Election box end}}
References
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External links
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- [https://www.tomforgedling.com/ Official website]
- {{UK MP links|parliament=4845|publicwhip=Tom_Randall|theywork=tom_randall}}
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Category:Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford
Category:Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies