Electoral history of Rishi Sunak

This is a summary of the electoral history of Rishi Sunak, the Leader of the Conservative Party who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from October 2022 to July 2024. Sunak previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2020 to 2022, and was the MP for Richmond (Yorks) from 2015 to 2024. Following boundary changes, Sunak's seat was abolished, and was reformed as Richmond and Northallerton; first contested at the 2024 general election with Sunak as the Conservative candidate.

Parliamentary elections[edit]

2015 general election, Richmond (Yorks)[edit]

General election 2015: Richmond (Yorks)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rishi Sunak	27,744	51.4	―11.4
	UKIP	Matthew Cooke	8,194	15.2	New
	Labour	Mike Hill	7,124	13.2	―2.1
	Liberal Democrats	John Harris	3,465	6.4	―12.7
	Independent	John Blackie	3,348	6.2	New
	Green	Leslie Rowe	2,313	4.3	+1.5
	Independent	Robin Scott	1,811	3.4	New
Majority			19,550	36.2	―7.5
Turnout			53,999	64.7	―2.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	―13.3

2017 general election, Richmond (Yorks)[edit]

General election 2017: Richmond (Yorks)^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rishi Sunak	36,458	63.9	+12.5
	Labour	Dan Perry	13,350	23.4	+10.2
	Liberal Democrats	Tobie Abel	3,360	5.9	−0.5
	Yorkshire	Chris Pearson	2,106	3.7	New
	Green	Fiona Yorke	1,739	3.1	−1.2
Majority			23,108	40.5	+4.3
Turnout			57,013	70.5	+5.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.2

2019 general election, Richmond (Yorks)[edit]

General election 2019: Richmond (Yorks)^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rishi Sunak	36,693	63.6	−0.3
	Labour	Thomas Kirkwood	9,483	16.4	−7.0
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Knowles	6,989	12.1	+6.2
	Green	John Yorke	2,500	4.3	+1.2
	Yorkshire	Laurence Waterhouse	1,077	1.9	−1.8
	Independent	Nick Jardine	961	1.7	New
Majority			27,210	47.2	+6.7
Turnout			57,703	69.9	−0.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.3

2024 general election, Richmond and Northallerton[edit]

General election 2024: Richmond and Northallerton^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rishi Sunak	23,059	47.5	-15.8
	Labour	Tom Wilson	10,874	22.4	6.0
	Reform UK	Lee Taylor	7,142	14.7	New
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Callaghan	4,322	8.9	-3.6
	Green	Kevin Foster	2,058	4.2	0.4
	Count Binface Party	Count Binface	308	0.6	New
	Independent	Brian Richmond	222	0.5	New
	Independent	Niko Omilana	160	0.3	New
	Yorkshire	Rio Goldhammer	132	0.3	-1.8
	Monster Raving Loony	Sir Archibald Stanton	99	0.2	New
	Workers Party	Louise Dickens	90	0.2	New
	Independent	Angie Campion	33	0.1	New
	Independent	Jason Barnett	27	0.1	New
Majority			12,185
Turnout			73,888	66	-5.6

July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election[edit]

Candidate	MPs' 1st ballot: 13 July 2022^[8]^[9]		MPs' 2nd ballot: 14 July 2022^[10]^[9]			MPs' 3rd ballot: 18 July 2022^[11]^[9]			MPs' 4th ballot: 19 July 2022^[12]^[9]			MPs' 5th ballot: 20 July 2022^[13]^[9]			Members' vote 22 July to 2 September 2022^[14]^[15]^[16]
Candidate	Votes	%	Votes	±	%	Votes	±	%	Votes	±	%	Votes	±	%	Votes	%	% Votes cast
Liz Truss	50	14.0	64	+14	17.9	71	+7	19.8	86	+15	24.1	113	+27	31.6	81,326	47.2	57.4
Rishi Sunak	88	24.6	101	+13	28.2	115	+14	32.1	118	+3	33.1	137	+19	38.3	60,399	35.0	42.6
Penny Mordaunt	67	18.7	83	+16	23.2	82	−1	22.9	92	+10	25.8	105	+13	29.3	Eliminated
Kemi Badenoch	40	11.2	49	+9	13.7	58	+9	16.2	59	+1	16.5	Eliminated
Tom Tugendhat	37	10.3	32	−5	8.9	31	−1	8.7	Eliminated
Suella Braverman	32	8.9	27	−5	7.5	Eliminated
Nadhim Zahawi	25	7.0	Eliminated
Jeremy Hunt	18	5.0	Eliminated
Votes cast^[a]	357	99.7	356	−1	99.4	357	+1	99.7	355	−2	99.4	355	0	99.2	141,725	82.2	100
Spoilt ballots	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	+1	0.3	2	+1	0.6	654	0.4
Abstentions	1	0.3	2	+1	0.6	1	−1	0.3	1	0	0.3	1	0	0.3	30,058	17.4
Registered voters	358	100.0	358	0	100.0	358	0	100.0	357	−1	100.0	358	+1	100.0	172,437	100.0

October 2022 Conservative Party leadership election[edit]

MP public endorsements
Candidate		Endorsements	%
	Rishi Sunak	197	55.1
	Boris Johnson	62	17.3
	Penny Mordaunt	27	7.5
	No endorsement	71	19.8

Note: Some endorsements are repeated due to MPs changing support after withdrawal.

2024 United Kingdom general election[edit]

Notes[edit]

^ Due to rounding errors the sum of percentages may deviate.

References[edit]

^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
^ "Richmond (Yorks)". BBC News. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
^ "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Hambleton District Council. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
^ "BBC Election Site". BBC. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
^ "Electoral and elections documents: Statement of Persons Nominated Richmond (Yorks) & Notice of Poll". Hambleton District Council. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
^ Minting, Stuart (13 December 2019). "Rishi Sunak increases Conservative majority in Richmond". Darlington and Stockton Times. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
^ "Statement of persons nominated for Richmond and Northallerton Constituency" (PDF). North Yorkshire Council. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
^ Stone, Jon (13 July 2022). "Tory leadership vote: The first round results in full". The Independent. Archived from the original on 14 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Clarke, Seán; Leach, Anna (14 July 2022). "Tory leadership election: full results". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 14 July 2022.
^ Stone, Jon (14 July 2022). "Tory leadership vote: The second round results in full". The Independent. Archived from the original on 14 July 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
^ "The third Tory leadership ballot – as it happened | The Spectator". The Spectator. 18 July 2022. Archived from the original on 27 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
^ Stone, Jon (19 July 2022). "Tory leadership vote: The fourth round results in full". The Independent. Archived from the original on 19 July 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
^ Stone, Jon (20 July 2022). "Tory leadership vote: The fifth round results in full". The Independent. Archived from the original on 20 July 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
^ Maldment, Jack (5 September 2022). "Tory leadership result: New prime minister to be announced imminently - watch live". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 5 September 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
^ Piper, Elizabeth; Maclellan, Kylie (5 September 2022). "Liz Truss named as Britain's next prime minister". Reuters. Archived from the original on 5 September 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
^ "Liz Truss wins leadership race". BBC. 5 September 2022. Archived from the original on 5 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
"Graham Brady reveals Liz Truss has been elected as new Tory leader". BBC News. 5 September 2022. Archived from the original on 6 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.

[votes-cast-17] Due to rounding errors the sum of percentages may deviate.

[electoralcalculus-1] "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

[2015_result-2] "Richmond (Yorks)". BBC News. Retrieved 13 May 2015.

[3] "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Hambleton District Council. Retrieved 13 May 2017.

[4] "BBC Election Site". BBC. Retrieved 10 June 2017.

[5] "Electoral and elections documents: Statement of Persons Nominated Richmond (Yorks) & Notice of Poll". Hambleton District Council. Retrieved 15 November 2019.

[6] Minting, Stuart (13 December 2019). "Rishi Sunak increases Conservative majority in Richmond". Darlington and Stockton Times. Retrieved 13 December 2019.

[7] "Statement of persons nominated for Richmond and Northallerton Constituency" (PDF). North Yorkshire Council. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.

[8] Stone, Jon (13 July 2022). "Tory leadership vote: The first round results in full". The Independent. Archived from the original on 14 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.

[:25-9] Clarke, Seán; Leach, Anna (14 July 2022). "Tory leadership election: full results". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 14 July 2022.

[10] Stone, Jon (14 July 2022). "Tory leadership vote: The second round results in full". The Independent. Archived from the original on 14 July 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.

[11] "The third Tory leadership ballot – as it happened | The Spectator". The Spectator. 18 July 2022. Archived from the original on 27 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.

[12] Stone, Jon (19 July 2022). "Tory leadership vote: The fourth round results in full". The Independent. Archived from the original on 19 July 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.

[13] Stone, Jon (20 July 2022). "Tory leadership vote: The fifth round results in full". The Independent. Archived from the original on 20 July 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.

[final-14] Maldment, Jack (5 September 2022). "Tory leadership result: New prime minister to be announced imminently - watch live". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 5 September 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.

[stillfinal-15] Piper, Elizabeth; Maclellan, Kylie (5 September 2022). "Liz Truss named as Britain's next prime minister". Reuters. Archived from the original on 5 September 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.

[16] "Liz Truss wins leadership race". BBC. 5 September 2022. Archived from the original on 5 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
"Graham Brady reveals Liz Truss has been elected as new Tory leader". BBC News. 5 September 2022. Archived from the original on 6 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.

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Leader of the Opposition (2024–present) 57th Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2022–2024) 18th Leader of the Conservative Party (2022–present) Chancellor of the Exchequer (2020–2022) 33rd Chief Secretary to the Treasury (2019–2020) Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Government (2018–2019) MP for Richmond and Northallerton (2024–present) MP for Richmond (Yorks) (2015–2024)
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