Electoral history of Rishi Sunak

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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.

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Parliamentary elections

2015 general election, Richmond (Yorks)

General election 2015: Richmond (Yorks) [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rishi Sunak 27,744 51.4 ―11.4
UKIP Matthew Cooke8,19415.2New
Labour Mike Hill 7,12413.2―2.1
Liberal Democrats John Harris3,4656.4―12.7
Independent John Blackie3,3486.2New
Green Leslie Rowe2,3134.3+1.5
Independent Robin Scott1,8113.4New
Majority19,55036.2―7.5
Turnout 53,99964.7―2.5
Conservative hold Swing ―13.3

2017 general election, Richmond (Yorks)

General election 2017: Richmond (Yorks) [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rishi Sunak 36,458 63.9 +12.5
Labour Dan Perry13,35023.4+10.2
Liberal Democrats Tobie Abel3,3605.9−0.5
Yorkshire Chris Pearson2,1063.7New
Green Fiona Yorke1,7393.1−1.2
Majority23,10840.5+4.3
Turnout 57,01370.5+5.8
Conservative hold Swing +1.2

2019 general election, Richmond (Yorks)

General election 2019: Richmond (Yorks) [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rishi Sunak 36,693 63.6 −0.3
Labour Thomas Kirkwood9,48316.4−7.0
Liberal Democrats Philip Knowles6,98912.1+6.2
Green John Yorke2,5004.3+1.2
Yorkshire Laurence Waterhouse1,0771.9−1.8
Independent Nick Jardine9611.7New
Majority27,21047.2+6.7
Turnout 57,70369.9−0.6
Conservative hold Swing +3.3

2024 general election, Richmond and Northallerton

General election 2024: Richmond and Northallerton [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rishi Sunak 23,059 47.5 −15.8
Labour Tom Wilson10,87422.46.0
Reform UK Lee Taylor7,14214.7New
Liberal Democrats Daniel Callaghan4,3228.9−3.6
Green Kevin Foster2,0584.20.4
Count Binface Party Count Binface 3080.6New
Independent Brian Richmond2220.5New
Independent Niko Omilana 1600.3New
Yorkshire Rio Goldhammer1320.3−1.8
Monster Raving Loony Sir Archibald Stanton990.2New
Workers Party Louise Dickens900.2New
Independent Angie Campion330.1New
Independent Jason Barnett270.1New
Majority12,185
Turnout 73,88866−5.6

July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election

CandidateMPs' 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]
Votes%Votes±%Votes±%Votes±%Votes±%Votes%% Votes cast
Liz Truss 5014.064+1417.971+719.886+1524.1113+2731.681,32647.257.4
Rishi Sunak 8824.6101+1328.2115+1432.1118+333.1137+1938.360,39935.042.6
Penny Mordaunt 6718.783+1623.282−122.992+1025.8105+1329.3Eliminated
Kemi Badenoch 4011.249+913.758+916.259+116.5Eliminated
Tom Tugendhat 3710.332−58.931−18.7Eliminated
Suella Braverman 328.927−57.5Eliminated
Nadhim Zahawi 257.0Eliminated
Jeremy Hunt 185.0Eliminated
Votes cast [a] 35799.7356−199.4357+199.7355−299.4355099.2141,72582.2100
Spoilt ballots 00.0000.0000.01+10.32+10.66540.4
Abstentions 10.32+10.61−10.3100.3100.330,05817.4
Registered voters358100.03580100.03580100.0357−1100.0358+1100.0172,437100.0

October 2022 Conservative Party leadership election

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Endorsements of Conservative MPs   Rishi Sunak   Boris Johnson   Penny Mordaunt   No endorsement   No Conservative MP
MP public endorsements
CandidateEndorsements%
Rishi Sunak 19755.1
Boris Johnson 6217.3
Penny Mordaunt 277.5
No endorsement7119.8

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

2024 United Kingdom general election

The Labour Party under Keir Starmer won a landslide general election victory against the Conservatives under Rishi Sunak.

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2024 UK General Election Winner%25.svg
AffiliateLeaderMPsAggregate votes
Of totalOf total
Labour Party Keir Starmer 411 [b] 63.2%
9,708,71633.7%
Conservative Party Rishi Sunak 12118.6%
6,828,92523.7%
Liberal Democrats Ed Davey 7211.1%
3,519,14312.2%
Scottish National Party John Swinney 91.4%
724,7582.5%
Sinn Féin Mary Lou McDonald 71.1%
210,8910.7%
Independent—60.9%
564,2432.0%
Reform UK Nigel Farage 50.8%
4,117,61014.3%
Democratic Unionist Party Gavin Robinson 50.8%
172,0580.6%
Green Party of England and Wales Carla Denyer
Adrian Ramsay 		40.6%
1,944,5016.7%
Plaid Cymru Rhun ap Iorwerth 40.6%
194,8110.7%
Social Democratic and Labour Party Colum Eastwood 20.3%
86,8610.3%
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland Naomi Long 10.2%
117,1910.4%
Ulster Unionist Party Doug Beattie 10.2%
94,7790.3%
Traditional Unionist Voice Jim Allister 10.2%
48,6850.2%
Speaker Lindsay Hoyle 10.2%
25,2380.1%

Notes

  1. ↑ Due to rounding errors the sum of percentages may deviate.
  2. ↑ Includes 43 MPs sponsored by the Co-operative Party, who are designated Labour and Co-operative. [17]

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