Electoral history of Rishi Sunak

Last updated

Prime ministerial portrait, 2022 Official Portrait of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak 2 (3x4 cropped).jpg
Prime ministerial portrait, 2022

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.

Contents

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
Majority 19,55036.2―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
Majority 23,10840.5+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
Majority 27,21047.2+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
Majority 12,185
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

Endorsements of Conservative MPs .mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{} Rishi Sunak Boris Johnson Penny Mordaunt No endorsement No Conservative MP October 2022 Conservative Party leadership election, initial endorsements.svg
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.

2024 UK House of Commons.svg

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%
1,841,8886.4%
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]

References

  1. ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  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.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 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.
  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.
  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.
  17. ↑ "About: Members of Parliament". Co-operative Party. Archived from the original on 14 October 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.