| Angela Richardson | |
| Office: | Deputy Chairwoman of the Conservative Party |
| Leader: | Rishi Sunak |
| Predecessor: | Luke Hall |
| Term Start: | 26 March 2024 |
| Term End: | 5 July 2024 |
| Birth Name: | Angela Joy Richardson[1] |
| Birth Date: | 1974 10, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Residence: | Guildford, Surrey, England |
| Spouse: | Jeremy Bruce Richardson |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Children: | 3 |
| Profession: | Investment banking operations |
| Office2: | Member of Parliament for Guildford |
| Termstart2: | 12 December 2019 |
| Termend2: | 30 May 2024 |
| Predecessor2: | Anne Milton |
| Successor2: | Zöe Franklin |
Angela Joy Richardson[1] (born 21 October 1974)[2] is a British Conservative Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Guildford from 2019 until 2024. She served as a Deputy Chairwoman of the Conservative Party until she lost her seat in the 2024 United Kingdom general election.[3]
In May 2019, Richardson stood for election to Waverley Borough Council in the ward of Cranleigh East, but failed to win a seat after she was pushed into fifth place by three Liberal Democrats and a Conservative candidate.[4] She was elected to Cranleigh Parish Council later the same month.[5]
At the 2019 general election, Richardson was elected to Parliament as MP for Guildford with 44.9% of the vote and a majority of 3,337.[6] She was sworn into the House of Commons on 18 December 2019.[7]
Upon her election to Parliament, she was also elected as a vice-chair of the APPG for Australia and New Zealand.[8]
Richardson served as a Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to the ministerial team at the Department for Education,[9] and following this, to Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove.[10] On 3 November 2021, she was fired from her PPS role after abstaining on a government-backed amendment to overhaul the Commons' disciplinary process in response to the proposed suspension of Owen Paterson. She was reinstated to her PPS role the following day.[11] She ultimately resigned as PPS in January 2022, with her resignation made public after the publication on 31 January of Sue Gray's report on breaches of lockdown restrictions in Downing Street.[12]
In February 2024, Richardson was reselected as the Conservative candidate for Guildford at the 2024 general election.[13]
On 26 March 2024, she was appointed as a Deputy Chairwoman of the Conservative Party, to replace Luke Hall who had been appointed Minister of State for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Education.
On 4th July 2024 she was defeated in the general election by the Liberal Democratic Party candidate; Zöe Franklin who won with 22,937 votes (47.5%) against 14,508.[14]
Angela Richardson was born on 21 October 1974 in West Auckland, New Zealand. She previously worked in the City of London in investment banking operations.[15]
She is married to Jeremy Richardson, and has three children.[16] Richardson lives in Guildford[17]