| Richmond and Northallerton | |
| Parliament: | uk |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Type: | County |
| Elects Howmany: | One |
| Electorate: | 72,744 (June 2023)[1] |
| Region: | England |
| Previous: | Richmond (Yorks) |
Richmond and Northallerton is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.[2] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election. The constituency is named after the North Yorkshire towns of Richmond and Northallerton.[3]
The constituency is composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
It comprised the majority of the abolished Richmond (Yorks) constituency in North Yorkshire, excluding Bedale and Tanfield, which were transferred to Thirsk and Malton.[5]
With effect from 1 April 2023, the second tier authorities in the county of North Yorkshire were abolished and absorbed into the new unitary authority of North Yorkshire.[6] The constituency comprises the following electoral divisions of North Yorkshire from the 2024 general election onwards:
The constituency is mostly rural, with several relatively densely populated settlements, such as Richmond, Catterick Garrison, Colburn, Catterick, Northallerton, Stokesley and Great Ayton. The market towns of Richmond and Northallerton give the constituency its name, with the latter being largest population centre in the constituency. Notably, this constituency includes Catterick Garrison, the largest British Army garrison in the world.
Electoral Calculus categorises the seat as being part of the "Centrists" demographic, those who generally have average opinions on the economy, nationalism and social issues, although tend slightly to the right on the economy. Other metrics include support for Brexit, which was 55% back in 2016, and deprivation, in terms of employment, income and education, which is 45%, according to the site. For general statistics, the average age is 54.0, at least 88% of the local population owns a car, whilst 67% own a home, and the gross household income is £44,155.[8]
At the 2024 election, Richmond and Northallerton re-elected Rishi Sunak, at the time leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He held the seat by 25.1%, the largest margin of any Tory MP at that election, technically making it the safest Conservative seat by majority in the country.
For elections prior to 2024, see Richmond (Yorks).
| 2019 notional result[9] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| 32,861 | 63.3 | ||
| 8,530 | 16.4 | ||
| 6,475 | 12.5 | ||
| Others | 2,038 | 4.0 | |
| 1,976 | 3.8 | ||
| Turnout | 51,880 | 71.3 | |
| Electorate | 72,744 | ||