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This is a summary of the electoral history of Rishi Sunak , the Leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since October 2022. Sunak previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2020 to 2022, and has been the MP for Richmond (Yorks) since 2015.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Candidate | MPs' 1st ballot: 13 July 2022 [7] [8] | MPs' 2nd ballot: 14 July 2022 [9] [8] | MPs' 3rd ballot: 18 July 2022 [10] [8] | MPs' 4th ballot: 19 July 2022 [11] [8] | MPs' 5th ballot: 20 July 2022 [12] [8] | Members' vote 22 July to 2 September 2022 [13] [14] [15] | |||||||||||
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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 [rounding 1] | 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 |
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