Richmond [Yorkshire]

Number of seats: 2 seats 1832-1868
County (pre 1974): Yorkshire (North Riding)
County (post 1974): North Yorkshire
Authority (1995): Not specified
Constituent Country (or Nation): England
British Parliamentary Election Results 1 (ed. FWS Craig): 141
British Parliamentary Election Results 2 (ed. FWS Craig): 414
British Parliamentary Election Results 3 (ed. FWS Craig): 491
British Parliamentary Election Results 4 (ed. FWS Craig): 526
Formed 1832
Disbanded current
Notes: Full name (in Craig 2,3,4) Yorkshire (North Riding), Richmond

Elected Members

  1. John Dundas

    Party: Liberal
    Constituency connections: Direct
    Year of election: 1832
    Date of election: 10 December 1832
    Nature of election: General election
    Nature of service: Continuation
    Year of exit: 1835
    Date of exit: 6 January 1835
    Nature of exit: Relocation
    Party: Liberal
    Sponsorship: None known
    Notes: First elected for this constituency in 1830.
  2. Robert Dundas

    Party: Liberal
    Constituency connections: Direct
    Year of election: 1832
    Date of election: 10 December 1832
    Nature of election: General election
    Nature of service: Continuation
    Year of exit: 1835
    Date of exit: 6 January 1835
    Nature of exit: Retirement
    Party: Liberal
    Sponsorship: None known
    Notes: First elected 1828.
  3. Alexander Speirs

    Party: Liberal
    Constituency connections: None known
    Year of election: 1835
    Date of election: 6 January 1835
    Nature of election: General election
    Nature of service: First Entry
    Year of exit: 1841*
    Date of exit: c. 1841*
    Nature of exit: Resignation
    Party: Liberal
    Sponsorship: None known
    Notes: Exit February 1841.
  4. Thomas Dundas

    Party: Liberal
    Constituency connections: Direct
    Year of election: 1835
    Date of election: 24 July 1837
    Nature of election: General election
    Nature of service: Continuation
    Year of exit: 1839*
    Date of exit: 19 February 1839
    Nature of exit: Succession to peerage
    Party: Liberal
    Sponsorship: None known
    Notes: None
  5. Robert Dundas

    Party: Liberal
    Constituency connections: Direct
    Year of election: 1839*
    Date of election: 12 March 1839
    Nature of election: By-election
    Nature of service: Re Entry
    Year of exit: 1841
    Date of exit: 29 June 1841
    Nature of exit: Retirement
    Party: Liberal
    Sponsorship: None known
    Notes: None
  6. George Wentworth-Fitzwilliam

    Party: Liberal
    Constituency connections: Area
    Year of election: 1841*
    Date of election: 16 February 1841
    Nature of election: By-election
    Nature of service: First Entry
    Year of exit: 1841
    Date of exit: 29 June 1841
    Nature of exit: Relocation
    Party: Liberal
    Sponsorship: None known
    Notes: None
  7. John Dundas

    Party: Liberal
    Constituency connections: Direct
    Year of election: 1841
    Date of election: 29 June 1841
    Nature of election: General election
    Nature of service: Re Entry
    Year of exit: 1847
    Date of exit: 29 July 1847
    Nature of exit: Unknown
    Party: Liberal
    Sponsorship: None known
    Notes: None
  8. William Colborne

    Party: Liberal
    Constituency connections: None known
    Year of election: 1841
    Date of election: 29 June 1841
    Nature of election: General election
    Nature of service: First Entry
    Year of exit: 1846*
    Date of exit: c. 1846*
    Nature of exit: Death
    Party: Liberal
    Sponsorship: None known
    Notes: Died about March 1846
  9. Henry Rich

    Party: Liberal
    Constituency connections: None known
    Year of election: 1846*
    Date of election: 8 April 1846
    Nature of election: By-election
    Nature of service: Re Entry
    Year of exit: 1861*
    Date of exit: c. 1861*
    Nature of exit: Resignation
    Party: Liberal
    Sponsorship: None known
    Notes: Exit before 9 July 1861.
  10. Marmaduke Wyvill

    Party: Liberal
    Constituency connections: Area
    Year of election: 1847
    Date of election: 29 July 1847
    Nature of election: General election
    Nature of service: First Entry
    Year of exit: 1865
    Date of exit: 11 July 1865
    Nature of exit: Retirement
    Party: Liberal
    Sponsorship: None known
    Notes: None
  11. Roundell Palmer

    Party: Conservative
    Constituency connections: None known
    Year of election: 1861*
    Date of election: 9 July 1861
    Nature of election: By-election
    Nature of service: Re Entry
    Year of exit: 1872*
    Date of exit: 23 October 1872
    Nature of exit: Elevation to peerage
    Party: Conservative
    Sponsorship: None known
    Notes: None
  12. John Dundas

    Party: Liberal
    Constituency connections: Direct
    Year of election: 1865
    Date of election: 11 July 1865
    Nature of election: General election
    Nature of service: Re Entry
    Year of exit: 1866*
    Date of exit: 14 February 1866
    Nature of exit: Death
    Party: Liberal
    Sponsorship: None known
    Notes: None
  13. Marmaduke Wyvill

    Party: Liberal
    Constituency connections: Area
    Year of election: 1866*
    Date of election: 6 March 1866
    Nature of election: By-election
    Nature of service: Re Entry
    Year of exit: 1868
    Date of exit: 17 November 1868
    Nature of exit: Retirement
    Party: Liberal
    Sponsorship: None known
    Notes: None
  14. John Dundas

    Party: Liberal
    Constituency connections: Direct
    Year of election: 1873*
    Date of election: 27 May 1872
    Nature of election: By-election
    Nature of service: First Entry
    Year of exit: 1885
    Date of exit: 24 November 1885
    Nature of exit: Retirement
    Party: Liberal
    Sponsorship: None known
    Notes: None
  15. Lawrence Dundas

    Party: Liberal
    Constituency connections: Direct
    Year of election: 1872*
    Date of election: 7 November 1872
    Nature of election: By-election
    Nature of service: First Entry
    Year of exit: 1873*
    Date of exit: 6 May 1873
    Nature of exit: Succession to peerage
    Party: Liberal
    Sponsorship: None known
    Notes: None
  16. Frederick Milbank

    Party: Liberal
    Constituency connections: Direct
    Year of election: 1885
    Date of election: 24 November 1885
    Nature of election: General election
    Nature of service: Continuation
    Year of exit: 1886
    Date of exit: 1 July 1886
    Nature of exit: Retirement
    Party: Liberal
    Sponsorship: None known
    Notes: None
  17. George Elliot

    Party: Conservative
    Constituency connections: Area
    Year of election: 1886
    Date of election: 1 July 1886
    Nature of election: General election
    Nature of service: Re Entry
    Year of exit: 1895
    Date of exit: 13 July 1895
    Nature of exit: Retirement
    Party: Conservative
    Sponsorship: None known
    Notes: None
  18. John Hutton

    Party: Conservative
    Constituency connections: None known
    Year of election: 1895
    Date of election: 13 July 1895
    Nature of election: General election
    Nature of service: Re Entry
    Year of exit: 1906
    Date of exit: 12 January 1906
    Nature of exit: Retirement
    Party: Conservative
    Sponsorship: None known
    Notes: None
  19. Francis Acland

    Party: Liberal
    Constituency connections: None known
    Year of election: 1906
    Date of election: 12 January 1906
    Nature of election: General election
    Nature of service: First Entry
    Year of exit: 1910¹
    Date of exit: 15 January 1910
    Nature of exit: Electoral defeat
    Party: Liberal
    Sponsorship: None known
    Notes: None
  20. William Orde-Powlett

    Party: Conservative
    Constituency connections: Direct
    Year of election: 1910¹
    Date of election: 15 January 1910
    Nature of election: General election
    Nature of service: First Entry
    Year of exit: 1918
    Date of exit: 14 December 1918
    Nature of exit: Retirement
    Party: Conservative
    Sponsorship: None known
    Notes: None
  21. Murrough Wilson

    Party: Co. Con.
    Constituency connections: Regional
    Year of election: 1918
    Date of election: 14 December 1918
    Nature of election: General election
    Nature of service: First Entry
    Year of exit: 1922
    Date of exit: 15 November 1922
    Nature of exit: Change of party
    Party: Co. Con.
    Sponsorship: None known
    Notes: None
  22. Murrough Wilson

    Party: Conservative
    Constituency connections: Regional
    Year of election: 1922
    Date of election: 15 November 1922
    Nature of election: General election
    Nature of service: Continuation
    Year of exit: 1929
    Date of exit: 30 May 1929
    Nature of exit: Retirement
    Party: Conservative
    Sponsorship: None known
    Notes: None
  23. Thomas Dugdale

    Party: Conservative
    Constituency connections: Area
    Year of election: 1929
    Date of election: 30 May 1929
    Nature of election: General election
    Nature of service: First Entry
    Year of exit: 1959*
    Date of exit: 15 July 1959
    Nature of exit: Elevation to peerage
    Party: Conservative
    Sponsorship: None known
    Notes: Seat vacant at 1959 Dissolution of Parliament.
  24. Timothy Kitson

    Party: Conservative
    Constituency connections: Direct
    Year of election: 1959
    Date of election: 8 October 1959
    Nature of election: General election
    Nature of service: First Entry
    Year of exit: 1983
    Date of exit: 9 June 1983
    Nature of exit: Retirement
    Party: Conservative
    Sponsorship: None known
    Notes: None
  25. Leon Brittan

    Party: Conservative
    Constituency connections: Direct
    Year of election: 1983
    Date of election: 9 June 1983
    Nature of election: General election
    Nature of service: Continuation
    Year of exit: 1988*
    Date of exit: 31 December 1988
    Nature of exit: Resignation
    Party: Conservative
    Sponsorship: None known
    Notes: None

Other candidates

  1. Geoffrey Howard

    Connection with constituency: None known
    Year of election: 1900
    Date of election: 1900-10-01 00:00:00 UTC
    Nature of election: General election
    Party: Liberal
    Notes:
  2. Lawrence John Lumley Ronaldshay

    Connection with constituency: None known
    Year of election: 1906
    Date of election: 1906-01-12 00:00:00 UTC
    Nature of election: General election
    Party: Conservative
    Notes:
  3. Ross Cranston

    Connection with constituency: None known
    Year of election: 1992
    Date of election: 1992-04-09 00:00:00 UTC
    Nature of election: General election
    Party: Labour
    Notes:
  4. Mike Hill

    Connection with constituency: Unknown
    Year of election: 2015
    Date of election: Not specified
    Nature of election: Not specified
    Party: Labour Party
    Notes:
  5. Edmund Turton

    Connection with constituency: None known
    Year of election: 1886
    Date of election: Not specified
    Nature of election: General election
    Party: Liberal
    Notes:
  6. Edmund Turton

    Connection with constituency: None known
    Year of election: 1892
    Date of election: Not specified
    Nature of election: General election
    Party: Liberal
    Notes:
  7. Edmund Turton

    Connection with constituency: None known
    Year of election: 1895
    Date of election: Not specified
    Nature of election: General election
    Party: Liberal
    Notes: