Richmond Park (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Borough constituency | |
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| Image:RichmondParkConstituency.png | |
| Richmond Park shown within Greater London | |
| Created: | 1997 |
| MP: | Susan Kramer |
| Party: | Liberal Democrat |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Greater London |
| EP constituency: | London |
Richmond Park is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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Boundaries
Richmond Park constituency stretches from Barnes in the north to Kingston upon Thames in the south, and includes the whole of East Sheen, Mortlake, Kew, Richmond upon Thames, and Ham. The boundaries also include the Royal Park that gives it its name.
From Richmond Bridge the boundary runs north following middle of the River Thames to Hammersmith Bridge and then south as far as Barn Elms. From here it cuts away from the river to exclude Putney Common and houses east of Hallam Road and Dyers Lane. At the south end of Dyers Lane the boundary runs along the Upper Richmond Road westwards as far as the Beverley Brook which it then follows south to the northern wall of Richmond Park itself. This effectively excludes all of Roehampton, which is part of Putney. The boundary then follows the wall of the park as far as the Robin Hood Gate on the A3 road. Here it crosses the road and picks up the line of the Beverley Brook again south, until it meets the main railway line from London Waterloo to Woking, near New Malden Station. West of the station it turns north to follow the Kingston branch of the railway line, which it follows as far as the railway bridge over the Thames between Kingston and Hampton Wick. From here it runs north down the middle of the river back to Richmond Bridge.
This means that the constituency includes Coombe, Kingston Vale, and all of Kingston upon Thames and New Malden north of the railway.
For a detailed map see the UK government election map web site.
Members of Parliament
- Susan Kramer, Liberal Democrats (2005–date)
- Dr Jenny Tonge, Liberal Democrats (1997–2005)
Election results
| General Election 2005: Richmond Park | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Susan Kramer | 24,011 | 46.7 | −1.0 | |
| Conservative | Marco Forgione | 20,280 | 39.5 | +1.9 | |
| Labour | James Butler | 4,768 | 9.3 | −2.0 | |
| Green | James Page | 1,379 | 2.7 | +0.2 | |
| UK Independence | Peter Dul | 458 | 0.9 | +0.2 | |
| Christian Peoples | Peter Flower | 288 | 0.6 | N/A | |
| Independent | Margaret Harrison | 83 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Rainbow Dream Ticket | Rainbow George Weiss | 63 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Independent | Richard Meacock | 44 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 3,731 | 7.3 | |||
| Turnout | 51,374 | 72.8 | +4.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | −1.4 | |||
See also
