Richmond (Surrey) (UK Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with the Richmond constituency in Yorkshire.

Richmond
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
County	1918-1965 Surrey 1965-1983 Greater London
Major settlements	Richmond
1918–1983
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Richmond and Barnes
Created from	Kingston

Richmond was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Richmond, which is in the north-western part of the historic county of Surrey and (since 1965) in Greater London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system. The name of the constituency was simply 'Richmond', but most publications added a reference to Surrey in order to distinguish it from the similarly named constituency in North Yorkshire.

History

The constituency was created by the Representation of the People Act 1918 for the 1918 general election. The area had formerly been covered by the northern part of the Kingston division of the Parliamentary county of Surrey.

From April 1965 the constituency formed part of Greater London. It was the eastern half of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. The Second Periodical Review of the Parliamentary Boundary Commission for England in 1969 formally made "a slight modification in the names to conform with our policy of using the London borough name as a prefix", so that the constituency was formally known as 'Richmond upon Thames, Richmond'. No boundary changes were made.^[1]

The seat was abolished for the 1983 general election, when it was replaced by the new Richmond and Barnes constituency.

Boundaries

In 1918 the seat was created as a borough constituency of Surrey. It was in the north-west corner of the historic county and adjoined the south bank of the River Thames. It comprised the Municipal Borough of Richmond, as well as the Urban Districts of Barnes and Ham.

In 1932 the Barnes Urban District was upgraded to a Municipal Borough. In the following year most of Ham was incorporated in the Municipal Borough of Richmond. These administrative changes did not lead to any immediate change in the constituency boundaries.

In the redistribution of parliamentary seats, which took effect in 1950, this constituency was not significantly changed. It was defined in the Representation of the People Act 1948 as comprising the Municipal Boroughs of Barnes and Richmond. There were some minor boundary changes to the two Municipal Boroughs, which affected the parliamentary seat from 1964 (see S.I. 1960/465).

Although incorporated in Greater London from 1974, the redistribution of parliamentary seats which took effect in 1974 did not change the constituency boundaries. It did however recast the definition of the boundaries, which set the constituency as comprising the following wards of the London Borough: Barnes, East Sheen, Ham, Petersham, Kew, Mortlake, Palewell, Richmond Hill and Richmond Town.

Members of Parliament

	Member^[2]	Party
1918	Clifford Blackburn Edgar	Unionist
1922	Harry Thomas Alfred Becker	Independent Unionist
1923	Harry Thomas Alfred Becker	Unionist
1924	Sir Newton Moore	Unionist
1932 by-election	Sir William Ray	Conservative
1937 by-election	George Harvie-Watt	Conservative
1959	Anthony Royle	Conservative
1983	constituency abolished: see Richmond & Barnes

Elections

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Richmond, Surrey^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Clifford Blackburn Edgar	8,364	47.4	n/a
	Independent	Norah Dacre Fox	3,615	20.4	n/a
	Liberal	R. James Morrison	3,491	19.7	n/a
	Independent	William Walter Crotch	2,220	12.5	n/a
Majority			4,749	27.0	n/a
Turnout			17,690	53.8	n/a
	Unionist win

endorsed by the Coalition Government

Elections in the 1920s

M. Corbett Ashby

General Election 1922: Richmond (Surrey)^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent Unionist	Harry Thomas Alfred Becker	12,075	50.6	n/a
	Unionist	Clifford Blackburn Edgar	6,032	25.3	-22.1
	Liberal	Margery Irene Corbett Ashby	5,765	24.1	+4.4
Majority			6,043	25.3
Turnout			23,872	68.8
	Independent Unionist gain from Unionist		Swing	n/a

supported by the Anti-Waste League

General Election 1923: Richmond (Surrey)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Harry Thomas Alfred Becker	13,112	63.0	+12.4
	Liberal	Margery Irene Corbett Ashby	7,702	37.0	+12.9
Majority			5,410	26.0	+.07
Turnout			20,814	59.4	-9.4
	Unionist gain from Independent Unionist		Swing	n/a

Sir N. Moore

General Election 1924: Richmond, Surrey^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Hon. Sir Newton James Moore	19,948	76.8	+13.8
	Labour	Herbert Parker	6,034	23.2	n/a
Majority			13,914	53.6	+27.6
Turnout			25,982	72.8	+13.4
	Unionist hold		Swing	n/a

General Election 1929: Richmond, Surrey^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Hon. Sir Newton James Moore	23,148	58.7	-18.1
	Labour	Philip Butler	9,520	24.1	+0.9
	Liberal	William Henry Williamson	6,802	17.2	n/a
Majority			13,628	34.6	-19.0
Turnout			39,470	70.6	-2.2
	Unionist hold		Swing	-9.5

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931: Richmond (Surrey)^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Newton James Moore	35,333	84.5	+25.8
	Labour	John Lamb Thomson	6,460	15.5	-8.6
Majority			28,873	69.0	+34.4
Turnout			41,793	72.0	+1.4
	Unionist hold		Swing	+17.2

Richmond-upon-Thames by-election, 1932^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Sir William Ray	unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Conservative hold		Swing	n/a

General Election 1935: Richmond (Surrey)^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Sir William Ray	30,433	73.5	-11.0
	Labour	Lewis Gassman	10,953	26.5	+11.0
Majority			19,480	47.0	-22.0
Turnout			41,386	69.8	-2.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	n/a

Richmond-upon-Thames by-election, 1937^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	George Steven Harvie-Watt	20,546	72.7	-0.8
	Labour	George Henry Roland Rogers	7,709	27.3	+0.8
Majority			12,837	45.4	-1.6
Turnout			28,255	47.3	-22.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	-0.8

Election in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Richmond (Surrey)^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	George Steven Harvie-Watt	24,085	52.8	-20.7
	Labour	David Stark Murray	15,760	34.5	+8.0
	Liberal	Maj. George Andrew Douglas Gordon	5,029	11.0	/a
	Common Wealth	Lt. Douglas George Horace Frank	753	1.7	n/a
Majority			8,325	18.3	-28.7
Turnout			45,627	76.4	+6.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	-14.3

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: Richmond (Surrey)^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Sir George Steven Harvie-Watt	30,907	57.4	+4.6
	Labour	Karl Thorold Westwood	17,238	32.1	-2.4
	Liberal	David Hedley Ennals	5,634	10.5	-0.5
Majority			13,669	25.3	+7.0
Turnout			53,779	86.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.5

General Election 1951: Richmond (Surrey)^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Sir George Steven Harvie-Watt	30,743	58.7	+1.3
	Labour	Miss Freda White	16,707	31.9	-0.2
	Liberal	David Hedley Ennals	4,933	9.4	-1.1
Majority			14,036	26.8	+1.5
Turnout			52,383	82.8	-3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.7

General Election 1955: Richmond (Surrey)^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Sir George Steven Harvie-Watt	27,628	58.1	-0.6
	Labour	John Stuart Barr	14,673	30.8	-1.1
	Liberal	Miss Eva Mabel Haynes	5,266	11.1	+1.7
Majority			12,955	27.3	+0.5
Turnout			47,567	77.5	-5.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.2

General Election 1959: Richmond (Surrey)^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Anthony Henry Fanshawe Royle	27,161	57.2	-0.9
	Labour	Charles H Archibald	12,975	27.3	-3.5
	Liberal	John Arnold Baker	7,359	15.5	+4.4
Majority			14,186	29.9	+2.6
Turnout			47,495	79.4	+1.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.3

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: Richmond (Surrey)^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Anthony Henry Fanshawe Royle	22,203	50.4	-6.8
	Labour	Alan Charles Brownjohn	14,053	31.9	+4.6
	Liberal	John Arnold Baker	7,800	17.7	+2.2
Majority			8,150	18.5	-11.4
Turnout			44,055	76.5	-2.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	-5.7

General Election 1966: Richmond (Surrey)^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Anthony Henry Fanshawe Royle	21,831	49.5	-0.9
	Labour	David George Boulton	15,608	35.4	+3.5
	Liberal	Peter Miles Trelawney Sheldon-Williams	6,661	15.1	-2.6
Majority			6,223	14.1	-4.4
Turnout			44,100	79.4	+2.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	-2.2

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Richmond upon Thames, Richmond^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Anthony Henry Fanshawe Royle	20,979	51.3	+1.8
	Labour	Antony R. Palmer	12,981	31.7	-3.7
	Liberal	Anthony Stanley Richard Rundle	6,934	17.0	+1.9
Majority			7,998	19.6	+5.5
Turnout			40,894	71.7	-7.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.7

General Election February 1974: Richmond upon Thames, Richmond^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Anthony Henry Fanshawe Royle	19,534	44.3	-7.0
	Liberal	Anthony Stanley Richard Rundle	15,707	35.6	+18.6
	Labour	Antony R. Palmer	8,322	18.8	-12.9
	National Front	Eric Ashley Russell	570	1.3	n/a
Majority			3,827	8.7	-10.9
Turnout			44,133	82.6	+10.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	-12.8

General Election October 1974: Richmond upon Thames, Richmond^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Sir Anthony Henry Fanshawe Royle	17,450	43.2	-1.1
	Liberal	Alan John Watson	13,235	32.7	-2.9
	Labour	Robert Graham Marshall-Andrews	8,714	21.6	+2.8
	National Front	Eric Ashley Russell	1,000	2.5	+1.2
Majority			4,215	10.5	+1.8
Turnout			40,399	75.1	-7.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.9

General Election 1979: Richmond upon Thames, Richmond^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Sir Anthony Henry Fanshawe Royle	19,294	46.7	+3.5
	Liberal	Alan John Watson	16,764	40.5	+7.8
	Labour	Julian Filochowski	4,692	11.3	-10.3
	Independent	Kenneth George King	315	0.8	n/a
	National Front	Mrs. Patricia Murphy	244	0.6	-1.9
	Libertarian Party	* David Dean Wedgwood	34	0.1	n/a
Majority			2,530	6.2	-4.3
Turnout			41,343	81.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	-2.0

endorsed by the English National Party of Frank Hansford-Miller

References

↑ "Boundary Commission for England", Second Periodical Report, Cmnd. 4084, p. 24.
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 1)
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, ed. F. W. S. Craig, 3rd edition, Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1983, p. 223; Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench 1919, p/ .
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, ed. F. W. S. Craig, 3rd edition, Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1983, p. 223; Return of Election Expenses (HC 2 1924), p. 33.
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, ed. F. W. S. Craig, 3rd edition, Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1983, p. 223; Return of Election Expenses (HC 151 1924), p. 33.
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, ed. F. W. S. Craig, 3rd edition, Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1983, p. 223; Return of Election Expenses (HC 1 1926), p. 31.
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, ed. F. W. S. Craig, 3rd edition, Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1983, p. 223; Return of Election Expenses (HC 114 1929-30), p. 33.
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, ed. F. W. S. Craig, 3rd edition, Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1983, p. 223; Return of Election Expenses (HC 109 1931-32), p. 28.
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, ed. F. W. S. Craig, 3rd edition, Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1983, p. 223.
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, ed. F. W. S. Craig, 3rd edition, Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1983, p. 223; Return of Election Expenses (HC 150 1935-36), p. 29.
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, ed. F. W. S. Craig, 3rd edition, Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1983, p. 223.
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, ed. F. W. S. Craig, 3rd edition, Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1983, p. 223; Return of Election Expenses (HC 128 1945-46), p. 39.
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, ed. F. W. S. Craig, 2nd edition, Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1983, p. 249; Return of Election Expenses (HC 146 1950), p. 37.
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, ed. F. W. S. Craig, 2nd edition, Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1983, p. 249; Return of Election Expenses (HC 210 1951-52), p. 30.
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, ed. F. W. S. Craig, 2nd edition, Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1983, p. 249; Return of Election Expenses (HC 141 1955-56), p. 30.
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, ed. F. W. S. Craig, 2nd edition, Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1983, p. 249; Return of Election Expenses (HC 173 1959-60), p. 31.
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, ed. F. W. S. Craig, 2nd edition, Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1983, p. 249; Return of Election Expenses (HC 220 1964-65), p. 33.
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, ed. F. W. S. Craig, 2nd edition, Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1983, p. 249; Return of Election Expenses (HC 162 1966-67), p. 13.
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, ed. F. W. S. Craig, 2nd edition, Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1983, p. 249; Return of Election Expenses (HC 305 1970-71), p. 14.
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1974-1983, ed. F. W. S. Craig, Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1984, p. 38; Return of Election Expenses (HC 69 1974-75), p. 16.
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1974-1983, ed. F. W. S. Craig, Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1984, p. 38; Return of Election Expenses (HC 478 1974-75), p. 15.
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1974-1983, ed. F. W. S. Craig, Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, 1984, p. 38; Return of Election Expenses (HC 374 1979-80), p. 19.

Sources

Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1977)

Historic constituencies in London

1974

London Borough of Richmond upon Thames

Districts	Barnes East Sheen Fulwell Ham Hampton Hampton Hill Hampton Wick Kew Mortlake Petersham Richmond St Margarets Strawberry Hill Teddington Twickenham Whitton

Railway stations	Barnes Barnes Bridge Fulwell Hampton Hampton Wick Kew Gardens Mortlake North Sheen Richmond St Margarets Strawberry Hill Teddington Twickenham Whitton

River Thames bridges, islands and river services	Bridges Benn's Island Corporation Island Eel Pie Island Glover's Island Platts Eyot Swan Island Tagg's Island Trowlock Island Hammerton's Ferry Hampton Ferry Kew Pier Richmond Lock Teddington Lifeboat Station Teddington Lock former Twickenham Ferry

Other rivers and streams	Beverley Brook River Crane Duke of Northumberland's River Longford River Sudbrook and Latchmere stream River Thames

Sports venues	Athletic Ground, Richmond Barn Elms Playing Fields The Championship Course Cricket clubs and grounds Golf clubs and courses Hampton Pool The Lensbury Pools on the Park Royal Tennis Court, Hampton Court Teddington Pools and Fitness Centre Thames Young Mariners Twickenham Stadium Twickenham Stoop former Ranelagh Club former Richmond Ice Rink

Events	Annual sports events Hampton Court Palace Festival Hampton Court Palace Flower Show IRB Rugby Aid Match

Breweries and pubs	Britannia, Richmond The Bull's Head The Crown, Twickenham Dysart Arms The Fox, Twickenham Hare and Hounds, Sheen Jolly Coopers, Hampton Old Ship, Richmond Park Hotel, Teddington Richmond Brewery Stores Sun Inn, Barnes Twickenham Fine Ales Watney Combe & Reid White Cross, Richmond The White Swan, Twickenham‎

Theatres, cinemas and music venues	The Bull's Head Crawdaddy Club Olympic Studios Orange Tree Theatre Puppet Theatre Barge Richmond Theatre TwickFolk Wathen Hall former Eel Pie Island Hotel

Film and recording studios	Astoria The Boathouse, Twickenham Eel Pie Studios Olympic Studios Teddington Studios Twickenham Film Studios

Media and publishing	Richmond and Twickenham Times former Gaydar Radio former Hogarth Press

Historical royal palaces	Hampton Court Palace Kew Palace Richmond Palace

Other places of interest	123 Mortlake High Street 18 Station Road, Barnes 70 Barnes High Street Asgill House Brinsworth House Bushy House Chapel House Chapel in the Wood Clarence House Diana Fountain, Bushy Park Doughty House Douglas House Downe House East Sheen Filling Station Fulwell bus garage Garrick's Temple to Shakespeare Garrick's Villa Grove House, Hampton Ham House Hampton Youth Project Harrods Furniture Depository Hogarth House The Homestead, Barnes King's Observatory Kneller Hall Langham House Langham House Close Latchmere House Lichfield Court Marble Hill House Montrose House The Naked Ladies National Physical Laboratory Normansfield Theatre The Old Court House Ormeley Lodge Pembroke Lodge Pope's Grotto Poppy Factory The Queen's Beasts Royal Military School of Music Royal Star and Garter Home St Leonard's Court Strawberry Hill House Sudbrook House and Park The Terrace, Barnes Thatched House Lodge University Boat Race Stones Victoria Working Men's Club West Hall, Kew White Lodge The Wick Wick House Yelverton Lodge York House

History	Adana Printing Machines Admiralty Research Laboratory Alcott House Ashe baronets Barnes rail crash Camp Griffiss Cross Deep House GHQ Liaison Regiment Hampton Court Conference Kew Letters Mortlake Tapestry Works Mount Ararat, Richmond Murder of Amélie Delagrange Murder of Julia Martha Thomas Petersham Hole Pocock baronets Pope's villa Radnor House Richmond Flyers Richmond, Petersham and Ham Open Spaces Act 1902 Ringway 2 Sheen Priory Star and Garter Hotel, Richmond Towpath murders Treaty of Hampton Court (1562) Twickenham Park Vandeput baronets Warren-Lambert Wigan baronets

Parliamentary constituencies	Richmond Park Twickenham former Richmond and Barnes former Richmond (Surrey)

Other topics	Almshouses Archives, museums and art galleries Cemeteries, crematoria and memorials Grade I listed buildings Grade II* listed buildings Hospitals Local government People Places of worship Public art Schools, colleges and universities Sports clubs

Parks, open spaces and nature reserves in Richmond upon Thames

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