Richmond Park
London · Borough constituency
About the Richmond Park constituency
Richmond Park is a borough constituency in London. The sitting MP is Sarah Olney (Liberal Democrat), first elected in December 2019. At the 2024 general election, the Liberal Democrats won with 54.6% to 21.8% for the Conservatives, a majority of 17,155 votes on a 69.6% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has the Liberal Democrats on 48.4% and the Conservatives on 24.1%, a margin of 24.3 points.
Who lives in Richmond Park? Constituency demographics
From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.
How did Richmond Park vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?
2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.
2024 general election
Current projection
Map of Richmond Park
Switch between GE2024 ward winners (modelled estimates, ~4pp average error) and a demographic view from the 2021 Census. Hover any area for detail. How the map is built ›
Richmond Park within Richmond upon Thames and Kingston upon Thames
Richmond Park crosses council boundaries: Richmond upon Thames (69%), Kingston upon Thames (31%). The figures below are from the 7 May 2026 council elections where held, otherwise the most recent available ward result. About this layer ›
Council overlap
| Council | Share of seat | Projection |
|---|---|---|
| Richmond upon Thames | 69% | View projection › |
| Kingston upon Thames | 31% | View projection › |
Most recent council ward results
Latest council winner per ward - May 2026 results where the council voted, otherwise the most recent available result. How this table is sourced ›
| Ward | GE2024 winner | Latest council winner | Shift since GE2024 | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnes | Lib Dem 53.7%vs Conservative 25.7% | May 2026 Lib Dem 44.1%vs Conservative 32.7% | Lib Dem share -9.6pp | 51.6% |
| Canbury Gardens | Lib Dem 54.9%vs Conservative 22.0% | May 2026 Lib Dem 50.6%vs Green 14.6% | Lib Dem share -4.2pp | - |
| Coombe Hill | Lib Dem 47.1%vs Conservative 28.9% | May 2026 Conservative 36.0%vs Others 25.2% | Lib Dem→Conservative +18.3pp | - |
| East Sheen | Lib Dem 58.7%vs Conservative 21.7% | May 2026 Lib Dem 52.1%vs Conservative 26.4% | Lib Dem share -6.6pp | 52.0% |
| Ham, Petersham & Richmond Riverside | Lib Dem 58.1%vs Conservative 18.5% | May 2026 Lib Dem 47.5%vs Green 28.0% | Lib Dem share -10.6pp | 52.2% |
| Kew | Lib Dem 58.3%vs Conservative 21.0% | May 2026 Lib Dem 51.4%vs Conservative 25.2% | Lib Dem share -6.9pp | 51.3% |
| Kingston Gate | Lib Dem 55.3%vs Conservative 19.9% | May 2026 Lib Dem 47.5%vs Green 18.8% | Lib Dem share -7.8pp | - |
| Mortlake & Barnes Common | Lib Dem 51.8%vs Conservative 21.7% | May 2026 Lib Dem 39.1%vs Conservative 25.1% | Lib Dem share -12.7pp | 52.0% |
| North Richmond | Lib Dem 58.3%vs Conservative 18.4% | May 2026 Lib Dem 60.5%vs Conservative 15.7% | Lib Dem share +2.3pp | 47.9% |
| South Richmond | Lib Dem 55.4%vs Conservative 22.2% | May 2026 Lib Dem 45.1%vs Conservative 23.8% | Lib Dem share -10.2pp | 50.1% |
| Tudor | Lib Dem 53.9%vs Conservative 26.9% | May 2026 Lib Dem 46.7%vs Conservative 20.2% | Lib Dem share -7.2pp | - |
Projection trajectory
PollCheck's projection for Richmond Park at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.
Who has won Richmond Park at past general elections?
2024 and notional 2019 rows are on current boundaries; 2010-2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time. More on boundaries ›
| Year | Result | MP | Lab | Con | LD | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Con gain from LD | Zac Goldsmith | 5.0% | 49.7% | 42.8% | 4,091 | 76.2% |
| 2015 | Con hold | Zac Goldsmith | 12.3% | 58.2% | 19.3% | 23,015 | 76.5%+0.3 |
| 2017 | Con hold | Zac Goldsmith | 9.1% | 45.1% | 45.1% | 45 | 79.1%+2.6 |
| 2019notional | Liberal Democrat winner | Sarah Olney 2019 MP, pre-review boundary | 5.3% | 40.6% | 53.6% | 7,725 | 78.7%-0.4 |
| 2024 | LD hold | Sarah Olney | 9.7% | 21.8% | 54.6% | 17,155 | 69.6%-9.1 |
Earlier years are on pre-2024 boundaries; comparable results on the new boundary will be added when sourced.
Constituencies most like Richmond Park
Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Richmond Park. Politics shown for context.
- ↑Graduate64.1 / 58.1vs 33.7
- ↓Leave28.7 / 33.3vs 53.2
- ↓No quals8.2 / 9.5vs 18.0
- ↑Graduate64.1 / 60.5vs 33.7
- ↓Leave28.7 / 29.4vs 53.2
- ↓No quals8.2 / 9.9vs 18.0
- ↑Graduate64.1 / 60.3vs 33.7
- ↓Leave28.7 / 30.2vs 53.2
- ↑Private rent27.6 / 33.7vs 20.2
- ↑Graduate64.1 / 56.8vs 33.7
- ↓Leave28.7 / 32.1vs 53.2
- ↓No quals8.2 / 9.8vs 18.0
- ↑Graduate64.1 / 61.5vs 33.7
- ↓Leave28.7 / 22.1vs 53.2
- ↓No quals8.2 / 8.5vs 18.0
What would change this seat?
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Related
Sources
Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›
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- 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
- Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
- Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
- Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
- May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
- Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
- Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
- EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
- MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
- Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
- Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.
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