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 (1918)–1983 (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.
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