His father, a former MEP, founded his own political party and stood as an MP. His mother has a London nightclub named after her. Who is the Conservative MP for Richmond Park, first elected at the 2010 General Election?
"and very significant policy differences with the current government mean that I am unable properly to represent the people who elected me"". In the Richmond Park by-election that was held one week before the Sleaford vote, the Liberal Democrats won the seat from former Conservative MP Zac Goldsmith on a substantial swing. The Conservative campaign started on 5 November, with a candidate to be chosen on 10 November. Caroline Johnson, a consultant paediatrician, was selected following a hustings. She stood in Scunthorpe at the 2010 General Election. At least four individuals put themselves forth to be UKIP's candidate: the Lincolnshire"
"sister, Kate Rothschild and his brother Ben Goldsmith had been married until 2012. Goldsmith, a backgammon and poker player, also pursues other sporting interests including cricket. He and his family live in Barnes. Zac Goldsmith Frank Zacharias Robin Goldsmith (born 20 January 1975) is a British politician and journalist serving as the Member of Parliament for Richmond Park since 2017, after previously holding the seat between 2010 and 2016. He was the Conservative Party candidate at the 2016 London mayoral election, which he lost to Sadiq Khan of the Labour Party. Ideologically characterised as having liberal and libertarian views, he"
"Zac Goldsmith Frank Zacharias Robin Goldsmith (born 20 January 1975) is a British politician and journalist serving as the Member of Parliament for Richmond Park since 2017, after previously holding the seat between 2010 and 2016. He was the Conservative Party candidate at the 2016 London mayoral election, which he lost to Sadiq Khan of the Labour Party. Ideologically characterised as having liberal and libertarian views, he is known for his environmentalist and localist beliefs. Born in London, the son of billionaire businessman and financier Sir James Goldsmith, he was educated at Eton College and the Cambridge Centre for Sixth-form"
"at Heathrow Airport. His resignation triggered a by-election in the Richmond Park constituency in which Goldsmith stood as an independent candidate. He was defeated by Sarah Olney of the Liberal Democrats. After Theresa May called a snap general election in April 2017, to be held on 8 June 2017, Goldsmith was reselected as the Conservative Party candidate for Richmond Park and won with a narrow majority of forty-five votes. Born at Westminster Hospital in London, Goldsmith is the middle child of Sir James Goldsmith, a member of the Jewish Goldsmith family of German Jewish and French descent, and his third"
"up by his late father. Goldsmith responded, in a statement about the suggestion of tax avoidance, that he has ""always chosen to be tax resident in the UK"" and virtually all his income was paid into British banks. Of non-dom status as a result of his late father's international status, Goldsmith added that he had already instructed his accountants to relinquish it of his own volition by early 2009. Goldsmith defeated the Liberal Democrat MP Susan Kramer in Richmond Park at the 2010 general election; he saw a 7% swing in the vote go to him. The election resulted in"
"Richard Graham (politician) Richard Michael John Ogilvie Graham (born 4 April 1958) is a British Conservative Party politician, who was first elected at the 2010 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Gloucester. The grandson of the cricketer and British Army officer Ogilvie Graham, Graham was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford where he was an exhibitioner in Modern History. Whilst at Oxford University, he was a Cadet with the Oxford University Air Squadron. Graham has played international squash and still plays cricket for Gloucester City Winget Cricket Club and the Gloucestershire Over 50s. Graham was previously"
"of the Council. Richmond Park, the constituency which includes Mortlake, had changed from Liberal Democrat to Conservative in the 2010 general election, was recaptured by the Liberal Democrats in the 2016 by-election, and finally reverted to Conservative MP Zac Goldsmith in the 2017 general election by a margin of only 45 votes. The London Assembly constituency South West, which includes Mortlake, is represented by former local councillor Tony Arbour (Conservative). The place-name 'Mortlake' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as ""Mortelaga"" and ""Mortelage"", a name with two possible derivations. If the second element is"
"negotiations. Simon is married to Elizabeth and has six children. He supports Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club and is an honorary vice-president of Whitehawk Football Club in his former constituency. News articles Simon Kirby Simon Gerard Kirby (born 22 December 1964), also known as Simon Radford-Kirby, is a British Conservative Party politician. He was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brighton Kemptown in 2010. In July 2016, he was appointed Economic Secretary to the Treasury and City Minister. He lost his seat in the 2017 general election. Kirby was born in Hastings, Sussex in 1964. He attended"
"They have four children. Mark Pawsey Mark Julian Francis Pawsey (born 16 January 1957) is an English Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Rugby since the 2010 general election. His father, Jim Pawsey, was Member of Parliament for Rugby from 1979 to 1983 and then for Rugby and Kenilworth from 1983 to 1997, when he lost the seat in the general election to Labour's Andy King. Mark Pawsey grew up in Binley Woods, England, and was educated at Lawrence Sheriff School in Rugby. He later attended Reading University, where he earned a degree in"
"Studies. In 1998, his uncle Edward Goldsmith made him editor of ""The Ecologist"", a position he retained until 2007. Goldsmith was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Quality of Life Policy Group in 2005, co-authoring its report published in 2007. Goldsmith was placed on the Conservative ""A-List"" of potential candidates in 2006, and then in March 2007, he was selected through an open primary to contest the constituency of Richmond Park against the incumbent Liberal Democrat MP, Susan Kramer. At the 2010 general election, he was elected to Parliament winning the seat with a majority of 4,091 votes. At the"
"Richmond Park (UK Parliament constituency) Richmond Park is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom since 2017 by Zac Goldsmith, of the Conservative Party. The seat has been relative to others an ultra-marginal seat and swing seat since 2015 as its winner's majority has not exceeded 4.5% of the vote since the 38.9% majority won in that year. The seat has changed hands twice since that year as it saw a by-election in 2016 which was won by a Liberal Democrat as were previous elections from its 1997 creation until 2015. Richmond Park constituency"
"been split between the two constituencies after ward boundaries were changed in 2002. The public consultation on proposed changes across the boroughs of Kingston and Richmond received 11 submissions, of which ten were in support. The new boundaries came into effect at the 2010 general election. Richmond Park (UK Parliament constituency) Richmond Park is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom since 2017 by Zac Goldsmith, of the Conservative Party. The seat has been relative to others an ultra-marginal seat and swing seat since 2015 as its winner's majority has not exceeded 4.5% of"
"Susan Kramer, Baroness Kramer Susan Veronica Kramer, Baroness Kramer, PC (""née"" Richards; born 21 July 1950) is a British Liberal Democrat politician. She was Member of Parliament (MP) for Richmond Park from 2005 to 2010, prior to that having a career in infrastructure finance and in 2000 having been a candidate in the London mayoral election. Susan Veronica Richards was born in Holborn, London, on 22 July 1950. She was educated at St Paul's Girls' School, an independent school in London. She then attended St Hilda's College, University of Oxford, where she read Philosophy, Politics and Economics. She served as"
"Ian Liddell-Grainger Ian Richard Peregrine Liddell-Grainger (born 23 February 1959) is a Conservative Party politician and former property developer. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bridgwater between the 2001 general election and 2010 and has been the MP for the Bridgwater and West Somerset constituency since 2010. He is a great-great-great-grandson of Queen Victoria. Liddell-Grainger was born on 23 February 1959 in Edinburgh to David Liddell-Grainger and Anne Liddell-Grainger (née Abel Smith). He was privately educated at Wellesley House School in the coastal town of Broadstairs in Kent and Millfield School in the town of Street in Somerset,"
"in Theresa May's leadership. Clarke lives in the market town of Guisborough, which is close to Middlesbrough, and London. He is married to Hannah and they have a young son. Simon Clarke (politician) Simon Richard Clarke (born 28 September 1984) is a British Conservative Party politician who is the Member of Parliament for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland. He was elected in the 2017 general election held on 8 June. Clarke was born in North Tees Hospital and grew up in the village of Marton. His parents Richard and Jill Clarke were a solicitor and stay-at-home mum. He was privately"
"into Ian Paisley's conduct in respect to an undeclared trip to Sri Lanka. The Member of Parliament since the 2010 general election is Ian Paisley Jr of the Democratic Unionist Party. He succeeded his father, the Rev. Dr. Ian Paisley, who was initially elected in the 1970 general election as a member of the Protestant Unionist Party but since 1971 has sat for the Democratic Unionist Party. North Antrim has had comparatively few MPs in its lifetime compared to other parliamentary constituencies. Sir Hugh O'Neill had sat for one of the predecessor seats of Mid Antrim between 1915 and 1922"
"about how you vote and how you advise constituents to vote, you must make them aware of the attempt by Israelis and by pro-Israelis to influence the election.” At the 2010 General Election, he lost his seat to Jane Ellison of the Conservative Party. He lives in Battersea with his wife Sara (married July 2008) and his two stepdaughters. His first wife, Kathy, with whom he had two children (now grown-up) died in 1995.<br> His Great Grandfather was the inaugural Bishop of Riverina. Martin Linton John Martin Linton (born 11 August 1944) is a British Labour Party politician, who was"
"Henry Smith (British politician) Henry Edward Millar Smith (born 14 May 1969) is an English Conservative Party politician and former property developer. He was Leader of West Sussex County Council from 2003 to 2010. He is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Crawley, having been first elected in the 2010 general election. Smith was born on 14 May 1969 in Epsom, Surrey. He was privately educated at Chinthurst School, Tadworth, Surrey – at the time a boys' preparatory school – then at Frensham Heights School, a co-educational independent school in Farnham in Surrey, followed by University College London, where he"
"is believed to deny them. On 5 November 2017, a spokesperson for 10 Downing Street said that following a conversation with Poulter, the Conservative party chief whip had referred the MP to the party's disciplinary committee for further investigation over allegations of ""misconduct and inappropriate behaviour."" He was cleared of inappropriate behaviour claims in March 2018. Dan Poulter Daniel Leonard James Poulter (born 30 October 1978) is a British Conservative Party politician, who was elected at the 2010 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich. Poulter is a Physician and served as a"
"was created in 1997 from Richmond and Barnes and a northern tranche of the Kingston upon Thames seat. Jeremy Hanley, MP for Richmond and Barnes, was selected as the Conservative candidate for the seat's first election but lost to Jenny Tonge (Liberal Democrat). The seat was held by the Liberal Democrats until 2010, when it was gained by Zac Goldsmith, a Conservative. In the 2016 referendum on the UK's membership of the European Union, the constituency is estimated to have voted to remain in the European Union by 72%. On 25 October 2016, Zac Goldsmith announced his resignation as the"
"Mark Pawsey Mark Julian Francis Pawsey (born 16 January 1957) is an English Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Rugby since the 2010 general election. His father, Jim Pawsey, was Member of Parliament for Rugby from 1979 to 1983 and then for Rugby and Kenilworth from 1983 to 1997, when he lost the seat in the general election to Labour's Andy King. Mark Pawsey grew up in Binley Woods, England, and was educated at Lawrence Sheriff School in Rugby. He later attended Reading University, where he earned a degree in estate management. In 1982,"
"Richmond (Yorks) (UK Parliament constituency) Richmond (Yorks) is a constituency in North Yorkshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since May 2015 by Rishi Sunak, a Conservative. The constituency presents itself as a safe seat for the Conservative Party, having held it continuously since 1910 (if including the 11 years by the allied Unionist Party from 1918), and in the 2010 general election, Richmond produced the largest numerical and percentage majority for a Conservative, 62.8% of the vote. The Conservative MP and one-time Party leader, William Hague, held the seat from a by-election in 1989 until"
"Cymru selected their candidates. Parties in Northern Ireland were not believed to have already selected candidates due to the Assembly elections in March. Former employment minister Esther McVey was selected to contest Tatton. Zac Goldsmith was adopted as the candidate for Richmond Park, having lost the 2016 by-election as an independent in protest against the form of the Government's chosen expert's recommended Heathrow expansion. He served as the seat's Conservative MP 2010–2016. Ken Clarke, the Father of the House of Commons, had said he would retire in 2020 and so stood again in the 2017 election, leaving it open for"
"planner. Sarah Olney Sarah Jane Olney ( McGibbon; born 1977) is a British Liberal Democrat politician and an accountant. She was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Richmond Park for six months from a by-election in December 2016 to the general election in June 2017, having won the seat from the Conservatives. Olney was born in Surrey. She was educated at All Hallows Catholic School in Farnham and then studied English Literature at King's College London. Olney is a qualified accountant. She worked as an accountant at Barclays, Arts & Business, Distilled Ltd, SCi Sales Group and the National Physical"
"Stott, former wife of George Henry Child Villiers, Viscount Villiers, d.1998) and had one son, one son by a previous marriage and one step daughter. He is a member of Mensa. Times Guide to the House of Commons 1997 Jeremy Hanley Sir Jeremy James Hanley, KCMG (born 17 November 1945), is a politician and chartered accountant from the United Kingdom. He served as the Chairman of the Conservative Party from 1994 to 1995, and as a member of parliament (MP) representing the constituency of Richmond and Barnes from 1983 to 1997. Hanley was educated at Rugby School, and began his"
"Victoria Atkins Victoria Mary Atkins (born 22 March 1976) is a barrister, now a British Conservative Party Member of Parliament. She was first elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Louth and Horncastle in the May 2015 general election. Atkins was born on 22 March 1976 in London. She is the daughter of Sir Robert Atkins, a former Conservative MP and MEP. She was privately educated at the Arnold School, a co-educational independent school in Blackpool in Lancashire, followed by Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where she studied law. Atkins was called to the bar (Middle Temple) in 1998. She"
"Stephen Phillips (politician) Stephen James Phillips (born 9 March 1970) is a British Conservative Party politician, barrister and recorder (part-time Crown Court judge). He represented the constituency of Sleaford and North Hykeham as its Member of Parliament (MP) from 2010 until his resignation. On 4 November 2016, he announced that he was standing down with immediate effect, owing to his irreconcilable policy differences with the government. Stephen Phillips was born in London on 9 March 1970, the son of Stewart Charles Phillips, a civil servant, and his wife Janice Frances ""née"" Woodhall. He attended St. Mary's and Hardye's School prior"
"schools. In 2006, Pelling married Lucy. They have since separated after allegations of assault. Andrew Pelling Andrew John Pelling (born 20 August 1959) is a British politician. First elected as a Conservative he was an independent Member of Parliament for Croydon Central and on 30 March 2010 announced his intention to contest the seat as an Independent at the 2010 general election, but lost the seat to his former party. He was also a member of the London Assembly for Croydon and Sutton and a councillor in Croydon. Pelling has since become a member of the Labour Party, in February"
"the use of local pubs. Morris was opposed to Brexit prior to the 2016 referendum. James Morris (British politician) James George Morris (born 4 February 1967) is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom who was first elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Halesowen and Rowley Regis in West Midlands, England at the 2010 general election. He has served on the Communities and Local Government Select Committee since his election. Morris was born on 4 February 1967 in Nottingham and grew up in Nottinghamshire. He has roots in the Black Country: his grandfather worked in the Halesowen"
"May 2018 he purchased a £5.625 million property on Cowley Street, behind Westminster Abbey, fuelling speculation about his leadership ambitions. Jacob Rees-Mogg Jacob William Rees-Mogg (born 24 May 1969) is a British politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Somerset since the general election of 2010. A member of the Conservative Party, he has been characterised as socially conservative. Rees-Mogg was born in Hammersmith, London, and educated at Eton College. He then studied History at Trinity College, Oxford, and was President of the Oxford University Conservative Association. He worked in the City of London for Lloyd"
"residence at Wasing Place on 8 December 1930. Sir William Mount, 1st Baronet Sir William Arthur Mount, 1st Baronet CBE DL (Hartley, Hampshire, 3 August 1866 – 8 December 1930) was a British Conservative Party politician and Member of Parliament for the Newbury constituency. He is the great-grandfather of Conservative politician David Cameron, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2016. The eldest son of William George Mount of Wasing Place, Berkshire and wife Marianne Emily Clutterbuck, he was educated at Eton College and New College, Oxford where he achieved honours in classics and modern history."
"seat's MP in protest against the Conservative government's decision to allow a third runway to be built at Heathrow Airport. Goldsmith stood as an Independent candidate in the by-election held on 1 December, but was defeated by Sarah Olney, a Liberal Democrat, after the Conservative Party decided not to put forward its own candidate. This was the first by-election in the constituency since its creation in 1997. On 22 April 2017, Goldsmith won the Conservative nomination for Richmond Park and stood in the general election on 8 June, in which Olney also stood for re-election. Despite having the largest vote"
"had become known that the affair had involved approaches by Smith to more than one MP, the Prime Minister backed Lewis by asserting that ""The breaking of the pair was done in error. It wasn't good enough and will not be repeated."" Julian Smith (politician) Julian Richard Smith PC (born 30 August 1971) is a British Conservative Party politician serving as Chief Whip of the Conservative Party since 2017, and has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Skipton and Ripon since 2010. In 2010, Smith was elected as MP with 27,685 votes (50.6% of the votes cast); giving him"