UK Explained

Richmond Park

Represented in Parliament by Sarah Olney (Liberal Democrat). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

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Your MP at a glance

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How Richmond Park compares

Every dot is one of the 631 areas that have figures. The large red dot is this area; green dots are areas like it.

TYPICAL FULL-TIME PAY, A WEEK

This area is 9 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £1,062£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 177 areas and lower than 471.

UK 3.9%This area 2.5%0.0%12.0%

Areas like this one

The three areas with the closest pay and claimant rate. This says nothing about politics or geography.

AreaWeekly payClaimants
Richmond Park£1,0622.5%
Twickenham£1,0802.6%
Cities of London and Westminster£1,0663.0%
Bromley and Biggin Hill£1,0193.2%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

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Who lives in Richmond Park

From the 2021 Census, next to the figure for England and Wales as a whole. Census day was 21 March 2021, so some things will have changed.

About the areaThis areaEngland and WalesCompared
Number of people111,48759,597,740 in total
Aged under 1621%18%2 points higher
Aged 65 and over16%19%3 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher64%34%30 points higher
Households that own their home60%62%3 points lower
Households renting from a council or housing association13%17%5 points lower
Households renting privately28%20%7 points higher

Source: ONS, Census 2021 (England and Wales), via the UK Data Service statistics portal. Fetched 2026-10-04. These describe who lives here. They do not explain how anyone votes.

WINNER, 2024
Sarah Olney

Liberal Democrat

MAJORITY
17,155

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
69%

of people who could vote did

Sarah Olney won with 55% of the votes, and Sara Gezdari (Conservative) came second with 22%.

Votes for each party

Liberal Democrat55% · 28,528
Conservative22% · 11,373
Labour10% · 5,048
Reform UK6% · 3,258
Green Party5% · 2,728
The Mitre TW91% · 349
Everyone else0% · 233
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Sarah OlneyLiberal Democrat28,52855.4%
Sara GezdariConservative11,37322.1%
Laura CorytonLabour5,0489.8%
Michael HearnReform UK3,2586.3%
Chas WarlowGreen Party2,7285.3%
Chris FrenchThe Mitre TW93490.7%
Richard HarrisonSocial Democratic Party2330.5%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£1,062 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
2.5%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

Updated 4 Oct 2026