I councillor Nancy Baldwin being the
returning officer for the Richmond Park
constituency declared that the total
number of votes given to each candidate
is as follows Goldsmith Frank Zacharias
commonly known as Zac Goldsmith the
Conservative Party candidate 26,000 793
King sander gay Labour Party 3407 only
Sarah Jane Liberal Democrats 34,500
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only sarah-jane Liberal Democrats 34,000
559 ha Caroline Teresa independent 247
uh sure John Richard independent 61 the
total number of ballot papers rejected
was 173 the reasons for rejection were
well logistics there that is a
remarkable result when you look at the
size of the vote that the Lib Dems have
garnered there in Richmond Park the Zac
Goldsmith the MP since 2017 and was the
MP between 2010 and 2016 who attends
cabinet as Minister for the environment
an ex London mayoral candidate well he's
been very heavily defeated really there
when you think of the balance of the
votes here Lib Dem Sarah only who is the
former MP the MP here from between 2016
and 17 well she's been reelected in
Richmond path for the Lib Dems on what
will be for them a fantastically
encouraging result now look at the share
of the vote he'd to see how strongly the
Lib Dems have performed in this part of
South West London a very affluent part
of South West London 53% of the votes to
the Lib Dems 41% to the Tories which
means that the Lib Dems are put on eight
percentage points since 2017 and the
Tories are down four and Labour a down
force or a very interesting just a
balance of the vote so when you look at
the swing from the Conservatives to the
Lib Dems of 6% so one of the wealthiest
constituencies in the UK without the
dirt and this rematch has resulted in a
big game to the Lib Dems