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?
United Kingdom by-election records is unusual for a political party which has not contested a seat at a general election to take it at a subsequent by-election. Many of the parties which have done so were founded after the general election. Independent candidates are not included. Notes: Notes: The Conservatives declined to run a candidate in the Richmond Park by-election, 2016, instead backing Conservative incumbent Zac Goldsmith, who was designated as an Independent. The Conservatives, Liberal Democrats, UKIP, and Green Party declined to run candidates in the Batley and Spen by-election, 2016, due to the circumstances regarding the killing of the previous MP, Jo
Richmond Park (UK Parliament constituency) 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