Election result: Richmond Park

Millionaire Zac Goldsmith has secured a victory for the Conservatives in Richmond Park with a seven per cent swing from the Liberal Democrats.

Mr Goldsmith, the 35-year-old son of the late financier, Sir James Goldsmith, received 29,461 votes, 49.7 per cent of votes and 10 per cent higher tha n at the previous election.

Susan Kramer for the Liberal Democrats, who have held the seat since 1997, received 25,370 votes, 42.8 per cent of the share and a 3.8 per cent drop from the 2005 election.

Labour’s Eleanor Tunnicliffe trailed far behind with only 2,979 votes and a five per cent share of the vote.

The polling stations had a high turn out with 76.9 per cent voting.

Richmond Park was one of 23 key marginals the Tories had earmarked to win.

All the results from the key constituencies on our Election 2010 page