Tom Randall | |
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 Official portrait, 2020 | |
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Member of Parliament for Gedling | |
| Assumed office 12 December 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Vernon Coaker |
| Majority | 679 (1.4%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Thomas William Randall 4 July 1981 Arnold, Nottinghamshire, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Residence(s) | Arnold, Nottinghamshire [1] |
| Education | Redhill Academy |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford |
| Website |
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Thomas William Randall [2] (born 4 July 1981) [3] [4] is a British Conservative Party politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Gedling since the 2019 general election. [5] Randall is a member of the 1922 Committee.
Early life
Randall was born and grew up in Arnold, Nottinghamshire, where he attended Redhill Academy. [6] He studied law at Oxford University, [7] going on to practise as a solicitor for two years. [6] He worked for a professional membership body[ clarification needed] [7] before becoming an MP. He was diagnosed with Ankylosing spondylitis at the age of 16.
Political career
Randall contested the local government election in 2018 for Tower Hamlets but fell seven votes short of winning one of the two Canary Wharf seats. [8]
Randall was selected to contest the Gedling seat by the Conservative Party for the 2019 general election. He went on to defeat the sitting Labour MP Vernon Coaker and win the seat with a majority of 1.4%, or 679 votes. [5] This made the seat one of the most marginal in the country. [6]
Electoral history
2019 general election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Tom Randall | 22,718 | 45.5 | +2.6 | |
| Labour | Vernon Coaker | 22,039 | 44.1 | -7.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Anita Prabhakar | 2,279 | 4.6 | +2.5 | |
| Brexit Party | Graham Hunt | 1,820 | 3.6 | +3.6 | |
| Green | Jim Norris | 1,097 | 2.2 | +1.2 | |
| Majority | 679 | 1.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 52,164 | 69.9 | -2.6 | ||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +5.2 | |||
2018 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council elections
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Andrew Wood | 983 | |||
| Labour | Kyrsten Perry | 760 | |||
| Labour | Anisur Anis | 758 | |||
| Conservative | Tom Randall | 754 | |||
| Aspire | Mohammed Talukdar | 700 | |||
| Aspire | Helen Begum | 456 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Kevin Lyons | 315 | |||
| PATH | Yusuf Ahmed | 236 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Gareth Shelton | 222 | |||
| Green | Andrew Grey | 215 | |||
| Independent | Natasha Bolter | 141 | |||
| Green | Alasdair Blackwell | 137 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 12 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,101 | 33.8 | |||
| Registered electors | 9,150 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour gain from Tower Hamlets First | |||||
References
- ^ Randall, Tom (7 April 2020). "Becoming an MP during a pandemic: Gedling's new representative writes for Nottinghamshire Live". Nottingham Post. Reach. Archived from the original on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- ^ "Members Sworn". Hansard. UK Parliament. 18 December 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
- ^ The Times guide to the House of Commons 2019 : the definitive record of Britain's historic 2019 General Election. Glasgow: Times Books. 2020. p. 204. ISBN 978-0-00-839258-1.
- ^ Sandeman, Kit (2 March 2020). "'I still go and stand in the House of Commons Chamber when it's empty, and just take it in': Gedling's new MP Tom Randall reflects on a whirlwind few months". Gedling Eye. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ a b c "Gedling parliamentary constituency". BBC News. 13 December 2019. Archived from the original on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- ^ a b c Reid, Ben (14 December 2019). "Conservative MP who took Gedling after 22 years of Labour wants more business in the borough". Nottingham Post. Reach. Archived from the original on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ a b "Gedling Conservatives select Tom Randall as candidate to take on Labour's Vernon Coaker in next election". Gedling Eye. 9 August 2019. Archived from the original on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
- ^ Randall, Tom [@Tom_Randall] (5 May 2018). "Congratulations to @Andrewwood17 and @going4golds on their re-election. My disappointment at falling 7 votes short from taking the second Canary Wharf seat is tempered by pride in working with such a fantastic group of @THConservatives members on a positive campaign" ( Tweet). Archived from the original on 18 December 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2020 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Election results for Canary Wharf, 3 May 2018". Tower Hamlets Council. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2018.