Tom Randall (politician)

Tom Randall
Official portrait, 2020
Member of Parliament
for Gedling
Assumed office
12 December 2019
Preceded byVernon Coaker
Majority679 (1.4%)
Personal details
Born
Thomas William Randall

(1981-07-04) 4 July 1981 (age 42)
Arnold, Nottinghamshire, England
Political partyConservative
Residence(s)Arnold, Nottinghamshire
EducationRedhill Academy
Alma materUniversity of Oxford
Websitewww.tomforgedling.com

Thomas William Randall (born 4 July 1981) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Gedling since the 2019 general election. Randall is a member of the 1922 Committee.

Early life

Randall was born and grew up in Arnold, Nottinghamshire, where he attended Redhill Academy. He studied law at Oxford University, going on to practise as a solicitor for two years. He worked for a professional membership body 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.

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. This made the seat one of the most marginal in the country.

Electoral history

2019 general election

General election 2019: Gedling
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

Canary Wharf (2) 2018
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

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