Tom Randall (politician)
# Tom Randall (politician)

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 | 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 | Majority | Majority | 679 | 1.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 52,164 | 69.9 | -2.6 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +5.2 | |

### 2018 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council elections

Canary Wharf (2) 2018 :

| Party | 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 | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 12 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,101 | 33.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,150 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Tower Hamlets First | Labour gain from Tower Hamlets First | | |
