Zac Goldsmith

Born in London, the son of billionaire businessman and financier Sir James Goldsmith of the Goldsmith family, he was educated at Eton College and the Cambridge Centre for Sixth-form Studies. In 1998, his uncle Edward Goldsmith made him editor of The Ecologist, a position he retained until 2007. Goldsmith was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Quality of Life Policy Group in 2005, co-authoring its report published in 2007.Goldsmith was placed on the Conservative "A-List" of potential      candidates in 2006, and then in March 2007, he was selected through an open primary to contest the constituency of Richmond Park against the incumbent Liberal Democrat MP, Susan Kramer. At the 2010 general election, he was elected to Parliament winning the seat with a majority of 4,091 votes.

At the 2015 general election, Goldsmith was returned to the Commons with a majority of 23,015, an increase of almost 19,000 votes since 2010, against his nearest opponent.[8] He was chosen as the Conservative candidate for the 2016 election for mayor of London, which he subsequently lost to Labour candidate Sadiq Khan in the second round by 315,529 votes. His campaign was denounced by critics for being "divisive" by focusing on attempts to link Khan to Islamist extremists.

He announced his resignation as a Member of Parliament following the Government's decision in October 2016, to approve the construction of a third runway at Heathrow Airport. His resignation triggered a by-election in the Richmond Park constituency in which Goldsmith stood as an independent candidate. He was defeated by Sarah Olney of the Liberal Democrats. After Theresa May called a snap general election in April 2017, to be held on 8 June 2017, Goldsmith was reselected as the Conservative Party candidate for Richmond Park and won with a narrow majority of 45 votes.

Zac Goldsmith Became The Speaker of the House of Commons on the 11/12/2019 [[Category:Z]] [[Category:G]]