... is the son of the late billionaire businessman and financier Sir James Goldsmith. He had been MP for Richmond Park since 2010, when he defeated the incumbent Liberal Democrat. He stood as the Conservative candidate for the 2016 election for mayor of London, but was defeated by Labour's Sadiq Khan. Following this defeat, Goldsmith was criticised for focusing on attempts to link Mr Khan to Islamist extremists, with whom he had in the past shared platforms or represented during his work as a lawyer. Goldsmith's campaign was also criticised for sending letters to voters targeted according to their ethnic group.
Baroness Warsi, the former Conservative Party chairman and the first Muslim woman to sit in the Cabinet, tweeted: "Our appalling dog whistle campaign for #LondonMayor2016 lost us the election, our reputation & credibility on issues of race and religion."
In the by-election prompted by his resignation as MP for Richmond Park, he stood as an Independent. He was defeated by the Liberal Democrat candidate, Sarah Olney.
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