Sutton and Cheam (UK Parliament constituency)

Sutton and Cheam Borough constituency
Sutton and Cheam shown within Greater London
Created:	1945
MP:	Paul Burstow
Party:	Liberal Democrat
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Greater London
EP constituency:	London

Sutton and Cheam is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. The current MP is Paul Burstow of the Liberal Democrats, first elected at the 1997 general election. Historically, the constituency is best known for a huge 32.6% swing to the Liberal Party in a 1972 by-election.

Boundaries

The constituency comprises the western half of the London Borough of Sutton: Sutton itself, Cheam and Worcester Park. It is made up of nine wards of the Borough: Belmont, Cheam, Nonsuch, Stonecot, Sutton Central, Sutton North, Sutton South, Sutton West, and Worcester Park.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1945	Sir Sidney Marshall	Conservative
	1954 by-election	Richard Sharples	Conservative
	1972 by-election	Graham Tope	Liberal
	Feb 1974	Sir Neil Macfarlane	Conservative
	1992	Lady Olga Maitland	Conservative
	1997	Paul Burstow	Liberal Democrat

Election results

General Election 2010: Sutton and Cheam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Burstow	22,156	45.7	−1.2
	Conservative	Philippa Stroud	20,548	42.4	+1.7
	Labour	Kathy Allen	3,376	7.0	−4.9
	BNP	John Clarke	1,014	2.1	N/A
	UKIP	David Pickles	950	2.0	N/A
	Green	Peter Hickson	246	0.5	N/A
	English Democrats	John Dodds	106	0.2	N/A
	Christian Peoples	Matthew Connolly	52	0.1	N/A
	Libertarian	Martin Cullip	41	0.1	N/A
	Independents Federation UK	Brian Hammond	19	0.0	N/A
Majority			1,608	3.3	−7.5
Turnout			48,508	72.8	+5.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	−1.5

General Election 2005: Sutton and Cheam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Burstow	19,768	47.1	-1.7
	Conservative	Richard Willis	16,922	40.4	+2.4
	Labour	Anand Shukla	4,954	11.8	-1.4
	Rainbow Dream Ticket	Rainbow George Weiss	288	0.7	+0.7
Majority			2,846	6.8
Turnout			41,932	66.2	+3.8
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	-2.0

General Election 2001: Sutton and Cheam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Burstow	19,382	48.8	+6.5
	Conservative	Lady Olga Maitland	15,078	38.0	+0.1
	Labour	Lisa Homan	5,263	13.2	-2.2
Majority			4,304	10.8
Turnout			39,723	62.4	-12.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	+3.2

Sutton and Cheam by-election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Graham Tope	18,328	53.6	+39.0
	Conservative	Neil Macfarlane	10,911	31.9	-26.2
	Labour	David Miller	2,937	8.6	-18.7
	Anti-Common Market	Chris Frere-Smith	1,332	3.9
	National Independence	Edgar Scruby	660	1.9
Turnout			34,204
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London