Sutton and Cheam (UK Parliament constituency)

Sutton and Cheam
Sutton and Cheam
Borough constituency; for the House of Commons
	Boundary of Sutton and Cheam in Greater London
County	Greater London
Electorate	66,147 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1945
Member of Parliament	Paul Scully (Conservative)
Created from	Surrey North-Eastern or 'Wimbledon'; Mid Surrey or 'Epsom'

Sutton and Cheam is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. Since 2015, the seat has been held by Paul Scully, a Conservative.^{[n 2]}

History

Political history

The most notable event in the constituency's history was the huge 32.6% swing to the Liberal Party in the 1972 by-election.^[2]

The seat is a marginal seat which has alternated between the Conservatives and the Liberals/Liberal Democrats since 1945, although sometimes the seat has been won by a large enough majority to suggest a safe seat. The Labour Party has never won the seat, and the last time they achieved second place was in 1970.

In 2015 the seat was the 39th most marginal of the Conservative Party's 331 seats by percentage of majority.^[3] in 2017, incumbent MP Paul Scully enjoyed an 8.3% swing in his favour, although Labour's voteshare almost doubled to 20.4%, their highest in Sutton and Cheam since 1970.

Prominent members

Richard Sharples, the second member since 1945, was a former major in the army, and served as Minister of State at the Home Office, before resigning his seat in 1972 to become Governor of Bermuda.

Boundaries

1945-1950: The Boroughs of Sutton and Cheam.

1950-1974: The Borough of Sutton and Cheam.

1974-1983: The London Borough of Sutton wards of Belmont, Cheam North, Cheam South, Cheam West, Sutton Central, Sutton East, Sutton North, Sutton North East, Sutton South, Sutton South East, Worcester Park North, and Worcester Park South.

1983-2010: As above plus Rosehill and Sutton West, less Sutton South East.

2010-present: The London Borough of Sutton wards of Belmont, Cheam, Nonsuch, Stonecot, Sutton Central, Sutton North, Sutton South, Sutton West, and Worcester Park.

Constituency profile

The area maintains separate schooling systems, with grammar schools and comprehensive schools, similar to Kingston upon Thames; it has more semi-detached, terraced and detached properties than the Greater London average.^[4] Workless claimants, registered jobseekers, were in November 2012 significantly lower than the national average of 3.8%, at 2.1% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian.^[5]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member^[6]	Party	Notes
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1945	Sir Sidney Marshall	Conservative	Resigned 1954
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1954 by-election	Richard Sharples	Conservative	Resigned 1972
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1972 by-election	Graham Tope	Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Feb 1974	Sir Neil Macfarlane	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1992	Lady Olga Maitland	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" \|	1997	Paul Burstow	Liberal Democrat
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	2015	Paul Scully	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2017: Sutton and Cheam^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Scully	26,567	51.1	+9.6
	Liberal Democrats	Amna Ahmad	13,869	26.7	-7.0
	Labour	Bonnie Craven	10,663	20.5	+9.4
	Green	Claire Jackson-Prior	871	1.7	-0.4
Majority			12,698	24.4	+16.5
Turnout			51,970	73.8	+1.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+8.3

General Election 2015: Sutton and Cheam^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Scully	20,732	41.5	-0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Burstow	16,811	33.7	-12.0
	Labour	Emily Brothers^[10]	5,546	11.1	+4.2
	UKIP	Angus Dalgleish	5,341	10.7	+8.7
	Green	Maeve Tomlinson	1,051	2.1	+1.6
	NHA	Dave Ash^[11]	345	0.7	N/A
	TUSC	Pauline Gorman	79	0.2	N/A
Majority			3,921	7.9	N/A
Turnout			49,905	72.1	-0.7
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+5.6

General Election 2010: Sutton and Cheam^[12]^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrat	John Dodds	106	0.2	N/A
	CPA	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	−2.9
Turnout			48,508	72.8	+5.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	−1.5

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Sutton and Cheam^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	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	-4.0
Turnout			41,932	66.2	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-2.0

General Election 2001: Sutton and Cheam^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Burstow	19,382	48.8	+6.5
	Conservative	Olga Maitland	15,078	38.0	+0.1
	Labour	Lisa Homan	5,263	13.2	-2.2
Majority			4,304	10.8	+6.35
Turnout			39,723	62.4	-12.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+3.2

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Sutton and Cheam^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Burstow	19,919	42.30
	Conservative	Olga Maitland	17,822	37.85
	Labour	Mark Allison	7,280	15.5
	Referendum	Peter Atkinson	1,784	3.8
	UKIP	Simon Mckie	191	0.4
	Natural Law	Deborah Wright	96	0.20
Majority			2,097	4.45
Turnout			47,092
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	12.90

General Election 1992: Sutton and Cheam^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Olga Maitland	27,710	55.18
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Burstow	16,954	33.76
	Labour	G. C. Martin	4,980	9.92
	Green	J. Duffy	444	0.88
	Natural Law	A. Hatchard	133	0.26
Majority			10,756	21.42
Turnout				82.40
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Sutton and Cheam^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Neil Macfarlane	29,710	60.75
	Liberal	Robert Greig	13,992	28.61
	Labour	Loraine Monk	5,202	10.64
Majority			15,718	32.14
Turnout			48,904	76.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Sutton and Cheam^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Neil Macfarlane	26,782	57.1
	Liberal	C. Caswill	16,518	35.2
	Labour	G.S. Dixon	3,568	7.6
Majority			10,264	21.9
Turnout			46,868	74.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Sutton and Cheam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Neil Macfarlane	28,842	58.0
	Liberal	Christopher Caswill	13,136	26.4
	Labour	N. Irwin	7,126	14.3
	National Front	J. Hunt	465	0.9
	Independent	J. Smoker	128	0.2
Majority			15,706	31.9
Turnout			49,277	78.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Sutton and Cheam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Neil Macfarlane	22,156	47.6
	Liberal	Graham Tope	16,995	36.5
	Labour	James Kenneth Rhodes	7,118	15.3
	Women's Rights	Una Kroll	298	0.6
Majority			5,161	11.1
Turnout			46,567	76.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Sutton and Cheam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Neil Macfarlane	22,555	45.4
	Liberal	Graham Tope	20,836	42.0
	Labour	James Kenneth Rhodes	6,270	12.6
Majority			1,719	3.5
Turnout			49,661	82.6
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

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
Majority			7,417	21.7
Turnout			34,204
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+32.6

General Election 1970: Sutton and Cheam^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Richard Sharples	23,957	58.1
	Labour	John Dowsett	11,261	27.3
	Liberal	Nicholas DM McGeorge	6,023	14.6
Majority			12,696	30.8
Turnout			41,241	67.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Sutton and Cheam^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Richard Sharples	22,331	51.10
	Labour	Frank J Ward	13,235	30.29
	Liberal	Nicholas DM McGeorge	8,134	18.61
Majority			9,096	20.81
Turnout				76.36
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Sutton and Cheam^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Richard Sharples	22,975	52.65
	Labour	Paul Derrick	11,839	27.13
	Liberal	John Montgomerie	8,827	20.23
Majority			11,136	25.52
Turnout				74.27
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Sutton and Cheam^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Richard Sharples	27,344	58.32
	Labour	Frank Judd	11,946	25.48
	Liberal	John Montgomerie	7,600	16.21
Majority			15,398	32.84
Turnout				79.61
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Sutton and Cheam^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Richard Sharples	29,538	66.02
	Labour	Ronald M Lewis	15,205	33.98
Majority			14,333	32.03
Turnout				76.45
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sutton and Cheam by-election, 1954
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Sharples	21,930	66.55	+3.78
	Labour	N. T. Poulter	11,023	33.45	-3.78
Majority			10,907	33.10	+7.57
Turnout			32,953
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Sutton and Cheam^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sidney Marshall	30,684	62.77
	Labour	Eric KI Hurst	18,202	37.23
Majority			12,482	25.53
Turnout				81.68
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Sutton and Cheam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sidney Marshall	29,200	56.93
	Labour	Helen O. Judd	17,706	34.52
	Liberal	H. J. Wheeler	4,389	8.56
Majority			11,494	22.41
Turnout				86.73
	Conservative hold		Swing

Election in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Sutton and Cheam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sidney Marshall	19,431	46.04	*N/A*
	Labour	Helen O. Judd	17,293	40.97	N/A
	Liberal	J. P. Hughes	5,483	12.99	N/A
Majority			2,138	5.07	N/A
Turnout				75.72	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

Notes and references

Notes

^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

^ "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
^ "BBC NEWS – UK – UK Politics – Memorable by-election results". bbc.co.uk.
^ List of Conservative MPs elected in 2015 by % majority UK Political.info. Retrieved 2017-01-29
^ "2011 Census Interactive – ONS". ons.gov.uk.
^ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 6)
^ "Sutton & Cheam parliamentary constituency". BBC News.
^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
^ https://www.sutton.gov.uk/news/article/202/election_results
^ "Ed Miliband hails transgender Labour candidate Emily Brothers". BBC News.
^ Giselle Green. "Dave Ash". NHA Party.
^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
^ http://www.sutton.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=9781&p=0
^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1970.
^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1966.
^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1964.
^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1959.
^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1955.
^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1951.

51°21′43″N 0°12′32″W / 51.362°N 0.209°W / 51.362; -0.209

[2] A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)

[3] As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

[1] "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.

[4] "BBC NEWS – UK – UK Politics – Memorable by-election results". bbc.co.uk.

[5] List of Conservative MPs elected in 2015 by % majority UK Political.info. Retrieved 2017-01-29

[6] "2011 Census Interactive – ONS". ons.gov.uk.

[7] Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian

[rayment-8] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 6)

[9] "Sutton & Cheam parliamentary constituency". BBC News.

[electoralcalculus2015-10] "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

[11] ttps://www.sutton.gov.uk/news/article/202/election_results

[12] "Ed Miliband hails transgender Labour candidate Emily Brothers". BBC News.

[13] Giselle Green. "Dave Ash". NHA Party.

[electoralcalculus2010-14] "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

[15] ttp://www.sutton.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=9781&p=0

[electoralcalculus2005-16] "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus2001-17] "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus1997-18] "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus1992-19] "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus1987-20] "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus1983-21] "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[22] The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1970.

[23] The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1966.

[24] The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1964.

[25] The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1959.

[26] The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1955.

[27] The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1951.

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