Sutton and Cheam (UK Parliament constituency)

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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.

1 Boundaries
2 Members of Parliament
3 Election results
4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

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[edit] Members of Parliament

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

[edit] Election results

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	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

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 Party	Edgar Scruby	660	1.9
Turnout			34,204
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

[edit] See also

List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London

v • d • e Constituencies in Greater London by holding party

Labour	Barking · Battersea · Brent North · Brent South · Brentford and Isleworth · Camberwell and Peckham · Croydon North · Dagenham · Dulwich and West Norwood · Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush · Ealing North · Ealing Southall · East Ham · Edmonton · Eltham · Enfield North · Erith and Thamesmead · Feltham and Heston · Finchley and Golders Green · Greenwich and Woolwich · Hackney North and Stoke Newington · Hackney South and Shoreditch · Hampstead and Highgate · Harrow East · Harrow West · Hayes and Harlington · Hendon · Holborn and St. Pancras · Ilford South · Islington North · Islington South and Finsbury · Lewisham Deptford · Lewisham East · Lewisham West · Leyton and Wanstead · Mitcham and Morden · Poplar and Canning Town · Regent's Park and Kensington North · Streatham · Tooting · Tottenham · Vauxhall · Walthamstow · West Ham

Conservative	Beckenham · Bexleyheath and Crayford · Bromley and Chislehurst · Chingford and Woodford Green · Chipping Barnet · Cities of London and Westminster · Croydon Central · Croydon South · Enfield Southgate · Hammersmith and Fulham · Hornchurch · Ilford North · Kensington and Chelsea · Orpington · Putney · Romford · Ruislip-Northwood · Upminster · Uxbridge · Wimbledon

Liberal Democrat	Brent East · Carshalton and Wallington · Hornsey and Wood Green · Kingston and Surbiton · Richmond Park · North Southwark and Bermondsey · Sutton and Cheam · Twickenham

Respect	Bethnal Green and Bow

Independent Conservative	Old Bexley and Sidcup

London European constituency Conservatives 3 · Labour 3 · Liberal Democrats 1 · UKIP 1 · Green 1

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