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

1945 — 1954: Sidney Marshall, Conservative
1954 — 1972: Richard Sharples, Conservative
1972 — Feb 1974: Graham Tope, Liberal
Feb 1974 — 1997: Neil Macfarlane, Conservative
1992 — 1997: Lady Olga Maitland, Conservative
1997 — present: Paul Burstow, Liberal Democrat

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Sutton and Cheam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Burstow	19,768	47.1	-1.7
	Conservative	Richard Willis [1]	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 Democrats hold		Swing	-2.0

General Election 2001: Sutton and Cheam
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
Turnout			39,723	62.4	-12.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

[edit] See also

List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London

Constituencies in Greater London
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 \| Old Bexley and Sidcup \| 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
London European constituency: Conservative (3) \| Labour (3) \| Liberal Democrats (1) \| UKIP (1) \| Green (1)