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UK Parliament - Sutton & Cheam

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> United Kingdom > England > London > London > Sutton & Cheam

Office

Parliament

Honorific

Member of Parliament - Abbr: MP

Type

General Election

Filing Deadline

April 20, 2010 - 06:00pm Central

Polls Open

May 06, 2010 - 01:00am Central

Polls Close

May 06, 2010 - 04:00pm Central

Term Start

May 17, 2010 - 12:00pm

Term End

May 17, 2015 - 12:00pm

Contributor

Ralphie

Last Modified

Ralphie May 06, 2010 10:54pm

Data Sources

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Description

BBC Profile:
The Conservatives held Sutton and Cheam for most of the second half of the 20th Century until the Liberal Democrats Paul Burstow won the seat in 1997. Burstow retained the seat in 2001 with an increased majority. He was re-elected in 2005 but his majority fell to 2,846 after a 2% swing to the Conservatives.

Boundary changes at the election are minor. The six wards that straddled the seat and Carshalton and Wallington have been realigned: Belmont, Sutton Central, and Sutton South are now entirely within Sutton and Cheam; while Carshalton Central, St Helier, and the Wrythe wards are completely contained in Carshalton and Wallington. To find out what might have happened had this boundary change been in force at the last election, see a notional - or estimated - result below.

The areas of Sutton and Cheam are at the south-west boundary of Greater London, nestling on the edge of the North Downs not far from Epsom.

This is a prosperous constituency, though Cheam to the south of the constituency is more affluent than Sutton.

Suttons close proximity to central London, the M25 orbital motorway, and Gatwick Airport has attracted a number of major employers to the area. Among the biggest are Reed Business Publishing, Canon, the Crown Agents, Securicor, and Sainsburys, several of which have their headquarters in the borough.

Rallings & Thrasher Notional:
LD 20,255 (46.86%)
C 17,566 (40.64%)
Lab 5,116 (11.84%)
Others 288 (0.67%)