Sutton and Cheam (UK Parliament constituency)

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'
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	London

Sutton and Cheam is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Paul Scully, a Conservative.

In the media, the constituency has to date been most widely reported on a 1972 gain, with a huge 32.6% swing to the Liberal Party in the by-election of that year.

This seat is a marginal seat taking its history together, which has seen three changes, alternating between its two main parties since 1945, although sometimes in this period its member has enjoyed a formidable majority, sufficient to suggest a safe seat. This seat has not been held by a Labour Party MP – the last finish in second place for the party in this seat was in 1970.

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

The present member, Paul Scully, was elected in the 2015 election, the Conservatives' first win since 1997 (held by the Liberal Democrats from 1997-2015).

1945-1950: The Municipal Boroughs of Sutton and Cheam.

1950-1974: The Municipal 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: The London Borough of Sutton wards of Belmont, Cheam North, Cheam South, Cheam West, Rosehill, Sutton Central, Sutton Common, Sutton East, Sutton South, Sutton West, Worcester Park North, and Worcester Park South.