Sutton and Cheam
2010 Results:
Conservative: 20548 (42.36%)
Labour: 3376 (6.96%)
Liberal Democrat: 22156 (45.67%)
BNP: 1014 (2.09%)
UKIP: 950 (1.96%)
Green: 246 (0.51%)
English Democrat: 106 (0.22%)
Others: 112 (0.23%)
Majority: 1608 (3.31%)
Notional 2005 Results:
Liberal Democrat: 20310 (47%)
Conservative: 17440 (40.3%)
Labour: 5152 (11.9%)
Other: 349 (0.8%)
Majority: 2870 (6.6%)
Actual 2005 result
Conservative: 16922 (40.4%)
Labour: 4954 (11.8%)
Liberal Democrat: 19768 (47.1%)
Other: 288 (0.7%)
Majority: 2846 (6.8%)
2001 Result
Conservative: 15078 (38%)
Labour: 5263 (13.2%)
Liberal Democrat: 19382 (48.8%)
Majority: 4304 (10.8%)
1997 Result
Conservative: 17822 (37.8%)
Labour: 7280 (15.5%)
Liberal Democrat: 19919 (42.3%)
Referendum: 1784 (3.8%)
Other: 287 (0.6%)
Majority: 2097 (4.5%)
Boundary changes:
Profile:
Current MP: Paul Burstow(Liberal Democrat) (more information at They work for you)
Phillipa Stroud (Conservative) Charity worker and leader of a central London church. Executive Director of the Centre for Social Justice, the think tank set up by Iain Duncan Smith after his removal as Conservative leader. Contested Birmingham Ladywood in 2005.
Kathy Allen (Labour) Paul Burstow(Liberal Democrat) (more information at They work for you)
Peter Hickson (Green) Contested Carshalton and Wallington 1997, Croydon and Sutton 2000 London Assembly elections.
David Pickles (UKIP) Sutton councillor since 2002, originally elected as a Conservative defected to UKIP in 2007. Contested Croydon and Sutton in 2008 London elections.
John Clarke (BNP)John Dodds (English Democrat) Matthew Connolly (CPA) Martin Cullip (Libertarian)Brian Hammond (Independents Federation UK)2001 Census Demographics
Total 2001 Population: 88344
Male: 48.4%
Female: 51.6%
Under 18: 21%
Over 60: 20%
Born outside UK: 13.4%
White: 88.9%
Black: 1.9%
Asian: 5.3%
Mixed: 2%
Other: 1.9%
Christian: 71%
Hindu: 2.2%
Muslim: 2.7%
Full time students: 2.9%
Graduates 16-74: 24.2%
No Qualifications 16-74: 20.9%
Owner-Occupied: 78.8%
Social Housing: 9% (Council: 5.4%, Housing Ass.: 3.6%)
Privately Rented: 10.5%
Homes without central heating and/or private bathroom: 7.1%
That’s interesting.
So quite a turnaround in 1982.
But an 11% swing to cut the majority that low is, actually, not that large a swing in this case.
It suggests the Tories did not do aswell or no better in 1977 than in 1979.
“Those 1982 results are available of course on the David Boothroyd’s election/demon website.”
Are they?
My mistake. I thought they were on there because I remember looking at the Westminster and Tower Hamlets results but in fact I think those are the only ones available. I wonder if the 1982 Sutton results are available anywhere online?
The 1994 local elections were a real horror here.
Labour seats in LB Sutton in 1971 (21) were:
Beddington North (2)
Beddington South (2)
Carshalton North East (3)(precursor to Wandle Valley)
Carshalton St. Helier North (2)
Carshalton St. Helier South (2)
Carshalton St. Helier West (2)
Cheam North (!!) (1) (split with 1 Con)
Sutton Central (2)
Sutton East (2)
Sutton North East (2) (Rosehill area?)
Wallington North (1) (split with 1 Resident)
While some of these are quite shocking, remember 1971 was a VERY good Labour year (better than 1994 in some respects), and the Liberals had not yet really got going in Sutton. Basically, Labour had seats in the poorer/ordinary areas (North Cheam is not as posh as Cheam proper), with the Conservatives prevailing in the most affluent parts.
1974 was a much more even year (though still slightly Labour inclined).
in 1974, Labour won:
Beddington North (1) (split with 1 Resident)
Carshalton NE (3)
Carshalton St. Helier North (2)
Carshalton St. Helier South (2)
Carshalton St. Helier West (2)
Sutton East (2)
Wallington North (1) (split with 1 Resident)
Liberals were getting going, and picked up:
Cheam North (2) (Lab pushed to v. poor 3rd)
Sutton Central (2) (inc. Graham Tope)
Sutton North East (2)