UK general elections › 2010 › Sutton and Cheam
Sutton and Cheam — 2010
Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrats) was elected with 22,156 votes— 45.7% of 48,508 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 45.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −4.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 48,508
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes. | Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Burstow | Liberal Democrats | 22,156 | −4.3 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Philippa Stroud | Conservative Party | 20,548 | — | ||
| 3 | Kathy Allen | Labour Party | 3,376 | — | ||
| 4 | John Clarke | British National Party | 1,014 | — | ||
| 5 | David Pickles | UK Independence Party | 950 | — | ||
| 6 | Peter Hickson | Green Party | 246 | — | ||
| 7 | John Dodds | English Democrats | 106 | — | ||
| 8 | Matthew Connolly | Christian Peoples Alliance | 52 | — | ||
| 9 | Martin Cullip | Libertarian Party | 41 | — | ||
| 10 | Brian Hammond | Independents Federation UK | 19 | — |
Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.