UK general elections › 2015 › Sutton and Cheam
Sutton and Cheam — 2015
Paul Scully (Conservative Party) was elected with 20,732 votes— 41.5% of 49,905 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. 41.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −8.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 49,905
| 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 Scully | Conservative Party | 20,732 | 41.5% | −8.5 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Paul Burstow | Liberal Democrats | 16,811 | 33.7% | — | |
| 3 | Emily Brothers | Labour Party | 5,546 | 11.1% | — | |
| 4 | Gus Dalgleish | UK Independence Party | 5,341 | 10.7% | — | |
| 5 | Maeve Tomlinson | Green Party | 1,051 | 2.1% | — | |
| 6 | Dave Ash | National Health Action Party | 345 | 0.7% | — | |
| 7 | Pauline Gorman | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 79 | 0.2% | — |
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.