An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Sutton and Cheam, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats by Paul Scully with a majority of 3,921 - 7.9% - on a turnout of 72.1%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
SCULLY, Paul | Con | 20,732 | 41.5% | -0.8% |
BURSTOW, Paul | LD | 16,811 | 33.7% | -12.0% |
BROTHERS, Emily | Lab | 5,546 | 11.1% | 4.2% |
DALGLEISH, Gus | UKIP | 5,341 | 10.7% | 8.7% |
TOMLINSON, Maeve | Green | 1,051 | 2.1% | 1.6% |
ASH, Dave | NHAP | 345 | 0.7% | - |
GORMAN, Pauline | TUSC | 79 | 0.2% | - |
Under section 13(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, a candidate gaining 5% or less of the vote share will forfeit their deposit.
An electorate of 69,228, having a valid vote count of 49,905 and an invalid vote count of 116.
Result declared at 04:35 on 8 May 2015.