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The House of Commons Library collects and verifies election returns from local authorities before publishing the results. We expect to publish 2024 general election results here around Friday 12th July. You can read more about election night, counts and how results are announced in our explainer, and view a list of winning MPs on our summary page.

Election for the constituency of Sutton and Cheam on 6 May 2010.

An election to the 55th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Sutton and Cheam, held as part of the general election on 6 May 2010.

Liberal Democrats hold by Paul Burstow with a majority of 1,608 - 3.3% - on a turnout of 72.8%.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
BURSTOW, Paul LD 22,156 45.7% -1.2%
STROUD, Philippa Con 20,548 42.4% 1.7%
ALLEN, Kathy Lab 3,376 7.0% -4.9%
CLARKE, John BNP 1,014 2.1% -
PICKLES, David UKIP 950 2.0% -
HICKSON, Peter Green 246 0.5% -
DODDS, John ED 106 0.2% -
CONNOLLY, Matthew CPA 52 0.1% -
CULLIP, Martin LPUK 41 0.1% -
HAMMOND, Brian IFED 19 0.0% -

An electorate of 66,658, having a valid vote count of 48,508 and an invalid vote count of 189.

Result declared at 04:37 on 7 May 2010. Declarations times do not form part of election declarations and should be regarded as indicative rather than official.

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.

This constituency of Sutton and Cheam was established by the 2010-2024 boundary set for England. This election was the first held under that boundary set. Any holds, gains and vote change percentages as a result of this election are calculated from notional results.