UK Explained

Sutton and Cheam

Represented in Parliament by Luke Taylor (Liberal Democrat). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

Luke Taylor, Liberal Democrat. Open their full page →

These describe the record. They do not say why an MP voted or claimed as they did.

How Sutton and Cheam compares

Every dot is one of the 631 areas that have figures. The large red dot is this area; green dots are areas like it.

TYPICAL FULL-TIME PAY, A WEEK

This area is 170 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £824£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 307 areas and lower than 341.

UK 3.9%This area 3.1%0.0%12.0%

Areas like this one

The three areas with the closest pay and claimant rate. This says nothing about politics or geography.

AreaWeekly payClaimants
Sutton and Cheam£8243.1%
Central Ayrshire£8273.3%
Basingstoke£8123.2%
Lewes£8343.4%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Sutton and Cheam

From the 2021 Census, next to the figure for England and Wales as a whole. Census day was 21 March 2021, so some things will have changed.

About the areaThis areaEngland and WalesCompared
Number of people104,62559,597,740 in total
Aged under 1620%18%2 points higher
Aged 65 and over16%19%3 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher42%34%8 points higher
Households that own their home66%62%4 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association9%17%8 points lower
Households renting privately25%20%4 points higher

Source: ONS, Census 2021 (England and Wales), via the UK Data Service statistics portal. Fetched 2026-10-04. These describe who lives here. They do not explain how anyone votes.

WINNER, 2024
Luke Taylor

Liberal Democrat

MAJORITY
3,801

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
66%

of people who could vote did

Luke Taylor won with 37% of the votes, and Tom Drummond (Conservative) came second with 29%.

Votes for each party

Liberal Democrat37% · 17,576
Conservative29% · 13,775
Labour18% · 8,430
Reform UK12% · 5,787
Green Party4% · 1,721
Independent1% · 317
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Luke TaylorLiberal Democrat17,57636.9%
Tom DrummondConservative13,77528.9%
Chrisni ReshekaronLabour8,43017.7%
Ryan PowellReform UK5,78712.2%
Aasha AnamGreen Party1,7213.6%
Hamilton Action-Man KingsleyIndependent3170.7%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£824 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
3.1%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

Updated 4 Oct 2026