Paul Burstow holds on to Sutton and Cheam

Paul Burstow has held on to his seat in Sutton and Cheam in a very tight contest. Here are the results

Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat) 22,156 45.7 -1.2
Philippa Stroud (Conservative) 20,548 42.4 +1.7
Kathy Allen (Labour) 3,376 7.0 -4.9
John Clarke (BNP) 1,014 2.1 +2.1
David Pickles (UKIP) 950 2.0 +2.0
Peter Hickson (Green) 246 0.5 +0.5
John Dodds (English Democrats) 106 0.2 +0.2
Matthew Connolly (Christian Peoples Alliance) 52 0.1 +0.1
Martin Cullip (Libertarian) 41 0.1 +0.1
Brian Hammond (Independents Federation UK) 19 0.0 +0.0

Majority 1,608 3.3
Turnout 48,508 72.8 +5.5

Paul Burstow TODAY

Paul Burstow, the Liberal Democrat MP for Sutton and Cheam will be answering questions today in the library at 1.15. All are welcome! Please let us know how you think he gets on, plus your opinions on tonight's third leadership debate - here are 12 things to watch out for...

PS: Has anyone watched Dermot O'Leary's political interviews on BBC3? What did you think of them?

BBC Radio visits Nonsuch Park

The BBC's PM radio programme visited Nonsuch Park yesterday, with an analysis of the impact of Nick Clegg's debate performance on the local campaign. It includes interviews with David Cameron (the hairdresser in Cheam!) and various Sutton residents. Click here to listen to the programme and go forward 21 minutes.

Question Time at Sutton Grammar

The parliamentary candidates for Sutton came together for a hustings event at Sutton Grammar School on Monday night, and several Nonsuch girls went along to observe proceedings. You can read a full report on the Politics Etc blog (Many thanks to Mr Marshall for this) and also read the views of Charlie Edwards, the student who organised the event here.

PS: There will be a similar event at Carshalton Boys College on 15 March where Tom Brake MP will take part with his fellow candidates.
PPS: There will be a small prize for the first person to work out where the flag in the image above is from.

Stroud v Burstow

Paul Burstow and Philippa Stroud have now both spoken at Nonsuch. What did you think about what they had to say? How do you think their campaigns in Sutton are going? Who do you think will win? Please post your comments below!

Paul Burstow MP

Paul Burstow, our local MP for Sutton & Cheam, is visiting Nonsuch on Tuesday. He is talking to the Year 10s in period 4 and is due to come to History & Politics Society at 1.20pm in 103. Everyone is welcome.
Prepare yourself for his visit by looking at his website here, his career history here and his voting record and speeches here.