Beddington is a suburban settlement in the London Borough of Sutton on the boundary with the London Borough of Croydon. Beddington is formed from a village of the same name which until early the 20th century still included land which became termed entirely as Wallington. The latter was in the 13th century shown on local maps as Hakebrug,and named after a bridge on the River Wandle. The locality has a landscaped wooded park at Beddington Park –also known as Carew Manor;and a nature reserve and sewage treatment works in the centre and to the north of its area respectively. The population of Beddington according to the 2011 census is 21,044.
The London Borough of Sutton is an Outer London borough in London,England. It covers an area of 43 km2 (17 sq mi) and is the 80th largest local authority in England by population. It borders the London Borough of Croydon to the east,the London Borough of Merton to the north and the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames to the north-west;it also borders the Surrey boroughs of Epsom and Ewell to the west and Reigate and Banstead to the south. The local authority is Sutton London Borough Council. Its principal town is Sutton.
Thomas Anthony Brake is a British Liberal Democrat politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Carshalton and Wallington in London from 1997 to 2019.
Paul Kenneth Burstow is a British former politician who served as the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Sutton and Cheam for 18 years,from 1997 to 2015,when he was defeated by Paul Scully.
Andrew John Pelling is a British politician. First elected as a Conservative he was an independent Member of Parliament for Croydon Central and on 30 March 2010 announced his intention to contest the seat as an Independent at the 2010 general election,but lost the seat to his former party. He was also a member of the London Assembly for Croydon and Sutton and a councillor in Croydon. Pelling later became a member of the Labour Party in February 2011;he was subsequently expelled from Labour in February 2022.
Carshalton and Wallington is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2019 by Elliot Colburn,a Conservative.
Sutton and Cheam is a constituency in Greater London represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Paul Scully,a Conservative.
Christopher Ian Brian Mynott Philp is a British politician serving as Minister of State for Crime,Policing and Fire since October 2022. He previously served in Liz Truss's cabinet from September to October 2022 as Chief Secretary to the Treasury and then as Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General. A member of the Conservative Party,he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Croydon South since 2015.
The region of Greater London,including the City of London,is divided into 73 parliamentary constituencies which are sub-classified as borough constituencies,affecting the type of electoral officer and level of expenses permitted.
Beddington and Wallington was,from 1915 to 1965,a local government district in north east Surrey,England. It formed part of the London suburbs,lying within the Metropolitan Police District and the London Passenger Transport Area. In 1965 it was abolished on the creation of Greater London.
Croydon and Sutton is a constituency represented in the London Assembly.
Carshalton was a constituency combining with areas to the south-west,then to the east instead,Carshalton which is a suburb on a long,north–south hillside south of London. The latter form saw it take up an eastern "half" of the London Borough of Sutton. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999,the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England,Scotland and Wales. The European Parliament constituencies used under that system were smaller than the later regional constituencies and only had one Member of the European Parliament each.
Sutton London Borough Council is the local authority for the London Borough of Sutton in Greater London,England. It is a London borough council,one of 32 in the United Kingdom capital of London. Sutton is divided into 18 wards,each electing three councillors. Following the May 2018 council election,Sutton London Borough Council comprises 33 Liberal Democrat councillors,18 Conservative Party councillors,and 3 Independent councillors,a decrease of the Liberal Democrat majority. The council was created by the London Government Act 1963 and replaced three local authorities:Beddington and Wallington Borough Council,Sutton and Cheam Borough Council and Carshalton Urban District Council.
On 29 November 2012,a by-election was held for the UK House of Commons constituency of Croydon North in the London Borough of Croydon. The by-election was caused by the death of its Member of Parliament Malcolm Wicks. It took place on the same day as by-elections in Middlesbrough and Rotherham. The by-election was won by Steve Reed of the Labour Party.
The 1964 Sutton Council election took place on 7 May 1964 to elect members of Sutton London Borough Council in London,England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained control of the council.
The London Conservativesare the regional party of the Conservative Party that operates in Greater London.
Paul Stuart Scully is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sutton and Cheam since 2015. A member of the Conservative Party,he served as Minister for London from February 2020 and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Tech and the Digital Economy from October 2022. He was sacked from both roles in November 2023.
Jack Edgar Brereton is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Stoke-on-Trent South constituency since the 2017 general election. A member of the Conservative Party,he is a former councillor on Stoke-on-Trent City Council.
The 2022 Sutton London Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. All 55 members of Sutton London Borough Council were elected. The elections took place alongside local elections in the other London boroughs and elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom.
