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London Borough of Sutton
Shown within Greater London
Geography
Status	London borough
Area — Total	Ranked 310th 43.85 km² (16.9 sq mi)
ONS code	00BF
Admin HQ	Sutton
Demographics
Population — Total (2006 est.) — Density	Ranked 80th (of 354) 184,400 4,205/km² (10,891/sq mi)
Ethnicity White British White Irish Other White White & Black Caribbean White & Black African White & Asian Other Mixed Indian Pakistani Bangladeshi Other Asian Black Caribbean Black African Other Black Chinese Other	(2005 estimates)[2] 80.0% 1.9% 4.3% 0.8% 0.3% 0.8% 0.6% 2.7% 0.9% 0.4% 1.8% 1.4% 1.8% 0.3% 0.8% 1.2%
Politics
Leadership	Leader & Cabinet
Mayor	Cllr. Myfanwy Wallace
Executive	Liberal Democrat
MPs	Tom Brake Paul Burstow
London Assembly — Member	Croydon and Sutton Andrew Pelling
Coat of Arms
Official website	http://www.sutton.gov.uk/

The London Borough of Sutton (pronunciation (help·info)) is a London borough in outer southwest London.

Contents 1 History 2 Districts 3 Cultural attractions and institutions 4 Politics and Local Government 5 Notable individuals 6 Education 6.1 List of primary schools 6.2 List of secondary schools 6.3 Further education colleges 7 Sports facilities and clubs 8 References 9 External links

The borough was formed in 1965 by the merger of the Municipal Borough of Sutton and Cheam with the Municipal Borough of Beddington and Carshalton Urban District which had previously been part of Surrey.

The borough includes the areas:

• Beddington
• Beddington Corner
• Belmont
• Benhilton
• Carshalton
• Carshalton Beeches
• Carshalton on the Hill
• Cheam
• Hackbridge
• Little Woodcote
• North Cheam
• Rosehill
• St. Helier
• South Beddington
• Sutton
• The Wrythe
• Wallington
• Worcester Park

see also Sutton parks and open spaces

postcode areas

SM1 (all) SM2 (all) SM3 (part) SM4 (part) SM5 (all) SM6 (all) SM7 (part) CR0 (part) CR4 (part) KT4 (all)

• The Secombe Theatre, Sutton
• The Charles Cryer Theatre, Carshalton.
• Sutton Library (one of the largest in the UK)

The London Borough of Sutton Council has had a Liberal Democrat administration since 1986. Prior to that it was a Conservatives council. Lord Tope was the Leader of the Council from 1986 to 1999. Cllr. Sean Brennan has been the Leader since October 2002. There are two Deputy Leaders on the Council, they are Cllrs. Ruth Dombey and Colin Hall. The current Conservative Leader of the Opposition is Cllr. Paul Scully. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition is Cllr. Tony Shields.

Following the London local elections, 2006, the Liberal Democrats returned 32 Councillors and the Conservatives 22. The Labour Party lost all of its seats on the council. In 2007 Councillors from each of two parties defected to other political parties; one to the United Kingdom Independence Party from the Conservatives, and one to sit as an Independent from the Liberal Democrats.

Sutton is divided into two parliamentary constituencies, Sutton and Cheam and Carshalton and Wallington.

Paul Burstow is the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Sutton and Cheam, replacing Conservative Lady Olga Maitland in the 1997 General Election. He was previously a Liberal Democrat Councillor.

Tom Brake is the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Carshalton and Wallington, replacing Conservative Nigel Forman in the 1997 General Election.

Sutton shares its London Assembly Member with Croydon. The current Assembly Member is Conservative Andrew Pelling.

Notable individuals associated with the borough, are (or have been):

• HG Wells, author
• Sir John Major KG CH, former Conservative Prime Minister
• Sir Cliff Richard OBE, singer
• Sir Francis Baring, founder, Barings Bank
• Windsor Davies, actor
• James Cracknell OBE, Olympic rower
• Quentin Crisp, writer, author, raconteur
• Lord George GBE DL
• Jeff Beck, musician
• Alec Stewart OBE, England cricketer

Education is to an extremely high standard in Sutton and the Sutton LEA is reguarly in the top 5 of the whole country. There are several primary schools in and around the borough.

Abbey Primary All Saints Benhilton Primary Bandon Hill Primary Barrow Hedges Primary Camden Junior Cheam Common Infant & Juniors Brookfield primary school Cheam Park Farm Nursery and Infants Cheam Park Farm Juniors Devonshire Primary

Highview Primary Manor Park Primary Muschamp Primary Nonsuch Primary Robin Hood Infant & Juniors Rushy Meadow St. Dunstan's Primary Stanley Park Infant & Juniors The Avenue Primary Westbourne Primary

Tweeddale primary.

Carshalton Boys Sports College Carshalton High School for Girls Cheam High School (girls) Glenthorne High School Greenshaw High School The John Fisher School (boys) Nonsuch High School for Girls Overton Grange School St Philomena's Catholic High School for Girls

Stanley Park High School Sutton Grammar School (boys) Wallington High School for Girls Wallington County Grammar School (boys) Wilson's School (boys)

There are also a number of Private schools including Sutton High School for Girls and Collingwood School

• Carshalton College

Association football club Sutton United F.C. are based in Sutton, who play in the Nationwide Conference South.

Carshalton has two football clubs: Carshalton Athletic F.C. (home ground at The War Memorial Sports Ground, Colston Avenue) and Carshalton FC (at Beddington Park). At the Westcroft Leisure Centre, in Carshalton there are health and fitness facilities including two swimming pools, sports hall, squash court and fitness centre.^[1] Westcroft is also home to Sutton Pumas basketball club. There is also two public basketball courts in the Rosehill section of Sutton

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• Sutton Council
• Sutton Theatres
• Map of Sutton

v • d • e London Borough of Sutton
Districts	Beddington · Beddington Corner · Belmont · Benhilton · Carshalton · Carshalton Beeches · Carshalton on the Hill · Cheam · Hackbridge · St. Helier · Sutton · The Wrythe · Wallington · Worcester Park
Attractions	BedZED · Whitehall (Cheam) · Honeywood · Sutton Theatres
Constituencies	Carshalton and Wallington · Sutton and Cheam
Parks and open spaces in Sutton

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Coordinates: 51°20′N, 0°10′W