Rutland and Melton

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Rutland and Melton
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of Rutland and Melton in Rutland and Leicestershire for the 2019 general election
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Location of Rutland and Leicestershire within England
County 1983–1997 Leicestershire
1997–present Leicestershire and Rutland
Electorate 77,324 (December 2010) [1]
Major settlements Melton Mowbray, Oakham and Uppingham
1983–2024
SeatsOne
Created from Rutland and Stamford, and Melton
Replaced by Rutland and Stamford, and Melton and Syston

Rutland and Melton was a county constituency spanning Leicestershire and Rutland, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 to 2024. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election. For its entire existence, the seat elected members of the Conservative Party.

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History

The constituency was created in 1983 from the former seats of Rutland and Stamford and Melton. Initially, it covered all of Rutland and Melton borough and part of Charnwood. A boundary change implemented in 1997 saw the area of Charnwood replaced with part of Harborough district up to the boundary of the city of Leicester (for example Scraptoft).

The constituency was considered a safe Conservative seat throughout its existence, electing a Conservative with a significant margin even with the 1997 national swing towards the Labour Party. Sir Alan Duncan held the seat from 1992 to 2019, when he was replaced by Alicia Kearns. [2]

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was abolished for the 2024 general election, with its contents distributed as follows: [3]

Boundaries

Rutland and Melton
Map of boundaries 2010–2024

1983–1997: The district of Rutland, the Borough of Melton, and the borough of Charnwood wards of East Goscote, Queniborough, Six Hills, Syston, and Thurmaston.

1997–2010: The county of Rutland, the Borough of Melton, and the District of Harborough wards of Billesdon, Easton, Houghton, Scraptoft, Thurnby, and Tilton.

2010–2024: The county of Rutland, the Borough of Melton, and the District of Harborough wards of Billesdon, Nevill, Thurnby and Houghton, and Tilton.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [4] Party
1983 Michael Latham Conservative
1992 Sir Alan Duncan Conservative
2019 Alicia Kearns Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Rutland and Melton [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alicia Kearns 36,507 62.6 −0.2
Labour Andy Thomas9,58316.4−6.3
Liberal Democrats Carol Weaver7,97013.7+5.5
Green Alastair McQuillan2,8754.9+1.9
UKIP Marietta King9171.6−1.7
Independent Anthony Watchorn [note 1] 4580.8New
Majority 26,92446.2+6.1
Turnout 58,31070.5−2.9
Conservative hold Swing +3.0
General election 2017: Rutland and Melton [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Duncan 36,169 62.8 +7.2
Labour Heather Peto13,06522.7+7.3
Liberal Democrats Ed Reynolds4,7118.2+0.1
UKIP John Scutter1,8693.2−12.7
Green Alastair McQuillan1,7553.0−1.3
Majority 23,10440.1+0.4
Turnout 57,56973.4+5.0
Conservative hold Swing -0.05
General election 2015: Rutland and Melton [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Duncan 30,383 55.6 +4.4
UKIP Richard Billington [9] 8,67815.9+11.3
Labour James Moore8,38315.4+1.2
Liberal Democrats Ed Reynolds4,4078.1−17.7
Green Alastair McQuillan2,3254.3New
Independent Marilyn Gordon4270.8New
Majority 21,70539.7+14.3
Turnout 54,60368.4−3.3
Conservative hold Swing −3.4
General election 2010: Rutland and Melton [10] [11] [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Duncan 28,228 51.2 ±0.0
Liberal Democrats Grahame Hudson14,22825.8+7.2
Labour John Morgan7,83914.2−10.8
UKIP Peter Baker2,5264.6+1.4
BNP Keith Addison1,7573.2New
Independent Leigh Higgins5881.1New
Majority 14,00025.4−0.8
Turnout 55,16671.7+6.7
Conservative hold Swing −3.6

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Rutland and Melton [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Duncan 25,237 51.2 +3.1
Labour Linda Arnold12,30725.0−4.8
Liberal Democrats Grahame Hudson9,15318.6+0.8
UKIP Peter Baker1,5543.2+0.6
Veritas Duncan Shelley6961.4New
Independent Helen Pender3370.7New
Majority 12,93026.2+7.9
Turnout 49,28465.0+0.8
Conservative hold Swing +4.0
General election 2001: Rutland and Melton [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Duncan 22,621 48.1 +2.3
Labour Matthew O'Callaghan14,00929.8+0.8
Liberal Democrats Kim Lee8,38617.8−1.4
UKIP Peter Baker1,2232.6+1.0
Green Chris Davies8171.7New
Majority 8,61218.3+1.5
Turnout 47,05664.2−10.8
Conservative hold Swing +0.8

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Rutland and Melton [15] [16] [17] [note 2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Duncan 24,107 45.8 −15.6
Labour John Meads15,27129.0+13.3
Liberal Democrats Kim Lee10,11219.2−1.6
Referendum Rupert King2,3174.4New
UKIP Jeff Abbott8231.6New
Majority 8,83616.8−23.8
Turnout 52,63075.0−5.2
Conservative hold Swing -14.5
General election 1992: Rutland and Melton [18] [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Duncan 38,603 59.0 −3.0
Labour Joan Taylor13,06820.0+5.5
Liberal Democrats Richard Lustig12,68219.4−4.1
Green Jim Berreen8611.3New
Natural Law R Gray2370.4New
Majority 25,53539.0+0.5
Turnout 65,45180.8+4.0
Conservative hold Swing −4.2

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Rutland and Melton [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Latham 37,073 62.0 +0.6
Liberal Robert Renold14,05123.5−3.6
Labour Leslie Burke8,68014.5+2.9
Majority 23,02238.5+5.2
Turnout 59,80476.8+3.5
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1983: Rutland and Melton [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Latham 33,262 60.4
Liberal David Farrer14,90927.1
Labour John Whitby6,41411.6
Ecology Heather Goddard5321.0
Majority 18,35333.3
Turnout 59,80473.3
Conservative win (new seat)

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Watchorn died on 26 November 2019 during the election campaign. [6]
  2. ↑ The 1997 election result is calculated relative to the notional, not the actual, 1992 result.

References

  1. ↑ "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  2. ↑ "Sir Alan Duncan will not stand for re-election". 30 October 2019. Archived from the original on 2 December 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  3. ↑ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – East Midlands | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  4. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 2)
  5. ↑ "Rutland & Melton Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. Archived from the original on 11 April 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  6. ↑ "Melton election contenders send condolences after death of Independent candidate". Melton Times. 28 November 2019. Archived from the original on 15 February 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2020. Watchorn, who was 69, and who was a farmer at Whissendine, had been taken ill on Tuesday and passed away at Peterborough Hospital the following morning.
  7. ↑ "General Election 2017: Rutland and Melton". The Daily Express. 9 June 2017. Archived from the original on 27 September 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  8. ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  9. 1 2 "UK Polling Report". Archived from the original on 11 December 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  10. ↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  11. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 February 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  12. ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 2010. Politics Resources. 6 May 2010. Archived from the original on 23 July 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
  13. ↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  14. ↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  15. ↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  16. ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1997. Politics Resources. 1 May 1997. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
  17. ↑ C. Rallings & M. Thrasher, The Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies, p.142 (Plymouth: LGC Elections Centre, 1995)
  18. ↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  19. ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 15 December 2009. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  20. ↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  21. ↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

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