Rutland and Melton | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | 1983–1997 Leicestershire 1997–present Leicestershire and Rutland |
Electorate | 77,324 (December 2010) [1] |
Major settlements | Melton Mowbray, Oakham and Uppingham |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1983 |
Member of Parliament | Alicia Kearns (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
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.
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]
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.
Election | Member [4] | Party | |
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1983 | Michael Latham | Conservative | |
1992 | Sir Alan Duncan | Conservative | |
2019 | Alicia Kearns | Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alicia Kearns | 36,507 | 62.6 | -0.2 | |
Labour | Andy Thomas | 9,583 | 16.4 | -6.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Carol Weaver | 7,970 | 13.7 | +5.5 | |
Green | Alastair McQuillan | 2,875 | 4.9 | +1.9 | |
UKIP | Marietta King | 917 | 1.6 | -1.7 | |
Independent | Anthony Watchorn [note 1] | 458 | 0.8 | New | |
Majority | 26,924 | 46.2 | +6.1 | ||
Turnout | 58,310 | 70.5 | -2.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alan Duncan | 36,169 | 62.8 | +7.2 | |
Labour | Heather Peto | 13,065 | 22.7 | +7.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ed Reynolds | 4,711 | 8.2 | +0.1 | |
UKIP | John Scutter | 1,869 | 3.2 | -12.7 | |
Green | Alastair McQuillan | 1,755 | 3.0 | -1.3 | |
Majority | 23,104 | 40.1 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 57,569 | 73.4 | +5.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.05 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alan Duncan | 30,383 | 55.6 | +4.4 | |
UKIP | Richard Billington [9] | 8,678 | 15.9 | +11.3 | |
Labour | James Moore | 8,383 | 15.4 | +1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ed Reynolds | 4,407 | 8.1 | −17.7 | |
Green | Alastair McQuillan | 2,325 | 4.3 | New | |
Independent | Marilyn Gordon | 427 | 0.8 | New | |
Majority | 21,705 | 39.7 | +14.3 | ||
Turnout | 54,603 | 68.4 | −3.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −3.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alan Duncan | 28,228 | 51.2 | ±0.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Grahame Hudson | 14,228 | 25.8 | +7.2 | |
Labour | John Morgan | 7,839 | 14.2 | −10.8 | |
UKIP | Peter Baker | 2,526 | 4.6 | +1.4 | |
BNP | Keith Addison | 1,757 | 3.2 | New | |
Independent | Leigh Higgins | 588 | 1.1 | New | |
Majority | 14,000 | 25.4 | −0.8 | ||
Turnout | 55,166 | 71.7 | +6.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −3.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alan Duncan | 25,237 | 51.2 | +3.1 | |
Labour | Linda Arnold | 12,307 | 25.0 | −4.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Grahame Hudson | 9,153 | 18.6 | +0.8 | |
UKIP | Peter Baker | 1,554 | 3.2 | +0.6 | |
Veritas | Duncan Shelley | 696 | 1.4 | New | |
Independent | Helen Pender | 337 | 0.7 | New | |
Majority | 12,930 | 26.2 | +7.9 | ||
Turnout | 49,284 | 65.0 | +0.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alan Duncan | 22,621 | 48.1 | +2.3 | |
Labour | Matthew O'Callaghan | 14,009 | 29.8 | +0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kim Lee | 8,386 | 17.8 | −1.4 | |
UKIP | Peter Baker | 1,223 | 2.6 | +1.0 | |
Green | Chris Davies | 817 | 1.7 | New | |
Majority | 8,612 | 18.3 | +1.5 | ||
Turnout | 47,056 | 64.2 | −10.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alan Duncan | 24,107 | 45.8 | −15.6 | |
Labour | John Meads | 15,271 | 29.0 | +13.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kim Lee | 10,112 | 19.2 | -1.6 | |
Referendum | Rupert King | 2,317 | 4.4 | New | |
UKIP | Jeff Abbott | 823 | 1.6 | New | |
Majority | 8,836 | 16.8 | −23.8 | ||
Turnout | 52,630 | 75.0 | -5.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -14.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alan Duncan | 38,603 | 59.0 | −3.0 | |
Labour | Joan Taylor | 13,068 | 20.0 | +5.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Lustig | 12,682 | 19.4 | −4.1 | |
Green | Jim Berreen | 861 | 1.3 | New | |
Natural Law | R Gray | 237 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 25,535 | 39.0 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 65,451 | 80.8 | +4.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −4.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Latham | 37,073 | 62.0 | +0.6 | |
Liberal | Robert Renold | 14,051 | 23.5 | -3.6 | |
Labour | Leslie Burke | 8,680 | 14.5 | +2.9 | |
Majority | 23,022 | 38.5 | +5.2 | ||
Turnout | 59,804 | 76.8 | +3.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Latham | 33,262 | 60.4 | ||
Liberal | David Farrer | 14,909 | 27.1 | ||
Labour | John Whitby | 6,414 | 11.6 | ||
Ecology | Heather Goddard | 532 | 1.0 | ||
Majority | 18,353 | 33.3 | |||
Turnout | 59,804 | 73.3 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
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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.
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