Melton (UK Parliament constituency)
Melton | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Leicestershire |
Major settlements | Melton Mowbray |
1885–1983 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Rutland & Melton, Loughborough and Bosworth[1] |
Created from | North Leicestershire |
Melton was a county constituency centred on the town of Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, when the former two-seat Northern Division of Leicestershire was replaced by two new single-seat county divisions: Melton and Loughborough. It was abolished for the 1983 general election, when it was succeeded by the Rutland and Melton constituency.
Boundaries[]
1885–1918: The Sessional Divisions of Belvoir and Melton Mowbray, and parts of the Sessional Divisions of Leicester and Loughborough.
1918–1950: The Urban Districts of Melton Mowbray, Quorndon, and Thurmaston, and the Rural Districts of Barrow-upon-Soar, Belvoir, Billesdon, and Melton Mowbray.
1950–1974: The Urban District of Melton Mowbray, and the Rural Districts of Barrow-upon-Soar, Billesdon, and Melton and Belvoir.
1974–1983: The Urban District of Melton Mowbray, and the Rural Districts of Barrow-upon-Soar, and Melton and Belvoir.
As its name suggested, the main settlement in the constituency was Melton Mowbray.
Members of Parliament[]
Year | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1885 | Lord John Manners | Conservative | |
Marquess of Granby | Conservative | ||
1895 | Lord Edward Manners | Conservative | |
1900 | Lord Cecil Manners | Conservative | |
1906 | Henry Walker | Liberal | |
1910 | Sir Charles Yate | Conservative | |
1924 | Sir Lindsay Everard | Unionist | |
1945 | Sir Anthony Nutting | Conservative | |
1956 | Mervyn Pike | Conservative | |
1974 | Michael Latham | Conservative | |
1983 | constituency abolished |
Elections[]
Elections in the 1880s[]
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Manners | 5,150 | 57.1 | ||
Liberal | Daniel Rowlinson Ratcliff | 3,868 | 42.9 | ||
Majority | 1,282 | 14.2 | |||
Turnout | 9,018 | 88.5 | |||
Registered electors | 10,190 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Manners | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Manners was appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Manners | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Manners succeeded to the peerage, becoming Duke of Rutland, causing a by-election.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Manners | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1890s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Manners | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Manners | 5,636 | 56.8 | N/A | |
Liberal | Arthur Wakerley | 4,283 | 43.2 | New | |
Majority | 1,353 | 13.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,919 | 83.4 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 11,894 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1900s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Cecil Manners | 5,585 | 51.8 | -5.0 | |
Liberal | Arthur Wakerley | 5,193 | 48.2 | +5.0 | |
Majority | 392 | 3.6 | -10.0 | ||
Turnout | 10,778 | 80.0 | -3.4 | ||
Registered electors | 11,894 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -5.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry de Rosenbach Walker | 7,800 | 56.4 | +8.2 | |
Conservative | Arthur Hazlerigg | 6,033 | 43.6 | -8.2 | |
Majority | 1,767 | 12.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 13,833 | 87.5 | +7.5 | ||
Registered electors | 15,815 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +8.2 |
Elections in the 1910s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry de Rosenbach Walker | 7,748 | 50.4 | -6.0 | |
Conservative | Charles Yate | 7,625 | 49.6 | +6.0 | |
Majority | 123 | 0.8 | -12.0 | ||
Turnout | 15,373 | 91.1 | +3.6 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | -6.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Yate | 7,599 | 51.3 | +1.7 | |
Liberal | Edward Dunne | 7,227 | 48.7 | -1.7 | |
Majority | 372 | 2.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 14,826 | 87.9 | -3.2 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +1.7 |
General Election 1914–15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Unionist: Charles Yate
- Liberal: Arthur Richardson[5]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | Charles Yate | Unopposed | ||
Unionist hold | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Elections in the 1920s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Charles Yate | 13,341 | 53.6 | N/A | |
Liberal | Arthur Richardson | 11,550 | 46.4 | New | |
Majority | 1,791 | 7.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 24,891 | 79.9 | N/A | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Charles Yate | 13,239 | 50.1 | -3.5 | |
Liberal | Arthur Richardson | 13,195 | 49.9 | +3.5 | |
Majority | 44 | 0.2 | -7.0 | ||
Turnout | 26,434 | 80.9 | +1.0 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | -3.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Lindsay Everard | 17,090 | 58.9 | +8.8 | |
Liberal | Arthur Richardson | 11,934 | 41.1 | -8.8 | |
Majority | 5,156 | 17.8 | +17.6 | ||
Turnout | 29,024 | 84.3 | +3.4 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | +8.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Lindsay Everard | 18,707 | 47.4 | -11.5 | |
Liberal | Guy Halford Dixon | 14,144 | 35.9 | -5.2 | |
Labour | A. E. Stubbs | 6,569 | 16.7 | New | |
Majority | 4,563 | 11.5 | -6.3 | ||
Turnout | 32,851 | 83.2 | -1.1 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | -3.2 |
Elections in the 1930s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lindsay Everard | 30,355 | 78.9 | +31.5 | |
Labour | A. E. Stubbs | 8,100 | 21.1 | +4.4 | |
Majority | 22,255 | 57.8 | +46.3 | ||
Turnout | 38,455 | 76.4 | -6.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
- Liberal candidate Guy Halford Dixon withdrew at the start of the campaign
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lindsay Everard | 26,325 | 67.4 | -11.5 | |
Labour | A. E. Stubbs | 12,704 | 32.5 | +11.4 | |
Majority | 13,621 | 34.9 | -22.9 | ||
Turnout | 39,029 | 71.9 | -4.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -11.5 |
General Election 1939–40: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
- Conservative: Lindsay Everard
- Labour: Clare Hollingworth[7]
- Liberal: J. T. Pepper[8]
Elections in the 1940s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony Nutting | 23,772 | 46.0 | -21.4 | |
Labour | Archibald Crawford | 18,379 | 35.6 | +3.1 | |
Liberal | Brian Melton Butcher | 9,510 | 18.4 | New | |
Majority | 5,393 | 10.4 | -24.5 | ||
Turnout | 51,661 | 76.7 | +4.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -12.2 |
Elections in the 1950s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony Nutting | 26,177 | 51.01 | ||
Labour | Archibald Crawford | 19,621 | 38.24 | ||
Liberal | Wilfrid Horace Kirby | 5,518 | 10.75 | New | |
Majority | 6,556 | 12.77 | |||
Turnout | 51,316 | 87.46 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony Nutting | 28,689 | 56.26 | ||
Labour | Kenneth Frank Urwin | 22,308 | 43.74 | ||
Majority | 6,381 | 12.52 | |||
Turnout | 50,997 | 85.46 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony Nutting | 30,074 | 60.92 | ||
Labour | Kenneth Frank Urwin | 19,294 | 39.08 | ||
Majority | 10,780 | 21.84 | |||
Turnout | 49,368 | 80.95 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mervyn Pike | 19,133 | 53.29 | -7.63 | |
Labour | Edward John Masters | 16,771 | 46.71 | +7.63 | |
Majority | 2,362 | 6.58 | -15.26 | ||
Turnout | 35,904 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -7.63 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mervyn Pike | 34,997 | 61.21 | ||
Labour | Charles W Shepherd | 22,176 | 38.79 | ||
Majority | 12,821 | 22.42 | |||
Turnout | 57,173 | 81.40 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mervyn Pike | 32,842 | 51.47 | ||
Labour | D. J. Williams | 19,578 | 30.68 | ||
Liberal | Garth V. J. Pratt | 11,392 | 17.85 | New | |
Majority | 13,264 | 20.79 | |||
Turnout | 65,684 | 82.57 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mervyn Pike | 30,776 | 48.04 | ||
Labour | John R. Frears | 23,181 | 36.18 | ||
Liberal | Garth V. J. Pratt | 10,108 | 15.78 | ||
Majority | 7,595 | 11.86 | |||
Turnout | 64,065 | 80.47 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mervyn Pike | 38,782 | 56.08 | ||
Labour | Kevin Wood | 20,907 | 30.23 | ||
Liberal | John B. Pick | 9,465 | 13.69 | ||
Majority | 17,785 | 25.85 | |||
Turnout | 69,154 | 75.94 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Latham | 32,239 | 47.44 | -8.64 | |
Liberal | John Barclay Pick | 19,490 | 28.68 | +14.99 | |
Labour | Royston William Samuel Mayhew | 16,228 | 23.88 | -6.35 | |
Majority | 12,749 | 18.76 | -7.09 | ||
Turnout | 67,957 | 83.49 | +7.55 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Latham | 30,943 | 48.92 | +1.48 | |
Labour | David John Knaggs | 16,747 | 26.47 | +2.59 | |
Liberal | John Barclay Pick | 15,567 | 24.61 | -4.07 | |
Majority | 14,196 | 22.45 | +3.69 | ||
Turnout | 63,257 | 77.03 | -6.46 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.56 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Latham | 40,242 | 58.56 | +9.64 | |
Labour | Mel Read | 15,882 | 23.11 | -3.36 | |
Liberal | David John Farrer | 12,596 | 18.33 | -6.28 | |
Majority | 24,360 | 35.45 | +13.00 | ||
Turnout | 68,720 | 78.70 | +1.67 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +6.50 |
References[]
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- ^ a b c d e f g The Liberal Year Book, 1907
- ^ a b c d e f g British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
- ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
- ^ Grantham Journal, 18 Apr 1914
- ^ a b c d e f g h British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
- ^ The Liberal Magazine, 1939
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- ^ "1956 By Elections". Oct 10, 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-10-10.
- ^ a b F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
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