Rutland and Melton (UK Parliament constituency)
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Rutland and Melton | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Rutland and Melton in Rutland and Leicestershire | |
![]() 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 |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1983 |
Member of Parliament | Alicia Kearns (Conservative) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | Rutland & Stamford, and Melton |
Rutland and Melton is a county constituency spanning Leicestershire and Rutland, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2019 by Alicia Kearns, a Conservative. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election.
The constituency was first contested in 1983. It has been considered a safe Conservative seat since its creation, continuing to elect a Conservative with a significant margin even with the 1997 national swing towards the Labour Party. Sir Alan Duncan did not stand for re-election in 2019.[2]
Boundaries[]
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–present: The county of Rutland, the borough of Melton, and the district of Harborough wards of Billesdon, Nevill, Thurnby and Houghton, and Tilton.
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).
Members of Parliament[]
Election | Member[3] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1983 | Michael Latham | Conservative | |
1992 | Sir Alan Duncan | Conservative | |
2019 | Alicia Kearns | Conservative |
Elections[]
Elections in the 2010s[]
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 | ||||
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[8] | 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 |
Elections in the 2000s[]
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 |
Elections in the 1990s[]
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 |
Elections in the 1980s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Latham | 37,073 | 62.0 | +0.7 | |
Liberal | Robert Renold | 14,051 | 23.5 | -3.5 | |
Labour | Leslie Burke | 8,680 | 14.5 | +2.9 | |
Majority | 23,022 | 38.50 | +5.20 | ||
Turnout | 59,804 | 76.82 | +3.51 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Latham | 33,262 | 60.35 | ||
Liberal | David Farrer | 14,909 | 27.05 | ||
Labour | John Whitby | 6,414 | 11.64 | ||
Ecology | Heather Goddard | 532 | 0.97 | ||
Majority | 18,353 | 33.30 | |||
Turnout | 59,804 | 73.31 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
See also[]
Notes[]
References[]
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Sir Alan Duncan will not stand for re-election". 30 October 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 2)
- ^ "Rutland & Melton Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
- ^ "Melton election contenders send condolences after death of Independent candidate". Melton Times. 28 November 2019. 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.
- ^ "General Election 2017: Rutland and Melton". The Daily Express. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ a b "UK Polling Report".
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ http://www.rutland.gov.uk/pp/pressrelease/pressdetail.asp?Id=8639
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 2010. Politics Resources. 6 May 2010. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
- ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1997. Politics Resources. 1 May 1997. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
- ^ C. Rallings & M. Thrasher, The Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies, p.142 (Plymouth: LGC Elections Centre, 1995)
- ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
- ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
Coordinates: 52°42′N 0°48′W / 52.7°N 0.8°W
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1983
- Parliamentary constituencies in Rutland
- Parliamentary constituencies in Leicestershire
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