Rutland and Melton (UK Parliament constituency)

Rutland and Melton
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Rutland and Melton in Leicestershire and Rutland.
Location of Leicestershire and Rutland within England.
County	1983–1997 Leicestershire 1997– , Leicestershire and Rutland
Electorate	77,324 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1983 (1983)
Member of Parliament	Alan Duncan (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Rutland & Stamford, and Melton
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	East Midlands

Rutland and Melton is a county constituency spanning Leicestershire and Rutland, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election. The constituency was first contested in 1983.

History

This is a safe Conservative seat. The current MP is the Minister for International Development, Alan Duncan.

Boundaries

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	Party
	1983	Michael Latham	Conservative
	1992	Alan Duncan	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Rutland and Melton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Duncan	28,228	51.2	±0.0
	Liberal Democrat	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	N/A
	Independent	Leigh Higgins	588	1.1	N/A
Majority			14,000	25.4	−0.8
Turnout			55,166	71.7	+6.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	-3.6

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Rutland and Melton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Duncan	25,237	51.2	+3.1
	Labour	Linda Arnold	12,307	25.0	−4.8
	Liberal Democrat	Grahame Hudson	9,153	18.6	+0.8
	UKIP	Peter Baker	1,554	3.2	+0.6
	Veritas	Duncan Shelley	696	1.4	N/A
	Independent	Helen Pender	337	0.7	N/A
Majority			12,930	26.2	+7.9
Turnout			49,284	65.0	+0.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.0

General Election 2001: Rutland and Melton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Duncan	22,621	48.1	+2.3
	Labour	Matthew O’Callaghan	14,009	29.8	+0.8
	Liberal Democrat	Kim Lee	8,386	17.8	−1.4
	UKIP	Peter Baker	1,223	2.6	+1.0
	Green	Chris Davies	817	1.7	N/A
Majority			8,612	18.3	+1.5
Turnout			47,056	64.2	−10.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.8

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Rutland and Melton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Duncan	24,107	45.8	−15.6
	Labour	John Meads	15,271	29.0	+8.2
	Liberal Democrat	Kim Lee	10,112	19.2	+3.5
	Referendum Party	Rupert King	2,317	4.4	N/A
	UKIP	Jeff Abbott	823	1.6	N/A
Majority			8,836	16.8	−23.8
Turnout			52,630	75.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	-14.5

General Election 1992: Rutland and Melton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Duncan	38,603	59.0	−3.0
	Labour	Mrs Joan Taylor	13,068	20.0	+5.5
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Lustig	12,682	19.4	−4.1
	Green	Jim Berreen	861	1.3	N/A
	Natural Law	R Gray	237	0.4	N/A
Majority			25,535	39.0	+0.5
Turnout			65,451	80.8	+4.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	−4.2

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Rutland and Melton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Latham	37,073	62.0	-
	Labour	Chris Burke	8,680	14.5	-
	Liberal	Rob Renold	14,051	23.5	-
Majority			23,022
Turnout			59,804	-	-
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Rutland and Melton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Latham	33,262	-	-
	Labour	John Whitby	6,414	-	-
	Liberal	David Farrer	14,909	-	-
	Ecology	Heather Goddard	532	-	-
Majority			18,353	-	-
Turnout			59,804	-	-
	Conservative hold		Swing

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Leicestershire and Rutland