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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.

Rutland and Melton
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

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

General election 2019: Rutland and Melton[4]

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

General election 2017: Rutland and Melton[6]

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

General election 2015: Rutland and Melton[7][8]

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

General election 2010: Rutland and Melton[9][10][11]

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

General election 2005: Rutland and Melton[12]

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

General election 2001: Rutland and Melton[13]

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

General election 1997: Rutland and Melton[14][15][16][note 2]

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

General election 1992: Rutland and Melton[17][18]

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

General election 1987: Rutland and Melton[19]

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

General election 1983: Rutland and Melton[20]

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

• List of parliamentary constituencies in Leicestershire and Rutland

Notes

References

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