| Rutland and Melton County constituency |
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| Rutland and Melton shown within Leicestershire and Rutland | |
| Created: | 1983 |
| MP: | Alan Duncan |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Counties: | Leicestershire, Rutland |
| EP constituency: | East Midlands |
Rutland and Melton is a county constituency 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.
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Boundaries
It was created in 1983 from the former seats of Melton and of Rutland and Stamford. It covers all of Rutland unitary authority, Melton Borough and part of Harborough District up to the boundary of the city of Leicester, (for example Scraptoft).
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1983 | Michael Latham | Conservative | |
| 1992 | Alan Duncan | Conservative | |
Election results
| Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election[1] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Alan Duncan | ||||
| Liberal Democrat | Grahame Hudson | ||||
Elections in the 2000s
| General Election 2005: Rutland and Melton | |||||
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| 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 | |||
| Turnout | 49,284 | 65.0 | +0.8 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +4.0 | |||
| General Election 2001: Rutland and Melton | |||||
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| 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 | |||
| Turnout | 47,056 | 64.2 | -10.7 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1990s
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Elections in the 1980s
| General Election 1987: Rutland and Melton | |||||
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| 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 | |||||
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| 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
References
- ^ Rutland and Melton, UKPollingReport
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Coordinates: 52°42′N 0°48′W / 52.7°N 0.8°W
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