Melton (UK Parliament constituency)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Melton was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election. It was succeeded by the Rutland and Melton constituency.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Year Member Party
1885 Lord John James Robert Manners
1888 Henry John Brinsley Manners
1895 Lord Edward William John Manners
1900 Lord Cecil Reginald John Manners
1906 Henry de Rosenbach Walker
1910 Sir Charles Edward Yate
1924 Sir William Lindsay Everard Unionist
1945 Harold Anthony Nutting Conservative
1956 Irene Mervyn Parnicott Pike Conservative
1974 Michael Anthony Latham Conservative
1983 constituency abolished

This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.