Rutland and Melton (UK Parliament constituency)

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Rutland and Melton County constituency
Rutland and Melton shown within Leicestershire
Created:	1983
MP:	Alan Duncan
Party:	Conservative
Type:	House of Commons
Counties:	Leicestershire, Rutland
EP constituency:	East Midlands

Rutland and Melton is a 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.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

It covers Rutland, Melton Mowbray and some suburbs of north-east Leicester such as Scraptoft.

[edit] Members of Parliament

• 1983 – 1992: Sir Michael Latham, Conservative
• 1992 – present: Alan Duncan, Conservative

[edit] Election results

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 Democrats	Graham Hudson	9,153	18.6	+0.8
	UK Independence	Peter Baker	1,554	3.2	+0.6
	Veritas	Duncan Shelley	696	1.4	N/A
	Independent (politician)	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
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
	UK Independence	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

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Leicestershire and Rutland

Constituencies in the East Midlands
Labour	Amber Valley | Ashfield | Bassetlaw | Bolsover | Broxtowe | Corby | Derby North | Derby South | Erewash | Gedling | High Peak | Leicester East | Leicester South | Leicester West | Lincoln | Loughborough | Mansfield | Northampton North | North East Derbyshire | North West Leicestershire | Nottingham East | Nottingham North | Nottingham South | Sherwood | South Derbyshire
Conservative	Blaby | Boston and Skegness | Bosworth | Charnwood | Daventry | Gainsborough | Grantham and Stamford | Harborough | Kettering | Louth and Horncastle | Newark | Northampton South | Rushcliffe | Rutland and Melton | Sleaford and North Hykeham | South Holland and The Deepings | Wellingborough | West Derbyshire
Liberal Democrat	Chesterfield
East Midlands European constituency: Conservative (2) | UKIP (2) | Labour (1) | Liberal Democrats (1)