Melton (UK Parliament constituency)
Melton | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons |
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County | Leicestershire |
Major settlements | Melton Mowbray |
1885–1983 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Rutland & Melton, Loughborough and Bosworth[1] |
Created from | North Leicestershire |
Melton was a county 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, when the former two-seat Northern Division of Leicestershire was replaced by two new single-seat county divisions: Melton and Loughborough. It was abolished for the 1983 general election, when it was succeeded by the Rutland and Melton constituency.
Boundaries[edit]
1885-1918: The Sessional Divisions of Belvoir and Melton Mowbray, and parts of the Sessional Divisions of Leicester and Loughborough.
1918-1950: The Urban Districts of Melton Mowbray, Quorndon, and Thurmaston, and the Rural Districts of Barrow-upon-Soar, Belvoir, Billesdon, and Melton Mowbray.
1950-1974: The Urban District of Melton Mowbray, and the Rural Districts of Barrow-upon-Soar, Billesdon, and Melton and Belvoir.
1974-1983: The Urban District of Melton Mowbray, and the Rural Districts of Barrow-upon-Soar, and Melton and Belvoir.
As its name suggested, the main settlement in the constituency was Melton Mowbray.
Members of Parliament[edit]
Elections[edit]
Elections in the 1880s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Rt Hon. Lord John Manners | 5,150 | 57.1 | n/a | |
Liberal | D.R. Ratcliff | 3,868 | 42.9 | n/a | |
Majority | 1,282 | 14.2 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 88.5 | n/a | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rt Hon. Lord John Manners | Unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Conservative hold | Swing | n/a |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Marquess of Granby | Unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Conservative hold | Swing | n/a |
Elections in the 1890s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Marquess of Granby | Unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Conservative hold | Swing | n/a |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lord Edward Manners | 5,636 | 56.8 | n/a | |
Liberal | Arthur Wakerley | 4,283 | 43.2 | n/a | |
Majority | 1,353 | 13.6 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 83.4 | n/a | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | n/a |
Elections in the 1900s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lord Cecil Manners | 5,585 | 51.8 | -5.0 | |
Liberal | Arthur Wakerley | 5,193 | 48.2 | +5.0 | |
Majority | 392 | 3.6 | -10.0 | ||
Turnout | 80.0 | -3.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -5.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry de Rosenbach Walker | 7,800 | 56.4 | +8.2 | |
Conservative | Arthur Grey Hazlerigg | 6,033 | 43.6 | -8.2 | |
Majority | 1,767 | 12.8 | 16.4 | ||
Turnout | 87.5 | +7.5 | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +8.2 |
Elections in the 1910s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry de Rosenbach Walker | 7,748 | 50.4 | -6.0 | |
Conservative | Charles Edward Yate | 7,625 | 49.6 | +6.0 | |
Majority | 123 | 0.8 | -12.0 | ||
Turnout | 91.1 | +3.6 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | -6.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Edward Yate | 7,599 | 51.3 | +1.7 | |
Liberal | Edward Marten Dunne | 7,227 | 48.7 | -1.7 | |
Majority | 372 | 2.6 | 3.4 | ||
Turnout | 87.9 | -3.2 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +1.7 |
General Election 1914/15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Unionist: Charles Edward Yate
- Liberal: Arthur Richardson[16]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | unopposed | n/a | n/a | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | n/a |
- endorsed by the Coalition Government
Elections in the 1920s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Sir Charles Edward Yate | 13,341 | 53.6 | n/a | |
Liberal | Arthur Richardson | 11,550 | 46.4 | n/a | |
Majority | 1,791 | 7.2 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 79.9 | n/a | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | n/a |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Sir Charles Edward Yate | 13,239 | 50.1 | -3.5 | |
Liberal | Arthur Richardson | 13,195 | 49.9 | +3.5 | |
Majority | 44 | 0.2 | -7.0 | ||
Turnout | 80.9 | +1.0 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | -3.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Unionist | William Lindsay Everard | 17,090 | 58.9 | +8.8 | |
Liberal | Arthur Richardson | 11,934 | 41.1 | -8.8 | |
Majority | 5,156 | 17.8 | +17.6 | ||
Turnout | 84.3 | +3.4 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | +8.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | William Lindsay Everard | 18,707 | 47.4 | -11.5 | |
Liberal | Guy Halford Dixon | 14,144 | 35.9 | -5.2 | |
Labour | Albert Ernest Stubbs | 6,569 | 16.7 | n/a | |
Majority | 4,563 | 11.5 | -6.3 | ||
Turnout | 83.2 | -1.1 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | -3.2 |
Elections in the 1930s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | William Lindsay Everard | 30,355 | 78.9 | +31.5 | |
Labour | Albert Ernest Stubbs | 8,100 | 21.1 | +4.4 | |
Majority | 22,255 | 57.9 | +46.4 | ||
Turnout | 38,455 | 76.4 | -6.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | n/a |
- Liberal candidate Guy Halford Dixon withdrew at the start of the campaign
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Lindsay Everard | 26,325 | 67.4 | -11.5 | |
Labour | Albert Ernest Stubbs | 12,704 | 32.5 | +11.5 | |
Majority | 13,621 | 34.9 | -23.0 | ||
Turnout | 39,029 | 71.9 | -4.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -11.5 |
General Election 1939/40: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
- Conservative: William Lindsay Everard
- Labour: Clare Hollingworth[24]
- Liberal: J. T. Pepper[25]
Elections in the 1940s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Harold Anthony Nutting | 23,772 | 46.0 | -21.4 | |
Labour | Archibald Crawford | 18,379 | 35.6 | +3.1 | |
Liberal | Brian Melton Butcher | 9,510 | 18.4 | n/a | |
Majority | 5,393 | 10.4 | -24.5 | ||
Turnout | 76.7 | +4.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -12.2 |
Elections in the 1950s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Harold Anthony Nutting | 26,177 | 51.01 | ||
Labour | Archibald Crawford | 19,621 | 38.24 | ||
Liberal | Wilfrid Horace Kirby | 5,518 | 10.75 | ||
Majority | 6,556 | 12.78 | |||
Turnout | 51,316 | 87.46 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Harold Anthony Nutting | 28,689 | 56.26 | ||
Labour | Kenneth Frank Urwin | 22,308 | 43.74 | ||
Majority | 6,381 | 12.51 | |||
Turnout | 50,997 | 85.46 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Harold Anthony Nutting | 30,074 | 60.92 | ||
Labour | Kenneth Frank Urwin | 19,294 | 39.08 | ||
Majority | 10,780 | 21.84 | |||
Turnout | 49,368 | 80.95 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Irene Mervyn Parnicott Pike | 19,133 | 53.29 | -7.63 | |
Labour | Edward John Masters | 16,771 | 46.71 | +7.63 | |
Majority | 2,362 | 6.58 | |||
Turnout | 35,904 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -7.63 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Irene Mervyn Parnicott Pike | 34,997 | 61.21 | ||
Labour | Charles W Shepherd | 22,176 | 38.79 | ||
Majority | 12,821 | 22.42 | |||
Turnout | 57,173 | 81.40 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Irene Mervyn Parnicott Pike | 32,842 | 51.47 | ||
Labour | D. J. Williams | 19,578 | 30.68 | ||
Liberal | Garth V. J. Pratt | 11,392 | 17.85 | ||
Majority | 13,264 | 20.79 | |||
Turnout | 65,684 | 82.57 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Irene Mervyn Parnicott Pike | 30,776 | 48.04 | ||
Labour | John R. Frears | 23,181 | 36.18 | ||
Liberal | Garth V. J. Pratt | 10,108 | 15.78 | ||
Majority | 7,595 | 11.86 | |||
Turnout | 64,065 | 80.47 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Irene Mervyn Parnicott Pike | 38,782 | 56.08 | ||
Labour | Kevin Wood | 20,907 | 30.23 | ||
Liberal | John B. Pick | 9,465 | 13.69 | ||
Majority | 17,785 | 25.85 | |||
Turnout | 69,154 | 75.94 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Anthony Latham | 32,239 | 47.44 | -8.64 | |
Liberal | John Barclay Pick | 19,490 | 28.68 | +14.99 | |
Labour | Royston William Samuel Mayhew | 16,228 | 23.88 | -6.35 | |
Majority | 12,749 | 18.76 | -7.09 | ||
Turnout | 67,957 | 83.49 | +7.55 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Anthony Latham | 30,943 | 48.92 | +1.48 | |
Labour | David John Knaggs | 16,747 | 26.47 | +2.59 | |
Liberal | John Barclay Pick | 15,567 | 24.61 | -4.07 | |
Majority | 14,196 | 22.44 | +3.68 | ||
Turnout | 63,257 | 77.03 | -6.46 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.56 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Anthony Latham | 40,242 | 58.56 | +9.64 | |
Labour | Imelda Mary Read | 15,882 | 23.11 | -3.36 | |
Liberal | David John Farrer | 12,596 | 18.33 | -6.28 | |
Majority | 24,360 | 35.45 | +13.01 | ||
Turnout | 68,720 | 78.70 | +1.67 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +6.50 |
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