Melton (constituency)

Melton
Melton
Former county constituency; for the House of Commons
County	Leicestershire
Major settlements	Melton Mowbray
1885–1983
Seats	One
Created from	North Leicestershire
Replaced by	Rutland & Melton, Loughborough and Bosworth

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

CountyLeicestershire

Major settlementsMelton Mowbray

SeatsOne

Created fromNorth Leicestershire

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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.

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Year		Member	Party
	1885	Lord John Manners	Conservative
	1888	Marquess of Granby	Conservative
	1895	Lord Edward Manners	Conservative
	1900	Lord Cecil Manners	Conservative
	1906	Henry Walker	Liberal
	1910	Sir Charles Yate	Conservative
	1924	Sir Lindsay Everard	Unionist
	1945	Sir Anthony Nutting	Conservative
	1956	Mervyn Pike	Conservative
	1974	Michael Latham	Conservative
1983		constituency abolished

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Lord John Manners	5,150	57.1
	Liberal	Daniel Rowlinson Ratcliff	3,868	42.9
Majority			1,282	14.2
Turnout			9,018	88.5
Registered electors			10,190
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lord John Manners	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lord John Manners	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marquess of Granby	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Melton (constituency)

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Melton
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
County	Leicestershire
Major settlements	Melton Mowbray
1885–1983
Seats	One
Created from	North Leicestershire
Replaced by	Rutland & Melton, Loughborough and Bosworth^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lord Edward Manners	5,636	56.8	*N/A*
	Liberal	Arthur Wakerley	4,283	43.2	New
Majority			1,353	13.6	N/A
Turnout			9,919	83.4	N/A
Registered electors			11,894
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

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			10,778	80.0	−3.4
Registered electors			11,894
	Conservative hold		Swing	−5.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry de Rosenbach Walker	7,800	56.4	+8.2
	Conservative	Arthur Hazlerigg	6,033	43.6	−8.2
Majority			1,767	12.8	N/A
Turnout			13,833	87.5	+7.5
Registered electors			15,815
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+8.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry de Rosenbach Walker	7,748	50.4	−6.0
	Conservative	Charles Yate	7,625	49.6	+6.0
Majority			123	0.8	−12.0
Turnout			15,373	91.1	+3.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	−6.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Yate	7,599	51.3	+1.7
	Liberal	Edward Dunne	7,227	48.7	−1.7
Majority			372	2.6	N/A
Turnout			14,826	87.9	−3.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+1.7

Party		Candidate	Votes
C	Unionist	Charles Yate	Unopposed
	Unionist hold
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Charles Yate	13,341	53.6	*N/A*
	Liberal	Arthur Richardson	11,550	46.4	New
Majority			1,791	7.2	N/A
Turnout			24,891	79.9	N/A
	Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Charles Yate	13,239	50.1	−3.5
	Liberal	Arthur Richardson	13,195	49.9	+3.5
Majority			44	0.2	−7.0
Turnout			26,434	80.9	+1.0
	Unionist hold		Swing	−3.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	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			29,024	84.3	+3.4
	Unionist hold		Swing	+8.8

General election 1929: Melton ^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Lindsay Everard	18,707	47.4	−11.5
	Liberal	Guy Halford Dixon	14,144	35.9	−5.2
	Labour	A. E. Stubbs	6,569	16.7	New
Majority			4,563	11.5	−6.3
Turnout			32,851	83.2	−1.1
	Unionist hold		Swing	−3.2

General election 1931: Melton ^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lindsay Everard	30,355	78.9	+31.5
	Labour	A. E. Stubbs	8,100	21.1	+4.4
Majority			22,255	57.8	+46.3
Turnout			38,455	76.4	−6.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1935: Melton ^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lindsay Everard	26,325	67.4	−11.5
	Labour	A. E. Stubbs	12,724	32.6	+11.5
Majority			13,601	34.9	−22.9
Turnout			39,029	71.9	−4.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	−11.5

General election 1945: Melton ^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Nutting	23,772	46.0	−21.4
	Labour	Archibald Crawford	18,379	35.6	+3.0
	Liberal	Brian Melton Butcher	9,510	18.4	New
Majority			5,393	10.4	−24.5
Turnout			51,661	76.7	+4.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	−12.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Nutting	26,177	51.01
	Labour	Archibald Crawford	19,621	38.24
	Liberal	Wilfrid Horace Kirby	5,518	10.75	New
Majority			6,556	12.77
Turnout			51,316	87.46
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Anthony Nutting	28,689	56.26
	Labour	Kenneth Frank Urwin	22,308	43.74
Majority			6,381	12.52
Turnout			50,997	85.46
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	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	Mervyn Pike	19,133	53.29	−7.63
	Labour	Edward John Masters	16,771	46.71	+7.63
Majority			2,362	6.58	−15.26
Turnout			35,904
	Conservative hold		Swing	−7.63

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mervyn 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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mervyn Pike	32,842	51.47
	Labour	D. J. Williams	19,578	30.68
	Liberal	Garth V. J. Pratt	11,392	17.85	New
Majority			13,264	20.79
Turnout			65,684	82.57
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mervyn 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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mervyn 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 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 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	22.45	+3.69
Turnout			63,257	77.03	−6.46
	Conservative hold		Swing	−0.56

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Latham	40,242	58.56	+9.64
	Labour	Mel Read	15,882	23.11	−3.36
	Liberal	David John Farrer	12,596	18.33	−6.28
Majority			24,360	35.45	+13.00
Turnout			68,720	78.70	+1.67
	Conservative hold		Swing	+6.50