Melton (UK Parliament constituency)

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox UK constituency main 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.

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

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

Year		Member	Party
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1885	Lord John Manners	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1888	Marquess of Granby	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1895	Lord Edward Manners	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1900	Lord Cecil Manners	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1906	Henry Walker	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1910	Sir Charles Yate	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1924	Sir Lindsay Everard	Unionist
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1945	Sir Anthony Nutting	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1956	Mervyn Pike	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1974	Michael Latham	Conservative
1983		constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

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Lord John

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General election 1885: Melton ^[1]^[2]
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	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Daniel Rowlinson Ratcliff	3,868	42.9
Majority			1,282	14.2	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			9,018	88.5	Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors			10,190		Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1886: Melton ^[1]
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Manners was appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, requiring a by-election.

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By-election, 13 Aug 1886: Melton ^[1]
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Manners succeeded to the peerage, becoming Duke of Rutland, causing a by-election.

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Granby

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By-election, 21 Mar 1888: Melton ^[1]
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Elections in the 1890s

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General election 1892: Melton ^[1]^[2]
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Lord Edward

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General election 1895: Melton ^[1]^[3]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Arthur Wakerley	4,283	43.2	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			1,353	13.6	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			9,919	83.4	Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors			11,894		Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 1900s

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General election 1900: Melton ^[1]^[3]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Arthur Wakerley	5,193	48.2	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			392	3.6	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			10,778	80.0	Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors			11,894		Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1906: Melton ^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Arthur Hazlerigg	6,033	43.6	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			1,767	12.8	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			13,833	87.5	Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors			15,815		Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 1910s

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General election January 1910: Melton ^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Charles Yate	7,625	49.6	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			123	0.8	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			15,373	91.1	Script error: No such module "String".
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General election December 1910: Melton ^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Edward Dunne	7,227	48.7	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			372	2.6	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			14,826	87.9	Script error: No such module "String".
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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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

Unionist: Charles Yate
Liberal: Arthur Richardson^[4]

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Elections in the 1920s

General election 1918: Melton ^[5]
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General election 1922: Melton ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Arthur Richardson	11,550	46.4	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			1,791	7.2	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			24,891	79.9	Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1923: Melton ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Arthur Richardson	13,195	49.9	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			44	0.2	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			26,434	80.9	Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1924: Melton ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Arthur Richardson	11,934	41.1	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			5,156	17.8	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			29,024	84.3	Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1929: Melton ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Guy Halford Dixon	14,144	35.9	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	A. E. Stubbs	6,569	16.7	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			4,563	11.5	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			32,851	83.2	Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 1930s

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General election 1931: Melton ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	A. E. Stubbs	8,100	21.1	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			22,255	57.8	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			38,455	76.4	Script error: No such module "String".
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Liberal candidate Guy Halford Dixon withdrew at the start of the campaign

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General election 1935: Melton ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	A. E. Stubbs	12,724	32.6	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			13,601	34.9	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			39,029	71.9	Script error: No such module "String".
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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: Lindsay Everard
Labour: Clare Hollingworth^[6]
Liberal: J. T. Pepper^[7]

Elections in the 1940s

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General election 1945: Melton ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Archibald Crawford	18,379	35.6	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Brian Melton Butcher	9,510	18.4	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			5,393	10.4	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			51,661	76.7	Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 1950s

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General election 1950: Melton ^[8]
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	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Archibald Crawford	19,621	38.24
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Wilfrid Horace Kirby	5,518	10.75	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			6,556	12.77	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			51,316	87.46	Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1951: Melton ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Kenneth Frank Urwin	22,308	43.74
Majority			6,381	12.52	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			50,997	85.46	Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1955: Melton ^[8]
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	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Kenneth Frank Urwin	19,294	39.08
Majority			10,780	21.84	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			49,368	80.95	Script error: No such module "String".
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1956 Melton by-election^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Edward John Masters	16,771	46.71	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			2,362	6.58	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			35,904		Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1959: Melton ^[10]
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	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Charles W Shepherd	22,176	38.79
Majority			12,821	22.42	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			57,173	81.40	Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 1960s

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General election 1964: Melton ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	D. J. Williams	19,578	30.68
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Garth V. J. Pratt	11,392	17.85	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			13,264	20.79	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			65,684	82.57	Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1966: Melton ^[8]
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	Script error: No such module "Political party".	John R. Frears	23,181	36.18
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Garth V. J. Pratt	10,108	15.78
Majority			7,595	11.86	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			64,065	80.47	Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 1970s

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General election 1970: Melton ^[8]^[11]
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	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Kevin Wood	20,907	30.23
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	John B. Pick	9,465	13.69
Majority			17,785	25.85	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			69,154	75.94	Script error: No such module "String".
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General election February 1974: Melton^[12]^[13]
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	Script error: No such module "Political party".	John Barclay Pick	19,490	28.68	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Royston William Samuel Mayhew	16,228	23.88	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			12,749	18.76	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			67,957	83.49	Script error: No such module "String".
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General election October 1974: Melton^[12]^[14]
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	Script error: No such module "Political party".	David John Knaggs	16,747	26.47	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	John Barclay Pick	15,567	24.61	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			14,196	22.45	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			63,257	77.03	Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1979: Melton^[12]^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Mel Read	15,882	23.11	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	David John Farrer	12,596	18.33	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			24,360	35.45	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			68,720	78.70	Script error: No such module "String".
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References

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g The Liberal Year Book, 1907
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
↑ ^a ^b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
↑ Grantham Journal, 18 Apr 1914
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
↑ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
↑ The Liberal Magazine, 1939
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
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↑ ^a ^b F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
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[The_Liberal_Year_Book,_1907-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g The Liberal Year Book, 1907

[ReferenceA-2] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig

[ReferenceB-3] Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901

[4] Grantham Journal, 18 Apr 1914

[ReferenceC-5] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig

[6] Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939

[7] The Liberal Magazine, 1939

[ReferenceD-8] British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig

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[ReferenceE-10] F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973

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Melton (UK Parliament constituency)

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Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

Elections in the 1890s

Elections in the 1900s

Elections in the 1910s

Elections in the 1920s

Elections in the 1930s

Elections in the 1940s

Elections in the 1950s

Elections in the 1960s

Elections in the 1970s

References

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Elections in the 1880s

Elections in the 1890s

Elections in the 1900s

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Elections in the 1920s

Elections in the 1930s

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