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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

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

Manners was appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, requiring a by-election.

Manners succeeded to the peerage, becoming Duke of Rutland, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1890s

Elections in the 1900s

Elections in the 1910s

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

Elections in the 1920s

Elections in the 1930s

• Liberal candidate Guy Halford Dixon withdrew at the start of the campaign

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
• Liberal: J. T. Pepper

Elections in the 1940s

Elections in the 1950s

Elections in the 1960s

Elections in the 1970s

References

1. ^ "'Melton', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
2. ^ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
3. ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
4. ^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
5. Grantham Journal, 18 Apr 1914
6. ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
7. Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
8. The Liberal Magazine, 1939
9. ^ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
10. "1956 By Elections". 10 October 2012. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012.
11. ^ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
12. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1970". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 16 June 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
13. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results February 1974". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 27 January 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
14. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results October 1974". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 8 May 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
15. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1979". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2016.

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 2)

• Parliamentary constituencies in Leicestershire (historic)
• Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885
• Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1983