Melton and Syston (UK Parliament constituency) explained

Melton and Syston
Parliament:	uk
Year:	2024
Type:	County
Elects Howmany:	One
Electorate:	71,615 (2023)^[1]
Region:	England
Towns:	Melton Mowbray, Sileby, Syston

Melton and Syston is a county constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.^[2] It was first contested at the 2024 general election. The seat is currently represented by Edward Argar of the Conservative Party.

Boundaries

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the composition of the constituency was defined as follows (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

• The Borough of Charnwood wards of: East Goscote; Queniborough; Sileby; Syston East; Syston West; Thurmaston; Wreake Villages.
• The Borough of Melton.^[3]

It includes the following areas:

• The whole of the Borough of Melton, including the town of Melton Mowbray, transferred from Rutland and Melton (abolished, with Rutland now included in Rutland and Stamford)
• Syston, East Goscote and Thurmaston, transferred from Charnwood (abolished and largely replaced by Mid Leicestershire)
• Sileby, transferred from Loughborough.

Following a local government boundary review in Charnwood which came into effect in May 2023,^{[4] [5]} the constituency now comprises the following from the 2024 general election:

• The Borough of Charnwood wards of: Sileby & Seagrave (most); South Charnwood; Syston; Thurmaston; Wreake Valley.^[6]
• The Borough of Melton.

Members of Parliament

Rutland and Melton, Charnwood and Loughborough prior to 2024

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

External links

• Melton and Syston UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK

Notes and References

1. Web site: The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – East Midlands . Boundary Commission for England . 2 July 2024 . dmy .
2. Web site: The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – East Midlands Boundary Commission for England . 2023-07-14 . boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk.
3. Web site: The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023 . Schedule 1 Part 1 East Midlands.
4. Web site: LGBCE . Charnwood LGBCE . 2024-04-09 . www.lgbce.org.uk . en.
5. Web site: The Charnwood (Electoral Changes) Order 2022 .
6. Web site: New Seat Details - Melton and Syston . 2024-04-09 . www.electoralcalculus.co.uk.