| Rutland and Melton | |
| Parliament: | uk |
| Map1: | RutlandMelton2007 |
| Map2: | EnglandLeicestershire |
| Map Entity: | Rutland and Leicestershire |
| Map Year: | 2019 |
| Year: | 1983 |
| Abolished: | 2024 |
| Type: | County |
| Elects Howmany: | One |
| Previous: | Rutland and Stamford, and Melton |
| Next: | Rutland and Stamford, and Melton and Syston |
| Electorate: | 77,324 (December 2010)[1] |
| Region: | England |
| Towns: | Melton Mowbray, Oakham and Uppingham |
| County: | 1983–1997 Leicestershire 1997–present Leicestershire and Rutland |
| European: | East Midlands |
Rutland and Melton was a county constituency spanning Leicestershire and Rutland, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 to 2024. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election. For its entire existence, the seat elected members of the Conservative Party.
The constituency was created in 1983 from the former seats of Rutland and Stamford and Melton. Initially, it covered all of Rutland and Melton borough and part of Charnwood. A boundary change implemented in 1997 saw the area of Charnwood replaced with part of Harborough district up to the boundary of the city of Leicester (for example Scraptoft).
The constituency was considered a safe Conservative seat throughout its existence, electing a Conservative with a significant margin even with the 1997 national swing towards the Labour Party. Sir Alan Duncan held the seat from 1992 to 2019, when he was replaced by Alicia Kearns.[2]
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was abolished for the 2024 general election, with its contents distributed as follows:[3]
1983–1997: The district of Rutland, the Borough of Melton, and the borough of Charnwood wards of East Goscote, Queniborough, Six Hills, Syston, and Thurmaston.
1997–2010: The county of Rutland, the Borough of Melton, and the District of Harborough wards of Billesdon, Easton, Houghton, Scraptoft, Thurnby, and Tilton.
2010–2024: The county of Rutland, the Borough of Melton, and the District of Harborough wards of Billesdon, Nevill, Thurnby and Houghton, and Tilton.
| Election | Member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Michael Latham | Conservative | ||
| 1992 | Sir Alan Duncan | Conservative | ||
| 2019 | Alicia Kearns | Conservative | ||