Melton and Syston (UK Parliament constituency)

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Melton and Syston
County constituency
for the House of Commons
CountyLeicestershire
Major settlementsMelton Mowbray, Sileby, Syston
Current constituency
Created2024
Member of ParliamentNone
SeatsOne
Created fromRutland and Melton

Melton and Syston is a proposed constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.[1] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023,[2] it will first be contested at the 2024 general election.

Boundaries[edit]

Map
Map of boundaries from 2024

The constituency will be composed of the following (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.[2]

It will include the following areas:

Following a local government boundary review in Charnwood which came into effect in May 2023,[3][4] the constituency will now comprise the following from the 2024 general election:

  • The Borough of Charnwood wards of: Sileby & Seagrave (most); South Charnwood; Syston; Thurmaston; Wreake Valley.[5]
  • The Borough of Melton.

Elections[edit]

Elections in the 2020s[edit]

General election 2024: Melton and Syston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edward Argar[6]
Labour Zafran Khan[7]
Green Alastair McQuillan[8]
Reform UK Peter Morris[9]
Liberal Democrats Andy Konieczko[10]
Majority
Turnout

References[edit]

  1. ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – East Midlands | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
  2. ^ a b "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule I Part I.
  3. ^ LGBCE. "Charnwood | LGBCE". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 2024-04-09.
  4. ^ "The Charnwood (Electoral Changes) Order 2022".
  5. ^ "New Seat Details - Melton and Syston". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-04-09.
  6. ^ "The politician in pole position to be Melton's next MP". Melton Times. 5 March 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  7. ^ Zafran Khan [@ZafranKhan4MS] (May 22, 2024). "I am utterly delighted to be selected as the @UKLabour parliamentary candidate for Melton & Syston…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  8. ^ "Rutland & Melton Green Party People". Rutland & Melton Green Party. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
  9. ^ "Find My PPC (East Midlands)" (PDF). Reform UK. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  10. ^ "Andy Konieczko, Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for the new Melton & Syston constituency". Loughborough, Charnwood and Melton Lib Dems. Retrieved 18 March 2024.