Melton (UK Parliament constituency)
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Melton was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election. It was succeeded by the Rutland and Melton constituency.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | Lord John James Robert Manners | ||
| 1888 | Henry John Brinsley Manners | ||
| 1895 | Lord Edward William John Manners | ||
| 1900 | Lord Cecil Reginald John Manners | ||
| 1906 | Henry de Rosenbach Walker | ||
| 1910 | Sir Charles Edward Yate | ||
| 1924 | Sir William Lindsay Everard | Unionist | |
| 1945 | Harold Anthony Nutting | Conservative | |
| 1956 | Irene Mervyn Parnicott Pike | Conservative | |
| 1974 | Michael Anthony Latham | Conservative | |
| 1983 | constituency abolished | ||
This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
