UK general elections › 2024 › Melton and Syston
Melton and Syston — 2024
Edward Argar (Conservative Party) was elected with 17,526 votes— 38.1% of 45,986 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 38.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −11.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 45,986
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes. | Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edward Argar | Conservative Party | 17,526 | −11.9 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Zafran Khan | Labour Party | 12,130 | — | ||
| 3 | Pete Morris | Reform UK | 8,945 | — | ||
| 4 | Alastair McQuillan | Green Party | 3,685 | — | ||
| 5 | Andy Konieczko | Liberal Democrats | 2,547 | — | ||
| 6 | Marilyn Gordon | Independent | 517 | — | ||
| 7 | Teck Khong | Alliance for Democracy and Freedom | 348 | — | ||
| 8 | Matt Shouler | Rejoin EU | 288 | — |
Source data: House of Commons Library general election results 2024, retrieved
2026-05-18, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.