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Melton and Syston

Edward Argar
Current MP
71,615
Electorate
1
Elections
61.9%
Avg turnout
0
Times changed

Election history

CON Edward Argar Hold
2024-07-04
Majority 5,396 Turnout 61.9% Votes 45,986
CandidatePartyVotesCountShareSwing
✓ Edward Argar CON
17,526 38.1% -25.2pp
Zafran Khan LAB
12,130 26.4% +2.9pp
Pete Morris REF
8,945 19.5%
Alastair McQuillan GRN
3,685 8.0% +2.5pp
Andy Konieczko LD
2,547 5.5% -2.2pp
Marilyn Gordon
517 1.1%
Teck Khong
348 0.8%
Matt Shouler
288 0.6%

Demographics

Changes shown vs 2021 Census

📊 Age

65 and over
23.0% ▲0.8pp
50 to 64
21.6%
0 to 17
19.8%
35 to 49
18.0%
25 to 34
11.0%
18 to 24
6.5% ▲0.3pp

Demographic change (2001–2021)

Measured change only. No assumptions or interpretation.

🌍 Ethnicity

Group2001 %2011 %2021 %01→1111→2101→21
Other ethnic group 2.3%
Asian or Asian British 7.7%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British 0.6%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 1.7%
White 89.4%

⛪ Religion

Group2001 %2011 %2021 %01→1111→2101→21
Buddhist 0.3%
Christian 47.8%
Hindu 5.1%
Jewish 0.1%
Muslim 0.9%
Sikh 1.0%
No religion 39.1%
Other religion 1.8%
Not answered 5.3%

🎓 Education

Group2001 %2011 %2021 %01→1111→2101→21
Apprenticeship 6.8%
Level 4 qualifications or above 30.1%
Level 1 and entry level qualifications 10.4%
Level 2 qualifications 14.4%
Level 3 qualifications 18.0%
No qualifications 17.7%
Other qualifications 2.6%

🏠 Housing

Group2001 %2011 %2021 %01→1111→2101→21
Owner-occupiers 73.9%
Private renters 16.0%
Rent free 0.1%
Social renters 10.1%

Previous MPs

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No historic membership records available.