Edward Argar

The Rt Hon Edward Argar is the Conservative MP for Melton and Syston, and has been an MP continually since 7 May 2015. He currently undertakes the role of Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.

Last election result

Review the last election result for the constituency Melton and Syston when Edward Argar was elected.

2024 General Election

The 2024 General Election was held on 4 July 2024. A total of 8 candidates ran for election.

Summary

CON
Conservative Hold
Majority
5,396
Electorate
74,316
Turnout
61.9%

You can view more detailed information about this election result on the election result pages.

UK Parliamentary constituency boundaries have changed following a review in 2023. For the 2024 General Election, changes in vote share, majorities and turnout are calculated on the basis of 2019 notional results. Find out more about constituency boundary changes in this BBC explainer.*

*Estimates compiled by Professors Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher on behalf of BBC News, ITV News, Sky News and the Press Association. Calculations for Scotland done by Professor David Denver, those for Northern Ireland by Nicholas Whyte.

Share of the vote

The graph below shows the share of the vote across all the candidates.

Breakdown

The table below shows the individual vote breakdown for each candidate.

Candidate/Party Votes Share Change
Edward Argar
Conservative
17,526 38.1% -25.1%
Zafran Khan
Labour
12,130 26.4% 2.9%
Pete Morris
Reform UK
8,945 19.5% 19.5%
Alastair McQuillan
Green Party
3,685 8.0% 2.5%
Andy Konieczko
Liberal Democrat
2,547 5.5% -2.2%
Marilyn Gordon
Independent
517 1.1% 1.1%
Teck Khong
Alliance for Democracy and Freedom
348 0.8% 0.8%
Matt Shouler
Rejoin EU
288 0.6% 0.6%