An election to the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Rutland and Melton, held as part of the general election on 8 June 2017.
Conservative hold by Alan Duncan with a majority of 23,104 - 40.1% - on a turnout of 73.4%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
DUNCAN, Alan | Con | 36,169 | 62.8% | 7.2% |
PETO, Heather | Lab | 13,065 | 22.7% | 7.3% |
REYNOLDS, Ed | LD | 4,711 | 8.2% | 0.1% |
SCUTTER, John | UKIP | 1,869 | 3.2% | -12.6% |
MCQUILLAN, Alastair | Green | 1,755 | 3.0% | -1.2% |
Under section 13(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, a candidate gaining 5% or less of the vote share will forfeit their deposit.
An electorate of 78,463, having a valid vote count of 57,569 and an invalid vote count of 141.
Result declared at 05:54 on 9 June 2017.