Melton and Syston: MP, 2024 result and local figures
Melton and Syston is represented in the House of Commons by Edward Argar (Conservative). The 2024 count gave Edward Argar (Conservative) 17,526 votes and Zafran Khan (Labour) 12,130, a majority of 5,396. Turnout, counted as valid votes over the electorate, was 61.9% (45,986 of 74,316).
Key figures
What the figures show
Survey estimates for April 2025 to March 2026 have 82.8% of working-age residents in employment, within a margin of 7.1 points. The economically inactive share was 14.3%.
About 97,700 people live in Melton and Syston: the ONS figure for mid-2024 is 97,716. There were more residents aged 65 and over (22,507) than children under 16 (17,130).
Median annual pay for full-time work was £34,049 for jobs in Melton and Syston and £36,241 for its residents (April 2025, ASHE). A year before, the residents' median was £36,573. The residents' figure ranks 199th lowest of 632 constituencies with an estimate. The latest year is provisional.
DWP figures count 3,743 children under 16 in relative low income families after housing costs in 2024/25, 21.9% of children here against 26.0% across the UK. Before housing costs the share was 16.6% in 2024/25, from 13.8% in 2021/22.
4,925 business sites were registered in Melton and Syston in March 2026 (4,920 a year before), and employed 43,000 people in 2024.
Half of the homes sold in the year to March 2026 went for more than £270,000 and half for less. That is up 54% on £175,000 ten years before. The highest March-year median in the series was £280,000, in the year to March 2025. It ranks 266th lowest of 575 constituencies. The figure rests on 1,410 recorded sales.
In September 2026, 2.7% of 16 to 64 year olds in Melton and Syston were claimants (1,545 people). September 2025 had 1,575.
Census 2021: 40,205 households, 165.6 people per square kilometre, 27.8% of workers based at home, 25.9% of adults retired.
MP
Edward Argar, Conservative
- MP for Melton and Syston since 4 July 2024
- In the House of Commons since 7 May 2015
Official UK Parliament page · Statements by Edward Argar on this site
In Parliament
Hansard records these as Edward Argar's latest words in Parliament, from 20 October 2026 to 27 October 2026. Hansard search returns 214 spoken contributions by Edward Argar since 4 July 2024.
The Minister pronounces it immaculately.
I will speak briefly to this grouping, simply to reiterate what the shadow Minister, my hon. Friend the Member for Orpington, has just said. In a Bill of this sort, there is inevitably much that we will to-and-fro across this Committee about and disagree on.
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The very simple fact that there would be no vote on it by Members of this House, regardless of whether that was in a Committee, which is of course a subset of the House where we can debate and raise issues. I have a lot of time for the hon. Lady.
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I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for that point, but he makes the same point, in a sense, as the hon. Member for Cities of London and Westminster, and it is not what I am speaking about, which is the process.
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I hesitate to interrupt the hon. Gentleman’s flow of rhetoric highlighting the golden age of air travel, as he may or may not characterise it.
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Read from the Hansard API on 28 October 2026. Up to two items per debate; remarks under 40 characters are left out. All contributions in Hansard.
General election, 4 July 2024
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Change in share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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% | |
| 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% | |
| Teck Khong | Alliance for Democracy and Freedom | 348 | 0.8% | |
| Matt Shouler | Rejoin EU | 288 | 0.6% |
Result summary as published: Con hold. Change in share is in percentage points against the notional 2019 result on the new boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library, election results (data, read 14 October 2026).
Results on these boundaries
| Date | Election | First | Second | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2024 | General election | Conservative 38.1% | Labour 26.4% | 5,396 | 61.9% |
| 12 December 2019 | General election (notional result on these boundaries) | Conservative 63.3% | Labour 23.5% | 19,004 | 66.7% |
Only results on the constituency boundaries first used at the 2024 general election are shown. The 2019 figures are the House of Commons Library's notional estimates of how votes cast in 2019 would have fallen on these boundaries, not a result that was declared. Source: House of Commons Library, constituency results.
Councils
Melton and Syston covers wards in 2 local authority areas, listed by the number of wards in the constituency.
Who has power over Melton and Syston
Every body that makes decisions for Melton and Syston, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Melton and Syston this page: Edward Argar (Conservative) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
| Figure | Period | Publisher | Read | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | mid-2024 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Claimants as a share of residents aged 16 to 64 | September 2026 | ONS | 29 October 2026 | data · area |
| Claimant count | September 2026 | ONS | 29 October 2026 | data · area |
| Employment rate, aged 16 to 64 | April 2025 to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median full-time pay of residents | April 2025 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median full-time pay of people working here | April 2025 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median house price | the year to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Homes sold | the year to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Children in relative low income families, after housing costs | 2024/25 | DWP | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Children in relative low income families, before housing costs | 2024/25 | DWP | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Business sites (local units) | March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| People employed by businesses here | 2024 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Economically inactive, aged 16 to 64 | April 2025 to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Households | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Residents per square kilometre | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Workers mainly working from home | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Residents aged 16+ who are retired | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
"Data" is the file or query each figure was read from (its SHA-256 is in the link title); "area" shows the same table for this constituency alone.
Common questions
Who is the MP for Melton and Syston?
UK Parliament lists Edward Argar, Conservative, as the Member of Parliament for Melton and Syston since the July 2024 general election.
What was the 2024 general election result in Melton and Syston?
Edward Argar (Conservative) won with 17,526 votes, a majority of 5,396, on a turnout of 61.9% (House of Commons Library).
What is the unemployment claimant rate in Melton and Syston?
2.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 in September 2026, 1,545 people, on the ONS claimant count.
What is the average house price in Melton and Syston?
The median price paid was £270,000 in the year to March 2026 (ONS, from HM Land Registry sales).
What is the average salary in Melton and Syston?
Median full-time pay of residents was £36,241 a year in April 2025 (ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings).
How many children in Melton and Syston live in low income families?
DWP counts 3,743 (21.9% of under-16s) in relative low income after housing costs for 2024/25.
What is the population of Melton and Syston?
The ONS estimate for mid-2024 is 97,716 residents.
Built 14 October 2026 from official records; how these pages are compiled. This page lists what the record shows and gives no verdict on the MP or the area. Link moved or figure wrong? Tell us.