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Edward Argar

Rt Hon Edward Argar MP

Conservative · Melton and Syston · LE14 4PW

Key facts

Party Conservative (Con)
ConstituencyMelton and Syston
First elected7 May 2015
ResultCon Hold
GenderM
Emailedward.argar.mp@parliament.uk
Phone020 7219 8140

Election results

Results for Melton and Syston at the most recent general election.

Edward Argar
Conservative 17526 38.1%
Zafran Khan
Labour 12130 26.4%
Pete Morris
Reform UK 8945 19.5%
Alastair McQuillan
Green Party 3685 8.0%
Andy Konieczko
Liberal Democrat 2547 5.5%
Marilyn Gordon
Independent 517 1.1%
Teck Khong
Alliance for Democracy and Freedom 348 0.8%
Matt Shouler
Rejoin EU 288 0.6%

Government posts

PostFromTo
Minister of State (Ministry of Justice) 27 October 2022 5 July 2024
Chief Secretary to the Treasury 14 October 2022 27 October 2022
Paymaster General 6 September 2022 14 October 2022
Minister of State (Cabinet Office) (Attends Cabinet) 6 September 2022 14 October 2022
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) 10 September 2019 6 July 2022
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice) 14 June 2018 10 September 2019

Opposition posts

PostFromTo
Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care 5 November 2024 22 July 2025
Shadow Secretary of State for Justice 8 July 2024 4 November 2024

Committees

CommitteeFromTo
Procedure Committee 13 July 2015 21 November 2016
Health and Care Bill 7 September 2021 2 November 2021
Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Bill 20 July 2022 6 September 2022
Victims and Prisoners Bill 14 June 2023 11 July 2023
Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill 24 April 2024 1 May 2024
Community and Suspended Sentences (Notification of Details) Bill 8 May 2024 15 May 2024
Prison Media Bill 15 May 2024 22 May 2024
Railways Bill 7 January 2026 10 February 2026
Cheltenham Borough Council (Markets) Bill 12 February 2026 Present

Constituencies represented

ConstituencyFromTo
Melton and Syston Present
Charnwood Present

Party affiliations

PartyFromTo
Conservative 7 May 2015 Present