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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
City of London (Markets) Bill 18 March 2026 Present

Constituencies represented

ConstituencyFromTo
Melton and Syston Present
Charnwood Present

Party affiliations

PartyFromTo
Conservative 7 May 2015 Present