The Association

Rutland and Melton Conservatives are affiliated to the Conservative Party; the Association is self-funding from voluntary contributions and abides by the constitution.

The Association has a well-defined management structure, with local branches and sub-committees, all reporting to the Association Officers and Executive Management team. The Officers are elected each year at the Annual General Meeting.

Meet the team: 

  • President: Mr Harry Westropp 
  • Deputy Chair Fundraising: Mrs Pam Baguley
  • Office Administrator: Vacant 
  • Association Agent: Lydia Ball

 

People
Alicia surrounded by supporters at the Count on Thursday 12th December

Alicia Kearns MP

Member of Parliament for Rutland and Melton

Conservative Alicia Kearns has been elected as the new Member of Parliament for the Rutland and Melton constituency in the first December election held in over one hundred years. 

The win makes her only the third person to represent Rutland and Melton since 1983. 

Lucy

Lucy Stephenson

Association Chairman
County Councillor for Uppingham
Deputy Leader of Rutland County Council

Meet our Chair, a member of the association since 2011, a Rutland County Councillor with special responsibility for Highways, Transport, Culture and Leisure.

Ruby Gill

Ruby Gill

Treasurer

Ruby Gill has lived in our constituency of Rutland & Melton since 2016. Prior to this Ruby was an active member of the Harborough association where she stood as local councillor candidate for The Conservative Party in 2015, and has participated in local campaigns since.

Anthea Brown

Anthea Brown

Chair of the Patrons' Club

After graduating from Nottingham University as a mature student, Anthea had a happy career working as a Geologist with the British Geological Survey in Nottingham.

Michael head and shoulders

Michael Rickman

District Councillor for Nevill ward
Additional Representative to the Management Team

The results are in!

Launde - Turn out 45.4%
Simon Galton, Liberal Democrat - 1,986 
Michael Rickman, Conservative - 1,796
Matt Smith, Labour - 392
Melanie Wakely, Green - 222 

Gordon Brown

Gordon Brown

County Councillor for Ketton ward

Meet Gordon Brown, yes that’s right, a member of the Conservative Party with that name and hailing from Scotland as well.

Jacob

Jacob Wilkinson

Councillor for Sysonby ward

Meet Jacob Wilkinson. I’ve been a member of the Conservative Party for 15 years and I’ve been an additional member of the association’s management committee since 2018. I am also a councillor on Melton Borough Council, representing the Melton Sysonby ward.