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Historic Seat

Leigh

🗳️ Election History

4
Elections
60.0%
Avg Turnout
1
Times Changed
2019
Current Party Since
Conservative James Grundy Gain from Labour
Majority 1,965
Turnout 60.7% ↓0.8pp
Total Votes 46,979
Winner Swing ↓10.9pp
✓ James Grundy
Conservative
21,266 45.3%
↑9.4pp
Joanne Platt
Labour
19,301 41.1%
↓15.1pp
James Melly
—
3,161 6.7%
—
Mark Clayton
Liberal Democrats
2,252 4.8%
↑2.8pp
Ann O'Bern
—
551 1.2%
—
Leon Peters
—
448 1.0%
↓5.0pp
Labour Joanne Platt Hold
Majority 9,554
Turnout 61.5% ↑2.1pp
Total Votes 46,874
Winner Swing ↑2.3pp
✓ Joanne Platt
Labour
26,347 56.2%
↑2.3pp
James Grundy
Conservative
16,793 35.8%
↑13.2pp
Mark Bradley
—
2,783 5.9%
↓13.8pp
Richard Kilpatrick
Liberal Democrats
951 2.0%
↓0.5pp
Labour Andy Burnham Hold
Majority 14,096
Turnout 59.5% ↑1.0pp
Total Votes 45,123
Winner Swing ↑5.8pp
✓ Andy Burnham
Labour
24,312 53.9%
↑5.8pp
Louisa Townson
Conservative
10,216 22.6%
↑1.7pp
Les Leggett
—
8,903 19.7%
↑16.3pp
Bill Winlow
Liberal Democrats
1,150 2.6%
↓15.6pp
Stephen Hall
—
542 1.2%
—
Labour Andy Burnham Hold
Majority 12,011
Turnout 58.4%
Total Votes 44,332
✓ Andy Burnham
Labour
21,295 48.0%
↓9.8pp
Shazia Awan
Conservative
9,284 20.9%
↑4.5pp
Chris Blackburn
Liberal Democrats
8,049 18.2%
↓0.9pp
Gary Chadwick
—
2,724 6.1%
—
Mary Lavelle
—
1,535 3.5%
—
Norman Bradbury
—
988 2.2%
—
Terrence Dainty
—
320 0.7%
—
Ryan Hessell
—
137 0.3%
—

Turnout Trend

58.4%
'10
59.5%
'15
61.5%
'17
60.7%
'19

👥 Demographics

🌍 Ethnicity
White
96.8%
Asian or Asian British
1.4%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
1.0%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
0.6%
Other ethnic group
0.2%
📊 Age
45 to 64
26.8%
Under 18
21.6%
30 to 44
21.2%
65 and over
15.6%
18 to 29
14.7%
⛪ Religion
Christian
75.2%
No religion
17.5%
Religion not stated
5.7%
Muslim
0.8%
Buddhist
0.3%
Hindu
0.3%
Other religion
0.2%
Jewish
0.0%
Sikh
0.0%

Previous MPs

Historical representatives of this constituency
MP Name Party From To
James Grundy Conservative 2019-12-12 2024-05-30
Andy Burnham Labour 2001-06-07 2017-05-03
Mr Lawrence Cunliffe Labour 1979-05-03 2001-06-07