Leigh (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Leigh County constituency |
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| Leigh shown within Greater Manchester, and Greater Manchester shown within England | |
| Created: | 1885 |
| MP: | Andy Burnham |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Greater Manchester |
| EP constituency: | North West England |
Leigh is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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[edit] Boundaries
Leigh is a safe Labour seat containing the working-class, former mining town of Leigh and its environs.
[edit] Boundary review
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Greater Manchester, the Boundary Commission for England has recommended alterations to the existing constituencies in the Wigan area. The electoral wards used in the altered Leigh constituency are:
- Astley Mosley Common, Atherleigh, Golborne and Lowton West, Leigh East, Leigh South, Leigh West, Lowton East, and Tyldesley all from the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1885 | Caleb Wright | Liberal | |
| 1895 | Charles Prestwich Scott | Liberal | |
| 1906 | John Fowler Leece Brunner | Liberal | |
| 1910 | Peter Wilson Raffan | Liberal | |
| 1922 | Henry Twist | Labour | |
| 1923 | John Joseph Tinker | Labour | |
| 1945 | Harold Boardman | Labour | |
| 1979 | Lawrence Cunliffe | Labour | |
| 2001 | Andy Burnham | Labour | |
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Leigh | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Andy Burnham | 23,097 | 63.3 | -1.2 | |
| Conservative | Laurance Wedderburn | 5,825 | 16.0 | -2.2 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Dave Crowther | 4,962 | 13.6 | +0.8 | |
| Community Action | Ian Franzen | 2,185 | 6.0 | +6.0 | |
| Legalise Cannabis | Thomas Hampson | 415 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
| Majority | 17,272 | 47.3 | |||
| Turnout | 36,484 | 50.3 | +0.6 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +0.5 | |||
| General Election 2001: Leigh | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Andy Burnham | 22,783 | 64.5 | -4.4 | |
| Conservative | Andrew Oxley | 6,421 | 18.2 | +2.6 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Ray Atkins | 4,524 | 12.8 | +1.6 | |
| Socialist Labour | William Kelly | 820 | 2.3 | N/A | |
| UK Independence | Chris Best | 750 | 2.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 16,362 | 46.3 | |||
| Turnout | 35,298 | 49.7 | -16.0 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
