Leigh and Atherton

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Leigh and Atherton
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Leigh and Atherton
Interactive map of boundaries from 2024
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Location within North West England
County Greater Manchester
Electorate 76,363 (2023) [1]
Major settlements Leigh, Atherton
Current constituency
Created 2024
Member of Parliament Jo Platt (Labour Co-op)
SeatsOne
Created from Leigh & Bolton West

Leigh and Atherton is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [2] It was created by the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies and was first contested at the 2024 general election. [3] Since 2024, it has been represented by Jo Platt of the Labour Party, who had been MP for the predecessor seat of Leigh from 2017 to 2019.

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Constituency profile

Electoral Calculus categorises the new seat as being part of the "Somewheres" demographic, those who have socially conservative and economically soft left views, alongside strong support for Brexit. For reference, the site gives a notional result of 65% for those who voted for Brexit back in 2016. In addition to this, around 54% of the constituency is deprived in terms of employment, income and education, which is only slightly higher than the national average of 52% deprivation, according to the site. For general statistics, the average age is 49.8, at least 79% of the local population owns a car, whilst 66% own a home, and the gross household income is £37,112. [4]

Boundaries

The seat covers the bulk of, and replaces, the Leigh constituency, with the town of Atherton being added from Bolton West. [4]

The constituency is composed of the following electoral wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan:

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
2024 Jo Platt Labour Co-op

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Leigh and Atherton [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Jo Platt 19,971 48.5 +5.3
Reform George Woodward11,09026.9+21.1
Conservative Michael Winstanley6,48315.7−28.1
Green Amelia Jones1,6534.0+3.7
Liberal Democrats Stuart Thomas1,5973.9−0.7
English Democrat Craig Buckley3760.9N/A
Majority 8,88121.6N/A
Turnout 41,17051.6−6.4
Registered electors 79,978
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative Swing −7.9

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [6]
PartyVote%
Conservative 19,41043.8
Labour 19,11743.2
Brexit Party 2,5725.8
Liberal Democrats 2,0314.6
Others9992.2
Green 1540.3
Turnout44,28358.0
Electorate76,363

References

  1. ↑ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – North West". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  2. ↑ "Boundaries review: The ancient city of Chester being split in two". BBC News. 8 July 2023. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  3. ↑ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – North West | Boundary Commission for England". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 "Leigh and Atherton: New Boundaries 2023 Calculation". Electoral Calculus. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  5. ↑ "UK General Election – Results 4th July 2024". Wigan Council. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  6. ↑ "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament . Retrieved 11 July 2024.
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