Leigh and Atherton (UK Parliament constituency)

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Leigh and Atherton
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
North West England - Leigh and Atherton constituency.svg
Boundary of Leigh and Atherton in 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] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election. [3] Since 2024, it has been represented by Labour's Jo Platt, who had been MP for the predecessor seat of Leigh from 2017 to 2019.

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Constituency profile

Electoral Calculus categorises the news seat as being part of the “Somewheres” demographic, those who have socially conservative views 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

Leigh and Atherton (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries from 2024

The constituency is defined as comprising the following wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan as they existed on 1 December 2020:

Following a local government boundary review which came into effect in May 2023, [6] [7] the constituency now comprises the following wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan from the 2024 general election:

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

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
2024 Jo Platt Labour Co-op

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Leigh and Atherton [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Jo Platt 19,971 48.5 +5.3
Reform UK 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
Majority8,88121.6N/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 [9]
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

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