Leigh and Atherton is a proposed constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [1] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it will first be contested at the next general election. [2]
The constituency will be composed of the following wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
The seat will cover the bulk of, and replace, the Leigh constituency, with the town of Atherton being added from Bolton West. [4]
Following a local government boundary review which came into effect in May 2023 [5] [6] , the constituency will now comprise the following wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan from the next general election:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Grundy [7] | ||||
Labour Co-op | Jo Platt [8] | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Stuart Thomas [9] | ||||
Reform UK | George Woodward [10] | ||||
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