The Metropolitan Borough of Wigan is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester,England. It is named after its largest town,Wigan but covers a far larger area which includes the towns of Atherton,Ashton-in-Makerfield,Golborne,Hindley,Ince-in-Makerfield,Leigh and Tyldesley. The borough also covers the villages and suburbs of Abram,Aspull,Astley,Bryn,Hindley Green,Lowton,Mosley Common,Orrell,Pemberton,Shevington,Standish,Winstanley and Worsley Mesnes. The borough is also the second-most populous district in Greater Manchester.
Leigh is a constituency in Greater Manchester represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by James Grundy of the Conservative Party.
The Liverpool,St Helens and South Lancashire Railway,was formed in 1889,but no services ran until 1895 and then only freight. Passenger services did not start until 1900. It incorporated the St Helens and Wigan Junction Railway. It was taken over by the Great Central Railway in 1906.
Culcheth is a village in the civil parish of Culcheth and Glazebury,Cheshire,England,six miles (10 km) north-east of Warrington.
Golborne is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan,in Greater Manchester,England. It lies 5 miles (8.0 km) south-southeast of Wigan,6 miles (9.7 km) northeast of Warrington and 14 miles (22.5 km) to the west of the city of Manchester. Along with the neighbouring village of Lowton,it recorded a population of 24,041.
Golborne High School is a coeducational foundation secondary school located in Golborne,Metropolitan Borough of Wigan,England.
Lowton is a village within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan,in Greater Manchester,England. It is around 2 miles (3 km) from Leigh,7 miles (11 km) south of Wigan and 12 miles (19 km) west of Manchester city centre. The settlement lies across the A580 East Lancashire Road.
Lowton Church of England High School is a coeducational secondary school located in Lowton in the English county of Greater Manchester.
Owen George Thompson is a Scottish National Party politician currently serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Midlothian. He was elected in 2015,defeated at the 2017 general election,and regained the seat at the 2019 general election.
Joanne Marie Platt is a British former Labour and Co-operative politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leigh from 2017 to 2019. She served on the opposition front bench as a Shadow Cabinet Office Minister from 2018 to 2019.
This is an overview of Women's Suffrage activism and local politics as experienced in Leigh,Lancashire between 1900 and 1914.
Lowton East is an electoral ward in Leigh,England. It forms part of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council,as well as the parliamentary constituency of Leigh.
Christopher Lionel John Loder is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for West Dorset since the 2019 general election. A member of the Conservative Party,he succeeded Sir Oliver Letwin,who was first elected as a Conservative in 1997 but sat as an independent after having the whip removed in September 2019 and did not stand for reelection. The West Dorset constituency can be considered a safe seat,having only ever elected Conservative MPs.
Angela Joy Richardson is a British Conservative Party politician,who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Guildford since the 2019 general election.
Feryal Demirci Clark is a British Labour Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Enfield North since 2019.
James Barry Daly is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bury North since the 2019 general election. He is a member of the Conservative Party.
Simon James Jupp is a British Conservative Party politician who was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for East Devon at the 2019 general election.
Duncan Charles Baker is a British Conservative Party politician,who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Norfolk since the 2019 general election.
Suzanne Webb is a British Conservative Party politician. She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stourbridge since the 2019 general election. She was the Parliamentary Private Secretary to Prime Minister Liz Truss from September to October 2022.
Leigh and Atherton is a proposed constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies,it will first be contested at the next general election.
