Leigh (UK Parliament constituency)

Leigh
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Leigh in Greater Manchester.
Location of Greater Manchester within England.
County	Greater Manchester
Electorate	77,001 (December 2010)^[1]
Current constituency
Created	1885
Member of parliament	Andy Burnham (Labour)
Number of members	One
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	North West England

Leigh is a constituency^{[n 1]} in Greater Manchester represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2001 by Andy Burnham of the Labour Party, who had served as Shadow Home Secretary in Jeremy Corbyn's Shadow Cabinet until October 2016.^{[n 2]}

Boundaries

Leigh is a Labour safe seat within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan.

Following the review of parliamentary representation in Greater Manchester in 2009, the Boundary Commission for England recommended alterations to 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

History

The seat was created in the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. Since 1922 it has been served by candidates belonging to the Labour Party continuously, which for the political party makes it one of their longest held seats, the most recent incumbent has been Shadow Home Secretary since September 2015.

Members of Parliament

	Member^[2]	Party
1885	Caleb Wright	Liberal
1895	Charles Prestwich Scott	Liberal
1906	Sir John Brunner	Liberal
January 1910	Peter Raffan	Liberal
1922	Henry Twist	Labour
1923	John Tinker	Labour
1945	Harold Boardman	Labour
1979	Lawrence Cunliffe	Labour
2001	Andy Burnham	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Leigh^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Andy Burnham	24,312	53.9	+5.8
	Conservative	Louisa Townson	10,216	22.6	+1.7
	UKIP	Les Leggett	8,903	19.7	+16.3
	Liberal Democrat	Bill Winlow	1,150	2.5	−15.6
	TUSC	Stephen Hall	542	1.2	N/A
Majority			14,096	31.2	+4.1
Turnout			45,123	59.4	−2.6
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 2010: Leigh^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Andy Burnham	21,295	48.0	−15.3
	Conservative	Shazia Awan	9,284	20.9	+3.2
	Liberal Democrat	Chris Blackburn	8,049	18.2	−2.1
	BNP	Gary Chadwick	2,724	6.1	N/A
	UKIP	Mary Lavelle	1,535	3.5	N/A
	Independent	Norman Bradbury	988	2.2	N/A
	Independent	Terry Dainty	320	0.7	N/A
	Christian	Ryan Hessell	137	0.3	N/A
Majority			12,011	27.1	-20.2
Turnout			44,332	62.0	+10.7
	Labour hold		Swing	−4.9

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Leigh^[7]
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	N/A
	Legalise Cannabis	Thomas Hampson	415	1.1	N/A
Majority			17,272	47.3
Turnout			36,484	50.3	+0.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.5

General Election 2001: Leigh^[8]
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
	UKIP	Chris Best	750	2.1	N/A
Majority			16,362	46.3
Turnout			35,298	49.7	−16.0
	Labour hold		Swing	−3.5

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Leigh^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	Lawrence Francis Cunliffe	31,652	68.9	+7.6
	Conservative	Edward Young	7,156	15.6	−9.9
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Hough	5,163	11.2	−1.4
	Referendum	Roy Constable	1,949	4.2	N/A
Majority			24,496	53.3
Turnout			45,920	65.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+8.8

General Election 1992: Leigh^[10]^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Lawrence Francis Cunliffe	32,225	61.3	+2.7
	Conservative	Joseph Reginald Salisbury Egerton	13,398	25.5	−0.8
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Mark Bleakley	6,621	12.6	−2.5
	Natural Law	Adrian Paul Tayler	320	0.6	N/A
Majority			18,827	35.8	+3.4
Turnout			52,564	75.0	+0.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.7

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Leigh^[12]^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Lawrence Francis Cunliffe	30,064	58.6
	Conservative	Louis Bartholomew Anthony Brown	13,458	26.3
	Social Democratic	Steven David Jones	7,743	15.1
Majority			16,606	32.4
Turnout			51,265	74.1
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Leigh^[14]^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Lawrence Francis Cunliffe	25,477	51.2
	Conservative	Paul Joseph Johnstone	13,163	26.8
	Social Democratic	David Eccles	10,468	21.3
Majority			12,314	25.1
Turnout			49,108	72.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Leigh^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Lawrence Francis Cunliffe	27,736	54.1
	Conservative	David Lawrence Shaw	18,713	36.5
	Liberal	M Godwin	4,796	9.4
Majority			9,023	17.6
Turnout			51,245	76.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Leigh^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Harold Boardman	27,036	56.2
	Conservative	Mrs. Maureen Williams	12,401	25.8
	Liberal	Roy D. Pemberton	8,640	18.0
Majority			14,635	30.4
Turnout				73.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Leigh^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Harold Boardman	26,310	51.0
	Conservative	Viscount Lewisham	12,663	24.6
	Liberal	Roy D. Pemberton	12,594	24.4
Majority			13,647	26.5
Turnout				80.0
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Leigh^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Harold Boardman	26,625	58.2
	Conservative	James Peter McGuire	15,314	33.5
	Ratepayers	Joseph Knowles	3,776	8.3
Majority			11,311	27.7
Turnout				71.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Leigh^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Harold Boardman	29,552	68.7
	Conservative	Robert R Hipkiss	13,490	31.3
Majority			16,062	37.3
Turnout				74.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Leigh^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Harold Boardman	30,102	67.5
	Conservative	Neville Montague B Brown	14,478	32.5
Majority			15,624	35.1
Turnout				77.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Leigh^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Harold Boardman	31,672	65.2
	Conservative	William Cameron	16,897	34.8
Majority			14,775	30.4
Turnout				82.4
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Leigh^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Harold Boardman	30,098	62.4
	Conservative	John Bryan Leck	18,142	37.6
Majority			11,956	24.8
Turnout				80.0
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Leigh^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Harold Boardman	33,881	63.4
	Conservative	Henry Donald Moore	19,585	36.6
Majority			14,296	26.7
Turnout				86.0
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Leigh^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Harold Boardman	34,320	63.5
	Conservative	J W Whiteley	19,720	36.5
Majority			14,600	27.0
Turnout				87.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Election in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Leigh^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Harold Boardman	32,447	69.8
	Conservative	E H Hill	14,029	30.2
Majority			18,418	39.6
Turnout				81.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Leigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	John Joseph Tinker	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Labour hold		Swing	n/a

General Election 1931: Leigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Joseph Tinker	23,965	52.32
	Conservative	Peter Thorp Eckersley	21,837	47.68
Majority			2,128	4.65
Turnout				87.38
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Leigh^[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	John Joseph Tinker	25,635	57.0
	Unionist	Claude Herbert Grundy	10,942	24.3
	Liberal	Thomas Hardy	8,435	18.7	n/a
Majority			14,693	32.7
Turnout				88.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1924: Leigh^[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Joseph Tinker	17,262	51.5
	Unionist	Edwin Owen	16,247	48.5
Majority			1,015	3.0
Turnout				88.2
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1923: Leigh ^[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	John Joseph Tinker	13,989	43.0	-2.0
	Liberal	Robert Abraham Burrows	9,854	30.3	+9.2
	Unionist	Herbert Metcalfe	8,664	26.7	-7.2
Majority			4,135	12.7	+1.6
Turnout				86.5	-3.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.6

General Election 1922 : Leigh ^[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Henry Twist	15,006	45.0
	Unionist	Herbert Metcalfe	11,279	33.9	n/a
	Liberal	Joseph Ashworth	7,012	21.1
Majority			3,727	11.1
Turnout				89.9	+23.0
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918 Leigh^[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Peter Wilson Raffan	12,892	53.6
	Labour	Richard Owen Jones	11,146	46.4	n/a
Majority			1,746	7.2
Turnout				66.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	n/a

General Election 1914/15

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

Liberal: Peter Wilson Raffan
Unionist: Frank Hatchard
Labour: Thomas Greenall

General Election December 1910: Leigh^[28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Peter Wilson Raffan	6,790	55.2	+15.0
	Conservative	W T Oversby	5,507	44.8	+9.7
Majority
Turnout				86.9	-6.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.6

General Election January 1910: Leigh^[28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Peter Wilson Raffan	5,325	40.2
	Conservative	F C Smith	4,646	35.1
	Labour	Thomas Greenall	3,268	24.7	n/a
Majority			679	5.1
Turnout				93.6
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1906: Leigh^[28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	John Fowler Leece Brunner	7,175	58.1	+7.5
	Conservative	Donald MacMaster	5,169	41.9	-7.5
Majority			2,006	16.2	+15.0
Turnout				92.3	+5.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	+7.5

General Election 1900: Leigh^[28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Charles Prestwich Scott	5,239	50.6
	Conservative	William Walter Augustine Fitzgerald	5,119	49.4
Majority			120	1.2
Turnout				87.0
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1890s

C.P. Scott

General Election 1895: Leigh ^[28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Charles Prestwich Scott	5,130	53.5	-1.6
	Conservative	William Walter Augustine Fitzgerald	4,453	46.5	+1.6
Majority			677	7.0	-3.2
Turnout				89.0	-1.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.6

General Election 1892: Leigh ^[28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Caleb Wright	4,899	55.1
	Conservative	W C Jones	3,995	44.9
Majority			904	10.2
Turnout				90.4
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1886: Leigh ^[28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Caleb Wright	4,297	57.8	-0.7
	Conservative	William Henry Myers	3,134	42.2	+0.7
Majority			1,163	15.6	-1.4
Turnout				86.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.7

General Election 1885: Leigh ^[28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Caleb Wright	4,621	58.5	n/a
	Conservative	Lees Knowles	3,275	41.5	n/a
Majority			1,346	17.0	n/a
Turnout				92.1	n/a
	Liberal win (new seat)

Notes and references

Notes

↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 2)
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↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/elections/results/general_elections/uk-general-election-2010/leigh The figure reported by the BBC for Burnham (24,295) was incorrect
↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "UK General Election results April 1983". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
↑ "UK General Election results April 1979". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
↑ "UK General Election results October 1974". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
↑ "UK General Election results February 1974". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
↑ "UK General Election results `970". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
↑ "UK General Election results 1966". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
↑ "UK General Election results 1964". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
↑ "UK General Election results 1959". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
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↑ "UK General Election results `950". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)

Constituencies in North West England (75)

Labour (51)	Ashton-under-Lyne Barrow and Furness Birkenhead Blackburn Blackley and Broughton Blackpool South Bolton North East Bolton South East Bootle Burnley Bury South Chorley City of Chester Copeland Denton and Reddish Ellesmere Port and Neston Garston and Halewood Halton Heywood and Middleton Hyndburn Knowsley Lancaster and Fleetwood Leigh Liverpool Riverside Liverpool Walton Liverpool Wavertree Liverpool West Derby Makerfield Manchester Central Manchester Gorton Manchester Withington Oldham East and Saddleworth Oldham West and Royton Preston Rochdale St Helens North St Helens South and Whiston Salford and Eccles Sefton Central Stalybridge and Hyde Stockport Stretford and Urmston Wallasey Warrington North West Lancashire Wigan Wirral South Wirral West Workington Worsley and Eccles South Wythenshawe and Sale East

Conservative (22)	Altrincham and Sale West Blackpool North and Cleveleys Bolton West Bury North Carlisle Cheadle Congleton Crewe and Nantwich Eddisbury Fylde Hazel Grove Macclesfield Morecambe and Lunesdale Pendle Penrith and The Border Ribble Valley Rossendale and Darwen South Ribble Tatton Warrington South Weaver Vale Wyre and Preston North

Liberal Democrats (2)	Southport Westmorland and Lonsdale

North West England European constituency: Conservative (2) Labour (3) UKIP (3)

Coordinates: 53°30′N 2°30′W / 53.50°N 2.50°W / 53.50; -2.50

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