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**Leigh**
Leigh; County constituency
	;
	Leigh shown within Greater Manchester, and Greater Manchester shown within England
Created:	1885
MP:	Andy Burnham
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Greater Manchester
EP constituency:	North West England

Leigh is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

[edit] Boundaries

Leigh is a safe Labour seat containing the working-class, former mining town of Leigh and its environs.

[edit] Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Greater Manchester, the Boundary Commission for England has recommended alterations to the existing 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.

[edit] Members of Parliament

It has been represented by the Health Secretary, Andy Burnham, since the 2001 general election.

	Member	Party
1885	Caleb Wright	Liberal
1895	Charles Prestwich Scott	Liberal
1906	John Fowler Leece Brunner	Liberal
1910	Peter Wilson Raffan	Liberal
1922	Henry Twist	Labour
1923	John Joseph Tinker	Labour
1945	Harold Boardman	Labour
1979	Lawrence Cunliffe	Labour
2001	Andy Burnham	Labour

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Leigh
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	+6.0
	Legalise Cannabis	Thomas Hampson	415	1.1	+1.1
Majority			17,272	47.3
Turnout			36,484	50.3	+0.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.5

General Election 2001: Leigh
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

[edit] See also

List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester

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

Contents

[edit] Boundaries

[edit] Boundary review

[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] Election results

[edit] See also