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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.

Contents 1 Boundaries 1.1 Boundary review 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 4 See also

[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.

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

v • d • e Constituencies in North West England Labour Ashton-under-Lyne · Barrow and Furness · Birkenhead · Blackburn · Blackpool North and Fleetwood · Blackpool South · Bolton North East · Bolton South East · Bolton West · Bootle · Burnley · Bury North · Bury South · Carlisle · Chorley · City of Chester · Copeland · Crosby · Denton and Reddish · Eccles · Ellesmere Port and Neston · Halton · Heywood and Middleton · Hyndburn · Knowsley North and Sefton East · Knowsley South · Leigh · Liverpool Garston · Liverpool Riverside · Liverpool Walton · Liverpool Wavertree · Makerfield · Manchester Blackley · Manchester Central · Manchester Gorton · Morecambe and Lunesdale · Oldham East and Saddleworth · Oldham West and Royton · Pendle · Preston · Rossendale and Darwen · Salford · South Ribble · St Helens North · St Helens South · Stalybridge and Hyde · Stockport · Stretford and Urmston · Wallasey · Warrington North · Warrington South · Weaver Vale · West Lancashire · Wigan · Wirral South · Wirral West · Workington · Worsley · Wythenshawe and Sale East Conservative Altrincham and Sale West · Congleton · Crewe and Nantwich · Eddisbury · Fylde · Lancaster and Wyre · Macclesfield · Penrith and The Border · Ribble Valley · Tatton Liberal Democrat Cheadle · Hazel Grove · Manchester Withington · Rochdale · Southport · Westmorland and Lonsdale Independent Liverpool West Derby North West European constituency: Conservative (3) · Labour (2) · UKIP (1) · Liberal Democrats (1) · BNP (1)

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