| Leigh and Atherton | |
|---|---|
| Borough constituency for theHouse of Commons | |
 Interactive map of boundaries from 2024 | |
 Location within North West England | |
| County | Greater Manchester |
| Electorate | 76,363 (2023)[1] |
| Major settlements | Leigh,Atherton |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2024 |
| Member of Parliament | Jo Platt (Labour Co-op) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Leigh &Bolton West |
Leigh and Atherton is aconstituency of theHouse of Commons in theUK Parliament.[2] It was created by the2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies and was first contested at the2024 general election.[3] Since 2024, it has been represented byJo Platt of theLabour Party, who had been MP for the predecessor seat ofLeigh from 2017 to 2019.
Electoral Calculus categorises the new seat as being part of the "Somewheres" demographic, those who have socially conservative and economically soft left views, alongside strong support forBrexit. For reference, the site gives a notional result of 65% for those who voted for Brexit back in 2016. In addition to this, around 54% of the constituency isdeprived in terms of employment, income and education, which is only slightly higher than the national average of 52% deprivation, according to the site. For general statistics, the average age is 49.8, at least 79% of the local population owns a car, whilst 66% own a home, and the gross household income is £37,112.[4]
The seat covers the bulk of, and replaces, theLeigh constituency, with the town ofAtherton being added fromBolton West.[4]
The constituency is composed of the following electoral wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan:
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Jo Platt | Labour Co-op | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Jo Platt | 19,971 | 48.5 | +5.3 | |
| Reform | George Woodward | 11,090 | 26.9 | +21.1 | |
| Conservative | Michael Winstanley | 6,483 | 15.7 | −28.1 | |
| Green | Amelia Jones | 1,653 | 4.0 | +3.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Stuart Thomas | 1,597 | 3.9 | −0.7 | |
| English Democrat | Craig Buckley | 376 | 0.9 | N/A | |
| Majority | 8,881 | 21.6 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 41,170 | 51.6 | −6.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 79,978 | ||||
| Labour Co-opgain fromConservative | Swing | −7.9 | |||
| 2019notional result[6] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Conservative | 19,410 | 43.8 | |
| Labour | 19,117 | 43.2 | |
| Brexit Party | 2,572 | 5.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 2,031 | 4.6 | |
| Others | 999 | 2.2 | |
| Green | 154 | 0.3 | |
| Turnout | 44,283 | 58.0 | |
| Electorate | 76,363 | ||