Leigh and Atherton (UK Parliament constituency)

Leigh and Atherton is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.^[2] It was created by the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies and was first contested at the 2024 general election.^[3] Since 2024, it has been represented by Jo Platt of the Labour Party, who had been MP for the predecessor seat of Leigh from 2017 to 2019.

Leigh and Atherton
Borough constituency for the House 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

Constituency profile

Electoral Calculus categorises the news seat as being part of the "Somewheres" demographic, those who have socially conservative views and economically soft left views alongside strong support for Brexit. 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 is deprived, 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]

Boundaries

The seat covers the bulk of, and replaces, the Leigh constituency, with the town of Atherton being added from Bolton West.^[4]

The constituency is composed of the following electoral wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan:

• Astley (part), Atherton North, Atherton South & Lilford, Golborne & Lowton West, Leigh Central & Higher Folds, Leigh South, Leigh West (part), Lowton East, Tyldesley & Mosley Common (part), and Hindley Green (part).^[4]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	2024	Jo Platt	Labour Co-op

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Leigh and Atherton^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Jo Platt	19,971	48.5	+5.3
	Reform UK	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-op gain from Conservative		Swing	−7.9

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional 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

References

1. "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – North West". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
2. "Boundaries review: The ancient city of Chester being split in two". BBC News. 8 July 2023. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
3. "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – North West | Boundary Commission for England". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
4. "Leigh and Atherton: New Boundaries 2023 Calculation". Electoral Calculus. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
5. "UK General Election – Results 4th July 2024". Wigan Council. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
6. "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament. Retrieved 11 July 2024.

External links

• Leigh and Atherton UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) MapIt UK