Leigh (UK Parliament constituency)
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Leigh is a constituency[n 1] in Greater Manchester represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by James Grundy of the Conservative Party.
Leigh | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Greater Manchester |
Electorate | 77,001 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Leigh, Astley, Tyldesley, Lowton, Golborne |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1885 |
Member of Parliament | James Grundy (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from | South West Lancashire |
Before this, the seat was represented by Andy Burnham of the Labour Party, who served as the MP from 2001, and Shadow Home Secretary in Jeremy Corbyn's Shadow Cabinet until October 2016.[n 2] Burnham stood down following his victory at the 2017 Greater Manchester mayoral election, and was succeeded by the Labour and Cooperative Party's Jo Platt who was MP from 2017 to 2019. Burnham, who was re-elected as Mayor of Greater Manchester in 2021 with an increased majority, still resides in the Leigh constituency.
As a result of adding the town of Atherton to the constituency, the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies proposes that it is renamed Leigh and Atherton, to be first contested at the next general election.[2]