Leigh (UK Parliament constituency)
Leigh | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Leigh in Greater Manchester. | |
Location of Greater Manchester within England. | |
County | Greater Manchester |
Electorate | 77,001 (December 2010)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1885 |
Member of parliament | Andy Burnham (Labour) |
Number of members | One |
Overlaps | |
European Parliament constituency | North West England |
Leigh is a constituency[n 1] in Greater Manchester represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2001 by Andy Burnham of the Labour Party, who had served as Shadow Home Secretary in Jeremy Corbyn's Shadow Cabinet until October 2016.[n 2]
Boundaries
Leigh is a Labour safe seat within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan.
Following the review of parliamentary representation in Greater Manchester in 2009, the Boundary Commission for England recommended alterations to 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
History
The seat was created in the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. Since 1922 it has been served by candidates belonging to the Labour Party continuously, which for the political party makes it one of their longest held seats, the most recent incumbent has been Shadow Home Secretary since September 2015.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Andy Burnham | 24,312 | 53.9 | +5.8 | |
Conservative | Louisa Townson | 10,216 | 22.6 | +1.7 | |
UKIP | Les Leggett | 8,903 | 19.7 | +16.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Bill Winlow | 1,150 | 2.5 | −15.6 | |
TUSC | Stephen Hall | 542 | 1.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 14,096 | 31.2 | +4.1 | ||
Turnout | 45,123 | 59.4 | −2.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Andy Burnham | 21,295 | 48.0 | −15.3 | |
Conservative | Shazia Awan | 9,284 | 20.9 | +3.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | Chris Blackburn | 8,049 | 18.2 | −2.1 | |
BNP | Gary Chadwick | 2,724 | 6.1 | N/A | |
UKIP | Mary Lavelle | 1,535 | 3.5 | N/A | |
Independent | Norman Bradbury | 988 | 2.2 | N/A | |
Independent | Terry Dainty | 320 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Christian | Ryan Hessell | 137 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 12,011 | 27.1 | -20.2 | ||
Turnout | 44,332 | 62.0 | +10.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −4.9 | |||
Elections in the 2000s
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 | N/A | |
Legalise Cannabis | Thomas Hampson | 415 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 17,272 | 47.3 | |||
Turnout | 36,484 | 50.3 | +0.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.5 | |||
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 | −3.5 | |||
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Lawrence Francis Cunliffe | 31,652 | 68.9 | +7.6 | |
Conservative | Edward Young | 7,156 | 15.6 | −9.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Peter Hough | 5,163 | 11.2 | −1.4 | |
Referendum | Roy Constable | 1,949 | 4.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 24,496 | 53.3 | |||
Turnout | 45,920 | 65.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +8.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lawrence Francis Cunliffe | 32,225 | 61.3 | +2.7 | |
Conservative | Joseph Reginald Salisbury Egerton | 13,398 | 25.5 | −0.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Robert Mark Bleakley | 6,621 | 12.6 | −2.5 | |
Natural Law | Adrian Paul Tayler | 320 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 18,827 | 35.8 | +3.4 | ||
Turnout | 52,564 | 75.0 | +0.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.7 | |||
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lawrence Francis Cunliffe | 30,064 | 58.6 | ||
Conservative | Louis Bartholomew Anthony Brown | 13,458 | 26.3 | ||
Social Democratic | Steven David Jones | 7,743 | 15.1 | ||
Majority | 16,606 | 32.4 | |||
Turnout | 51,265 | 74.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lawrence Francis Cunliffe | 25,477 | 51.2 | ||
Conservative | Paul Joseph Johnstone | 13,163 | 26.8 | ||
Social Democratic | David Eccles | 10,468 | 21.3 | ||
Majority | 12,314 | 25.1 | |||
Turnout | 49,108 | 72.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lawrence Francis Cunliffe | 27,736 | 54.1 | ||
Conservative | David Lawrence Shaw | 18,713 | 36.5 | ||
Liberal | M Godwin | 4,796 | 9.4 | ||
Majority | 9,023 | 17.6 | |||
Turnout | 51,245 | 76.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harold Boardman | 27,036 | 56.2 | ||
Conservative | Mrs. Maureen Williams | 12,401 | 25.8 | ||
Liberal | Roy D. Pemberton | 8,640 | 18.0 | ||
Majority | 14,635 | 30.4 | |||
Turnout | 73.9 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harold Boardman | 26,310 | 51.0 | ||
Conservative | Viscount Lewisham | 12,663 | 24.6 | ||
Liberal | Roy D. Pemberton | 12,594 | 24.4 | ||
Majority | 13,647 | 26.5 | |||
Turnout | 80.0 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harold Boardman | 26,625 | 58.2 | ||
Conservative | James Peter McGuire | 15,314 | 33.5 | ||
Ratepayers | Joseph Knowles | 3,776 | 8.3 | ||
Majority | 11,311 | 27.7 | |||
Turnout | 71.0 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harold Boardman | 29,552 | 68.7 | ||
Conservative | Robert R Hipkiss | 13,490 | 31.3 | ||
Majority | 16,062 | 37.3 | |||
Turnout | 74.3 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harold Boardman | 30,102 | 67.5 | ||
Conservative | Neville Montague B Brown | 14,478 | 32.5 | ||
Majority | 15,624 | 35.1 | |||
Turnout | 77.6 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harold Boardman | 31,672 | 65.2 | ||
Conservative | William Cameron | 16,897 | 34.8 | ||
Majority | 14,775 | 30.4 | |||
Turnout | 82.4 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harold Boardman | 30,098 | 62.4 | ||
Conservative | John Bryan Leck | 18,142 | 37.6 | ||
Majority | 11,956 | 24.8 | |||
Turnout | 80.0 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harold Boardman | 33,881 | 63.4 | ||
Conservative | Henry Donald Moore | 19,585 | 36.6 | ||
Majority | 14,296 | 26.7 | |||
Turnout | 86.0 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harold Boardman | 34,320 | 63.5 | ||
Conservative | J W Whiteley | 19,720 | 36.5 | ||
Majority | 14,600 | 27.0 | |||
Turnout | 87.4 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Election in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harold Boardman | 32,447 | 69.8 | ||
Conservative | E H Hill | 14,029 | 30.2 | ||
Majority | 18,418 | 39.6 | |||
Turnout | 81.0 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Joseph Tinker | Unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Labour hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Joseph Tinker | 23,965 | 52.32 | ||
Conservative | Peter Thorp Eckersley | 21,837 | 47.68 | ||
Majority | 2,128 | 4.65 | |||
Turnout | 87.38 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Joseph Tinker | 25,635 | 57.0 | ||
Unionist | Claude Herbert Grundy | 10,942 | 24.3 | ||
Liberal | Thomas Hardy | 8,435 | 18.7 | n/a | |
Majority | 14,693 | 32.7 | |||
Turnout | 88.3 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Joseph Tinker | 17,262 | 51.5 | ||
Unionist | Edwin Owen | 16,247 | 48.5 | ||
Majority | 1,015 | 3.0 | |||
Turnout | 88.2 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Joseph Tinker | 13,989 | 43.0 | -2.0 | |
Liberal | Robert Abraham Burrows | 9,854 | 30.3 | +9.2 | |
Unionist | Herbert Metcalfe | 8,664 | 26.7 | -7.2 | |
Majority | 4,135 | 12.7 | +1.6 | ||
Turnout | 86.5 | -3.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -5.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Henry Twist | 15,006 | 45.0 | ||
Unionist | Herbert Metcalfe | 11,279 | 33.9 | n/a | |
Liberal | Joseph Ashworth | 7,012 | 21.1 | ||
Majority | 3,727 | 11.1 | |||
Turnout | 89.9 | +23.0 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Peter Wilson Raffan | 12,892 | 53.6 | ||
Labour | Richard Owen Jones | 11,146 | 46.4 | n/a | |
Majority | 1,746 | 7.2 | |||
Turnout | 66.9 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | n/a | |||
General Election 1914/15
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Liberal: Peter Wilson Raffan
- Unionist: Frank Hatchard
- Labour: Thomas Greenall
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Peter Wilson Raffan | 6,790 | 55.2 | +15.0 | |
Conservative | W T Oversby | 5,507 | 44.8 | +9.7 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 86.9 | -6.7 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Peter Wilson Raffan | 5,325 | 40.2 | ||
Conservative | F C Smith | 4,646 | 35.1 | ||
Labour | Thomas Greenall | 3,268 | 24.7 | n/a | |
Majority | 679 | 5.1 | |||
Turnout | 93.6 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Fowler Leece Brunner | 7,175 | 58.1 | +7.5 | |
Conservative | Donald MacMaster | 5,169 | 41.9 | -7.5 | |
Majority | 2,006 | 16.2 | +15.0 | ||
Turnout | 92.3 | +5.3 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +7.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Prestwich Scott | 5,239 | 50.6 | ||
Conservative | William Walter Augustine Fitzgerald | 5,119 | 49.4 | ||
Majority | 120 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 87.0 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Prestwich Scott | 5,130 | 53.5 | -1.6 | |
Conservative | William Walter Augustine Fitzgerald | 4,453 | 46.5 | +1.6 | |
Majority | 677 | 7.0 | -3.2 | ||
Turnout | 89.0 | -1.4 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | -1.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Caleb Wright | 4,899 | 55.1 | ||
Conservative | W C Jones | 3,995 | 44.9 | ||
Majority | 904 | 10.2 | |||
Turnout | 90.4 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Caleb Wright | 4,297 | 57.8 | -0.7 | |
Conservative | William Henry Myers | 3,134 | 42.2 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 1,163 | 15.6 | -1.4 | ||
Turnout | 86.7 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -0.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Caleb Wright | 4,621 | 58.5 | n/a | |
Conservative | Lees Knowles | 3,275 | 41.5 | n/a | |
Majority | 1,346 | 17.0 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 92.1 | n/a | |||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
See also
Notes and references
- Notes
- ↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
- References
- ↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 2)
- ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ↑ "Leigh". BBC News. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ↑ http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/elections/results/general_elections/uk-general-election-2010/leigh The figure reported by the BBC for Burnham (24,295) was incorrect
- ↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
- ↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
- ↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "UK General Election results April 1983". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
- ↑ "UK General Election results April 1979". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
- ↑ "UK General Election results October 1974". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
- ↑ "UK General Election results February 1974". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
- ↑ "UK General Election results `970". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
- ↑ "UK General Election results 1966". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
- ↑ "UK General Election results 1964". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
- ↑ "UK General Election results 1959". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
- ↑ "UK General Election results 1955". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
- ↑ "UK General Election results 1951". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
- ↑ "UK General Election results `950". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
- ↑ "UK General Election results 1945". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
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