Leigh

Leigh is a former constituency. It ceased to exist following the boundary change in 2024. It was located in the North West region of England. The seat was last held by James Grundy (Conservative) between 12 December 2019 to 30 May 2024.

2017 General Election

The 2017 General Election was held on 8 June 2017. A total of 4 candidates ran for election.

Summary

LAB
Labour Hold
Majority
9,554
Electorate
76,202
Turnout
61.5%

You can view more detailed information about this election result on the election result pages.

Share of the vote

The graph below shows the share of the vote across all the candidates.

Breakdown

The table below shows the individual vote breakdown for each candidate.

Candidate/Party Votes Share Change
Joanne Platt
Labour
26,347 56.2% 2.3%
James Grundy
Conservative
16,793 35.8% 13.2%
Mark Bradley
UK Independence Party
2,783 5.9% -13.8%
Richard Kilpatrick
Liberal Democrat
951 2.0% -0.5%