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Leigh

Every general election in Leigh since 1918 (until 2019). Latest: James Grundy, Conservative, majority 1,965.

2019 general election

CandidatePartyVotesShareShare bar
James Grundy ElectedConservative21,26645.3%
Joanne Platt sitting MPLabour
Labour and Co-operative Party		19,30141.1%
James MellyBrexit Party
The Brexit Party		3,1616.7%
Mark ClaytonLiberal Democrats2,2524.8%
Ann O'BernIndependent5511.2%
Leon PetersUK Independence Party4481.0%
Valid votes46,979
Majority1,9654.2%

Con gain from Lab Turnout 60.7% of 77,417 electors. Full result →

0%25%50%75%100%19181924193519511964F19741983199720102019Labour, 1918: 46.4%Labour, 1922: 45.1%Labour, 1923: 43.0%Labour, 1924: 51.5%Labour, 1929: 57.0%Labour, 1931: 52.3%Labour, 1945: 69.8%Labour, 1950: 63.5%Labour, 1951: 63.4%Labour, 1955: 62.4%Labour, 1959: 65.2%Labour, 1964: 67.5%Labour, 1966: 68.7%Labour, 1970: 58.2%Labour, February 1974: 51.0%Labour, October 1974: 56.2%Labour, 1979: 54.1%Labour, 1983: 51.9%Labour, 1987: 58.6%Labour, 1992: 61.3%Labour, 1997: 68.9%Labour, 2001: 64.5%Labour, 2005: 63.3%Labour, 2010: 48.0%Labour, 2015: 53.9%Labour, 2017: 56.2%Labour, 2019: 41.1%Conservative, 1922: 33.9%Conservative, 1923: 26.7%Conservative, 1924: 48.5%Conservative, 1929: 24.3%Conservative, 1931: 47.7%Conservative, 1945: 30.2%Conservative, 1950: 36.5%Conservative, 1951: 36.6%Conservative, 1955: 37.6%Conservative, 1959: 34.8%Conservative, 1964: 32.5%Conservative, 1966: 31.3%Conservative, 1970: 33.5%Conservative, February 1974: 24.6%Conservative, October 1974: 25.8%Conservative, 1979: 36.5%Conservative, 1983: 26.8%Conservative, 1987: 26.3%Conservative, 1992: 25.5%Conservative, 1997: 15.6%Conservative, 2001: 18.2%Conservative, 2005: 16.0%Conservative, 2010: 20.9%Conservative, 2015: 22.6%Conservative, 2017: 35.8%Conservative, 2019: 45.3%Liberal, 1918: 53.6%Liberal, 1922: 21.1%Liberal, 1923: 30.3%Liberal, 1929: 18.7%Liberal, February 1974: 24.4%Liberal, October 1974: 18.0%Liberal, 1979: 9.4%Liberal Democrats, 1992: 12.6%Liberal Democrats, 1997: 11.2%Liberal Democrats, 2001: 12.8%Liberal Democrats, 2005: 13.6%Liberal Democrats, 2010: 18.2%Liberal Democrats, 2015: 2.6%Liberal Democrats, 2017: 2.0%Liberal Democrats, 2019: 4.8%SDP–Liberal Alliance, 1983: 21.3%SDP–Liberal Alliance, 1987: 15.1%UK Independence Party, 2010: 3.5%UK Independence Party, 2015: 19.7%UK Independence Party, 2017: 5.9%UK Independence Party, 2019: 1.0%
Vote share in Leigh at each general election Lab Con Lib LD Alliance UKIP

Boundary changes in 2024

Where the voters of the old Leigh (2010–2019 boundaries) live now:

Shares of population, from the House of Commons Library’s boundary analysis in the UK Parliament election results data.

Every result

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ElectionWinnerRunner-upMajority%TurnoutResult
2019Con James GrundyLab1,9654.260.7%Con gain from Lab
2017Lab Joanne PlattCon9,55420.461.5%Lab hold
2015Lab Andy BurnhamCon14,09631.259.4%Lab hold
2010Lab Andy BurnhamCon12,01127.158.4%Lab hold
2005LabCon17,27247.350.3%
2001LabCon16,36246.449.7%Lab hold
1997LabCon24,49653.365.7%
1992LabCon18,82735.875.0%Lab hold
1987LabCon16,60632.474.1%Lab hold
1983LabCon12,31425.171.4%
1979LabCon9,02317.676.9%Lab hold
October 1974LabCon14,63530.473.9%Lab hold
February 1974LabCon13,64726.580.0%
1970LabCon11,31124.770.9%Lab hold
1966LabCon16,06237.374.3%Lab hold
1964LabCon15,62435.177.6%Lab hold
1959LabCon14,77530.482.4%Lab hold
1955LabCon11,95624.880.1%
1951LabCon14,29626.786.0%Lab hold
1950LabCon14,60027.087.4%
1945LabCon18,41839.680.9%
1935Lab—unopposed——Lab hold
1931LabCon2,1284.787.4%Lab hold
1929LabCon14,69332.688.3%Lab hold
1924LabCon1,0153.088.2%Lab hold
1923LabLib4,13512.786.5%Lab hold
1922LabCon3,72711.289.9%Lab gain from Lib
1918LibLab1,7467.366.9%

Constituency boundaries were redrawn several times (most recently in 1983, 1997, 2005 (Scotland), 2010 and 2024), so the area behind the name changed over time. Before 2010 results are by party; candidate names start in 2010.

Questions and answers

Who last won Leigh?

James Grundy (Conservative) won Leigh at the 2019 general election with a majority of 1,965.

Which parties have won Leigh?

At the 28 general elections held under this name since 1918: Labour 26, Conservative 1, Liberal 1.

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