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2019 general election · North West

Leigh: 2019 general election result

James Grundy (Conservative) won Leigh at the 2019 general election with a majority of 1,965 (Con gain from Lab). Full result for every candidate, turnout and change since the last election.

Winner
James GrundyConservative
Majority
1,9654.2% of valid votes
Turnout
60.7%46,979 valid votes
Electorate
77,417
Result
Con gain from Lab
Result
CandidatePartyVotesShareChangeShare bar
James Grundy ElectedConservative21,26645.3%+9.4
Joanne Platt sitting MPLabour
Labour and Co-operative Party
19,30141.1%−15.1
James MellyBrexit Party
The Brexit Party
3,1616.7%+6.7
Mark ClaytonLiberal Democrats2,2524.8%+2.8
Ann O'BernIndependent5511.2%+1.2
Leon PetersUK Independence Party4481.0%−5.0
Valid votes46,979
Majority1,9654.2%

Change compared with the 2017 general election (same boundaries).

Declared 13 December 2019, 01:59.

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Questions and answers

Who won Leigh at the 2019 general election?

James Grundy (Conservative) won with 21,266 votes (45.3%). Result: Con gain from Lab.

What was the majority in Leigh in 2019?

1,965 votes (4.2% of valid votes) over the Labour candidate, Joanne Platt.

What was the turnout in Leigh in 2019?

60.7% of the 77,417 registered electors cast a valid vote (46,979 votes).

Official results UK Parliament election results data (House of Commons Library). Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. How we use this data

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