Leigh and Atherton (UK Parliament constituency)

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Leigh and Atherton
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
County Greater Manchester
Major settlements Leigh, Atherton
Current constituency
Created 2024
Member of Parliament TBC (TBC)
SeatsOne
Created from Leigh & Bolton West

Leigh and Atherton is a proposed constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [1] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it will first be contested in the 2024 general election. [2]

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Boundaries

Leigh and Atherton (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries from 2024

The constituency will be composed of the following wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

The seat will cover the bulk of, and replace, the Leigh constituency, with the town of Atherton being added from Bolton West. [4]

Following a local government boundary review which came into effect in May 2023, [5] [6] the constituency will now comprise the following wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan from the 2024 general election:

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Leigh and Atherton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Workers Party Nasri Barghouti [7]
Green Amelia Jones [8]
Labour Co-op Jo Platt [9]
Liberal Democrats Stuart Thomas [10]
Conservative Michael Winstanley [11]
Reform UK George Woodward [12]

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References

  1. ↑ "Boundaries review: The ancient city of Chester being split in two". BBC News. 2023-07-08. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
  2. ↑ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – North West | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
  3. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 5 North West region.
  4. 1 2 "New Seat Details - Leigh and Atherton". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
  5. ↑ LGBCE. "Wigan | LGBCE". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
  6. ↑ "The Wigan (Electoral Changes) Order 2022".
  7. ↑ "General election 2024" . Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  8. ↑ "Our Candidates" . Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  9. ↑ Neame, Katie (2023-11-13). "Labour selections: parliamentary candidates selected so far for the general election". LabourList. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
  10. ↑ Pack, Mark (2024-01-08). "Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidates". Mark Pack. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
  11. ↑ Tomorrow's MPs [@tomorrowsmps] (June 4, 2024). "🔵 LEIGH & ATHERTON (Con 371th safest): MIchael Winstanley was picked as Conservative candidate tonight unopposed" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  12. ↑ "Leigh and Atherton Constituency". Reform UK. 2018-08-01. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
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