| Leigh and Atherton | |
| Parliament: | uk |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Type: | Borough |
| Electorate: | 76,363 (2023)[1] |
| Region: | England |
| County: | Greater Manchester |
| Elects Howmany: | One |
| Towns: | Leigh, Atherton |
Leigh and Atherton is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.[2] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election.[3] Since 2024, it has been represented by Labour's Jo Platt, who had been MP for the predecessor seat of Leigh from 2017 to 2019.
Electoral Calculus categorises the news seat as being part of the “Somewheres” demographic, those who have socially conservative views and economically soft left views alongside strong support for Brexit. For reference, the site gives a notional result of 65% for those who voted for Brexit back in 2016. In addition to this, around 54% of the constituency is deprived, in terms of employment, income and education, which is only slightly higher than the national average of 52% deprivation, according to the site. For general statistics, the average age is 49.8, at least 79% of the local population owns a car, whilst 66% own a home, and the gross household income is £37,112.[4]
The constituency is defined as comprising the following wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan as they existed on 1 December 2020:
Following a local government boundary review which came into effect in May 2023,[6] [7] the constituency now comprises the following wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan from the 2024 general election:
The seat covers the bulk of, and replaces, the Leigh constituency, with the town of Atherton being added from Bolton West.
| 2019 notional result[8] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| 19,410 | 43.8 | ||
| 19,117 | 43.2 | ||
| 2,572 | 5.8 | ||
| 2,031 | 4.6 | ||
| Others | 999 | 2.2 | |
| 154 | 0.3 | ||
| Turnout | 44,283 | 58.0 | |
| Electorate | 76,363 | ||