Leigh and Atherton (UK Parliament constituency) explained

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 in the 2024 general election.[3]

Constituency profile

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]

Boundaries

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

The seat covers 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,[6] [7] the constituency comprised the following wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan for the 2024 general election:

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result[8]
PartyVote%
19,410 43.8
19,117 43.2
2,572 5.8
2,031 4.6
Others 999 2.2
154 0.3
Turnout44,28358.0
Electorate76,363

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – North West . Boundary Commission for England . 18 July 2024.
  2. News: 8 July 2023. Boundaries review: The ancient city of Chester being split in two . 6 January 2024. BBC News.
  3. Web site: The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – North West Boundary Commission for England . 31 July 2023. Boundary Commission for England.
  4. Web site: Leigh and Atherton: New Boundaries 2023 Calculation. Electoral Calculus . 14 June 2024.
  5. Web site: The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023 . Schedule 1 Part 5 North West region. legislation.gov.uk.
  6. Web site: Wigan. Local Government Boundary Commission for England. 18 April 2024.
  7. Web site: The Wigan (Electoral Changes) Order 2022 . 30 July 2024. legislation.gov.uk. 16 December 2022.
  8. Web site: Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019 . 11 July 2024 . Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News . UK Parliament.