County Greater Manchester Created 1885 Number of members One | Electorate 77,001 (December 2010) Member of parliament Andy Burnham (Labour) European Parliament constituency North West England | |
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Leigh is a constituency in Greater Manchester represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2001 by Andy Burnham of the Labour Party, who had served as Shadow Home Secretary in Jeremy Corbyn's Shadow Cabinet until October 2016.
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Boundaries
Leigh is a Labour safe seat within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan.
Following the review of parliamentary representation in Greater Manchester in 2009, the Boundary Commission for England recommended alterations to constituencies in the Wigan area. The electoral wards used in the altered Leigh constituency are:
History
The seat was created in the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. Since 1922 it has been served by candidates belonging to the Labour Party continuously, which for the political party makes it one of their longest held seats, the most recent incumbent was Shadow Home Secretary from September 2015 to October 2016.
Elections in the 1910s
General Election 1914/15
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;