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Leigh — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Leigh was won by Conservative at the 2019 general election, with a majority of 1,965 votes over Labour. This page covers every general election in Leigh from 1885 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1885–2019

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1885 Caleb Wright (Liberal) 4,621 58.5% Lees Knowles (Conservative) 1,346 (17.1 pts) 92.1%
1886 Caleb Wright (Liberal) 4,297 57.8% William Henry Myers (Conservative) 1,163 (15.7 pts) 86.7%
1892 Caleb Wright (Liberal) 4,899 55.1% William Charles Jones (Conservative) 904 (10.2 pts) 90.4%
1895 Charles Prestwich Scott (Liberal) 5,130 53.5% William Walter Augustine Fitzgerald (Conservative) 677 (7.1 pts) 89.0%
1900 Charles Prestwich Scott (Liberal) 5,239 50.6% William Walter Augustine Fitzgerald (Conservative) 120 (1.2 pts) 87.0%
1906 John Fowler Leece Brunner (Liberal) 7,175 58.1% Donald Macmaster (Conservative) 2,006 (16.2 pts) 92.3%
Dec 1910 Peter Wilson Raffan (Liberal) 6,790 55.2% William Thomas Oversby (Conservative) 1,283 (10.4 pts) 86.9%
Jan 1910 Peter Wilson Raffan (Liberal) 5,325 40.2% Cuthbert Smith (Conservative) 679 (5.1 pts) 93.6%
1918 Peter Wilson Raffan (Liberal) 12,892 53.6% Richard Owen Jones (Labour) 1,746 (7.3 pts) 66.9%
1922 Henry Twist (Labour) 15,006 45.1% Herbert Metcalfe (Unionist) 3,727 (11.2 pts) 89.9%
1923 John Joseph Tinker (Labour) 13,989 43.0% Robert Abraham Burrows (Liberal) 4,135 (12.7 pts) 86.5%
1924 John Joseph Tinker (Labour) 17,262 51.5% Edwin Owen (Unionist) 1,015 (3.0 pts) 88.2%
1929 John Joseph Tinker (Labour) 25,635 57.0% Claude Herbert Grundy (Unionist) 14,693 (32.6 pts) 88.3%
1931 John Joseph Tinker (Labour) 23,965 52.3% Peter Thorp Eckersley (Conservative) 2,128 (4.7 pts) 87.4%
1935 Joseph Bert Tinker (Labour) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1945 Harold Boardman (Labour) 32,447 69.8% Eric Heriot Hill (Conservative) 18,418 (39.6 pts) 80.9%
1950 Harold Boardman (Labour) 34,320 63.5% John Whiteley (Conservative) 14,600 (27.0 pts) 87.4%
1951 Harold Boardman (Labour) 33,881 63.4% Henry Donald Moore (Conservative) 14,296 (26.7 pts) 86.0%
1955 Harold Boardman (Labour) 30,098 62.4% John Bryan Leck (Conservative) 11,956 (24.8 pts) 80.1%
1959 Harold Boardman (Labour) 31,672 65.2% William Cameron (Conservative) 14,775 (30.4 pts) 82.4%
1964 Harold Boardman (Labour) 30,102 67.5% Neville Montague B Brown (Conservative) 15,624 (35.0 pts) 77.6%
1966 Harold Boardman (Labour) 29,552 68.7% Robert Hipkiss (Conservative) 16,062 (37.3 pts) 74.3%
1970 Harold Boardman (Labour) 26,625 58.2% James Peter McGuire (Conservative) 11,311 (24.7 pts) 71.3%
Feb 1974 Harold Boardman (Labour) 26,310 51.0% William Lewisham (Conservative) 13,647 (26.5 pts) 79.9%
Oct 1974 Harold Boardman (Labour) 27,036 56.2% Maureen Williams (Conservative) 14,635 (30.4 pts) 73.9%
1979 Lawrence Cunliffe (Labour) 27,736 54.1% David Shaw (Conservative) 9,023 (17.6 pts) 76.9%
1983 Lawrence Cunliffe (Labour) 25,477 51.9% Paul Johnstone (Conservative) 12,314 (25.1 pts) 72.2%
1987 Lawrence Cunliffe (Labour) 30,064 58.6% Louis Brown (Conservative) 16,606 (32.4 pts) 74.1%
1992 Lawrence Cunliffe (Labour) 32,225 61.3% Joseph Egerton (Conservative) 18,827 (35.8 pts) 75.0%
1997 Lawrence Cunliffe (Labour) 31,652 68.9% Edward Young (Conservative) 24,496 (53.3 pts) 65.7%
2001 Andy Burnham (Labour) 22,783 64.5% Andrew Oxley (Conservative) 16,362 (46.4 pts) 49.7%
2005 Andy Burnham (Labour) 23,097 63.3% Laurance Wedderburn (Conservative) 17,272 (47.3 pts) 50.3%
2010 Andy Burnham (Labour) 21,295 48.0% Shazia Awan (Conservative) 12,011 (27.1 pts) 58.6%
2015 Andy Burnham (Labour) 24,312 53.9% Louisa Townson (Conservative) 14,096 (31.2 pts) 59.7%
2017 Joanne Platt (Labour) 26,347 56.2% James Grundy (Conservative) 9,554 (20.4 pts) 61.7%
2019 James Grundy (Conservative) 21,266 45.3% Joanne Platt (Labour) 1,965 (4.2 pts) 60.9%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Caleb Wright Liberal 4,62158.5% Yes
Lees Knowles Conservative 3,27541.5% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Caleb Wright Liberal 4,29757.8% Yes
William Henry Myers Conservative 3,13442.2% No

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Caleb Wright Liberal 4,89955.1% Yes
William Charles Jones Conservative 3,99544.9% No

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Prestwich Scott Liberal 5,13053.5% Yes
William Walter Augustine Fitzgerald Conservative 4,45346.5% No

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Prestwich Scott Liberal 5,23950.6% Yes
William Walter Augustine Fitzgerald Conservative 5,11949.4% No

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Fowler Leece Brunner Liberal 7,17558.1% Yes
Donald Macmaster Conservative 5,16941.9% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Peter Wilson Raffan Liberal 6,79055.2% Yes
William Thomas Oversby Conservative 5,50744.8% No

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Peter Wilson Raffan Liberal 5,32540.2% Yes
Cuthbert Smith Conservative 4,64635.1% No
Thomas Greenall Labour 3,26824.7% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Peter Wilson Raffan Liberal 12,89253.6% Yes
Richard Owen Jones Labour 11,14646.4% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Twist Labour 15,00645.1% Yes
Herbert Metcalfe Unionist 11,27933.9% No
Joseph Ashworth Liberal 7,01221.1% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Joseph Tinker Labour 13,98943.0% Yes
Robert Abraham Burrows Liberal 9,85430.3% No
Herbert Metcalfe Unionist 8,66426.7% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Joseph Tinker Labour 17,26251.5% Yes
Edwin Owen Unionist 16,24748.5% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Joseph Tinker Labour 25,63557.0% Yes
Claude Herbert Grundy Unionist 10,94224.3% No
Thomas Hardy Liberal 8,43518.7% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Joseph Tinker Labour 23,96552.3% Yes
Peter Thorp Eckersley Conservative 21,83747.7% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Joseph Bert Tinker Labour Unopposed Yes

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Harold Boardman Labour 32,44769.8% Yes
Eric Heriot Hill Conservative 14,02930.2% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Harold Boardman Labour 34,32063.5% Yes
John Whiteley Conservative 19,72036.5% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Harold Boardman Labour 33,88163.4% Yes
Henry Donald Moore Conservative 19,58536.6% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Harold Boardman Labour 30,09862.4% Yes
John Bryan Leck Conservative 18,14237.6% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Harold Boardman Labour 31,67265.2% Yes
William Cameron Conservative 16,89734.8% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Harold Boardman Labour 30,10267.5% Yes
Neville Montague B Brown Conservative 14,47832.5% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Harold Boardman Labour 29,55268.7% Yes
Robert Hipkiss Conservative 13,49031.3% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Harold Boardman Labour 26,62558.2% Yes
James Peter McGuire Conservative 15,31433.5% No
Joseph Knowles Ratepayers 3,7768.3% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Harold Boardman Labour 26,31051.0% Yes
William Lewisham Conservative 12,66324.6% No
Roy Pemberton Liberal 12,59424.4% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Harold Boardman Labour 27,03656.2% Yes
Maureen Williams Conservative 12,40125.8% No
Roy Pemberton Liberal 8,64018.0% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Lawrence Cunliffe Labour 27,73654.1% Yes
David Shaw Conservative 18,71336.5% No
Michael Godwin Liberal 4,7969.4% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Lawrence Cunliffe Labour 25,47751.9% Yes
Paul Johnstone Conservative 13,16326.8% No
David Eccles Social Democratic Party 10,46821.3% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Lawrence Cunliffe Labour 30,06458.6% Yes
Louis Brown Conservative 13,45826.3% No
Steven Jones Social Democratic Party 7,74515.1% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Lawrence Cunliffe Labour 32,22561.3% Yes
Joseph Egerton Conservative 13,39825.5% No
Robert Bleakley Liberal Democrat 6,62112.6% No
Adrian Tayler Natural Law 3200.6% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Lawrence Cunliffe Labour 31,65268.9% Yes
Edward Young Conservative 7,15615.6% No
Peter Hough Liberal Democrat 5,16311.2% No
Roy Constable Referendum Party 1,9494.2% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Andy Burnham Labour 22,78364.5% Yes
Andrew Oxley Conservative 6,42118.2% No
Ray Atkins Liberal Democrat 4,52412.8% No
William Kelly Socialist Labour 8202.3% No
Chris Best UKIP 7502.1% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Andy Burnham Labour 23,09763.3% Yes
Laurance Wedderburn Conservative 5,82516.0% No
Dave Crowther Liberal Democrat 4,96213.6% No
Ian Franzen Community Action 2,1856.0% No
Thomas Hampson Legalise Cannabis 4151.1% No

2010

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Andy Burnham Labour 21,29548.0% Yes
Shazia Awan Conservative 9,28420.9% No
Chris Blackburn Liberal Democrat 8,04918.2% No
Gary Chadwick BNP 2,7246.1% No
Mary Lavelle UKIP 1,5353.5% No
Norman Bradbury Independent 9882.2% No
Terrence Dainty Independent 3200.7% No
Ryan Hessell Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship 1370.3% No

2015

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Andy Burnham Labour 24,31253.9% Yes
Louisa Townson Conservative 10,21622.6% No
Les Leggett UKIP 8,90319.7% No
Bill Winlow Liberal Democrat 1,1502.5% No
Stephen Hall Left Unity 5421.2% No

2017

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Joanne Platt Labour 26,34756.2% Yes
James Grundy Conservative 16,79335.8% No
Mark Bradley UKIP 2,7835.9% No
Richard Kilpatrick Liberal Democrat 9512.0% No

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Grundy Conservative 21,26645.3% Yes
Joanne Platt Labour 19,30141.1% No
James Melly Brexit Party 3,1616.7% No
Mark Clayton Liberal Democrat 2,2524.8% No
Ann O'Bern Independent 5511.2% No
Leon Peters UKIP 4481.0% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1885: Liberal margin 17.1 pts 1886: Liberal margin 15.7 pts 1892: Liberal margin 10.2 pts 1895: Liberal margin 7.1 pts 1900: Liberal margin 1.2 pts 1906: Liberal margin 16.2 pts Dec 1910: Liberal margin 10.4 pts Jan 1910: Liberal margin 5.1 pts 1918: Liberal margin 7.3 pts 1922: Labour margin 11.2 pts 1923: Labour margin 12.7 pts 1924: Labour margin 3.0 pts 1929: Labour margin 32.6 pts 1931: Labour margin 4.7 pts 1945: Labour margin 39.6 pts 1950: Labour margin 27.0 pts 1951: Labour margin 26.7 pts 1955: Labour margin 24.8 pts 1959: Labour margin 30.4 pts 1964: Labour margin 35.0 pts 1966: Labour margin 37.3 pts 1970: Labour margin 24.7 pts Feb 1974: Labour margin 26.5 pts Oct 1974: Labour margin 30.4 pts 1979: Labour margin 17.6 pts 1983: Labour margin 25.1 pts 1987: Labour margin 32.4 pts 1992: Labour margin 35.8 pts 1997: Labour margin 53.3 pts 2001: Labour margin 46.4 pts 2005: Labour margin 47.3 pts 2010: Labour margin 27.1 pts 2015: Labour margin 31.2 pts 2017: Labour margin 20.4 pts 2019: Conservative margin 4.2 pts 1885 1886 1892 1895 1900 1906 Dec 1910 Jan 1910 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019

Trend

Leigh has been contested at 36 general elections on record since 1885. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Liberal, Labour, Conservative.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Leigh in the 2019 general election?

Conservative won Leigh in 2019 with 21,266 votes (45.3%), a majority of 1,965 votes over Labour in second place.

Which parties have won Leigh since 1885?

Since 1885, Leigh has been won by: Conservative, Labour, Liberal.

What was the closest result in Leigh?

The closest result on record for Leigh was 1900, when Liberal beat Conservative by just 120 votes (1.2 percentage points).

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