Leigh (constituency)

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Leigh was a constituency in Greater Manchester represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. From 2019 to 2024, Leigh was held by James Grundy of the Conservative Party. Before this, the seat was represented by Andy Burnham of the Labour Party, who served as the MP from 2001, was Health Secretary in the government of Gordon Brown, Shadow Health Secretary in Ed Miliband's Shadow Cabinet, and Shadow Home Secretary under Jeremy Corbyn, until October 2016. Burnham stood down following his victory at the 2017 Greater Manchester mayoral election, and was succeeded by the Labour and Co-operative Party's Jo Platt who was MP from 2017 to 2019. Burnham continued to reside in Leigh while he was Mayor of Greater Manchester from 2017 to 2026. The constituency was abolished as a result of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies. With the addition of the town of Atherton, it was reformed as Leigh and Atherton, and was first contested in the 2024 general election.

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