Leigh and Atherton Constituency (BCon/PBCon/CCon) : Political Parties

Election of 14th Dec, 1918
Party Votes Outcome
Liberal 12892 Elected
Labour 11146

More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.

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Election of 15th Nov, 1922
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 15006 Elected
Conservative 11279
Liberal 7012

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Election of 6th Dec, 1923
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 13989 Elected
Liberal 9854
Conservative 8664

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Election of 29th Oct, 1924
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 17262 Elected
Conservative 16247

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Election of 30th May, 1929
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25635 Elected
Conservative 10942
Liberal 8435

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Election of 27th Oct, 1931
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23965 Elected
Conservative 21837

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Election of 14th Nov, 1935
Party Votes Outcome
Labour -1 Elected

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Election of 5th Jul, 1945
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 32447 Elected
Conservative 14029

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Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 34320 Elected
Conservative 19720

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Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 33881 Elected
Conservative 19585

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Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 30098 Elected
Conservative 18142

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Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 31672 Elected
Conservative 16897

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Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 30102 Elected
Conservative 14478

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Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 29552 Elected
Conservative 13490

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Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26625 Elected
Conservative 15314
Independent 3776

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Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 26310 Elected
Conservative 12663
Liberal 12594

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Election of 10th Oct, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27036 Elected
Conservative 12401
Liberal 8640

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Election of 3rd May, 1979
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 27736 Elected
Conservative 18713
Liberal 4796

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Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 25477 Elected
Conservative 13163
Social Democratic Party 10468

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Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 30064 Elected
Conservative 13458
Social Democratic Party 7745

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Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 32225 Elected
Conservative 13398
Liberal Democrat 6621
Natural Law 320

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Election of 1st May, 1997
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 31652 Elected
Conservative 7156
Liberal Democrat 5163
Referendum Party 1949

More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.

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Election of 7th Jun, 2001
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22783 Elected
Conservative 6421
Liberal Democrat 4524
Socialist Labour Party (1996) 820
UK Independence Party 750

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Election of 5th May, 2005
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 23097 Elected
Conservative 5825
Liberal Democrat 4962
Community Action Party 2189
Legalise Cannabis Alliance 415

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Election of 6th May, 2010
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21295 Elected
Conservative 9284
Liberal Democrat 8049
British National Party 2724
UK Independence Party 1535
Independent (1) 988
Independent (2) 320
Christian Party 137

More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.

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Election of 7th May, 2015
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 24312 Elected
Conservative 10216
UK Independence Party 8903
Liberal Democrat 1150
Left Unity - Trade Unionists & Socialists 542

More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.

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Election of 8th Jun, 2017
Party Votes Outcome
Labour & Co-operative 26347 Elected
Conservative 16793
UK Independence Party 2783
Liberal Democrat 951

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Election of 12th Dec, 2019
Party Votes Outcome
Conservative 21266 Elected
Labour 19301
Brexit Party 3161
Liberal Democrat 2252
Independent 551
UK Independence Party 448

More information about the 2019 General Election is available here.

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Election of 4th Jul, 2024
Party Votes Outcome
Labour & Co-operative 19971 Elected
Reform UK 11090
Conservative 6483
Green 1653
Liberal Democrat 1597
English Democrats 376

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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Leigh and Atherton Constituency (BCon/PBCon/CCon) through time | Historical Statistics on Political Life | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 01st June 2026