An election to the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Leigh, held as part of the general election on 8 June 2017.
Labour hold by Joanne Platt with a majority of 9,554 - 20.4% - on a turnout of 61.5%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
PLATT, Joanne | Lab / Co-op | 26,347 | 56.2% | 2.3% |
GRUNDY, James | Con | 16,793 | 35.8% | 13.2% |
BRADLEY, Mark | UKIP | 2,783 | 5.9% | -13.8% |
KILPATRICK, Richard | LD | 951 | 2.0% | -0.5% |
Under section 13(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, a candidate gaining 5% or less of the vote share will forfeit their deposit.
An electorate of 76,202, having a valid vote count of 46,874 and an invalid vote count of 105.
Result declared at 01:19 on 9 June 2017.