This constituency no longer exists
It was abolished in the 2023 boundary review. This area is now covered by Southend West and Leigh and Leigh and Atherton. The data below is historical.
Apr 2026
A marginal seat — won by just 1,965 votes (4.2%) in 2019.
The data provided here relates to Jo Platt, the current MP for Leigh, rather than James Grundy. Grundy held the Leigh seat from December 2019 but lost it at the 2024 general election. No voting, speech, or parliamentary activity data is available for him in this dataset, which reflects the current parliament.
The news coverage attributed to this brief -- visits to a Richmond House care home and objecting to the conversion of a historic Leigh pub into flats -- belongs to Jo Platt, who now represents the constituency. Platt lodged an objection to the pub conversion plans alongside residents, and the application was subsequently rejected by the planning committee. These are the most substantive recent constituency actions in the data, but they cannot be attributed to Grundy.
Con took this seat from Lab after 3 consecutive elections.
Former Member of Parliament
James Grundy
Conservative and Unionist PartyJames Grundy is no longer a Member, but was most recently the Conservative MP for Leigh, and left the Commons on 30 May 2024.
A marginal seat — won by just 1,965 votes (4.2%) in 2019.
2019 General Election
2019 General Election
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Con | 21,266 | 45.3% | |
Won 2017 GE | Lab | 19,301 | 41.1% |
| Ind | 3,161 | 6.7% | |
| LD | 2,252 | 4.8% | |
| Ind | 551 | 1.2% | |
| Ind | 448 | 0.9% |
2017 General Election
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lab | 26,347 | 56.2% | |
Won 2019 GE | Con | 16,793 | 35.8% |
| Ind | 2,783 | 5.9% | |
| LD | 951 | 2.0% |
2015 General Election
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
✓ Won 2010 GE | Lab | 24,312 | 53.9% |
| Con | 10,216 | 22.6% | |
| Ind | 8,903 | 19.7% | |
| LD | 1,150 | 2.5% | |
| Ind | 542 | 1.2% |
2010 General Election
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
✓ Won 2015 GE | Lab | 21,295 | 48.0% |
| Con | 9,284 | 20.9% | |
| LD | 8,049 | 18.2% | |
| Ind | 2,724 | 6.1% | |
| Ind | 1,535 | 3.5% | |
| Ind | 988 | 2.2% | |
| Ind | 320 | 0.7% | |
| Ind | 137 | 0.3% |
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