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Leigh — 2015
Andy Burnham (Labour Party) was elected with 24,312 votes— 53.9% of 45,123 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 53.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +3.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 45,123
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes. | Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andy Burnham | Labour Party | 24,312 | 53.9% | +3.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Louisa Townson | Conservative Party | 10,216 | 22.6% | — | |
| 3 | Les Leggett | UK Independence Party | 8,903 | 19.7% | — | |
| 4 | Bill Winlow | Liberal Democrats | 1,150 | 2.5% | — | |
| 5 | Stephen Hall | Left Unity | 542 | 1.2% | — |
Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.