UK general elections › 2019 › Leigh
Leigh — 2019
James Grundy (Conservative Party) was elected with 21,266 votes— 45.3% of 46,979 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 45.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −4.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 46,979
| 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 | James Grundy | Conservative Party | 21,266 | 45.3% | −4.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Joanne Platt | Labour Party (Labour and Co-operative) | 19,301 | 41.1% | — | |
| 3 | James Melly | The Brexit Party | 3,161 | 6.7% | — | |
| 4 | Mark Clayton | Liberal Democrats | 2,252 | 4.8% | — | |
| 5 | Ann O'Bern | Independent | 551 | 1.2% | — | |
| 6 | Leon Peters | UK Independence Party | 448 | 1.0% | — |
Source data: House of Commons Library general election results 2019, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.