UK general elections › 2024 › Leigh and Atherton
Leigh and Atherton — 2024
Jo Platt (Labour Party) was elected with 19,971 votes— 48.5% of 41,170 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. 48.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −1.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 41,170
| 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 | Jo Platt | Labour Party (Labour and Co-operative) | 19,971 | 48.5% | −1.5 pts | Elected |
| 2 | George Woodward | Reform UK | 11,090 | 26.9% | — | |
| 3 | Michael Winstanley | Conservative Party | 6,483 | 15.7% | — | |
| 4 | Amelia Jones | Green Party | 1,653 | 4.0% | — | |
| 5 | Stuart Thomas | Liberal Democrats | 1,597 | 3.9% | — | |
| 6 | Craig Buckley | English Democrats | 376 | 0.9% | — |
Source data: House of Commons Library general election results 2024, retrieved
2026-05-18, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.