Leigh and Atherton: Seat Details
Leigh and Atherton: Overview
| MP at 2024: | Jo Platt (LAB) |
| County/Area: | Western Manchester (North West) |
| Population: | 102,745 |
| Electorate: | 79,761 |
| GE Winner 2024: | LAB |
| Predicted Winner: | Reform |
| Leigh and Atherton: Religions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Religion | Census 2021 Population | Census 2021 Fraction % | Census 2011 Population | Census 2011 Fraction % | Change % |
| Christian | 64,425 | 62.7 | 76,914 | 79.5 | -16.8 |
| None | 35,629 | 34.7 | 18,182 | 18.8 | 15.9 |
| Muslim | 1,595 | 1.6 | 824 | 0.9 | 0.7 |
| Other | 404 | 0.4 | 261 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Hindu | 309 | 0.3 | 285 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Buddhist | 302 | 0.3 | 256 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Sikh | 50 | 0.0 | 15 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Jewish | 31 | 0.0 | 19 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Leigh and Atherton: Map
Boundary Lines courtesy of Ordnance Survey OpenData © Crown copyright 2022, Map © OpenStreetMap contributors
| Leigh and Atherton: Table of wards | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District | Ward name | Christian % | None % | Muslim % | Other % | Hindu % | Buddhist % | Sikh % | Jewish % |
| Wigan | Astley | 65.1 | 32.9 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Wigan | Atherton North | 61.7 | 36.0 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Wigan | Atherton South and Lilford | 65.5 | 31.7 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Wigan | Golborne and Lowton West | 63.4 | 35.1 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Wigan | Hindley Green | 68.4 | 29.9 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Wigan | Leigh Central and Higher Folds | 60.0 | 35.0 | 3.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Wigan | Leigh South | 65.9 | 32.2 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Wigan | Leigh West | 59.1 | 38.2 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Wigan | Lowton East | 65.1 | 33.1 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Wigan | Tyldesley and Mosley Common | 61.0 | 36.3 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |