Our historical statistics are always for precisely defined areas, usually administrative units, not "places". We know about the following units named after Leigh. Each has its own "home page" with much more information. Click on a tick to go directly to a particular statistical theme.

Administrative Area:	Popu- lation	Life+ Death	Indu- stry	Work+ Poverty	Social Class	Hous- ing	Learn +Lang	Roots+ Relig.	Land Use
Leigh RegD/PLU
Leigh RD
Leigh UD/MB
Leigh RDean
Leigh SubD
Leigh RSD
Leigh LabMkt
Leigh USD
Leigh CP
Leigh St John the Evangelist EP
Leigh EP
Leigh CP/AP

Be careful! A unit may cover just the town or village, but it may include a big surrounding area. For example, in England and Wales rural districts — units with RD or RSD suffixes — may even exclude the places they are named after. The "Units covering this place" tab lists units whose boundaries contained Leigh.

Election Results

Election results are available for these constituencies associated with Leigh.

Constituencies	Start Date	End Date
South West Lancashire Leigh PDivCon	1885	1918
Leigh BCon/PBCon/CCon	1918

Additional constituencies that covered Leigh may be listed on the "Units covering this place" tab.

This website includes information on many different historical units, including census data and other statistics. The boundaries of these units covered Leigh:

Administrative Area:	Popu- lation	Life+ Death	Indu- stry	Work+ Poverty	Social Class	Hous- ing	Learn +Lang	Roots+ Relig.	Land Use
Leigh CP/AP
Pennington CP/Tn
Leigh CP
Leigh UD/MB
Wigan District
Lancashire County O41area
Leigh RegD/PLU
Lancashire AdmC
Merseyside Met.C
Lancashire AncC
Greater Manchester Met.C
Lancashire RegC
the North West GovOf
Great Britain Dep
England and Wales Dep

Click on a tick for direct access to that theme.

Election Results

Election results are available for these constituencies which covered Leigh.

Constituencies	Start Date	End Date
Lancashire Southern PDivCon	1832	1867
South Lancashire South West Lancashire PDivCon	1868	1884
South West Lancashire Leigh PDivCon	1885	1917
Leigh BCon/PBCon/CCon	1918	2009

Please note that these units are listed here because their boundaries covered the point location we hold for Leigh. You can search for units that covered the particular location you are interested in by typing a postcode into our home page, or by using our Historic maps section, zooming in, selecting the Information option, and then clicking on your location. Units will also not be listed here if we hold no computerised boundaries for them, such as Registration sub-Districts and Sanitary Districts.