'Empty promises and feeling let down': Attitudes in Leigh are split three years after they turned Tory for the first time
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukFalse promises and lack of funding has left a bitter taste in the mouth of many Leigh residents as they look ahead to the upcoming council elections on May 5.
The majority of the people in the town centre believe that their Conservative MP James Grundy is battling with a Labour controlled council - resulting in a lack of action in the area.
Once an impenetrable Labour stronghold for almost a century, many Leythers shed lifelong allegiances to elect a Conservative MP for the first time back in 2019.
Tory candidate James Grundy won comfortably on the night, amassing almost 2,000 more votes than Labour's Jo Platt. But the same cannot be said for the council with all wards in the Leigh area going to the Labour Party in the 2021 local elections.
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