Labour’s Jo Platt has just been elected as the new MP for Leigh and Atherton.
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Members in Leigh and Atherton picked former MP Jo Platt to be their parliamentary candidate. Platt represented Leigh from 2017 to 2019, before losing her seat to Conservative candidate James Grundy by 1,965 votes.
A General Election has just been called for Thursday 4th July, and this is our chance to build a better Britain for our towns and for our country. 🗳️
I’m standing to be the Labour MP for the Leigh and Atherton constituency.
Let’s do this 🌹 pic.twitter.com/OLvUCNhTeB
— Jo Platt (@JoPlattLeigh) May 22, 2024
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