7 June 2001
Election to Parliament
Burnham is elected Labour Member of Parliament for Leigh.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Leigh in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Burnham is elected Labour Member of Parliament for Leigh.
Burnham retains Leigh for Labour at the general election.
Burnham retains Leigh at the general election.
Burnham wins another term as Labour Member of Parliament for Leigh.
Provenance
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