In 2017 Jo Platt replaced Andy Burnham as Labour MP for Leigh after he left to take which office?
Jo Platt Joanne Marie Platt is a British politician who represents the Labour Party. At the 2017 general election, she was elected Member of Parliament for the Leigh constituency succeeding Andy Burnham who left Parliament to become the Mayor of Greater Manchester. She is Leigh's first female MP. On July 13, 2017, she became Parliamentary Private Secretary to Angela Rayner.
John Pugh John David Pugh (born 28 June 1948 in Liverpool) is a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Southport from 2001 to 2017. He did not stand in the 2017 general election.