2016 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election
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![]() 2016 local election results in Wigan. Independent |
The 2016 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.
Overview
[edit]Prior to the election, the composition of the council was:[2]
- Labour Party: 64
- Conservative Party: 3
- Wigan Independents: 3
- Independent: 5
After the election, the composition of the council was:[3]
- Labour Party: 65
- Conservative Party: 5
- Wigan Independents: 2
- Independent: 3
Party | Number of Candidates |
---|---|
Labour Party (UK) | 25 |
Conservative Party (UK) | 25 |
UK Independence Party | 18 |
Green Party of England and Wales | 9 |
Liberal Democrats (UK) | 7 |
Independents | 7 |
Wigan Independents | 3 |
TUSC | 1 |
Results summary
[edit]2016 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Labour | 19 | ![]() | 76 | 46 | 65 | 86.7 | 35,513 | 49.8 | ||
Conservative | 3 | ![]() | 12 | 2 | 5 | 6.7 | 12,118 | 17.0 | ||
Independent | 3 | ![]() | 12 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7,279 | 10.2 | ||
Wigan Independents | 0 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2.7 | 2,097 | 2.9 | ||
UKIP | 0 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11,833 | 16.6 | ||
Green | 0 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,247 | 1.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 0 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,154 | 1.6 | ||
TUSC | 0 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 0.1 |
Results
[edit]Bolton West constituency
[edit]Atherton ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Jamie Hodgkinson | 1,838 | 51.3 | ||
Labour | Elnur Yusifzade | 969 | 27.0 | ||
UKIP | Quinton John Smith | 567 | 15.8 | ||
Conservative | Brian Howard Lobell | 209 | 5.8 | ||
Majority | 869 | 24.3 | |||
Turnout | 3,583 | 34.2 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Leigh constituency
[edit]Astley Mosley Common ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joanne Marie Platt | 1,548 | 51.3 | ||
Conservative | Richard Allan Short | 739 | 24.5 | ||
UKIP | Steve Mills | 731 | 24.2 | ||
Majority | 809 | 26.8 | |||
Turnout | 3,018 | 33.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Atherleigh ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Harding | 1,067 | 46.4 | ||
Independent | Stuart Andrew Gerrard | 533 | 23.2 | ||
UKIP | Luke Greenhalgh | 446 | 19.4 | ||
Conservative | Paul Lambert Fairhurst | 207 | 9.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Lorraine Gillon | 49 | 2.1 | ||
Majority | 534 | 23.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,302 | 28.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Golborne Lowton West ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Yvonne Marie Klieve | 1,675 | 70.2 | ||
UKIP | Peter Graham Kearns | 540 | 22.6 | ||
Conservative | Toby Joseph Hewitt | 170 | 7.1 | ||
Majority | 1,135 | 47.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,385 | 27.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Leigh East ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Keith Cunliffe | 1,513 | 67.7 | ||
Conservative | Richard Byrom Houlton | 446 | 20.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | John Dowsett | 275 | 12.3 | ||
Majority | 1,067 | 47.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,234 | 25.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Leigh South ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kevin Anderson | 1,773 | 55.6 | ||
UKIP | Russell Eddison | 913 | 28.6 | ||
Conservative | Denise Alison Young | 503 | 15.8 | ||
Majority | 860 | 27.0 | |||
Turnout | 3,189 | 31.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Leigh West ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sue Greensmith | 1,610 | 60.0 | ||
UKIP | Jayson Lomax-Hargreaves | 738 | 27.5 | ||
Conservative | Andrew John Oxley | 205 | 7.6 | ||
Green | Neil Hancox | 129 | 4.8 | ||
Majority | 872 | 32.5 | |||
Turnout | 2,682 | 26.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Lowton East ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Nelson Grundy | 2,327 | 60.9 | ||
Labour | Garry Lloyd | 1,110 | 29.1 | ||
UKIP | Stephen Thomas Darragh | 278 | 7.3 | ||
Green | Harry John Alderson Snape | 104 | 2.7 | ||
Majority | 1,217 | 31.8 | |||
Turnout | 3,819 | 40.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Tyldesley ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Nazia Rehman | 1,235 | 38.5 | ||
UKIP | Matthew Robert James | 978 | 30.5 | ||
Independent | Norman Alec Bradbury | 572 | 17.8 | ||
Conservative | David John Stirzaker | 421 | 13.1 | ||
Majority | 257 | 8.0 | |||
Turnout | 3,206 | 31.7 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Makerfield constituency
[edit]Abram ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Martyn Smethurst | 1,495 | 58.3 | ||
UKIP | Jim Carmichael | 868 | 33.9 | ||
Conservative | Claire Houlton | 201 | 7.8 | ||
Majority | 627 | 24.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,564 | 25.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Ashton ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bill Clarke | 1,204 | 46.5 | ||
Independent | Richard Charles Aylett | 616 | 23.8 | ||
UKIP | Stuart Thomas Plimley | 426 | 16.5 | ||
Conservative | Marie Winstanley | 253 | 9.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Lesley Barbara Brothwood | 89 | 3.4 | ||
Majority | 588 | 22.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,588 | 29.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Bryn ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Steve Jones | 1,200 | 41.1 | ||
Labour | David Hurst | 1,123 | 38.4 | ||
UKIP | Thomas Keith Miller | 438 | 15.0 | ||
Conservative | Margaret Mary Winstanley | 161 | 5.5 | ||
Majority | 77 | 2.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,922 | 33.6 | |||
Independent gain from Independent | Swing |
Hindley ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paul John Blay | 1,413 | 51.2 | ||
Independent | Jim Ellis | 1,040 | 37.7 | ||
Conservative | David Marcus John Ollerton | 153 | 5.5 | ||
Green | Paul Ravenall | 79 | 2.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | John Skipworth | 76 | 2.8 | ||
Majority | 373 | 13.5 | |||
Turnout | 2,761 | 29.4 | |||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Hindley Green ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Bob Brierley | 1,480 | 57.3 | ||
Labour | Eileen Winifred Rigby | 820 | 31.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | John Thomason | 159 | 6.2 | ||
Conservative | Gerard Joseph Houlton | 126 | 4.9 | ||
Majority | 660 | 25.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,585 | 27.4 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Orrell ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael William Winstanley | 1,410 | 43.2 | ||
Labour | Joy Susan Bradley | 1,333 | 40.8 | ||
Orrell Independents | Paula Lynn Boyham | 221 | 6.8 | ||
Green | Denise Capstick | 190 | 5.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Louise Catherine Bowe | 110 | 3.4 | ||
Majority | 77 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 3,264 | 34.9 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
"Orrell Independents" is a description used by candidates for the Wigan Independents.
Winstanley ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paul Terence Kenny | 1,350 | 48.2 | ||
UKIP | Andrew Francis Collinson | 890 | 31.8 | ||
Conservative | Jean Margaret Peet | 334 | 11.9 | ||
Green | Steven Charles Heyes | 229 | 8.2 | ||
Majority | 460 | 16.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,803 | 31.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Worsley Mesnes ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Philip Myles Kelly | 1,449 | 59.9 | ||
UKIP | Maureen McCoy | 699 | 28.9 | ||
Conservative | Susan Atherton | 221 | 9.1 | ||
Majority | 800 | 31.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,419 | 27.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Wigan constituency
[edit]Aspull, New Springs and Whelley ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Hilton | 1,805 | 52.8 | ||
UKIP | Mark Andrew Bradley | 985 | 28.8 | ||
Conservative | Allan Atherton | 456 | 13.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Freda Janet Graham | 175 | 5.1 | ||
Majority | 820 | 24.0 | |||
Turnout | 3,421 | 35.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Douglas ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Patricia Draper | 1,803 | 84.1 | ||
Conservative | Margaret Atherton | 340 | 15.9 | ||
Majority | 1,463 | 68.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,143 | 23.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Ince ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Trevor Molyneux | 1,545 | 65.8 | ||
UKIP | Stephen Winstanley | 671 | 28.6 | ||
Conservative | Judith Atherton | 132 | 5.6 | ||
Majority | 874 | 37.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,348 | 27.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Pemberton ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jeanette Prescott | 1,631 | 69.0 | ||
UKIP | Peter Owen Wheatley-Smith | 502 | 21.2 | ||
Conservative | Daniel Andrew Whitehouse | 137 | 5.8 | ||
Green | Norma Stout | 93 | 3.9 | ||
Majority | 1,129 | 47.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,363 | 24.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Shevington with Lower Ground ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Damian Edwardson | 1,239 | 40.0 | ||
Shevington Independents | Janet Brown | 813 | 26.3 | ||
UKIP | Arnold Jefferson Foster | 584 | 18.9 | ||
Conservative | Jack Joseph Vickery | 349 | 11.3 | ||
Green | Joseph Robert Rylance | 112 | 3.6 | ||
Majority | 426 | 13.7 | |||
Turnout | 3,097 | 34.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
"Shevington Independents" is a description used by candidates for the Wigan Independents.
Standish with Langtree ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Raymond Whittingham | 1,276 | 32.4 | ||
Standish Independents | Gareth William Fairhurst | 1,063 | 27.0 | ||
Labour | Debbie Parkinson | 968 | 24.6 | ||
UKIP | Ian Adamczyk | 579 | 14.7 | ||
TUSC | Sharon Holden | 54 | 1.4 | ||
Majority | 213 | 5.4 | |||
Turnout | 3,940 | 41.4 | |||
Conservative gain from Standish Independents | Swing |
"Standish Independents" is a description used by candidates for the Wigan Independents.
Wigan Central ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lawrence Hunt | 1,745 | 55.9 | ||
Conservative | Susan Vickery | 845 | 27.1 | ||
Green | William John Patterson | 311 | 10.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Stuart David Thomas | 221 | 7.0 | ||
Majority | 900 | 28.8 | |||
Turnout | 3,122 | 34.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Wigan West ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Terence William Halliwell | 2,090 | 80.8 | ||
Conservative | Jamie Vickery | 497 | 19.2 | ||
Majority | 1,593 | 61.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,587 | 27.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
By-elections between 2016 and 2018
[edit]Astley Mosley Common ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paula Anne Wakefield | 773 | 46.0 | ![]() | |
Conservative | David John Stirzaker | 604 | 35.9 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Allan Hogg | 185 | 11.0 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Stuart David Thomas | 73 | 4.3 | New | |
Green | Andy Prentice | 46 | 2.7 | New | |
Majority | 169 | 10.1 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 1,681 | 17.5 | ![]() | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Shevington with Lower Ground ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Marlaine Teresa Whitham | 765 | 43.4 | ![]() | |
Shevington Independents | Janet Brown | 552 | 31.3 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Callum David Owen Chadwick | 402 | 22.8 | ![]() | |
Green | Joseph Robert Rylance | 30 | 1.7 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Joshua Michael Hindle | 15 | 0.9 | New | |
Majority | 213 | 12.1 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 1,764 | 18.7 | ![]() | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
"Shevington Independents" is a description used by candidates for the Wigan Independents.
References
[edit]- ^ "Guide to May 2016 elections in Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland". BBC News. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ^ Cox, Charlotte (6 May 2016). "Wigan local election results 2016 - who won in Wigan?". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
- ^ Cox, Charlotte (6 May 2016). "Wigan local election results 2016 - who won in Wigan?". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
- ^ "Elections result 19 October 2017" (PDF). Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ^ "Elections result 14 December 2017" (PDF). Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 28 December 2017.