Wigan council election, 2018

03/05/2018 · 25 wards · 25 seats contested

Most seats
18
Labour Party
Seats contested
25
across 25 wards
Turnout
26.2%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour Party 18 -1 32,512 52.3% +2.5
Conservative and Unionist Party 3 +0 14,980 24.1% +7.1
Independent 2 +1 6,103 9.8% +6.9
Independent Network 1 -1 2,329 3.7% -3.5
Wigan Independents 1 +1 2,109 3.4% +0.5
Liberal Democrats 0 +0 2,343 3.8% +2.2
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 0 +0 1,196 1.9% -14.7
Green Party 0 +0 401 0.6% -1.1
Independents for Direct Democracy 0 +0 140 0.2% —

Changes are against the previous council election on 05/05/2016. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 25
Conservative and Unionist Party 25
Labour Party 25
Liberal Democrats 14
Independent 9
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 6
Green Party 3
Wigan Independents 3
Independent Network 2
Independents for Direct Democracy 1

A party standing a full slate could field 25 candidates, one per seat.

Results by ward

Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.

Abram

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Carl Sweeney Elected 1,479 68.6% +10.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Beverley Anne Bridgwater 404 18.7% +10.9
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Frank Thomas Swift 274 12.7% -21.2
Majority1,075
Turnout21.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,157

Labour Party hold

Ashton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Anthony Sykes Elected 1,112 53.2% +6.7
Independent Michael Moulding 793 37.9% +14.1
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Gillian Mary Gibson 109 5.2% -11.2
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Stephen Matthews 41 2.0% -1.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Marie Winstanley 36 1.7% -8.1
Majority319
Turnout24.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,091

Labour Party hold

Aspull New Springs Whelley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Ron Conway Elected 1,708 61.4% +8.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Michael Colin Owens 764 27.5% +14.2
Liberal Democrats Andrew Julian Lee Holland 308 11.1% +6.0
Majority944
Turnout28.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,780

Labour Party hold

Astley Mosley Common

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Barry John Taylor Elected 1,349 52.7% +6.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Richard Short 1,082 42.2% +6.3
Liberal Democrats Stuart David Thomas 131 5.1% +0.8
Majority267
Turnout27.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,562

Labour Party hold

Atherleigh

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Debra Susan Ann Wailes Elected 938 48.1% +1.8
Independent Network Anthony Thomas Waite 550 28.2% +5.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul Lambert Fairhurst 394 20.2% +11.2
Liberal Democrats Lorraine Gillon 68 3.5% +1.4
Majority388
Turnout23.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,950

Labour Party hold

Atherton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Network Stuart Andrew Gerrard Elected 1,779 53.7% +2.4
Labour Party Karen Aldred 1,197 36.2% +9.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Marjorie Clayton 334 10.1% +4.3
Majority582
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,310

Independent Network hold

Bryn

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Andrew Collinson Elected 1,065 43.7% —
Labour Party Vicky Johnson 973 39.9% +1.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Judith Atherton 198 8.1% +2.6
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Philip John Hayden 133 5.5% -9.5
Liberal Democrats Denise Melling 67 2.8% —
Majority92
Turnout28.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,436

Independent gain from Independent Network

Douglas

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Shirley Ann Dewhurst Elected 1,551 78.6% -5.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Margaret Atherton 422 21.4% +5.5
Majority1,129
Turnout21.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,973

Labour Party hold

Golborne and Lowton West

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Susan Gambles Elected 1,280 57.2% -13.0
Independent William Kenneth Heaton 612 27.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Gerard Joseph Houlton 345 15.4% +8.3
Majority668
Turnout25.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,237

Labour Party hold

Hindley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party James Talbot Elected 1,063 45.9% -5.3
Independent Jim Ellis 905 39.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Margaret Mary Winstanley 206 8.9% +3.3
Green Party Neil Hancox 86 3.7% +0.8
Liberal Democrats John Charles Skipworth 58 2.5% -0.3
Majority158
Turnout24.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,318

Labour Party hold

Hindley Green

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Paul Maiden Elected 976 41.4% -15.8
Labour and Co-operative Party Gena Merrett 787 33.4% +1.7
Liberal Democrats John Thomason 305 13.0% +6.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Jonathan Charles Cartwright 287 12.2% +7.3
Majority189
Turnout27.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,355

Independent hold

Ince

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party James Moodie Elected 1,273 69.2% +3.4
Independent Jimmy O'Neill 379 20.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Yamini Gupta 188 10.2% +4.6
Majority894
Turnout21.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,840

Labour Party hold

Leigh East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Fred Walker Elected 1,189 59.6% -8.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Denise Alison Young 518 26.0% +6.0
Liberal Democrats John Dowsett 288 14.4% +2.1
Majority671
Turnout22.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,995

Labour Party hold

Leigh South

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Charles Rigby Elected 1,531 54.4% -1.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Connor Short 1,283 45.6% +29.8
Majority248
Turnout27.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,814

Labour Party hold

Leigh West

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Peter Smith Elected 1,308 54.1% -5.9
Independent Jayson Allan Hargreaves 578 23.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Richard Byrom Houlton 374 15.5% +7.8
Liberal Democrats Natalie Smalley 158 6.5% —
Majority730
Turnout23.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,418

Labour Party hold

Lowton East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Edward Noel Houlton Elected 2,099 60.9% -0.0
Labour Party Garry Peter Lloyd 1,346 39.1% +10.0
Majority753
Turnout36.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,445

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Orrell

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Richard Clayton Elected 1,430 46.6% +3.4
Labour Party Eileen Winifred Rigby 1,273 41.5% +0.6
Liberal Democrats Denise Capstick 367 12.0% +8.6
Majority157
Turnout32.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,070

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Pemberton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Paul Prescott Elected 1,472 74.4% +5.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Susan Atherton 322 16.3% +10.5
Liberal Democrats David John Burley 185 9.3% —
Majority1,150
Turnout21.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,979

Labour Party hold

Shevington with Lower Ground

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Wigan Independents Janet Brown Elected 1,107 40.1% +8.8
Labour Party Michael John Crosby 1,045 37.9% -5.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Allan Atherton 487 17.7% -5.1
Green Party Joseph Robert Rylance 120 4.3% +2.6
Majority62
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,759

Wigan Independents gain from Labour Party

Standish with Langtree

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Adam James Marsh Elected 1,200 36.8% +4.5
Labour Party Debbie Parkinson 1,185 36.4% +11.8
Wigan Independents Debbie Fairhurst 872 26.8% -0.2
Majority15
Turnout33.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,257

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Tyldesley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Joanne Marshall Elected 1,344 51.0% +12.4
Independent Julian David Marsh 706 26.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party David John Stirzaker 587 22.3% +9.1
Majority638
Turnout26.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,637

Labour Party hold

Wigan Central

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party George Davies Elected 1,518 55.5% -0.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Lewis David Evans 834 30.5% +3.4
Liberal Democrats Caroline Waddicor 163 6.0% -1.1
Wigan Independents Gareth William Fairhurst 130 4.8% —
Independent Tony Spencer 89 3.3% —
Majority684
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,734

Labour Party hold

Wigan West

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Phyll Cullen Elected 1,746 72.0% -8.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Jean Margaret Peet 363 15.0% -4.2
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Nathan Ryding 176 7.3% —
Independents for Direct Democracy Ronnie Clark 140 5.8% —
Majority1,383
Turnout25.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,425

Labour Party hold

Winstanley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Clive William Morgan Elected 1,396 58.4% +10.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Daniel Whitehouse 509 21.3% +9.4
Green Party Steven Charles Heyes 195 8.2% -0.0
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Daniel Jon Singleton 177 7.4% -24.3
Liberal Democrats Neil Duncan Stevenson 114 4.8% —
Majority887
Turnout26.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,391

Labour Party hold

Worsley Mesnes

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Patricia Lynne Holland Elected 1,449 66.5% +4.5
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Maureen McCoy 327 15.0% -13.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul John Chapman 314 14.4% +5.3
Liberal Democrats Joshua Michael Hindle 90 4.1% —
Majority1,122
Turnout24.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,180

Labour Party hold

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