1976 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

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Map of the results for the 1976 Wigan council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue and Independent in grey. Wigan UK local election 1976 map.png
Map of the results for the 1976 Wigan council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue and Independent in grey.

Elections to Wigan Council were held on 6 May 1976, with one third of the seats up for election. Four Conservative gains and an Independent in Ward 23 regaining a seat reduced Labour's working majority to 40 seats. Two seats (Ward 4 and Ward 21) went uncontested, and turnout rose to 34.0% - a return to 1973 levels after a sizeable fall the previous year. [1]

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Election result

Wigan local election result 1976
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1705-570.851.335,499+2.1
  Conservative 640+425.040.828,2600.0
  Independent 110+14.22.92,038+0.4
  Liberal 00000.03.92,732-2.9
 ER00000.00.6392+0.6
  Communist 00000.00.4309-0.3

This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:

PartyPrevious councilNew council
Labour6156
Conservatives1014
Liberals11
Independent01
Total7272
Working majority 50  40 

Ward results

Ward 1 (Lindsay-Scholes-Whelley) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour A. Coyle1,92763.1−1.0
Conservative C. Giles1,12636.9+1.0
Majority 80126.2−2.0
Turnout 3,05333.1+4.1
Labour hold Swing -1.0
Ward 2 (Poolstock-Worsley Mesnes) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour H. Milligan1,41962.5−3.0
Conservative J. Atherton53623.6−10.8
Liberal J. Forster31413.8+13.8
Majority 88338.9+7.7
Turnout 2,26924.7+7.6
Labour hold Swing +3.9
Ward 3 (Gidlow-Swinley-Whitley) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative G. Lewthwaite2,65569.2+4.7
Labour M. Pendleton1,18730.8+7.8
Majority 1,47838.4−3.1
Turnout 3,85233.4+1.1
Conservative hold Swing -1.5
Ward 4 (Beech Hill and Marsh Green) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour A. EckersleyUnopposedN/AN/A
Labour hold Swing N/A
Ward 5 (Highfield and Lamberhead) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour E. Maddocks1,54453.4+2.3
Conservative T. Peet1,34846.6+4.4
Majority 1966.8−2.1
Turnout 2,89226.4+4.9
Labour hold Swing -1.0
Ward 6 (Newtown and Rose Hill) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Bridge1,48362.0−6.5
Conservative M. Wright67028.0−3.5
Liberal J. Fitzpatrick24010.0+10.0
Majority 81334.0−3.0
Turnout 2,39327.4+8.8
Labour hold Swing -1.5
Ward 7 (Hope Carr) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative B. Powell1,77056.2−3.1
Labour J. Jones1,37743.8+3.1
Majority 39312.5−6.4
Turnout 3,14744.9+7.4
Conservative gain from Labour Swing -3.1
Ward 8 (St Pauls and St Peters) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour P. Hull1,33658.9+3.4
Conservative J. Davies84237.1−1.3
Communist H. Kedward924.1−2.1
Majority 49421.8+4.7
Turnout 2,27025.8+9.0
Labour hold Swing +2.3
Ward 9 (Etherstone and St Marys) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Riley1,67451.6+10.2
Conservative H. Davies1,47745.5−9.1
Communist J. Blackburn963.0−1.0
Majority 1976.1−7.2
Turnout 3,24735.3+9.6
Labour hold Swing +9.6
Ward 10 (Lilford-St Josephs-St Thomas) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative S. Johnson1,90552.6−12.4
Labour P. Smith1,59544.0+9.0
Communist M. Fitzpatrick1213.3+3.3
Majority 3108.6−21.4
Turnout 3,62140.1+8.8
Conservative gain from Labour Swing -10.7
Ward 11 (Golborne St Thomas and Lowton) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour T. Morgan2,40958.7−0.1
Conservative T. Thompson1,69641.3+0.1
Majority 71317.4−0.2
Turnout 4,10539.7+5.2
Labour hold Swing -0.1
Ward 12 (Golborne Heath Park and Ashton) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour M. Taylor2,39570.2N/A
Conservative J. Harrison1,01529.8N/A
Majority 1,38040.5N/A
Turnout 3,41037.9N/A
Labour hold Swing N/A
Ward 13 (Ashton-in-Makerfield North and West) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour G. Lockett1,64867.6−4.8
Liberal P. Scully78932.4+4.8
Majority 85935.2−9.4
Turnout 2,43732.0+10.3
Labour hold Swing -4.8
Ward 14 (Ashton-in-Makerfield Central and East) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour T. Jones1,65552.4+3.8
Conservative M. Ball91529.0+29.0
Liberal D. Gauld58618.6−32.8
Majority 74023.4+20.6
Turnout 3,15637.9+11.3
Labour hold Swing -12.6
Ward 15 (Standish with Langtree and Shevington) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent G. Dewhurst1,53436.0+1.5
Labour J. Healen1,50935.4−0.3
Conservative M. Wardle1,22228.7+8.6
Majority 250.6−0.6
Turnout 4,26538.8+3.6
Independent gain from Labour Swing +0.9
Ward 16 (Aspull) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour W. Mason1,54045.1−14.0
Conservative E. Slevin1,42441.7+41.7
Liberal P. Gibbons44813.1−27.7
Majority 1163.4−15.0
Turnout 3,41234.2+12.0
Labour hold Swing -27.8
Ward 17 (Atherton North East) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour L. Sumner2,12166.5+12.4
Conservative E. Sweeney1,06833.5−3.1
Majority 1,05333.0+15.4
Turnout 3,18933.5+3.7
Labour hold Swing +7.7
Ward 18 (Atherton South West) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative M. Williams1,43159.3−5.2
Labour P. Needham98140.7+5.2
Majority 45018.6−10.4
Turnout 2,41237.7+7.6
Conservative hold Swing -5.2
Ward 19 (Hindley Central and North) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour T. Isherwood1,41066.7+2.1
Conservative R. Park70433.3−2.1
Majority 70633.4+4.2
Turnout 2,11428.1+5.9
Labour hold Swing +2.1
Ward 20 (Hindley South East and West) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour R. MacAllister1,57349.8+1.5
Conservative T. Whitfield1,23139.0−12.7
Liberal B. Slinger35511.2+11.2
Majority 34210.8+7.3
Turnout 3,15930.0+4.5
Labour hold Swing +7.1
Ward 21 (Ince-in-Makerfield) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour A. RowlandsonUnopposedN/AN/A
Labour hold Swing N/A
Ward 22 (Orrell and Billinge) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative F. Garner1,89744.1−19.2
Labour S. Waring1,50735.0−1.6
Independent N. Somers50411.7+11.7
ERA. Atherton3929.1+9.1
Majority 3909.1−17.5
Turnout 4,30032.5−2.3
Conservative gain from Labour Swing -8.8
Ward 23 (Tyldesley - Shakerley) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour M. Devlin1,76153.7−5.0
Conservative F. Mellor1,51646.3+5.0
Majority 2457.4−10.1
Turnout 3,27738.5+9.1
Labour hold Swing -5.0
Ward 24 (Tyldesley - Astley Green and Blackmoor) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative C. Hampson1,80255.4N/A
Labour F. Walker1,44844.6N/A
Majority 35410.8N/A
Turnout 3,25042.6N/A
Conservative gain from Labour Swing N/A

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 "Wigan Council results from 1973 to 2008" (PDF). wigan.gov.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 November 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
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