2004 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

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Map of the results of the 2004 Wigan council election. Labour in red, Community Action Party in green, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Conservatives in blue. Wigan UK local election 2004 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2004 Wigan council election. Labour in red, Community Action Party in green, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Conservatives in blue.

Elections to Wigan Council were held on 10 June 2004. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2003 increasing the number of councillors by three. [1] The Labour Party kept overall control of the council. [2] [3] [4]

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Election result

Wigan Local Election Result 2004
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 4200056.041.635,360-8.1%
  Community Action 1800024.024.420,761+10.5%
  Liberal Democrats 800010.710.48,805-3.7%
  Conservative 70009.317.314,686+0.3%
  BNP 00000.02.21,831+0.4%
  Independent 00000.01.71,457+1.7%
  Green 00000.01.41,180+1.4%

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

PartyPrevious councilNew council
Labour6042
Community Action518
Liberal Democrat48
Conservative37
BNP00
Independent00
Green00
Total7275
Working majority 48  9 

Ward results

Abram [2] [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Audrey Bennett 1,809 58.1 N/A
Labour Eunice Smethurst 1,686
Labour Carl Sweeney 1,629
BNP Dennis Shambley64720.8N/A
Conservative Marion Green62520.1N/A
Rejected ballots311.0N/A
Majority98237.3N/A
Turnout 3,11231.7N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Ashton [2] [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Community Action Paul Tushingham 2,366 57.8 N/A
Community Action Walter Carney 2,302
Community Action Claire Daington 2,229
Labour Nigel Ash1,30231.8N/A
Labour Barry Hampson1,029
Labour Frederick Lever1,012
Conservative Marie Winstanley4029.8N/A
Rejected ballots220.5N/A
Majority92726.0N/A
Turnout 4,09244.6N/A
Community Action win (new seat)
Community Action win (new seat)
Community Action win (new seat)
Aspull, New Springs, Whelley [2] [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Hilton 1,758 52.2 N/A
Labour Christopher Ready 1,744
Liberal Democrats Jean Beswick 1,528 45.3 N/A
Labour James Roberts1,519
Liberal Democrats Alan Robinson1,134
Liberal Democrats Christopher Thomas1,030
Rejected ballots842.5N/A
Majority96.8N/A
Turnout 3,37034.6N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Astley Mosley Common [2] [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brian Wilson 1,501 39.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Glynnis Hogg 1,367 36.2 N/A
Liberal Democrats Joseph Haley 1,259
Liberal Democrats John Stackhouse1,173
Labour John Lea1,122
Labour Alan Stephenson1,095
Green Ian Davies87023.0N/A
Rejected ballots371.0N/A
Majority1373.5N/A
Turnout 3,77539.6N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Atherleigh [2] [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Susan Loudon 1,219 48.4 N/A
Labour Mark Aldred 1,214
Labour Anne Turnock 1,207
Community Action Francis Myler68327.1N/A
Community Action Patricia Myler680
Conservative Ann Davies58423.2N/A
Community Action Gladys Wilkes442
Rejected ballots331.3N/A
Majority52421.3N/A
Turnout 2,51933.7N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Atherton [2] [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Robert Splaine 1,705 42.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats David Higginbottom 1,525
Labour Karen Aldred 1,487 37.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats Andrew Moore1,414
Labour Philip Loudon1,320
Labour Reginald Holmes1,292
Conservative Malcolm Parr44911.3N/A
Green Nicholas Redmond3107.8N/A
Rejected ballots190.5N/A
Majority735.5N/A
Turnout 3,97036.3N/A
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Bryn [2] [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Community Action John Hodgkinson 2,370 60.2 N/A
Community Action Gary Wilkes 2,297
Community Action Brian Merry 2,239
Labour Mildred Millington1,23331.3N/A
Labour Alan Melling1,183
Labour William Evans986
Conservative William Winstanley3238.2N/A
Rejected ballots110.3N/A
Majority1,00628.9N/A
Turnout 3,93742.3N/A
Community Action win (new seat)
Community Action win (new seat)
Community Action win (new seat)
Douglas [2] [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joy Birch 1,427 51.3 N/A
Labour Christine Hitchen 1,347
Labour Margaret Coghlin 1,318
Community Action Lucy Beale1,29646.6N/A
Community Action Robert Beale1,287
Community Action Janette Thomas1,223
Rejected ballots612.2N/A
Majority1314.7N/A
Turnout 2,78430.2N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Golborne and Lowton West [2] [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Community Action Peter Franzen 1,639 49.4 N/A
Community Action Kevin Williams 1,414
Community Action Peter Solinas 1,413
Labour David Kelly1,29839.1N/A
Labour Martin King1,258
Labour Gerard Bretherton1,216
Conservative Rosina Oxley35510.7N/A
Rejected ballots240.7N/A
Majority11510.3N/A
Turnout 3,31638.3N/A
Community Action win (new seat)
Community Action win (new seat)
Community Action win (new seat)
Hindley [2] [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alfred Robinson 1,578 39.1 N/A
Community Action James Ellis 1,153 28.6 N/A
Community Action Dorothy Grace 1,134
Labour John Holland1,041
Labour Stephen Murphy1,024
Independent David Culshaw87421.7N/A
Community Action Edward Houlton614
Conservative Dorothy Angell40310.0N/A
Rejected ballots250.6N/A
Majority9310.5N/A
Turnout 4,03345.1N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Community Action win (new seat)
Community Action win (new seat)
Hindley Green [2] [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Simmons 1,272 35.0 N/A
Community Action Robert Brierley 1,264 34.8 N/A
Community Action Barry Fagan 1,231
Labour Gordon Jackson898
Labour John Phillips895
Community Action Adele Wilkes750
Independent John Vickers58316.0N/A
Conservative Andre Walker48913.5N/A
Rejected ballots250.7N/A
Majority3330.2N/A
Turnout 3,63342.0N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Community Action win (new seat)
Community Action win (new seat)
Ince [2] [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Molyneux 1,494 66.5 N/A
Labour Joan Hurst 1,368
Labour James Moodie 1,132
Community Action Constantine Winstanley69430.9N/A
Community Action Robert Hall667
Community Action David Hall651
Rejected ballots592.6N/A
Majority43835.6N/A
Turnout 2,24726.3N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Leigh East [2] [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Keith Cunliffe 1,407 46.5 N/A
Labour Brian Jarvis 1,299
Labour Frederick Walker 1,081
Community Action Stuart Winstanley94331.2N/A
Community Action Peter O'Connell843
Conservative Derek Davies64421.3N/A
Community Action Natalie Franzen595
Rejected ballots301.0N/A
Majority13815.3N/A
Turnout 3,02434.1N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Leigh South [2] [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Keith Anderson 1,547 40.6 N/A
Labour John O'Brien 1,465
Labour Charles Rigby 1,429
Community Action Stephen Ellison1,17530.9N/A
Community Action Janice Solinas1,094
Community Action Irene Franzen1,041
Conservative Andrew Oxley1,03027.1N/A
Rejected ballots541.4N/A
Majority2549.8N/A
Turnout 3,80637.2N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Leigh West [2] [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Barbara Jarvis 1,708 58.1 N/A
Labour Myra Whiteside 1,624
Labour Peter Smith 1,506
Community Action Daniel Burrows66922.7N/A
Community Action Yvonne Lavelle549
BNP Richard Close51317.4N/A
Community Action Ian Franzen508
Rejected ballots511.7N/A
Majority83735.3N/A
Turnout 2,94127.7N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Lowton East [2] [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Community Action Ian Franzen 1,793 44.6 N/A
Community Action Jonathan Miller 1,730
Community Action James Lavelle 1,516
Labour Lynne Liptrot1,28932.0N/A
Labour Eric Waterworth1,179
Labour Christine Cottam1,062
Conservative James Grundy87921.8N/A
Conservative Jeanette Leigh792
Conservative Alan Lowe647
Rejected ballots631.6N/A
Majority22712.5N/A
Turnout 4,02440.9N/A
Community Action win (new seat)
Community Action win (new seat)
Community Action win (new seat)
Orrell [2] [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Clayton 1,747 39.4 N/A
Conservative Michael Winstanley 1,520
Labour Ernest Swift 1,402 31.6 N/A
Labour Michael Barnes1,381
Labour Rodney Stockwell1,313
Conservative Hazel Shields1,285
BNP Charles Mather67115.1N/A
Community Action Alan Freeman59513.4N/A
Community Action Tracy Lavelle420
Community Action Sean Ashdown395
Rejected ballots190.4N/A
Majority1177.8N/A
Turnout 4,43449.5N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Pemberton [2] [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jeanette Prescott 1,419 46.7 N/A
Labour Barbara Bourne 1,381
Labour Paul Prescott 1,314
Community Action Margaret Crank1,14037.5N/A
Community Action William Burrows1,096
Community Action John Hulme1,025
Conservative Jonathan Cartwright43914.5N/A
Rejected ballots381.3N/A
Majority1749.2N/A
Turnout 3,03631.1N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Shevington with Lower Ground [2] [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John O'Neill 1,843 45.3 N/A
Labour David Brown 1,468
Labour Michael Crosby 1,461
Conservative Elizabeth Beasleigh1,45635.8N/A
Conservative Deborah Fairhurst1,288
Conservative Barry Alder1,191
Liberal Democrats Martin Sutton73918.2N/A
Liberal Democrats Freda Graham664
Liberal Democrats Solveiq Gaber607
Rejected ballots310.8N/A
Majority59.5N/A
Turnout 4,06944.0N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Standish with Langtree [2] [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Davies 1,383 34.7 N/A
Conservative George Fairhurst 1,325 33.2 N/A
Conservative Jessica Downer 1,278
Liberal Democrats Raymond Murphy1,25431.4N/A
Liberal Democrats Trevor Beswick1,202
Labour Thomas Morris1,197
Conservative Barry Woolley1,185
Liberal Democrats Maureen Garner1,066
Labour Michael McLoughlin953
Rejected ballots290.7N/A
Majority241.5N/A
Turnout 3,99142.5N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Tyldesley [2] [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Neil Hogg 2,212 54.7 N/A
Liberal Democrats Keith McManus 1,976
Liberal Democrats Richard Derricutt 1,768
Labour Stephen Hellier1,35033.4N/A
Labour David Boydell1,212
Labour Richard Evans1,027
Conservative Deborah Woodcock45711.3N/A
Rejected ballots230.6N/A
Majority41821.3N/A
Turnout 4,04240.1N/A
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Wigan Central [2] [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry Cadman 2,130 54.1 N/A
Conservative James Davies 2,089
Conservative Gareth Fairhurst 1,961
Labour Richard Walsh1,69443.0N/A
Labour Susan Turner1,668
Labour John Ball1,502
Rejected ballots1162.9N/A
Majority26711.1N/A
Turnout 3,94043.2N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Wigan West [2] [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Terence Halliwell Uncontested N/AN/A
Labour Joe Shaw Uncontested N/AN/A
Labour David Willis Uncontested N/AN/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Winstanley [2] [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Community Action Stanley Barnes 1,810 48.3 N/A
Labour Rona Winkworth 1,393 37.2 N/A
Community Action William Wilkes 1,330
Community Action Ronald Barnes1,299
Labour Philip Kelly1,000
Labour Robin Atkinson993
Conservative Matthew Sephton52514.0N/A
Rejected ballots160.4N/A
Majority33011.1N/A
Turnout 3,74442.6N/A
Community Action win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Community Action win (new seat)
Worsley Mesnes [2] [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joseph Baldwin 1,547 48.9 N/A
Labour William Rotherham 1,540
Labour Wilfred Brogan 1,498
Community Action Susan Barnes1,17137.0N/A
Community Action William Barnes1,115
Community Action Stephen Wilkes966
Conservative Thomas Sutton42413.4N/A
Rejected ballots240.8N/A
Majority32711.9N/A
Turnout 3,16636.0N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

By-elections between 2004 and 2006

Douglas By-Election 16 June 2005 [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Dewhurst91648.5-2.8
Community Action Robert Beale78841.8-4.8
Conservative Jean Peet1015.4+5.4
BNP Dennis Shambley472.5+2.5
UKIP Gregory Atherton351.9+1.9
Majority1286.7+2.0
Turnout 1,88720.4-9.8
Labour hold Swing +1.0

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