2006 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

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Map of the results of the 2006 Wigan council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue, Community Action Party in green and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wigan UK local election 2006 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2006 Wigan council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue, Community Action Party in green and Liberal Democrats in yellow.

Elections to Wigan Council were held on 4 May 2006. One-third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council. [1] Overall turnout was 29.2%. [2] [3] [4]

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Election result

Wigan Local Election Result 2006
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1432+156.042.829,588+0.8%
  Conservative 420+216.021.715,014+4.2%
  Community Action 403-316.016.811,622-7.9%
  Liberal Democrats 300012.011.88,142+1.3%
  BNP 000002.81,948+0.6%
  UKIP 000001.61,105+1.6%
  Independent 000001.2828-0.5%
  Green 000000.9610-0.5%
  Legalise Cannabis 000000.191+0.1%

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

PartyPrevious councilNew council
Labour4243
Community Action1815
Conservative79
Liberal Democrat88
BNP00
UKIP00
Independent00
Green00
Legalise Cannabis00
Total7575
Working majority 9  11 

Ward results

Abram [2] [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Carl Sweeney1,32752.1-6.0
Community Action John Shale54121.3+21.3
BNP Dennis Shambley42116.5-4.2
Conservative Marion Green2439.5-10.5
Rejected ballots130.5-0.5
Majority78630.9-6.4
Turnout 2,54525.0-6.6
Labour hold Swing -13.6
Ashton [2] [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nigel Ash1,26145.3+13.5
Community Action Claire Daington1,20043.1-14.7
Conservative Marie Winstanley32011.5+1.7
Rejected ballots00.0-0.5
Majority612.2-23.8
Turnout 2,78130.4-14.2
Labour gain from Community Action Swing +14.1
Aspull, New Springs, Whelley [2] [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jean Beswick1,40343.8-1.5
Labour Michael McLoughlin1,29140.3-11.8
Conservative Deborah Fairhurst50615.8+15.8
Rejected ballots00.0-2.5
Majority1123.5-3.3
Turnout 3,20031.9-2.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +5.1
Astley, Mosley Common [2] [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Joseph Haley1,47248.9+12.7
Labour Alan Stephenson86528.7-11.0
Conservative Sean Ell67422.4+22.4
Rejected ballots00.0-1.0
Majority60720.2+16.7
Turnout 3,01131.1-8.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +11.8
Atherleigh [2] [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anne Turnock90646.0-2.4
Liberal Democrats Peter Bowdler67634.3+34.3
Conservative Malcolm Parr38719.7-3.5
Rejected ballots00.0-1.3
Majority23011.7-9.6
Turnout 1,96925.8-7.9
Labour hold Swing -18.3
Atherton [2] [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Karen Aldred1,50749.7+12.3
Liberal Democrats Susan Wilson96031.7-11.3
Conservative Rosina Oxley33110.9-0.4
Green Nicholas Redmond2327.7-0.1
Rejected ballots00.0-0.5
Majority54718.1+12.6
Turnout 3,03027.6-8.7
Labour hold Swing +11.8
Bryn [2] [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Community Action Brian Merry1,42945.2-15.0
Labour George Harrison1,05033.2+1.9
BNP Kenneth Haslam45714.5+14.5
Conservative William Winstanley1715.4-2.8
New Party Duane Phillips451.4+1.4
Rejected ballots70.2-0.1
Majority37912.0-16.9
Turnout 3,15933.7-8.6
Community Action hold Swing -8.4
Douglas [2] [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Shirley Dewhurst1,36959.1+7.8
Community Action Edna Hulme93340.3-6.3
Rejected ballots150.6-1.5
Majority43618.8+14.1
Turnout 2,31724.7-5.4
Labour hold Swing +7.0
Golborne and Lowton West [2] [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gerard Bretherton1,41052.0+12.9
Community Action Peter Solinas95335.2-14.3
Conservative Jeanette Leigh34712.8+2.1
Rejected ballots00.0-0.7
Majority45716.9+6.6
Turnout 2,71030.7-7.6
Labour gain from Community Action Swing +13.6
Hindley [2] [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Talbot1,21748.4+9.2
Community Action Debbie Grace91336.3+7.7
Conservative Joan Pietre38715.4+5.4
Rejected ballots00.0-0.6
Majority30412.1+1.6
Turnout 2,51725.6-19.5
Labour gain from Community Action Swing +0.7
Hindley Green [2] [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Community Action Barry Fagan1,10047.4+12.6
Labour John Holland83235.9+0.8
Conservative Denise Young38816.7+3.3
Rejected ballots00.0-0.7
Majority26811.6+11.4
Turnout 2,32025.9-16.2
Community Action hold Swing +5.9
Ince [2] [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Moodie1,27960.7-5.8
Community Action Syd Hall63930.3-0.5
Conservative Alicia Eccles1738.2+8.2
Rejected ballots150.7-1.9
Majority64030.4-5.2
Turnout 2,10624.6-1.8
Labour hold Swing -2.6
Leigh East [2] [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Fred Walker1,12046.1-0.5
Liberal Democrats Gordon Jackson91237.5+37.5
Conservative Dorothy Angell39916.4-4.9
Rejected ballots00.0-1.0
Majority2088.6-6.7
Turnout 2,43126.8-7.3
Labour hold Swing -19.0
Leigh South [2] [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charles Rigby1,27339.8-0.8
Conservative Andrew Oxley76323.9-3.2
Community Action Stephen Ellison62119.4-11.4
BNP Richard Close44814.0+14.0
Legalise Cannabis Thomas Hampson912.8+2.8
Rejected ballots00.0-1.4
Majority51016.0+6.2
Turnout 3,19630.7-6.6
Labour hold Swing +1.2
Leigh West [2] [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Smith1,37754.9-3.2
Liberal Democrats Kevin Jones72128.7+28.7
Conservative Alan Lowe41016.3+16.3
Rejected ballots00.0-1.7
Majority65626.2-9.1
Turnout 2,50823.4-4.3
Labour hold Swing -15.9
Lowton East [2] [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Community Action Edward Houlton1,07534.1-10.4
Conservative James Grundy1,04133.0+11.2
Labour Trevor Ward1,03432.8+0.8
Rejected ballots00.0-1.6
Majority341.1-11.4
Turnout 3,15032.2-8.7
Community Action hold Swing -10.8
Orrell [2] [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Thompson1,30838.4-1.0
Labour Michael Barnes1,26637.2+5.6
BNP Charles Mather62218.3+3.1
UKIP Stephen Hawkins2086.1+6.1
Rejected ballots00.0-0.4
Majority421.2-6.6
Turnout 3,40437.1-12.4
Conservative gain from Labour Swing -3.3
Pemberton [2] [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Prescott1,45264.8+18.0
Community Action Robert Beale32014.3-23.3
Liberal Democrats Darren Atherton28112.5+12.5
UKIP Aspey David1898.4+8.4
Rejected ballots00.0-1.3
Majority1,13250.5+41.3
Turnout 2,24222.7-8.4
Labour hold Swing +20.6
Shevington with Lower Ground [2] [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Angela Bland1,82757.4+21.6
Labour Michael Crosby1,31141.2-4.1
Rejected ballots461.4+0.7
Majority51616.2+6.7
Turnout 3,18433.8-10.2
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +12.8
Standish with Langtree [2] [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Neil Whittingham1,86654.8+21.6
Labour Diana Davies1,02930.2-4.4
UKIP Gregory Atherton49314.5+14.5
Rejected ballots170.5-0.2
Majority83724.6+23.1
Turnout 3,40536.0-6.5
Conservative hold Swing +13.0
Tyldesley [2] [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Richard Derricutt1,71758.7+4.0
Labour Pamela Stewart56519.3-14.1
Green Craig Cohen37812.9+12.9
Conservative Hilary Hayden2669.1-2.2
Rejected ballots00.0-0.6
Majority1,15239.4+18.1
Turnout 2,92628.9-11.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +9.0
Wigan Central [2] [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gareth Fairhurst1,90560.0+5.9
Labour Marcia Dooley1,27040.0-3.0
Rejected ballots00.0-2.9
Majority63520.0+8.9
Turnout 3,17534.6-8.6
Conservative hold Swing +4.4
Wigan West [2] [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joe Shaw1,35449.0N/A
Independent Philip Parkes78328.3N/A
Conservative Keith Jones61322.2N/A
Rejected ballots160.6N/A
Majority57120.6N/A
Turnout 2,76627.0N/A
Labour hold Swing N/A
Winstanley [2] [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Community Action William Wilkes1,16043.5-4.9
Labour Philip Kelly90533.9-3.3
Conservative Charles Cartwright38214.3+0.3
UKIP Alan Freeman2158.1+8.1
Rejected ballots70.3-0.2
Majority2559.6-1.5
Turnout 2,66930.1-12.5
Community Action hold Swing -0.8
Worsley Mesnes [2] [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Patricia Holland1,31855.4+6.6
Community Action Leanne Brotherton73831.0-6.0
Conservative Thomas Sutton30712.9-0.5
Rejected ballots150.6-0.1
Majority58024.4+12.5
Turnout 2,37826.0-10.0
Labour hold Swing +6.3

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