2006 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

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]}

Election result

Wigan local election result 2006

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	14	3	2	+1	56.0	42.8	29,588	+0.8%
	Conservative	4	2	0	+2	16.0	21.7	15,014	+4.2%
	Community Action	4	0	3	-3	16.0	16.8	11,622	-7.9%
	Liberal Democrats	3	0	0	0	12.0	11.8	8,142	+1.3%
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0	2.8	1,948	+0.6%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	1.6	1,105	+1.6%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	828	-0.5%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	0.9	610	-0.5%
	Legalise Cannabis	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	91	+0.1%

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

Party		Previous council	New council
	Labour	42	43
	Community Action	18	15
	Conservative	7	9
	Liberal Democrat	8	8
	BNP	0	0
	UKIP	0	0
	Independent	0	0
	Green	0	0
	Legalise Cannabis	0	0
Total		75	75
Working majority		9	11

Ward results

Abram ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carl Sweeney	1,327	52.1	−6.0
	Community Action	John Shale	541	21.3	+21.3
	BNP	Dennis Shambley	421	16.5	−4.2
	Conservative	Marion Green	243	9.5	−10.5
Rejected ballots			13	0.5	-0.5
Majority			786	30.9	−6.4
Turnout			2,545	25.0	−6.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-13.6

Ashton ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nigel Ash	1,261	45.3	+13.5
	Community Action	Claire Daington	1,200	43.1	−14.7
	Conservative	Marie Winstanley	320	11.5	+1.7
Rejected ballots			0	0.0	-0.5
Majority			61	2.2	−23.8
Turnout			2,781	30.4	−14.2
	Labour gain from Community Action		Swing	+14.1

Aspull, New Springs, Whelley ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Beswick	1,403	43.8	−1.5
	Labour	Michael McLoughlin	1,291	40.3	−11.8
	Conservative	Deborah Fairhurst	506	15.8	+15.8
Rejected ballots			0	0.0	-2.5
Majority			112	3.5	−3.3
Turnout			3,200	31.9	−2.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+5.1

Astley, Mosley Common ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Joseph Haley	1,472	48.9	+12.7
	Labour	Alan Stephenson	865	28.7	−11.0
	Conservative	Sean Ell	674	22.4	+22.4
Rejected ballots			0	0.0	-1.0
Majority			607	20.2	+16.7
Turnout			3,011	31.1	−8.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+11.8

Atherleigh ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne Turnock	906	46.0	−2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Bowdler	676	34.3	+34.3
	Conservative	Malcolm Parr	387	19.7	−3.5
Rejected ballots			0	0.0	-1.3
Majority			230	11.7	−9.6
Turnout			1,969	25.8	−7.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-18.3

Atherton ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Karen Aldred	1,507	49.7	+12.3
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Wilson	960	31.7	−11.3
	Conservative	Rosina Oxley	331	10.9	−0.4
	Green	Nicholas Redmond	232	7.7	−0.1
Rejected ballots			0	0.0	-0.5
Majority			547	18.1	+12.6
Turnout			3,030	27.6	−8.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+11.8

Bryn ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Community Action	Brian Merry	1,429	45.2	−15.0
	Labour	George Harrison	1,050	33.2	+1.9
	BNP	Kenneth Haslam	457	14.5	+14.5
	Conservative	William Winstanley	171	5.4	−2.8
	New Party	Duane Phillips	45	1.4	+1.4
Rejected ballots			7	0.2	-0.1
Majority			379	12.0	−16.9
Turnout			3,159	33.7	−8.6
	Community Action hold		Swing	-8.4

Douglas ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shirley Dewhurst	1,369	59.1	+7.8
	Community Action	Edna Hulme	933	40.3	−6.3
Rejected ballots			15	0.6	-1.5
Majority			436	18.8	+14.1
Turnout			2,317	24.7	−5.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.0

Golborne and Lowton West ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gerard Bretherton	1,410	52.0	+12.9
	Community Action	Peter Solinas	953	35.2	−14.3
	Conservative	Jeanette Leigh	347	12.8	+2.1
Rejected ballots			0	0.0	-0.7
Majority			457	16.9	+6.6
Turnout			2,710	30.7	−7.6
	Labour gain from Community Action		Swing	+13.6

Hindley ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Talbot	1,217	48.4	+9.2
	Community Action	Debbie Grace	913	36.3	+7.7
	Conservative	Joan Pietre	387	15.4	+5.4
Rejected ballots			0	0.0	-0.6
Majority			304	12.1	+1.6
Turnout			2,517	25.6	−19.5
	Labour gain from Community Action		Swing	+0.7

Hindley Green ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Community Action	Barry Fagan	1,100	47.4	+12.6
	Labour	John Holland	832	35.9	+0.8
	Conservative	Denise Young	388	16.7	+3.3
Rejected ballots			0	0.0	-0.7
Majority			268	11.6	+11.4
Turnout			2,320	25.9	−16.2
	Community Action hold		Swing	+5.9

Ince ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Moodie	1,279	60.7	−5.8
	Community Action	Syd Hall	639	30.3	−0.5
	Conservative	Alicia Eccles	173	8.2	+8.2
Rejected ballots			15	0.7	-1.9
Majority			640	30.4	−5.2
Turnout			2,106	24.6	−1.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.6

Leigh East ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fred Walker	1,120	46.1	−0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Jackson	912	37.5	+37.5
	Conservative	Dorothy Angell	399	16.4	−4.9
Rejected ballots			0	0.0	-1.0
Majority			208	8.6	−6.7
Turnout			2,431	26.8	−7.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-19.0

Leigh South ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Rigby	1,273	39.8	−0.8
	Conservative	Andrew Oxley	763	23.9	−3.2
	Community Action	Stephen Ellison	621	19.4	−11.4
	BNP	Richard Close	448	14.0	+14.0
	Legalise Cannabis	Thomas Hampson	91	2.8	+2.8
Rejected ballots			0	0.0	-1.4
Majority			510	16.0	+6.2
Turnout			3,196	30.7	−6.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.2

Leigh West ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Smith	1,377	54.9	−3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Jones	721	28.7	+28.7
	Conservative	Alan Lowe	410	16.3	+16.3
Rejected ballots			0	0.0	-1.7
Majority			656	26.2	−9.1
Turnout			2,508	23.4	−4.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-15.9

Lowton East ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Community Action	Edward Houlton	1,075	34.1	−10.4
	Conservative	James Grundy	1,041	33.0	+11.2
	Labour	Trevor Ward	1,034	32.8	+0.8
Rejected ballots			0	0.0	-1.6
Majority			34	1.1	−11.4
Turnout			3,150	32.2	−8.7
	Community Action hold		Swing	-10.8

Orrell ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Thompson	1,308	38.4	−1.0
	Labour	Michael Barnes	1,266	37.2	+5.6
	BNP	Charles Mather	622	18.3	+3.1
	UKIP	Stephen Hawkins	208	6.1	+6.1
Rejected ballots			0	0.0	-0.4
Majority			42	1.2	−6.6
Turnout			3,404	37.1	−12.4
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	-3.3

Pemberton ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Prescott	1,452	64.8	+18.0
	Community Action	Robert Beale	320	14.3	−23.3
	Liberal Democrats	Darren Atherton	281	12.5	+12.5
	UKIP	Aspey David	189	8.4	+8.4
Rejected ballots			0	0.0	-1.3
Majority			1,132	50.5	+41.3
Turnout			2,242	22.7	−8.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+20.6

Shevington with Lower Ground ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Angela Bland	1,827	57.4	+21.6
	Labour	Michael Crosby	1,311	41.2	−4.1
Rejected ballots			46	1.4	+0.7
Majority			516	16.2	+6.7
Turnout			3,184	33.8	−10.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+12.8

Standish with Langtree ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Whittingham	1,866	54.8	+21.6
	Labour	Diana Davies	1,029	30.2	−4.4
	UKIP	Gregory Atherton	493	14.5	+14.5
Rejected ballots			17	0.5	-0.2
Majority			837	24.6	+23.1
Turnout			3,405	36.0	−6.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+13.0

Tyldesley ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Derricutt	1,717	58.7	+4.0
	Labour	Pamela Stewart	565	19.3	−14.1
	Green	Craig Cohen	378	12.9	+12.9
	Conservative	Hilary Hayden	266	9.1	−2.2
Rejected ballots			0	0.0	-0.6
Majority			1,152	39.4	+18.1
Turnout			2,926	28.9	−11.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+9.0

Wigan Central ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gareth Fairhurst	1,905	60.0	+5.9
	Labour	Marcia Dooley	1,270	40.0	−3.0
Rejected ballots			0	0.0	-2.9
Majority			635	20.0	+8.9
Turnout			3,175	34.6	−8.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.4

Wigan West ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joe Shaw	1,354	49.0	N/A
	Independent	Philip Parkes	783	28.3	N/A
	Conservative	Keith Jones	613	22.2	N/A
Rejected ballots			16	0.6	N/A
Majority			571	20.6	N/A
Turnout			2,766	27.0	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Winstanley ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Community Action	William Wilkes	1,160	43.5	−4.9
	Labour	Philip Kelly	905	33.9	−3.3
	Conservative	Charles Cartwright	382	14.3	+0.3
	UKIP	Alan Freeman	215	8.1	+8.1
Rejected ballots			7	0.3	-0.2
Majority			255	9.6	−1.5
Turnout			2,669	30.1	−12.5
	Community Action hold		Swing	-0.8

Worsley Mesnes ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patricia Holland	1,318	55.4	+6.6
	Community Action	Leanne Brotherton	738	31.0	−6.0
	Conservative	Thomas Sutton	307	12.9	−0.5
Rejected ballots			15	0.6	-0.1
Majority			580	24.4	+12.5
Turnout			2,378	26.0	−10.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.3

References

1. "Local elections: Wigan". BBC News. Retrieved 17 December 2009.
2. "Wigan Council results from 1973 to 2008" (PDF). wigan.gov.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 November 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
3. "Local Election Results 04 May 2006". wiganmbc.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
4. "Local Elections Archive Project: 2006 – Wigan". andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 28 June 2012.