2015 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

2015 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

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25 of 75 seats to Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council 38 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Peter Smith James Grundy Party Labour Conservative Leader since 1991 2012 Leader's seat Leigh West Lowton East Seats before 63 2 Seats after 64 3 Seat change 1 1
2015 local election results in Wigan.    Conservative    Labour   Independent

The 2015 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council in England. ^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections and the general election.

Overview

Prior to the election, the composition of the council was:

• Labour Party: 63
• Conservative Party: 2
• Independent: 10

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Labour Party: 64
• Conservative Party: 3
• Independent: 8

Number of Candidates fielded per party ^[2]

Party	Number
Labour Party (UK)	25
Conservative Party (UK)	25
UK Independence Party	24
Green Party of England and Wales	9
Independent	8
Left Unity	8
Community Action Party	3
Liberal Democrats (UK)	2
TUSC	1

Results summary

2015 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	23	1	92	41	64	85.3	71,184	50.4	4.1
	Conservative	1	1	4	2	3	4	27,263	19.3	0.3
	Independent	1	2	4	7	8	10.7	7,483	5.3	7.3
	UKIP	0		0	0	0	0	29,622	21.0	20.4
	Green	0		0	0	0	0	2,837	2.0	New
	Community Action	0		0	0	0	0	1,115	0.8	4.0
	Left Unity	0		0	0	0	0	990	0.7	New
	Liberal Democrats	0		0	0	0	0	648	0.5	2.2
	TUSC	0		0	0	0	0	99	0.1	0.3

Results

Bolton West constituency

Atherton ward

Local Elections 2015: Atherton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martin Luke Aldred	2,508	39.9
	Independent	Norman Alec Bradbury	1,989	31.7
	UKIP	Quinton John Smith	950	15.1
	Conservative	Toby Joseph Hewitt	788	12.5
	Left Unity	Craig Anthony Wilson	46	0.7
Majority			519	8.2
Turnout			6,281
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Leigh constituency

Astley Mosley Common ward

Local Elections 2015: Astley Mosley Common

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine Lilian Roberts	2,478	42.2
	Conservative	David John Stirzaker	1,804	30.7
	UKIP	Joanne Bradley	1,306	22.2
	Green	Clive James Robert Charles	290	4.9
Majority			674	11.5
Turnout			5,878
	Labour hold		Swing

Atherleigh ward

Local Elections 2015: Atherleigh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Aldred	2,310	48.2
	UKIP	Les Leggett	1,005	21.0
	Conservative	Paul Lambert Fairhurst	859	17.9
	Independent	Stuart Andrew Gerrard	494	10.3
	Left Unity	Stephen Michael Hall	125	2.6
Majority			1,305	27.2
Turnout			4,793
	Labour hold		Swing

Golborne and Lowton West ward

Local Elections 2015: Golborne and Lowton West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stuart Arthur Keane	3,046	60.5
	UKIP	Peter Graham Kearns	970	19.3
	Conservative	Brian Howard Lobell	793	15.8
	Community Action	Sophie Aspey	225	4.5
Majority			2,076	41.2
Turnout			5,034
	Labour hold		Swing

Leigh East ward

Local Elections 2015: Leigh East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anita Thorpe	2,949	58.4
	UKIP	Gill Gibson	1,088	21.6
	Conservative	Richard Byrom Houlton	888	17.6
	Left Unity	Graham Gifford	123	2.4
Majority			1,861	36.8
Turnout			5,048
	Labour hold		Swing

Leigh South ward

Local Elections 2015: Leigh South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John David O'Brien	3,200	51.3
	UKIP	Rod Halliwell	1,547	24.8
	Conservative	Denise Young	1,358	21.8
	Left Unity	Ian Heyes	135	2.2
Majority			1,653	26.5
Turnout			6,240
	Labour hold		Swing

Leigh West ward

Local Elections 2015: Leigh West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Myra Joan Whiteside	3,066	56.7
	UKIP	Mary Therese Lavelle	1,418	26.2
	Conservative	Andrew John Oxley	645	11.9
	Green	Paula Unger	278	5.1
Majority			1,648	30.5
Turnout			5,407
	Labour hold		Swing

Lowton East ward

Local Elections 2015: Lowton East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kath Houlton	3,228	50.3
	Labour	Pam Gilligan	2,579	40.2
	Independent	Sandy Franzen	609	9.5
Majority			649	10.1
Turnout			6,416
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Tyldesley ward

Local Elections 2015: Tyldesley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen John Hellier	2,780	45.2
	UKIP	Matthew Robert James	1,530	24.9
	Conservative	Sue Vickery	1,198	19.5
	Liberal Democrats	Lorraine Gillon	353	5.7
	Green	Graham Unsworth	283	4.6
Majority			1,250	20.3
Turnout			6,144
	Labour hold		Swing

Makerfield constituency

Abram ward

Local Elections 2015: Abram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eunice Smethurst	3,217	59.0
	UKIP	Jim Carmichael-Prince	1,584	28.4
	Conservative	Joanne Bradley	653	12.0
Majority			1,633	30.6
Turnout			5,454
	Labour hold		Swing

Ashton ward

Local Elections 2015: Ashton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jennifer Bullen	2,738	49.0
	UKIP	Alan Freeman	950	17.0
	Conservative	Marie Winstanley	833	14.9
	Community Action	Michael Moulding	749	13.4
	Independent	Peter Merry	318	5.7
Majority			1,788	32.0
Turnout			5,588
	Labour hold		Swing

Bryn ward

Local Elections 2015: Bryn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nathan George Murray	2,245	39.4
	Independent	Gary Thomas Wilkes	1,717	30.1
	UKIP	Stephen Jones	948	16.6
	Conservative	Judith Anderson	378	6.6
	Independent	David Wilkes	267	4.7
	Community Action	Catherine Aspey	141	2.5
Majority			528	9.2
Turnout			5,696
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Hindley ward

Local Elections 2015: Hindley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Eccles-Churton	2,975	54.7
	UKIP	Sue Ellis	1,457	26.8
	Conservative	Susan Atherton	712	13.1
	Liberal Democrats	John Charles Skipworth	295	5.4
Majority			1,518	27.9
Turnout			5,439
	Labour hold		Swing

Hindley Green ward

Local Elections 2015: Hindley Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Carmichael	2,839	55.2
	UKIP	Sandra Margaret Atherton	1,520	29.5
	Conservative	Gerard Joseph Houlton	788	15.3
Majority			1,319	25.7
Turnout			5,147
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Orrell ward

Local Elections 2015: Orrell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steve Murphy	2,812	44.3
	Conservative	Michael William Winstanley	2,257	35.5
	UKIP	Philip Easton	950	15.0
	Green	David Stazicker	325	5.1
Majority			545	8.8
Turnout			6,354
	Labour hold		Swing

Winstanley ward

Local Elections 2015: Winstanley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Marie Teresa Morgan	2,898	49.0
	UKIP	Andrew Francis Collinson	1,437	24.3
	Conservative	Allan Atherton	1,182	20.0
	Green	Steven Charles Heyes	398	6.7
Majority			1,461	24.7
Turnout			5,915
	Labour hold		Swing

Worsley Mesnes ward

Local Elections 2015: Worsley Mesnes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Billy Rotherham	3,039	59.4
	UKIP	Maureen McCoy	1,332	26.0
	Conservative	Stephen Gerard Holt	566	11.1
	Green	Norma Stout	182	3.6
Majority			1,707	33.4
Turnout			5,119
	Labour hold		Swing

Wigan constituency

Aspull, New Springs and Whelley ward

Local Elections 2015: Aspull, New Springs and Whelley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chris Ready	3,534	55.3
	UKIP	Mark Andrew Bradley	1,416	22.2
	Conservative	Jane Surples	1,282	20.1
	Left Unity	John Stuart Bolton	156	2.4
Majority			2,118	33.2
Turnout			6,388	63.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Douglas ward

Local Elections 2015: Douglas

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Anthony Dewhurst	3,145	64.2
	UKIP	Derek Wilkes	1,130	23.1
	Conservative	Margaret Atherton	525	10.7
	Left Unity	Adele Joanne Andrews	98	2.0
Majority			2,015	41.1
Turnout			4,898	50.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Ince ward

Local Elections 2015: Ince

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janice Sharratt	2,937	64.1
	UKIP	Ross Allan Wright	1,192	26.0
	Conservative	Callum Chadwick	352	7.7
	Left Unity	Janet Elizabeth Phillips	100	2.2
Majority			1,745	38.1
Turnout			4,581	50.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Pemberton ward

Local Elections 2015: Pemberton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sam Marc Murphy	3,154	62.9
	UKIP	Daniel Stephen Wood	1,099	21.9
	Conservative	Claire Houlton	547	10.9
	Green	Will Patterson	212	4.2
Majority			2,055	41.0
Turnout			5,012	50.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Shevington with Lower Ground ward

Local Elections 2015: Shevington with Lower Ground

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Anthony Collins	2,717	43.5
	Conservative	David Ollerton	1,661	26.6
	UKIP	Arnold Jefferson Foster	1,439	23.1
	Green	Joseph Rylance	426	6.8
Majority			1,056	16.9
Turnout			6,243	67.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Standish with Langtree ward

Local Elections 2015: Standish with Langtree

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Standish Independents	George Allan Fairhurst	1,999	30.3
	Conservative	Ray Whittingham	1,848	28.0
	Labour	Debbie Parkinson	1,735	26.3
	UKIP	Emma Josephine Appleton	923	14.0
	TUSC	Sharon Holden	99	1.4
Majority			151	2.3
Turnout			6,604	68.0
	Standish Independents hold		Swing

Wigan Central ward

Local Elections 2015: Wigan Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael McLoughlin	2,783	46.9
	Conservative	Jean Margaret Peet	1,391	23.4
	UKIP	Keith Robert Jones	1,228	20.7
	Green	Damien Hendry	443	7.5
	Independent	Brian Parr	90	1.5
Majority			1,392	23.5
Turnout			5,935	63.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Wigan West ward

Local Elections 2015: Wigan West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steve Dawber	3,500	62.1
	UKIP	Janet Markland	1,203	21.3
	Conservative	Jamie Vickery	727	12.9
	Left Unity	Hazel Elizabeth Duffy	207	3.7
Majority			2,297	40.7
Turnout			5,637	57.5
	Labour hold		Swing

References

1. "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
2. "Local Election Results". apps.wigan.gov.uk.