2016 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

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2016 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election
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  2015 5 May 2016 2018  
 
Party Labour Conservative

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2016 local election results in Wigan.
   Labour
  Independent

The 2016 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council in England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Contents

Overview

Prior to the election, the composition of the council was: [2]

After the election, the composition of the council was: [3]

Number of Candidates fielded per party
PartyNumber of Candidates
Labour Party (UK) 25
Conservative Party (UK) 25
UK Independence Party 18
Green Party of England and Wales 9
Liberal Democrats (UK) 7
Independents 7
Wigan Independents3
TUSC 1

Results summary

2016 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Labour 19Increase2.svg 176466586.735,51349.8
  Conservative 3Increase2.svg 212256.712,11817.0
  Independent 3Decrease2.svg 1120347,27910.2
 Wigan Independents0Decrease2.svg 10222.72,0972.9
  UKIP 0Steady2.svg000011,83316.6
  Green 0Steady2.svg00001,2471.7
  Liberal Democrats 0Decrease2.svg 100001,1541.6
  TUSC 0Steady2.svg0000540.1

Results

Bolton West constituency

Atherton ward

Atherton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Jamie Hodgkinson 1,838 51.3
Labour Elnur Yusifzade96927.0
UKIP Quinton John Smith56715.8
Conservative Brian Howard Lobell2095.8
Majority86924.3
Turnout 3,58334.2
Independent hold Swing

Leigh constituency

Astley Mosley Common ward

Astley Mosley Common
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joanne Marie Platt 1,548 51.3
Conservative Richard Allan Short73924.5
UKIP Steve Mills73124.2
Majority80926.8
Turnout 3,01833.0
Labour hold Swing

Atherleigh ward

Atherleigh
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Harding 1,067 46.4
Independent Stuart Andrew Gerrard53323.2
UKIP Luke Greenhalgh44619.4
Conservative Paul Lambert Fairhurst2079.0
Liberal Democrats Lorraine Gillon492.1
Majority53423.2
Turnout 2,30228.2
Labour hold Swing

Golborne Lowton West ward

Golborne Lowton West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Yvonne Marie Klieve 1,675 70.2
UKIP Peter Graham Kearns54022.6
Conservative Toby Joseph Hewitt1707.1
Majority1,13547.6
Turnout 2,38527.8
Labour hold Swing

Leigh East ward

Leigh East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Keith Cunliffe 1,513 67.7
Conservative Richard Byrom Houlton44620.0
Liberal Democrats John Dowsett27512.3
Majority1,06747.7
Turnout 2,23425.5
Labour hold Swing

Leigh South ward

Leigh South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kevin Anderson 1,773 55.6
UKIP Russell Eddison91328.6
Conservative Denise Alison Young50315.8
Majority86027.0
Turnout 3,18931.6
Labour hold Swing

Leigh West ward

Leigh West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sue Greensmith 1,610 60.0
UKIP Jayson Lomax-Hargreaves73827.5
Conservative Andrew John Oxley2057.6
Green Neil Hancox1294.8
Majority87232.5
Turnout 2,68226.8
Labour hold Swing

Lowton East ward

Lowton East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Nelson Grundy 2,327 60.9
Labour Garry Lloyd1,11029.1
UKIP Stephen Thomas Darragh2787.3
Green Harry John Alderson Snape1042.7
Majority1,21731.8
Turnout 3,81940.3
Conservative hold Swing

Tyldesley ward

Tyldesley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nazia Rehman 1,235 38.5
UKIP Matthew Robert James97830.5
Independent Norman Alec Bradbury57217.8
Conservative David John Stirzaker42113.1
Majority2578.0
Turnout 3,20631.7
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Makerfield constituency

Abram ward

Abram
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Martyn Smethurst 1,495 58.3
UKIP Jim Carmichael86833.9
Conservative Claire Houlton2017.8
Majority62724.4
Turnout 2,56425.5
Labour hold Swing

Ashton ward

Ashton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bill Clarke 1,204 46.5
Independent Richard Charles Aylett61623.8
UKIP Stuart Thomas Plimley42616.5
Conservative Marie Winstanley2539.8
Liberal Democrats Lesley Barbara Brothwood893.4
Majority58822.7
Turnout 2,58829.6
Labour hold Swing

Bryn ward

Bryn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Steve Jones 1,200 41.1
Labour David Hurst1,12338.4
UKIP Thomas Keith Miller43815.0
Conservative Margaret Mary Winstanley1615.5
Majority772.7
Turnout 2,92233.6
Independent gain from Independent Swing

Hindley ward

Hindley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul John Blay 1,413 51.2
Independent Jim Ellis1,04037.7
Conservative David Marcus John Ollerton1535.5
Green Paul Ravenall792.9
Liberal Democrats John Skipworth762.8
Majority37313.5
Turnout 2,76129.4
Labour gain from Independent Swing

Hindley Green ward

Hindley Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Bob Brierley 1,480 57.3
Labour Eileen Winifred Rigby82031.7
Liberal Democrats John Thomason1596.2
Conservative Gerard Joseph Houlton1264.9
Majority66025.6
Turnout 2,58527.4
Independent hold Swing

Orrell ward

Orrell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael William Winstanley 1,410 43.2
Labour Joy Susan Bradley1,33340.8
Orrell IndependentsPaula Lynn Boyham2216.8
Green Denise Capstick1905.8
Liberal Democrats Louise Catherine Bowe1103.4
Majority772.4
Turnout 3,26434.9
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

"Orrell Independents" is a description used by candidates for the Wigan Independents.

Winstanley ward

Winstanley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Terence Kenny 1,350 48.2
UKIP Andrew Francis Collinson89031.8
Conservative Jean Margaret Peet33411.9
Green Steven Charles Heyes2298.2
Majority46016.4
Turnout 2,80331.5
Labour hold Swing

Worsley Mesnes ward

Worsley Mesnes
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Philip Myles Kelly 1,449 59.9
UKIP Maureen McCoy69928.9
Conservative Susan Atherton2219.1
Majority80031.0
Turnout 2,41927.7
Labour hold Swing

Wigan constituency

Aspull, New Springs and Whelley ward

Aspull, New Springs and Whelley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Hilton 1,805 52.8
UKIP Mark Andrew Bradley98528.8
Conservative Allan Atherton45613.3
Liberal Democrats Freda Janet Graham1755.1
Majority82024.0
Turnout 3,42135.1
Labour hold Swing

Douglas ward

Douglas
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Patricia Draper 1,803 84.1
Conservative Margaret Atherton34015.9
Majority1,46368.2
Turnout 2,14323.3
Labour hold Swing

Ince ward

Ince
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Trevor Molyneux 1,545 65.8
UKIP Stephen Winstanley67128.6
Conservative Judith Atherton1325.6
Majority87437.2
Turnout 2,34827.3
Labour hold Swing

Pemberton ward

Pemberton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jeanette Prescott 1,631 69.0
UKIP Peter Owen Wheatley-Smith50221.2
Conservative Daniel Andrew Whitehouse1375.8
Green Norma Stout933.9
Majority1,12947.7
Turnout 2,36324.9
Labour hold Swing

Shevington with Lower Ground ward

Shevington with Lower Ground
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Damian Edwardson 1,239 40.0
Shevington IndependentsJanet Brown81326.3
UKIP Arnold Jefferson Foster58418.9
Conservative Jack Joseph Vickery34911.3
Green Joseph Robert Rylance1123.6
Majority42613.7
Turnout 3,09734.2
Labour hold Swing

"Shevington Independents" is a description used by candidates for the Wigan Independents.

Standish with Langtree ward

Standish with Langtree
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Raymond Whittingham 1,276 32.4
Standish IndependentsGareth William Fairhurst1,06327.0
Labour Debbie Parkinson96824.6
UKIP Ian Adamczyk57914.7
TUSC Sharon Holden541.4
Majority2135.4
Turnout 3,94041.4
Conservative gain from Standish Independents Swing

"Standish Independents" is a description used by candidates for the Wigan Independents.

Wigan Central ward

Wigan Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lawrence Hunt 1,745 55.9
Conservative Susan Vickery84527.1
Green William John Patterson31110.0
Liberal Democrats Stuart David Thomas2217.0
Majority90028.8
Turnout 3,12234.7
Labour hold Swing

Wigan West ward

Wigan West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Terence William Halliwell 2,090 80.8
Conservative Jamie Vickery49719.2
Majority1,59361.6
Turnout 2,58727.9
Labour hold Swing

By-elections between 2016 and 2018

Astley Mosley Common ward

Astley Mosley Common, 19 October 2017 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paula Anne Wakefield 773 46.0 Decrease2.svg 5.3
Conservative David John Stirzaker60435.9Increase2.svg 11.4
UKIP Allan Hogg18511.0Decrease2.svg 13.2
Liberal Democrats Stuart David Thomas734.3New
Green Andy Prentice462.7New
Majority16910.1Decrease2.svg 16.7
Turnout 1,68117.5Decrease2.svg 15.5
Labour hold Swing

Shevington with Lower Ground ward

Shevington with Lower Ground, 14 December 2017 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Marlaine Teresa Whitham 765 43.4 Increase2.svg 3.4
Shevington IndependentsJanet Brown55231.3Increase2.svg 5.0
Conservative Callum David Owen Chadwick40222.8Increase2.svg 11.5
Green Joseph Robert Rylance301.7Decrease2.svg 1.9
Liberal Democrats Joshua Michael Hindle150.9New
Majority21312.1Decrease2.svg 1.6
Turnout 1,76418.7Decrease2.svg 15.5
Labour hold Swing

"Shevington Independents" is a description used by candidates for the Wigan Independents.

References

  1. "Guide to May 2016 elections in Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland". BBC News. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  2. Cox, Charlotte (6 May 2016). "Wigan local election results 2016 - who won in Wigan?". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  3. Cox, Charlotte (6 May 2016). "Wigan local election results 2016 - who won in Wigan?". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  4. "Elections result 19 October 2017" (PDF). Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council . Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  5. "Elections result 14 December 2017" (PDF). Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council . Retrieved 28 December 2017.