2018 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

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2018 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election
Coat of arms of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council.png
  2016 3 May 2018 2019  

25 of 75 seats to Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
38 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
Leader Peter Smith Michael Winstanley
Party Labour Conservative
Leader since199111 May 2016
Leader's seat Leigh West Orrell
Seats before655
Seats won607
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 5Increase2.svg 2

Wigan UK local election 2018 map.svg
2018 local election results in Wigan
   Labour
  Independent

The 2018 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 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:

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Number of Candidates fielded per party
PartyNumber of Candidates
Labour Party (UK) 25
Conservative Party (UK) 25
Liberal Democrats (UK) 14
Independents 11
UKIP 6
Green Party of England and Wales 3
Wigan Independents3
Democrats and Veterans 1

Results summary

2018 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Labour 18Decrease2.svg 57242608032,51252.3Increase2.svg 1.2
  Conservative 3Increase2.svg 212479.314,98024.1Increase2.svg 7.5
  Independent 3Increase2.svg 3123688,43213.6Increase2.svg 6.2
 Wigan Independents1Steady2.svg4122.72,1093.4Increase2.svg 0.1
  Liberal Democrats 0Steady2.svg00002,3433.8Increase2.svg 2.8
  UKIP 0Steady2.svg00001,1961.9Decrease2.svg 14.1
  Green 0Steady2.svg00004010.6Decrease2.svg 0.2
  Democrats and Veterans 0Steady2.svg00001400.2New

Results

Bolton West constituency

Atherton ward

Local Elections 2018: Atherton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Stuart Andrew Gerrard 1,779 53.7 New
Labour Karen Aldred1,19736.2Decrease2.svg 11.9
Conservative Marjorie Clayton33410.1Decrease2.svg 2.0
Majority58217.5N/A
Turnout 3,31030.7Increase2.svg 3.2
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Leigh constituency

Astley Mosley Common ward

Local Elections 2018: Astley Mosley Common
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Barry John Taylor 1,349 52.7 Decrease2.svg 14.9
Conservative Richard Alan Short1,08242.2Increase2.svg 9.8
Liberal Democrats Stuart David Thomas1315.1New
Majority26710.5Decrease2.svg 24.7
Turnout 2,56227.2Decrease2.svg 1.7
Labour hold Swing

Atherleigh ward

Local Elections 2018: Atherleigh
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Debra Susan Ann Wailes 938 48.1 Decrease2.svg 1.4
Independent Anthony Thomas Waite55028.2New
Conservative Paul Lambert Fairhurst39420.2Increase2.svg 5.6
Liberal Democrats Lorraine Gillon683.5New
Majority38819.9Increase2.svg 2.6
Turnout 1,95023.4Decrease2.svg 3.3
Labour hold Swing

Golborne and Lowton West ward

Local Elections 2018: Golborne and Lowton West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Susan Gambles 1,280 57.2 Decrease2.svg 7.8
Independent William Kenneth Heaton61227.4New
Conservative Gerard Joseph Houlton34515.4Decrease2.svg 1.0
Majority66829.8Decrease2.svg 16.6
Turnout 2,23725.3Decrease2.svg 1.7
Labour hold Swing

Leigh East ward

Local Elections 2018: Leigh East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frederick Brown Walker 1,189 59.6 Decrease2.svg 11.3
Conservative Denise Alison Young51826.0Decrease2.svg 3.1
Liberal Democrats John Dowsett28814.4New
Majority67133.6Decrease2.svg 8.2
Turnout 1,99522.2Decrease2.svg 2.7
Labour hold Swing

Leigh South ward

Local Elections 2018: Leigh South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charles Rigby 1,531 54.4 Decrease2.svg 11.1
Conservative Connor Jack Short1,28345.6Increase2.svg 11.1
Majority2488.8Decrease2.svg 22.2
Turnout 2,81427.5Decrease2.svg 1.1
Labour hold Swing

Leigh West ward

Local Elections 2018: Leigh West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Richard Charles Smith 1,308 54.1 Decrease2.svg 21.2
Independent Jayson Michael Allan Lomax-Hargreaves57823.9New
Conservative Richard Byrom Houlton37415.5Decrease2.svg 9.2
Liberal Democrats Natalie Smalley1586.5New
Majority73030.2Decrease2.svg 20.4
Turnout 2,41823.1Decrease2.svg 1.8
Labour hold Swing

Lowton East ward

Local Elections 2018: Lowton East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward Noel Houlton 2,099 60.9 Increase2.svg 14.7
Labour Garry Peter Lloyd1,34639.1Increase2.svg 6.4
Majority75321.8Increase2.svg 8.3
Turnout 3,44536.1Increase2.svg 1.0
Conservative hold Swing

Tyldesley ward

Local Elections 2018: Tyldesley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joanne Marshall 1,344 51.0 Decrease2.svg 14.6
Independent Julian David Marsh70626.8New
Conservative David John Stirzaker58722.3Increase2.svg 2.5
Majority63824.2Decrease2.svg 21.6
Turnout 2,63725.5Decrease2.svg 0.9
Labour hold Swing

Makerfield constituency

Abram ward

Local Elections 2018: Abram
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Carl Sweeney 1,479 68.7 Increase2.svg 11.3
Conservative Beverley Anne Bridgwater40418.8Increase2.svg 12.3
UKIP Frank Thomas Swift27412.7Decrease2.svg 14.9
Majority1,07549.9Increase2.svg 20.1
Turnout 2,15220.7Decrease2.svg 4.0
Labour hold Swing

Ashton ward

Local Elections 2018: Ashton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anthony John Sykes 1,112 53.2 Increase2.svg 10.9
Independent Michael Moulding79337.9New
UKIP Gillian Mary Gibson1095.2Decrease2.svg 16.7
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Stephen Matthews412.0New
Conservative Marie Winstanley361.7Decrease2.svg 4.6
Majority31915.3Decrease2.svg 5.1
Turnout 2,09123.5Decrease2.svg 6.1
Labour hold Swing

Bryn ward

Local Elections 2018: Bryn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Andrew Collinson 1,065 43.7 New
Labour Vicky Johnson97339.9Decrease2.svg 0.3
Conservative Judith Anderson1988.1Increase2.svg 3.7
UKIP Philip Hayden1335.5Decrease2.svg 19.0
Liberal Democrats Denise Melling672.8Decrease2.svg 7.0
Majority923.8N/A
Turnout 2,43627.6Decrease2.svg 4.2
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Hindley ward

Local Elections 2018: Hindley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jim Talbot 1,063 45.9 Decrease2.svg 7.2
Independent Jim Ellis90539.0New
Conservative Margaret Mary Winstanley2068.9Decrease2.svg 0.9
Green Neil Hancox863.7New
Liberal Democrats John Charles Skipworth582.5New
Majority1586.9Decrease2.svg 12.0
Turnout 2,31824.1Decrease2.svg 2.3
Labour hold Swing

Hindley Green ward

Local Elections 2018: Hindley Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Paul Anthony Maiden 976 41.4 New
Labour Gena Merrett78733.4Decrease2.svg 10.5
Liberal Democrats John Thomason30513.0New
Conservative Jonathan Charles Cartwright28712.2Increase2.svg 3.1
Majority1898.0N/A
Turnout 2,35527.4Decrease2.svg 2.3
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Orrell ward

Local Elections 2018: Orrell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Clayton 1,430 46.6 Increase2.svg 14.0
Labour Eileen Winifred Rigby1,27341.5Increase2.svg 6.6
Liberal Democrats Denise Margaret Capstick36712.0New
Majority1575.1N/A
Turnout 3,07032.2Decrease2.svg 1.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Winstanley ward

Local Elections 2018: Winstanley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Clive William Morgan 1,396 58.4 Increase2.svg 14.3
Conservative Daniel Andrew Whitehouse50921.3Increase2.svg 11.5
Green Steven Charles Heyes1958.2Increase2.svg 0.4
UKIP Daniel John Singleton1777.4Decrease2.svg 25.3
Liberal Democrats Neil Duncan Stevenson1144.8New
Majority88737.1Increase2.svg 25.7
Turnout 2,39126.2Decrease2.svg 3.2
Labour hold Swing

Worsley Mesnes ward

Local Elections 2018: Worsley Mesnes
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Patricia Lynne Holland 1,449 66.5 Increase2.svg 6.1
UKIP Maureen McCoy32715.0Decrease2.svg 16.7
Conservative Paul Chapman31414.4Increase2.svg 6.5
Liberal Democrats Joshua Hindle904.1New
Majority112251.5Increase2.svg 22.8
Turnout 2,18024.1Decrease2.svg 4.1
Labour hold Swing

Wigan constituency

Aspull, New Springs and Whelley ward

Local Elections 2018: Aspull, New Springs and Whelley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ronald Josef Conway 1,708 61.4 Increase2.svg 15.4
Conservative Michael Colin Owens76427.5Increase2.svg 16.1
Liberal Democrats Andrew Julian Lee Holland30811.1New
Majority94433.9Increase2.svg 12.0
Turnout 2,78028.2Decrease2.svg 5.0
Labour hold Swing

Douglas ward

Local Elections 2018: Douglas
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Shirley Ann Dewhurst 1,551 78.6 Increase2.svg 18.6
Conservative Margaret Atherton42221.4Increase2.svg 13.0
Majority1,12957.2Increase2.svg 28.7
Turnout 1,97320.8Decrease2.svg 4.1
Labour hold Swing

Ince ward

Local Elections 2018: Ince
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Moodie 1,273 69.2 Increase2.svg 12.4
Independent James O'Neill37920.6New
Conservative Yamini Gupta18810.2Increase2.svg 4.8
Majority89448.6Increase2.svg 26.4
Turnout 1,84020.7Decrease2.svg 5.4
Labour hold Swing

Pemberton ward

Local Elections 2018: Pemberton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Prescott 1,472 74.4 Increase2.svg 11.7
Conservative Susan Atherton32216.3Increase2.svg 8.8
Liberal Democrats David John Burley1859.3New
Majority1,15058.1Increase2.svg 22.0
Turnout 1,97920.6Decrease2.svg 4.8
Labour hold Swing

Shevington with Lower Ground ward

Local Elections 2018: Shevington with Lower Ground
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Shevington IndependentsJanet Brown 1,107 40.1 Increase2.svg 14.8
Labour Mike Crosby1,04537.9Increase2.svg 4.6
Conservative Allan Atherton48717.7Increase2.svg 6.5
Green Joseph Robert Rylance1204.3Decrease2.svg 0.6
Majority622.2N/A
Turnout 2,75929.6Decrease2.svg 3.9
Shevington Independents gain from Labour Swing

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

Standish with Langtree ward

Local Elections 2018: Standish with Langtree
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Adam James Marsh 1,200 36.8 Increase2.svg 17.4
Labour Debbie Parkinson1,18536.4Increase2.svg 18.5
Standish IndependentsDebbie Fairhurst87226.8Decrease2.svg 15.8
Majority150.4N/A
Turnout 3,25733.3Decrease2.svg 3.4
Conservative gain from Standish Independents Swing

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

Wigan Central ward

Local Elections 2018: Wigan Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Davies 1,518 55.5 Increase2.svg 3.7
Conservative Lewis David Evans83430.5Increase2.svg 10.9
Liberal Democrats Caroline Waddicor1636.0New
Wigan IndependentsGareth William Fairhurst1304.8New
Independent Tony Spencer893.3New
Majority68425.0Increase2.svg 1.8
Turnout 2,73429.5Decrease2.svg 3.7
Labour hold Swing

Wigan West ward

Local Elections 2018: Wigan West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Phyllis Mary Cullen 1,746 72.0 Increase2.svg 11.4
Conservative Jean Margaret Peet36315.0Increase2.svg 9.6
UKIP Nathan Alan Ryding1767.3Decrease2.svg 17.9
Democrats and Veterans Ronnie Clark1405.8New
Majority1,38357.0Increase2.svg 21.6
Turnout 2,42525.4Decrease2.svg 2.7
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. "Elections: Local elections". wigan.gov.uk. Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council . Retrieved 23 April 2018.