2021 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

2021 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

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26 of 75 seats to Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council 38 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader David Molyneux [1] Michael Winstanley [2] Party Labour Conservative Leader since 15 May 2018 [3] 11 May 2016 Leader's seat Ince Orrell Seats before 57 [4] 8 [5] Seats after 57 8 Seat change
2021 local election results in Wigan.   Labour   Conservative   Labour and Co-op   Independent   Independent Network

The 2021 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This election was held on the same day as other local elections. The election was originally due to take place on 7 May 2020, ^[6] but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ^[7] A by-election was held on the same day in Orrell ward to fill the seat left vacant by the death of Conservative councillor Richard Clayton. ^[8]

Overview

Prior to the election, the composition of the council was: ^[9]

• Labour Party: 57
• Conservative Party: 7
• Independent: 10
• Vacant: 1

After the election, the composition of the council was: ^[10]

• Labour Party: 57
• Conservative Party: 8
• Independent: 10

Number of Candidates fielded per party

Party	Number of Candidates
Labour Party	26
Conservative Party	26
Liberal Democrats	23
Independents	13
Leigh, Atherton & Tyldesley Together	6
UKIP	1
Reform UK	1
Standish Independents	1

Results summary

2021 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	19		73.1	38	57	76	37,261	49.8
	Conservative	4		15.4	4	8	10.7	22,788	30.4	13.4
	Independent	3		11.5	7	10	13.3	8,945	12.0	1.8
	Liberal Democrats	0		0	0	0	0	3,212	4.3	2.7
	Leigh, Altherton & Tyldesley Together	0		0	0	0	0	1,628	2.2	New
	Standish Independents	0		0	0	0	0	644	0.9	New
	UKIP	0		0	0	0	0	242	0.3	16.3
	Reform UK	0		0	0	0	0	121	0.2	New

Results

Bolton West constituency

Atherton ward

Local Elections 2021: Atherton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jamie Hodgkinson	1,669	50.4	0.9
	Labour	Julie Ann Hilling	998	30.2	3.2
	Conservative	Emily Jane Siddall	412	12.4	6.6
	Leigh, Atherton & Tyldesley Together	Quinton John Smith	231	7.0	New
Majority			671	20.2	4.1
Turnout			3,310	29.7	4.5
	Independent hold		Swing

Leigh constituency

Astley Mosley Common ward

Local Elections 2021: Astley Mosley Common

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paula Anne Wakefield	1,978	57.3	6.0
	Conservative	David John Stirzaker	1,476	42.7	18.2
Majority			502	14.6	12.2
Turnout			3,454	34.2	1.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Atherleigh ward

Local Elections 2021: Atherleigh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Arthur Harding	1,073	43.9	2.5
	Conservative	Paul Lambert Fairhurst	610	24.9	15.9
	Independent	Natasha Louise Hodgkinson	587	24.0	New
	Leigh, Atherton & Tyldesley Together	Zoë Irlam	112	4.6	New
	Liberal Democrats	Lorraine Gillon	63	2.6	0.5
Majority			463	19.0	4.2
Turnout			2,445	29.0	0.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Golborne and Lowton West ward

Local Elections 2021: Golborne and Lowton West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Yvonne Marie Klieve	1,619	56.2	14.0
	Conservative	Stanley Crook	925	32.1	25.0
	Independent	Susan Jillian Spibey	276	9.6	New
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Edward Witt	62	2.2	New
Majority			694	24.1	23.5
Turnout			2,882	32.0	4.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Leigh East ward

Local Elections 2021: Leigh East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Cunliffe	1,353	49.6	18.1
	Conservative	James Falle Geddes	584	21.4	1.4
	Independent	Trevor Barton	473	17.3	New
	Leigh, Atherton & Tyldesley Together	James Edward Morley	249	9.1	New
	Liberal Democrats	Lewis David Parkin	69	2.5	9.8
Majority			769	28.2	19.5
Turnout			2,728	29.4	3.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Leigh South ward

Local Elections 2021: Leigh South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Anderson	1,695	49.0	6.6
	Conservative	Joshua James Yates	1,423	41.1	25.3
	Leigh, Atherton & Tyldesley Together	Dave Fraser	213	6.2	New
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Paul Brooks	131	3.8	New
Majority			272	7.9	19.1
Turnout			3,462	33.3	1.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Leigh West ward

Local Elections 2021: Leigh West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sue Greensmith	1,582	56.6	3.4
	Conservative	Gerald Joseph Houlton	714	25.6	18.0
	Leigh, Atherton & Tyldesley Together	Jayson Michael Allan Lomax-Hargreaves	394	14.1	New
	Liberal Democrats	Sharron-Lee Honey	104	3.7	New
Majority			868	31.0	1.5
Turnout			2,794	25.6	1.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Lowton East ward

Local Elections 2021: Lowton East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marie Elizabeth Cooper	2,395	59.4	1.5
	Labour	Gary Peter Lloyd	1,516	37.6	8.5
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher John Noon	123	3.0	New
Majority			879	21.8	10.0
Turnout			4,034	38.6	1.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tyldesley ward

Local Elections 2021: Tyldesley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nazia Tabussam Rehman	1,559	48.7	10.2
	Conservative	Susan Atherton	771	24.1	11.0
	Leigh, Atherton & Tyldesley Together	Julian David Marsh	429	13.4	New
	Liberal Democrats	Jack Eiddon Davies	213	6.7	New
	Reform UK	James Anthony Fish	121	3.8	New
	Independent	Antonino Panebianco	105	3.3	New
Majority			788	24.6	16.6
Turnout			3,198	31.2	0.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Makerfield constituency

Abram ward

Local Elections 2021: Abram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martyn Smethurst	1,411	55.5	2.8
	Conservative	Beverley Anne Bridgwater	628	24.7	16.9
	Independent	David William Bowker	425	16.7	New
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Jack Simm	77	3.0	New
Majority			783	30.8	6.4
Turnout			2,541	23.7	1.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Ashton ward

Local Elections 2021: Ashton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Danny Fletcher	1,572	61.5	15.0
	Conservative	Edward Francis Sturdy	860	33.6	23.8
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Stephen Matthews	125	4.9	1.5
Majority			712	27.9	5.2
Turnout			2,557	29.3	0.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Bryn ward

Local Elections 2021: Bryn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Steve Jones	2,047	67.0	25.9
	Labour	Mary Gwendoline Callaghan	703	23.0	15.4
	Conservative	Judith Atherton	252	8.3	2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Denise Melling	51	1.7	New
Majority			1,344	44.0	41.3
Turnout			3,053	34.7	1.1
	Independent hold		Swing

Hindley ward

Local Elections 2021: Hindley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul John Blay	1,497	57.4	6.2
	Conservative	Mark Michael Temperton	422	16.2	10.7
	Independent	Alan Leslie Baines	305	11.7	New
	Independent	Hilda Bridget Byrne	292	11.2	New
	Liberal Democrats	John Charles Skipworth	91	3.5	0.7
Majority			1,075	41.2	27.7
Turnout			2,607	27.2	2.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Hindley Green ward

Local Elections 2021: Hindley Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Bob Brierley	1,066	40.7	16.6
	Labour	James Thomas Palmer	1,058	40.4	8.7
	Conservative	Paul John Chapman	455	17.4	12.5
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Trevor Suddick	37	1.4	4.8
Majority			8	0.3	25.3
Turnout			2,616	29.7	2.3
	Independent hold		Swing

Orrell ward

Local Elections 2021: Orrell (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marjorie Clayton (Elected to 2023)	1,540	46.2	3.0
	Conservative	Michael William Winstanley (Elected to 2022)	1,456	43.7	2.8
	Labour	Mark Ian Tebbutt	1,285	38.6	2.2
	Labour	Joseph Christopher Saunders	1,140	34.2	7.2
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Duncan Stevenson	225	6.8	3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart David Thomas	110	3.3	8.6
Majority			255	7.6	N/A
Turnout			3,332	35.1	0.2
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

In the percentage change column, the candidate with the most votes from each party is compared with the 2016 Orrell ward result, whilst the candidate with the least votes from each party is compared with the 2018 Orrell ward result.

Winstanley ward

Local Elections 2021: Winstanley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Terrence Kenny	1,614	58.1	9.9
	Conservative	Michael Colin Owens	801	28.8	16.9
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Duncan Stevenson	365	13.1	New
Majority			813	29.3	12.9
Turnout			2,780	30.5	1.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Worsley Mesnes ward

Local Elections 2021: Worsley Mesnes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Roland Hurst	1,549	64.1	4.2
	Conservative	Cyril Pendlebury	565	23.4	14.3
	Independent	Danny Cooke	242	10.0	New
	Liberal Democrats	John Parrott	61	2.5	New
Majority			984	40.7	9.7
Turnout			2,417	27.0	0.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Wigan constituency

Aspull, New Springs and Whelley ward

Local Elections 2021: Aspull, New Springs and Whelley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Laura Jean Flynn	1,736	50.8	2.0
	Conservative	Luke Christian Marsden	853	24.9	11.6
	Independent	John Arnold Hulme	719	21.0	New
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Julian Lee Holland	112	3.3	1.8
Majority			883	25.9	1.9
Turnout			3,420	34.4	0.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Douglas ward

Local Elections 2021: Douglas

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patricia Draper	1,535	70.1	14.0
	Conservative	Margaret Atherton	495	22.6	6.7
	Liberal Democrats	Donald John Macnamara	159	7.3	New
Majority			1,040	47.5	20.8
Turnout			2,189	22.9	0.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Ince ward

Local Elections 2021: Ince

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Trevor Molyneux	1,289	67.8	2.0
	Conservative	Allan Atherton	369	19.4	13.8
	UKIP	Jordan James Gaskell	242	12.7	15.9
Majority			920	48.4	11.2
Turnout			1,900	21.7	5.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Pemberton ward

Local Elections 2021: Pemberton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeanette Prescott	1,476	69.2	0.2
	Conservative	Jean Margaret Peet	477	22.4	16.6
	Liberal Democrats	David John Burley	180	8.4	New
Majority			999	46.8	0.9
Turnout			2,133	22.4	2.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Shevington with Lower Ground ward

Local Elections 2021: Shevington with Lower Ground

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael John Crosby	1,432	44.9	4.9
	Conservative	Gary Robinson	798	25.0	13.7
	Shevington Independents	Gareth William Fairhurst	739	23.2	3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Craig Duff Crombie-Fisher	220	6.9	New
Majority			634	19.9	6.1
Turnout			3,189	34.8	0.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Standish with Langtree ward

Local Elections 2021: Standish with Langtree

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Raymond Whittingham	1,997	54.7	22.3
	Labour	Dave Wood	911	25.0	0.4
	Standish Independents	Debbie Fairhurst	644	17.7	9.3
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Waddicor	96	2.6	New
Majority			1,086	29.7	24.3
Turnout			3,648	34.0	7.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

The "Standish Independents" description was used at the last election by the Wigan Independents, a separate political party.

Wigan Central ward

Local Elections 2021: Wigan Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lawrence Hunt	2,016	63.1	7.2
	Conservative	Joe Worthington	938	29.3	2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Benjamin James Thomas	243	7.6	0.6
Majority			1,078	33.8	5.0
Turnout			3,197	34.4	0.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Wigan West ward

Local Elections 2021: Wigan West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terrence William Halliwell	1,664	65.7	15.1
	Conservative	Marie Winstanley	572	22.6	3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Dyer	295	11.7	New
Majority			1,092	43.1	18.5
Turnout			2,531	26.2	1.7
	Labour hold		Swing

By-elections between 2021 and 2022

Leigh West ward

Leigh West, 14 October 2021 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Samantha Brown	1,004	55.9	2.0
	Conservative	James Geddes	432	24.1	8.7
	Leigh West Independent	Jayson Michael Allan Lomax-Hargreaves	257	14.3	9.5
	Liberal Democrats	Sharron-Lee Honey	103	5.7	0.8
Majority			572	31.8	1.7
Turnout			1,796	16.0	7.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Bryn ward

Bryn, 25 November 2021 ^{[12] [13] [14]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Samuel Flemming	429	31.2	8.2
	Independent	James Alan Richardson	412	30.0	New
	Independent	Gareth William Fairhurst	353	25.7	New
	Conservative	Paul Martin	142	10.3	2.1
	Liberal Democrats	David John Burley	38	2.8	1.1
Majority			17	1.2	N/A
Turnout			1,374	15.0	19.7
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

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