Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2016

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Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2016
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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.

Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council Local government body in England

The Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council is the local authority for the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in the United Kingdom. It consists of 75 Councillors with one-third being elected every three years in four. The borough is separated into 25 wards. Councillors are democratically accountable to the ward they are elected to represent. Each ward is represented on the council by three council members.

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Overview

PartySeats won at ElectionTotal Seats on Council [2] ±
Labour Party1865Increase2.svg 1
Conservative Party35Increase2.svg 2
Independents35Decrease2.svg 3
Number of Candidates fielded per party
PartyNumber
Labour Party (UK) 25
Conservative Party (UK) 25
UK Independence Party 18
Independent politician 10
Green Party of England and Wales 9
Liberal Democrats (UK) 7
TUSC 1

Results

Bolton West constituency

Atherton ward

Atherton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent NetworkJamie Hodgkinson183851.2
Labour Elnur Yusifzade96927
UKIP Quinton John Smith56715.8
Conservative Brian Howard Lobell2095.82
Rejected ballots80.18
Majority86924.2
Turnout 359034.19

Makerfield constituency

Abram ward

Abram
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Martyn Smethurst149558.2
UKIP Jim Carmichael86833.8
Conservative Claire Houlton2017.82
Rejected ballots50.19
Majority62724.4
Turnout 256925.5

Ashton ward

Ashton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Bill Clarke120446.45
Independent Richard Charles Aylett61623.77
UKIP Stuart Thomas Plimley42616.44
Conservative Marie Winstanley2539.76
Liberal Democrat 893.43
Rejected ballots40.15
Majority58822.68
Turnout 259229.57

Bryn ward

Bryn
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Steve Jones120040.94
Labour David Hurst112338.31
UKIP Thomas Keith Miller43814.94
Conservative Margaret Mary Winstanley1615.49
Rejected ballots90.3
Majority772.63
Turnout 293133.56

Hindley ward

Hindley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Paul John Blay141351.01
Independent Jim Ellis104037.55
Conservative David Marcus John Ollerton1535.52
Green Paul Ravenall792.85
Liberal Democrat John Skipworth762.74
Rejected ballots90.32
Majority37313.47
Turnout 277029.38

Hindley Green ward

Hindley Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Bob Brierley148057.08
Labour Eileen Winifred Rigby82031.62
Liberal Democrat John Thomason1596.13
Conservative Gerard Joseph Houlton1264.86
Rejected ballots80.3
Majority66025.45
Turnout 259327.35

Orrell ward

Orrell
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Michael William Winstanley141043
Labour Joy Susan Bradley133340.65
Orrell IndependentsPaula Lynn Boyham2216.74
Green Denise Capstick1905.8
Liberal Democrat Louise Catherine Bowe1103.35
Rejected ballots150.46
Majority772.35
Turnout 327934.85

Winstanley ward

Winstanley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Paul Terence Kenny135048
UKIP Andrew Francis Collinson89031.7
Conservative Jean Margaret Peet33411.9
Green Steven Charles Heyes2298.16
Rejected ballots50.18
Majority46016.4
Turnout 280831.5

Worsley Mesnes ward

Worsley Mesnes
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Philip Myles Kelly144959.8
UKIP Maureen McCoy69928.84
Conservative Susan Atherton2219.12
Rejected ballots50.2
Majority80033
Turnout 242427.65

Leigh constituency

Astley Mosley Common ward

Astley Mosley Common
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Joanne Marie Platt 154851.3
Conservative Richard Allan Short73924.5
UKIP Steve Mills73124.2
Rejected ballots00
Majority80926.8
Turnout 301832.95

Atherleigh ward

Atherleigh
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour John Harding106746.17
Independent (politician)Stuart Andrew Gerrard53323.1
UKIP Luke Greenhalgh44619.3
Conservative Paul Lambert Fairhurst2078.96
Liberal Democrat Lorraine Gillon492.12
Rejected ballots90.4
Majority53423.12
Turnout 231128.15

Golborne Lowton West ward

Golborne Lowton West
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Yvonne Marie Klieve167570
UKIP Peter Graham Kearns54022.5
Conservative Toby Joseph Hewitt1707.1
Rejected ballots110.46
Majority113547.4
Turnout 239627.78

Leigh East ward

Leigh East
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Keith Cunliffe151367.18
Conservative Richard Byrom Houlton44619.8
Liberal Democrat John Dowsett27512.2change=
Rejected ballots180.8
Majority106747.4
Turnout 225225.53

Leigh South ward

Leigh South
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Charles Rigby177355.48
UKIP Russell Eddison91328.6
Conservative Denise Alison Young50315.74
Rejected ballots70.22
Majority86026.91
Turnout 319631.61

Leigh West ward

Leigh West
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Sue Greensmith161060
UKIP Jayson Lomax-Hargreaves73827.5
Conservative Andrew John Oxley2057.64
Green Neil Hancox1294.8
Rejected ballots20.08
Majority87230.09
Turnout 268426.84

Lowton East ward

Lowton East
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative James Nelson Grundy232760.84
Labour Garry Lloyd111029
UKIP Stephen Thomas Darragh2787.27
Green Harry John Alderson Snape1042.7
Rejected ballots60.16
Majority121731.82
Turnout 382540.28

Tyldesley ward

Tyldesley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Nazia Rehman123538.4
UKIP Matthew Robert James97830.37
Independent Norman Alec Bradbury57217.8
Conservative David John Stirzaker42113.1
Rejected ballots140.43
Majority2578
Turnout 322031.71

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 Democrat 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
Majority1,46368.3
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
Majority42613.8
Turnout 3,09734.2
Labour hold Swing

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

Wigan Central ward

Wigan Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Lawrence Hunt 1,745 55.9
Conservative Susan Vickery84527.1
Green William John Patterson31110.0
Liberal Democrat 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, 19th October 2017 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Paula Anne Wakefield 773 45.9
Conservative David John Stirzaker60435.9
UKIP Allan Hogg18511.0
Liberal Democrat Stuart David Thomas734.3
Green Andy Prentice462.7
Majority16910.0
Turnout 1,68417.5
Labour hold Swing

Shevington with Lower Ground ward

Shevington with Lower Ground, 14th December 2017 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Marlaine Teresa Whitham 765 43.4
Independent Janet Brown55231.3
Conservative Callum David Owen Chadwick40222.8
Green Joseph Robert Rylance301.7
Liberal Democrat Joshua Michael Hindle150.9
Majority21312.1
Turnout 1,76418.7
Labour hold Swing

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References

  1. ↑ "Guide to May 2016 elections in Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland". BBC News. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  2. ↑ https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/local-elections-2016-results-wigan-11291918
  3. ↑ "Elections result 19 October 2017" (PDF). Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council . Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  4. ↑ "Elections result 14 December 2017" (PDF). Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council . Retrieved 28 December 2017.

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