Elections to Wigan Council were held on 10 June 2004. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2003 increasing the number of councillors by three. [1] The Labour party kept overall control of the council. [2] [3] [4]
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56.0 | 41.6 | 35,360 | -8.1% | |
Community Action | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 24.4 | 20,761 | +10.5% | |
Liberal Democrat | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.7 | 10.4 | 8,805 | -3.7% | |
Conservative | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.3 | 17.3 | 14,686 | +0.3% | |
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 1,831 | +0.4% | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 1,457 | +1.7% | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 1,180 | +1.4% |
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:
Party | Previous council | New council | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 60 | 42 | |||
Community Action | 5 | 18 | |||
Liberal Democrat | 4 | 8 | |||
Conservative | 3 | 7 | |||
BNP | 0 | 0 | |||
Independent | 0 | 0 | |||
Green | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 72 | 75 | |||
Working majority | 48 | 9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Audrey Bennett | 1,809 | 58.1 | N/A | |
Labour | Eunice Smethurst | 1,686 | |||
Labour | Carl Sweeney | 1,629 | |||
BNP | Dennis Shambley | 647 | 20.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Marion Green | 625 | 20.1 | N/A | |
Rejected ballots | 31 | 1.0 | N/A | ||
Majority | 982 | 37.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,112 | 31.7 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Community Action | Paul Tushingham | 2,366 | 57.8 | N/A | |
Community Action | Walter Carney | 2,302 | |||
Community Action | Claire Daington | 2,229 | |||
Labour | Nigel Ash | 1,302 | 31.8 | N/A | |
Labour | Barry Hampson | 1,029 | |||
Labour | Frederick Lever | 1,012 | |||
Conservative | Marie Winstanley | 402 | 9.8 | N/A | |
Rejected ballots | 22 | 0.5 | N/A | ||
Majority | 927 | 26.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,092 | 44.6 | N/A | ||
Community Action win (new seat) | |||||
Community Action win (new seat) | |||||
Community Action win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Hilton | 1,758 | 52.2 | N/A | |
Labour | Christopher Ready | 1,744 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Jean Beswick | 1,528 | 45.3 | N/A | |
Labour | James Roberts | 1,519 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Alan Robinson | 1,134 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Christopher Thomas | 1,030 | |||
Rejected ballots | 84 | 2.5 | N/A | ||
Majority | 9 | 6.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,370 | 34.6 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrat win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brian Wilson | 1,501 | 39.8 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrat | Glynnis Hogg | 1,367 | 36.2 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrat | Joseph Haley | 1,259 | |||
Liberal Democrat | John Stackhouse | 1,173 | |||
Labour | John Lea | 1,122 | |||
Labour | Alan Stephenson | 1,095 | |||
Green | Ian Davies | 870 | 23.0 | N/A | |
Rejected ballots | 37 | 1.0 | N/A | ||
Majority | 137 | 3.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,775 | 39.6 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrat win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrat win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Susan Loudon | 1,219 | 48.4 | N/A | |
Labour | Mark Aldred | 1,214 | |||
Labour | Anne Turnock | 1,207 | |||
Community Action | Francis Myler | 683 | 27.1 | N/A | |
Community Action | Patricia Myler | 680 | |||
Conservative | Ann Davies | 584 | 23.2 | N/A | |
Community Action | Gladys Wilkes | 442 | |||
Rejected ballots | 33 | 1.3 | N/A | ||
Majority | 524 | 21.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,519 | 33.7 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Robert Splaine | 1,705 | 42.9 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrat | David Higginbottom | 1,525 | |||
Labour | Karen Aldred | 1,487 | 37.5 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrat | Andrew Moore | 1,414 | |||
Labour | Philip Loudon | 1,320 | |||
Labour | Reginald Holmes | 1,292 | |||
Conservative | Malcolm Parr | 449 | 11.3 | N/A | |
Green | Nicholas Redmond | 310 | 7.8 | N/A | |
Rejected ballots | 19 | 0.5 | N/A | ||
Majority | 73 | 5.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,970 | 36.3 | N/A | ||
Liberal Democrat win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrat win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Community Action | John Hodgkinson | 2,370 | 60.2 | N/A | |
Community Action | Gary Wilkes | 2,297 | |||
Community Action | Brian Merry | 2,239 | |||
Labour | Mildred Millington | 1,233 | 31.3 | N/A | |
Labour | Alan Melling | 1,183 | |||
Labour | William Evans | 986 | |||
Conservative | William Winstanley | 323 | 8.2 | N/A | |
Rejected ballots | 11 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
Majority | 1,006 | 28.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,937 | 42.3 | N/A | ||
Community Action win (new seat) | |||||
Community Action win (new seat) | |||||
Community Action win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joy Birch | 1,427 | 51.3 | N/A | |
Labour | Christine Hitchen | 1,347 | |||
Labour | Margaret Coghlin | 1,318 | |||
Community Action | Lucy Beale | 1,296 | 46.6 | N/A | |
Community Action | Robert Beale | 1,287 | |||
Community Action | Janette Thomas | 1,223 | |||
Rejected ballots | 61 | 2.2 | N/A | ||
Majority | 131 | 4.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,784 | 30.2 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Community Action | Peter Franzen | 1,639 | 49.4 | N/A | |
Community Action | Kevin Williams | 1,414 | |||
Community Action | Peter Solinas | 1,413 | |||
Labour | David Kelly | 1,298 | 39.1 | N/A | |
Labour | Martin King | 1,258 | |||
Labour | Gerard Bretherton | 1,216 | |||
Conservative | Rosina Oxley | 355 | 10.7 | N/A | |
Rejected ballots | 24 | 0.7 | N/A | ||
Majority | 115 | 10.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,316 | 38.3 | N/A | ||
Community Action win (new seat) | |||||
Community Action win (new seat) | |||||
Community Action win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alfred Robinson | 1,578 | 39.1 | N/A | |
Community Action | James Ellis | 1,153 | 28.6 | N/A | |
Community Action | Dorothy Grace | 1,134 | |||
Labour | John Holland | 1,041 | |||
Labour | Stephen Murphy | 1,024 | |||
Independent | David Culshaw | 874 | 21.7 | N/A | |
Community Action | Edward Houlton | 614 | |||
Conservative | Dorothy Angell | 403 | 10.0 | N/A | |
Rejected ballots | 25 | 0.6 | N/A | ||
Majority | 93 | 10.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,033 | 45.1 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Community Action win (new seat) | |||||
Community Action win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Simmons | 1,272 | 35.0 | N/A | |
Community Action | Robert Brierley | 1,264 | 34.8 | N/A | |
Community Action | Barry Fagan | 1,231 | |||
Labour | Gordon Jackson | 898 | |||
Labour | John Phillips | 895 | |||
Community Action | Adele Wilkes | 750 | |||
Independent | John Vickers | 583 | 16.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Andre Walker | 489 | 13.5 | N/A | |
Rejected ballots | 25 | 0.7 | N/A | ||
Majority | 333 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,633 | 42.0 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Community Action win (new seat) | |||||
Community Action win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Molyneux | 1,494 | 66.5 | N/A | |
Labour | Joan Hurst | 1,368 | |||
Labour | James Moodie | 1,132 | |||
Community Action | Constantine Winstanley | 694 | 30.9 | N/A | |
Community Action | Robert Hall | 667 | |||
Community Action | David Hall | 651 | |||
Rejected ballots | 59 | 2.6 | N/A | ||
Majority | 438 | 35.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,247 | 26.3 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Keith Cunliffe | 1,407 | 46.5 | N/A | |
Labour | Brian Jarvis | 1,299 | |||
Labour | Frederick Walker | 1,081 | |||
Community Action | Stuart Winstanley | 943 | 31.2 | N/A | |
Community Action | Peter O'Connell | 843 | |||
Conservative | Derek Davies | 644 | 21.3 | N/A | |
Community Action | Natalie Franzen | 595 | |||
Rejected ballots | 30 | 1.0 | N/A | ||
Majority | 138 | 15.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,024 | 34.1 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Keith Anderson | 1,547 | 40.6 | N/A | |
Labour | John O'Brien | 1,465 | |||
Labour | Charles Rigby | 1,429 | |||
Community Action | Stephen Ellison | 1,175 | 30.9 | N/A | |
Community Action | Janice Solinas | 1,094 | |||
Community Action | Irene Franzen | 1,041 | |||
Conservative | Andrew Oxley | 1,030 | 27.1 | N/A | |
Rejected ballots | 54 | 1.4 | N/A | ||
Majority | 254 | 9.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,806 | 37.2 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Barbara Jarvis | 1,708 | 58.1 | N/A | |
Labour | Myra Whiteside | 1,624 | |||
Labour | Peter Smith | 1,506 | |||
Community Action | Daniel Burrows | 669 | 22.7 | N/A | |
Community Action | Yvonne Lavelle | 549 | |||
BNP | Richard Close | 513 | 17.4 | N/A | |
Community Action | Ian Franzen | 508 | |||
Rejected ballots | 51 | 1.7 | N/A | ||
Majority | 837 | 35.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,941 | 27.7 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Community Action | Ian Franzen | 1,793 | 44.6 | N/A | |
Community Action | Jonathan Miller | 1,730 | |||
Community Action | James Lavelle | 1,516 | |||
Labour | Lynne Liptrot | 1,289 | 32.0 | N/A | |
Labour | Eric Waterworth | 1,179 | |||
Labour | Christine Cottam | 1,062 | |||
Conservative | James Grundy | 879 | 21.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Jeanette Leigh | 792 | |||
Conservative | Alan Lowe | 647 | |||
Rejected ballots | 63 | 1.6 | N/A | ||
Majority | 227 | 12.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,024 | 40.9 | N/A | ||
Community Action win (new seat) | |||||
Community Action win (new seat) | |||||
Community Action win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Clayton | 1,747 | 39.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Michael Winstanley | 1,520 | |||
Labour | Ernest Swift | 1,402 | 31.6 | N/A | |
Labour | Michael Barnes | 1,381 | |||
Labour | Rodney Stockwell | 1,313 | |||
Conservative | Hazel Shields | 1,285 | |||
BNP | Charles Mather | 671 | 15.1 | N/A | |
Community Action | Alan Freeman | 595 | 13.4 | N/A | |
Community Action | Tracy Lavelle | 420 | |||
Community Action | Sean Ashdown | 395 | |||
Rejected ballots | 19 | 0.4 | N/A | ||
Majority | 117 | 7.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,434 | 49.5 | N/A | ||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jeanette Prescott | 1,419 | 46.7 | N/A | |
Labour | Barbara Bourne | 1,381 | |||
Labour | Paul Prescott | 1,314 | |||
Community Action | Margaret Crank | 1,140 | 37.5 | N/A | |
Community Action | William Burrows | 1,096 | |||
Community Action | John Hulme | 1,025 | |||
Conservative | Jonathan Cartwright | 439 | 14.5 | N/A | |
Rejected ballots | 38 | 1.3 | N/A | ||
Majority | 174 | 9.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,036 | 31.1 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John O'Neill | 1,843 | 45.3 | N/A | |
Labour | David Brown | 1,468 | |||
Labour | Michael Crosby | 1,461 | |||
Conservative | Elizabeth Beasleigh | 1,456 | 35.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Deborah Fairhurst | 1,288 | |||
Conservative | Barry Alder | 1,191 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Martin Sutton | 739 | 18.2 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrat | Freda Graham | 664 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Solveiq Gaber | 607 | |||
Rejected ballots | 31 | 0.8 | N/A | ||
Majority | 5 | 9.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,069 | 44.0 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Davies | 1,383 | 34.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | George Fairhurst | 1,325 | 33.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Jessica Downer | 1,278 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Raymond Murphy | 1,254 | 31.4 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrat | Trevor Beswick | 1,202 | |||
Labour | Thomas Morris | 1,197 | |||
Conservative | Barry Woolley | 1,185 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Maureen Garner | 1,066 | |||
Labour | Michael McLoughlin | 953 | |||
Rejected ballots | 29 | 0.7 | N/A | ||
Majority | 24 | 1.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,991 | 42.5 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Neil Hogg | 2,212 | 54.7 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrat | Keith McManus | 1,976 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Richard Derricutt | 1,768 | |||
Labour | Stephen Hellier | 1,350 | 33.4 | N/A | |
Labour | David Boydell | 1,212 | |||
Labour | Richard Evans | 1,027 | |||
Conservative | Deborah Woodcock | 457 | 11.3 | N/A | |
Rejected ballots | 23 | 0.6 | N/A | ||
Majority | 418 | 21.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,042 | 40.1 | N/A | ||
Liberal Democrat win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrat win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrat win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Cadman | 2,130 | 54.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | James Davies | 2,089 | |||
Conservative | Gareth Fairhurst | 1,961 | |||
Labour | Richard Walsh | 1,694 | 43.0 | N/A | |
Labour | Susan Turner | 1,668 | |||
Labour | John Ball | 1,502 | |||
Rejected ballots | 116 | 2.9 | N/A | ||
Majority | 267 | 11.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,940 | 43.2 | N/A | ||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Terence Halliwell | Uncontested | N/A | N/A | |
Labour | Joe Shaw | Uncontested | N/A | N/A | |
Labour | David Willis | Uncontested | N/A | N/A | |
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Community Action | Stanley Barnes | 1,810 | 48.3 | N/A | |
Labour | Rona Winkworth | 1,393 | 37.2 | N/A | |
Community Action | William Wilkes | 1,330 | |||
Community Action | Ronald Barnes | 1,299 | |||
Labour | Philip Kelly | 1,000 | |||
Labour | Robin Atkinson | 993 | |||
Conservative | Matthew Sephton | 525 | 14.0 | N/A | |
Rejected ballots | 16 | 0.4 | N/A | ||
Majority | 330 | 11.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,744 | 42.6 | N/A | ||
Community Action win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Community Action win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joseph Baldwin | 1,547 | 48.9 | N/A | |
Labour | William Rotherham | 1,540 | |||
Labour | Wilfred Brogan | 1,498 | |||
Community Action | Susan Barnes | 1,171 | 37.0 | N/A | |
Community Action | William Barnes | 1,115 | |||
Community Action | Stephen Wilkes | 966 | |||
Conservative | Thomas Sutton | 424 | 13.4 | N/A | |
Rejected ballots | 24 | 0.8 | N/A | ||
Majority | 327 | 11.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,166 | 36.0 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael Dewhurst | 916 | 48.5 | -2.8 | |
Community Action | Robert Beale | 788 | 41.8 | -4.8 | |
Conservative | Jean Peet | 101 | 5.4 | +5.4 | |
BNP | Dennis Shambley | 47 | 2.5 | +2.5 | |
UKIP | Gregory Atherton | 35 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
Majority | 128 | 6.7 | +2.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,887 | 20.4 | -9.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.0 |
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