1982_Wigan_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_election
Elections to the Wigan Council were held on Thursday, 6 May 1982, with one third of the council up for election. The newly formed Alliance made three gains, replacing the Conservatives as the main opposition to Labour. The Alliance massively increased upon the Liberals' past participation, contesting every ward, in marked contrast to a year in which candidate variety fell to a low, with only the former Labour councillor, standing again as Independent Labour in Hindley ward, not representing the three aforementioned choices. Overall turnout was down 2.6% to 33.6%.[1]
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 18 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 75.0 | 50.5 | 39,122 | -8.7% | |
Alliance | 4 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 16.7 | 29.2 | 22,670 | +22.4% | |
Conservative | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 | 18.9 | 14,692 | -10.1% | |
Independent Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 1,031 | -0.2% | |
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This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:
More information Party, Previous council ...
Party | Previous council | New council | |||
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Labour | 64 | 61 | |||
SDP-Liberal Alliance | 3 | 6 | |||
Conservatives | 5 | 5 | |||
Total | 72 | 72 | |||
Working majority | 56 | 50 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | I. McCartney | 2,447 | 73.9 | -0.0 | |
Alliance | M. O'Halloran | 507 | 15.3 | +15.3 | |
Conservative | J. Abrahams | 356 | 10.8 | -15.2 | |
Majority | 1,940 | 58.6 | +10.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,310 | 33.0 | +4.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -7.6 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | S. Lea | 1,452 | 53.7 | -15.5 | |
Alliance | K. Higham | 638 | 23.6 | +23.6 | |
Conservative | T. Lydon | 616 | 22.8 | -8.0 | |
Majority | 814 | 30.1 | -8.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,706 | 28.8 | -2.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -19.5 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Alliance | M. Rutherford | 1,867 | 42.5 | +23.3 | |
Labour | A. Hitchmough | 1,558 | 35.5 | -11.5 | |
Conservative | J. Holland | 967 | 22.0 | -11.8 | |
Majority | 309 | 7.0 | -6.1 | ||
Turnout | 4,392 | 43.6 | -2.9 | ||
Alliance gain from Labour | Swing | +17.4 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | L. Sumner | 1,758 | 54.7 | -22.1 | |
Alliance | W. Jones | 814 | 25.3 | +25.3 | |
Conservative | M. Sharland | 640 | 19.9 | -3.2 | |
Majority | 944 | 29.4 | -24.3 | ||
Turnout | 3,212 | 33.6 | -5.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -23.7 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | J. Prytharch | 1,627 | 43.7 | -13.9 | |
Alliance | B. Aitken | 1,116 | 30.0 | +30.0 | |
Conservative | C. Hampson | 982 | 26.4 | -16.1 | |
Majority | 511 | 13.7 | -1.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,725 | 38.3 | -3.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -21.9 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | G. Pullin | 1,603 | 56.0 | -17.9 | |
Alliance | S. Jeffers | 804 | 28.1 | +28.1 | |
Conservative | J. Wolstenholme | 457 | 16.0 | -10.1 | |
Majority | 799 | 27.9 | -19.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,864 | 32.1 | -0.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -23.0 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | R. Lyons | 1,768 | 51.0 | -23.5 | |
Alliance | J. Walter | 1,107 | 32.0 | +31.9 | |
Conservative | M. Jones | 589 | 17.0 | -8.4 | |
Majority | 661 | 19.1 | -30.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,464 | 35.5 | +6.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -27.7 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | J. Bray | 1,710 | 48.6 | +0.3 | |
Independent Labour | C. Priestley | 1,031 | 29.3 | -4.6 | |
Alliance | W. Hewer | 779 | 22.1 | +22.1 | |
Majority | 679 | 19.3 | +5.0 | ||
Turnout | 3,520 | 37.0 | -2.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.4 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | T. Wynn | 1,405 | 48.9 | -17.4 | |
Alliance | I. Collingwood | 763 | 26.5 | +26.5 | |
Conservative | D. Culshaw | 706 | 24.6 | +24.6 | |
Majority | 642 | 22.3 | -10.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,874 | 27.3 | +3.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -21.9 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | A. Wright | 1,617 | 46.7 | -21.9 | |
Alliance | S. Icke | 1,305 | 37.7 | +37.7 | |
Conservative | K. Mercer | 537 | 15.5 | -15.8 | |
Majority | 312 | 9.0 | -28.3 | ||
Turnout | 3,459 | 32.6 | -1.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -29.8 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | J. Hession | 1,635 | 42.6 | -14.5 | |
Conservative | E. Manson | 1,169 | 30.4 | -12.5 | |
Alliance | D. Ode | 1,037 | 27.0 | +27.0 | |
Majority | 466 | 12.2 | -2.0 | ||
Turnout | 3,841 | 40.3 | -4.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.0 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | A. Rowlandson | 1,597 | 72.0 | -5.9 | |
Alliance | P. Coleman | 470 | 21.2 | +21.2 | |
Conservative | J. Michaels | 150 | 6.8 | -15.2 | |
Majority | 1,127 | 50.8 | -5.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,217 | 26.8 | +1.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -13.5 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Alliance | P. Davies | 1,852 | 50.9 | +4.2 | |
Labour | T. Morris | 1,074 | 29.5 | -0.6 | |
Conservative | M. Clark | 715 | 19.6 | -3.6 | |
Majority | 778 | 21.4 | +4.8 | ||
Turnout | 3,641 | 36.0 | -13.8 | ||
Alliance hold | Swing | +2.4 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | P. Smith | 2,002 | 72.4 | -0.4 | |
Conservative | S. Emerton | 389 | 14.1 | -8.2 | |
Alliance | B. Miners | 375 | 13.6 | +13.6 | |
Majority | 1,613 | 58.3 | +7.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,766 | 30.9 | -4.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.3 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | T. Harper | 1,694 | 61.7 | +6.1 | |
Alliance | P. Knowles | 1,053 | 38.3 | +38.3 | |
Majority | 641 | 23.3 | +12.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,747 | 27.6 | -8.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -16.1 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | T. Sherratt | 1,988 | 53.4 | -13.3 | |
Conservative | A. Taylor | 915 | 24.6 | -8.7 | |
Alliance | J. Marsden | 822 | 22.1 | +22.1 | |
Majority | 1,073 | 28.8 | -4.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,725 | 37.4 | -12.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.3 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | J. Bridge | 1,717 | 65.5 | -12.4 | |
Alliance | N. Brenson | 535 | 20.4 | +20.4 | |
Conservative | S. Warren | 368 | 14.0 | -8.0 | |
Majority | 1,182 | 45.1 | -10.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,620 | 28.4 | +0.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -16.4 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | N. Turner | 1,961 | 79.9 | -1.7 | |
Alliance | B. Woolley | 320 | 13.0 | +4.8 | |
Conservative | T. Simms | 174 | 7.1 | -3.1 | |
Majority | 1,641 | 66.8 | -4.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,455 | 28.8 | -2.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.2 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. Hitchen | 1,522 | 40.1 | +1.6 | |
Labour | W. Cowley | 1,289 | 34.0 | -1.6 | |
Alliance | W. Hudson | 983 | 25.9 | +20.7 | |
Majority | 233 | 6.1 | +3.3 | ||
Turnout | 3,794 | 38.4 | -9.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.6 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | C. Giles | 1,710 | 47.0 | -7.5 | |
Labour | C. Cooke | 1,080 | 29.7 | +3.8 | |
Alliance | A. Short | 850 | 23.4 | +3.7 | |
Majority | 630 | 17.3 | -11.2 | ||
Turnout | 3,640 | 39.9 | +5.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -5.6 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Alliance | G. Pickthall | 1,759 | 51.0 | +34.5 | |
Labour | J. Burke | 1,692 | 49.0 | -8.8 | |
Majority | 67 | 1.9 | -30.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,451 | 36.2 | -5.1 | ||
Alliance gain from Labour | Swing | +21.6 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | W. Pendleton | 1,724 | 57.0 | -17.6 | |
Alliance | G. Derbyshire | 931 | 30.8 | +30.8 | |
Conservative | F. Sidebotham | 368 | 12.2 | -13.2 | |
Majority | 793 | 26.2 | -23.0 | ||
Turnout | 3,023 | 33.7 | +2.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -24.2 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Alliance | J. Fitzpatrick | 1,418 | 40.8 | +24.9 | |
Labour | E. Naylor | 1,081 | 31.1 | -6.3 | |
Conservative | T. Peet | 974 | 28.0 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 337 | 9.7 | -0.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,473 | 33.2 | -7.5 | ||
Alliance gain from Labour | Swing | +15.6 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | H. Milligan | 1,643 | 63.3 | -12.7 | |
Alliance | C. Hughes | 565 | 21.8 | +21.8 | |
Conservative | R. Rogers | 388 | 14.9 | -9.0 | |
Majority | 1,078 | 41.5 | -10.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,596 | 26.7 | -1.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -17.2 | |||
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- "Wigan Council results from 1973 to 2008" (PDF). wigan.gov.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 November 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2012.