2011_Wigan_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_election

2011 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

2011 UK local government election

Elections to Wigan Council were held in May 2011. One-third of the council was up for election. These elections were held as part of the 2011 United Kingdom local elections.^[1]^[2]^[3]

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"Election 2011: Wigan council". BBC News Online. Retrieved 6 July 2012.

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"Local Election Results 05 May 2011". wiganmbc.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 July 2012.

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"Local Elections Archive Project: 2011 - Wigan". andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 6 July 2012.

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	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	21	6	0	+6	84.0	54.5	43,384	+8.6%
Independent	3	1	1	0	12.0	12.6	10,046	+5.2%
Ind. Conservative	1	0	1	-1	4.0	3.5	2,809	+0.4%
Conservative	0	0	2	-2	0.0	19.6	15,603	+0.8%
Community Action	0	0	2	-2	0.0	4.8	3,836	-3.2%
Liberal Democrats	0	0	1	-1	0.0	2.7	2,159	-6.2%
BNP	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.0	777	-5.5%
UKIP	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.6	498	-0.7%
TUSC	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.4	320	+0.4%
England First	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	114	+0.0%

Party		Previous council	New council
	Labour	52	58
	Independent	7	7
	Conservative	7	5
	Community Action	4	2
	Liberal Democrat	3	2
	Wigan Independent Conservative	2	1
	BNP	0	0
	UKIP	0	0
	Trade Unionist & Socialist	0	0
	England First	0	0
Total		75	75
Working majority		29	41

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eunice Smethurst	1,696	56.6	+3.8
	Independent	Sandra Atherton	774	25.8	+9.3
	Conservative	Marion Green	271	9.0	-3.3
	BNP	Dennis Shambley	242	8.1	-4.1
Rejected ballots			16	0.5	+0.2
Majority			922	30.7	-5.4
Turnout			2,999	28.2	-23.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joel Haddley	1,595	48.5	+9.7
	Independent	Walter Carney	710	21.6	+11.5
	Community Action	Leanne Brotherton	626	19.0	-15.7
	Conservative	Marie Winstanley	344	10.4	+0.4
Rejected ballots			17	0.5	+0.2
Majority			885	26.9	+22.9
Turnout			3,292	36.0	-27.1
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing	-0.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher Ready	2,509	65.7	+16.1
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Robinson	796	20.8	-2.4
	Conservative	Jane Surples	482	12.6	-6.0
Rejected ballots			34	0.9	+0.6
Majority			1,713	44.8	+18.5
Turnout			3,821	37.5	-26.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+9.2

2011_Wigan_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_election

2011 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

Election result

Ward results

Abram

Ashton

Aspull, New Springs, Whelley

Astley Mosley Common

Atherleigh

Atherton

Bryn

Douglas

Golborne Lowton West

Hindley

Hindley Green

Ince

Leigh East

Leigh South

Leigh West

Lowton East

Orrell

Pemberton

Shevington with Lower Ground

Standish with Langtree

Tyldesley

Wigan Central

Wigan West

Winstanley

Worsley Mesnes

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brendan Bowen	2,028	62.7	+23.1
	Conservative	Nasri Barghothi	1,158	35.8	+8.1
Rejected ballots			50	1.5	+0.8
Majority			870	26.9	+19.4
Turnout			3,236	34.4	-28.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Aldred	1,499	58.9	+15.6
	Independent	Jamie Hodgkinson	537	21.1	+11.6
	Conservative	Derek Davies	491	19.3	+0.8
Rejected ballots			18	0.7	+0.7
Majority			962	37.8	+13.0
Turnout			2,545	29.6	-26.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Norman Bradbury	1,517	42.6	+28.6
	Labour	David Welch	1,271	35.7	-9.5
	Conservative	Vivienne Lee	437	12.3	-3.5
	TUSC	Stephen Hall	320	9.0	+9.0
Rejected ballots			17	0.5	+0.0
Majority			246	6.9	-22.5
Turnout			3,562	32.3	-24.7
	Independent hold		Swing	+19.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Gary Wilkes	1,955	54.2	+24.2
	Labour	John Allen	1,363	37.8	-2.4
	Conservative	Stuart Foy	274	7.6	-1.7
Rejected ballots			17	0.5	+0.0
Majority			592	16.4	+6.2
Turnout			3,609	39.0	-23.4
	Independent hold		Swing	+13.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Dewhurst	1,867	71.9	+13.2
	Independent	Anthony Unsworth	393	15.1	+7.0
	Conservative	Margaret Atherton	321	12.4	-1.7
Rejected ballots			16	0.6	-0.1
Majority			1,474	56.8	+12.2
Turnout			2,597	26.5	-22.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stuart Keane	1,897	60.1	+10.2
	Community Action	Peter Franzen	849	26.9	-1.1
	Conservative	Kathleen Houlton	389	12.3	-2.8
Rejected ballots			19	0.6	+0.1
Majority			1,048	33.2	+11.3
Turnout			3,154	35.0	-22.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Churton	1,831	59.2	+9.9
	Independent	David Culshaw	1,000	32.3	+6.4
	Conservative	Stephen Holt	251	8.1	-3.6
Rejected ballots			12	0.4	-0.2
Majority			831	26.9	+3.5
Turnout			3,094	30.7	-22.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Francis Carmichael	1,185	39.7	+11.7
	Labour	Romana Kowalczuk	927	31.1	-0.4
	Community Action	Barry Fagan	626	21.0	+0.3
	Conservative	Margaret Winstanley	232	7.8	-3.5
Rejected ballots			14	0.5	-0.1
Majority			258	8.6	+5.1
Turnout			2,984	34.6	-27.1
	Independent gain from Community Action		Swing	+6.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janice Sharratt	1,679	66.5	+5.6
	BNP	Anthony Farrell	296	11.7	-1.8
	Independent	Brian Kenrick	243	9.6	+4.3
	Conservative	Raymond Whittingham	177	7.0	-2.5
	England First	Robert Hague	114	4.5	+1.3
Rejected ballots			17	0.7	+0.2
Majority			1,383	54.8	+7.5
Turnout			2,526	28.2	-20.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anita Thorpe	1,835	69.0	+20.9
	Conservative	Richard Short	785	29.5	+6.0
Rejected ballots			38	1.4	+0.4
Majority			1,050	39.5	+18.6
Turnout			2,658	28.5	-27.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.4

Leigh West^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Myra Whiteside	1,844	64.2	+17.7
	Independent	Brian Turrell	430	15.0	+5.1
	Conservative	John Oxley	334	11.6	+1.3
	BNP	Martin Grainey	239	8.3	-4.5
Rejected ballots			24	0.8	+0.3
Majority			1,414	49.3	+18.1
Turnout			2,871	26.3	-25.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.3

Pemberton^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barbara Bourne	1,864	70.9	+5.4
	Community Action	Michael Leyland	377	14.3	+5.2
	Conservative	Jonathan Cartwright	360	13.7	+1.1
Rejected ballots			29	1.1	+0.5
Majority			1,487	56.5	+3.6
Turnout			2,630	26.7	-23.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.1

Shevington with Lower Ground^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Collins	1,557	41.7	+7.4
	Conservative	Callum Chadwick	974	26.1	+4.0
	Ind. Conservative	Deborah Fairhurst	672	18.0	-1.1
	UKIP	Arnold Foster	498	13.3	+4.9
Rejected ballots			35	0.9	+0.5
Majority			583	15.6	+3.4
Turnout			3,736	39.9	-28.5
	Labour gain from Ind. Conservative		Swing	+1.7

Standish with Langtree^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Conservative	George Fairhurst	1,672	43.1	+27.5
	Labour	Andrew Birchall	1,336	34.4	+2.4
	Conservative	Steven Surples	848	21.8	-7.1
Rejected ballots			27	0.7	+0.5
Majority			336	8.7	+5.6
Turnout			3,883	39.8	-28.6
	Ind. Conservative hold		Swing	+12.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John O'Brien	2,180	61.5	+20.7
	Conservative	Stanley Walker	885	25.0	+6.0
	Community Action	Stuart Preston	450	12.7	+3.4
Rejected ballots			29	0.8	+0.4
Majority			1,295	36.5	+14.7
Turnout			3,544	34.2	-27.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pamela Gilligan	1,561	40.8	+2.8
	Conservative	Ed Houlton	1,546	40.4	+3.8
	Community Action	Ian Franzen	710	18.5	-6.6
Rejected ballots			11	0.3	+0.0
Majority			15	0.4	-1.0
Turnout			3,828	39.3	-26.3
	Labour gain from Community Action		Swing	-0.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Murphy	1,825	48.4	+2.3
	Conservative	Michael Winstanley	1,693	44.9	+7.7
	Independent	Brian Merry	236	6.3	+6.3
Rejected ballots			16	0.4	-0.5
Majority			132	3.5	-5.5
Turnout			3,770	40.5	-27.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	-2.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Hellier	1,529	46.8	+14.7
	Liberal Democrats	Keith McManus	1,363	41.7	+2.1
	Conservative	David Ollerton	357	10.9	-5.0
Rejected ballots			21	0.6	+0.4
Majority			166	5.1	-2.4
Turnout			3,270	31.9	-26.4
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+6.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael McLoughlin	1,684	47.6	+5.7
	Conservative	Jean Peet	1,161	32.8	+7.1
	Ind. Conservative	Gareth Fairhurst	465	13.1	-5.3
	Community Action	Robert Hall	198	5.6	+5.6
Rejected ballots			33	0.9	+0.1
Majority			523	14.8	-1.4
Turnout			3,541	37.8	-26.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	-0.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Dawber	2,301	74.6	+13.1
	Conservative	Barry Alder	739	23.7	+6.3
Rejected ballots			54	1.8	+0.9
Majority			1,571	50.9	+6.8
Turnout			3,085	30.7	-26.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rona Winkworth	1,509	47.9	+4.5
	Independent	Christine Shore	1,066	33.8	+11.3
	Conservative	Michael Nicholls	552	17.5	+2.5
Rejected ballots			24	0.8	+0.5
Majority			443	14.1	-6.8
Turnout			3,151	35.5	-29.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Rotherham	2,197	79.5	+15.0
	Conservative	Joseph Sheedy	551	19.9	+3.1
Rejected ballots			17	0.6	-0.2
Majority			1,646	59.5	+13.0
Turnout			2,765	30.6	-25.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.9