2018_Wigan_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_election

2018 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election
25 of 75 seats to Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council; 38 seats needed for a majority
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2018 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

2018 local election in England, UK

The 2018 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Quick Facts 25 of 75 seats to Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council 38 seats needed for a majority, First party ...

Results

Leigh constituency

Makerfield constituency

Wigan constituency

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"Elections: Local elections". wigan.gov.uk. Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 23 April 2018.

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Party	Number of Candidates
Labour Party (UK)	25
Conservative Party (UK)	25
Liberal Democrats (UK)	14
Independents	11
UKIP	6
Green Party of England and Wales	3
Wigan Independents	3
Democrats and Veterans	1

2018 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	18	5	72	42	60	80	32,512	52.3	1.2
	Conservative	3	2	12	4	7	9.3	14,980	24.1	7.5
	Independent	3	3	12	3	6	8	8,432	13.6	6.2
	Wigan Independents	1		4	1	2	2.7	2,109	3.4	0.1
	Liberal Democrats	0		0	0	0	0	2,343	3.8	2.8
	UKIP	0		0	0	0	0	1,196	1.9	14.1
	Green	0		0	0	0	0	401	0.6	0.2
	Democrats and Veterans	0		0	0	0	0	140	0.2	New

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Stuart Andrew Gerrard	1,779	53.7	*New*
	Labour	Karen Aldred	1,197	36.2	11.9
	Conservative	Marjorie Clayton	334	10.1	2.0
Majority			582	17.5	N/A
Turnout			3,310	30.7	3.2
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barry John Taylor	1,349	52.7	14.9
	Conservative	Richard Alan Short	1,082	42.2	9.8
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart David Thomas	131	5.1	New
Majority			267	10.5	24.7
Turnout			2,562	27.2	1.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Debra Susan Ann Wailes	938	48.1	1.4
	Independent	Anthony Thomas Waite	550	28.2	New
	Conservative	Paul Lambert Fairhurst	394	20.2	5.6
	Liberal Democrats	Lorraine Gillon	68	3.5	New
Majority			388	19.9	2.6
Turnout			1,950	23.4	3.3
	Labour hold		Swing

2018_Wigan_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_election

2018 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

Overview

Results summary

Results

Bolton West constituency

Atherton ward

Leigh constituency

Astley Mosley Common ward

Atherleigh ward

Golborne and Lowton West ward

Leigh East ward

Leigh South ward

Leigh West ward

Lowton East ward

Tyldesley ward

Makerfield constituency

Abram ward

Ashton ward

Bryn ward

Hindley ward

Hindley Green ward

Orrell ward

Winstanley ward

Worsley Mesnes ward

Wigan constituency

Aspull, New Springs and Whelley ward

Douglas ward

Ince ward

Pemberton ward

Shevington with Lower Ground ward

Standish with Langtree ward

Wigan Central ward

Wigan West ward

References

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Gambles	1,280	57.2	7.8
	Independent	William Kenneth Heaton	612	27.4	New
	Conservative	Gerard Joseph Houlton	345	15.4	1.0
Majority			668	29.8	16.6
Turnout			2,237	25.3	1.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frederick Brown Walker	1,189	59.6	11.3
	Conservative	Denise Alison Young	518	26.0	3.1
	Liberal Democrats	John Dowsett	288	14.4	New
Majority			671	33.6	8.2
Turnout			1,995	22.2	2.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Rigby	1,531	54.4	11.1
	Conservative	Connor Jack Short	1,283	45.6	11.1
Majority			248	8.8	22.2
Turnout			2,814	27.5	1.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Richard Charles Smith	1,308	54.1	21.2
	Independent	Jayson Michael Allan Lomax-Hargreaves	578	23.9	New
	Conservative	Richard Byrom Houlton	374	15.5	9.2
	Liberal Democrats	Natalie Smalley	158	6.5	New
Majority			730	30.2	20.4
Turnout			2,418	23.1	1.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Noel Houlton	2,099	60.9	14.7
	Labour	Garry Peter Lloyd	1,346	39.1	6.4
Majority			753	21.8	8.3
Turnout			3,445	36.1	1.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joanne Marshall	1,344	51.0	14.6
	Independent	Julian David Marsh	706	26.8	New
	Conservative	David John Stirzaker	587	22.3	2.5
Majority			638	24.2	21.6
Turnout			2,637	25.5	0.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carl Sweeney	1,479	68.7	11.3
	Conservative	Beverley Anne Bridgwater	404	18.8	12.3
	UKIP	Frank Thomas Swift	274	12.7	14.9
Majority			1,075	49.9	20.1
Turnout			2,152	20.7	4.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony John Sykes	1,112	53.2	10.9
	Independent	Michael Moulding	793	37.9	New
	UKIP	Gillian Mary Gibson	109	5.2	16.7
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Stephen Matthews	41	2.0	New
	Conservative	Marie Winstanley	36	1.7	4.6
Majority			319	15.3	5.1
Turnout			2,091	23.5	6.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Andrew Collinson	1,065	43.7	*New*
	Labour	Vicky Johnson	973	39.9	0.3
	Conservative	Judith Anderson	198	8.1	3.7
	UKIP	Philip Hayden	133	5.5	19.0
	Liberal Democrats	Denise Melling	67	2.8	7.0
Majority			92	3.8	N/A
Turnout			2,436	27.6	4.2
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jim Talbot	1,063	45.9	7.2
	Independent	Jim Ellis	905	39.0	New
	Conservative	Margaret Mary Winstanley	206	8.9	0.9
	Green	Neil Hancox	86	3.7	New
	Liberal Democrats	John Charles Skipworth	58	2.5	New
Majority			158	6.9	12.0
Turnout			2,318	24.1	2.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Local Elections 2018: Winstanley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clive William Morgan	1,396	58.4	14.3
	Conservative	Daniel Andrew Whitehouse	509	21.3	11.5
	Green	Steven Charles Heyes	195	8.2	0.4
	UKIP	Daniel John Singleton	177	7.4	25.3
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Duncan Stevenson	114	4.8	New
Majority			887	37.1	25.7
Turnout			2,391	26.2	3.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Local Elections 2018: Worsley Mesnes
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patricia Lynne Holland	1,449	66.5	6.1
	UKIP	Maureen McCoy	327	15.0	16.7
	Conservative	Paul Chapman	314	14.4	6.5
	Liberal Democrats	Joshua Hindle	90	4.1	New
Majority			1122	51.5	22.8
Turnout			2,180	24.1	4.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Local Elections 2018: Douglas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shirley Ann Dewhurst	1,551	78.6	18.6
	Conservative	Margaret Atherton	422	21.4	13.0
Majority			1,129	57.2	28.7
Turnout			1,973	20.8	4.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Local Elections 2018: Ince
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Moodie	1,273	69.2	12.4
	Independent	James O'Neill	379	20.6	New
	Conservative	Yamini Gupta	188	10.2	4.8
Majority			894	48.6	26.4
Turnout			1,840	20.7	5.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Paul Anthony Maiden	976	41.4	*New*
	Labour	Gena Merrett	787	33.4	10.5
	Liberal Democrats	John Thomason	305	13.0	New
	Conservative	Jonathan Charles Cartwright	287	12.2	3.1
Majority			189	8.0	N/A
Turnout			2,355	27.4	2.3
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Clayton	1,430	46.6	14.0
	Labour	Eileen Winifred Rigby	1,273	41.5	6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Denise Margaret Capstick	367	12.0	New
Majority			157	5.1	N/A
Turnout			3,070	32.2	1.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ronald Josef Conway	1,708	61.4	15.4
	Conservative	Michael Colin Owens	764	27.5	16.1
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Julian Lee Holland	308	11.1	New
Majority			944	33.9	12.0
Turnout			2,780	28.2	5.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Prescott	1,472	74.4	11.7
	Conservative	Susan Atherton	322	16.3	8.8
	Liberal Democrats	David John Burley	185	9.3	New
Majority			1,150	58.1	22.0
Turnout			1,979	20.6	4.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Shevington Independents	Janet Brown	1,107	40.1	14.8
	Labour	Mike Crosby	1,045	37.9	4.6
	Conservative	Allan Atherton	487	17.7	6.5
	Green	Joseph Robert Rylance	120	4.3	0.6
Majority			62	2.2	N/A
Turnout			2,759	29.6	3.9
	Shevington Independents gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Adam James Marsh	1,200	36.8	17.4
	Labour	Debbie Parkinson	1,185	36.4	18.5
	Standish Independents	Debbie Fairhurst	872	26.8	15.8
Majority			15	0.4	N/A
Turnout			3,257	33.3	3.4
	Conservative gain from Standish Independents		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Davies	1,518	55.5	3.7
	Conservative	Lewis David Evans	834	30.5	10.9
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Waddicor	163	6.0	New
	Wigan Independents	Gareth William Fairhurst	130	4.8	New
	Independent	Tony Spencer	89	3.3	New
Majority			684	25.0	1.8
Turnout			2,734	29.5	3.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Phyllis Mary Cullen	1,746	72.0	11.4
	Conservative	Jean Margaret Peet	363	15.0	9.6
	UKIP	Nathan Alan Ryding	176	7.3	17.9
	Democrats and Veterans	Ronnie Clark	140	5.8	New
Majority			1,383	57.0	21.6
Turnout			2,425	25.4	2.7
	Labour hold		Swing