2016 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

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.

2016 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election
5 May 2016
 
Party Labour Conservative
2016 local election results in Wigan.
  Conservative
  Labour
  Labour and Co-operative
  Independent Network
  Independent

Overview
PartySeats won at ElectionTotal Seats on Council[2]±
Labour Party1865 1
Conservative Party35 2
Independents35 3
Number of Candidates fielded per party
Party Number
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
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Network Jamie Hodgkinson 1838 51.2
Labour Elnur Yusifzade 969 27
UKIP Quinton John Smith 567 15.8
Conservative Brian Howard Lobell 209 5.82
Rejected ballots 8 0.18
Majority 869 24.2
Turnout 3590 34.19

Makerfield constituency

Abram ward
Abram
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Martyn Smethurst 1495 58.2
UKIP Jim Carmichael 868 33.8
Conservative Claire Houlton 201 7.82
Rejected ballots 5 0.19
Majority 627 24.4
Turnout 2569 25.5

Ashton ward
Ashton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Bill Clarke 1204 46.45
Independent Richard Charles Aylett 616 23.77
UKIP Stuart Thomas Plimley 426 16.44
Conservative Marie Winstanley 253 9.76
Liberal Democrats Lesley Barbara Brothwood 89 3.43
Rejected ballots 4 0.15
Majority 588 22.68
Turnout 2592 29.57

Bryn ward
Bryn
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Steve Jones 1200 40.94
Labour David Hurst 1123 38.31
UKIP Thomas Keith Miller 438 14.94
Conservative Margaret Mary Winstanley 161 5.49
Rejected ballots 9 0.3
Majority 77 2.63
Turnout 2931 33.56

Hindley ward
Hindley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Paul John Blay 1413 51.01
Independent Jim Ellis 1040 37.55
Conservative David Marcus John Ollerton 153 5.52
Green Paul Ravenall 79 2.85
Liberal Democrats John Skipworth 76 2.74
Rejected ballots 9 0.32
Majority 373 13.47
Turnout 2770 29.38

Hindley Green ward
Hindley Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Bob Brierley 1480 57.08
Labour Eileen Winifred Rigby 820 31.62
Liberal Democrats John Thomason 159 6.13
Conservative Gerard Joseph Houlton 126 4.86
Rejected ballots 8 0.3
Majority 660 25.45
Turnout 2593 27.35

Orrell ward
Orrell
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Michael William Winstanley 1410 43
Labour Joy Susan Bradley 1333 40.65
Orrell Independents Paula Lynn Boyham 221 6.74
Green Denise Capstick 190 5.8
Liberal Democrats Louise Catherine Bowe 110 3.35
Rejected ballots 15 0.46
Majority 77 2.35
Turnout 3279 34.85

Winstanley ward
Winstanley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Paul Terence Kenny 1350 48
UKIP Andrew Francis Collinson 890 31.7
Conservative Jean Margaret Peet 334 11.9
Green Steven Charles Heyes 229 8.16
Rejected ballots 5 0.18
Majority 460 16.4
Turnout 2808 31.5

Worsley Mesnes ward
Worsley Mesnes
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Philip Myles Kelly 1449 59.8
UKIP Maureen McCoy 699 28.84
Conservative Susan Atherton 221 9.12
Rejected ballots 5 0.2
Majority 800 33
Turnout 2424 27.65

Leigh constituency

Astley Mosley Common ward
Astley Mosley Common
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Joanne Marie Platt 1548 51.3
Conservative Richard Allan Short 739 24.5
UKIP Steve Mills 731 24.2
Rejected ballots 0 0
Majority 809 26.8
Turnout 3018 32.95

Atherleigh ward
Atherleigh
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour John Harding 1067 46.17
Independent (politician) Stuart Andrew Gerrard 533 23.1
UKIP Luke Greenhalgh 446 19.3
Conservative Paul Lambert Fairhurst 207 8.96
Liberal Democrats Lorraine Gillon 49 2.12
Rejected ballots 9 0.4
Majority 534 23.12
Turnout 2311 28.15

Golborne Lowton West ward
Golborne Lowton West
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Yvonne Marie Klieve 1675 70
UKIP Peter Graham Kearns 540 22.5
Conservative Toby Joseph Hewitt 170 7.1
Rejected ballots 11 0.46
Majority 1135 47.4
Turnout 2396 27.78

Leigh East ward
Leigh East
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Keith Cunliffe 1513 67.18
Conservative Richard Byrom Houlton 446 19.8
Liberal Democrats John Dowsett 275 12.2change=
Rejected ballots 18 0.8
Majority 1067 47.4
Turnout 2252 25.53

Leigh South ward
Leigh South
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Charles Rigby 1773 55.48
UKIP Russell Eddison 913 28.6
Conservative Denise Alison Young 503 15.74
Rejected ballots 7 0.22
Majority 860 26.91
Turnout 3196 31.61

Leigh West ward
Leigh West
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Sue Greensmith 1610 60
UKIP Jayson Lomax-Hargreaves 738 27.5
Conservative Andrew John Oxley 205 7.64
Green Neil Hancox 129 4.8
Rejected ballots 2 0.08
Majority 872 30.09
Turnout 2684 26.84

Lowton East ward
Lowton East
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative James Nelson Grundy 2327 60.84
Labour Garry Lloyd 1110 29
UKIP Stephen Thomas Darragh 278 7.27
Green Harry John Alderson Snape 104 2.7
Rejected ballots 6 0.16
Majority 1217 31.82
Turnout 3825 40.28

Tyldesley ward
Tyldesley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Nazia Rehman 1235 38.4
UKIP Matthew Robert James 978 30.37
Independent Norman Alec Bradbury 572 17.8
Conservative David John Stirzaker 421 13.1
Rejected ballots 14 0.43
Majority 257 8
Turnout 3220 31.71

Wigan constituency

Aspull, New Springs and Whelley ward
Aspull, New Springs and Whelley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour John Hilton 1,805 52.8
UKIP Mark Andrew Bradley 985 28.8
Conservative Allan Atherton 456 13.3
Liberal Democrats Freda Janet Graham 175 5.1
Majority 820 24.0
Turnout 3,421 35.1
Labour hold Swing

Douglas ward
Douglas
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Patricia Draper 1,803 84.1
Conservative Margaret Atherton 340 15.9
Majority 1,463 68.3
Turnout 2,143 23.3
Labour hold Swing

Ince ward
Ince
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour David Trevor Molyneux 1,545 65.8
UKIP Stephen Winstanley 671 28.6
Conservative Judith Atherton 132 5.6
Majority 874 37.2
Turnout 2,348 27.3
Labour hold Swing

Pemberton ward
Pemberton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Jeanette Prescott 1,631 69.0
UKIP Peter Owen Wheatley-Smith 502 21.2
Conservative Daniel Andrew Whitehouse 137 5.8
Green Norma Stout 93 3.9
Majority 1,129 47.7
Turnout 2,363 24.9
Labour hold Swing

Shevington with Lower Ground ward
Shevington with Lower Ground
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Damian Edwardson 1,239 40.0
Shevington Independents Janet Brown 813 26.3
UKIP Arnold Jefferson Foster 584 18.9
Conservative Jack Joseph Vickery 349 11.3
Green Joseph Robert Rylance 112 3.6
Majority 426 13.8
Turnout 3,097 34.2
Labour hold Swing

Standish with Langtree ward
Standish with Langtree
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Raymond Whittingham 1,276 32.4
Standish Independents Gareth William Fairhurst 1,063 27.0
Labour Debbie Parkinson 968 24.6
UKIP Ian Adamczyk 579 14.7
TUSC Sharon Holden 54 1.4
Majority 213 5.4
Turnout 3,940 41.4
Conservative gain from Standish Independents Swing

Wigan Central ward
Wigan Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Lawrence Hunt 1,745 55.9
Conservative Susan Vickery 845 27.1
Green William John Patterson 311 10.0
Liberal Democrats Stuart David Thomas 221 7.0
Majority 900 28.8
Turnout 3,122 34.7
Labour hold Swing

Wigan West ward
Wigan West
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Terence William Halliwell 2,090 80.8
Conservative Jamie Vickery 497 19.2
Majority 1,593 61.6
Turnout 2,587 27.9
Labour hold Swing

By-elections between 2016 and 2018

Astley Mosley Common ward
Astley Mosley Common, 19th October 2017[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Paula Anne Wakefield 773 45.9
Conservative David John Stirzaker 604 35.9
UKIP Allan Hogg 185 11.0
Liberal Democrats Stuart David Thomas 73 4.3
Green Andy Prentice 46 2.7
Majority 169 10.0
Turnout 1,684 17.5
Labour hold Swing

Shevington with Lower Ground ward
Shevington with Lower Ground, 14 December 2017[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Marlaine Teresa Whitham 765 43.4
Independent Janet Brown 552 31.3
Conservative Callum David Owen Chadwick 402 22.8
Green Joseph Robert Rylance 30 1.7
Liberal Democrats Joshua Michael Hindle 15 0.9
Majority 213 12.1
Turnout 1,764 18.7
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. Cox, Charlotte (6 May 2016). "Wigan local election results 2016 - who won in Wigan?". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  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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