2015 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2015 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections and the general election.

Overview[]

Party	Seats won at Election	Total Seats on Council^[2]	±
Labour Party	23	64	1
Conservative Party	1	3	1
Independents	1	8	2

Number of Candidates fielded per party ^[3]
Party	Number
Labour Party (UK)	25
Conservative Party (UK)	25
UK Independence Party	24
Green Party of England and Wales	9
Independent	8
Left Unity	8
Community Action Party	3
Liberal Democrats (UK)	2
TUSC	1

Results[]

Bolton West constituency[]

Atherton ward[]

Local Elections 2015: Atherton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Martin Luke Aldred	2508	39.8
	Independent	Norman Alec Bradbury	1989	31.6
	UKIP	Quinton John Smith	950	15.1
	Conservative	Toby Joseph Hewitt	788	12.5
	Left Unity	Craig Anthony Wilson	46	0.73
Rejected ballots			20	0.32
Majority			519	8.24
Turnout			6301

Makerfield constituency[]

Abram ward[]

Local Elections 2015: Abram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Eunice Smethurst	3217	58.6
	UKIP	Jim Carmichael-Prince	1584	28.85
	Conservative	Joanne Bradley	653	11.9
Rejected ballots			37	0.67
Majority			1633	29.74
Turnout			5491

Ashton ward[]

Local Elections 2015: Ashton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jennifer Bullen	2738	48.86
	UKIP	Alan Freeman	950	16.96
	Conservative	Marie Winstanley	833	14.87
	Community Action	Michael Moulding	749	13.37
	Independent	Peter Merry	318	5.68
Rejected ballots			14	0.25
Majority			1788	31.92
Turnout			5602

Bryn ward[]

Local Elections 2015: Bryn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Nathan George Murray	2245	39.3
	Independent	Gary Thomas Wilkes	1717	30.1
	UKIP	Stephen Jones	948	16.6
	Conservative	Judith Anderson	378	6.62
	Independent	David Wilkes	267	4.7
	Community Action	Catherine Aspey	141	2.47
Rejected ballots			12	0.21
Majority			528	9.25
Turnout			5708

Hindley ward[]

Local Elections 2015: Hindley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	James Eccles-Churton	2975	54.42
	UKIP	Sue Ellis	1457	26.7
	Conservative	Susan Atherton	712	13.02
	Liberal Democrats	John Charles Skipworth	295	5.4
Rejected ballots			28	0.51
Majority			1518	27.77
Turnout			5467

Hindley Green ward[]

Local Elections 2015: Hindley Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Frank Carmichael	2839	54.87
	UKIP	Sandra Margaret Atherton	1520	29.38
	Conservative	Gerard Joseph Houlton	788	15.23
Rejected ballots			27	0.52
Majority			1319	25.5
Turnout			5174

Orrell ward[]

Local Elections 2015: Orrell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Steve Murphy	2812	44.1
	Conservative	Michael William Winstanley	2257	35.4
	UKIP	Philip Easton	950	14.9
	Green	David Stazicker	325	5.1
Rejected ballots			24	0.38
Majority			545	8.55
Turnout			6378

Winstanley ward[]

Local Elections 2015: Winstanley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Marie Teresa Morgan	2898	49
	UKIP	Andrew Francis Collinson	1437	24.3
	Conservative	Allan Atherton	1182	20
	Green	Steven Charles Heyes	398	6.73
Rejected ballots			0	0
Majority			1461	24.7
Turnout			5915

Worsley Mesnes ward[]

Local Elections 2015: Worsley Mesnes
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Billy Rotherham	3039	59.15
	UKIP	Maureen McCoy	1332	26
	Conservative	Stephen Gerard Holt	566	11.02
	Green	Norma Stout	182	3.54
Rejected ballots			19	0.37
Majority			1707	33.22
Turnout			5138

Leigh constituency[]

Astley Mosley Common ward[]

Local Elections 2015: Astley Mosley Common
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Christine Lilian Roberts	2478	41.2
	Conservative	David John Stirzaker	1804	30.6
	UKIP	Joanne Bradley	1306	22.12
	Green	Clive James Robert Charles	290	4.91
Rejected ballots			25	0.42
Majority			674	11.42
Turnout			5903

Atherleigh ward[]

Local Elections 2015: Atherleigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mark Aldred	2310	47.85
	UKIP	Les Leggett	1005	20.8
	Conservative	Paul Lambert Fairhurst	859	17.8
	Independent	Stuart Andrew Gerrard	494	10.2
	Left Unity	Stephen Michael Hall	125	2.6
Rejected ballots			35	0.75
Majority			1305	27.03
Turnout			4828

Golborne and Lowton West ward[]

Local Elections 2015: Golborne and Lowton West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Stuart Arthur Keane	3046	60.14
	UKIP	Peter Graham Kearns	970	19.2
	Conservative	Brian Howard Lobell	793	15.7
	Community Action	Sophie Aspey	225	4.44
Rejected ballots			31	0.61
Majority			2076	41
Turnout			5065

Leigh East ward[]

Local Elections 2015: Leigh East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Anita Thorpe	2949	58
	UKIP	Gill Gibson	1088	21.4
	Conservative	Richard Byrom Houlton	888	17.46
	Left Unity	Graham Gifford	123	2.42
Rejected ballots			38	0.75
Majority			1861	38.6
Turnout			5086

Leigh South ward[]

Local Elections 2015: Leigh South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John David O'Brien	3200	51
	UKIP	Rod Halliwell	1547	24.6
	Conservative	1358	21.6
	Left Unity	Ian Heyes	135	2.15
Rejected ballots			47	0.75
Majority			1653	26.3
Turnout			6287

Leigh West ward[]

Local Elections 2015: Leigh West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Myra Joan Whiteside	3066	56.3
	UKIP	Mary Therese Lavelle	1418	26.03
	Conservative	Andrew John Oxley	645	11.8
	Green	Paula Unger	278	5.1
Rejected ballots			40	0.73
Majority			1648	30.26
Turnout			5447

Lowton East ward[]

Local Elections 2015: Lowton East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Kath Houlton	3228	49.72
	Labour	Pam Gilligan	2579	39.73
	Independent	Sandy Franzen	609	9.38
Rejected ballots			76	1.17
Majority			649	10
Turnout			6492

Tyldesley ward[]

Local Elections 2015: Tyldesley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Stephen John Hellier	2780	45.07
	UKIP	Matthew Robert James	1530	24.81
	Conservative	Sue Vickery	1198	19.42
	Liberal Democrats	Lorraine Gillon	353	5.72
	Green	Graham Unsworth	283	4.6
Rejected ballots			24	0.4
Majority			1250	20.3
Turnout			6168

Wigan constituency[]

Aspull, New Springs and Whelley ward[]

Local Elections 2015: Aspull, New Springs and Whelley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Chris Ready	3,534	55.3
	UKIP	Mark Andrew Bradley	1,416	22.2
	Conservative	Jane Surples	1,282	20.1
	Left Unity	John Stuart Bolton	156	2.4
Majority			2,118	33.2
Turnout			6,388	63.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Douglas ward[]

Local Elections 2015: Douglas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Michael Anthony Dewhurst	3,145	64.2
	UKIP	Derek Wilkes	1,130	23.1
	Conservative	Margaret Atherton	525	10.7
	Left Unity	Adele Joanne Andrews	98	2.0
Majority			2,015	41.1
Turnout			4,898	50.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Ince ward[]

Local Elections 2015: Ince
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Janice Sharratt	2,937	64.1
	UKIP	Ross Allan Wright	1,192	26.0
	Conservative	Callum Chadwick	352	7.7
	Left Unity	Janet Elizabeth Phillips	100	2.2
Majority			1,745	38.1
Turnout			4,581	50.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Pemberton ward[]

Local Elections 2015: Pemberton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sam Marc Murphy	3,154	62.9
	UKIP	Daniel Stephen Wood	1,099	21.9
	Conservative	Claire Houlton	547	10.9
	Green	Will Patterson	212	4.2
Majority			2,055	41.0
Turnout			5,012	50.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Shevington with Lower Ground ward[]

Local Elections 2015: Shevington with Lower Ground
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Paul Anthony Collins	2,717	43.5
	Conservative	David Ollerton	1,661	26.6
	UKIP	Arnold Jefferson Foster	1,439	23.1
	Green	Joseph Rylance	426	6.8
Majority			1,056	16.9
Turnout			6,243	67.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Standish with Langtree ward[]

Local Elections 2015: Standish with Langtree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Standish Independents	George Allan Fairhurst	1,999	30.3
	Conservative	Ray Whittingham	1,848	28.0
	Labour	Debbie Parkinson	1,735	26.3
	UKIP	Emma Josephine Appleton	923	14.0
	Trade Unionists and Socialists against cuts	Sharon Holden	99	1.4
Majority			151	2.3
Turnout			6,604	68.0
	Standish Independents hold		Swing

Wigan Central ward[]

Local Elections 2015: Wigan Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Michael McLoughlin	2,783	46.9
	Conservative	Jean Margaret Peet	1,391	23.4
	UKIP	Keith Robert Jones	1,228	20.7
	Green	Damien Hendry	443	7.5
	Independent	Brian Parr	90	1.5
Majority			1,392	23.5
Turnout			5,935	63.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Wigan West ward[]

Local Elections 2015: Wigan West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Steve Dawber	3,500	62.1
	UKIP	Janet Markland	1,203	21.3
	Conservative	Jamie Vickery	727	12.9
	Left Unity	Hazel Elizabeth Duffy	207	3.7
Majority			2,297	40.7
Turnout			5,637	57.5
	Labour hold		Swing

References[]

^ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
^ Kirby, Dean (8 May 2015). "Wigan local election results 2015: Labour young guns help keep town hall red". manchestereveningnews.co.uk. Archived from the original on 19 July 2015.
^ "Local Election Results". apps.wigan.gov.uk.

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[TEC-1] "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2015.

[2] Kirby, Dean (8 May 2015). "Wigan local election results 2015: Labour young guns help keep town hall red". manchestereveningnews.co.uk. Archived from the original on 19 July 2015.

[3] "Local Election Results". apps.wigan.gov.uk.

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