2018 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

2018 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

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25 of 75 seats to Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council 38 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Peter Smith Michael Winstanley Party Labour Conservative Leader since 1991 11 May 2016 Leader's seat Leigh West Orrell Seats before 65 5 Seats won 60 7 Seat change 5 2
2018 local election results in Wigan   Conservative   Labour   Independent Network   Independent

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.

Overview[]

Number of Candidates fielded per party

Party	Number
Labour Party (UK)	25
Conservative Party (UK)	25
Liberal Democrats (UK)	14
Independent politician	12
UK Independence Party	6
Green Party of England and Wales	3
Shevington Independents	1
Standish Independents	1
Democrats and Veterans	1

Party	Seats won at Election	Total Seats on Council	±
Labour Party (UK)	18	60	5
Conservative Party (UK)	3	7	2
Independent politician (including IN)	3	6	3
Standish Independents	0	1	1
Shevington Independents	1	1	1

Results[]

Bolton West constituency[]

Atherton ward[]

Atherton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Network	Stuart Gerrard	1779	53.65
	Labour	Karen Aldred	1197	36.1
	Conservative	Marjorie Clayton	334	10.1
Rejected ballots			6	0.18
Majority			582	17.6
Turnout			3316	30.66

Makerfield constituency[]

Abram ward[]

Abram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carl Sweeney	1,479	68.57
	Conservative	Beverley Bridgwater	404	18.73
	UKIP	Frank Swift	274	12.70
Rejected ballots			5	0.23
Majority			1075	49.84
Turnout			2157	20.74

Ashton ward[]

Ashton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Sykes	1,112	53.13
	Independent	Michael Moulding	793	37.92
	UKIP	Gillian Gibson	109	5.21
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Matthews	41	1.96
	Conservative	Marie Winstanley	36	1.72
Rejected ballots			2	0.1
Majority			319	15.24
Turnout			2093	23.54

Bryn ward[]

Bryn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Andrew Collinson	1,065	43.72
	Labour	Vicky Johnson	973	39.94
	Conservative	Judith Anderson	198	8.12
	UKIP	Philip Hayden	133	5.46
	Liberal Democrats	Denise Melling	67	2.75
Rejected ballots			2	0.08
Majority			92	3.78
Turnout			2438	27.58

Hindley ward[]

Hindley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jim Talbot	1,063	45.6
	Independent	Jim Ellis	905	38.8
	Conservative	Margaret Winstanley	206	8.83
	Green	Neil Hancox	86	3.7
	Liberal Democrats	John Skipworth	58	2.5
Rejected ballots			14	0.6
Majority			158	6.8
Turnout			2332	24.13

Hindley Green ward[]

Hindley Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Paul Maiden	976	41.44
	Labour	Gena Merrett	787	33.42
	Liberal Democrats	John Thomason	305	12.95
	Conservative	Jonathan Cartwright	287	12.19
Rejected ballots			5	0.21
Majority			189	8.0
Turnout			2360	27.35

Orrell ward[]

Orrell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Clayton	1,430	46.47
	Labour	Eileen Rigby	1273	41.37
	Liberal Democrats	Denise Capstick	367	11.92
Rejected ballots			7	0.23
Majority			157	5.10
Turnout			3077	32.24

Winstanley ward[]

Winstanley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clive Morgan	1,369	57.11
	Conservative	Daniel Whitehouse	509	21.23
	Green	Steven Heyes	195	8.14
	UKIP	Daniel Singleton	177	7.38
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Stevenson	114	4.76
Rejected ballots			6	0.25
Majority			887	37.0
Turnout			2397	26.15

Worsley Mesnes ward[]

Worsley Mesnes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patricia Holland	1,449	66.46
	UKIP	Maureen McCoy	327	15.0
	Conservative	Paul Chapman	314	14.40
	Liberal Democrats	Joshua Hindle	90	4.13
Rejected ballots			2	0.09
Majority			1122	51.46
Turnout			2180	24.07

Leigh constituency[]

Astley Mosley Common ward[]

Astley Mosley Common

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barry Taylor	1,349	52.43
	Conservative	Richard Short	1082	42.05
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Thomas	131	5.09
Rejected ballots			11	0.43
Majority			267	10.38
Turnout			2573	27.21

Atherleigh ward[]

Atherleigh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Debra Wailes	938	48.03
	Independent Network	Anthony Waite	550	28.16
	Conservative	Paul Fairhurst	394	20.17
	Liberal Democrats	Lorraine Gillon	68	3.48
Rejected ballots			3	0.15
Majority			388	19.87
Turnout			1953	23.44

Golborne Lowton West ward[]

Golborne Lowton West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Gambles	1,280	57.17
	Independent	William Heaton	612	27.33
	Conservative	Gerard Houlton	345	15.41
Rejected ballots			2	0.09
Majority			668	29.83
Turnout			2239	25.26

Leigh East ward[]

Leigh East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frederick Walker	1,189	59.21
	Conservative	Denise Young	518	25.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Dowsett	288	14.34
Rejected ballots			13	0.65
Majority			671	33.42
Turnout			2008	22.23

Leigh South ward[]

Leigh South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Rigby	1,531	53.9
	Conservative	Connor Short	1283	45.16
Rejected ballots			27	0.95
Majority			248	8.73
Turnout			2841	27.49

Leigh West ward[]

Leigh West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Smith	1,308	53.92
	Independent	Jayson Lomax-Hargreaves	578	23.83
	Conservative	Richard Houlton	374	15.42
	Liberal Democrats	Natalie Smalley	158	6.51
Rejected ballots			8	0.33
Majority			730	30.09
Turnout			2426	23.11

Lowton East ward[]

Lowton East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Houlton	2,099	60.49
	Labour	Garry Lloyd	1346	38.79
Rejected ballots			25	0.72
Majority			753	21.70
Turnout			3470	36.05

Tyldesley ward[]

Tyldesley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joanne Marshall	1,344	50.97
	Independent	Julian Marsh	706	26.77
	Conservative	David Stirzaker	587	22.26
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout

Wigan constituency[]

Aspull, New Springs and Whelley ward[]

Local Elections 2018: Aspull, New Springs and Whelley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ronald Conway	1,708	61.4	15.4
	Conservative	Michael Owens	764	27.5	16.0
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Holland	308	11.1	11.1
Majority			944	33.9	12.0
Turnout			2,780	28.2	5.0
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Douglas ward[]

Local Elections 2018: Douglas

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shirley 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	N/A

Ince ward[]

Local Elections 2018: Ince

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Moodie	1,273	69.2	12.4
	Independent	James O'Neill	379	20.6	20.6
	Conservative	Yamini Gupta	188	10.2	4.8
Majority			894	48.6	26.4
Turnout			1,840	20.7	5.3
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Pemberton ward[]

Local Elections 2018: Pemberton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Prescott	1,472	74.4	11.7
	Conservative	Susan Atherton	322	16.3	8.8
	Liberal Democrats	David Burley	185	9.3	9.3
Majority			1,150	58.1	22.1
Turnout			1,979	20.6	4.8
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Shevington with Lower Ground ward[]

Local Elections 2018: Shevington with Lower Ground

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Shevington Independents	Janet Brown	1,107	40.1	14.9
	Labour	Mike Crosby	1,045	37.9	4.6
	Conservative	Allan Atherton	487	17.7	6.5
	Green	Joseph Rylance	120	4.3	0.6
Majority			62	2.2	N/A
Turnout			2,759	29.6	3.9
	gain from Labour		Swing	5.2

Standish with Langtree ward[]

Local Elections 2018: Standish with Langtree

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Adam Marsh	1,200	36.8	17.5
	Labour	Debbie Parkinson	1,185	36.4	18.8
	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		Swing	16.7

Wigan Central ward[]

Local Elections 2018: Wigan Central

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

Wigan West ward[]

Local Elections 2018: Wigan West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Phyllis Cullen	1,746	72.0	11.4
	Conservative	Jean Peet	363	15.0	9.6
	UKIP	Nathan Ryding	176	7.3	17.9
	Democrats and Veterans	Ronnie Clark	140	5.8	5.8
Majority			1,383	57.0	21.6
Turnout			2,425	25.4	2.6
	Labour hold		Swing	14.7

References[]

External links[]

• Election results by ward