Local Election Results 2011
Wigan
CA = Community Action
EFP = England First Party
WiganBGS = Wigan Borough Green Socialists
WiganIC = Wigan Independent Conservatives (who stood under a variety of labels)
Other results for Wigan:
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2003
2004
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2007
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2018
2019
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2022
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2024
By-elections for Wigan (may be incomplete): 26th September 2002 (Leigh C.)
— 16th June 2005 (Douglas)
— 28th June 2007 (Tyldesley)
— 20th September 2007 (Wigan W.)
— 18th October 2007 (Wigan C.)
— 10th July 2008 (Wigan W.)
— 3rd March 2011 (Wigan C.)
— 4th April 2013 (Pemberton)
— 24th October 2013 (Winstanley)
— 13th November 2014 (Douglas)
— 19th October 2017 (Astley Mosley Common)
— 14th December 2017 (Shevington with Lower Ground)
— 14th October 2021 (Leigh W.)
— 25th November 2021 (Bryn)
— 15th December 2022 (Ashton)
— 4th July 2024 (Leigh S.)
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Labour |
43384 |
54.5% |
21 |
| Conservative |
15603 |
19.6% |
0 |
| Independent |
10046 |
12.6% |
3 |
| Community Action |
3836 |
4.8% |
0 |
| Wigan Independent Conservatives |
2809 |
3.5% |
1 |
| Liberal Democrat |
2159 |
2.7% |
0 |
| British National Party |
777 |
1.0% |
0 |
| UK Independence Party |
498 |
0.6% |
0 |
| Wigan Borough Green Socialists |
320 |
0.4% |
0 |
| England First Party |
114 |
0.1% |
0 |
| Eunice Smethurst |
Lab |
1696 |
56.9% |
| Sandra Atherton |
Ind |
774 |
25.9% |
| Marion Green |
C |
271 |
9.1% |
| Dennis Shambley |
BNP |
242 |
8.1% |
| Joel Haddley |
Lab |
1595 |
48.7% |
| Walter Carney |
Ind |
710 |
21.7% |
| Leanne Brotherton |
CA |
626 |
19.1% |
| Marie Winstanley |
C |
344 |
10.5% |
| Christopher Ready |
Lab |
2509 |
66.3% |
| Alan Robinson |
LD |
796 |
21.0% |
| Jane Surples |
C |
482 |
12.7% |
| Brendan Bowen |
Lab |
2028 |
63.7% |
| Nasri Barghothi |
C |
1158 |
36.3% |
| Mark Aldred |
Lab |
1499 |
59.3% |
| Jamie Hodgkinson |
Ind |
537 |
21.3% |
| Derek Davies |
C |
491 |
19.4% |
| Norman Bradbury |
Ind |
1517 |
42.8% |
| David Welch |
Lab |
1271 |
35.9% |
| Vivienne Lee |
C |
437 |
12.3% |
| Stephen Hall |
WiganBGS |
320 |
9.0% |
| Gary Wilkes |
Ind |
1955 |
54.4% |
| John Allen |
Lab |
1363 |
37.9% |
| Stuart Foy |
C |
274 |
7.6% |
| Michael Dewhurst |
Lab |
1867 |
72.3% |
| Anthony Unsworth |
Ind |
393 |
15.2% |
| Margaret Atherton |
C |
321 |
12.4% |
| Stuart Keane |
Lab |
1897 |
60.5% |
| Peter Franzen |
CA |
849 |
27.1% |
| Kathleen Houlton |
C |
389 |
12.4% |
| James Churton |
Lab |
1831 |
59.4% |
| David Culshaw |
Ind |
1000 |
32.4% |
| Stephen Holt |
C |
251 |
8.1% |
| Francis Carmichael |
Ind |
1185 |
39.9% |
| Romanna Kowalczuk |
Lab |
927 |
31.2% |
| Barry Fagan |
CA |
626 |
21.1% |
| Margaret Winstanley |
C |
232 |
7.8% |
| Janice Sharratt |
Lab |
1679 |
66.9% |
| Anthony Farrell |
BNP |
296 |
11.8% |
| Brian Kenrick |
Ind |
243 |
9.7% |
| Raymond Whittingham |
C |
177 |
7.1% |
| Robert Hague |
EFP |
114 |
4.5% |
| Anita Thorpe |
Lab |
1835 |
70.0% |
| Richard Short |
C |
785 |
30.0% |
| John O'Brien |
Lab |
2180 |
62.0% |
| Stanley Walker |
C |
885 |
25.2% |
| Stuart Preston |
CA |
450 |
12.8% |
| Myra Whiteside |
Lab |
1844 |
64.8% |
| Brian Turrell |
Ind |
430 |
15.1% |
| John Oxley |
C |
334 |
11.7% |
| Martin Grainey |
BNP |
239 |
8.4% |
| Pamela Gilligan |
Lab |
1561 |
40.9% |
| Edward Houlton |
C |
1546 |
40.5% |
| Ian Franzen |
CA |
710 |
18.6% |
| Stephen Murphy |
Lab |
1825 |
48.6% |
| Michael Winstanley |
C |
1693 |
45.1% |
| Brian Merry |
Ind |
236 |
6.3% |
| Barbara Bourne |
Lab |
1864 |
71.7% |
| Michael Leyland |
CA |
377 |
14.5% |
| Jonathan Cartwright |
C |
360 |
13.8% |
| Paul Collins |
Lab |
1557 |
42.1% |
| Callum Chadwick |
C |
974 |
26.3% |
| Deborah Fairhurst |
WiganIC |
672 |
18.2% |
| Arnold Foster |
UKIP |
498 |
13.5% |
| George Fairhurst |
WiganIC |
1672 |
43.4% |
| Andrew Birchall |
Lab |
1336 |
34.6% |
| Steven Surples |
C |
848 |
22.0% |
| Stephen Hellier |
Lab |
1529 |
47.1% |
| Keith McManus |
LD |
1363 |
42.0% |
| David Ollerton |
C |
357 |
11.0% |
| Michael McLoughlin |
Lab |
1684 |
48.0% |
| Jean Peet |
C |
1161 |
33.1% |
| Gareth Fairhurst |
WiganIC |
465 |
13.3% |
| Robert Hall |
CA |
198 |
5.6% |
| Stephen Dawber |
Lab |
2301 |
75.9% |
| Barry Alder |
C |
730 |
24.1% |
| Rona Winkworth |
Lab |
1509 |
48.3% |
| Christine Shore |
Ind |
1066 |
34.1% |
| Michael Nicholls |
C |
552 |
17.7% |
| William Rotherham |
Lab |
2197 |
79.9% |
| Joseph Sheedy |
C |
551 |
20.1% |
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