Local Election Results 2002
Wigan
One-third of council up for election. One Labour councillor was elected unopposed.
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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 |
32772 |
56.9% |
20 |
| Conservative |
9936 |
17.3% |
1 |
| Liberal Democrat |
6681 |
11.6% |
1 |
| Community Action |
5307 |
9.2% |
2 |
| Socialist Alliance |
1428 |
2.5% |
0 |
| Independent |
859 |
1.5% |
0 |
| British National Party |
571 |
1.0% |
0 |
| Eunice Smethurst |
Lab |
1631 |
65.4% |
| Dennis Shambley |
BNP |
571 |
22.9% |
| Alicia Eccles |
C |
292 |
11.7% |
| Andrew Bullen |
Lab |
1313 |
44.3% |
| Stanley Barnes |
CA |
1250 |
42.2% |
| Jonathan Cartwright |
C |
300 |
10.1% |
| Marian Markham |
SocAll |
100 |
3.4% |
| John Hilton |
Lab |
1584 |
44.3% |
| Trevor Beswick |
LD |
1091 |
30.5% |
| Barry Woolley |
C |
792 |
22.2% |
| Janet Phillips |
SocAll |
105 |
2.9% |
| Susan Loudon |
Lab |
1353 |
54.8% |
| Patricia Myler |
LD |
827 |
33.5% |
| Ann Davies |
C |
155 |
6.3% |
| Stephen Shallcross |
Ind |
132 |
5.4% |
| Frederic Walker |
Lab |
unop. |
|
| Garry Rankin |
Lab |
1416 |
58.0% |
| Malcolm Hudson |
LD |
774 |
31.7% |
| William Hurst |
Ind |
252 |
10.3% |
| John Hodgkinson |
CA |
1397 |
48.0% |
| Alan Melling |
Lab |
1311 |
45.1% |
| Marion Green |
C |
200 |
6.9% |
| William Shaw |
Lab |
1656 |
74.5% |
| Andre Walker |
C |
567 |
25.5% |
| William Simmons |
Lab |
1535 |
72.6% |
| Rosina Oxley |
C |
580 |
27.4% |
| Neil Hogg |
LD |
1724 |
55.5% |
| Philip Loudon |
Lab |
1024 |
33.0% |
| Stephen Hall |
Ind |
234 |
7.5% |
| Andrew Graham |
C |
125 |
4.0% |
| Kevin Anderson |
Lab |
1498 |
52.3% |
| Andrew Oxley |
C |
713 |
24.9% |
| Peter Solinas |
CA |
549 |
19.2% |
| Keith Fry |
SocAll |
104 |
3.6% |
| Joan Hurst |
Lab |
1231 |
76.6% |
| Michael Doherty |
SocAll |
200 |
12.4% |
| Robert Rees |
C |
176 |
11.0% |
| John O'Neill |
Lab |
1733 |
52.1% |
| Gareth Fairhurst |
C |
988 |
29.7% |
| Freda Graham |
LD |
607 |
18.2% |
| Lord Smith of Leigh |
Lab |
1298 |
71.7% |
| Timothy Matthews |
C |
301 |
16.6% |
| Daniel Burrows |
CA |
212 |
11.7% |
| Anne Turnock |
Lab |
1571 |
77.6% |
| Derek Davies |
C |
454 |
22.4% |
| Peter Franzen |
CA |
1899 |
44.6% |
| Tom Sherratt |
Lab |
1776 |
41.7% |
| James Grundy |
C |
581 |
13.7% |
| Christine Hitchen |
Lab |
1204 |
78.4% |
| Barry Conway |
SocAll |
332 |
21.6% |
| Jeanette Prescott |
Lab |
1017 |
83.9% |
| William Markham |
SocAll |
195 |
16.1% |
| Ernest Swift |
Lab |
1478 |
52.5% |
| Stuart Foy |
C |
1336 |
47.5% |
| James Davies |
C |
1189 |
40.4% |
| Susan Turner |
Lab |
1084 |
36.8% |
| Alan Robinson |
LD |
365 |
12.4% |
| Stephen Halsall |
Ind |
241 |
8.2% |
| Frances Thomas |
SocAll |
65 |
2.2% |
| Brian Wilson |
Lab |
1574 |
64.5% |
| Richard Derricutt |
LD |
866 |
35.5% |
| James Roberts |
Lab |
1391 |
71.1% |
| Jean Beswick |
LD |
427 |
21.8% |
| Judith Ford |
SocAll |
138 |
7.1% |
| William Evans |
Lab |
1667 |
65.1% |
| Richard Clayton |
C |
895 |
34.9% |
| William Rotherham |
Lab |
1427 |
74.8% |
| Thomas Sutton |
C |
292 |
15.3% |
| Jacqueline Pointon |
SocAll |
189 |
9.9% |
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