Local Election Results 2006
Wigan
CA = Community Action
LCA = Legalise Cannabis Alliance
NP = New Party
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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 |
29588 |
42.9% |
14 |
| Conservative |
15014 |
21.8% |
4 |
| Community Action |
11622 |
16.9% |
4 |
| Liberal Democrat |
8142 |
11.8% |
3 |
| British National Party |
1948 |
2.8% |
0 |
| UK Independence Party |
1105 |
1.6% |
0 |
| Independent |
783 |
1.1% |
0 |
| Green Party |
610 |
0.9% |
0 |
| Legalise Cannabis Alliance |
91 |
0.1% |
0 |
| New Party |
45 |
0.1% |
0 |
| Carl Sweeney |
Lab |
1327 |
52.4% |
| John Shale |
CA |
541 |
21.4% |
| Dennis Shambley |
BNP |
421 |
16.6% |
| Marion Green |
C |
243 |
9.6% |
| Nigel Ash |
Lab |
1261 |
45.3% |
| Claire Daington |
CA |
1200 |
43.1% |
| Marie Winstanley |
C |
320 |
11.5% |
| Jean Beswick |
LD |
1403 |
43.8% |
| Michael McLoughlin |
Lab |
1291 |
40.3% |
| Deborah Fairhurst |
C |
506 |
15.8% |
| Joseph Haley |
LD |
1472 |
48.9% |
| Alan Stephenson |
Lab |
865 |
28.7% |
| Sean Ell |
C |
674 |
22.4% |
| Anne Turnock |
Lab |
906 |
46.0% |
| Peter Bowdler |
LD |
676 |
34.3% |
| Malcolm Parr |
C |
387 |
19.7% |
| Karen Aldred |
Lab |
1507 |
49.7% |
| Susan Wilson |
LD |
960 |
31.7% |
| Rosina Oxley |
C |
331 |
10.9% |
| Nicholas Redmond |
Grn |
232 |
7.7% |
| Brian Merry |
CA |
1429 |
45.3% |
| George Harrison |
Lab |
1050 |
33.3% |
| Kenneth Haslam |
BNP |
457 |
14.5% |
| William Winstanley |
C |
171 |
5.4% |
| Duane Phillips |
NP |
45 |
1.4% |
| Shirley Dewhurst |
Lab |
1369 |
59.5% |
| Edna Hulme |
CA |
933 |
40.5% |
| Gerard Bretherton |
Lab |
1410 |
52.0% |
| Peter Solinas |
CA |
953 |
35.2% |
| Jeanette Leigh |
C |
347 |
12.8% |
| James Talbot |
Lab |
1217 |
48.4% |
| Debbie Grace |
CA |
913 |
36.3% |
| Joan Pietre |
C |
387 |
15.4% |
| Barry Fagan |
CA |
1100 |
47.4% |
| John Holland |
Lab |
832 |
35.9% |
| Denise Young |
C |
388 |
16.7% |
| James Moodie |
Lab |
1279 |
61.2% |
| Syd Hall |
CA |
639 |
30.6% |
| Alicia Eccles |
C |
173 |
8.3% |
| Fred Walker |
Lab |
1120 |
46.1% |
| Gordon Jackson |
LD |
912 |
37.5% |
| Dorothy Angell |
C |
399 |
16.4% |
| Charles Rigby |
Lab |
1273 |
39.8% |
| Andrew Oxley |
C |
763 |
23.9% |
| Stephen Ellison |
CA |
621 |
19.4% |
| Richard Close |
BNP |
448 |
14.0% |
| Thomas Hampson |
LCA |
91 |
2.8% |
| Peter Smith |
Lab |
1377 |
54.9% |
| Kevin Jones |
LD |
721 |
28.7% |
| Alan Lowe |
C |
410 |
16.3% |
| Edward Houlton |
CA |
1075 |
34.1% |
| James Grundy |
C |
1041 |
33.0% |
| Trevor Ward |
Lab |
1034 |
32.8% |
| Peter Thompson |
C |
1308 |
38.4% |
| Michael Barnes |
Lab |
1266 |
37.2% |
| Charles Mather |
BNP |
622 |
18.3% |
| Stephen Hawkins |
UKIP |
208 |
6.1% |
| Paul Prescott |
Lab |
1452 |
64.8% |
| Robert Beale |
CA |
320 |
14.3% |
| Darren Atherton |
LD |
281 |
12.5% |
| Aspey David |
UKIP |
189 |
8.4% |
| Angela Bland |
C |
1827 |
58.2% |
| Michael Crosby |
Lab |
1311 |
41.8% |
| Neil Whittingham |
C |
1866 |
55.1% |
| Diana Davies |
Lab |
1029 |
30.4% |
| Gregory Atherton |
UKIP |
493 |
14.6% |
| Richard Derricutt |
LD |
1717 |
58.7% |
| Pamela Stewart |
Lab |
565 |
19.3% |
| Craig Cohen |
Grn |
378 |
12.9% |
| Hilary Hayden |
C |
266 |
9.1% |
| Gareth Fairhurst |
C |
1905 |
60.0% |
| Marcia Dooley |
Lab |
1270 |
40.0% |
| Joe Shaw |
Lab |
1354 |
49.2% |
| Philip Parkes |
Ind |
783 |
28.5% |
| Keith Jones |
C |
613 |
22.3% |
| William Wilkes |
CA |
1160 |
43.6% |
| Philip Kelly |
Lab |
905 |
34.0% |
| Jonathan Cartwright |
C |
382 |
14.4% |
| Alan Freeman |
UKIP |
215 |
8.1% |
| Patricia Holland |
Lab |
1318 |
55.8% |
| Leanne Brotherton |
CA |
738 |
31.2% |
| Thomas Sutton |
C |
307 |
13.0% |
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