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Local Election Results 2007

Wigan

CA = Community Action
CPF = Community Performance First

Other results for Wigan: 2002 2003 2004 2006 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 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.)

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Consolidated results — Wigan 2007

Party Votes Percent Seats
Labour 30854 43.3% 16
Conservative 15023 21.1% 4
Community Action 11265 15.8% 3
Liberal Democrat 7211 10.1% 1
British National Party 2572 3.6% 0
Independent 2267 3.2% 1
Community Performance First 837 1.2% 0
Green Party 835 1.2% 0
UK Independence Party 337 0.5% 0

Abram

Eunice Smethurst Lab 1403 55.2%
John Shale CA 567 22.3%
Dennis Shambley BNP 309 12.2%
Marion Green C 264 10.4%

Ashton

Walter Carney CA 1423 45.4%
Ann Rampling Lab 1258 40.2%
Marie Winstanley C 256 8.2%
Violet Haslam BNP 195 6.2%

Aspull New Springs Whelley

Chris Ready Lab 1888 53.3%
Alan Robinson LD 1017 28.7%
Jim Waterworth C 463 13.1%
Norma Stout Grn 174 4.9%

Astley Mosley Common [Lab gain from LD]

Brendan Bowen Lab 1048 38.1%
Sean Ell C 821 29.8%
Peter Bowdler LD 665 24.2%
Ian Davies Grn 218 7.9%

Atherleigh

Mark Aldred Lab 1104 52.3%
Kevin Jones LD 640 30.3%
Dorothy Angell C 366 17.3%

Atherton [Lab gain from LD]

Norman Bradbury Lab 1456 45.5%
David Higginbottom LD 1211 37.8%
Lee Kendrick-Walker C 352 11.0%
Nicolas Redmond Grn 183 5.7%

Bryn [Ind gain from CA]

Gary Wilkes Ind 1667 52.4%
George Harrison Lab 1030 32.4%
Kenneth Haslam BNP 307 9.6%
Jonathan Cartwright C 179 5.6%

Douglas

Mike Dewhurst Lab 1338 58.2%
James Carmichael-Price CA 586 25.5%
Jean Peet C 374 16.3%

Golborne and Lowton West [Lab gain from CA]

Mark Kleive Lab 1520 56.6%
Kevin Williams CA 777 28.9%
James Grundy C 388 14.5%

Hindley [Lab gain from CA]

James Eccles-Churton Lab 1191 45.4%
Jim Ellis CA 1142 43.6%
William Winstanley C 289 11.0%

Hindley Green

Louise Fagan CA 741 31.5%
Martin Long Lab 710 30.2%
Bob Brierley CPF 654 27.8%
Margaret Winstanley C 245 10.4%

Ince

Joan Hurst Lab 1348 66.9%
Yvonne Maddison CA 458 22.7%
Anthony Hinds C 210 10.4%

Leigh East

Christine Cottam Lab 1204 48.5%
Gordon Jackson LD 778 31.3%
Andrew Oxley C 501 20.2%

Leigh South

John O'Brien Lab 1408 43.5%
Ian Franzen CA 774 23.9%
Rosina Oxley C 762 23.5%
Richard Close BNP 293 9.1%

Leigh West

Myra Whiteside Lab 1380 54.1%
Mandy Cooper Ind 600 23.5%
Denise Young C 289 11.3%
Stephen Ellison CA 280 11.0%

Lowton East

Jonathan Miller CA 1418 43.2%
Susan Greensmith Lab 1085 33.0%
Jeanette Leigh C 782 23.8%

Orrell

Michael Winstanley C 1686 45.4%
Mike Barnes Lab 1328 35.8%
Charles Mather BNP 534 14.4%
Peter Solinas CA 165 4.4%

Pemberton

Barbara Bourne Lab 1421 57.8%
Michael Leyland CA 409 16.6%
Chris Hilton BNP 333 13.5%
Stuart Foy C 295 12.0%

Shevington with Lower Ground [C gain from Lab]

Debbie Fairhurst C 1377 42.1%
Dave Brown Lab 1248 38.1%
John Atherton UKIP 337 10.3%
Darren Atherton LD 311 9.5%

Standish with Langtree

George Fairhurst C 2016 58.2%
Mike Crosby Lab 996 28.8%
June Garner LD 451 13.0%

Tyldesley

Keith McManus LD 1838 63.1%
Pamela Stewart Lab 447 15.3%
Hilary Hayden C 370 12.7%
Craig Cohen Grn 260 8.9%

Wigan Central

Jim Davies C 1406 44.3%
John Ball Lab 1050 33.1%
Martin Sutton LD 300 9.5%
Ronnie Barnes CA 218 6.9%
Gary Chadwick BNP 199 6.3%

Wigan West

Mike Baines Lab 1388 47.6%
Keith Jones C 563 19.3%
Philip Parkes CA 560 19.2%
Susan Mather BNP 402 13.8%

Winstanley

Rona Winkworth Lab 1224 43.5%
Leanne Brotherton CA 1109 39.4%
David Bowker C 482 17.1%

Worsley Mesnes

Billy Rotherham Lab 1381 55.5%
William Barnes CA 638 25.6%
Thomas Sutton C 287 11.5%
Anthony Unsworth CPF 183 7.4%

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