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Local Election Results 2008

Wigan

CA = Community Action

Other results for Wigan: 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 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 2008

Party Votes Percent Seats
Labour 26353 37.5% 12
Conservative 18360 26.1% 6
Community Action 9830 14.0% 2
Independent 6260 8.9% 4
Liberal Democrat 6054 8.6% 1
British National Party 2352 3.3% 0
UK Independence Party 912 1.3% 0
Respect - The Unity Coalition 222 0.3% 0

Abram

Eddie Russin Lab 1226 48.0%
John Shale CA 943 36.9%
Marion Green C 386 15.1%

Ashton

Paul Tushingham CA 1766 53.5%
Ann Rampling Lab 1111 33.6%
Marie Winstanley C 248 7.5%
Adrian Jones BNP 178 5.4%

Aspull New Springs Whelley

John Hilton Lab 1443 43.2%
Alan Robinson LD 1254 37.6%
Anthony Hind C 640 19.2%

Astley Mosley Common [C gain from Lab]

Sean Ell C 1207 42.3%
Brian Wilson Lab 1014 35.5%
Gavin Clements LD 634 22.2%

Atherleigh

Susan Loudon Lab 1246 59.2%
Abigail Solomon C 858 40.8%

Atherton [Ind gain from LD]

Bob Splaine Ind 976 29.6%
Elnur Yusifzade Lab 856 25.9%
David Higginbottom LD 821 24.9%
Michael Nicholls C 426 12.9%
Stephen Hall Respect 222 6.7%

Bryn [Ind gain from CA]

Don Hodgkinson Ind 1606 49.4%
Helen Ash Lab 765 23.5%
Clive Charles CA 394 12.1%
Ken Haslam BNP 284 8.7%
Malcolm Childs C 204 6.3%

Douglas

Joy Birch Lab 1170 51.7%
Anthony Unsworth CA 745 32.9%
Stephen Holt C 350 15.5%

Golborne and Lowton West [Lab gain from CA]

Yvonne Klieve Lab 1186 41.1%
Peter Franzen CA 1110 38.5%
John Oxley C 282 9.8%
Steven McEllenborough BNP 178 6.2%
Frank Davies Ind 129 4.5%

Hindley [Ind gain from Lab]

Jim Ellis Ind 1347 47.5%
Marcia Dooley Lab 696 24.6%
David Culshaw Ind 515 18.2%
Margaret Winstanley C 277 9.8%

Hindley Green [Ind gain from Lab]

Bob Brierley Ind 1105 44.8%
Martin Long Lab 655 26.6%
Stuart Foy C 353 14.3%
Rachel Fagan CA 351 14.2%

Ince

David Molyneux Lab 1180 61.0%
Syd Hall CA 479 24.8%
Raymond Whittingham C 275 14.2%

Leigh East

Keith Cunliffe Lab 981 44.2%
Dorothy Angell C 649 29.2%
Gordon Jackson LD 591 26.6%

Leigh South

Kevin Anderson Lab 1372 41.4%
Andrew Oxley C 1000 30.1%
Ian Franzen CA 476 14.3%
Gary Chadwick BNP 470 14.2%

Leigh West

Susan Greensmith Lab 1543 65.4%
Denise Young C 817 34.6%

Lowton East [C gain from CA]

James Grundy C 1972 53.7%
Sandy Franzen CA 943 25.7%
James Cowley Lab 758 20.6%

Orrell

Richard Clayton Sr C 1608 46.7%
Mike Barnes Lab 969 28.1%
Charles Mather BNP 548 15.9%
Richard Clayton Jr Ind 321 9.3%

Pemberton

Jeanette Prescott Lab 1387 56.0%
Mike Leyland CA 406 16.4%
Benjamin Gray C 350 14.1%
Chris Hilton BNP 334 13.5%

Shevington with Lower Ground [C gain from Lab]

Paul Liptrot C 1531 48.4%
Mike Crosby Lab 971 30.7%
Martin Sutton LD 251 7.9%
John Atherton UKIP 251 7.9%
Andy Sumner Ind 157 5.0%

Standish with Langtree [C gain from Lab]

Judith Atherton C 1710 50.9%
George Davies Lab 1039 30.9%
Alan Freeman UKIP 283 8.4%
June Garner LD 214 6.4%
Ronnie Barnes CA 116 3.5%

Tyldesley

Robert Bleakley LD 1827 66.4%
Barry Taylor Lab 612 22.2%
Hilary Hayden C 313 11.4%

Wigan Central

Henry Cadman C 1562 50.5%
Matthew Bullen Lab 940 30.4%
Keith Jones UKIP 378 12.2%
Leanne Brotherton CA 213 6.9%

Wigan West

Terence Halliwell Lab 1089 43.8%
Steven Surples C 471 18.9%
Darren Atherton LD 462 18.6%
Susan Mather BNP 360 14.5%
Mick Dahl Ind 104 4.2%

Winstanley

Stanley Barnes CA 1226 47.1%
Phil Kelly Lab 869 33.4%
Paula Thompson C 508 19.5%

Worsley Mesnes

Brian Baldwin Lab 1275 55.4%
Hannah Leyland CA 662 28.8%
Jonathan Cartwright C 363 15.8%

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