Local Election Results 2012
Wigan
One-third of council up for election.
CA = Community Action
WiganBGS = Wigan Borough Green Socialists
WiganIC = Wigan Independent Conservatives
Other results for Wigan:
2002
2003
2004
2006
2007
2008
2010
2011
2014
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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.)
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Labour |
38432 |
56.2% |
18 |
| Independent |
10504 |
15.4% |
4 |
| Conservative |
9896 |
14.5% |
1 |
| Community Action |
2920 |
4.3% |
0 |
| Wigan Independent Conservatives |
2289 |
3.3% |
1 |
| Liberal Democrat |
2134 |
3.1% |
1 |
| British National Party |
1003 |
1.5% |
0 |
| Green Party |
517 |
0.8% |
0 |
| UK Independence Party |
450 |
0.7% |
0 |
| Wigan Borough Green Socialists |
190 |
0.3% |
0 |
| Martyn Smethurst |
Lab |
1577 |
58.4% |
| Ken Winstanley |
Ind |
601 |
22.2% |
| Dennis Shambley |
BNP |
239 |
8.8% |
| John Shale |
CA |
148 |
5.5% |
| Malcolm Childs |
C |
137 |
5.1% |
| Bill Clarke |
Lab |
1400 |
52.0% |
| Paul Tushingham |
Ind |
585 |
21.7% |
| Brian Merry |
Ind |
402 |
14.9% |
| Marie Winstanley |
C |
189 |
7.0% |
| Barry Longstaffe |
BNP |
118 |
4.4% |
| John Hilton |
Lab |
2241 |
70.2% |
| Jane Surples |
C |
502 |
15.7% |
| Alan Robinson |
LD |
450 |
14.1% |
| Joanne Platt |
Lab |
1810 |
70.0% |
| Nasi Barghothi |
C |
534 |
20.6% |
| Kath Valentine |
LD |
243 |
9.4% |
| Susan Loudon |
Lab |
982 |
47.4% |
| Stuart Gerrard |
Ind |
747 |
36.1% |
| Jim Kerfoot |
Ind |
343 |
16.6% |
| Jamie Hodgkinson |
Ind |
1695 |
51.4% |
| David Welch |
Lab |
1235 |
37.4% |
| Stephen Hall |
WiganBGS |
190 |
5.8% |
| Stephen Holt |
C |
179 |
5.4% |
| Don Hodgkinson |
Ind |
1516 |
50.3% |
| Trevor Allen |
Lab |
1352 |
44.9% |
| Stuart Peet |
C |
146 |
4.8% |
| Joy Birch |
Lab |
1774 |
78.1% |
| Anthony Unsworth |
Ind |
324 |
14.3% |
| Margaret Atherton |
C |
172 |
7.6% |
| Yvonne Klieve |
Lab |
1791 |
70.5% |
| Peter Franzen |
CA |
507 |
20.0% |
| Kathleen Houlton |
C |
241 |
9.5% |
| Jim Ellis |
Ind |
1279 |
46.4% |
| Allen Jones |
Lab |
1232 |
44.7% |
| Stephen Bradbury |
BNP |
131 |
4.8% |
| Steve Surples |
C |
115 |
4.2% |
| Bob Brierley |
Ind |
1251 |
49.9% |
| Maxine Read |
Lab |
796 |
31.8% |
| Barry Fagan |
CA |
354 |
14.1% |
| Margaret Winstanley |
C |
106 |
4.2% |
| David Molyneux |
Lab |
1790 |
80.7% |
| Henry Morgan |
BNP |
309 |
13.9% |
| Ray Whittingham |
C |
120 |
5.4% |
| Keith Cunliffe |
Lab |
1452 |
68.0% |
| Christopher Garfin |
Ind |
411 |
19.3% |
| Derek Davies |
C |
272 |
12.7% |
| Kevin Anderson |
Lab |
1811 |
63.6% |
| Richard Short |
C |
534 |
18.8% |
| Gary Chadwick |
Ind |
502 |
17.6% |
| Susan Greensmith |
Lab |
1761 |
67.6% |
| Brian Turrell |
Ind |
650 |
24.9% |
| Andrew Oxley |
C |
195 |
7.5% |
| James Grundy |
C |
1904 |
53.5% |
| Frank Bowker |
Lab |
1224 |
34.4% |
| Ian Franzen |
CA |
434 |
12.2% |
| Kelly Ready |
Lab |
1533 |
47.9% |
| Richard Clayton |
C |
1389 |
43.4% |
| Donald McQueen |
Grn |
280 |
8.7% |
| Jeanette Prescott |
Lab |
1996 |
80.1% |
| Mike Leyland |
CA |
291 |
11.7% |
| Jonathan Cartwright |
C |
205 |
8.2% |
| Damien Edwardson |
Lab |
1362 |
49.3% |
| Callum Chadwick |
C |
532 |
19.3% |
| Arnold Foster |
UKIP |
450 |
16.3% |
| Debbie Fairhurst |
WiganIC |
220 |
8.0% |
| Paul Liptrot |
Ind |
198 |
7.2% |
| Gareth Fairhurst |
WiganIC |
2069 |
57.9% |
| Sam Murphy |
Lab |
913 |
25.6% |
| Michael Winstanley |
C |
589 |
16.5% |
| Robert Bleakley |
LD |
1441 |
48.8% |
| Joanne Marshall |
Lab |
1303 |
44.2% |
| David Peacock |
BNP |
206 |
7.0% |
| Lol Hunt |
Lab |
1806 |
59.2% |
| Jean Peet |
C |
859 |
28.1% |
| Syd Hall |
CA |
388 |
12.7% |
| Terrance Halliwell |
Lab |
2115 |
83.8% |
| Oliver Barton |
C |
409 |
16.2% |
| Paul Kenny |
Lab |
1216 |
48.9% |
| Stan Barnes |
CA |
798 |
32.1% |
| Steven Heyes |
Grn |
237 |
9.5% |
| Michael Nicholls |
C |
234 |
9.4% |
| Phil Kelly |
Lab |
1960 |
85.5% |
| David Ollerton |
C |
333 |
14.5% |
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