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Local Election Results 2015

Wigan

One-third of council up for election.

CA = Community Action
LftUnity = Left Unity
WgnIndNk = Wigan Independent Network
WiganIC = Wigan Independent Conservatives

Other results for Wigan: 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 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 2015

Party Votes Percent Seats
Labour 71184 50.4% 23
UK Independence Party 29622 21.0% 0
Conservative 27273 19.3% 1
Wigan Independent Network 4200 3.0% 0
Green Party 2837 2.0% 0
Wigan Independent Conservatives 2608 1.8% 1
Community Action 1115 0.8% 0
Left Unity 990 0.7% 0
Independent 675 0.5% 0
Liberal Democrat 648 0.5% 0
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 99 0.1% 0

Abram

Eunice Smethurst Lab 3217 59.0%
Jim Carmichael-Prince UKIP 1584 29.0%
Margaret Winstanley C 653 12.0%

Ashton

Jenny Bullen Lab 2738 49.0%
Alan Freeman UKIP 950 17.0%
Marie Winstanley C 833 14.9%
Michael Moulding CA 749 13.4%
Peter Merry Ind 318 5.7%

Aspull New Springs Whelley

Chris Ready Lab 3534 55.3%
Mark Bradley UKIP 1416 22.2%
Jane Surples C 1282 20.1%
John Bolton LftUnity 156 2.4%

Astley Mosley Common

Christine Roberts Lab 2478 42.2%
David Stirzaker C 1804 30.7%
Joanne Bradley UKIP 1306 22.2%
Clive Charles Grn 290 4.9%

Atherleigh

Mark Aldred Lab 2310 48.2%
Les Leggett UKIP 1005 21.0%
Paul Fairhurst C 859 17.9%
Stuart Gerrard WgnIndNk 494 10.3%
Stephen Hall LftUnity 125 2.6%

Atherton [Lab gain from Ind]

Martin Aldred Lab 2508 39.9%
Norman Bradbury WgnIndNk 1989 31.7%
Quinton Smith UKIP 950 15.1%
Toby Hewitt C 788 12.5%
Craig Wilson LftUnity 46 0.7%

Bryn [Lab gain from Ind]

Nathan Murray Lab 2245 39.4%
Gary Wilkes WgnIndNk 1717 30.1%
Stephen Jones UKIP 948 16.6%
Judith Atherton C 378 6.6%
David Wilkes Ind 267 4.7%
Catherine Aspey CA 141 2.5%

Douglas

Michael Dewhurst Lab 3145 64.2%
Derek Wilkes UKIP 1130 23.1%
Margaret Atherton C 525 10.7%
Adele Andrews LftUnity 98 2.0%

Golborne and Lowton West

Stuart Keane Lab 3046 60.5%
Peter Kearns UKIP 970 19.3%
Brian Lobell C 793 15.8%
Sophie Aspey CA 225 4.5%

Hindley

James Eccles-Churton Lab 2975 54.7%
Sue Ellis UKIP 1457 26.8%
Susan Atherton C 712 13.1%
John Skipworth LD 295 5.4%

Hindley Green [Lab gain from Ind]

Frank Carmichael Lab 2839 55.2%
Sandra Atherton UKIP 1520 29.5%
Gerard Houlton C 788 15.3%

Ince

Janice Sharratt Lab 2937 64.1%
Ross Wright UKIP 1192 26.0%
Callum Chadwick C 352 7.7%
Janet Phillips LftUnity 100 2.2%

Leigh East

Anita Thorpe Lab 2949 58.4%
Gill Gibson UKIP 1088 21.6%
Richard Houlton C 888 17.6%
Graham Gifford LftUnity 123 2.4%

Leigh South

John O'Brien Lab 3200 51.3%
Rod Halliwell UKIP 1547 24.8%
Denise Young C 1358 21.8%
Ian Heyes LftUnity 135 2.2%

Leigh West

Myra Whiteside Lab 3066 56.7%
Mary Lavelle UKIP 1418 26.2%
Andrew Oxley C 645 11.9%
Paula Unger Grn 278 5.1%

Lowton East [C gain from Lab]

Kath Houlton C 3228 50.3%
Pam Gilligan Lab 2579 40.2%
Sandy Franzen WiganIC 609 9.5%

Orrell

Steve Murphy Lab 2812 44.3%
Michael Winstanley C 2267 35.7%
Philip Easton UKIP 950 15.0%
David Stazicker Grn 325 5.1%

Pemberton

Sam Murphy Lab 3154 62.9%
Daniel Wood UKIP 1099 21.9%
Claire Houlton C 547 10.9%
Will Patterson Grn 212 4.2%

Shevington with Lower Ground

Paul Collins Lab 2717 43.5%
David Ollerton C 1661 26.6%
Arnold Foster UKIP 1439 23.0%
Joseph Rylance Grn 426 6.8%

Standish with Langtree

George Fairhurst WiganIC 1999 30.3%
Ray Whittingham C 1848 28.0%
Debbie Parkinson Lab 1735 26.3%
Emma Appleton UKIP 923 14.0%
Sharon Holden TUSC 99 1.5%

Tyldesley

Stephen Hellier Lab 2780 45.2%
Matthew James UKIP 1530 24.9%
Sue Vickery C 1198 19.5%
Lorraine Gillon LD 353 5.7%
Graham Unsworth Grn 283 4.6%

Wigan Central

Michael McLoughlin Lab 2783 46.9%
Jean Peet C 1391 23.4%
Keith Jones UKIP 1228 20.7%
Damien Hendry Grn 443 7.5%
Brian Parr Ind 90 1.5%

Wigan West

Steve Dawber Lab 3500 62.1%
Janet Markland UKIP 1203 21.3%
Jamie Vickery C 727 12.9%
Hazel Duffy LftUnity 207 3.7%

Winstanley

Marie Morgan Lab 2898 49.0%
Andrew Collinson UKIP 1437 24.3%
Allan Atherton C 1182 20.0%
Steven Heyes Grn 398 6.7%

Worsley Mesnes

Billy Rotherham Lab 3039 59.4%
Maureen McCoy UKIP 1332 26.0%
Stephen Holt C 566 11.1%
Norma Stout Grn 182 3.6%

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