Local Election Results 2016
Wigan
One-third of council up for election.
IndNwk = Independent Network
WiganIC = Wigan Independent Conservatives (who stood under a variety of labels)
Other results for Wigan:
2002
2003
2004
2006
2007
2008
2010
2011
2012
2014
2015
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 |
35563 |
49.8% |
19 |
| Conservative |
12118 |
17.0% |
3 |
| UK Independence Party |
11833 |
16.6% |
0 |
| Independent Network |
5183 |
7.3% |
2 |
| Wigan Independent Conservatives |
2097 |
2.9% |
0 |
| Independent |
2096 |
2.9% |
1 |
| Green Party |
1247 |
1.7% |
0 |
| Liberal Democrat |
1154 |
1.6% |
0 |
| Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition |
54 |
0.1% |
0 |
| Martyn Smethurst |
Lab |
1495 |
58.3% |
| Jim Carmichael |
UKIP |
868 |
33.9% |
| Claire Houlton |
C |
201 |
7.8% |
| Bill Clarke |
Lab |
1204 |
46.5% |
| Richard Aylett |
Ind |
616 |
23.8% |
| Stuart Plimley |
UKIP |
426 |
16.5% |
| Marie Winstanley |
C |
253 |
9.8% |
| Lesley Brothwood |
LD |
89 |
3.4% |
| John Hilton |
Lab |
1805 |
52.8% |
| Mark Bradley |
UKIP |
985 |
28.8% |
| Allan Atherton |
C |
456 |
13.3% |
| Freda Graham |
LD |
175 |
5.1% |
| Joanne Platt |
Lab |
1548 |
51.3% |
| Richad Short |
C |
739 |
24.5% |
| Steve Mills |
UKIP |
731 |
24.2% |
| John Harding |
Lab |
1067 |
46.4% |
| Stuart Gerrard |
IndNwk |
533 |
23.2% |
| Luke Greenhalgh |
UKIP |
446 |
19.4% |
| Paul Fairhurst |
C |
207 |
9.0% |
| Lorraine Gillon |
LD |
49 |
2.1% |
| Jamie Hodgkinson |
IndNwk |
1838 |
51.3% |
| Elnur Yusifzade |
Lab |
969 |
27.0% |
| Quinton Smith |
UKIP |
567 |
15.8% |
| Brian Lobell |
C |
209 |
5.8% |
| Steve Jones |
IndNwk |
1200 |
41.1% |
| David Hurst |
Lab |
1123 |
38.4% |
| Thomas Miller |
UKIP |
438 |
15.0% |
| Margaret Winstanley |
C |
161 |
5.5% |
| Patricia Draper |
Lab |
1803 |
84.1% |
| Margaret Atherton |
C |
340 |
15.9% |
| Yvonne Klieve |
Lab |
1675 |
70.2% |
| Peter Kearns |
UKIP |
540 |
22.6% |
| Toby Hewitt |
C |
170 |
7.1% |
| Paul Blay |
Lab |
1413 |
51.2% |
| Jim Ellis |
IndNwk |
1040 |
37.7% |
| David Ollerton |
C |
153 |
5.5% |
| Paul Ravenall |
Grn |
79 |
2.9% |
| John Skipworth |
LD |
76 |
2.8% |
| Bob Brierley |
Ind |
1480 |
57.3% |
| Eileen Rigby |
Lab |
820 |
31.7% |
| John Thomason |
LD |
159 |
6.2% |
| Gerard Houlton |
C |
126 |
4.9% |
| David Molyneux |
Lab |
1545 |
65.8% |
| Stephen Winstanley |
UKIP |
671 |
28.6% |
| Judith Atherton |
C |
132 |
5.6% |
| Keith Cunliffe |
Lab |
1513 |
67.7% |
| Richard Houlton |
C |
446 |
20.0% |
| John Dowsett |
LD |
275 |
12.3% |
| Kevin Anderson |
Lab |
1773 |
55.6% |
| Russell Eddison |
UKIP |
913 |
28.6% |
| Denise Young |
C |
503 |
15.8% |
| Sue Greensmith |
Lab |
1610 |
60.0% |
| Jayson Lomax-Hargreaves |
UKIP |
738 |
27.5% |
| Andrew Oxley |
C |
205 |
7.6% |
| Neil Hancox |
Grn |
129 |
4.8% |
| James Grundy |
C |
2327 |
60.9% |
| Garry Lloyd |
Lab |
1110 |
29.1% |
| Stephen Darragh |
UKIP |
278 |
7.3% |
| Harry Snape |
Grn |
104 |
2.7% |
| Michael Winstanley |
C |
1410 |
43.2% |
| Joy Bradley |
Lab |
1333 |
40.8% |
| Paula Boyham |
WiganIC |
221 |
6.8% |
| Donald Mcqueen |
Grn |
190 |
5.8% |
| Louise Bowe |
LD |
110 |
3.4% |
| Jeanette Prescott |
Lab |
1631 |
69.0% |
| Peter Wheatley-Smith |
UKIP |
502 |
21.2% |
| Daniel Whitehouse |
C |
137 |
5.8% |
| Norma Stout |
Grn |
93 |
3.9% |
| Damian Edwardson |
Lab |
1239 |
40.0% |
| Janet Brown |
WiganIC |
813 |
26.3% |
| Arnold Foster |
UKIP |
584 |
18.9% |
| Jack Vickery |
C |
349 |
11.3% |
| Joseph Rylance |
Grn |
112 |
3.6% |
| Raymond Whittingham |
C |
1276 |
32.4% |
| Gareth Fairhurst |
WiganIC |
1063 |
27.0% |
| Debbie Parkinson |
Lab |
968 |
24.6% |
| Ian Adamczyk |
UKIP |
579 |
14.7% |
| Sharon Holden |
TUSC |
54 |
1.4% |
| Nazia Rehman |
Lab |
1235 |
38.5% |
| Matthew James |
UKIP |
978 |
30.5% |
| Norman Bradbury |
IndNwk |
572 |
17.8% |
| David Stirzaker |
C |
421 |
13.1% |
| Lawrence Hunt |
Lab |
1745 |
55.9% |
| Susan Vickery |
C |
845 |
27.1% |
| William Patterson |
Grn |
311 |
10.0% |
| Stuart Thomas |
LD |
221 |
7.1% |
| Terence Halliwell |
Lab |
2090 |
80.8% |
| Jamie Vickery |
C |
497 |
19.2% |
| Paul Kenny |
Lab |
1350 |
48.2% |
| Andrew Collinson |
UKIP |
890 |
31.8% |
| Jean Peet |
C |
334 |
11.9% |
| Steven Heyes |
Grn |
229 |
8.2% |
| Philip Kelly |
Lab |
1499 |
62.0% |
| Maureen McCoy |
UKIP |
699 |
28.9% |
| Susan Atherton |
C |
221 |
9.1% |
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