2012 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election
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 2012 local election results in Wigan.
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The 2012 Wigan Council elections to the Thirtieth Wigan Council were held on 3 May 2012, the same day as other local elections.[1] One-third of the council was up for election.
As Wigan Council is elected in thirds, change in vote share is compared with the corresponding 2008 elections and calculated on that basis.
Overview
[edit]| Party | Number |
|---|---|
| Labour Party | 25 |
| Conservative Party | 23 |
| Independents | 16 |
| Community Action Party | 7 |
| BNP | 5 |
| Liberal Democrats | 3 |
| Green Party | 2 |
| UKIP | 1 |
| Green Socialists | 1 |
Results
[edit]Bolton West constituency
[edit]Atherton ward
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Jamie Hodgkinson | 1695 | 51.3 | ||
| Labour | David Welch | 1235 | 37.38 | ||
| Green Socialists For Investment Not Cuts | Stephen Michael Hall | 190 | 5.75 | ||
| Conservative | Stephen Holt | 179 | 5.42 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.15 | |||
| Majority | 460 | 13.92 | |||
| Turnout | 29.23 | ||||
Makerfield constituency
[edit]Abram ward
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Martyn Smethurst | 1577 | 58.23 | ||
| Independent | Ken Winstanley | 601 | 22.2 | ||
| BNP | Dennis Shambley | 239 | 8.83 | ||
| Community Action | John Shale | 148 | 5.5 | ||
| Conservative | Malcolm Childs | 137 | 5.06 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.22 | |||
| Majority | 976 | 36.04 | |||
| Turnout | 2708 | 24.87 | |||
Ashton ward
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Bill Clarke | 1400 | 51.89 | ||
| Independent | Paul Allan Tushingham | 585 | 21.7 | ||
| Independent | Brian Merry | 402 | 15 | ||
| Conservative | Marie Winstanley | 189 | 7 | ||
| BNP | Barry John Longstaffe | 118 | 4.37 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 4 | 0.15 | |||
| Majority | 815 | ||||
| Turnout | 2698 | 29.32 | |||
Bryn ward
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Don Hodgkinson | 1516 | 50.25 | ||
| Labour | Trevor Allen | 1352 | 44.81 | ||
| Conservative | Stuart Peet | 146 | 4.84 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 3 | 0.1 | |||
| Majority | 164 | 5.44 | |||
| Turnout | 3017 | 32.55 | |||
Hindley ward
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Jim Ellis | 1279 | 46.24 | ||
| Labour | Allen Robert Jones | 1232 | 44.54 | ||
| BNP | Stephen Bradbury | 131 | 4.74 | ||
| Conservative | Steve Surples | 115 | 4.16 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 9 | 0.33 | |||
| Majority | 47 | 1.7 | |||
| Turnout | 2766 | 27.41 | |||
Hindley Green ward
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Bob Brierley | 1251 | 49.6 | ||
| Labour | Maxine Read | 796 | 31.56 | ||
| Community Action | Barry Jack Fagan | 354 | 14.04 | ||
| Conservative | Margaret Mary Winstanley | 106 | 4.2 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 15 | 0.6 | |||
| Majority | 455 | 18.04 | |||
| Turnout | 2522 | 29.51 | |||
Orrell ward
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Kelly Ready | 1533 | 47.71 | ||
| Conservative | Richard Clayton | 1389 | 43.23 | ||
| Green | Donald McQueen | 280 | 8.72 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 11 | 0.34 | |||
| Majority | 144 | 4.48 | |||
| Turnout | 3213 | 34.34 | |||
Winstanley ward
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Paul Terence Kenny | 1216 | 48.82 | ||
| Community Action | Stan Barnes | 798 | 32.04 | ||
| Green | Steven Charles Heyes | 237 | 9.51 | ||
| Conservative | Michael Nicholls | 234 | 9.39 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.24 | |||
| Majority | 418 | 16.78 | |||
| Turnout | 2491 | 27.82 | |||
Worsley Mesnes ward
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Phil Kelly | 1960 | 85.47 | ||
| Conservative | David Ollerton | 333 | 14.5 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 17 | 0.74 | |||
| Majority | 1627 | 71 | |||
| Turnout | 2293 | 25.29 | |||
Leigh constituency
[edit]Astley Mosley Common ward
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Joanne Platt | 1810 | 69.43 | ||
| Conservative | Nasri Barghothi | 534 | 20.48 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Kath Valentine | 243 | 9.32 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 20 | 0.77 | |||
| Majority | 1276 | 48.95 | |||
| Turnout | 2607 | 27.36 | |||
Atherleigh ward
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Susan Loudon | 982 | 47.23 | ||
| Independent | Stuart Andrew Gerrard | 747 | 36 | ||
| Independent | Jim Kerfoot | 343 | 16.5 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 7 | 0.34 | |||
| Majority | 235 | 11.3 | |||
| Turnout | 2079 | 23.83 | |||
Golborne and Lowton West ward
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Yvonne Marie Klieve | 1791 | 70.6 | ||
| Community Action | Peter Franzen | 507 | 20 | ||
| Conservative | Kathleen Houlton | 241 | 9.5 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.2 | |||
| Majority | 1284 | 50.6 | |||
| Turnout | 2538 | 28.05 | |||
Leigh East ward
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Keith Cunliffe | 1452 | 67.63 | ||
| Independent | Christopher Garfin | 411 | 19.14 | ||
| Conservative | Derek Davies | 272 | 12.67 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 12 | 0.56 | |||
| Majority | 1041 | 48.5 | |||
| Turnout | 2147 | 22.75 | |||
Leigh South ward
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Kevin Anderson | 1811 | 63.3 | ||
| Conservative | Richard Short | 534 | 18.66 | ||
| Independent | Gary Charles Chadwick | 502 | 17.55 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 14 | 0.5 | |||
| Majority | 1277 | 44.63 | |||
| Turnout | 2861 | 27.36 | |||
Leigh West ward
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Susan June Greensmith | 1761 | 1761 | ||
| Independent | Brian Richard Turrell | 650 | 24.81 | ||
| Conservative | Andrew John Oxley | 195 | 7.44 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 14 | 0.53 | |||
| Majority | 1111 | 42.4 | |||
| Turnout | 2620 | 23.62 | |||
Lowton East ward
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | James Grundy | 1904 | 53.3 | ||
| Labour | Frank Bowker | 1224 | 34.3 | ||
| Community Action | Ian (Sandy) Franzen | 434 | 12.15 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 10 | 0.28 | |||
| Majority | 680 | 19 | |||
| Turnout | 3572 | 36.53 | |||
Tyldesley ward
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Mark Bleakley | 1441 | 48.5 | ||
| Labour | Joanne Marshall | 1303 | 43.84 | ||
| BNP | David Ian Peacock | 206 | 6.93 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 22 | 0.74 | |||
| Majority | 138 | 4.64 | |||
| Turnout | 2972 | 28.41 | |||
Wigan constituency
[edit]Aspull, New Springs and Whelley ward
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Hilton | 2,241 | 69.38 | ||
| Conservative | Jane Surples | 502 | 15.54 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Alan Robinson | 450 | 13.9 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 37 | 1.15 | |||
| Majority | 1739 | 53.84 | |||
| Turnout | 3230 | 31.33 | |||
Douglas ward
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Joy Birch | 1,774 | 77.94 | ||
| Independent | Anthony Unsworth | 324 | 14.24 | ||
| Conservative | Margaret Atherton | 172 | 7.56 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.26 | |||
| Majority | 1450 | 63.71 | |||
| Turnout | 2276 | 22.84 | |||
Ince ward
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | David Trevor Molyneux | 1,790 | 80.2 | ||
| BNP | Henry Morgan | 309 | 13.84 | ||
| Conservative | Ray Whittingham | 120 | 5.38 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 13 | 0.58 | |||
| Majority | 1481 | 66.35 | |||
| Turnout | 2232 | 24.25 | |||
Pemberton ward
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jeanette Prescott | 1,996 | 79.90 | ||
| Community Action | Mike Leyland | 291 | 11.65 | ||
| Conservative | Jonathan Charles Cartwright | 205 | 8.21 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.24 | |||
| Majority | 1705 | 68.25 | |||
| Turnout | 2498 | 25.01 | |||
Shevington with Lower Ground ward
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Damian Edwardson | 1362 | 49.1 | ||
| Conservative | Callum Chadwick | 532 | 19.18 | ||
| UKIP | Arnold Jefferson Foster | 450 | 16.22 | ||
| Shevington Independents | Debbie Fairhurst | 220 | 7.93 | ||
| Independent | Paul Liptrot | 198 | 7.14 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 12 | 0.43 | |||
| Majority | 830 | 29.92 | |||
| Turnout | 2774 | 29.69 | |||
Standish with Langtree ward
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standish Independents | Gareth William Fairhurst | 2069 | 57.73 | ||
| Labour | Sam Murphy | 913 | 25.47 | ||
| Conservative | Michael William Winstanley | 589 | 16.4 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 13 | 0.36 | |||
| Majority | 1156 | 32.25 | |||
| Turnout | 3584 | 36.55 | |||
Wigan Central ward
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Lol Hunt | 1,806 | 58.8 | ||
| Conservative | Jean Peet | 859 | 28 | ||
| Community Action | Syd Hall | 388 | 12.63 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 19 | 0.62 | |||
| Majority | 947 | 30.83 | |||
| Turnout | 3072 | 32.49 | |||
Wigan West ward
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Terence William Halliwell | 2,115 | 83 | ||
| Conservative | Oliver Barton | 409 | 16 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 27 | 1 | |||
| Majority | 1709 | 67 | |||
| Turnout | 2551 | 25.28 | |||
References
[edit]- ^ Candidates for 2012 Archived 17 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine Wigan Council
- ^ "Local Election Results". apps.wigan.gov.uk.
