Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2012
The 2012 Wigan Council elections to the Thirtieth Wigan Council were held on 3 May 2012 the same day as other United Kingdom local elections, 2012.[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.
Candidates
Abram ward
Abram ward
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labour |
Martyn Smethurst |
1,577 |
58.4 |
+10.2 |
|
Independent |
Ken Winstanley |
601 |
22.2 |
N/A |
|
BNP |
Dennis Shambley |
239 |
8.8 |
N/A |
|
Community Action |
John Shale |
148 |
5.5 |
-31.2 |
|
Conservative |
Malcolm Childs |
137 |
5.1 |
-10.1 |
Ashton ward
Ashton ward
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labour |
Bill Clarke |
1,400 |
52.0 |
+18.4 |
|
Independent |
Paul Tushingham |
585 |
21.7 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
Brian Merry |
402 |
14.9 |
N/A |
|
Conservative |
Marie Winstanley |
189 |
7.0 |
-0.5 |
|
BNP |
Barry Longstaffe |
118 |
4.4 |
-1.0 |
Aspull New Springs Whelley ward
Aspull New Springs Whelley ward
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labour |
John Hilton |
2,241 |
70.2 |
+27.0 |
|
Conservative |
Jane Surples |
502 |
15.7 |
-3.5 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Alan Robinson |
450 |
14.1 |
-23.5 |
Astley Mosley Common ward
Atherleigh ward
Atherleigh ward
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labour |
Susan Loudon |
982 |
47.4 |
-11.8 |
|
Independent |
Stuart Gerrard |
747 |
36.1 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
Jim Kerfoot |
343 |
16.6 |
N/A |
Atherton ward
Atherton ward
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Independent |
Jamie Hodgkinson |
1,695 |
51.4 |
N/A |
|
Labour Co-op |
David Welch |
1,235 |
37.4 |
+11.4 |
|
Wigan Borough Green Socialists |
Stephen Hall |
190 |
5.8 |
N/A |
|
Conservative |
Stephen Holt |
179 |
5.4 |
-7.5 |
Bryn ward
Bryn ward
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Independent |
Don Hodgkinson |
1,516 |
50.3 |
+0.8 |
|
Labour |
Trevor Allen |
1,352 |
44.9 |
+21.3 |
|
Conservative |
Stuart Peet |
146 |
4.8 |
-1.5 |
Douglas ward
Douglas ward
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labour |
Joy Birch |
1,774 |
78.1 |
+26.4 |
|
Independent |
Anthony Unsworth |
324 |
14.3 |
-18.6 |
|
Conservative |
Margaret Atherton |
172 |
7.6 |
-7.9 |
Golborne Lowton West ward
Golborne Lowton West ward
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labour |
Yvonne Klieve |
1,791 |
70.5 |
+29.4 |
|
Community Action |
Peter Franzen |
507 |
20.0 |
-18.5 |
|
Conservative |
Kathleen Houlton |
241 |
9.5 |
-0.3 |
Hindley ward
Hindley ward
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Independent |
Jim Ellis |
1,279 |
46.4 |
N/A |
|
Labour |
Allen Jones |
1,232 |
44.7 |
+18.1 |
|
BNP |
Stephen Bradbury |
131 |
4.8 |
N/A |
|
Conservative |
Steve Surples |
115 |
4.2 |
-5.6 |
Hindley Green ward
Hindley Green ward
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Independent |
Bob Brierley |
1,251 |
49.9 |
+5.1 |
|
Labour |
Maxine Read |
796 |
31.8 |
+5.2 |
|
Community Action |
Barry Fagan |
354 |
14.1 |
=0.1 |
|
Conservative |
Margaret Winstanley |
106 |
4.2 |
-10.1 |
Ince ward
Ince ward
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labour |
David Molyneux |
1,790 |
80.7 |
+19.7 |
|
BNP |
Henry Morgan |
309 |
13.9 |
N/A |
|
Conservative |
Ray Whittingham |
120 |
5.4 |
-8.8 |
Leigh East ward
Leigh East ward
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labour |
Keith Cunliffe |
1,452 |
68.0 |
23.9 |
|
Independent |
Christopher Garfin |
411 |
19.3 |
N/A |
|
Conservative |
Derek Davies |
272 |
12.7 |
-16.4 |
Leigh South ward
Leigh South ward
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labour Co-op |
Kevin Anderson |
1,811 |
63.6 |
+22.2 |
|
Conservative |
Richard Short |
534 |
18.8 |
-11.3 |
|
Independent |
Gary Chadwick |
502 |
17.6 |
N/A |
Leigh West ward
Leigh West ward
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labour |
Susan Greensmith |
1,761 |
67.6 |
+2.2 |
|
Independent |
Brian Turrell |
650 |
24.9 |
N/A |
|
Conservative |
Andrew Oxley |
195 |
7.5 |
-27.1 |
Lowton East ward
Lowton East ward
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Conservative |
James Grundy |
1,904 |
53.5 |
-0.2 |
|
Labour |
Frank Bowker |
1,224 |
34.4 |
+13.8 |
|
Community Action |
Ian (Sandy) Franzen |
434 |
12.2 |
-13.5 |
Orrell ward
Orrell ward
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labour |
Kelly Ready |
1,533 |
47.9 |
+19.8 |
|
Conservative |
Richard Clayton |
1,389 |
43.4 |
-3.3 |
|
Green |
Donald McQueen |
280 |
8.7 |
N/A |
Pemberton ward
Pemberton ward
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labour |
Jeanette Prescott |
1,996 |
80.1 |
+24.1 |
|
Community Action |
Mike Leyland |
291 |
11.7 |
-4.7 |
|
Conservative |
Jonathan Cartwright |
205 |
8.2 |
-5.9 |
Shevington With Lower Ground ward
Shevington With Lower Ground ward
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labour |
Damian Edwardson |
1,362 |
49.3 |
+18.6 |
|
Conservative |
Callum Chadwick |
532 |
19.3 |
-29.1 |
|
UKIP |
Arnold Atherton |
450 |
16.3 |
+8.4 |
|
Shevington Independents |
Debbie Fairhurst |
220 |
8.0 |
N/A |
|
Independent |
Paul Liptrot |
198 |
7.2 |
N/A |
Standish With Langtree ward
Standish With Langtree ward
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Standish Independents |
Gareth Fairhurst |
2,069 |
57.9 |
N/A |
|
Labour |
Sam Murphy |
913 |
25.6 |
-5.3 |
|
Conservative |
Michael Winstanley |
589 |
16.5 |
-34.4 |
Tyldesley ward
Tyldesley ward
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Robert Bleakley |
1,441 |
48.8 |
-17.4 |
|
Labour |
Joanne Marshall |
1,303 |
44.2 |
+21.7 |
|
BNP |
David Peacock |
206 |
7.0 |
N/A |
Wigan Central ward
Wigan West ward
Wigan West ward
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labour |
Terence Halliwell |
2,115 |
83.8 |
+40.0 |
|
Conservative |
Oliver Barton |
409 |
16.2 |
-2.7 |
Winstanley ward
Worsley Mesnes ward
Worsley Mesnes ward
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labour |
Phil Kelly |
1,960 |
85.5 |
+30.1 |
|
Conservative |
David Ollerton |
333 |
14.5 |
-1.3 |
By-elections between 2012 and 2014
Pemberton ward By-Election, 4th April 2013[2]
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labour |
Sam Marc Murphy |
1,084 |
57.35 |
|
|
UKIP |
Alan Freeman |
451 |
23.86 |
|
|
Community Action |
Peter Franzen |
203 |
10.74 |
|
|
Conservative |
Jonathan Charles Cartwright |
89 |
4.70 |
|
|
BNP |
Dennis Shambley |
63 |
1.74 |
|
Majority |
633 |
33.49 |
|
Turnout |
1,890 |
|
|
References
- ↑ Candidates for 2012 Wigan Council
- ↑ http://www.wigan.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/62AA857D-26FE-4FA7-A744-2E9C47BDBB49/0/PembertonResults0413.pdf