Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2012

Map of the results of the 2012 Wigan council election. Labour in red, independents in grey, Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Standish Independent in pale blue.

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

Astley Mosley Common ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Co-op Joanne Platt 1,810 70.0 +33.9
Conservative Nasri Barghothi 534 20.6 -21.3
Liberal Democrat Kath Valentine 243 9.4 -12.6

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 Central ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Lol Hunt 1,806 59.2 +28.8
Conservative Jean Peet 859 28.1 -22.4
Community Action Syd Hall 388 12.7 +5.8

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

Winstanley ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Co-op Paul Kenny 1,216 48.9 +15.5
Community Action Stanley Barnes 798 32.1 -15.0
Green Steven Heyes 237 9.5 N/A
Conservative Michael Nicholls 234 9.4 -10.1

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

  1. Candidates for 2012 Wigan Council
  2. http://www.wigan.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/62AA857D-26FE-4FA7-A744-2E9C47BDBB49/0/PembertonResults0413.pdf
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