Wigan Council election, 2004

Elections to Wigan Council were held on 10th June, 2004. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2003 increasing the number of councillors by three. The Labour party kept overall control of the council.

Election result

Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 42
gain =
loss =
net = -18
seats % = 56.0
votes % = 46.1
votes = 96,448
plus/minus = -3.6%Election Summary Party
party = Community Action Party
seats = 18
gain =
loss =
net = +13
seats % = 24.0
votes % = 27.2
votes = 56,856
plus/minus = +13.3%Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 8
gain =
loss =
net = +4
seats % = 10.7
votes % = 11.3
votes = 23,623
plus/minus = -2.8%Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 7
gain =
loss =
net = +4
seats % = 9.3
votes % = 13.3
votes = 27,922
plus/minus = -3.7%Election Summary Party
party = British National Party
seats = 0
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.9
votes = 1,831
plus/minus = -0.9%Election Summary Party
party = Independent (politician)
seats = 0
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.7
votes = 1,457
plus/minus = +0.7%Election Summary Party
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
seats = 0
gain =
loss =
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.6
votes = 1,180
plus/minus = +0.6%

Three Labour councillors were uncontested.

Ward results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Audrey Bennett
votes = 1,809
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Eunice Smethurst
votes = 1,686
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Carl Sweeney
votes = 1,629
percentage =
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party = British National Party
candidate = Dennis Shambley
votes = 647
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Marion Green
votes = 625
percentage =
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votes = 6,396
percentage =
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Community Action Party
candidate = Paul Tushingham
votes = 2,366
percentage =
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party = Community Action Party
candidate = Walter Carney
votes = 2,302
percentage =
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party = Community Action Party
candidate = Claire Daington
votes = 2,229
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Nigel Ash
votes = 1,302
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Barry Hampson
votes = 1,029
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Frederick Lever
votes = 1,012
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Marie Winstanley
votes = 402
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 10,642
percentage =
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Hilton
votes = 1,758
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Christopher Ready
votes = 1,744
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jean Beswick
votes = 1,528
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = James Roberts
votes = 1,519
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Alan Robinson
votes = 1,134
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Christopher Thomas
votes = 1,030
percentage =
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votes = 8,713
percentage =
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Brian Wilson
votes = 1,501
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Glynnis Hogg
votes = 1,367
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Joseph Haley
votes = 1,259
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = John Stackhouse
votes = 1,173
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Lea
votes = 1,122
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Alan Stephenson
votes = 1,095
percentage =
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party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = Ian Davies
votes = 870
percentage =
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votes = 8,387
percentage =
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Susan Loudon
votes = 1,219
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Mark Aldred
votes = 1,214
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Anne Turnock
votes = 1,207
percentage =
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party = Community Action Party
candidate = Francis Myler
votes = 683
percentage =
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party = Community Action Party
candidate = Patricia Myler
votes = 680
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ann Davies
votes = 584
percentage =
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party = Community Action Party
candidate = Gladys Wilkes
votes = 442
percentage =
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votes = 6,029
percentage =
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Robert Splaine
votes = 1,705
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David Higginbottom
votes = 1,525
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Karen Aldred
votes = 1,487
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Andrew Moore
votes = 1,414
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Philip Loudon
votes = 1,320
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Reginald Holmes
votes = 1,292
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Malcolm Parr
votes = 449
percentage =
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party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = Nicholas Redmond
votes = 310
percentage =
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votes = 9,502
percentage =
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Community Action Party
candidate = John Hodgkinson
votes = 2,370
percentage =
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party = Community Action Party
candidate = Gary Wilkes
votes = 2,297
percentage =
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party = Community Action Party
candidate = Brian Merry
votes = 2,239
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Mildred Millington
votes = 1,233
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Alan Melling
votes = 1,183
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = William Evans
votes = 986
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = William Winstanley
votes = 323
percentage =
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votes = 10,631
percentage =
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Joy Birch
votes = 1,427
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Christine Hitchen
votes = 1,347
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Margaret Coghlin
votes = 1,318
percentage =
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party = Community Action Party
candidate = Lucy Beale
votes = 1,296
percentage =
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party = Community Action Party
candidate = Robert Beale
votes = 1,287
percentage =
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party = Community Action Party
candidate = Janette Thomas
votes = 1,223
percentage =
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votes = 7,898
percentage =
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Community Action Party
candidate = Peter Franzen
votes = 1,639
percentage =
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party = Community Action Party
candidate = Kevin Williams
votes = 1,414
percentage =
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party = Community Action Party
candidate = Peter Solinas
votes = 1,413
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Kelly
votes = 1,298
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Martin King
votes = 1,258
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Gerard Bretherton
votes = 1,216
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Rosina Oxley
votes = 355
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 8,593
percentage =
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Alfred Robinson
votes = 1,578
percentage =
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party = Community Action Party
candidate = James Ellis
votes = 1,153
percentage =
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party = Community Action Party
candidate = Dorothy Grace
votes = 1,134
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Holland
votes = 1,041
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen Murphy
votes = 1,024
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = David Culshaw
votes = 874
percentage =
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party = Community Action Party
candidate = Edward Houlton
votes = 614
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Dorothy Angell
votes = 403
percentage =
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votes = 7,820
percentage =
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = William Simmons
votes = 1,272
percentage =
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party = Community Action Party
candidate = Robert Brierley
votes = 1,264
percentage =
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party = Community Action Party
candidate = Barry Fagan
votes = 1,231
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Gordon Jackson
votes = 898
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Phillips
votes = 895
percentage =
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party = Community Action Party
candidate = Adele Wilkes
votes = 750
percentage =
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party = Independent (politician)
candidate = John Vickers
votes = 583
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Andre Walker
votes = 489
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 7,382
percentage =
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Molyneux
votes = 1,494
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Joan Hurst
votes = 1,368
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = James Moodie
votes = 1,132
percentage =
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party = Community Action Party
candidate = Constantine Winstanley
votes = 694
percentage =
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party = Community Action Party
candidate = Robert Hall
votes = 667
percentage =
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party = Community Action Party
candidate = David Hall
votes = 651
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 6,006
percentage =
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Keith Cunliffe
votes = 1,407
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Brian Jarvis
votes = 1,299
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Frederick Walker
votes = 1,081
percentage =
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party = Community Action Party
candidate = Stuart Winstanley
votes = 943
percentage =
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party = Community Action Party
candidate = Peter O'Connell
votes = 843
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Derek Davies
votes = 644
percentage =
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party = Community Action Party
candidate = Natalie Franzen
votes = 595
percentage =
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votes = 6,812
percentage =
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Keith Anderson
votes = 1,547
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John O'Brien
votes = 1,465
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Charles Rigby
votes = 1,429
percentage =
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party = Community Action Party
candidate = Stephen Ellison
votes = 1,175
percentage =
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party = Community Action Party
candidate = Janice Solinas
votes = 1,094
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Community Action Party
candidate = Irene Franzen
votes = 1,041
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Andrew Oxley
votes = 1,030
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 8,781
percentage =
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Barbara Jarvis
votes = 1,708
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Myra Whiteside
votes = 1,624
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Smith
votes = 1,506
percentage =
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party = Community Action Party
candidate = Daniel Burrows
votes = 669
percentage =
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party = Community Action Party
candidate = Yvonne Lavelle
votes = 549
percentage =
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party = British National Party
candidate = Richard Close
votes = 513
percentage =
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party = Community Action Party
candidate = Ian Franzen
votes = 508
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 7,074
percentage =
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Community Action Party
candidate = Ian Franzen
votes = 1,793
percentage =
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party = Community Action Party
candidate = Jonathan Miller
votes = 1,730
percentage =
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party = Community Action Party
candidate = James Lavelle
votes = 1,516
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Lynne Liptrot
votes = 1,289
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Eric Waterworth
votes = 1,179
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Christine Cottam
votes = 1,062
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = James Grundy
votes = 879
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jeanette Leigh
votes = 792
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Alan Lowe
votes = 647
percentage =
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votes = 10,887
percentage =
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Clayton
votes = 1,747
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Winstanley
votes = 1,520
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ernest Swift
votes = 1,402
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Barnes
votes = 1,381
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Rodney Stockwell
votes = 1,313
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Hazel Shields
votes = 1,285
percentage =
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party = British National Party
candidate = Charles Mather
votes = 671
percentage =
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party = Community Action Party
candidate = Alan Freeman
votes = 595
percentage =
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party = Community Action Party
candidate = Tracy Lavelle
votes = 420
percentage =
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party = Community Action Party
candidate = Sean Ashdown
votes = 395
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 10,729
percentage =
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jeanette Prescott
votes = 1,419
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Barbara Bourne
votes = 1,381
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Prescott
votes = 1,314
percentage =
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party = Community Action Party
candidate = Margaret Crank
votes = 1,140
percentage =
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party = Community Action Party
candidate = William Burrows
votes = 1,096
percentage =
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party = Community Action Party
candidate = John Hulme
votes = 1,025
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jonathan Cartwright
votes = 439
percentage =
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votes = 7,814
percentage =
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John O'Neill
votes = 1,843
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Brown
votes = 1,468
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Crosby
votes = 1,461
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Elizabeth Beasleigh
votes = 1,456
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Deborah Fairhurst
votes = 1,288
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Barry Alder
votes = 1,191
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Martin Sutton
votes = 739
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Freda Graham
votes = 664
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Solveiq Gaber
votes = 607
percentage =
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votes = 10,717
percentage =
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = George Davies
votes = 1,383
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = George Fairhurst
votes = 1,325
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jessica Downer
votes = 1,278
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Raymond Murphy
votes = 1,254
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Trevor Beswick
votes = 1,202
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Thomas Morris
votes = 1,197
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Barry Woolley
votes = 1,185
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Maureen Garner
votes = 1,066
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Michael McLoughlin
votes = 953
percentage =
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votes = 10,843
percentage =
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Neil Hogg
votes = 2,212
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Keith McManus
votes = 1,976
percentage =
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party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Richard Derricutt
votes = 1,768
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen Hellier
votes = 1,350
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Boydell
votes = 1,212
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Evans
votes = 1,027
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Deborah Woodcock
votes = 457
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 10,002
percentage =
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Henry Cadman
votes = 2,130
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = James Davies
votes = 2,089
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Gareth Fairhurst
votes = 1,961
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Walsh
votes = 1,694
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Susan Turner
votes = 1,668
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Ball
votes = 1,502
percentage =
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votes = 11,044
percentage =
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Terence Halliwell
votes = uncontested
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Joe Shaw
votes = uncontested
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Willis
votes = uncontested
percentage =
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Community Action Party
candidate = Stanley Barnes
votes = 1,810
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Rona Winkworth
votes = 1,393
percentage =
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party = Community Action Party
candidate = William Wilkes
votes = 1,330
percentage =
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party = Community Action Party
candidate = Ronald Barnes
votes = 1,299
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Philip Kelly
votes = 1,000
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Robin Atkinson
votes = 993
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Matthew Sephton
votes = 525
percentage =
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votes = 8,350
percentage =
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Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Joseph Baldwin
votes = 1,547
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = William Rotherham
votes = 1,540
percentage =
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Wilfred Brogan
votes = 1,498
percentage =
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party = Community Action Party
candidate = Susan Barnes
votes = 1,171
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Community Action Party
candidate = William Barnes
votes = 1,115
percentage =
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party = Community Action Party
candidate = Stephen Wilkes
votes = 966
percentage =
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Thomas Sutton
votes = 424
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 8,261
percentage =
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