Wigan Council election, 2006

Elections to Wigan Council were held on 4th May, 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 29.2%.

After the election, the composition of the council was
*Labour 43
*Community Action Party 15
*Conservative 9
*Liberal Democrat 8

Election result

Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 14
gain = 3
loss = 2
net = +1
seats % = 56.0
votes % = 42.9
votes = 29,588
plus/minus = -3.2%Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 4
gain = 2
loss = 0
net = +2
seats % = 16.0
votes % = 21.8
votes = 15,014
plus/minus = +8.5%Election Summary Party
party = Community Action Party
seats = 4
gain = 0
loss = 3
net = -3
seats % = 16.0
votes % = 16.9
votes = 11,622
plus/minus = -10.3%Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 3
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 12.0
votes % = 11.8
votes = 8,142
plus/minus = +0.5%Election Summary Party
party = British National Party
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 2.8
votes = 1,948
plus/minus = +1.9%Election Summary Party
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 1.6
votes = 1,105
plus/minus = +1.6%Election Summary Party
party = Independent (politician)
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 1.2
votes = 828
plus/minus = +0.5%Election Summary Party
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.9
votes = 610
plus/minus = +0.3%Election Summary Party
party = Legalise Cannabis Alliance
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.1
votes = 91
plus/minus = +0.1%

Ward results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Carl Sweeney
votes = 1,327
percentage = 52.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Community Action Party
candidate = John Shale
votes = 541
percentage = 21.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Dennis Shambley
votes = 421
percentage = 16.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Marion Green
votes = 243
percentage = 9.6
change = Election box majority
votes = 786
percentage = 31.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,532
percentage = 25.0
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Nigel Ash
votes = 1,261
percentage = 45.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Community Action Party
candidate = Claire Daington
votes = 1,200
percentage = 43.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Marie Winstanley
votes = 320
percentage = 11.5
change = Election box majority
votes = 61
percentage = 2.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,781
percentage = 30.4
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = Community Action Party
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jean Beswick
votes = 1,403
percentage = 43.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Michael McLoughlin
votes = 1,291
percentage = 40.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Deborah Fairhurst
votes = 506
percentage = 15.8
change = Election box majority
votes = 112
percentage = 3.5
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,200
percentage = 31.9
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Joseph Haley
votes = 1,472
percentage = 48.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Alan Stephenson
votes = 865
percentage = 28.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sean Ell
votes = 674
percentage = 22.4
change = Election box majority
votes = 607
percentage = 20.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,011
percentage = 31.1
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Anne Turnock
votes = 906
percentage = 46.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Peter Bowdler
votes = 676
percentage = 34.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Malcolm Parr
votes = 387
percentage = 19.7
change = Election box majority
votes = 230
percentage = 11.7
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,969
percentage = 25.9
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Karen Aldred
votes = 1,507
percentage = 49.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Susan Wilson
votes = 960
percentage = 31.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Rosina Oxley
votes = 331
percentage = 10.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = Nicholas Redmond
votes = 232
percentage = 7.7
change = Election box majority
votes = 547
percentage = 18.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,030
percentage = 27.6
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Community Action Party
candidate = Brian Merry
votes = 1,429
percentage = 45.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = George Harrison
votes = 1,050
percentage = 33.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Kenneth Haslam
votes = 457
percentage = 14.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = William Winstanley
votes = 171
percentage = 5.4
change = Election box candidate
party = New Party
candidate = Duane Phillips
votes = 45
percentage = 1.4
change = Election box majority
votes = 379
percentage = 12.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,152
percentage = 33.7
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Community Action Party
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Shirley Dewhurst
votes = 1,369
percentage = 59.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Community Action Party
candidate = Edna Hulme
votes = 933
percentage = 40.5
change = Election box majority
votes = 436
percentage = 19.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,302
percentage = 24.7
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Gerard Bretherton
votes = 1,410
percentage = 52.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Community Action Party
candidate = Peter Solinas
votes = 953
percentage = 35.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jeanette Leigh
votes = 347
percentage = 12.8
change = Election box majority
votes = 457
percentage = 16.8
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,710
percentage = 30.7
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = Community Action Party
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = James Talbot
votes = 1,217
percentage = 48.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Community Action Party
candidate = Debbie Grace
votes = 913
percentage = 36.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Joan Pietre
votes = 387
percentage = 15.4
change = Election box majority
votes = 304
percentage = 12.1
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,517
percentage = 25.6
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = Community Action Party
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Community Action Party
candidate = Barry Fagan
votes = 1,100
percentage = 47.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Holland
votes = 832
percentage = 35.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Denise Young
votes = 388
percentage = 16.7
change = Election box majority
votes = 268
percentage = 11.5
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,320
percentage = 25.9
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Community Action Party
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = James Moodie
votes = 1,279
percentage = 61.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Community Action Party
candidate = Syd Hall
votes = 639
percentage = 30.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Alicia Eccles
votes = 173
percentage = 8.3
change = Election box majority
votes = 640
percentage = 30.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,091
percentage = 24.6
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Fred Walker
votes = 1,120
percentage = 46.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Gordon Jackson
votes = 912
percentage = 37.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Dorothy Angell
votes = 399
percentage = 16.4
change = Election box majority
votes = 208
percentage = 8.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,431
percentage = 26.8
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Charles Rigby
votes = 1,273
percentage = 39.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Andrew Oxley
votes = 763
percentage = 23.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Community Action Party
candidate = Stephen Ellison
votes = 621
percentage = 19.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Richard Close
votes = 448
percentage = 14.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Legalise Cannabis Alliance
candidate = Thomas Hampson
votes = 91
percentage = 2.8
change = Election box majority
votes = 510
percentage = 15.9
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,196
percentage = 30.7
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Smith
votes = 1,377
percentage = 54.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Kevin Jones
votes = 721
percentage = 28.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Alan Lowe
votes = 410
percentage = 16.3
change = Election box majority
votes = 656
percentage = 26.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,508
percentage = 23.4
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Community Action Party
candidate = Edward Houlton
votes = 1,075
percentage = 34.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = James Grundy
votes = 1,041
percentage = 33.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Trevor Ward
votes = 1,034
percentage = 32.8
change = Election box majority
votes = 34
percentage = 1.1
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,150
percentage = 32.2
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Community Action Party
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Thompson
votes = 1,308
percentage = 38.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Barnes
votes = 1,266
percentage = 37.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Charles Mather
votes = 622
percentage = 18.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Stephen Hawkins
votes = 208
percentage = 6.1
change = Election box majority
votes = 42
percentage = 1.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,404
percentage = 37.1
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Prescott
votes = 1,452
percentage = 64.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Community Action Party
candidate = Robert Beale
votes = 320
percentage = 14.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Darren Atherton
votes = 281
percentage = 12.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Aspey David
votes = 189
percentage = 8.4
change = Election box majority
votes = 1,132
percentage = 50.5
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,242
percentage = 22.7
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Angela Bland
votes = 1,827
percentage = 58.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Crosby
votes = 1,311
percentage = 41.8
change = Election box majority
votes = 516
percentage = 16.4
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,138
percentage = 33.8
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Neil Whittingham
votes = 1,866
percentage = 55.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Diana Davies
votes = 1,029
percentage = 30.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Gregory Atherton
votes = 493
percentage = 14.6
change = Election box majority
votes = 837
percentage = 24.7
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,388
percentage = 36.0
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Richard Derricutt
votes = 1,717
percentage = 58.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Pamela Stewart
votes = 565
percentage = 19.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = Craig Cohen
votes = 378
percentage = 12.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Hilary Hayden
votes = 266
percentage = 9.1
change = Election box majority
votes = 1,152
percentage = 39.4
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,926
percentage = 28.9
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Gareth Fairhurst
votes = 1,905
percentage = 60.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Marcia Dooley
votes = 1,270
percentage = 40.0
change = Election box majority
votes = 635
percentage = 20.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 3,175
percentage = 34.6
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Joe Shaw
votes = 1,354
percentage = 49.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Philip Parkes
votes = 783
percentage = 28.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Keith Jones
votes = 613
percentage = 22.3
change = Election box majority
votes = 571
percentage = 20.7
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,750
percentage = 27.0
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Community Action Party
candidate = William Wilkes
votes = 1,160
percentage = 43.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Philip Kelly
votes = 905
percentage = 34.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Charles Cartwright
votes = 382
percentage = 14.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Alan Freeman
votes = 215
percentage = 8.1
change = Election box majority
votes = 255
percentage = 9.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,662
percentage = 30.1
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Community Action Party
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Patricia Holland
votes = 1,318
percentage = 55.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Community Action Party
candidate = Leanne Brotherton
votes = 738
percentage = 31.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Thomas Sutton
votes = 307
percentage = 13.0
change = Election box majority
votes = 580
percentage = 24.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,363
percentage = 26.0
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

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