- Wigan Council election, 2008
Elections to Wigan Council were held on
1 May 2008 . One third of the council was up for election.Candidates
Abram ward
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Marion Green
votes = 386
percentage = 15.2
change = +4.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Eddie Russon
votes = 1226
percentage = 48.2
change = -7.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Community Action Party
candidate = John Shale
votes = 934
percentage = 36.7
change = +14.3Ashton ward
Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Adrian Jones
votes = 178
percentage = 5.4
change = -0.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ann Rampling
votes = 1111
percentage = 33.6
change = -6.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Community Action Party
candidate = Paul Tushingham
votes = 1766
percentage = 53.5
change = +8.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Marie Winstanley
votes = 248
percentage = 7.5
change = -0.7Aspull New Springs Whelley ward
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Hilton
votes = 1443
percentage = 43.2
change = -10.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Anthony Hind
votes = 640
percentage = 19.2
change = +6.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Alan Robinson
votes = 1254
percentage = 37.6
change = +8.9Astley Mosley Common ward
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Gavin Clements
votes = 684
percentage = 22.0
change = -2.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sean Ell
votes = 1207
percentage = 41.9
change = +12.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Brian Wilson
votes = 1014
percentage = 36.1
change = -2.0Atherleigh ward
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Susan Loudon
votes = 1246
percentage = 59.2
change = +6.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Abigail Solomon
votes = 858
percentage = 40.8
change = +22.7Atherton ward
Election box candidate with party link
party = Respect - The Unity Coalition
candidate = Stephen Hall
votes = 221
percentage = 6.7
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = David Higginbottom
votes = 821
percentage = 24.9
change = -12.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Nicholls
votes = 416
percentage = 12.9
change = +1.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Bob Splaine
votes = 976
percentage = 29.6
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Elnur Yusifzade
votes = 858
percentage = 26.0
change = -19.5Bryn ward
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Helen Ash
votes = 765
percentage = 23.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Community Action Party
candidate = Clive Charles
votes = 384
percentage = 11.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Malcolm Childs
votes = 204
percentage = 6.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Ken Haslam
votes = 284
percentage = 8.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Don Hodgkinson
votes = 1606
percentage = 49.5
change =Douglas ward
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Joy Birch
votes = 1170
percentage = 51.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen Holt
votes = 350
percentage = 15.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Community Action Party
candidate = Anthony Unsworth
votes = 745
percentage = 32.9
change =Golborne Lowton West ward
Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Frank Davies
votes = 129
percentage = 4.5
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Community Action Party
candidate = Peter Franzen
votes = 1110
percentage = 38.5
change = +9.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Yvonne Klieve
votes = 1186
percentage = 41.1
change = -15.2Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Steven McEllenborough
votes = 178
percentage = 6.2
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Oxley
votes = 282
percentage = 9.8
change = -4.7Hindley ward
Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = David Culshaw
votes = 515
percentage = 18.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Marcia Dooley
votes = 694
percentage = 24.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Jim Ellis
votes = 1347
percentage = 47.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Margaret Winstanley
votes = 277
percentage = 9.8
change =Hindley Green ward
Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Bob Brierley
votes = 1105
percentage = 44.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Community Action Party
candidate = Rachel Fagan
votes = 351
percentage = 14.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Stuart Foy
votes = 353
percentage = 14.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Martin Long
votes = 981
percentage = 26.6
change =Ince ward
Election box candidate with party link
party = Community Action Party
candidate = Syd Hall
votes = 479
percentage = 24.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Molyneux
votes = 1180
percentage = 61.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Raymond Whittingham
votes = 275
percentage = 14.2
change =Leigh East ward
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Dorothy Angell
votes = 649
percentage = 29.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Keith Cunliffe
votes = 981
percentage = 44.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Gordon Jackson
votes = 597
percentage = 26.8
change =Leigh South ward
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Kevin Anderson
votes = 1372
percentage = 41.4
change = -2.1Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Gary Chadwick
votes = 470
percentage = 14.2
change = +5.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Community Action Party
candidate = Ian Franzen
votes = 476
percentage = 14.3
change = -9.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Andrew Oxley
votes = 1000
percentage = 30.1
change = +6.5Leigh West ward
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Susan Greensmith
votes = 1543
percentage = 65.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Denise Young
votes = 817
percentage = 34.6
change =Lowton East ward
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = James Cowley
votes = 758
percentage = 20.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Community Action Party
candidate = Ian (Sandy) Franzen
votes = 943
percentage = 25.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = James Grundy
votes = 1972
percentage = 53.7
change =Orrell ward
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Mike Barnes
votes = 969
percentage = 28.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Clayton
votes = 1608
percentage = 46.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Richard Clayton
votes = 321
percentage = 9.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Charles Mather
votes = 548
percentage = 15.9
change =Pemberton ward
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Benjamin Gray
votes = 350
percentage = 14.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Chris Hilton
votes = 334
percentage = 13.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Community Action Party
candidate = Mike Leyland
votes = 406
percentage = 16.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jeanette Prescott
votes = 1387
percentage = 56.0
change =hevington With Lower Ground ward
Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = John Atherton
votes = 251
percentage = 7.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Mike Crosby
votes = 971
percentage = 30.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Liptrot
votes = 1531
percentage = 48.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Andy Sumner
votes = 157
percentage = 5.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Martin Sutton
votes = 251
percentage = 7.9
change =tandish With Langtree ward
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Judith Atherton
votes = 1710
percentage = 50.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Community Action Party
candidate = Ronnie Barnes
votes = 116
percentage = 3.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = George Davies
votes = 1039
percentage = 30.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Alan Freeman
votes = 283
percentage = 8.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = June Garner
votes = 214
percentage = 6.4
change =Tyldesley ward
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Robert Bleakley
votes = 1827
percentage = 66.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Hilary Hayden
votes = 313
percentage = 11.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Barry Taylor
votes = 621
percentage = 22.5
change =Wigan Central ward
Election box candidate with party link
party = Community Action Party
candidate = Leanne Brotherton
votes = 213
percentage = 6.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Mathew Bullen
votes = 940
percentage = 30.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Henry Cadman
votes = 1562
percentage = 50.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Keith Jones
votes = 378
percentage = 12.2
change =Wigan West ward
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Darren Atherton
votes = 462
percentage = 18.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Mick Dahl
votes = 104
percentage = 4.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Terence Halliwell
votes = 1089
percentage = 43.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Susan Mather
votes = 360
percentage = 14.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Steven Surples
votes = 471
percentage = 18.9
change =Winstanley ward
Election box candidate with party link
party = Community Action Party
candidate = Stanley Barnes
votes = 1226
percentage = 47.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Phil Kelly
votes = 869
percentage = 33.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Paula Thompson
votes = 508
percentage = 19.5
change =Worsley Mesnes ward
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Brian Baldwin
votes = 1275
percentage = 55.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jonathan Cartwright
votes = 363
percentage = 15.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Community Action Party
candidate = Hannah Leyland
votes = 662
percentage = 28.8
change =sequence
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* [http://www.wigan.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/3492C212-57DF-4200-9439-4BA0F5E83895/0/RepLocalStatNom.pdf Wigan Council election, 2008 - nominations]
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