The 2012 Wigan Council elections to the Thirtieth Wigan Council were held on 3 May 2012, the same day as other local elections.[1] One-third of the council was up for election.
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 2012 local election results in Wigan.
Independent
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As Wigan Council is elected in thirds, change in vote share is compared with the corresponding 2008 elections and calculated on that basis.
Overview edit
| Party | Number |
|---|---|
| Labour Party | 25 |
| Conservative Party | 23 |
| Independents | 16 |
| Community Action Party | 7 |
| BNP | 5 |
| Liberal Democrats | 3 |
| Green Party | 2 |
| UKIP | 1 |
| Green Socialists | 1 |
Results edit
Bolton West constituency edit
Atherton ward edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Jamie Hodgkinson | 1695 | 51.3 | ||
| Labour | David Welch | 1235 | 37.38 | ||
| Green Socialists For Investment Not Cuts | Stephen Michael Hall | 190 | 5.75 | ||
| Conservative | Stephen Holt | 179 | 5.42 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.15 | |||
| Majority | 460 | 13.92 | |||
| Turnout | 29.23 | ||||
Makerfield constituency edit
Abram ward edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Martyn Smethurst | 1577 | 58.23 | ||
| Independent | Ken Winstanley | 601 | 22.2 | ||
| BNP | Dennis Shambley | 239 | 8.83 | ||
| Community Action | John Shale | 148 | 5.5 | ||
| Conservative | Malcolm Childs | 137 | 5.06 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.22 | |||
| Majority | 976 | 36.04 | |||
| Turnout | 2708 | 24.87 | |||
Ashton ward edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Bill Clarke | 1400 | 51.89 | ||
| Independent | Paul Allan Tushingham | 585 | 21.7 | ||
| Independent | Brian Merry | 402 | 15 | ||
| Conservative | Marie Winstanley | 189 | 7 | ||
| BNP | Barry John Longstaffe | 118 | 4.37 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 4 | 0.15 | |||
| Majority | 815 | ||||
| Turnout | 2698 | 29.32 | |||
Bryn ward edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Don Hodgkinson | 1516 | 50.25 | ||
| Labour | Trevor Allen | 1352 | 44.81 | ||
| Conservative | Stuart Peet | 146 | 4.84 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 3 | 0.1 | |||
| Majority | 164 | 5.44 | |||
| Turnout | 3017 | 32.55 | |||
Hindley ward edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Jim Ellis | 1279 | 46.24 | ||
| Labour | Allen Robert Jones | 1232 | 44.54 | ||
| BNP | Stephen Bradbury | 131 | 4.74 | ||
| Conservative | Steve Surples | 115 | 4.16 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 9 | 0.33 | |||
| Majority | 47 | 1.7 | |||
| Turnout | 2766 | 27.41 | |||
Hindley Green ward edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Bob Brierley | 1251 | 49.6 | ||
| Labour | Maxine Read | 796 | 31.56 | ||
| Community Action | Barry Jack Fagan | 354 | 14.04 | ||
| Conservative | Margaret Mary Winstanley | 106 | 4.2 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 15 | 0.6 | |||
| Majority | 455 | 18.04 | |||
| Turnout | 2522 | 29.51 | |||
Orrell ward edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Kelly Ready | 1533 | 47.71 | ||
| Conservative | Richard Clayton | 1389 | 43.23 | ||
| Green | Donald McQueen | 280 | 8.72 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 11 | 0.34 | |||
| Majority | 144 | 4.48 | |||
| Turnout | 3213 | 34.34 | |||
Winstanley ward edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Paul Terence Kenny | 1216 | 48.82 | ||
| Community Action | Stan Barnes | 798 | 32.04 | ||
| Green | Steven Charles Heyes | 237 | 9.51 | ||
| Conservative | Michael Nicholls | 234 | 9.39 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.24 | |||
| Majority | 418 | 16.78 | |||
| Turnout | 2491 | 27.82 | |||
Worsley Mesnes ward edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Phil Kelly | 1960 | 85.47 | ||
| Conservative | David Ollerton | 333 | 14.5 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 17 | 0.74 | |||
| Majority | 1627 | 71 | |||
| Turnout | 2293 | 25.29 | |||
Leigh constituency edit
Astley Mosley Common ward edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Joanne Platt | 1810 | 69.43 | ||
| Conservative | Nasri Barghothi | 534 | 20.48 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Kath Valentine | 243 | 9.32 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 20 | 0.77 | |||
| Majority | 1276 | 48.95 | |||
| Turnout | 2607 | 27.36 | |||
Atherleigh ward edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Susan Loudon | 982 | 47.23 | ||
| Independent | Stuart Andrew Gerrard | 747 | 36 | ||
| Independent | Jim Kerfoot | 343 | 16.5 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 7 | 0.34 | |||
| Majority | 235 | 11.3 | |||
| Turnout | 2079 | 23.83 | |||
Golborne and Lowton West ward edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Yvonne Marie Klieve | 1791 | 70.6 | ||
| Community Action | Peter Franzen | 507 | 20 | ||
| Conservative | Kathleen Houlton | 241 | 9.5 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.2 | |||
| Majority | 1284 | 50.6 | |||
| Turnout | 2538 | 28.05 | |||
Leigh East ward edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Keith Cunliffe | 1452 | 67.63 | ||
| Independent | Christopher Garfin | 411 | 19.14 | ||
| Conservative | Derek Davies | 272 | 12.67 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 12 | 0.56 | |||
| Majority | 1041 | 48.5 | |||
| Turnout | 2147 | 22.75 | |||
Leigh South ward edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Kevin Anderson | 1811 | 63.3 | ||
| Conservative | Richard Short | 534 | 18.66 | ||
| Independent | Gary Charles Chadwick | 502 | 17.55 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 14 | 0.5 | |||
| Majority | 1277 | 44.63 | |||
| Turnout | 2861 | 27.36 | |||
Leigh West ward edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Susan June Greensmith | 1761 | 1761 | ||
| Independent | Brian Richard Turrell | 650 | 24.81 | ||
| Conservative | Andrew John Oxley | 195 | 7.44 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 14 | 0.53 | |||
| Majority | 1111 | 42.4 | |||
| Turnout | 2620 | 23.62 | |||
Lowton East ward edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | James Grundy | 1904 | 53.3 | ||
| Labour | Frank Bowker | 1224 | 34.3 | ||
| Community Action | Ian (Sandy) Franzen | 434 | 12.15 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 10 | 0.28 | |||
| Majority | 680 | 19 | |||
| Turnout | 3572 | 36.53 | |||
Tyldesley ward edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Mark Bleakley | 1441 | 48.5 | ||
| Labour | Joanne Marshall | 1303 | 43.84 | ||
| BNP | David Ian Peacock | 206 | 6.93 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 22 | 0.74 | |||
| Majority | 138 | 4.64 | |||
| Turnout | 2972 | 28.41 | |||
Wigan constituency edit
Aspull, New Springs and Whelley ward edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Hilton | 2,241 | 69.38 | ||
| Conservative | Jane Surples | 502 | 15.54 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Alan Robinson | 450 | 13.9 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 37 | 1.15 | |||
| Majority | 1739 | 53.84 | |||
| Turnout | 3230 | 31.33 | |||
Douglas ward edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Joy Birch | 1,774 | 77.94 | ||
| Independent | Anthony Unsworth | 324 | 14.24 | ||
| Conservative | Margaret Atherton | 172 | 7.56 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.26 | |||
| Majority | 1450 | 63.71 | |||
| Turnout | 2276 | 22.84 | |||
Ince ward edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | David Trevor Molyneux | 1,790 | 80.2 | ||
| BNP | Henry Morgan | 309 | 13.84 | ||
| Conservative | Ray Whittingham | 120 | 5.38 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 13 | 0.58 | |||
| Majority | 1481 | 66.35 | |||
| Turnout | 2232 | 24.25 | |||
Pemberton ward edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jeanette Prescott | 1,996 | 79.90 | ||
| Community Action | Mike Leyland | 291 | 11.65 | ||
| Conservative | Jonathan Charles Cartwright | 205 | 8.21 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.24 | |||
| Majority | 1705 | 68.25 | |||
| Turnout | 2498 | 25.01 | |||
Shevington with Lower Ground ward edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Damian Edwardson | 1362 | 49.1 | ||
| Conservative | Callum Chadwick | 532 | 19.18 | ||
| UKIP | Arnold Jefferson Foster | 450 | 16.22 | ||
| Shevington Independents | Debbie Fairhurst | 220 | 7.93 | ||
| Independent | Paul Liptrot | 198 | 7.14 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 12 | 0.43 | |||
| Majority | 830 | 29.92 | |||
| Turnout | 2774 | 29.69 | |||
Standish with Langtree ward edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standish Independents | Gareth William Fairhurst | 2069 | 57.73 | ||
| Labour | Sam Murphy | 913 | 25.47 | ||
| Conservative | Michael William Winstanley | 589 | 16.4 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 13 | 0.36 | |||
| Majority | 1156 | 32.25 | |||
| Turnout | 3584 | 36.55 | |||
Wigan Central ward edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Lol Hunt | 1,806 | 58.8 | ||
| Conservative | Jean Peet | 859 | 28 | ||
| Community Action | Syd Hall | 388 | 12.63 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 19 | 0.62 | |||
| Majority | 947 | 30.83 | |||
| Turnout | 3072 | 32.49 | |||
Wigan West ward edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Terence William Halliwell | 2,115 | 83 | ||
| Conservative | Oliver Barton | 409 | 16 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 27 | 1 | |||
| Majority | 1709 | 67 | |||
| Turnout | 2551 | 25.28 | |||
References edit
- ^ Candidates for 2012 Archived 17 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine Wigan Council
- ^ "Local Election Results". apps.wigan.gov.uk.