2006 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Wigan Council were held on 4 May 2006. One-third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.[1] Overall turnout was 29.2%.[2][3][4]

Election result

Wigan local election result 2006
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 14 3 2 +1 56.0 42.8 29,588 +0.8%
  Conservative 4 2 0 +2 16.0 21.7 15,014 +4.2%
  Community Action 4 0 3 -3 16.0 16.8 11,622 -7.9%
  Liberal Democrats 3 0 0 0 12.0 11.8 8,142 +1.3%
  BNP 0 0 0 0 0 2.8 1,948 +0.6%
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 1,105 +1.6%
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 828 -0.5%
  Green 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 610 -0.5%
  Legalise Cannabis 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 91 +0.1%

This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:

Party Previous council New council
Labour 42 43
Community Action 18 15
Conservative 7 9
Liberal Democrat 8 8
BNP 0 0
UKIP 0 0
Independent 0 0
Green 0 0
Legalise Cannabis 0 0
Total 75 75
Working majority  9   11 

Ward results

Abram[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Carl Sweeney 1,327 52.1 −6.0
Community Action John Shale 541 21.3 +21.3
BNP Dennis Shambley 421 16.5 −4.2
Conservative Marion Green 243 9.5 −10.5
Rejected ballots 13 0.5 -0.5
Majority 786 30.9 −6.4
Turnout 2,545 25.0 −6.6
Labour hold Swing -13.6
Ashton[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nigel Ash 1,261 45.3 +13.5
Community Action Claire Daington 1,200 43.1 −14.7
Conservative Marie Winstanley 320 11.5 +1.7
Rejected ballots 0 0.0 -0.5
Majority 61 2.2 −23.8
Turnout 2,781 30.4 −14.2
Labour gain from Community Action Swing +14.1
Aspull, New Springs, Whelley[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jean Beswick 1,403 43.8 −1.5
Labour Michael McLoughlin 1,291 40.3 −11.8
Conservative Deborah Fairhurst 506 15.8 +15.8
Rejected ballots 0 0.0 -2.5
Majority 112 3.5 −3.3
Turnout 3,200 31.9 −2.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +5.1
Astley, Mosley Common[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Joseph Haley 1,472 48.9 +12.7
Labour Alan Stephenson 865 28.7 −11.0
Conservative Sean Ell 674 22.4 +22.4
Rejected ballots 0 0.0 -1.0
Majority 607 20.2 +16.7
Turnout 3,011 31.1 −8.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +11.8
Atherleigh[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anne Turnock 906 46.0 −2.4
Liberal Democrats Peter Bowdler 676 34.3 +34.3
Conservative Malcolm Parr 387 19.7 −3.5
Rejected ballots 0 0.0 -1.3
Majority 230 11.7 −9.6
Turnout 1,969 25.8 −7.9
Labour hold Swing -18.3
Atherton[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Karen Aldred 1,507 49.7 +12.3
Liberal Democrats Susan Wilson 960 31.7 −11.3
Conservative Rosina Oxley 331 10.9 −0.4
Green Nicholas Redmond 232 7.7 −0.1
Rejected ballots 0 0.0 -0.5
Majority 547 18.1 +12.6
Turnout 3,030 27.6 −8.7
Labour hold Swing +11.8
Bryn[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Community Action Brian Merry 1,429 45.2 −15.0
Labour George Harrison 1,050 33.2 +1.9
BNP Kenneth Haslam 457 14.5 +14.5
Conservative William Winstanley 171 5.4 −2.8
New Party Duane Phillips 45 1.4 +1.4
Rejected ballots 7 0.2 -0.1
Majority 379 12.0 −16.9
Turnout 3,159 33.7 −8.6
Community Action hold Swing -8.4
Douglas[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Shirley Dewhurst 1,369 59.1 +7.8
Community Action Edna Hulme 933 40.3 −6.3
Rejected ballots 15 0.6 -1.5
Majority 436 18.8 +14.1
Turnout 2,317 24.7 −5.4
Labour hold Swing +7.0
Golborne and Lowton West[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gerard Bretherton 1,410 52.0 +12.9
Community Action Peter Solinas 953 35.2 −14.3
Conservative Jeanette Leigh 347 12.8 +2.1
Rejected ballots 0 0.0 -0.7
Majority 457 16.9 +6.6
Turnout 2,710 30.7 −7.6
Labour gain from Community Action Swing +13.6
Hindley[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Talbot 1,217 48.4 +9.2
Community Action Debbie Grace 913 36.3 +7.7
Conservative Joan Pietre 387 15.4 +5.4
Rejected ballots 0 0.0 -0.6
Majority 304 12.1 +1.6
Turnout 2,517 25.6 −19.5
Labour gain from Community Action Swing +0.7
Hindley Green[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Community Action Barry Fagan 1,100 47.4 +12.6
Labour John Holland 832 35.9 +0.8
Conservative Denise Young 388 16.7 +3.3
Rejected ballots 0 0.0 -0.7
Majority 268 11.6 +11.4
Turnout 2,320 25.9 −16.2
Community Action hold Swing +5.9
Ince[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Moodie 1,279 60.7 −5.8
Community Action Syd Hall 639 30.3 −0.5
Conservative Alicia Eccles 173 8.2 +8.2
Rejected ballots 15 0.7 -1.9
Majority 640 30.4 −5.2
Turnout 2,106 24.6 −1.8
Labour hold Swing -2.6
Leigh East[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Fred Walker 1,120 46.1 −0.5
Liberal Democrats Gordon Jackson 912 37.5 +37.5
Conservative Dorothy Angell 399 16.4 −4.9
Rejected ballots 0 0.0 -1.0
Majority 208 8.6 −6.7
Turnout 2,431 26.8 −7.3
Labour hold Swing -19.0
Leigh South[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Charles Rigby 1,273 39.8 −0.8
Conservative Andrew Oxley 763 23.9 −3.2
Community Action Stephen Ellison 621 19.4 −11.4
BNP Richard Close 448 14.0 +14.0
Legalise Cannabis Thomas Hampson 91 2.8 +2.8
Rejected ballots 0 0.0 -1.4
Majority 510 16.0 +6.2
Turnout 3,196 30.7 −6.6
Labour hold Swing +1.2
Leigh West[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Smith 1,377 54.9 −3.2
Liberal Democrats Kevin Jones 721 28.7 +28.7
Conservative Alan Lowe 410 16.3 +16.3
Rejected ballots 0 0.0 -1.7
Majority 656 26.2 −9.1
Turnout 2,508 23.4 −4.3
Labour hold Swing -15.9
Lowton East[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Community Action Edward Houlton 1,075 34.1 −10.4
Conservative James Grundy 1,041 33.0 +11.2
Labour Trevor Ward 1,034 32.8 +0.8
Rejected ballots 0 0.0 -1.6
Majority 34 1.1 −11.4
Turnout 3,150 32.2 −8.7
Community Action hold Swing -10.8
Orrell[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Thompson 1,308 38.4 −1.0
Labour Michael Barnes 1,266 37.2 +5.6
BNP Charles Mather 622 18.3 +3.1
UKIP Stephen Hawkins 208 6.1 +6.1
Rejected ballots 0 0.0 -0.4
Majority 42 1.2 −6.6
Turnout 3,404 37.1 −12.4
Conservative gain from Labour Swing -3.3
Pemberton[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Prescott 1,452 64.8 +18.0
Community Action Robert Beale 320 14.3 −23.3
Liberal Democrats Darren Atherton 281 12.5 +12.5
UKIP Aspey David 189 8.4 +8.4
Rejected ballots 0 0.0 -1.3
Majority 1,132 50.5 +41.3
Turnout 2,242 22.7 −8.4
Labour hold Swing +20.6
Shevington with Lower Ground[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Angela Bland 1,827 57.4 +21.6
Labour Michael Crosby 1,311 41.2 −4.1
Rejected ballots 46 1.4 +0.7
Majority 516 16.2 +6.7
Turnout 3,184 33.8 −10.2
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +12.8
Standish with Langtree[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Neil Whittingham 1,866 54.8 +21.6
Labour Diana Davies 1,029 30.2 −4.4
UKIP Gregory Atherton 493 14.5 +14.5
Rejected ballots 17 0.5 -0.2
Majority 837 24.6 +23.1
Turnout 3,405 36.0 −6.5
Conservative hold Swing +13.0
Tyldesley[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Richard Derricutt 1,717 58.7 +4.0
Labour Pamela Stewart 565 19.3 −14.1
Green Craig Cohen 378 12.9 +12.9
Conservative Hilary Hayden 266 9.1 −2.2
Rejected ballots 0 0.0 -0.6
Majority 1,152 39.4 +18.1
Turnout 2,926 28.9 −11.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +9.0
Wigan Central[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gareth Fairhurst 1,905 60.0 +5.9
Labour Marcia Dooley 1,270 40.0 −3.0
Rejected ballots 0 0.0 -2.9
Majority 635 20.0 +8.9
Turnout 3,175 34.6 −8.6
Conservative hold Swing +4.4
Wigan West[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joe Shaw 1,354 49.0 N/A
Independent Philip Parkes 783 28.3 N/A
Conservative Keith Jones 613 22.2 N/A
Rejected ballots 16 0.6 N/A
Majority 571 20.6 N/A
Turnout 2,766 27.0 N/A
Labour hold Swing N/A
Winstanley[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Community Action William Wilkes 1,160 43.5 −4.9
Labour Philip Kelly 905 33.9 −3.3
Conservative Charles Cartwright 382 14.3 +0.3
UKIP Alan Freeman 215 8.1 +8.1
Rejected ballots 7 0.3 -0.2
Majority 255 9.6 −1.5
Turnout 2,669 30.1 −12.5
Community Action hold Swing -0.8
Worsley Mesnes[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Patricia Holland 1,318 55.4 +6.6
Community Action Leanne Brotherton 738 31.0 −6.0
Conservative Thomas Sutton 307 12.9 −0.5
Rejected ballots 15 0.6 -0.1
Majority 580 24.4 +12.5
Turnout 2,378 26.0 −10.0
Labour hold Swing +6.3

References

  1. ^ "Local elections: Wigan". BBC News. Retrieved 17 December 2009.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z "Wigan Council results from 1973 to 2008" (PDF). wigan.gov.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 November 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z "Local Election Results 04 May 2006". wiganmbc.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z "Local Elections Archive Project: 2006 – Wigan". andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
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