2007 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Wigan Council were held on 3 May 2007 with one third of the seats up for election.[1][2][3][4]

Election result

Wigan Local Election Result 2007
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 16 4 1 +3 64.0 43.2 30,854 +0.4%
  Conservative 4 1 0 +1 16.0 21.0 15,023 -0.7%
  Community Action 3 1 2 -1 12.0 15.8 11,265 -1.0%
  Liberal Democrats 1 0 2 -2 4.0 10.1 7,211 -1.7%
  Independent 1 0 0 0 4.0 3.2 2,267 +2.0%
  BNP 0 0 0 0 0 3.6 2,572 +0.8%
  Community Performance First 0 0 1 -1 0 1.2 837 +1.2%
  Green 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 835 +0.3%
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 337 -1.1%

This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:[5]

Party Previous council New council
Labour 43 46
Community Action 12 11
Conservative 9 10
Liberal Democrat 8 6
Independent 2 2
BNP 0 0
Green 0 0
Community Performance First 1 0
UKIP 0 0
Total 75 75
Working majority  11   17 

Ward results

Abram[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Eunice Smethurst 1,403 55.0 +2.9
Community Action John Shale 587 22.2 +1.0
BNP Dennis Shambley 309 12.1 −4.4
Conservative Marion Green 264 10.4 +0.8
Rejected ballots 6 0.2 -0.3
Majority 836 32.8 +1.9
Turnout 2,549 24.8 −0.2
Labour hold Swing +0.9
Ashton[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Community Action Walter Carney 1,423 45.4 +2.2
Labour Ann Rampling 1,258 40.1 −5.2
Conservative Marie Winstanley 256 8.2 −3.3
BNP Violet Haslam 195 6.2 +6.2
Rejected ballots 5 0.2 +0.2
Majority 165 5.3 +3.1
Turnout 3,137 34.4 +4.1
Community Action hold Swing +3.7
Aspull, New Springs, Whelley[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Chris Ready 1,888 53.1 +12.8
Liberal Democrats Alan Robinson 1,017 28.6 −15.2
Conservative Jim Waterworth 463 13.0 −2.8
Green Norma Stout 174 4.9 +4.9
Rejected ballots 13 0.4 +0.4
Majority 871 24.5 +21.0
Turnout 3,555 35.6 +3.7
Labour hold Swing +14.0
Astley, Mosley Common[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Brendan Bowen 1,048 37.9 +9.2
Conservative Sean Ell 821 29.7 +7.3
Liberal Democrats Peter Bowdler 665 24.0 −24.8
Green Ian Davies 218 7.9 +7.9
Rejected ballots 14 0.5 +0.5
Majority 227 8.2 −12.0
Turnout 2,766 28.6 −2.5
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +0.9
Atherleigh[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mark Aldred 1,104 52.1 +6.1
Liberal Democrats Kevin Jones 640 30.2 −4.1
Conservative Dorothy Angell 366 17.3 −2.4
Rejected ballots 10 0.5 +0.5
Majority 464 21.9 +10.2
Turnout 2,120 26.8 +0.9
Labour hold Swing +5.1
Atherton[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Norman Bradbury 1,456 45.3 −4.4
Liberal Democrats David Higginbottom 1,211 37.7 +6.0
Conservative Lee Kendrick-Walker 352 11.0 +0.0
Green Nicolas Redmond 183 5.7 −2.0
Rejected ballots 10 0.3 +0.3
Majority 245 7.6 −10.4
Turnout 3,212 29.5 +1.9
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing -5.2
Bryn[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Gary Wilkes 1,657 52.3 +52.3
Labour George Harrison 1,030 32.3 −0.9
BNP Kenneth Haslam 307 9.6 −4.8
Conservative Jonathan Cartwright 179 5.6 +0.2
Rejected ballots 7 0.2 +0.0
Majority 637 20.0 +8.0
Turnout 3,190 34.3 +0.6
Independent hold Swing +26.6
Douglas[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mike Dewhurst 1,338 58.0 −1.1
Community Action James Carmichael-Prince 586 25.4 −14.9
Conservative Jean Peet 374 16.2 +16.2
Rejected ballots 10 0.4 -0.2
Majority 752 32.6 +13.8
Turnout 2,308 24.4 −0.4
Labour hold Swing +6.9
Golborne and Lowton West[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mark Klieve 1,520 56.4 +4.4
Community Action Kevin Williams 777 28.8 −6.3
Conservative James Grundy 388 14.4 +1.6
Rejected ballots 11 0.4 +0.4
Majority 743 27.6 +10.7
Turnout 2,696 30.3 −0.4
Labour gain from Community Action Swing +5.3
Hindley[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Ecclles-Churton 1,191 45.3 −3.1
Community Action Jim Ellis 1,142 43.4 +7.1
Conservative William Winstanley 289 11.0 −4.4
Rejected ballots 9 0.3 +0.3
Majority 49 1.9 −10.2
Turnout 2,631 26.6 +1.1
Labour gain from Community Action Swing -5.1
Hindley Green[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Community Action Louise Fagan 741 31.4 −16.0
Labour Martin Long 710 30.1 −5.8
Community Performance First Robert Brierley 654 27.7 +27.7
Conservative Margaret Winstanley 245 10.4 −6.3
Rejected ballots 8 0.3 +0.3
Majority 31 1.3 −10.3
Turnout 2,358 26.4 +0.6
Community Action gain from Community Performance First Swing -5.1
Ince[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joan Hurst 1,348 66.5 +5.7
Community Action Yvonne Maddison 458 22.6 −7.8
Conservative Anthony Hinds 210 10.4 +2.1
Rejected ballots 12 0.6 -0.1
Majority 890 43.9 +13.5
Turnout 2,028 23.6 −1.0
Labour hold Swing +6.7
Leigh East[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christine Cottam 1,204 48.1 +2.1
Liberal Democrats Gordon Jackson 778 31.1 −6.4
Conservative Andrew Oxley 501 20.0 +3.6
Rejected ballots 18 0.7 +0.7
Majority 426 17.0 +8.5
Turnout 2,501 27.0 +0.2
Labour hold Swing +4.2
Leigh South[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John O'Brien 1,408 43.3 +3.5
Community Action Ian Franzen 774 23.8 +4.4
Conservative Rosina Oxley 762 23.4 −0.4
BNP Richard Close 293 9.0 −5.0
Rejected ballots 15 0.5 +0.5
Majority 634 19.5 +3.5
Turnout 3,252 31.1 +0.5
Labour hold Swing -0.4
Leigh West[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Myra Whiteside 1,380 53.9 −1.0
Independent Mandy Cooper 600 23.5 +23.5
Conservative Denise Young 289 11.3 −5.0
Community Action Stephen Ellison 280 10.9 +10.9
Rejected ballots 9 0.4 +0.4
Majority 780 30.5 +4.3
Turnout 2,558 23.8 +0.4
Labour hold Swing -12.2
Lowton East[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Community Action Jonathan Miller 1,418 43.0 +8.9
Labour Susan Greensmith 1,085 32.9 +0.1
Conservative Jeanette Leigh 782 23.7 −9.3
Rejected ballots 13 0.4 +0.4
Majority 636 10.1 +9.0
Turnout 3,298 33.6 +1.4
Community Action hold Swing +4.4
Orrell[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Winstanley 1,686 45.2 +6.8
Labour Michael Barnes 1,328 35.6 −1.6
BNP Charles Mather 534 14.3 −3.9
Community Action Peter Solinas 165 4.4 +4.4
Rejected ballots 13 0.3 +0.3
Majority 358 9.6 +8.4
Turnout 3,726 40.3 +3.2
Conservative hold Swing +4.2
Pemberton[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Barbara Bourne 1,421 57.6 −7.1
Community Action Michael Leyland 409 16.6 +2.3
BNP Chris Hilton 333 13.5 +13.5
Conservative Stuart Foy 295 12.0 +12.0
Rejected ballots 8 0.3 +0.3
Majority 1,012 41.0 −9.5
Turnout 2,466 24.9 +2.2
Labour hold Swing -4.7
Shevington with Lower Ground[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Debbie Fairhurst 1,377 41.9 −15.5
Labour Dave Brown 1,248 38.0 −3.2
UKIP John Atherton 337 10.3 +10.3
Liberal Democrats Darren Atherton 311 9.5 +9.5
Rejected ballots 11 0.3 -1.1
Majority 129 3.9 −12.3
Turnout 3,284 34.9 +1.1
Conservative gain from Labour Swing -6.1
Standish with Langtree[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Fairhurst 2,016 57.9 +3.1
Labour Mike Crosby 996 28.6 −1.6
Liberal Democrats June Garner 451 12.9 +12.9
Rejected ballots 20 0.6 +0.1
Majority 1,020 29.3 +4.7
Turnout 3,483 36.4 +0.4
Conservative hold Swing +2.3
Tyldesley[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Keith McManus 1,838 63.0 +4.3
Labour Pamela Stewart 447 15.3 −4.0
Conservative Hilary Hayden 370 12.7 +3.6
Green Craig Cohen 260 8.9 −4.0
Rejected ballots 3 0.1 +0.1
Majority 1,391 47.7 +8.3
Turnout 2,918 28.6 −0.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +4.2
Wigan Central[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jim Davies 1,406 44.2 −15.8
Labour John Ball 1,050 33.0 −7.0
Liberal Democrats Martin Sutton 300 9.4 +9.4
Community Action Ronnie Barnes 218 6.9 +6.9
BNP Gary Chadwick 199 6.3 +6.3
Rejected ballots 9 0.3 +0.3
Majority 356 11.2 −8.8
Turnout 3,182 34.6 +0.1
Conservative hold Swing -4.4
Wigan West[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mike Baines 1,388 47.5 −1.5
Conservative Keith Jones 563 19.3 −2.9
Community Action Philip Parkes 560 19.2 +19.2
BNP Susan Mather 402 13.7 +13.7
Rejected ballots 11 0.4 -0.2
Majority 825 28.2 +7.6
Turnout 2,924 28.6 +1.7
Labour hold Swing +0.7
Winstanley[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rona Winkworth 1,224 43.3 +9.4
Community Action Leanne Brotherton 1,109 39.2 −4.2
Conservative David Bowker 482 17.1 +2.7
Rejected ballots 11 0.4 +0.1
Majority 115 4.1 −5.5
Turnout 2,826 32.0 +1.9
Labour hold Swing +6.8
Worsley Mesnes[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Rotherham 1,381 55.3 −0.1
Community Action William Barnes 638 25.5 −5.5
Conservative Thomas Sutton 287 11.5 −1.4
Community Performance First Anthony Unsworth 183 7.3 +7.3
Rejected ballots 9 0.4 -0.3
Majority 743 29.7 +5.4
Turnout 2,498 27.6 +1.6
Labour hold Swing +2.7

By-elections between 2007 and 2008

Tyldesley By-Election 28 June 2007[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Robert Bleakley 784 40.2 −22.8
Labour Barry Taylor 619 31.7 +16.4
Independent Craig Cohen 377 19.3 +19.3
Conservative Sean Ell 170 8.7 −4.0
Majority 165 8.5 −39.2
Turnout 1,950 19.2 −9.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -19.6
Wigan West By-Election 20 September 2007[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Phyll Cullen 837 43.7 −3.8
Liberal Democrats Trevor Beswick 464 24.2 +24.2
BNP Susan Mather 264 13.8 +0.1
Community Action Jim Carmichael-Prince 219 11.4 −7.8
Independent Syd Hall 72 3.8 +3.8
Green Norma Stout 60 3.1 +3.1
Majority 373 19.5 −8.7
Turnout 1,916 18.7 −9.9
Labour hold Swing -14.0
Wigan Central By-Election 18 October 2007[7][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jean Peet 1,013 48.2 +4.0
Labour Mike Barnes 827 39.3 +6.3
Community Action John Shale 262 12.5 +5.6
Majority 186 8.9 −2.3
Turnout 2,102 22.8 −11.8
Conservative hold Swing -1.1

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