Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2011

Map of the results of the 2011 Wigan council election. Labour in red, independents in grey and Independent Conservative in pale blue.
Elections to Wigan Council were held in May 2011. One-third of the council was up for election. These elections were held as part of the United Kingdom local elections, 2011.[1][2][3]
Election result
Wigan Local Election Result 2011 | ||||||||||
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
Labour | 21 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 84.0 | 54.1 | 43,384 | +8.6% | ||
Independent | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12.0 | 12.5 | 10,046 | +5.2% | ||
Independent Conservative | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 2,809 | +0.4% | ||
Conservative | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0.0 | 19.5 | 15,603 | +0.8% | ||
Community Action | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 3,836 | -3.2% | ||
Liberal Democrat | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 2,159 | -6.2% | ||
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 777 | -5.5% | ||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 498 | -0.7% | ||
TUSC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 320 | +0.4% | ||
England First | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 114 | +0.0% | ||
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:
Party | Previous council | New council | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 52 | 58 | |||
Independent | 7 | 7 | |||
Conservative | 7 | 5 | |||
Community Action | 4 | 2 | |||
Liberal Democrat | 3 | 2 | |||
Wigan Independent Conservative | 2 | 1 | |||
BNP | 0 | 0 | |||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | |||
Trade Unionist & Socialist | 0 | 0 | |||
England First | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 75 | 75 | |||
Working majority | 29 | 41 |
Ward results
Abram
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Eunice Smethurst | 1,696 | 56.6 | +3.8 | |
Independent | Sandra Atherton | 774 | 25.8 | +9.3 | |
Conservative | Marion Green | 271 | 9.0 | -3.3 | |
BNP | Dennis Shambley | 242 | 8.1 | -4.1 | |
Rejected ballots | 16 | 0.5 | +0.2 | ||
Majority | 922 | 30.7 | -5.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,999 | 28.2 | -23.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.7 | |||
Ashton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joel Haddley | 1,595 | 48.5 | +9.7 | |
Independent | Walter Carney | 710 | 21.6 | +11.5 | |
Community Action | Leanne Brotherton | 626 | 19.0 | -15.7 | |
Conservative | Marie Winstanley | 344 | 10.4 | +0.4 | |
Rejected ballots | 17 | 0.5 | +0.2 | ||
Majority | 885 | 26.9 | +22.9 | ||
Turnout | 3,292 | 36.0 | -27.1 | ||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | -0.9 | |||
Aspull, New Springs, Whelley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Christopher Ready | 2,509 | 65.7 | +16.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Alan Robinson | 796 | 20.8 | -2.4 | |
Conservative | Jane Surples | 482 | 12.6 | -6.0 | |
Rejected ballots | 34 | 0.9 | +0.6 | ||
Majority | 1,713 | 44.8 | +18.5 | ||
Turnout | 3,821 | 37.5 | -26.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +9.2 | |||
Astley Mosley Common
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brendan Bowen | 2,028 | 62.7 | +23.1 | |
Conservative | Nasri Barghothi | 1,158 | 35.8 | +8.1 | |
Rejected ballots | 50 | 1.5 | +0.8 | ||
Majority | 870 | 26.9 | +19.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,236 | 34.4 | -28.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +7.5 | |||
Atherleigh
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mark Aldred | 1,499 | 58.9 | +15.6 | |
Independent | Jamie Hodgkinson | 537 | 21.1 | +11.6 | |
Conservative | Derek Davies | 491 | 19.3 | +0.8 | |
Rejected ballots | 18 | 0.7 | +0.7 | ||
Majority | 962 | 37.8 | +13.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,545 | 29.6 | -26.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.0 | |||
Atherton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Norman Bradbury | 1,517 | 42.6 | +28.6 | |
Labour | David Welch | 1,271 | 35.7 | -9.5 | |
Conservative | Vivienne Lee | 437 | 12.3 | -3.5 | |
TUSC | Stephen Hall | 320 | 9.0 | +9.0 | |
Rejected ballots | 17 | 0.5 | +0.0 | ||
Majority | 246 | 6.9 | -22.5 | ||
Turnout | 3,562 | 32.3 | -24.7 | ||
Independent hold | Swing | +19.0 | |||
Bryn
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Gary Wilkes | 1,955 | 54.2 | +24.2 | |
Labour | John Allen | 1,363 | 37.8 | -2.4 | |
Conservative | Stuart Foy | 274 | 7.6 | -1.7 | |
Rejected ballots | 17 | 0.5 | +0.0 | ||
Majority | 592 | 16.4 | +6.2 | ||
Turnout | 3,609 | 39.0 | -23.4 | ||
Independent hold | Swing | +13.3 | |||
Douglas
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael Dewhurst | 1,867 | 71.9 | +13.2 | |
Independent | Anthony Unsworth | 393 | 15.1 | +7.0 | |
Conservative | Margaret Atherton | 321 | 12.4 | -1.7 | |
Rejected ballots | 16 | 0.6 | -0.1 | ||
Majority | 1,474 | 56.8 | +12.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,597 | 26.5 | -22.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.1 | |||
Golborne Lowton West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stuart Keane | 1,897 | 60.1 | +10.2 | |
Community Action | Peter Franzen | 849 | 26.9 | -1.1 | |
Conservative | Kathleen Houlton | 389 | 12.3 | -2.8 | |
Rejected ballots | 19 | 0.6 | +0.1 | ||
Majority | 1,048 | 33.2 | +11.3 | ||
Turnout | 3,154 | 35.0 | -22.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.6 | |||
Hindley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Churton | 1,831 | 59.2 | +9.9 | |
Independent | David Culshaw | 1,000 | 32.3 | +6.4 | |
Conservative | Stephen Holt | 251 | 8.1 | -3.6 | |
Rejected ballots | 12 | 0.4 | -0.2 | ||
Majority | 831 | 26.9 | +3.5 | ||
Turnout | 3,094 | 30.7 | -22.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.7 | |||
Hindley Green
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Francis Carmichael | 1,185 | 39.7 | +11.7 | |
Labour | Romana Kowalczuk | 927 | 31.1 | -0.4 | |
Community Action | Barry Fagan | 626 | 21.0 | +0.3 | |
Conservative | Margaret Winstanley | 232 | 7.8 | -3.5 | |
Rejected ballots | 14 | 0.5 | -0.1 | ||
Majority | 258 | 8.6 | +5.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,984 | 34.6 | -27.1 | ||
Independent gain from Community Action | Swing | +6.0 | |||
Ince
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Janice Sharratt | 1,679 | 66.5 | +5.6 | |
BNP | Anthony Farrell | 296 | 11.7 | -1.8 | |
Independent | Brian Kenrick | 243 | 9.6 | +4.3 | |
Conservative | Raymond Whittingham | 177 | 7.0 | -2.5 | |
England First | Robert Hague | 114 | 4.5 | +1.3 | |
Rejected ballots | 17 | 0.7 | +0.2 | ||
Majority | 1,383 | 54.8 | +7.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,526 | 28.2 | -20.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.7 | |||
Leigh East
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Anita Thorpe | 1,835 | 69.0 | +20.9 | |
Conservative | Richard Short | 785 | 29.5 | +6.0 | |
Rejected ballots | 38 | 1.4 | +0.4 | ||
Majority | 1,050 | 39.5 | +18.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,658 | 28.5 | -27.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +7.4 | |||
Leigh South
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John O'Brien | 2,180 | 61.5 | +20.7 | |
Conservative | Stanley Walker | 885 | 25.0 | +6.0 | |
Community Action | Stuart Preston | 450 | 12.7 | +3.4 | |
Rejected ballots | 29 | 0.8 | +0.4 | ||
Majority | 1,295 | 36.5 | +14.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,544 | 34.2 | -27.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +7.3 | |||
Leigh West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Myra Whiteside | 1,844 | 64.2 | +17.7 | |
Independent | Brian Turrell | 430 | 15.0 | +5.1 | |
Conservative | John Oxley | 334 | 11.6 | +1.3 | |
BNP | Martin Grainey | 239 | 8.3 | -4.5 | |
Rejected ballots | 24 | 0.8 | +0.3 | ||
Majority | 1,414 | 49.3 | +18.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,871 | 26.3 | -25.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +6.3 | |||
Lowton East
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Pamela Gilligan | 1,561 | 40.8 | +2.8 | |
Conservative | Ed Houlton | 1,546 | 40.4 | +3.8 | |
Community Action | Ian Franzen | 710 | 18.5 | -6.6 | |
Rejected ballots | 11 | 0.3 | +0.0 | ||
Majority | 15 | 0.4 | -1.0 | ||
Turnout | 3,828 | 39.3 | -26.3 | ||
Labour gain from Community Action | Swing | -0.5 | |||
Orrell
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stephen Murphy | 1,825 | 48.4 | +2.3 | |
Conservative | Michael Winstanley | 1,693 | 44.9 | +7.7 | |
Independent | Brian Merry | 236 | 6.3 | +6.3 | |
Rejected ballots | 16 | 0.4 | -0.5 | ||
Majority | 132 | 3.5 | -5.5 | ||
Turnout | 3,770 | 40.5 | -27.0 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | -2.7 | |||
Pemberton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Barbara Bourne | 1,864 | 70.9 | +5.4 | |
Community Action | Michael Leyland | 377 | 14.3 | +5.2 | |
Conservative | Jonathan Cartwright | 360 | 13.7 | +1.1 | |
Rejected ballots | 29 | 1.1 | +0.5 | ||
Majority | 1,487 | 56.5 | +3.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,630 | 26.7 | -23.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.1 | |||
Shevington with Lower Ground
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paul Collins | 1,557 | 41.7 | +7.4 | |
Conservative | Callum Chadwick | 974 | 26.1 | +4.0 | |
Independent Conservative | Deborah Fairhurst | 672 | 18.0 | -1.1 | |
UKIP | Arnold Foster | 498 | 13.3 | +4.9 | |
Rejected ballots | 35 | 0.9 | +0.5 | ||
Majority | 583 | 15.6 | +3.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,736 | 39.9 | -28.5 | ||
Labour gain from Independent Conservative | Swing | +1.7 | |||
Standish with Langtree
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent Conservative | George Fairhurst | 1,672 | 43.1 | +27.5 | |
Labour | Andrew Birchall | 1,336 | 34.4 | +2.4 | |
Conservative | Steven Surples | 848 | 21.8 | -7.1 | |
Rejected ballots | 27 | 0.7 | +0.5 | ||
Majority | 336 | 8.7 | +5.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,883 | 39.8 | -28.6 | ||
Independent Conservative hold | Swing | +12.5 | |||
Tyldesley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stephen Hellier | 1,529 | 46.8 | +14.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | Keith McManus | 1,363 | 41.7 | +2.1 | |
Conservative | David Ollerton | 357 | 10.9 | -5.0 | |
Rejected ballots | 21 | 0.6 | +0.4 | ||
Majority | 166 | 5.1 | -2.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,270 | 31.9 | -26.4 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | +6.3 | |||
Wigan Central
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael McLoughlin | 1,684 | 47.6 | +5.7 | |
Conservative | Jean Peet | 1,161 | 32.8 | +7.1 | |
Independent Conservative | Gareth Fairhurst | 465 | 13.1 | -5.3 | |
Community Action | Robert Hall | 198 | 5.6 | +5.6 | |
Rejected ballots | 33 | 0.9 | +0.1 | ||
Majority | 523 | 14.8 | -1.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,541 | 37.8 | -26.9 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | -0.7 | |||
Wigan West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stephen Dawber | 2,301 | 74.6 | +13.1 | |
Conservative | Barry Alder | 739 | 23.7 | +6.3 | |
Rejected ballots | 54 | 1.8 | +0.9 | ||
Majority | 1,571 | 50.9 | +6.8 | ||
Turnout | 3,085 | 30.7 | -26.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.4 | |||
Winstanley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Rona Winkworth | 1,509 | 47.9 | +4.5 | |
Independent | Christine Shore | 1,066 | 33.8 | +11.3 | |
Conservative | Michael Nicholls | 552 | 17.5 | +2.5 | |
Rejected ballots | 24 | 0.8 | +0.5 | ||
Majority | 443 | 14.1 | -6.8 | ||
Turnout | 3,151 | 35.5 | -29.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.4 | |||
Worsley Mesnes
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Rotherham | 2,197 | 79.5 | +15.0 | |
Conservative | Joseph Sheedy | 551 | 19.9 | +3.1 | |
Rejected ballots | 17 | 0.6 | -0.2 | ||
Majority | 1,646 | 59.5 | +13.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,765 | 30.6 | -25.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.9 | |||
References
- ↑ "Election 2011: Wigan council". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2012-07-06.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 "Local Election Results 05 May 2011". wiganmbc.gov.uk. Retrieved 2012-07-06.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 "Local Elections Archive Project: 2011 - Wigan". andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 2012-07-06.
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