2014 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election
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The 2014 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.
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Overview edit
Party | Number of Candidates |
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Labour Party | 25 |
Conservative Party | 25 |
UKIP | 15 |
Community Action Party | 7 |
Left Unity | 7 |
Independents | 7 |
Green | 3 |
Liberal Democrats | 2 |
Wigan Independents | 2 |
BNP | 1 |
TUSC | 1 |
Wigan Real Labour | 1 |
Results summary edit
2014 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Labour | 23 | 1 | 92 | 39 | 62 | 82.7 | 36,065 | 51.1 | ||
Conservative | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2.7 | 11,722 | 16.6 | ||
Wigan Independents | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2,340 | 3.3 | ||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 10.7 | 5,252 | 7.4 | |||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11,327 | 16.0 | |||
Community Action | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,590 | 2.3 | |||
Left Unity | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 796 | 1.1 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 693 | 1.0 | ||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 574 | 0.8 | |||
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 134 | 0.2 | |||
Wigan Real Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 0.1 | |||
TUSC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 0.1 |
Results edit
Bolton West Constituency edit
Atherton ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Karen Joyce Aldred | 1,494 | 48.1 | ||
Independent | John Trevor Higson | 1,106 | 35.6 | ||
Conservative | Paul Fairhurst | 374 | 12.1 | ||
Left Unity | Craig Anthony Wilson | 129 | 4.2 | ||
Majority | 388 | 12.5 | |||
Turnout | 3,103 | 27.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Leigh Constituency edit
Astley Mosley Common ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Barry John Taylor | 1,812 | 67.6 | ||
Conservative | Nasri Barghothi | 867 | 32.4 | ||
Majority | 945 | 35.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,679 | 28.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Atherleigh ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Pamela Stuart | 1,152 | 49.5 | ||
Independent | Stuart Andrew Gerrard | 750 | 32.2 | ||
Conservative | Denise Young | 339 | 14.6 | ||
Left Unity | Stephen Michael Hall | 85 | 3.7 | ||
Majority | 402 | 17.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,326 | 26.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Golborne and Lowton West ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Richard Andrew Barber | 1,596 | 65.0 | ||
Community Action | Abbey Aspey | 456 | 18.6 | ||
Conservative | Kathleen Houlton | 403 | 16.4 | ||
Majority | 1,140 | 46.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,455 | 27.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Leigh East ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Frederick Brown Walker | 1,633 | 70.9 | ||
Conservative | Ian Aspinall | 671 | 29.1 | ||
Majority | 962 | 41.8 | |||
Turnout | 2,304 | 24.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Leigh South ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Charles Rigby | 1,955 | 65.5 | ||
Conservative | Richard Alan Short | 1,032 | 34.5 | ||
Majority | 923 | 31.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,987 | 28.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Leigh West ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Peter Richard Charles Smith | 2,005 | 75.3 | ||
Conservative | Andrew John Oxley | 658 | 24.7 | ||
Majority | 1,347 | 50.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,663 | 24.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Lowton East ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Edward Noel Houlton | 1,603 | 46.2 | ||
Labour | Eleanor Mary Blackburn | 1,137 | 32.7 | ||
UKIP | Sandra Margaret Atherton | 589 | 17.0 | ||
Community Action | Sophie Aspey | 144 | 4.1 | ||
Majority | 466 | 13.5 | |||
Turnout | 3,473 | 35.1 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Tyldesley ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Joanne Marshall | 1,821 | 65.6 | ||
Conservative | Margaret Mary Winstanley | 551 | 19.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | John Charles Skipworth | 404 | 14.6 | ||
Majority | 1,270 | 45.8 | |||
Turnout | 2,776 | 26.4 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Makerfield Constituency edit
Abram ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Carl Sweeney | 1,580 | 57.4 | ||
UKIP | Janet Markland | 760 | 27.6 | ||
Conservative | Joseph Sheedy | 180 | 6.5 | ||
BNP | Dennis Shambley | 134 | 4.9 | ||
Community Action | Susan Brown | 101 | 3.7 | ||
Majority | 820 | 29.8 | |||
Turnout | 2,755 | 24.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Ashton ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Nigel Dennis Ash | 1,144 | 42.3 | ||
UKIP | John Stuart Littler | 591 | 21.9 | ||
Independent | Peter Merry | 403 | 14.9 | ||
Community Action | Michael Moulding | 395 | 14.6 | ||
Conservative | Marie Winstanley | 170 | 6.3 | ||
Majority | 553 | 20.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,703 | 29.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Bryn ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Margaret Ann Rampling | 1,190 | 40.2 | ||
UKIP | Stephen Jones | 724 | 24.5 | ||
Independent | Brian Merry | 625 | 21.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Catherine Aspey | 289 | 9.8 | ||
Conservative | Susan Atherton | 131 | 4.4 | ||
Majority | 466 | 15.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,959 | 31.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Hindley ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | James Talbot | 1,418 | 53.1 | ||
Independent | Brian Leslie Ellis | 913 | 34.2 | ||
Conservative | Gerald Joseph Houlton | 263 | 9.8 | ||
Left Unity | Ian Heyes | 78 | 2.9 | ||
Majority | 505 | 18.9 | |||
Turnout | 2,672 | 26.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Hindley Green ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | David Keir Stitt | 1,145 | 43.9 | ||
Independent | John Melville Vickers | 908 | 34.8 | ||
Community Action | Kieron Creegan | 325 | 12.5 | ||
Conservative | Stephen Gerrard Holt | 231 | 8.9 | ||
Majority | 237 | 9.1 | |||
Turnout | 2,609 | 29.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Orrell ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | David John Arrowsmith | 1,102 | 34.9 | ||
Conservative | Michael William Winstanley | 1,031 | 32.6 | ||
UKIP | Philip Easton | 818 | 25.9 | ||
Green | Norma Stout | 210 | 6.6 | ||
Majority | 71 | 2.3 | |||
Turnout | 3,161 | 33.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Winstanley ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Clive William Morgan | 1,177 | 44.1 | ||
UKIP | Andrew Collinson | 874 | 32.7 | ||
Conservative | Allan Atherton | 263 | 9.8 | ||
Green | Steven Charles Heyes | 208 | 7.8 | ||
Community Action | Lee Aspey | 149 | 5.6 | ||
Majority | 303 | 11.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,671 | 29.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Worsley Mesnes ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Patricia Lynne Holland | 1,552 | 60.4 | ||
UKIP | Gillian Mary Gibson | 813 | 31.7 | ||
Conservative | Judith Atherton | 203 | 7.9 | ||
Majority | 739 | 28.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,568 | 28.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Wigan Constituency edit
Aspull, New Springs and Whelley ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ronald Josef Conway | 1,581 | 46.0 | ||
UKIP | Maureen McCoy | 827 | 24.1 | ||
Aspull and Standish Independent | Janet Brown | 547 | 15.9 | ||
Conservative | Linda Jane Surples | 393 | 11.4 | ||
Left Unity | John Stuart Bolton | 88 | 2.6 | ||
Majority | 754 | 21.9 | |||
Turnout | 3,436 | 33.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Douglas ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Shirley Ann Dewhurst | 1,502 | 60.0 | ||
UKIP | Derek Wilkes | 790 | 31.6 | ||
Conservative | Margaret Atherton | 210 | 8.4 | ||
Majority | 712 | 28.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,502 | 24.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Ince ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | James Moodie | 1,397 | 56.8 | ||
UKIP | Ross Allan Wright | 851 | 34.6 | ||
Conservative | Raymond Whittingham | 133 | 5.4 | ||
Left Unity | Janet Elizabeth Phillips | 79 | 3.2 | ||
Majority | 546 | 22.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,460 | 26.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Pemberton ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Paul Prescott | 1,632 | 62.7 | ||
UKIP | Alan Freeman | 692 | 26.6 | ||
Conservative | Jonathon Charles Cartwright | 195 | 7.5 | ||
Left Unity | Adele Joanne Andrews | 85 | 3.3 | ||
Majority | 940 | 36.1 | |||
Turnout | 2,604 | 25.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Shevington with Lower Ground ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Michael John Crosby | 1,050 | 33.3 | ||
Shevington Independents | Angela Maria Bland | 797 | 25.3 | ||
UKIP | Arnold Jefferson Foster | 797 | 25.3 | ||
Conservative | Claire Houlton | 353 | 11.2 | ||
Green | Joseph Robert Rylance | 156 | 4.9 | ||
Majority | 253 | 8.0 | |||
Turnout | 3,153 | 33.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
"Shevington Independents" is a description used by candidates for the Wigan Independents.
Standish with Langtree ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Standish Independents | Deborah Fairhurst | 1,543 | 42.6 | ||
Conservative | David Marcus Jon Ollerton | 701 | 19.4 | ||
Labour | Deborah Gaye Parkinson | 646 | 17.9 | ||
UKIP | Joanne Bradley | 590 | 16.3 | ||
Wigan Real Labour | Emma Jayne Mcgurrin | 63 | 1.7 | ||
TUSC | Joanne Bradley | 56 | 1.5 | ||
Community Action | Daniel Willson | 20 | 0.6 | ||
Majority | 842 | 23.2 | |||
Turnout | 3,619 | 36.7 | |||
Standish Independents gain from Labour |
"Standish Independents" is a description used by candidates for the Wigan Independents.
Wigan Central ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | George Davies | 1,618 | 51.8 | ||
UKIP | Keith Robert Jones | 893 | 28.6 | ||
Conservative | Callum David Owen Chadwick | 614 | 19.6 | ||
Majority | 725 | 23.2 | |||
Turnout | 3,125 | 33.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Wigan West ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Pyhllis Mary Cullen | 1,726 | 60.6 | ||
UKIP | John Stanley Atherton | 718 | 25.2 | ||
Left Unity | Hazel Duffy | 252 | 8.8 | ||
Conservative | Jean Peet | 153 | 5.4 | ||
Majority | 1,008 | 35.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,849 | 28.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
By-elections between 2014 and 2015 edit
Douglas ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Maggie Skilling | 874 | 59.3 | ||
UKIP | Derek Wilkes | 452 | 30.7 | ||
Conservative | Margaret Atherton | 80 | 5.4 | ||
Green | Damien Hendry | 37 | 2.5 | ||
Community Action | Michael Moulding | 29 | 2.0 | ||
Majority | 422 | 28.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,474 | 14.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
References edit
- ^ "England council results". BBC News. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
- ^ "Elections result 13 November 2014" (PDF). Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 28 December 2017.