Wigan Council election 2003

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Elections to Wigan Council were held on 1st May, 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was

[edit] Election result

Wigan Local Election Result 2003
Party Seats Gains Losses Net Gain/Loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/-
  Labour 18 -5 75.0 49.7 26,761 -7.2%
  Community Action 3 +3 12.5 13.9 7,458 +4.7%
  Liberal Democrats 2 +1 8.3 14.1 7,568 +2.5%
  Conservative 1 +1 4.2 17.0 9,174 -0.3%
  Socialist Alliance 0 0 0 3.6 1,921 +1.1%
  British National 0 0 0 1.8 944 +0.8%

[edit] Ward results

Abram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Carl Sweeney 1,261 56.8 -8.6
British National Dennis Shambley 576 26.0 +3.1
Community Action Ronald Barnes 218 9.8 +9.8
Conservative Marion Green 164 7.4 -4.3
Majority 685 30.8 -11.7
Turnout 2,219 25.0 +0.0
Labour hold Swing
Ashton-Golborne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Community Action Kevin Williams 1,256 46.8 +4.6
Labour Patricia Holland 1,060 39.5 -4.8
Conservative Marie Winstanley 276 10.3 +0.2
Socialist Alliance Marian Markham 89 3.3 -0.1
Majority 196 7.3
Turnout 2,681 24.1 -2.8
Community Action gain from Labour Swing
Aspull-Standish
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Trevor Beswick 1,354 39.8 +9.3
Labour George Davies 1,296 38.1 -6.2
Conservative Barry Woolley 687 20.2 -2.0
Socialist Alliance Judith Ford 61 1.8 -1.1
Majority 58 1.7
Turnout 3,398 28.8
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Atherton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Reginald Holmes 989 53.7 -1.1
Liberal Democrats John Stackhouse 659 35.8 +2.3
Conservative Ann Davies 193 10.5 +4.2
Majority 330 17.9 -3.4
Turnout 1,841 21.4 -7.2
Labour hold Swing
Bedford-Astley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Lea 881 53.7
Conservative David Morris 393 24.0
Liberal Democrats Glynnis Hogg 305 18.6
Socialist Alliance Barbara Hennessy 61 3.7
Majority 488 29.7
Turnout 1,640 19.9
Labour hold Swing
Beech Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andrew Collins 1,010 55.5 -2.5
Liberal Democrats Nigel Wickes 467 25.6 -6.1
Conservative Barry Alder 233 12.8 +12.8
Socialist Alliance Graham MacFarlane 111 6.1 +6.1
Majority 543 29.9 +3.9
Turnout 1,821 20.2
Labour hold Swing
Bryn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Community Action Gary Wilkes 1,320 47.8 -0.2
Labour Robin Atkinson 1,222 44.2 -0.9
Conservative Stuart Foy 161 5.8 -1.1
Socialist Alliance Paul Lewis 61 2.2 +2.2
Majority 98 3.6 +0.7
Turnout 2,764 28.0
Community Action gain from Labour Swing
Hindley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jack Topping 1,278 66.7 -7.8
Conservative Andre Walker 331 17.3 -8.2
Liberal Democrats Tarek Gaber 190 9.9 +9.9
Socialist Alliance Mark Tebbutt 117 6.1 +6.1
Majority 947 49.4 +0.4
Turnout 1,916 18.2 -3.1
Labour hold Swing
Hindley Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Turner 1,039 58.0 -14.6
Conservative Rosina Oxley 343 19.2 -8.2
Liberal Democrats Solveiq Gaber 273 15.3 +15.3
Socialist Alliance Claire Doherty 135 7.5 +7.5
Majority 696 38.8 -6.4
Turnout 1,790 16.3
Labour hold Swing
Hindsford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Robert Bleakley 1,685 61.1 +5.6
Labour Philip Loudon 943 34.2 +1.2
Conservative Dorothy Angell 131 4.7 +0.7
Majority 742 26.9 +4.4
Turnout 2,759
Labour hold Swing
Hope Carr
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John O'Brien 1,196 47.9 -4.4
Community Action Janice Solinas 648 25.9 +6.7
Conservative Andrew Oxley 564 22.6 -2.3
Socialist Alliance Keith Fry 91 3.6 +0.0
Majority 548 22.0 -5.4
Turnout 2,499 24.4 -3.7
Labour hold Swing
Ince
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Molyneux 1,085 73.9 -2.7
Conservative Robert Rees 139 9.5 -1.5
Socialist Alliance Michael Doherty 125 8.5 -3.9
Community Action Ian Franzen 120 8.2 +8.2
Majority 946 64.4 +0.2
Turnout 1,469 19.2
Labour hold Swing
Langtree
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Crosby 1,211 42.6 -9.5
Conservative Gareth Fairhurst 1,062 37.4 +7.7
Liberal Democrats Freda Graham 476 16.8 -1.4
Socialist Alliance John Pointon 91 3.2 +3.2
Majority 149 5.2 -17.2
Turnout 2,840 24.5
Labour hold Swing
Leigh Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Barbara Jarvis 1,030 66.0 -5.7
Conservative Alan Lowe 281 18.0 +1.4
Community Action Daniel Burrows 170 10.9 -0.8
Socialist Alliance Robert Stephenson 79 5.1 +5.1
Majority 749 48.0 -7.1
Turnout 1,560 18.6 -2.9
Labour hold Swing
Leigh East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Keith Cunliffe 1,144 62.8 -14.8
Conservative Derek Davies 368 20.2 -2.2
Community Action James Forkgen 232 12.7 +12.7
Socialist Alliance William Markham 79 4.3 +4.3
Majority 776 42.6 -12.6
Turnout 1,823 17.0
Labour hold Swing
Lightshaw
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Community Action Peter Solinas 1,540 45.5 +0.9
Labour Alan Melling 1,221 36.0 -5.7
Conservative James Grundy 568 16.8 +3.1
Socialist Alliance Marie Winnard 58 1.7 +1.7
Majority 319 9.5 +6.6
Turnout 3,387 27.9
Community Action gain from Labour Swing
Newtown
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joy Birch 981 66.5 -11.9
Liberal Democrats Martin Sutton 348 23.6 +23.6
Socialist Alliance Barry Conway 146 9.9 -11.7
Majority 633 42.9 -13.9
Turnout 1,475 17.5
Labour hold Swing
Norley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stephen Parker 815 59.3 -24.6
Community Action Margaret Crank 508 37.0 +37.0
Socialist Alliance Samuel Blakeman 51 3.7 -12.4
Majority 307 22.3 -45.5
Turnout 1,374 20.5
Labour hold Swing
Orrell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ronald Capstick 1,380 46.8 -5.7
Conservative Richard Clayton 1,074 36.4 -11.1
British National Richard Moreton 368 12.5 +12.5
Socialist Alliance Robert Fairhurst 125 4.2 +4.2
Majority 306 10.4 +5.4
Turnout 2,947 31.5
Labour hold Swing
Swinley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Cadman 1,265 47.9 +7.5
Labour John Ball 913 34.6 -2.2
Liberal Democrats Alan Robinson 351 13.3 +0.9
Socialist Alliance Frances Berka 111 4.2 +2.0
Majority 352 13.3 +9.7
Turnout 2,640 30.7
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Tyldesley East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stephen Hellier 1,237 51.1 -13.4
Liberal Democrats Richard Derricutt 1,186 48.9 +13.4
Majority 51 2.2 -26.8
Turnout 2,423 20.2 -0.7
Labour hold Swing
Whelley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Earl 1,208 65.7 -5.4
Liberal Democrats Jean Beswick 274 14.9 -6.9
Conservative Joan Pietre 239 13.0 +13.0
Socialist Alliance Janet Phillips 117 6.4 -0.7
Majority 934 50.8 +1.5
Turnout 1,838 22.7
Labour hold Swing
Winstanley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Philip Kelly 1,259 44.6 -20.4
Community Action Stanley Barnes 961 34.1 +34.1
Conservative Jonathan Cartwright 486 17.2 -17.7
Socialist Alliance John Bolton 114 4.0 +4.0
Majority 298 10.5 -19.6
Turnout 2,820 21.7
Labour hold Swing
Worsley Mesnes
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joseph Baldwin 1,102 57.9 -16.9
Community Action William Barnes 485 25.5 +25.5
Conservative Thomas Sutton 216 11.4 -3.9
Socialist Alliance Jacqueline Pointon 99 5.2 -4.7
Majority 617 32.4 -27.1
Turnout 1,902 20.0
Labour hold Swing


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Wigan Council election 2002		 Wigan local elections Succeeded by:
Wigan Council election 2004
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