Wigan Council election, 2002
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Elections to Wigan Council were held on 2nd May, 2002. 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 2002 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net Gain/Loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/- | |
| Labour | 20 | -4 | 83.3 | 56.9 | 32,772 | +0.0% | |||
| Community Action | 2 | +2 | 8.3 | 9.2 | 5,307 | +9.2% | |||
| Conservative | 1 | +1 | 4.2 | 17.3 | 9,936 | -7.8% | |||
| Liberal Democrat | 1 | +1 | 4.2 | 11.6 | 6,681 | -0.3% | |||
| Socialist Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 1,428 | +2.5% | |||
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 859 | -4.5% | |||
| British National Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 571 | +1.0% | |||
One Labour councillor was unopposed.
[edit] Ward results
| Abram | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Eunice Smethurst | 1,631 | 65.4 | -3.4 | |
| British National Party | Dennis Shambley | 571 | 22.9 | +22.9 | |
| Conservative | Alicia Eccles | 292 | 11.7 | -19.5 | |
| Majority | 1,060 | 42.5 | +4.9 | ||
| Turnout | 2,494 | 25.0 | |||
| Ashton-Golborne | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Andrew Bullen | 1,313 | 44.3 | -20.1 | |
| Community Action | Stanley Barnes | 1,250 | 42.2 | +42.2 | |
| Conservative | Jonathan Cartwright | 300 | 10.1 | -25.5 | |
| Socialist Alliance | Marian Markham | 100 | 3.4 | +3.4 | |
| Majority | 63 | 2.1 | -26.7 | ||
| Turnout | 2,963 | 26.9 | |||
| Aspull-Standish | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 1,584 | 44.3 | -5.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | 1,091 | 30.5 | +10.8 | ||
| Conservative | 792 | 22.2 | -4.6 | ||
| Socialist Alliance | 105 | 2.9 | +2.9 | ||
| Majority | 493 | 13.8 | -9.6 | ||
| Turnout | 3,572 | ||||
| Atherton | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Susan Loudon | 1,353 | 54.8 | -8.6 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Patricia Myler | 827 | 33.5 | +12.7 | |
| Conservative | Ann Davies | 155 | 6.3 | -9.5 | |
| Independent | David Shallcross | 132 | 5.4 | +5.4 | |
| Majority | 626 | 21.3 | -21.3 | ||
| Turnout | 2,467 | 28.6 | |||
| Bedford-Astley | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Frederick Walker | unopposed | |||
| Beech Hill | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 1,416 | 58.0 | +2.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | 774 | 31.7 | -7.6 | ||
| Independent | 252 | 10.3 | +10.3 | ||
| Majority | 642 | 26.3 | +10.5 | ||
| Turnout | 2,442 | ||||
| Bryn | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Community Action | 1,397 | 48.0 | +48.0 | ||
| Labour | 1,311 | 45.1 | -24.4 | ||
| Conservative | 200 | 6.9 | -23.6 | ||
| Majority | 86 | 2.9 | |||
| Turnout | 2,908 | ||||
| Hindley | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Stuart Shaw | 1,656 | 74.5 | +25.0 | |
| Conservative | Andre Walker | 567 | 25.5 | +13.6 | |
| Majority | 1,089 | 49.0 | +38.1 | ||
| Turnout | 2,223 | 21.3 | |||
| Hindley Green | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Stanley Simmons | 1,535 | 72.6 | +24.2 | |
| Conservative | Rosina Oxley | 580 | 27.4 | +8.4 | |
| Majority | 955 | 45.2 | +29.3 | ||
| Turnout | 2,115 | 19.6 | |||
| Hindsford | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Neil Hogg | 1,724 | 55.5 | +9.0 | |
| Labour | Philip Loudon | 1,024 | 33.0 | -11.2 | |
| Independent | Stephen Hall | 234 | 7.5 | +3.2 | |
| Conservative | William Graham | 125 | 4.0 | -1.0 | |
| Majority | 700 | 22.5 | +20.2 | ||
| Turnout | 3,107 | 28.5 | |||
| Hope Carr | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Kevin Anderson | 1,498 | 52.3 | +13.2 | |
| Conservative | Andrew Oxley | 713 | 24.9 | -2.9 | |
| Community Action | Peter Solinas | 549 | 19.2 | +19.2 | |
| Socialist Alliance | Keith Fry | 104 | 3.6 | +3.6 | |
| Majority | 785 | 27.4 | +16.1 | ||
| Turnout | 2,864 | 28.1 | |||
| Ince | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 1,231 | 76.6 | +1.5 | ||
| Socialist Alliance | 200 | 12.4 | +12.4 | ||
| Conservative | 176 | 11.0 | -3.3 | ||
| Majority | 1,031 | 64.2 | +3.4 | ||
| Turnout | 1,607 | ||||
| Langtree | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 1,733 | 52.1 | +4.0 | ||
| Conservative | 988 | 29.7 | -3.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | 607 | 18.2 | -0.5 | ||
| Majority | 745 | 22.4 | +7.6 | ||
| Turnout | 3,328 | ||||
| Leigh Central | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Peter Smith | 1,298 | 71.7 | +1.5 | |
| Conservative | Timothy Matthews | 301 | 16.6 | -13.2 | |
| Community Action | Daniel Burrows | 212 | 11.7 | +11.7 | |
| Majority | 997 | 55.1 | +14.7 | ||
| Turnout | 1,811 | 21.5 | |||
| Leigh East | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Anne Turnock | 1,571 | 77.6 | +22.9 | |
| Conservative | Derek Davies | 454 | 22.4 | +3.1 | |
| Majority | 1,117 | 55.2 | +26.5 | ||
| Turnout | 2,025 | ||||
| Lightshaw | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Community Action | Peter Franzen | 1,899 | 44.6 | +44.6 | |
| Labour | Tom Sherratt | 1,776 | 41.7 | -18.5 | |
| Conservative | James Grundy | 581 | 13.7 | -26.1 | |
| Majority | 123 | 2.9 | -17.5 | ||
| Turnout | 4,256 | ||||
| Newtown | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 1,204 | 78.4 | +9.5 | ||
| Socialist Alliance | 332 | 21.6 | +21.6 | ||
| Majority | 872 | 56.8 | +10.6 | ||
| Turnout | 1,536 | ||||
| Norley | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 1,017 | 83.9 | |||
| Socialist Alliance | 195 | 16.1 | |||
| Majority | 822 | 67.8 | |||
| Turnout | 1,212 | ||||
| Orrell | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 1,478 | 52.5 | +4.1 | ||
| Conservative | 1,336 | 47.5 | -4.1 | ||
| Majority | 142 | 5.0 | |||
| Turnout | 2,814 | ||||
| Swinley | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | 1,189 | 40.4 | -0.9 | ||
| Labour | 1,084 | 36.8 | -8.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | 365 | 12.4 | +0.4 | ||
| Independent | 241 | 8.2 | +6.7 | ||
| Socialist Alliance | 65 | 2.2 | +2.2 | ||
| Majority | 105 | 3.6 | |||
| Turnout | 2,944 | ||||
| Tyldesley East | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Brian Wilson | 1,574 | 64.5 | +7.6 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Richard Derricutt | 866 | 35.5 | +2.6 | |
| Majority | 708 | 29.0 | +5.0 | ||
| Turnout | 2,440 | 20.9 | |||
| Whelley | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 1,391 | 71.1 | -4.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | 427 | 21.8 | +21.8 | ||
| Socialist Alliance | 138 | 7.1 | +7.1 | ||
| Majority | 964 | 49.3 | -0.9 | ||
| Turnout | 1,956 | ||||
| Winstanley | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 1,667 | 65.0 | -0.3 | ||
| Conservative | 895 | 34.9 | +0.2 | ||
| Majority | 772 | 30.1 | -0.5 | ||
| Turnout | 2,564 | ||||
| Worsley Mesnes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 1,427 | 74.8 | +5.2 | ||
| Conservative | 292 | 15.3 | -15.1 | ||
| Socialist Alliance | 189 | 9.9 | +9.9 | ||
| Majority | 1,135 | 59.5 | +20.3 | ||
| Turnout | 1,908 | ||||
| Preceded by Wigan Council election 2000 |
Wigan local elections | Succeeded by Wigan Council election 2003 |
