Wigan Council election, 2000

Elections to Wigan Council were held on 4 May 2000. One-third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.^[1] Overall turnout was 19.4%

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Wigan Local Election Result 2000
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/-
	Labour	23			0	92.0	56.9	25,190
	Conservative	1			+1	4.0	25.1	11,100
	Liberal Democrat	1			-1	4.0	11.9	5,281
	Independent	0			0	0	6.0	2,668

Two Labour councillors were unopposed.

Ward results

Abram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A Bennett	769	68.8
	Conservative	M Parr	348	31.2
Majority			421	37.6
Turnout			1,117
	Labour hold		Swing

Ashton-Golborne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	N Ash	1,065	64.4
	Conservative	R Rees	588	35.6
Majority			477	28.8
Turnout			1,653
	Labour hold		Swing

Aspull-Standish
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C Ready	1,256	50.2
	Conservative	T Peet	671	26.8
	Liberal Democrat	J Beswick	493	19.7
	Independent	D Schanzl	82	3.3
Majority			585	23.4
Turnout			2,502
	Labour hold		Swing

Atherton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J Clarke	1,108	63.4
	Liberal Democrat	C Thomson	363	20.8
	Conservative	R Oxley	276	15.8
Majority			745	42.6
Turnout			1,747
	Labour hold		Swing

Bedford-Astley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C Rigby	1,230	54.4
	Conservative	N Dugmore	656	29.0
	Liberal Democrat	F Graham	281	12.4
	Independent	L Maile	94	4.2
Majority			574	25.4
Turnout			2,261
	Labour hold		Swing

Beech Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T Halliwell	1,286	55.1
	Liberal Democrat	T Beswick	918	39.3
	Conservative	J Pietre	130	5.6
Majority			368	15.8
Turnout			2,334
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Bryn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M Millington	1,178	69.5
	Conservative	M Green	518	30.5
Majority			660	39.0
Turnout			1,696
	Labour hold		Swing

Hindley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A Robinson	877	49.5
	Independent	B Worthington	683	38.6
	Conservative	S Isherwood	210	11.9
Majority			194	10.9
Turnout			1,770
	Labour hold		Swing

Hindley Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S Murphy	843	48.4
	Independent	J Vickers	566	32.5
	Conservative	A Davies	331	19.0
Majority			277	15.9
Turnout			1,740
	Labour hold		Swing

Hindsford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	G Lingings	1,163	46.5
	Labour	M Aldred	1,107	44.2
	Conservative	D Angell	124	5.0
	Independent	T Norris	108	4.3
Majority			56	2.3
Turnout			2,502
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Hope Carr
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L Liptrot	946	39.1
	Conservative	A Oxley	672	27.8
	Liberal Democrat	P Hough	511	21.1
	Independent	C Maile	289	12.0
Majority			274	11.3
Turnout			2,418
	Labour hold		Swing

Ince
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	K Baldwin	864	75.1
	Conservative	A Eccles	165	14.3
	Independent	N Maile	121	10.5
Majority			699	60.8
Turnout			1,150
	Labour hold		Swing

Langtree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D Brown	1,129	48.1
	Conservative	J Peet	781	33.3
	Liberal Democrat	H Wagner	438	18.7
Majority			348	14.8
Turnout			2,348
	Labour hold		Swing

Leigh Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	K Thomas	877	70.2
	Conservative	N Isherwood	372	29.8
Majority			505	40.4
Turnout			1,249
	Labour hold		Swing

Leigh East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B Jarvis	877	54.7
	Independent	J Sumner	416	26.0
	Conservative	D Davies	309	19.3
Majority			361	28.7
Turnout			1,602
	Labour hold		Swing

Lightshaw
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D Kelly	1,552	60.2
	Conservative	J Grundy	1,024	39.8
Majority			528	20.4
Turnout			2,576
	Labour hold		Swing

Newtown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M Coghlin	758	68.9
	Liberal Democrat	M McGowan	250	22.7
	Independent	N Bird	92	8.4
Majority			508	46.2
Turnout			1,100
	Labour hold		Swing

Norley (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B Bourne	unopposed
	Labour	J Prescott	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Orrell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M Winstanley	1,003	51.6
	Labour	E Swift	940	48.4
Majority			63	3.2
Turnout			1,943
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Swinley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G Walsh	1,020	45.1
	Conservative	J Davies	934	41.3
	Liberal Democrat	A Robinson	272	12.0
	Independent	D Saunders	34	1.5
Majority			86	3.8
Turnout			2,260
	Labour hold		Swing

Tyldesley East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A Stephenson	1,023	56.9
	Liberal Democrat	C Jones	592	32.9
	Independent	A Vickers	183	10.2
Majority			431	24.0
Turnout			1,798
	Labour hold		Swing

Whelley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A Coyle	1,565	75.1
	Conservative	E Mather	518	24.9
Majority			1,047	50.2
Turnout			2,083
	Labour hold		Swing

Winstanley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R Winkworth	2,059	65.3
	Conservative	J Cartwright	1,094	34.7
Majority			965	30.6
Turnout			3,153
	Labour hold		Swing

Worsley Mesnes
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W Brogan	861	69.6
	Conservative	T Sutton	376	30.4
Majority			485	39.2
Turnout			1,237
	Labour hold		Swing

References

^ "Wigan". BBC News Online. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/uk_politics/vote2000/locals/143.stm. Retrieved 2009-12-17.

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