Wigan Council election, 2004

Elections to Wigan Council were held on 10 June 2004. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2003 increasing the number of councillors by three.[1] The Labour party kept overall control of the council.

Election result

Wigan Local Election Result 2004
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/-
  Labour 42 -18 56.0 46.1 96,448 -3.6%
  Community Action 18 +13 24.0 27.2 56,856 +13.3%
  Liberal Democrat 8 +4 10.7 11.3 23,623 -2.8%
  Conservative 7 +4 9.3 13.3 27,922 -3.7%
  BNP 0 0 0 0.9 1,831 -0.9%
  Independent 0 0 0 0.7 1,457 +0.7%
  Green 0 0 0 0.6 1,180 +0.6%

Three Labour councillors were uncontested.

Ward results

Abram (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Audrey Bennett 1,809
Labour Eunice Smethurst 1,686
Labour Carl Sweeney 1,629
BNP Dennis Shambley 647
Conservative Marion Green 625
Turnout 6,396
Ashton (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Community Action Paul Tushingham 2,366
Community Action Walter Carney 2,302
Community Action Claire Daington 2,229
Labour Nigel Ash 1,302
Labour Barry Hampson 1,029
Labour Frederick Lever 1,012
Conservative Marie Winstanley 402
Turnout 10,642
Aspull, New Springs, Whelley (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Hilton 1,758
Labour Christopher Ready 1,744
Liberal Democrat Jean Beswick 1,528
Labour James Roberts 1,519
Liberal Democrat Alan Robinson 1,134
Liberal Democrat Christopher Thomas 1,030
Turnout 8,713
Astley Mosley Common (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Brian Wilson 1,501
Liberal Democrat Glynnis Hogg 1,367
Liberal Democrat Joseph Haley 1,259
Liberal Democrat John Stackhouse 1,173
Labour John Lea 1,122
Labour Alan Stephenson 1,095
Green Ian Davies 870
Turnout 8,387
Atherleigh (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Susan Loudon 1,219
Labour Mark Aldred 1,214
Labour Anne Turnock 1,207
Community Action Francis Myler 683
Community Action Patricia Myler 680
Conservative Ann Davies 584
Community Action Gladys Wilkes 442
Turnout 6,029
Atherton (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Robert Splaine 1,705
Liberal Democrat David Higginbottom 1,525
Labour Karen Aldred 1,487
Liberal Democrat Andrew Moore 1,414
Labour Philip Loudon 1,320
Labour Reginald Holmes 1,292
Conservative Malcolm Parr 449
Green Nicholas Redmond 310
Turnout 9,502
Bryn (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Community Action John Hodgkinson 2,370
Community Action Gary Wilkes 2,297
Community Action Brian Merry 2,239
Labour Mildred Millington 1,233
Labour Alan Melling 1,183
Labour William Evans 986
Conservative William Winstanley 323
Turnout 10,631
Douglas (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joy Birch 1,427
Labour Christine Hitchen 1,347
Labour Margaret Coghlin 1,318
Community Action Lucy Beale 1,296
Community Action Robert Beale 1,287
Community Action Janette Thomas 1,223
Turnout 7,898
Golborne and Lowton West (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Community Action Peter Franzen 1,639
Community Action Kevin Williams 1,414
Community Action Peter Solinas 1,413
Labour David Kelly 1,298
Labour Martin King 1,258
Labour Gerard Bretherton 1,216
Conservative Rosina Oxley 355
Turnout 8,593
Hindley (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alfred Robinson 1,578
Community Action James Ellis 1,153
Community Action Dorothy Grace 1,134
Labour John Holland 1,041
Labour Stephen Murphy 1,024
Independent David Culshaw 874
Community Action Edward Houlton 614
Conservative Dorothy Angell 403
Turnout 7,820
Hindley Green(3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Simmons 1,272
Community Action Robert Brierley 1,264
Community Action Barry Fagan 1,231
Labour Gordon Jackson 898
Labour John Phillips 895
Community Action Adele Wilkes 750
Independent John Vickers 583
Conservative Andre Walker 489
Turnout 7,382
Ince (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Molyneux 1,494
Labour Joan Hurst 1,368
Labour James Moodie 1,132
Community Action Constantine Winstanley 694
Community Action Robert Hall 667
Community Action David Hall 651
Turnout 6,006
Leigh East (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Keith Cunliffe 1,407
Labour Brian Jarvis 1,299
Labour Frederick Walker 1,081
Community Action Stuart Winstanley 943
Community Action Peter O'Connell 843
Conservative Derek Davies 644
Community Action Natalie Franzen 595
Turnout 6,812
Leigh South (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Keith Anderson 1,547
Labour John O'Brien 1,465
Labour Charles Rigby 1,429
Community Action Stephen Ellison 1,175
Community Action Janice Solinas 1,094
Community Action Irene Franzen 1,041
Conservative Andrew Oxley 1,030
Turnout 8,781
Leigh West (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Barbara Jarvis 1,708
Labour Myra Whiteside 1,624
Labour Peter Smith 1,506
Community Action Daniel Burrows 669
Community Action Yvonne Lavelle 549
BNP Richard Close 513
Community Action Ian Franzen 508
Turnout 7,074
Lowton East (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Community Action Ian Franzen 1,793
Community Action Jonathan Miller 1,730
Community Action James Lavelle 1,516
Labour Lynne Liptrot 1,289
Labour Eric Waterworth 1,179
Labour Christine Cottam 1,062
Conservative James Grundy 879
Conservative Jeanette Leigh 792
Conservative Alan Lowe 647
Turnout 10,887
Orrell (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Clayton 1,747
Conservative Michael Winstanley 1,520
Labour Ernest Swift 1,402
Labour Michael Barnes 1,381
Labour Rodney Stockwell 1,313
Conservative Hazel Shields 1,285
BNP Charles Mather 671
Community Action Alan Freeman 595
Community Action Tracy Lavelle 420
Community Action Sean Ashdown 395
Turnout 10,729
Pemberton (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jeanette Prescott 1,419
Labour Barbara Bourne 1,381
Labour Paul Prescott 1,314
Community Action Margaret Crank 1,140
Community Action William Burrows 1,096
Community Action John Hulme 1,025
Conservative Jonathan Cartwright 439
Turnout 7,814
Shevington with Lower Ground (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John O'Neill 1,843
Labour David Brown 1,468
Labour Michael Crosby 1,461
Conservative Elizabeth Beasleigh 1,456
Conservative Deborah Fairhurst 1,288
Conservative Barry Alder 1,191
Liberal Democrat Martin Sutton 739
Liberal Democrat Freda Graham 664
Liberal Democrat Solveiq Gaber 607
Turnout 10,717
Standish with Langtree (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Davies 1,383
Conservative George Fairhurst 1,325
Conservative Jessica Downer 1,278
Liberal Democrat Raymond Murphy 1,254
Liberal Democrat Trevor Beswick 1,202
Labour Thomas Morris 1,197
Conservative Barry Woolley 1,185
Liberal Democrat Maureen Garner 1,066
Labour Michael McLoughlin 953
Turnout 10,843
Tyldesley (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Neil Hogg 2,212
Liberal Democrat Keith McManus 1,976
Liberal Democrat Richard Derricutt 1,768
Labour Stephen Hellier 1,350
Labour David Boydell 1,212
Labour Richard Evans 1,027
Conservative Deborah Woodcock 457
Turnout 10,002
Wigan Central (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Cadman 2,130
Conservative James Davies 2,089
Conservative Gareth Fairhurst 1,961
Labour Richard Walsh 1,694
Labour Susan Turner 1,668
Labour John Ball 1,502
Turnout 11,044
Wigan West (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Terence Halliwell uncontested
Labour Joe Shaw uncontested
Labour David Willis uncontested
Winstanley (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Community Action Stanley Barnes 1,810
Labour Rona Winkworth 1,393
Community Action William Wilkes 1,330
Community Action Ronald Barnes 1,299
Labour Philip Kelly 1,000
Labour Robin Atkinson 993
Conservative Matthew Sephton 525
Turnout 8,350
Worsley Mesnes (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joseph Baldwin 1,547
Labour William Rotherham 1,540
Labour Wilfred Brogan 1,498
Community Action Susan Barnes 1,171
Community Action William Barnes 1,115
Community Action Stephen Wilkes 966
Conservative Thomas Sutton 424
Turnout 8,261

References

  1. ^ "Wigan council". BBC News Online. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2004/locals/html/3791.stm. Retrieved 2009-12-17. 
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