Elections to Wigan Council were held on 4 May 2006. One-third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.[1] Overall turnout was 29.2%.
After the election, the composition of the council was
Wigan Local Election Result 2006 | ||||||||||
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/- | ||
Labour | 14 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 56.0 | 42.9 | 29,588 | -3.2% | ||
Conservative | 4 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 16.0 | 21.8 | 15,014 | +8.5% | ||
Community Action | 4 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 16.0 | 16.9 | 11,622 | -10.3% | ||
Liberal Democrat | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 11.8 | 8,142 | +0.5% | ||
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.8 | 1,948 | +1.9% | ||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.6 | 1,105 | +1.6% | ||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 828 | +0.5% | ||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 610 | +0.3% | ||
Legalise Cannabis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 91 | +0.1% |
Abram | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Carl Sweeney | 1,327 | 52.4 | ||
Community Action | John Shale | 541 | 21.4 | ||
BNP | Dennis Shambley | 421 | 16.6 | ||
Conservative | Marion Green | 243 | 9.6 | ||
Majority | 786 | 31.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,532 | 25.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Ashton | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Nigel Ash | 1,261 | 45.3 | ||
Community Action | Claire Daington | 1,200 | 43.1 | ||
Conservative | Marie Winstanley | 320 | 11.5 | ||
Majority | 61 | 2.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,781 | 30.4 | |||
Labour gain from Community Action | Swing |
Aspull, New Springs, Whelley | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Jean Beswick | 1,403 | 43.8 | ||
Labour | Michael McLoughlin | 1,291 | 40.3 | ||
Conservative | Deborah Fairhurst | 506 | 15.8 | ||
Majority | 112 | 3.5 | |||
Turnout | 3,200 | 31.9 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing |
Astley, Mosley Common | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Joseph Haley | 1,472 | 48.9 | ||
Labour | Alan Stephenson | 865 | 28.7 | ||
Conservative | Sean Ell | 674 | 22.4 | ||
Majority | 607 | 20.2 | |||
Turnout | 3,011 | 31.1 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing |
Atherleigh | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Anne Turnock | 906 | 46.0 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Peter Bowdler | 676 | 34.3 | ||
Conservative | Malcolm Parr | 387 | 19.7 | ||
Majority | 230 | 11.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,969 | 25.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Atherton | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Karen Aldred | 1,507 | 49.7 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Susan Wilson | 960 | 31.7 | ||
Conservative | Rosina Oxley | 331 | 10.9 | ||
Green | Nicholas Redmond | 232 | 7.7 | ||
Majority | 547 | 18.0 | |||
Turnout | 3,030 | 27.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Bryn | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Community Action | Brian Merry | 1,429 | 45.3 | ||
Labour | George Harrison | 1,050 | 33.3 | ||
BNP | Kenneth Haslam | 457 | 14.5 | ||
Conservative | William Winstanley | 171 | 5.4 | ||
New Party | Duane Phillips | 45 | 1.4 | ||
Majority | 379 | 12.0 | |||
Turnout | 3,152 | 33.7 | |||
Community Action hold | Swing |
Douglas | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Shirley Dewhurst | 1,369 | 59.5 | ||
Community Action | Edna Hulme | 933 | 40.5 | ||
Majority | 436 | 19.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,302 | 24.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Golborne and Lowton West | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Gerard Bretherton | 1,410 | 52.0 | ||
Community Action | Peter Solinas | 953 | 35.2 | ||
Conservative | Jeanette Leigh | 347 | 12.8 | ||
Majority | 457 | 16.8 | |||
Turnout | 2,710 | 30.7 | |||
Labour gain from Community Action | Swing |
Hindley | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | James Talbot | 1,217 | 48.4 | ||
Community Action | Debbie Grace | 913 | 36.3 | ||
Conservative | Joan Pietre | 387 | 15.4 | ||
Majority | 304 | 12.1 | |||
Turnout | 2,517 | 25.6 | |||
Labour gain from Community Action | Swing |
Hindley Green | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Community Action | Barry Fagan | 1,100 | 47.4 | ||
Labour | John Holland | 832 | 35.9 | ||
Conservative | Denise Young | 388 | 16.7 | ||
Majority | 268 | 11.5 | |||
Turnout | 2,320 | 25.9 | |||
Community Action hold | Swing |
Ince | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | James Moodie | 1,279 | 61.2 | ||
Community Action | Syd Hall | 639 | 30.6 | ||
Conservative | Alicia Eccles | 173 | 8.3 | ||
Majority | 640 | 30.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,091 | 24.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Leigh East | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Fred Walker | 1,120 | 46.1 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Gordon Jackson | 912 | 37.5 | ||
Conservative | Dorothy Angell | 399 | 16.4 | ||
Majority | 208 | 8.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,431 | 26.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Leigh South | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Charles Rigby | 1,273 | 39.8 | ||
Conservative | Andrew Oxley | 763 | 23.9 | ||
Community Action | Stephen Ellison | 621 | 19.4 | ||
BNP | Richard Close | 448 | 14.0 | ||
Legalise Cannabis | Thomas Hampson | 91 | 2.8 | ||
Majority | 510 | 15.9 | |||
Turnout | 3,196 | 30.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Leigh West | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Peter Smith | 1,377 | 54.9 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Kevin Jones | 721 | 28.7 | ||
Conservative | Alan Lowe | 410 | 16.3 | ||
Majority | 656 | 26.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,508 | 23.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Lowton East | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Community Action | Edward Houlton | 1,075 | 34.1 | ||
Conservative | James Grundy | 1,041 | 33.0 | ||
Labour | Trevor Ward | 1,034 | 32.8 | ||
Majority | 34 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 3,150 | 32.2 | |||
Community Action hold | Swing |
Orrell | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Peter Thompson | 1,308 | 38.4 | ||
Labour | Michael Barnes | 1,266 | 37.2 | ||
BNP | Charles Mather | 622 | 18.3 | ||
UKIP | Stephen Hawkins | 208 | 6.1 | ||
Majority | 42 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 3,404 | 37.1 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Pemberton | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Paul Prescott | 1,452 | 64.8 | ||
Community Action | Robert Beale | 320 | 14.3 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Darren Atherton | 281 | 12.5 | ||
UKIP | Aspey David | 189 | 8.4 | ||
Majority | 1,132 | 50.5 | |||
Turnout | 2,242 | 22.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Shevington with Lower Ground | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Angela Bland | 1,827 | 58.2 | ||
Labour | Michael Crosby | 1,311 | 41.8 | ||
Majority | 516 | 16.4 | |||
Turnout | 3,138 | 33.8 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Standish with Langtree | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Neil Whittingham | 1,866 | 55.1 | ||
Labour | Diana Davies | 1,029 | 30.4 | ||
UKIP | Gregory Atherton | 493 | 14.6 | ||
Majority | 837 | 24.7 | |||
Turnout | 3,388 | 36.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Tyldesley | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Richard Derricutt | 1,717 | 58.7 | ||
Labour | Pamela Stewart | 565 | 19.3 | ||
Green | Craig Cohen | 378 | 12.9 | ||
Conservative | Hilary Hayden | 266 | 9.1 | ||
Majority | 1,152 | 39.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,926 | 28.9 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing |
Wigan Central | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Gareth Fairhurst | 1,905 | 60.0 | ||
Labour | Marcia Dooley | 1,270 | 40.0 | ||
Majority | 635 | 20.0 | |||
Turnout | 3,175 | 34.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Wigan West | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Joe Shaw | 1,354 | 49.2 | ||
Independent | Philip Parkes | 783 | 28.5 | ||
Conservative | Keith Jones | 613 | 22.3 | ||
Majority | 571 | 20.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,750 | 27.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Winstanley | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Community Action | William Wilkes | 1,160 | 43.6 | ||
Labour | Philip Kelly | 905 | 34.0 | ||
Conservative | Charles Cartwright | 382 | 14.4 | ||
UKIP | Alan Freeman | 215 | 8.1 | ||
Majority | 255 | 9.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,662 | 30.1 | |||
Community Action hold | Swing |
Worsley Mesnes | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Patricia Holland | 1,318 | 55.8 | ||
Community Action | Leanne Brotherton | 738 | 31.2 | ||
Conservative | Thomas Sutton | 307 | 13.0 | ||
Majority | 580 | 24.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,363 | 26.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Preceded by Wigan Council election 2004 |
Wigan local elections | Succeeded by Wigan Council election 2007 |