Wigan Council election, 2002

Elections to Wigan Council were held on 2 May 2002. One-third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

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%
	BNP	0			0	0	1.0	571	+1.0%

One Labour councillor was unopposed.

Ward results

Abram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eunice Smethurst	1,631	65.4	-3.4
	BNP	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

References

^ "Wigan". BBC News Online. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2002/local_elections/166.stm. Retrieved 2009-12-17.

Preceded by Wigan Council election 2000	Wigan local elections	Succeeded by Wigan Council election 2003

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