Wigan Council election, 2003

Elections to Wigan Council were held on 1st May, 2003. 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 2003
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/-
	Labour	18			-5	75.0	49.7	26,761	-7.2%
	Community Action	3			+3	12.5	13.9	7,458	+4.7%
	Liberal Democrat	2			+1	8.3	14.1	7,568	+2.5%
	Conservative	1			+1	4.2	17.0	9,174	-0.3%
	Socialist Alliance	0			0	0	3.6	1,921	+1.1%
	BNP	0			0	0	1.8	944	+0.8%

Ward results

Abram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carl Sweeney	1,261	56.8	-8.6
	BNP	Dennis Shambley	576	26.0	+3.1
	Community Action	Ronald Barnes	218	9.8	+9.8
	Conservative	Marion Green	164	7.4	-4.3
Majority			685	30.8	-11.7
Turnout			2,219	25.0	+0.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Ashton-Golborne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Community Action	Kevin Williams	1,256	46.8	+4.6
	Labour	Patricia Holland	1,060	39.5	-4.8
	Conservative	Marie Winstanley	276	10.3	+0.2
	Socialist Alliance	Marian Markham	89	3.3	-0.1
Majority			196	7.3
Turnout			2,681	24.1	-2.8
	Community Action gain from Labour		Swing

Aspull-Standish
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Trevor Beswick	1,354	39.8	+9.3
	Labour	George Davies	1,296	38.1	-6.2
	Conservative	Barry Woolley	687	20.2	-2.0
	Socialist Alliance	Judith Ford	61	1.8	-1.1
Majority			58	1.7
Turnout			3,398	28.8
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Atherton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Reginald Holmes	989	53.7	-1.1
	Liberal Democrat	John Stackhouse	659	35.8	+2.3
	Conservative	Ann Davies	193	10.5	+4.2
Majority			330	17.9	-3.4
Turnout			1,841	21.4	-7.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Bedford-Astley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Lea	881	53.7
	Conservative	David Morris	393	24.0
	Liberal Democrat	Glynnis Hogg	305	18.6
	Socialist Alliance	Barbara Hennessy	61	3.7
Majority			488	29.7
Turnout			1,640	19.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Beech Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Collins	1,010	55.5	-2.5
	Liberal Democrat	Nigel Wickes	467	25.6	-6.1
	Conservative	Barry Alder	233	12.8	+12.8
	Socialist Alliance	Graham MacFarlane	111	6.1	+6.1
Majority			543	29.9	+3.9
Turnout			1,821	20.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Bryn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Community Action	Gary Wilkes	1,320	47.8	-0.2
	Labour	Robin Atkinson	1,222	44.2	-0.9
	Conservative	Stuart Foy	161	5.8	-1.1
	Socialist Alliance	Paul Lewis	61	2.2	+2.2
Majority			98	3.6	+0.7
Turnout			2,764	28.0
	Community Action gain from Labour		Swing

Hindley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jack Topping	1,278	66.7	-7.8
	Conservative	Andre Walker	331	17.3	-8.2
	Liberal Democrat	Tarek Gaber	190	9.9	+9.9
	Socialist Alliance	Mark Tebbutt	117	6.1	+6.1
Majority			947	49.4	+0.4
Turnout			1,916	18.2	-3.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Hindley Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Turner	1,039	58.0	-14.6
	Conservative	Rosina Oxley	343	19.2	-8.2
	Liberal Democrat	Solveiq Gaber	273	15.3	+15.3
	Socialist Alliance	Claire Doherty	135	7.5	+7.5
Majority			696	38.8	-6.4
Turnout			1,790	16.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Hindsford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Bleakley	1,685	61.1	+5.6
	Labour	Philip Loudon	943	34.2	+1.2
	Conservative	Dorothy Angell	131	4.7	+0.7
Majority			742	26.9	+4.4
Turnout			2,759
	Labour hold		Swing

Hope Carr
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John O'Brien	1,196	47.9	-4.4
	Community Action	Janice Solinas	648	25.9	+6.7
	Conservative	Andrew Oxley	564	22.6	-2.3
	Socialist Alliance	Keith Fry	91	3.6	+0.0
Majority			548	22.0	-5.4
Turnout			2,499	24.4	-3.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Ince
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Molyneux	1,085	73.9	-2.7
	Conservative	Robert Rees	139	9.5	-1.5
	Socialist Alliance	Michael Doherty	125	8.5	-3.9
	Community Action	Ian Franzen	120	8.2	+8.2
Majority			946	64.4	+0.2
Turnout			1,469	19.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Langtree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Crosby	1,211	42.6	-9.5
	Conservative	Gareth Fairhurst	1,062	37.4	+7.7
	Liberal Democrat	Freda Graham	476	16.8	-1.4
	Socialist Alliance	John Pointon	91	3.2	+3.2
Majority			149	5.2	-17.2
Turnout			2,840	24.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Leigh Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barbara Jarvis	1,030	66.0	-5.7
	Conservative	Alan Lowe	281	18.0	+1.4
	Community Action	Daniel Burrows	170	10.9	-0.8
	Socialist Alliance	Robert Stephenson	79	5.1	+5.1
Majority			749	48.0	-7.1
Turnout			1,560	18.6	-2.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Leigh East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Cunliffe	1,144	62.8	-14.8
	Conservative	Derek Davies	368	20.2	-2.2
	Community Action	James Forkgen	232	12.7	+12.7
	Socialist Alliance	William Markham	79	4.3	+4.3
Majority			776	42.6	-12.6
Turnout			1,823	17.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Lightshaw
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Community Action	Peter Solinas	1,540	45.5	+0.9
	Labour	Alan Melling	1,221	36.0	-5.7
	Conservative	James Grundy	568	16.8	+3.1
	Socialist Alliance	Marie Winnard	58	1.7	+1.7
Majority			319	9.5	+6.6
Turnout			3,387	27.9
	Community Action gain from Labour		Swing

Newtown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joy Birch	981	66.5	-11.9
	Liberal Democrat	Martin Sutton	348	23.6	+23.6
	Socialist Alliance	Barry Conway	146	9.9	-11.7
Majority			633	42.9	-13.9
Turnout			1,475	17.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Norley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Parker	815	59.3	-24.6
	Community Action	Margaret Crank	508	37.0	+37.0
	Socialist Alliance	Samuel Blakeman	51	3.7	-12.4
Majority			307	22.3	-45.5
Turnout			1,374	20.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Orrell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ronald Capstick	1,380	46.8	-5.7
	Conservative	Richard Clayton	1,074	36.4	-11.1
	BNP	Richard Moreton	368	12.5	+12.5
	Socialist Alliance	Robert Fairhurst	125	4.2	+4.2
Majority			306	10.4	+5.4
Turnout			2,947	31.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Swinley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Cadman	1,265	47.9	+7.5
	Labour	John Ball	913	34.6	-2.2
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Robinson	351	13.3	+0.9
	Socialist Alliance	Frances Berka	111	4.2	+2.0
Majority			352	13.3	+9.7
Turnout			2,640	30.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Tyldesley East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Hellier	1,237	51.1	-13.4
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Derricutt	1,186	48.9	+13.4
Majority			51	2.2	-26.8
Turnout			2,423	20.2	-0.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Whelley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Earl	1,208	65.7	-5.4
	Liberal Democrat	Jean Beswick	274	14.9	-6.9
	Conservative	Joan Pietre	239	13.0	+13.0
	Socialist Alliance	Janet Phillips	117	6.4	-0.7
Majority			934	50.8	+1.5
Turnout			1,838	22.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Winstanley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Philip Kelly	1,259	44.6	-20.4
	Community Action	Stanley Barnes	961	34.1	+34.1
	Conservative	Jonathan Cartwright	486	17.2	-17.7
	Socialist Alliance	John Bolton	114	4.0	+4.0
Majority			298	10.5	-19.6
Turnout			2,820	21.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Worsley Mesnes
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Baldwin	1,102	57.9	-16.9
	Community Action	William Barnes	485	25.5	+25.5
	Conservative	Thomas Sutton	216	11.4	-3.9
	Socialist Alliance	Jacqueline Pointon	99	5.2	-4.7
Majority			617	32.4	-27.1
Turnout			1,902	20.0
	Labour hold		Swing

References

^ "Local elections". BBC News Online. http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/bsp/hi/vote2003/locals/html/327.stm. Retrieved 2009-12-17.

Preceded by Wigan Council election 2002	Wigan local elections	Succeeded by Wigan Council election 2004