2019 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2019 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on Thursday 2 May 2019 to elect members of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

2019 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election
2 May 2019
25 of 75 seats to Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
38 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader David Molyneux Michael Winstanley
Party Labour Conservative
Leader since 15 May 2018 11 May 2016
Leader's seat Ince Orrell
Seats before 60 7
Seats after 57 8
Seat change 3 1
2019 local election results in Wigan.
  Labour
  Conservative
  Independent Network
  Labour and Co-op
  Independent

Overview

Prior to the election, the composition of the council was:[2]

↓
60 7 3 3 2
Labour Conservative Independent Wigan Independents Independent Network
Number of Candidates fielded per party
Party Number of Candidates
Labour Party (UK) 25
Conservative Party (UK) 25
UKIP 21
Independents 15
Liberal Democrats (UK) 13
Green Party of England and Wales 6
Leigh, Atherton & Tyldesley Together 4

Results Summary
2019 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 20/25 3 80% 37 57 76% 26,465 41.37%
  Conservative 2/25 1 8% 6 8 10.7% 10,782 16.85%
  Independent 3/15 2 12% 7 10 13.3% 12,336 19.28%
  UKIP 0/21 0% 0 0 0% 9,199 14.38%
  Liberal Democrats 0/13 0% 0 0 0% 2,468 3.86%
  Green 0/6 0% 0 0 0% 1,571 2.46%
  Leigh, Altherton & Tyldesley Together 0/4 0% 0 0 0% 1,154 1.8%

Results

Atherton ward
Local Elections 2019: Atherton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent James Paul Watson 1,826 54.8 New
Labour David Keir Stitt 708 21.2 18.6
UKIP Glenn Marsh 311 9.3 5.8
Leigh, Atherton & Tyldesley Together Quinton John Smith 311 9.3 New
Conservative Marjorie Clayton 171 5.1 7.4
Rejected ballots 8 0.2 0.1
Majority 1,118 33.6
Turnout 3335 30.6
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Abram ward
Local Elections 2019: Abram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Eunice Smethurst 1,117 44.9 13.7
Independent David William Bowker 633 25.5 25.5
UKIP Frank Swift 387 15.6 13.3
Conservative Beverley Anne Bridgwater 334 13.4 1.5
Rejected ballots 16 0.6 0
Majority 484 19.4 10.3
Turnout 2,487 23.71
Labour hold Swing

Ashton ward
Local Elections 2019: Ashton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jenny Bullen 1,038 38.82 10.04
Independent Michael Moulding 1,003 37.51 37.51
UKIP Mark Michael Temperton 306 11.44 5.52
Conservative Marie Winstanley 212 7.9 6.97
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Stephen Matthews 101 3.78 3.78
Rejected ballots 14 0.5 0
Majority 35 1.31 30.61
Turnout 2,674 30.11 1.81
Labour hold Swing

Bryn ward
Local Elections 2019: Bryn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Sylvia Wilkinson 1,147 42.06 42.06
Labour Danny Fletcher 1,072 39.31 0.01
UKIP Philip John Hayden 284 10.41 6.19
Conservative Margaret Mary Winstanley 131 4.8 1.82
Liberal Democrats Denise Melling 84 3.08 3.08
Rejected ballots 9 0.33 0.12
Majority 75 2.75
Turnout 2,727 31.01
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Hindley ward
Local Elections 2019: Hindley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Jim Ellis 1,273 50.3 50.3
Labour Jim Churton 854 33.74 20.68
Green Neil Hancox 178 7.03 7.03
Conservative Claire Houlton 135 5.33 7.69
Liberal Democrats John Charles Skipworth 70 2.77 2.63
Rejected ballots 21 0.83 0.32
Majority 419 16.55
Turnout 2,531 26.19
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Hindley Green ward
Local Elections 2019: Hindley Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Melville Vickers 905 39.38 15.49
Independent Deborah Louise Lloyd 770 33.51 33.51
UKIP Gillian Mary Gibson 370 16.1 13.28
Conservative Susan Atherton 156 6.8 8.43
Liberal Democrats Joshua Michael Hindle 79 3.44 3.44
Rejected ballots 18 0.78 0.26
Majority 135 5.87
Turnout 2,298 26.67
Labour hold Swing

Orrell ward
Local Elections 2019: Orrell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Steven Lyn Evans 1,096 39.17 3.77
Labour Stephen Murphy 1,023 36.56 7.54
Liberal Democrats Denise Margaret Capstick 318 11.37 11.37
Green Donald McQueen 314 11.2 6.1
Rejected ballots 47 1.68 1.3
Majority 73 2.61
Turnout 2,798 29.33
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Winstanley ward
Local Elections 2019: Winstanley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Marie Teresa Morgan 1,017 36.35 12.65
UKIP Scott Sheedy 497 17.76 6.54
Conservative Allan Atherton 333 11.90 8.1
Green Steven Charles Heyes 319 11.4 4.67
Liberal Democrats Robert Duncan Stevenson 242 8.65 8.65
Rejected ballots 14 0.5 0.5
Majority 520 18.58 6.12
Turnout 2,422 26.59
Labour hold Swing

Worsley Mesnes ward
Local Elections 2019: Worsley Mesnes
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Billy Rotheram 1,076 45.8 13.35
Independent Clifford Oakley 713 30.35 30.35
UKIP Maureen Ann McCoy 383 16.30 9.7
Conservative Mikah Robyn Evans 163 6.94 4.08
Rejected ballots 14 0.6 0.23
Majority 363 15.45 17.77
Turnout 2,349 25.78
Labour hold Swing

Astley Mosley Common ward
Local Elections 2019: Astley Mosley Common
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christine Lilian Roberts 1,205 46.4 5.2
Conservative Richard Alan Short 715 27.5 3.1
UKIP Allan Hogg 637 24.5 2.4
Rejected ballots 40 1.5 1.1
Majority 490 18.9 7.5
Turnout 2,597 27
Labour hold Swing

Atherleigh ward
Local Elections 2019: Atherleigh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mark Aldred 821 39.6 8.3
Independent Kevin John Lee 547 26.4 26.4
UKIP Mary Therese Lavelle 354 17.1 3.7
Conservative Paul Lambert Fairhurst 211 10.2 7.6
Leigh, Atherton & Tyldesley Together Susan Ann Davies 135 6.5 6.5
Rejected ballots 6 0.3 0.5
Majority 274 13.2 13.8
Turnout 2,074 24.8%
Labour hold Swing

Golborne and Lowton West ward
Local Elections 2019: Golborne and Lowton West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gena Merrett 1,011 45.5 14.6
Independent Susan Jillian Spibey 568 25.6 25.6
UKIP Stuart Kevin Blakeley 420 18.9 0.3
Conservative Gerard Joseph Houlton 211 9.5 6.2
Rejected ballots 13 0.6 0
Majority 443 19.9 21.1
Turnout 2,223 25
Labour hold Swing

Leigh East ward
Local Elections 2019: Leigh East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anita Thorpe 995 45.6 12.4
UKIP Aiden Jay Slack 392 18 3.4
Conservative Richard Byrom Houlton 298 13.7 3.8
Leigh, Atherton & Tyldesley Together James Edward Morley 296 13.6 13.6
Liberal Democrats John Dowsett 185 8.5 8.5
Rejected ballots 14 0.6 0.2
Majority 603 27.6 11
Turnout 2,180 24
Labour hold Swing

Leigh South ward
Local Elections 2019: Leigh South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John David O'Brien 1,378 46.1 4.9
Conservative Connor Jack Short 844 28.3 6.7
UKIP Leon Adam Peters 729 24.4 0.2
Rejected ballots 35 1.2 0.4
Majority 534 17.8 8.5
Turnout 2,986 28.6
Labour hold Swing

Leigh West ward
Local Elections 2019: Leigh West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dane Kevan Anderton 1,049 43.2 13.1
UKIP Brian Aspinall 613 25.2 0.8
Leigh, Atherton & Tyldesley Together Jayson Michael Allan Lomax-Hargreaves 412 16.9 16.9
Conservative Denise Alison Young 196 8.1 3.7
Liberal Democrats Natalie Smalley 161 6.6 6.6
Majority 436 18 12
Turnout 2431
Labour hold Swing

Lowton East ward
Local Elections 2019: Lowton East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kathleen Houlton 2,111 60.8 11.1
Labour Gary Peter Lloyd 986 28.4 11.3
UKIP Mary Patricia Houghton 377 10.9 10.9
Majority 1,125 32.4 22.4
Turnout 3,474 36.1
Conservative hold Swing

Tyldesley ward
Local Elections 2019: Tyldesley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stephen John Hellier 1,037 38 7.1
Independent Julian David Marsh 887 32.5 32.5
UKIP Kerry Anne Ford 473 17.3 7.5
Conservative David John Stirzaker 334 12.2 7.2
Majority 150 5.5 14.8
Turnout 2731 26.6
Labour hold Swing

Aspull, New Springs and Whelley ward
Local Elections 2019: Aspull, New Springs and Whelley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christopher Ready 1,578 60.9 5.6
Conservative Nathan Andrew Sweeney 526 20.3 0.2
Liberal Democrats Andrew Julian Lee Holland 489 18.9 18.9
Majority 1,052 40.6 7.4
Turnout 2,593 27.1 36.2
Labour hold Swing

Douglas ward
Local Elections 2019: Douglas
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sheila Rosaleen Ramsdale 994 47.7 16.5
UKIP Dalila Garcia Fearn 417 20.0 3.1
Independent John Blondel 384 18.4 18.4
Green Peter Ernest Jacobs 165 7.9 7.9
Conservative Margaret Atherton 125 6.0 4.7
Majority 577 27.7 13.7
Turnout 2,085 21.79 28.41
Labour hold Swing

Ince ward
Local Elections 2019: Ince
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Janice Sharratt 992 51.3 12.8
UKIP Nathan Paul McIntyre 450 23.3 2.7
Independent Jimmy O'Neill 370 19.1 19.1
Conservative Grace Elizabeth Aspey 123 6.4 1.3
Majority 542 28.0 10.1
Turnout 1,935 22.0 28.6
Labour hold Swing

Pemberton ward
Local Elections 2019: Pemberton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Eileen Winifred Rigby 1,127 54.7 8.2
UKIP Craig Alan Buckley 577 28.0 6.1
Conservative Jean Margaret Peet 202 9.8 1.1
Liberal Democrats David John Burley 154 7.5 7.5
Majority 550 26.7 14.3
Turnout 2,060 21.5 29.1
Labour hold Swing

Shevington with Lower Ground ward
Local Elections 2019: Shevington with Lower Ground
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Anthony Collins 988 34.1 9.4
Independent Gareth William Fairhurst 895 30.9 30.9
Conservative Michael Colin Owens 356 12.3 14.3
Green Joseph Robert Rylance 336 11.6 4.8
UKIP Derek Wilkes 324 11.2 11.9
Majority 93 3.2 13.7
Turnout 2,899 31.3 36.2
Labour hold Swing

Standish with Langtree ward
Local Elections 2019: Standish with Langtree
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Debbie Parkinson 1,038 31.6 5.3
Conservative Judith Atherton 946 28.8 0.8
Independent George Allan Fairhurst 774 23.6 6.7
UKIP Carl Davies 354 10.8 3.2
Liberal Democrats Neil Duncan Stevenson 174 5.3 5.3
Majority 92 2.8
Turnout 3,286 32.5 35.5
Labour gain from Standish Independents Swing

Wigan Central ward
Local Elections 2019: Wigan Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael McLoughlin 1,222 44.5 2.4
Conservative Lewis Evans 672 24.5 1.1
Independent Tony Spencer 546 19.9 new
Liberal Democrats Stuart Thomas 268 9.8 new
Rejected ballots 39 1.4
Majority 550 20 3.5
Turnout 2,747 29.43 34.4
Labour hold Swing

Wigan West ward
Local Elections 2019: Wigan West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Steve Dawber* 1,234 52.8 9.3
UKIP Nathan Ryding 544 23.3 2.0
Green William Patterson 233 10.0 10.0
Conservative Yamini Gupta 181 7.8 5.1
Liberal Democrats Caroline Waddicor 143 6.1 6.1
Majority 690 29.5 11.2
Turnout 2,335 24.6 32.9
Labour hold Swing

References
  1. "Elections". Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  2. Council, Wigan Metropolitan Borough (9 May 2007). "Your Councillors". Retrieved 19 August 2018.
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