2012 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2012 Wigan Council elections to the Thirtieth Wigan Council were held on 3 May 2012, the same day as other local elections.^[1] One-third of the council was up for election.

As Wigan Council is elected in thirds, change in vote share is compared with the corresponding 2008 elections and calculated on that basis.

Overview

Number of Candidates fielded per party ^[2]
Party	Number
Labour Party	25
Conservative Party	23
Independents	16
Community Action Party	7
BNP	5
Liberal Democrats	3
Green Party	2
UKIP	1
Green Socialists	1

Results

Bolton West constituency

Atherton ward

Local Elections 2012: Atherton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Jamie Hodgkinson	1695	51.3
	Labour	David Welch	1235	37.38
	Green Socialists For Investment Not Cuts	Stephen Michael Hall	190	5.75
	Conservative	Stephen Holt	179	5.42
Rejected ballots			5	0.15
Majority			460	13.92
Turnout				29.23

Makerfield constituency

Abram ward

Local Elections 2012: Abram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Martyn Smethurst	1577	58.23
	Independent	Ken Winstanley	601	22.2
	BNP	Dennis Shambley	239	8.83
	Community Action	John Shale	148	5.5
	Conservative	Malcolm Childs	137	5.06
Rejected ballots			6	0.22
Majority			976	36.04
Turnout			2708	24.87

Ashton ward

Local Elections 2012: Ashton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Bill Clarke	1400	51.89
	Independent	Paul Allan Tushingham	585	21.7
	Independent	Brian Merry	402	15
	Conservative	Marie Winstanley	189	7
	BNP	Barry John Longstaffe	118	4.37
Rejected ballots			4	0.15
Majority			815
Turnout			2698	29.32

Bryn ward

Local Elections 2012: Bryn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Don Hodgkinson	1516	50.25
	Labour	Trevor Allen	1352	44.81
	Conservative	Stuart Peet	146	4.84
Rejected ballots			3	0.1
Majority			164	5.44
Turnout			3017	32.55

Hindley ward

Local Elections 2012: Hindley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Jim Ellis	1279	46.24
	Labour	Allen Robert Jones	1232	44.54
	BNP	Stephen Bradbury	131	4.74
	Conservative	Steve Surples	115	4.16
Rejected ballots			9	0.33
Majority			47	1.7
Turnout			2766	27.41

Hindley Green ward

Local Elections 2012: Hindley Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Bob Brierley	1251	49.6
	Labour	Maxine Read	796	31.56
	Community Action	Barry Jack Fagan	354	14.04
	Conservative	Margaret Mary Winstanley	106	4.2
Rejected ballots			15	0.6
Majority			455	18.04
Turnout			2522	29.51

Orrell ward

Local Elections 2012: Orrell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Kelly Ready	1533	47.71
	Conservative	Richard Clayton	1389	43.23
	Green	Donald McQueen	280	8.72
Rejected ballots			11	0.34
Majority			144	4.48
Turnout			3213	34.34

Winstanley ward

Local Elections 2012: Winstanley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Paul Terence Kenny	1216	48.82
	Community Action	Stan Barnes	798	32.04
	Green	Steven Charles Heyes	237	9.51
	Conservative	Michael Nicholls	234	9.39
Rejected ballots			6	0.24
Majority			418	16.78
Turnout			2491	27.82

Worsley Mesnes ward

Local Elections 2012: Worsley Mesnes
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Phil Kelly	1960	85.47
	Conservative	David Ollerton	333	14.5
Rejected ballots			17	0.74
Majority			1627	71
Turnout			2293	25.29

Leigh constituency

Astley Mosley Common ward

Local Elections 2012: Astley Mosley Common
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Joanne Platt	1810	69.43
	Conservative	Nasri Barghothi	534	20.48
	Liberal Democrats	Kath Valentine	243	9.32
Rejected ballots			20	0.77
Majority			1276	48.95
Turnout			2607	27.36

Atherleigh ward

Local Elections 2012: Atherleigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Susan Loudon	982	47.23
	Independent	Stuart Andrew Gerrard	747	36
	Independent	Jim Kerfoot	343	16.5
Rejected ballots			7	0.34
Majority			235	11.3
Turnout			2079	23.83

Golborne and Lowton West ward

Local Elections 2012: Golborne and Lowton West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Yvonne Marie Klieve	1791	70.6
	Community Action	Peter Franzen	507	20
	Conservative	Kathleen Houlton	241	9.5
Rejected ballots			5	0.2
Majority			1284	50.6
Turnout			2538	28.05

Leigh East ward

Local Elections 2012: Leigh East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Keith Cunliffe	1452	67.63
	Independent	Christopher Garfin	411	19.14
	Conservative	Derek Davies	272	12.67
Rejected ballots			12	0.56
Majority			1041	48.5
Turnout			2147	22.75

Leigh South ward

Local Elections 2012: Leigh South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Kevin Anderson	1811	63.3
	Conservative	Richard Short	534	18.66
	Independent	Gary Charles Chadwick	502	17.55
Rejected ballots			14	0.5
Majority			1277	44.63
Turnout			2861	27.36

Leigh West ward

Local Elections 2012: Leigh West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Susan June Greensmith	1761	1761
	Independent	Brian Richard Turrell	650	24.81
	Conservative	Andrew John Oxley	195	7.44
Rejected ballots			14	0.53
Majority			1111	42.4
Turnout			2620	23.62

Lowton East ward

Local Elections 2012: Lowton East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Grundy	1904	53.3
	Labour	Frank Bowker	1224	34.3
	Community Action	Ian (Sandy) Franzen	434	12.15
Rejected ballots			10	0.28
Majority			680	19
Turnout			3572	36.53

Tyldesley ward

Local Elections 2012: Tyldesley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Mark Bleakley	1441	48.5
	Labour	Joanne Marshall	1303	43.84
	BNP	David Ian Peacock	206	6.93
Rejected ballots			22	0.74
Majority			138	4.64
Turnout			2972	28.41

Wigan constituency

Aspull, New Springs and Whelley ward

Local Elections 2012: Aspull, New Springs and Whelley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Hilton	2,241	69.38
	Conservative	Jane Surples	502	15.54
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Robinson	450	13.9
Rejected ballots			37	1.15
Majority			1739	53.84
Turnout			3230	31.33

Douglas ward

Local Elections 2012: Douglas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Joy Birch	1,774	77.94
	Independent	Anthony Unsworth	324	14.24
	Conservative	Margaret Atherton	172	7.56
Rejected ballots			6	0.26
Majority			1450	63.71
Turnout			2276	22.84

Ince ward

Local Elections 2012: Ince
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Trevor Molyneux	1,790	80.2
	BNP	Henry Morgan	309	13.84
	Conservative	Ray Whittingham	120	5.38
Rejected ballots			13	0.58
Majority			1481	66.35
Turnout			2232	24.25

Pemberton ward

Local Elections 2012: Pemberton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jeanette Prescott	1,996	79.90
	Community Action	Mike Leyland	291	11.65
	Conservative	Jonathan Charles Cartwright	205	8.21
Rejected ballots			6	0.24
Majority			1705	68.25
Turnout			2498	25.01

Shevington with Lower Ground ward

Local Elections 2012: Shevington with Lower Ground
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Damian Edwardson	1362	49.1
	Conservative	Callum Chadwick	532	19.18
	UKIP	Arnold Jefferson Foster	450	16.22
	Shevington Independents	Debbie Fairhurst	220	7.93
	Independent	Paul Liptrot	198	7.14
Rejected ballots			12	0.43
Majority			830	29.92
Turnout			2774	29.69

Standish with Langtree ward

Local Elections 2012: Standish with Langtree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Standish Independents	Gareth William Fairhurst	2069	57.73
	Labour	Sam Murphy	913	25.47
	Conservative	Michael William Winstanley	589	16.4
Rejected ballots			13	0.36
Majority			1156	32.25
Turnout			3584	36.55

Wigan Central ward

Local Elections 2012: Wigan Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Lol Hunt	1,806	58.8
	Conservative	Jean Peet	859	28
	Community Action	Syd Hall	388	12.63
Rejected ballots			19	0.62
Majority			947	30.83
Turnout			3072	32.49

Wigan West ward

Local Elections 2012: Wigan West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Terence William Halliwell	2,115	83
	Conservative	Oliver Barton	409	16
Rejected ballots			27	1
Majority			1709	67
Turnout			2551	25.28

References

^ Candidates for 2012 Archived 17 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine Wigan Council
^ "Local Election Results". apps.wigan.gov.uk.

[1] Candidates for 2012 Archived 17 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine Wigan Council

[2] "Local Election Results". apps.wigan.gov.uk.

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