Elections to Wigan Council were held on 3 May 2007 with one third of the seats up for election.[1][2][3][4]
Election result
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 16 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 64.0 | 43.2 | 30,854 | +0.4% | |
Conservative | 4 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 16.0 | 21.0 | 15,023 | -0.7% | |
Community Action | 3 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 12.0 | 15.8 | 11,265 | -1.0% | |
Liberal Democrats | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 4.0 | 10.1 | 7,211 | -1.7% | |
Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 2,267 | +2.0% | |
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.6 | 2,572 | +0.8% | |
Community Performance First | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1.2 | 837 | +1.2% | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 835 | +0.3% | |
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 337 | -1.1% | |
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:[5]
Party | Previous council | New council | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 43 | 46 | |||
Community Action | 12 | 11 | |||
Conservative | 9 | 10 | |||
Liberal Democrat | 8 | 6 | |||
Independent | 2 | 2 | |||
BNP | 0 | 0 | |||
Green | 0 | 0 | |||
Community Performance First | 1 | 0 | |||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 75 | 75 | |||
Working majority | 11 | 17 |
Ward results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Eunice Smethurst | 1,403 | 55.0 | +2.9 | |
Community Action | John Shale | 587 | 22.2 | +1.0 | |
BNP | Dennis Shambley | 309 | 12.1 | -4.4 | |
Conservative | Marion Green | 264 | 10.4 | +0.8 | |
Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.2 | -0.3 | ||
Majority | 836 | 32.8 | +1.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,549 | 24.8 | -0.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Community Action | Walter Carney | 1,423 | 45.4 | +2.2 | |
Labour | Ann Rampling | 1,258 | 40.1 | -5.2 | |
Conservative | Marie Winstanley | 256 | 8.2 | -3.3 | |
BNP | Violet Haslam | 195 | 6.2 | +6.2 | |
Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.2 | +0.2 | ||
Majority | 165 | 5.3 | +3.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,137 | 34.4 | +4.1 | ||
Community Action hold | Swing | +3.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Chris Ready | 1,888 | 53.1 | +12.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alan Robinson | 1,017 | 28.6 | -15.2 | |
Conservative | Jim Waterworth | 463 | 13.0 | -2.8 | |
Green | Norma Stout | 174 | 4.9 | +4.9 | |
Rejected ballots | 13 | 0.4 | +0.4 | ||
Majority | 871 | 24.5 | +21.0 | ||
Turnout | 3,555 | 35.6 | +3.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +14.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brendan Bowen | 1,048 | 37.9 | +9.2 | |
Conservative | Sean Ell | 821 | 29.7 | +7.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Bowdler | 665 | 24.0 | -24.8 | |
Green | Ian Davies | 218 | 7.9 | +7.9 | |
Rejected ballots | 14 | 0.5 | +0.5 | ||
Majority | 227 | 8.2 | -12.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,766 | 28.6 | -2.5 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +0.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mark Aldred | 1,104 | 52.1 | +6.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kevin Jones | 640 | 30.2 | -4.1 | |
Conservative | Dorothy Angell | 366 | 17.3 | -2.4 | |
Rejected ballots | 10 | 0.5 | +0.5 | ||
Majority | 464 | 21.9 | +10.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,120 | 26.8 | +0.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Norman Bradbury | 1,456 | 45.3 | -4.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Higginbottom | 1,211 | 37.7 | +6.0 | |
Conservative | Lee Kendrick-Walker | 352 | 11.0 | +0.0 | |
Green | Nicolas Redmond | 183 | 5.7 | -2.0 | |
Rejected ballots | 10 | 0.3 | +0.3 | ||
Majority | 245 | 7.6 | -10.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,212 | 29.5 | +1.9 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | -5.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Gary Wilkes | 1,657 | 52.3 | +52.3 | |
Labour | George Harrison | 1,030 | 32.3 | -0.9 | |
BNP | Kenneth Haslam | 307 | 9.6 | -4.8 | |
Conservative | Jonathan Cartwright | 179 | 5.6 | +0.2 | |
Rejected ballots | 7 | 0.2 | +0.0 | ||
Majority | 637 | 20.0 | +8.0 | ||
Turnout | 3,190 | 34.3 | +0.6 | ||
Independent hold | Swing | +26.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mike Dewhurst | 1,338 | 58.0 | -1.1 | |
Community Action | James Carmichael-Prince | 586 | 25.4 | -14.9 | |
Conservative | Jean Peet | 374 | 16.2 | +16.2 | |
Rejected ballots | 10 | 0.4 | -0.2 | ||
Majority | 752 | 32.6 | +13.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,308 | 24.4 | -0.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +6.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mark Klieve | 1,520 | 56.4 | +4.4 | |
Community Action | Kevin Williams | 777 | 28.8 | -6.3 | |
Conservative | James Grundy | 388 | 14.4 | +1.6 | |
Rejected ballots | 11 | 0.4 | +0.4 | ||
Majority | 743 | 27.6 | +10.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,696 | 30.3 | -0.4 | ||
Labour gain from Community Action | Swing | +5.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Ecclles-Churton | 1,191 | 45.3 | -3.1 | |
Community Action | Jim Ellis | 1,142 | 43.4 | +7.1 | |
Conservative | William Winstanley | 289 | 11.0 | -4.4 | |
Rejected ballots | 9 | 0.3 | +0.3 | ||
Majority | 49 | 1.9 | -10.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,631 | 26.6 | +1.1 | ||
Labour gain from Community Action | Swing | -5.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Community Action | Louise Fagan | 741 | 31.4 | -16.0 | |
Labour | Martin Long | 710 | 30.1 | -5.8 | |
Community Performance First | Robert Brierley | 654 | 27.7 | +27.7 | |
Conservative | Margaret Winstanley | 245 | 10.4 | -6.3 | |
Rejected ballots | 8 | 0.3 | +0.3 | ||
Majority | 31 | 1.3 | -10.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,358 | 26.4 | +0.6 | ||
Community Action gain from Community Performance First | Swing | -5.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joan Hurst | 1,348 | 66.5 | +5.7 | |
Community Action | Yvonne Maddison | 458 | 22.6 | -7.8 | |
Conservative | Anthony Hinds | 210 | 10.4 | +2.1 | |
Rejected ballots | 12 | 0.6 | -0.1 | ||
Majority | 890 | 43.9 | +13.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,028 | 23.6 | -1.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +6.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Christine Cottam | 1,204 | 48.1 | +2.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gordon Jackson | 778 | 31.1 | -6.4 | |
Conservative | Andrew Oxley | 501 | 20.0 | +3.6 | |
Rejected ballots | 18 | 0.7 | +0.7 | ||
Majority | 426 | 17.0 | +8.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,501 | 27.0 | +0.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John O'Brien | 1,408 | 43.3 | +3.5 | |
Community Action | Ian Franzen | 774 | 23.8 | +4.4 | |
Conservative | Rosina Oxley | 762 | 23.4 | -0.4 | |
BNP | Richard Close | 293 | 9.0 | -5.0 | |
Rejected ballots | 15 | 0.5 | +0.5 | ||
Majority | 634 | 19.5 | +3.5 | ||
Turnout | 3,252 | 31.1 | +0.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Myra Whiteside | 1,380 | 53.9 | -1.0 | |
Independent | Mandy Cooper | 600 | 23.5 | +23.5 | |
Conservative | Denise Young | 289 | 11.3 | -5.0 | |
Community Action | Stephen Ellison | 280 | 10.9 | +10.9 | |
Rejected ballots | 9 | 0.4 | +0.4 | ||
Majority | 780 | 30.5 | +4.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,558 | 23.8 | +0.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -12.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Community Action | Jonathan Miller | 1,418 | 43.0 | +8.9 | |
Labour | Susan Greensmith | 1,085 | 32.9 | +0.1 | |
Conservative | Jeanette Leigh | 782 | 23.7 | -9.3 | |
Rejected ballots | 13 | 0.4 | +0.4 | ||
Majority | 636 | 10.1 | +9.0 | ||
Turnout | 3,298 | 33.6 | +1.4 | ||
Community Action hold | Swing | +4.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Winstanley | 1,686 | 45.2 | +6.8 | |
Labour | Michael Barnes | 1,328 | 35.6 | -1.6 | |
BNP | Charles Mather | 534 | 14.3 | -3.9 | |
Community Action | Peter Solinas | 165 | 4.4 | +4.4 | |
Rejected ballots | 13 | 0.3 | +0.3 | ||
Majority | 358 | 9.6 | +8.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,726 | 40.3 | +3.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Barbara Bourne | 1,421 | 57.6 | -7.1 | |
Community Action | Michael Leyland | 409 | 16.6 | +2.3 | |
BNP | Chris Hilton | 333 | 13.5 | +13.5 | |
Conservative | Stuart Foy | 295 | 12.0 | +12.0 | |
Rejected ballots | 8 | 0.3 | +0.3 | ||
Majority | 1,012 | 41.0 | -9.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,466 | 24.9 | +2.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -4.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Debbie Fairhurst | 1,377 | 41.9 | -15.5 | |
Labour | Dave Brown | 1,248 | 38.0 | -3.2 | |
UKIP | John Atherton | 337 | 10.3 | +10.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Darren Atherton | 311 | 9.5 | +9.5 | |
Rejected ballots | 11 | 0.3 | -1.1 | ||
Majority | 129 | 3.9 | -12.3 | ||
Turnout | 3,284 | 34.9 | +1.1 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | -6.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Fairhurst | 2,016 | 57.9 | +3.1 | |
Labour | Mike Crosby | 996 | 28.6 | -1.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | June Garner | 451 | 12.9 | +12.9 | |
Rejected ballots | 20 | 0.6 | +0.1 | ||
Majority | 1,020 | 29.3 | +4.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,483 | 36.4 | +0.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Keith McManus | 1,838 | 63.0 | +4.3 | |
Labour | Pamela Stewart | 447 | 15.3 | -4.0 | |
Conservative | Hilary Hayden | 370 | 12.7 | +3.6 | |
Green | Craig Cohen | 260 | 8.9 | -4.0 | |
Rejected ballots | 3 | 0.1 | +0.1 | ||
Majority | 1,391 | 47.7 | +8.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,918 | 28.6 | -0.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +4.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jim Davies | 1,406 | 44.2 | -15.8 | |
Labour | John Ball | 1,050 | 33.0 | -7.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Martin Sutton | 300 | 9.4 | +9.4 | |
Community Action | Ronnie Barnes | 218 | 6.9 | +6.9 | |
BNP | Gary Chadwick | 199 | 6.3 | +6.3 | |
Rejected ballots | 9 | 0.3 | +0.3 | ||
Majority | 356 | 11.2 | -8.8 | ||
Turnout | 3,182 | 34.6 | +0.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -4.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mike Baines | 1,388 | 47.5 | -1.5 | |
Conservative | Keith Jones | 563 | 19.3 | -2.9 | |
Community Action | Philip Parkes | 560 | 19.2 | +19.2 | |
BNP | Susan Mather | 402 | 13.7 | +13.7 | |
Rejected ballots | 11 | 0.4 | -0.2 | ||
Majority | 825 | 28.2 | +7.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,924 | 28.6 | +1.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Rona Winkworth | 1,224 | 43.3 | +9.4 | |
Community Action | Leanne Brotherton | 1,109 | 39.2 | -4.2 | |
Conservative | David Bowker | 482 | 17.1 | +2.7 | |
Rejected ballots | 11 | 0.4 | +0.1 | ||
Majority | 115 | 4.1 | -5.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,826 | 32.0 | +1.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +6.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Rotherham | 1,381 | 55.3 | -0.1 | |
Community Action | William Barnes | 638 | 25.5 | -5.5 | |
Conservative | Thomas Sutton | 287 | 11.5 | -1.4 | |
Community Performance First | Anthony Unsworth | 183 | 7.3 | +7.3 | |
Rejected ballots | 9 | 0.4 | -0.3 | ||
Majority | 743 | 29.7 | +5.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,498 | 27.6 | +1.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.7 | |||
By-elections between 2007 and 2008
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Robert Bleakley | 784 | 40.2 | -22.8 | |
Labour | Barry Taylor | 619 | 31.7 | +16.4 | |
Independent | Craig Cohen | 377 | 19.3 | +19.3 | |
Conservative | Sean Ell | 170 | 8.7 | -4.0 | |
Majority | 165 | 8.5 | -39.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,950 | 19.2 | -9.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -19.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Phyll Cullen | 837 | 43.7 | -3.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Trevor Beswick | 464 | 24.2 | +24.2 | |
BNP | Susan Mather | 264 | 13.8 | +0.1 | |
Community Action | Jim Carmichael-Prince | 219 | 11.4 | -7.8 | |
Independent | Syd Hall | 72 | 3.8 | +3.8 | |
Green | Norma Stout | 60 | 3.1 | +3.1 | |
Majority | 373 | 19.5 | -8.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,916 | 18.7 | -9.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -14.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jean Peet | 1,013 | 48.2 | +4.0 | |
Labour | Mike Barnes | 827 | 39.3 | +6.3 | |
Community Action | John Shale | 262 | 12.5 | +5.6 | |
Majority | 186 | 8.9 | -2.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,102 | 22.8 | -11.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.1 | |||
References
- ↑ "Local elections: Wigan". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 "Wigan Council results from 1973 to 2008" (PDF). wigan.gov.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 November 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 "Local Election Results 03 May 2007". wiganmbc.gov.uk. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 "Local Elections Archive Project: 2007 - Wigan". andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
- ↑ "Councillor Details". wiganmbc.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 11 November 2006. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
- ↑ "Tyldesley By Election Result – 28 June 2007". Wigan Council. Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
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