2006 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

2006 UK local government election

Elections to Wigan Council were held on 4 May 2006. One-third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 29.2%.

Election result

Wigan local election result 2006
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	14	3	2	+1	56.0	42.8	29,588	+0.8%
Conservative	4	2	0	+2	16.0	21.7	15,014	+4.2%
Community Action	4	0	3	-3	16.0	16.8	11,622	-7.9%
Liberal Democrats	3	0	0	0	12.0	11.8	8,142	+1.3%
BNP	0	0	0	0	0	2.8	1,948	+0.6%
UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	1.6	1,105	+1.6%
Independent	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	828	-0.5%
Green	0	0	0	0	0	0.9	610	-0.5%
Legalise Cannabis	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	91	+0.1%

This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:

Party		Previous council	New council
	Labour	42	43
	Community Action	18	15
	Conservative	7	9
	Liberal Democrat	8	8
	BNP	0	0
	UKIP	0	0
	Independent	0	0
	Green	0	0
	Legalise Cannabis	0	0
Total		75	75
Working majority		9	11

Ward results

Abram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carl Sweeney	1,327	52.1	−6.0
	Community Action	John Shale	541	21.3	+21.3
	BNP	Dennis Shambley	421	16.5	−4.2
	Conservative	Marion Green	243	9.5	−10.5
Rejected ballots			13	0.5	-0.5
Majority			786	30.9	−6.4
Turnout			2,545	25.0	−6.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-13.6

Ashton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nigel Ash	1,261	45.3	+13.5
	Community Action	Claire Daington	1,200	43.1	−14.7
	Conservative	Marie Winstanley	320	11.5	+1.7
Rejected ballots			0	0.0	-0.5
Majority			61	2.2	−23.8
Turnout			2,781	30.4	−14.2
	Labour gain from Community Action		Swing	+14.1

Aspull, New Springs, Whelley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Beswick	1,403	43.8	−1.5
	Labour	Michael McLoughlin	1,291	40.3	−11.8
	Conservative	Deborah Fairhurst	506	15.8	+15.8
Rejected ballots			0	0.0	-2.5
Majority			112	3.5	−3.3
Turnout			3,200	31.9	−2.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+5.1

Astley, Mosley Common
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Joseph Haley	1,472	48.9	+12.7
	Labour	Alan Stephenson	865	28.7	−11.0
	Conservative	Sean Ell	674	22.4	+22.4
Rejected ballots			0	0.0	-1.0
Majority			607	20.2	+16.7
Turnout			3,011	31.1	−8.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+11.8

Atherleigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne Turnock	906	46.0	−2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Bowdler	676	34.3	+34.3
	Conservative	Malcolm Parr	387	19.7	−3.5
Rejected ballots			0	0.0	-1.3
Majority			230	11.7	−9.6
Turnout			1,969	25.8	−7.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-18.3

Atherton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Karen Aldred	1,507	49.7	+12.3
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Wilson	960	31.7	−11.3
	Conservative	Rosina Oxley	331	10.9	−0.4
	Green	Nicholas Redmond	232	7.7	−0.1
Rejected ballots			0	0.0	-0.5
Majority			547	18.1	+12.6
Turnout			3,030	27.6	−8.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+11.8

Bryn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Community Action	Brian Merry	1,429	45.2	−15.0
	Labour	George Harrison	1,050	33.2	+1.9
	BNP	Kenneth Haslam	457	14.5	+14.5
	Conservative	William Winstanley	171	5.4	−2.8
	New Party	Duane Phillips	45	1.4	+1.4
Rejected ballots			7	0.2	-0.1
Majority			379	12.0	−16.9
Turnout			3,159	33.7	−8.6
	Community Action hold		Swing	-8.4

Douglas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shirley Dewhurst	1,369	59.1	+7.8
	Community Action	Edna Hulme	933	40.3	−6.3
Rejected ballots			15	0.6	-1.5
Majority			436	18.8	+14.1
Turnout			2,317	24.7	−5.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.0

Golborne and Lowton West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gerard Bretherton	1,410	52.0	+12.9
	Community Action	Peter Solinas	953	35.2	−14.3
	Conservative	Jeanette Leigh	347	12.8	+2.1
Rejected ballots			0	0.0	-0.7
Majority			457	16.9	+6.6
Turnout			2,710	30.7	−7.6
	Labour gain from Community Action		Swing	+13.6

Hindley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Talbot	1,217	48.4	+9.2
	Community Action	Debbie Grace	913	36.3	+7.7
	Conservative	Joan Pietre	387	15.4	+5.4
Rejected ballots			0	0.0	-0.6
Majority			304	12.1	+1.6
Turnout			2,517	25.6	−19.5
	Labour gain from Community Action		Swing	+0.7

Hindley Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Community Action	Barry Fagan	1,100	47.4	+12.6
	Labour	John Holland	832	35.9	+0.8
	Conservative	Denise Young	388	16.7	+3.3
Rejected ballots			0	0.0	-0.7
Majority			268	11.6	+11.4
Turnout			2,320	25.9	−16.2
	Community Action hold		Swing	+5.9

Ince
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Moodie	1,279	60.7	−5.8
	Community Action	Syd Hall	639	30.3	−0.5
	Conservative	Alicia Eccles	173	8.2	+8.2
Rejected ballots			15	0.7	-1.9
Majority			640	30.4	−5.2
Turnout			2,106	24.6	−1.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.6

Leigh East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fred Walker	1,120	46.1	−0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Jackson	912	37.5	+37.5
	Conservative	Dorothy Angell	399	16.4	−4.9
Rejected ballots			0	0.0	-1.0
Majority			208	8.6	−6.7
Turnout			2,431	26.8	−7.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-19.0

Leigh South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Rigby	1,273	39.8	−0.8
	Conservative	Andrew Oxley	763	23.9	−3.2
	Community Action	Stephen Ellison	621	19.4	−11.4
	BNP	Richard Close	448	14.0	+14.0
	Legalise Cannabis	Thomas Hampson	91	2.8	+2.8
Rejected ballots			0	0.0	-1.4
Majority			510	16.0	+6.2
Turnout			3,196	30.7	−6.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.2

Leigh West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Smith	1,377	54.9	−3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Jones	721	28.7	+28.7
	Conservative	Alan Lowe	410	16.3	+16.3
Rejected ballots			0	0.0	-1.7
Majority			656	26.2	−9.1
Turnout			2,508	23.4	−4.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-15.9

Lowton East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Community Action	Edward Houlton	1,075	34.1	−10.4
	Conservative	James Grundy	1,041	33.0	+11.2
	Labour	Trevor Ward	1,034	32.8	+0.8
Rejected ballots			0	0.0	-1.6
Majority			34	1.1	−11.4
Turnout			3,150	32.2	−8.7
	Community Action hold		Swing	-10.8

Orrell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Thompson	1,308	38.4	−1.0
	Labour	Michael Barnes	1,266	37.2	+5.6
	BNP	Charles Mather	622	18.3	+3.1
	UKIP	Stephen Hawkins	208	6.1	+6.1
Rejected ballots			0	0.0	-0.4
Majority			42	1.2	−6.6
Turnout			3,404	37.1	−12.4
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	-3.3

Pemberton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Prescott	1,452	64.8	+18.0
	Community Action	Robert Beale	320	14.3	−23.3
	Liberal Democrats	Darren Atherton	281	12.5	+12.5
	UKIP	Aspey David	189	8.4	+8.4
Rejected ballots			0	0.0	-1.3
Majority			1,132	50.5	+41.3
Turnout			2,242	22.7	−8.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+20.6

Shevington with Lower Ground
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Angela Bland	1,827	57.4	+21.6
	Labour	Michael Crosby	1,311	41.2	−4.1
Rejected ballots			46	1.4	+0.7
Majority			516	16.2	+6.7
Turnout			3,184	33.8	−10.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+12.8

Standish with Langtree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Whittingham	1,866	54.8	+21.6
	Labour	Diana Davies	1,029	30.2	−4.4
	UKIP	Gregory Atherton	493	14.5	+14.5
Rejected ballots			17	0.5	-0.2
Majority			837	24.6	+23.1
Turnout			3,405	36.0	−6.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+13.0

Tyldesley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Derricutt	1,717	58.7	+4.0
	Labour	Pamela Stewart	565	19.3	−14.1
	Green	Craig Cohen	378	12.9	+12.9
	Conservative	Hilary Hayden	266	9.1	−2.2
Rejected ballots			0	0.0	-0.6
Majority			1,152	39.4	+18.1
Turnout			2,926	28.9	−11.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+9.0

Wigan Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gareth Fairhurst	1,905	60.0	+5.9
	Labour	Marcia Dooley	1,270	40.0	−3.0
Rejected ballots			0	0.0	-2.9
Majority			635	20.0	+8.9
Turnout			3,175	34.6	−8.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.4

Wigan West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joe Shaw	1,354	49.0	N/A
	Independent	Philip Parkes	783	28.3	N/A
	Conservative	Keith Jones	613	22.2	N/A
Rejected ballots			16	0.6	N/A
Majority			571	20.6	N/A
Turnout			2,766	27.0	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Winstanley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Community Action	William Wilkes	1,160	43.5	−4.9
	Labour	Philip Kelly	905	33.9	−3.3
	Conservative	Charles Cartwright	382	14.3	+0.3
	UKIP	Alan Freeman	215	8.1	+8.1
Rejected ballots			7	0.3	-0.2
Majority			255	9.6	−1.5
Turnout			2,669	30.1	−12.5
	Community Action hold		Swing	-0.8

Worsley Mesnes
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patricia Holland	1,318	55.4	+6.6
	Community Action	Leanne Brotherton	738	31.0	−6.0
	Conservative	Thomas Sutton	307	12.9	−0.5
Rejected ballots			15	0.6	-0.1
Majority			580	24.4	+12.5
Turnout			2,378	26.0	−10.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.3

References

"Local elections: Wigan". BBC News Online. Retrieved 17 December 2009.
^ "Wigan Council results from 1973 to 2008" (PDF). wigan.gov.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 November 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
^ "Local Election Results 04 May 2006". wiganmbc.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project: 2006 - Wigan". andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 28 June 2012.

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