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2003 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

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2003 UK local government election

Map of the results of the 2003 Wigan council election.

Elections toWigan Borough Council were held on 1 May 2003 with one-third of the council was up for election. Prior to the election, there had been two vacancies in Leigh Central, with Labour winning aby-election in June and the seat being fought in this election filled unopposed by Barbara Jarvis.

The election boasted a record number of candidates for an election of thirds, with 90 spread across all 24 wards. Whilst theConservative's fielded a strong showing of all but three wards and theLib Dems improved to fight half the wards, the bulk of the increase came fromCommunity Action and the Socialist Alliance more than doubling theirlast year's totals, with the Socialist Alliance now contesting all but four wards and Community Action just under half.Labour reliably put up candidates for all wards, and theBNP a second candidate inOrrell.

Labour's share fell to under half of the votes for only the second time in the council's history, with the only other time being their low-point in1975, with one of their lowest votes achieved. The main beneficiaries were the rapidly advancing Community Action Party, and to a lesser extent the Lib Dems, helping them to narrowly retain their third place in vote share behind the second place, and largely unchanged, Conservatives. The Socialist Alliance made little headway despite their near-full slate, and significantly fell back in their most competitive wards.

Labour lost five seats on the night, with each of three main competitors picking up seats. Community Action accounted for three, gaining further representation in Bryn and Lightshaw and also making another breakthrough in the formerly uninterrupted Labour territory ofAshton-Golborne. The Lib Dems picked up a seat in the historically competitiveAspull-Standish ward for the first time in over a decade, as well as comfortably defending their seat in Hindsford. The Tories strengthened their footing on the council with another gain in Swinley, a ward which had reliably elected Conservatives throughout the eighties, but had progressively been routed in the early nineties. This left Labour's majority at 58, the lowest in just under twenty years.

Overall turnout dropped from last year's partly recovered figure of just over a quarter of the electorate, to 22.7%.[1][2][3][4]

Election result

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Wigan local election result 2003
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
 Labour1805-575.049.626,761-7.3
 Community Action330+312.513.87,458+4.6
 Liberal Democrats210+18.314.07,568+2.4
 Conservative110+14.217.09,174-0.3
 Socialist Alliance00000.03.61,921+1.1
 BNP00000.01.7944+0.7

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

PartyPrevious councilNew council
Labour6560
Community Action25
Liberal Democrat34
Conservative23
Socialist Alliance00
BNP00
Total7272
Working majority 58  48 

Ward results

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Abram[2][3][4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourCarl Sweeney1,26156.7−8.5
BNPDennis Shambley57625.9+3.1
Community ActionRonald Barnes2189.8+9.8
ConservativeMarion Green1647.4−4.3
Rejected ballots50.2-0.1
Majority68530.8−11.6
Turnout2,21925.0−3.1
LabourholdSwing-5.8
Ashton-Golborne[2][3][4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Community ActionKevin Williams1,25646.8+4.7
LabourPatricia Holland1,06039.5−4.8
ConservativeMarie Winstanley27610.3+0.2
Socialist AllianceMarian Markham893.3−0.1
Rejected ballots30.1+0.0
Majority1967.3+5.2
Turnout2,68424.1−2.7
Community Actiongain fromLabourSwing+4.7
Aspull-Standish[2][3][4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal DemocratsTrevor Beswick1,35439.8+9.3
LabourGeorge Davies1,29638.1−6.2
ConservativeBarry Woolley68720.2−2.0
Socialist AllianceJudith Ford611.8−1.1
Rejected ballots30.1+0.0
Majority581.7−12.1
Turnout3,40128.8−1.7
Liberal Democratsgain fromLabourSwing+7.7
Atherton[2][3][4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourReginald Holmes98953.6−1.2
Liberal DemocratsJohn Stackhouse65935.7+2.2
ConservativeAnn Davies19310.5+4.2
Rejected ballots40.2+0.2
Majority33017.9−3.4
Turnout1,84521.3−7.3
LabourholdSwing-1.7
Bedford-Astley[2][3][4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourJohn Lea88153.5N/A
ConservativeDavid Morris39323.9N/A
Liberal DemocratsGlynnis Hogg30518.5N/A
Socialist AllianceBarbara Hennessy613.7N/A
Rejected ballots60.4N/A
Majority48829.6N/A
Turnout1,64619.9N/A
LabourholdSwingN/A
Beech Hill[2][3][4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourAndrew Collins1,01055.3−2.5
Liberal DemocratsNigel Wickes46725.6−6.0
ConservativeBarry Alder23312.8+12.8
Socialist AllianceGraham MacFarlane1116.1+6.1
Rejected ballots50.3-0.1
Majority54329.7+3.5
Turnout1,82620.1−7.0
LabourholdSwing+1.7
Bryn[2][3][4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Community ActionGary Wilkes1,32047.7−0.3
LabourRobin Atkinson1,22244.1−0.9
ConservativeStuart Foy1615.8−1.1
Socialist AlliancePaul Lewis612.2+2.2
Rejected ballots40.1+0.0
Majority983.5+0.5
Turnout2,76828.0−1.4
Community Actiongain fromLabourSwing+0.3
Hindley[2][3][4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourJack Topping1,27866.3−7.4
ConservativeAndre Walker33117.2−8.1
Liberal DemocratsTarek Gaber1909.9+9.9
Socialist AllianceMark Tebbutt1176.1+6.1
Rejected ballots120.6-0.5
Majority94749.1+0.7
Turnout1,92818.2−3.1
LabourholdSwing+0.3
Hindley Green[2][3][4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourPeter Turner1,03957.9−13.8
ConservativeRosina Oxley34319.1−8.0
Liberal DemocratsSolveiq Gaber27315.2+15.2
Socialist AllianceClaire Doherty1357.5+7.5
Rejected ballots50.3-1.0
Majority69638.8−5.8
Turnout1,79516.3−3.3
LabourholdSwing-2.9
Hindsford[2][3][4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal DemocratsRobert Bleakley1,68561.1+5.7
LabourPhilip Loudon94334.2+1.3
ConservativeDorothy Angell1314.7+0.7
Rejected ballots00.0-0.1
Majority74226.9+4.4
Turnout2,75925.4−3.1
LabourholdSwing+2.2
Hope Carr[2][3][4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourJohn O'Brien1,19647.6−4.5
Community ActionJanice Solinas64825.8+6.7
ConservativeAndrew Oxley56422.5−2.3
Socialist AllianceKeith Fry913.6+0.0
Rejected ballots110.4+0.1
Majority54821.8−5.5
Turnout2,51024.4−3.7
LabourholdSwing-5.6
Ince[2][3][4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourDavid Molyneux1,08573.7−2.7
ConservativeRobert Rees1399.4−1.5
Socialist AllianceMichael Doherty1258.5−3.9
Community ActionIan Franzen1208.1+8.1
Rejected ballots40.3-0.1
Majority94664.2+0.3
Turnout1,47319.2−2.0
LabourholdSwing-0.6
Langtree[2][3][4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourMichael Crosby1,21142.5−9.4
ConservativeGareth Fairhurst1,06237.3+7.7
Liberal DemocratsFreda Graham47616.7−1.5
Socialist AllianceJohn Pointon913.2+3.2
Rejected ballots110.4+0.1
Majority1495.2−17.1
Turnout2,85124.5−4.1
LabourholdSwing-8.5
Leigh Central[2][3][4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourBarbara Jarvis1,03065.8−5.7
ConservativeAlan Lowe28118.0+1.4
Community ActionDaniel Burrows17010.9−0.8
Socialist AllianceRobert Stephenson795.0+5.0
Rejected ballots50.3+0.0
Majority74947.9−7.0
Turnout1,56518.6−2.9
LabourholdSwing-3.5
Leigh East[2][3][4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourKeith Cunliffe1,14462.5−14.5
ConservativeDerek Davies36820.1−2.1
Community ActionJames Forkgen23212.7+12.7
Socialist AllianceWilliam Markham794.3+4.3
Rejected ballots80.4-0.4
Majority77642.4−12.3
Turnout1,83116.9−2.1
LabourholdSwing-6.2
Lightshaw[2][3][4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Community ActionPeter Solinas1,54045.4+0.9
LabourAlan Melling1,22136.0−5.7
ConservativeJames Grundy56816.7+3.1
Socialist AllianceMarie Winnard581.7+1.7
Rejected ballots50.1+0.0
Majority3199.4+6.5
Turnout3,39227.9−7.1
Community Actiongain fromLabourSwing+3.3
Newtown[2][3][4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourJoy Birch98166.1−10.8
Liberal DemocratsMartin Sutton34823.5+23.5
Socialist AllianceBarry Conway1469.8−11.4
Rejected ballots90.6-1.2
Majority63342.7−13.0
Turnout1,48417.5−1.2
LabourholdSwing-17.1
Norley[2][3][4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourStephen Parker81559.2−24.3
Community ActionMargaret Crank50836.9+36.9
Socialist AllianceSamuel Blakeman513.7−12.3
Rejected ballots30.2-0.3
Majority30722.3−45.2
Turnout1,37720.5+2.6
LabourholdSwing-30.6
Orrell[2][3][4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourRonald Capstick1,38046.7−5.5
ConservativeRichard Clayton1,07436.4−10.9
BNPRichard Moreton36812.5+12.5
Socialist AllianceRobert Fairhurst1254.2+4.2
Rejected ballots60.2-0.3
Majority30610.4+5.4
Turnout2,95331.5+1.2
LabourholdSwing+2.7
Swinley[2][3][4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeHenry Cadman1,26547.8+7.5
LabourJohn Ball91334.5−2.3
Liberal DemocratsAlan Robinson35113.3+0.9
Socialist AllianceFrances Berka1114.2+2.0
Rejected ballots60.2+0.1
Majority35213.3+9.7
Turnout2,64630.7−3.7
Conservativegain fromLabourSwing+4.9
Tyldesley East[2][3][4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourStephen Hellier1,23750.8−13.2
Liberal DemocratsRichard Derricutt1,18648.7+13.5
Rejected ballots120.5-0.3
Majority512.1−26.7
Turnout2,43520.2−0.7
LabourholdSwing-13.3
Whelley[2][3][4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourJohn Earl1,20865.4−5.4
Liberal DemocratsJean Beswick27414.8−6.9
ConservativeJoan Pietre23912.9+12.9
Socialist AllianceJanet Phillips1176.3−0.7
Rejected ballots100.5+0.0
Majority93450.5+1.5
Turnout1,84822.7−1.4
LabourholdSwing+0.7
Winstanley[2][3][4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourPhilip Kelly1,25944.5−20.1
Community ActionStanley Barnes96134.0+34.0
ConservativeJonathan Cartwright48617.2−17.5
Socialist AllianceJohn Bolton1144.0+4.0
Rejected ballots90.3-0.5
Majority29810.5−19.4
Turnout2,82921.7+1.7
LabourholdSwing-27.0
Worsley Mesnes[2][3][4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourJoseph Baldwin1,10257.8−16.8
Community ActionWilliam Barnes48525.4+25.4
ConservativeThomas Sutton21611.3−3.9
Socialist AllianceJacqueline Pointon995.2−4.7
Rejected ballots60.3+0.0
Majority61732.3−27.0
Turnout1,90820.0−0.2
LabourholdSwing-21.1

References

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  1. ^"Local elections".BBC News Online. Retrieved17 December 2009.
  2. ^abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxy"Wigan Council results from 1973 to 2008"(PDF). wigan.gov.uk. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 20 November 2011. Retrieved30 January 2012.
  3. ^abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxy"Local Election Results 01 May 2003". wiganmbc.gov.uk. Archived fromthe original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved28 June 2012.
  4. ^abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxy"Local Elections Archive Project: 2003 - Wigan". andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved28 June 2012.
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