Local Election Results 2008
Wigan
CA = Community Action
Other results for Wigan:20022003200420062007201020112012201420152016201820192021202220232024
By-elections for Wigan (may be incomplete): 26th September 2002 (Leigh C.) — 16th June 2005 (Douglas) — 28th June 2007 (Tyldesley) — 20th September 2007 (Wigan W.) — 18th October 2007 (Wigan C.) — 10th July 2008 (Wigan W.) — 3rd March 2011 (Wigan C.) — 4th April 2013 (Pemberton) — 24th October 2013 (Winstanley) — 13th November 2014 (Douglas) — 19th October 2017 (Astley Mosley Common) — 14th December 2017 (Shevington with Lower Ground) — 14th October 2021 (Leigh W.) — 25th November 2021 (Bryn) — 15th December 2022 (Ashton) — 4th July 2024 (Leigh S.) — 2nd October 2025 (Wigan C.)
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party | Votes | Percent | Seats |
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| Labour | 26353 | 37.5% | 12 |
| Conservative | 18360 | 26.1% | 6 |
| Community Action | 9830 | 14.0% | 2 |
| Independent | 6260 | 8.9% | 4 |
| Liberal Democrat | 6054 | 8.6% | 1 |
| British National Party | 2352 | 3.3% | 0 |
| UK Independence Party | 912 | 1.3% | 0 |
| Respect - The Unity Coalition | 222 | 0.3% | 0 |
| Eddie Russin | Lab | 1226 | 48.0% |
|---|
| John Shale | CA | 943 | 36.9% |
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| Marion Green | C | 386 | 15.1% |
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| Paul Tushingham | CA | 1766 | 53.5% |
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| Ann Rampling | Lab | 1111 | 33.6% |
|---|
| Marie Winstanley | C | 248 | 7.5% |
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| Adrian Jones | BNP | 178 | 5.4% |
|---|
| John Hilton | Lab | 1443 | 43.2% |
|---|
| Alan Robinson | LD | 1254 | 37.6% |
|---|
| Anthony Hind | C | 640 | 19.2% |
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| Sean Ell | C | 1207 | 42.3% |
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| Brian Wilson | Lab | 1014 | 35.5% |
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| Gavin Clements | LD | 634 | 22.2% |
|---|
| Susan Loudon | Lab | 1246 | 59.2% |
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| Abigail Solomon | C | 858 | 40.8% |
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| Bob Splaine | Ind | 976 | 29.6% |
|---|
| Elnur Yusifzade | Lab | 856 | 25.9% |
|---|
| David Higginbottom | LD | 821 | 24.9% |
|---|
| Michael Nicholls | C | 426 | 12.9% |
|---|
| Stephen Hall | Respect | 222 | 6.7% |
|---|
| Don Hodgkinson | Ind | 1606 | 49.4% |
|---|
| Helen Ash | Lab | 765 | 23.5% |
|---|
| Clive Charles | CA | 394 | 12.1% |
|---|
| Ken Haslam | BNP | 284 | 8.7% |
|---|
| Malcolm Childs | C | 204 | 6.3% |
|---|
| Joy Birch | Lab | 1170 | 51.7% |
|---|
| Anthony Unsworth | CA | 745 | 32.9% |
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| Stephen Holt | C | 350 | 15.5% |
|---|
| Yvonne Klieve | Lab | 1186 | 41.1% |
|---|
| Peter Franzen | CA | 1110 | 38.5% |
|---|
| John Oxley | C | 282 | 9.8% |
|---|
| Steven McEllenborough | BNP | 178 | 6.2% |
|---|
| Frank Davies | Ind | 129 | 4.5% |
|---|
| Jim Ellis | Ind | 1347 | 47.5% |
|---|
| Marcia Dooley | Lab | 696 | 24.6% |
|---|
| David Culshaw | Ind | 515 | 18.2% |
|---|
| Margaret Winstanley | C | 277 | 9.8% |
|---|
| Bob Brierley | Ind | 1105 | 44.8% |
|---|
| Martin Long | Lab | 655 | 26.6% |
|---|
| Stuart Foy | C | 353 | 14.3% |
|---|
| Rachel Fagan | CA | 351 | 14.2% |
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| David Molyneux | Lab | 1180 | 61.0% |
|---|
| Syd Hall | CA | 479 | 24.8% |
|---|
| Raymond Whittingham | C | 275 | 14.2% |
|---|
| Keith Cunliffe | Lab | 981 | 44.2% |
|---|
| Dorothy Angell | C | 649 | 29.2% |
|---|
| Gordon Jackson | LD | 591 | 26.6% |
|---|
| Kevin Anderson | Lab | 1372 | 41.4% |
|---|
| Andrew Oxley | C | 1000 | 30.1% |
|---|
| Ian Franzen | CA | 476 | 14.3% |
|---|
| Gary Chadwick | BNP | 470 | 14.2% |
|---|
| Susan Greensmith | Lab | 1543 | 65.4% |
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| Denise Young | C | 817 | 34.6% |
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| James Grundy | C | 1972 | 53.7% |
|---|
| Sandy Franzen | CA | 943 | 25.7% |
|---|
| James Cowley | Lab | 758 | 20.6% |
|---|
| Richard Clayton Sr | C | 1608 | 46.7% |
|---|
| Mike Barnes | Lab | 969 | 28.1% |
|---|
| Charles Mather | BNP | 548 | 15.9% |
|---|
| Richard Clayton Jr | Ind | 321 | 9.3% |
|---|
| Jeanette Prescott | Lab | 1387 | 56.0% |
|---|
| Mike Leyland | CA | 406 | 16.4% |
|---|
| Benjamin Gray | C | 350 | 14.1% |
|---|
| Chris Hilton | BNP | 334 | 13.5% |
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| Paul Liptrot | C | 1531 | 48.4% |
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| Mike Crosby | Lab | 971 | 30.7% |
|---|
| Martin Sutton | LD | 251 | 7.9% |
|---|
| John Atherton | UKIP | 251 | 7.9% |
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| Andy Sumner | Ind | 157 | 5.0% |
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| Judith Atherton | C | 1710 | 50.9% |
|---|
| George Davies | Lab | 1039 | 30.9% |
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| Alan Freeman | UKIP | 283 | 8.4% |
|---|
| June Garner | LD | 214 | 6.4% |
|---|
| Ronnie Barnes | CA | 116 | 3.5% |
|---|
| Robert Bleakley | LD | 1827 | 66.4% |
|---|
| Barry Taylor | Lab | 612 | 22.2% |
|---|
| Hilary Hayden | C | 313 | 11.4% |
|---|
| Henry Cadman | C | 1562 | 50.5% |
|---|
| Matthew Bullen | Lab | 940 | 30.4% |
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| Keith Jones | UKIP | 378 | 12.2% |
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| Leanne Brotherton | CA | 213 | 6.9% |
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| Terence Halliwell | Lab | 1089 | 43.8% |
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| Steven Surples | C | 471 | 18.9% |
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| Darren Atherton | LD | 462 | 18.6% |
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| Susan Mather | BNP | 360 | 14.5% |
|---|
| Mick Dahl | Ind | 104 | 4.2% |
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| Stanley Barnes | CA | 1226 | 47.1% |
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| Phil Kelly | Lab | 869 | 33.4% |
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| Paula Thompson | C | 508 | 19.5% |
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| Brian Baldwin | Lab | 1275 | 55.4% |
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| Hannah Leyland | CA | 662 | 28.8% |
|---|
| Jonathan Cartwright | C | 363 | 15.8% |
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