Local Election Results 2016

Wigan

One-third of council up for election.

IndNwk = Independent Network
WiganIC = Wigan Independent Conservatives (who stood under a variety of labels)

Other results for Wigan:2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
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

Consolidated results — Wigan 2016

Party	Votes	Percent	Seats
Labour	35563	49.8%	19
Conservative	12118	17.0%	3
UK Independence Party	11833	16.6%	0
Independent Network	5183	7.3%	2
Wigan Independent Conservatives	2097	2.9%	0
Independent	2096	2.9%	1
Green Party	1247	1.7%	0
Liberal Democrat	1154	1.6%	0
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	54	0.1%	0

Abram

Martyn Smethurst	Lab	1495	58.3%
Jim Carmichael	UKIP	868	33.9%
Claire Houlton	C	201	7.8%

Ashton

Bill Clarke	Lab	1204	46.5%
Richard Aylett	Ind	616	23.8%
Stuart Plimley	UKIP	426	16.5%
Marie Winstanley	C	253	9.8%
Lesley Brothwood	LD	89	3.4%

Aspull New Springs Whelley

John Hilton	Lab	1805	52.8%
Mark Bradley	UKIP	985	28.8%
Allan Atherton	C	456	13.3%
Freda Graham	LD	175	5.1%

Astley Mosley Common

Joanne Platt	Lab	1548	51.3%
Richad Short	C	739	24.5%
Steve Mills	UKIP	731	24.2%

Atherleigh

John Harding	Lab	1067	46.4%
Stuart Gerrard	IndNwk	533	23.2%
Luke Greenhalgh	UKIP	446	19.4%
Paul Fairhurst	C	207	9.0%
Lorraine Gillon	LD	49	2.1%

Atherton

Jamie Hodgkinson	IndNwk	1838	51.3%
Elnur Yusifzade	Lab	969	27.0%
Quinton Smith	UKIP	567	15.8%
Brian Lobell	C	209	5.8%

Bryn

Steve Jones	IndNwk	1200	41.1%
David Hurst	Lab	1123	38.4%
Thomas Miller	UKIP	438	15.0%
Margaret Winstanley	C	161	5.5%

Douglas

Patricia Draper	Lab	1803	84.1%
Margaret Atherton	C	340	15.9%

Golborne and Lowton West

Yvonne Klieve	Lab	1675	70.2%
Peter Kearns	UKIP	540	22.6%
Toby Hewitt	C	170	7.1%

Hindley [Lab gain from Ind]

Paul Blay	Lab	1413	51.2%
Jim Ellis	IndNwk	1040	37.7%
David Ollerton	C	153	5.5%
Paul Ravenall	Grn	79	2.9%
John Skipworth	LD	76	2.8%

Hindley Green

Bob Brierley	Ind	1480	57.3%
Eileen Rigby	Lab	820	31.7%
John Thomason	LD	159	6.2%
Gerard Houlton	C	126	4.9%

Ince

David Molyneux	Lab	1545	65.8%
Stephen Winstanley	UKIP	671	28.6%
Judith Atherton	C	132	5.6%

Leigh East

Keith Cunliffe	Lab	1513	67.7%
Richard Houlton	C	446	20.0%
John Dowsett	LD	275	12.3%

Leigh South

Kevin Anderson	Lab	1773	55.6%
Russell Eddison	UKIP	913	28.6%
Denise Young	C	503	15.8%

Leigh West

Sue Greensmith	Lab	1610	60.0%
Jayson Lomax-Hargreaves	UKIP	738	27.5%
Andrew Oxley	C	205	7.6%
Neil Hancox	Grn	129	4.8%

Lowton East

James Grundy	C	2327	60.9%
Garry Lloyd	Lab	1110	29.1%
Stephen Darragh	UKIP	278	7.3%
Harry Snape	Grn	104	2.7%

Orrell [C gain from Lab]

Michael Winstanley	C	1410	43.2%
Joy Bradley	Lab	1333	40.8%
Paula Boyham	WiganIC	221	6.8%
Donald Mcqueen	Grn	190	5.8%
Louise Bowe	LD	110	3.4%

Pemberton

Jeanette Prescott	Lab	1631	69.0%
Peter Wheatley-Smith	UKIP	502	21.2%
Daniel Whitehouse	C	137	5.8%
Norma Stout	Grn	93	3.9%

Shevington with Lower Ground

Damian Edwardson	Lab	1239	40.0%
Janet Brown	WiganIC	813	26.3%
Arnold Foster	UKIP	584	18.9%
Jack Vickery	C	349	11.3%
Joseph Rylance	Grn	112	3.6%

Standish with Langtree [C gain from WiganIC]

Raymond Whittingham	C	1276	32.4%
Gareth Fairhurst	WiganIC	1063	27.0%
Debbie Parkinson	Lab	968	24.6%
Ian Adamczyk	UKIP	579	14.7%
Sharon Holden	TUSC	54	1.4%

Tyldesley [Lab gain from LD]

Nazia Rehman	Lab	1235	38.5%
Matthew James	UKIP	978	30.5%
Norman Bradbury	IndNwk	572	17.8%
David Stirzaker	C	421	13.1%

Wigan Central

Lawrence Hunt	Lab	1745	55.9%
Susan Vickery	C	845	27.1%
William Patterson	Grn	311	10.0%
Stuart Thomas	LD	221	7.1%

Wigan West

Terence Halliwell	Lab	2090	80.8%
Jamie Vickery	C	497	19.2%

Winstanley

Paul Kenny	Lab	1350	48.2%
Andrew Collinson	UKIP	890	31.8%
Jean Peet	C	334	11.9%
Steven Heyes	Grn	229	8.2%

Worsley Mesnes

Philip Kelly	Lab	1499	62.0%
Maureen McCoy	UKIP	699	28.9%
Susan Atherton	C	221	9.1%

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