Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1982

Map of the results of the 1982 Wigan council election.

Elections to the Wigan Council were held on Thursday, 6 May 1982, with one third of the council up for election. The newly formed Alliance made three gains, replacing the Conservatives as the main opposition to Labour. The Alliance massively increased upon the Liberals' past participation, contesting every ward, in marked contrast to a year in which candidate variety fell to a low, with only the former Labour councillor, standing again as Independent Labour in Hindley ward, not representing the three aforementioned choices. Overall turnout was down 2.6% to 33.6%.^[1]

Election result

Wigan Local Election Result 1982
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	18	0	0	0	75.0	50.5	39,122	-8.7%
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	4	0	0	0	16.7	29.2	22,670	+22.4%
	Conservative	2	0	0	0	8.3	18.9	14,692	-10.1%
	Independent Labour	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.3	1,031	-0.2%

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

Party		Previous council	New council
	Labour	64	61
	SDP-Liberal Alliance	3	6
	Conservatives	5	5
Total		72	72
Working majority		56	50

Ward results

Abram^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	I. McCartney	2,447	73.9	-0.0
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	M. O'Halloran	507	15.3	+15.3
	Conservative	J. Abrahams	356	10.8	-15.2
Majority			1,940	58.6	+10.6
Turnout			3,310	33.0	+4.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.6

Ashton-Golborne^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Lea	1,452	53.7	-15.5
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	K. Higham	638	23.6	+23.6
	Conservative	T. Lydon	616	22.8	-8.0
Majority			814	30.1	-8.3
Turnout			2,706	28.8	-2.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-19.5

Aspull-Standish^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	M. Rutherford	1,867	42.5	+23.3
	Labour	A. Hitchmough	1,558	35.5	-11.5
	Conservative	J. Holland	967	22.0	-11.8
Majority			309	7.0	-6.1
Turnout			4,392	43.6	-2.9
	SDP–Liberal Alliance gain from Labour		Swing	+17.4

Atherton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. Sumner	1,758	54.7	-22.1
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	W. Jones	814	25.3	+25.3
	Conservative	M. Sharland	640	19.9	-3.2
Majority			944	29.4	-24.3
Turnout			3,212	33.6	-5.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-23.7

Bedford-Astley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Prytharch	1,627	43.7	-13.9
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	B. Aitken	1,116	30.0	+30.0
	Conservative	C. Hampson	982	26.4	-16.1
Majority			511	13.7	-1.4
Turnout			3,725	38.3	-3.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-21.9

Beech Hill^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Pullin	1,603	56.0	-17.9
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	S. Jeffers	804	28.1	+28.1
	Conservative	J. Wolstenholme	457	16.0	-10.1
Majority			799	27.9	-19.9
Turnout			2,864	32.1	-0.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-23.0

Bryn^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Lyons	1,768	51.0	-23.5
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	J. Walter	1,107	32.0	+31.9
	Conservative	M. Jones	589	17.0	-8.4
Majority			661	19.1	-30.1
Turnout			3,464	35.5	+6.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-27.7

Hindley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Bray	1,710	48.6	+0.3
	Independent Labour	C. Priestley	1,031	29.3	-4.6
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	W. Hewer	779	22.1	+22.1
Majority			679	19.3	+5.0
Turnout			3,520	37.0	-2.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.4

Hindley Green^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Wynn	1,405	48.9	-17.4
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	I. Collingwood	763	26.5	+26.5
	Conservative	D. Culshaw	706	24.6	+24.6
Majority			642	22.3	-10.3
Turnout			2,874	27.3	+3.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-21.9

Hindsford^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Wright	1,617	46.7	-21.9
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	S. Icke	1,305	37.7	+37.7
	Conservative	K. Mercer	537	15.5	-15.8
Majority			312	9.0	-28.3
Turnout			3,459	32.6	-1.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-29.8

Hope Carr^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Hession	1,635	42.6	-14.5
	Conservative	E. Manson	1,169	30.4	-12.5
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	D. Ode	1,037	27.0	+27.0
Majority			466	12.1	-2.0
Turnout			3,841	40.3	-4.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.0

Ince^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Rowlandson	1,597	72.0	-5.9
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	P. Coleman	470	21.2	+21.2
	Conservative	J. Michaels	150	6.8	-15.2
Majority			1,127	50.8	-5.1
Turnout			2,217	26.8	+1.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-13.5

Langtree^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	P. Davies	1,852	50.9	+4.2
	Labour	T. Morris	1,074	29.5	-0.6
	Conservative	M. Clark	715	19.6	-3.6
Majority			778	21.4	+4.8
Turnout			3,641	36.0	-13.8
	SDP–Liberal Alliance hold		Swing	+2.4

Leigh Central^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Smith	2,002	72.4	-0.4
	Conservative	S. Emerton	389	14.1	-8.2
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	B. Miners	375	13.6	+13.6
Majority			1,613	58.3	+7.8
Turnout			2,766	30.9	-4.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.3

Leigh East^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Harper	1,694	61.7	+6.1
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	P. Knowles	1,053	38.3	+38.3
Majority			641	23.3	+12.3
Turnout			2,747	27.6	-8.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-16.1

Lightshaw^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Sherratt	1,988	53.4	-13.3
	Conservative	A. Taylor	915	24.6	-8.7
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	J. Marsden	822	22.1	+22.1
Majority			1,073	28.8	-4.6
Turnout			3,725	37.4	-12.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.3

Newtown^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Bridge	1,717	65.5	-12.4
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	N. Brenson	535	20.4	+20.4
	Conservative	S. Warren	368	14.0	-8.0
Majority			1,182	45.1	-10.7
Turnout			2,620	28.4	+0.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-16.4

Norley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	N. Turner	1,961	79.9	-1.7
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	B. Woolley	320	13.0	+4.8
	Conservative	T. Simms	174	7.1	-3.1
Majority			1,641	66.8	-4.5
Turnout			2,455	28.8	-2.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.2

Orrell^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Hitchen	1,522	40.1	+1.6
	Labour	W. Cowley	1,289	34.0	-1.6
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	W. Hudson	983	25.9	+20.7
Majority			233	6.1	+3.3
Turnout			3,794	38.4	-9.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.6

Swinley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. Giles	1,710	47.0	-7.5
	Labour	C. Cooke	1,080	29.7	+3.8
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	A. Short	850	23.4	+3.7
Majority			630	17.3	-11.2
Turnout			3,640	39.9	+5.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.6

Tyldesley East^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	G. Pickthall	1,759	51.0	+34.5
	Labour	J. Burke	1,692	49.0	-8.8
Majority			67	1.9	-30.1
Turnout			3,451	36.2	-5.1
	SDP–Liberal Alliance gain from Labour		Swing	+21.6

Whelley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Pendleton	1,724	57.0	-17.6
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	G. Derbyshire	931	30.8	+30.8
	Conservative	F. Sidebotham	368	12.2	-13.2
Majority			793	26.2	-23.0
Turnout			3,023	33.7	+2.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-24.2

Winstanley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	J. Fitzpatrick	1,418	40.8	+24.9
	Labour	E. Naylor	1,081	31.1	-6.3
	Conservative	T. Peet	974	28.0	+0.9
Majority			337	9.7	-0.7
Turnout			3,473	33.2	-7.5
	SDP–Liberal Alliance gain from Labour		Swing	+15.6

Worsley Mesnes^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Milligan	1,643	63.3	-12.7
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	C. Hughes	565	21.8	+21.8
	Conservative	R. Rogers	388	14.9	-9.0
Majority			1,078	41.5	-10.5
Turnout			2,596	26.7	-1.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-17.2

References

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 "Wigan Council results from 1973 to 2008" (PDF). wigan.gov.uk. Retrieved 2012-01-30.

(1981 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 1982 (→ 1983)

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