Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1975

Map of the results for the 1975 Wigan council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue and Liberal in yellow.

Elections to Wigan Council were held on 1 May 1975, with one third of the council up for the election - although only 21 seats were contested, as Labour were unopposed in Ward 12, 21 and 24. Labour suffered six losses on the night - five to the Conservatives and one to the Liberals - with a gain from the sole Independent in Ward 23 as consolation. Overall turnout fell by nearly a quarter, to 27%. ^[1]

Election result

Wigan Council Election Result 1975
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	16	1	6	-5	66.7	49.2	25,697	-11.3%
	Conservative	7	5	0	+5	29.2	40.8	21,270	+12.4%
	Liberal	1	1	0	+1	4.2	6.8	3,550	+6.8%
	Independent	0	0	1	-1	0.0	2.5	1,302	-5.6%
	Communist	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.7	345	+0.5%

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

Party		Previous council	New council
	Labour	66	61
	Conservatives	5	10
	Liberals	0	1
	Independent	1	0
Total		72	72
Working majority		60	50

Ward results

Ward 1 (Lindsay-Scholes-Whelley)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Pratt	1,728	64.1	-9.5
	Conservative	C. Giles	966	35.9	+9.5
Majority			762	28.3	-18.9
Turnout			2,694	29.0	-9.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-9.5

Ward 2 (Poolstock-Worsley Mesnes)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Townley	1,049	65.6	-16.0
	Conservative	J. Atherton	550	34.4	+16.0
Majority			499	31.2	-32.0
Turnout			1,599	17.1	-10.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-16.0

Ward 3 (Gidlow-Swinley-Whitley)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. France	2,417	64.5	+4.8
	Labour	M. Pendleton	862	23.0	-17.3
	Liberal	K. Mason	467	12.5	+12.5
Majority			1,555	41.5	+22.1
Turnout			3,746	32.3	-7.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+11.0

Ward 4 (Beech Hill and Marsh Green)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	N. Turner	1,478	71.6	-8.9
	Conservative	?. Gormally	586	28.4	+8.9
Majority			892	43.2	-17.8
Turnout			2,064	22.1	-9.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-8.9

Ward 5 (Highfield and Lamberhead)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Smith	1,189	51.1	-17.0
	Conservative	T. Peet	982	42.2	+10.3
	Communist	?. Dowd	157	6.7	+6.7
Majority			207	8.9	-27.2
Turnout			2,328	21.5	-9.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-13.6

Ward 6 (Newtown and Rose Hill)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Mulligan	1,116	68.5	-13.1
	Conservative	C. Boyle	513	31.5	+13.1
Majority			603	37.0	-26.2
Turnout			1,629	18.6	-6.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-13.1

Ward 7 (Hope Carr)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	?. Hurst	1,535	59.4	+16.0
	Labour	J. Jones	1,048	40.6	-16.0
Majority			487	18.9	+5.7
Turnout			2,583	37.5	+0.9
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+16.0

Ward 8 (St Pauls and St Peters)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Bridge	817	55.4	-19.1
	Conservative	J. Davies	566	38.4	+20.5
	Communist	J. Blackburn	91	6.2	-1.4
Majority			251	17.0	-39.6
Turnout			1,474	16.8	-5.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-19.8

Ward 9 (Etherstone and St Marys)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Yates	1,310	54.6	+15.3
	Labour	?. Tonks	991	41.3	-19.4
	Communist	H. Kedward	97	4.0	+4.0
Majority			319	13.3	-8.2
Turnout			2,398	25.7	-1.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+17.3

Ward 10 (Lilford-St Josephs-St Thomas)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Wood	1,853	65.0	+18.2
	Labour	J. Prytharch	997	35.0	-18.2
Majority			856	30.0	+23.6
Turnout			2,850	31.3	-4.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+18.2

Ward 11 (Golborne St Thomas and Lowton)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Roberts	2,095	58.8	-14.9
	Conservative	T. Thompson	1,469	41.2	+14.9
Majority			626	17.6	-29.8
Turnout			3,564	34.5	-4.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-14.9

Ward 12 (Golborne Heath Park and Ashton)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Miller	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Ward 13 (Ashton-in-Makerfield North and West)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Lyons	1,186	72.4	N/A
	Liberal	P. Scully	453	27.6	N/A
Majority			733	44.7	N/A
Turnout			1,639	21.7	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Ward 14 (Ashton-in-Makerfield Central and East)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	?. Worsley	1,103	51.4	+51.4
	Labour	G. Fairhurst	1,043	48.6	-21.7
Majority			60	2.8	-37.9
Turnout			2,146	26.6	-1.2
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing	+36.5

Ward 15 (Standish with Langtree and Shevington)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Hardy	1,346	35.7	+2.4
	Independent	G. Dewhurst	1,302	34.5	+5.4
	Conservative	J. Lawson	754	20.0	+0.0
	Liberal	?. Young	369	9.8	+9.8
Majority			44	1.2	-3.0
Turnout			3,771	35.2	-15.7
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing	-1.5

Ward 16 (Aspull)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Lowe	1,302	59.2	-5.4
	Liberal	?. Lammas	897	40.8	+40.8
Majority			405	18.4	-10.7
Turnout			2,199	22.2	-16.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-23.1

Ward 17 (Atherton North East)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Skitt	1,517	54.1	N/A
	Conservative	M. Williams	1,025	36.6	N/A
	Liberal	?. Hicks	261	9.3	N/A
Majority			492	17.6	N/A
Turnout			2,803	29.8	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Ward 18 (Atherton South West)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Grundy	1,258	64.5	+26.5
	Labour	G. Horrabin	693	35.5	-11.3
Majority			565	29.0	+20.3
Turnout			1,951	30.1	-9.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+18.9

Ward 19 (Hindley Central and North)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Robinson	1,087	64.6	-11.4
	Conservative	?. Haseldene	596	35.4	+11.4
Majority			491	29.2	-22.9
Turnout			1,683	22.2	-11.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-11.8

Ward 20 (Hindley South East and West)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Culshaw	1,346	51.7	+15.2
	Labour	S. Hardy	1,256	48.3	-15.2
Majority			90	3.5	-23.6
Turnout			2,602	25.5	-3.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+15.2

Ward 21 (Ince-in-Makerfield)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Banks	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Ward 22 (Orrell and Billinge)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	F. Fairbairn	2,554	63.3	+29.5
	Labour	J. Fitzpatrick	1,482	36.7	-1.4
Majority			1,072	26.6	+22.3
Turnout			4,036	34.8	-9.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+15.4

Ward 23 (Tyldesley - Shakerley)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Wright	1,415	58.8	-12.0
	Conservative	?. Hodkinson	990	41.2	+41.2
Majority			425	17.7	-23.9
Turnout			2,405	29.4	+0.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-26.6

Ward 24 (Tyldesley - Astley Green and Blackmoor)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	F. Hampson	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

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 2012-01-25.

(1974 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 1975 (→ 1976)

Metropolitan boroughs	Barnsley Birmingham Bradford Bolton Bury Calderdale Coventry Doncaster Dudley Gateshead Kirklees Knowsley Leeds Liverpool Manchester Newcastle North Tyneside Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Salford Sandwell Sefton Sheffield Solihull South Tyneside St Helens Stockport Sunderland Tameside Trafford Wakefield Walsall Wigan Wirral Wolverhampton

District councils (England)	Preston Worcester Wyre Forest

Referendum	European Communities membership

Ad-hoc election	Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention

Council elections in Greater Manchester

Bolton	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Bury	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Manchester	1945 1946 1947 1949 1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Oldham	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Rochdale	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Salford	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Stockport	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Tameside	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Trafford	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Wigan	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Greater Manchester	1973 1977 1981 Abolished

See also: Wards Boundary changes

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