Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1984

Map of the results of the 1984 Wigan council election.

Elections to the Wigan council were held on Thursday, 3 May 1984, with one third of the seats up for vote. Three wards – Abram, Hindley and Lightshaw – were unopposed, leaving only twenty one of the twenty four wards going to vote – a number not seen since 1975. Also of note was the re-emergence of a fourth party, in the way of persistent Communist candidate H. Kedward contesting Leigh Central after a three-year absence. The election itself seen a Labour gain in Orrell from the Conservatives, which cancelled out the simultaneous Alliance gain from Labour in Aspell-Standish, leaving their majority unchanged. Overall turnout slumped to 29.2%, the lowest level since the aforementioned 1975 election.^[1]

Election result

Wigan Local Election Result 1984
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	21	1	1	0	87.5	62.2	43,977	+5.2%
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	2	1	0	+1	8.3	19.6	13,856	-6.3%
	Conservative	1	0	1	-1	4.2	18.0	12,762	+0.9%
	Communist	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	59	+0.1%

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

Party		Previous council	New council
	Labour	60	60
	SDP-Liberal Alliance	7	8
	Conservatives	5	4
Total		72	72
Working majority		48	48

Ward results

Abram^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Bennett	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Ashton-Golborne^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Jones	1,857	66.2	+2.4
	Conservative	M. Fox	488	17.4	+17.4
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	A. Howarth	460	16.4	-19.8
Majority			1,369	48.8	21.2
Turnout			2,805	29.4	-1.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.5

Aspull-Standish^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	P. Wilson	2,274	44.1	+3.5
	Labour	J. Hilton	2,149	41.7	+0.8
	Conservative	P. Walker	728	14.1	-4.3
Majority			125	2.4	+2.2
Turnout			5,151	50.9	-1.8
	SDP–Liberal Alliance gain from Labour		Swing	+1.3

Atherton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Clarke	2,921	79.1	+6.2
	Conservative	M. Hatton	770	20.9	+4.3
Majority			2,151	58.3	+1.9
Turnout			3,691	38.8	+0.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.9

Bedford-Astley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Jones	2,039	54.5	+7.4
	Conservative	F. Hawley	1,036	27.7	+0.9
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	R. Mateer	668	17.8	-8.3
Majority			1,003	26.8	+6.5
Turnout			3,743	38.4	-2.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.2

Beech Hill^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Bishop	1,963	69.0	+11.4
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	G. Pullin	483	17.0	-1.0
	Conservative	J. Wolstenholme	397	14.0	-10.3
Majority			1,480	52.1	+21.7
Turnout			2,843	32.1	-6.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.2

Bryn^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Lockett	2,355	72.6	+6.5
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	D. Seary	480	14.8	-19.1
	Conservative	C. Michaels	408	12.6	+12.6
Majority			1,875	57.8	+25.6
Turnout			3,243	32.9	-6.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+12.8

Hindley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Robinson	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Hindley Green^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Murphy	2,387	77.8	+30.7
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	M. O'Halloran	681	22.2	-3.9
Majority			1,706	55.6	+35.3
Turnout			3,068	28.4	-12.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+17.3

Hindsford^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Smith	2,545	81.9	+15.7
	Conservative	C. Rigby	561	18.1	+18.1
Majority			1,984	63.9	+31.5
Turnout			3,106	29.3	-3.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.2

Hope Carr^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Roberts	2,179	60.8	+6.1
	Conservative	E. Manson	1,122	31.3	-1.5
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	L. Seal	284	7.9	-4.5
Majority			1,057	29.5	+7.6
Turnout			3,585	37.4	-5.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.8

Ince^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Banks	2,017	89.2	+7.0
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	A. Robinson	244	10.8	-7.0
Majority			1,773	78.4	+14.0
Turnout			2,261	28.2	-9.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.0

Langtree^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	J. Pigott	2,053	45.2	-3.6
	Labour	T. O'Hagan	1,762	38.8	+6.7
	Conservative	R. Gibson	723	15.9	-3.1
Majority			291	6.4	-10.2
Turnout			4,538	43.7	+2.1
	SDP–Liberal Alliance hold		Swing	-5.1

Leigh Central^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Macdonald	2,164	81.1	+7.1
	Conservative	S. Emerton	445	16.7	+1.0
	Communist	H. Kedward	59	2.2	+2.2
Majority			1,719	64.4	+6.1
Turnout			2,668	29.5	-3.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.0

Leigh East^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Riley	1,914	64.0	+11.3
	Conservative	M. Stewart	830	27.7	-0.2
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	I. Smith	248	8.3	-11.1
Majority			1,084	36.2	+11.5
Turnout			2,992	29.8	-5.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.7

Lightshaw^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	N. Holt	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Newtown^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Peet	2,195	80.1	+7.8
	Conservative	J. Lawson	357	13.0	-1.8
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	W. Hewer	189	6.9	-6.0
Majority			1,838	67.1	+9.5
Turnout			2,741	29.9	-3.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.8

Norley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Maddocks	2,444	88.2	+9.6
	Conservative	J. Davies	168	6.1	+0.4
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	R. Richardson	158	5.7	-10.0
Majority			2,276	82.2	+19.3
Turnout			2,770	33.1	-3.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.0

Orrell^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Swift	1,576	43.6	+2.3
	Conservative	F. Fairbairn	1,414	39.1	+0.1
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	C. Hughes	627	17.3	-2.4
Majority			162	4.5	+2.2
Turnout			3,617	35.5	-6.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+1.1

Swinley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. Bond	1,637	43.9	-2.1
	Labour	P. Lees	1,395	37.4	+3.7
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	E. Parkin	697	18.7	-1.5
Majority			242	6.5	-5.8
Turnout			3,729	41.0	-3.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	-2.9

Tyldesley East^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Teece	1,986	47.0	+1.8
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	B. Aitken	1,783	42.2	-12.6
	Conservative	E. Griffiths	457	10.8	+10.8
Majority			203	4.8	-4.9
Turnout			4,226	42.6	-1.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.2

Whelley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Coyle	2,224	76.5	+12.4
	Conservative	F. Sidebotham	362	12.4	-0.8
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	K. Latham	322	11.1	-11.6
Majority			1,862	64.0	+22.7
Turnout			2,908	32.8	-5.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.6

Winstanley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Whittle	1,798	43.6	+4.0
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	H. Evans	1,757	42.6	+5.9
	Conservative	C. Mugan	570	13.8	-9.9
Majority			41	1.0	-1.9
Turnout			4,125	37.9	-3.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.9

Worsley Mesnes^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Brogan	2,107	74.1	+7.3
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	A. Meal	448	15.8	-5.6
	Conservative	F. Hesketh	289	10.2	-1.7
Majority			1,659	58.3	+13.0
Turnout			2,844	29.2	-6.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.4

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.

(1983 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 1984 (→ 1985)

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See also: European Parliament election

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