Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1991

Map of the results of the 1991 Wigan council election.

Elections to the Wigan council were held on Thursday, 2 May 1991, with one third scheduled for re-election. Like the last election, this seen a wider variety of party candidates than most previous, but only marginally improved upon the nadir of the year before in terms of candidates, with four wards uncontested (the record low until beaten last year), Conservatives fighting just above one half of the seats and the Liberal Democrats just under - although the Lib Dems near doubled last year's total, both were historically disappointing. Minor party participation consisted of three Independent Labour candidates - including a former Beech Hill Labour councillor - two Liberals, a return of an Independent in Hindley Green and one remaining Green - their lowest fielded when participating - in Atherton.

Results on the night largely turned out to be the converse of the 1988 election with Labour suffering a significant fall in their vote share, mostly to the advantage of the Lib Dems, as they decisively won back second place. There were three gains in total, with two Lib Dem gains from Labour and one vice versa. The Lib Dems achieved a notable gain in the unblemished Labour ward of Bedford-Astley, as well as a second gain in the once consistently-Labour Beech Hill. Labour managed to return Winstanley to sole Labour representation again, but their total of 18 seats was the lowest accomplished in just under a decade for them. Elsewhere the Conservative's successfully defended Swinley this time around, and the Independent Labour comfortably held Hindley. Turnout fell to a fairly average figure of 34.5%.^[1]

Election result

Wigan Local Election Result 1991
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	18	1	2	-1	75.0	58.0	39,434	-11.2%
	Liberal Democrat	4	2	1	+1	16.7	19.9	13,578	+8.7%
	Conservative	1	0	0	0	4.2	15.1	10,251	+1.9%
	Independent Labour	1	0	0	0	4.2	3.4	2,311	+3.4%
	Liberal	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.8	1,215	+0.2%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.2	820	+0.3%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.6	424	-2.7%

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	63
	Liberal Democrats	5	6
	Conservatives	2	2
	Independent Labour	1	1
	Liberal	0	0
	Independent	0	0
	Green	0	0
Total		72	72
Working majority		56	54

Ward results

Abram^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B. Hampson	2,373	83.7	N/A
	Conservative	J. Horsewell	461	16.3	N/A
Majority			1,912	67.5	N/A
Turnout			2,834	29.2	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Ashton-Golborne^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Hilton	2,191	73.0	-6.0
	Conservative	A. Calder	809	27.0	+6.0
Majority			1,382	46.1	-11.9
Turnout			3,000	30.5	-6.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.0

Aspull-Standish^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	G. Davies	2,376	50.7	+20.6
	Labour	T. Mugan	1,782	38.1	-15.2
	Conservative	J. Carrington	524	11.2	-5.3
Majority			594	16.7	-10.4
Turnout			4,682	43.0	-3.1
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	+17.9

Atherton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Summer	2,027	75.3	-5.0
	Green	S. Bickerton	424	15.7	-3.9
	Independent Labour	D. Graeme	242	9.0	+9.0
Majority			1,603	59.5	-1.1
Turnout			2,693	29.1	-6.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.5

Bedford-Astley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	J. Lea	1,812	51.4	+51.4
	Labour	H. Hayes	1,713	48.6	-21.8
Majority			99	2.8	-38.1
Turnout			3,525	35.5	+1.6
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing	+36.6

Beech Hill^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	V. Milton	1,992	54.1	+5.2
	Labour	S. Shaw	1,188	32.3	-18.9
	Independent Labour	J. Parkinson	320	8.7	+8.7
	Conservative	A. Porter	182	4.9	+4.9
Majority			804	21.8	+19.5
Turnout			3,682	41.9	-4.6
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing	+12.0

Bryn^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Foster	2,540	80.6	-0.1
	Conservative	B. Smith	610	19.4	+0.1
Majority			1,930	61.3	-0.2
Turnout			3,150	32.3	-2.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.1

Hindley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Labour	E. Edwardson	1,749	62.4	+62.4
	Labour	T. Bailey	1,053	37.6	-37.1
Majority			696	24.8	-34.1
Turnout			2,802	29.0	-7.9
	Independent Labour hold		Swing	+49.7

Hindley Green^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. McAllister	2,027	71.2	-1.0
	Independent	J. Vickers	820	28.8	+11.3
Majority			1,207	42.4	-12.3
Turnout			2,847	24.7	-7.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.1

Hindsford^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Little	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Hope Carr^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. Birtles	1,561	40.9	-8.0
	Liberal Democrat	J. Croft	1,491	39.1	-12.0
	Conservative	J. Midgley	764	20.0	+20.0
Majority			70	1.8	-0.4
Turnout			3,816	38.1	+0.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.0

Ince^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Molyneaux	2,217	84.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	J. Shaw	420	15.9	N/A
Majority			1,797	68.1	N/A
Turnout			2,637	33.5	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Langtree^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	S. Jeffers	2,003	39.0	+21.9
	Labour	M. Gallagher	1,811	35.2	-14.1
	Liberal	K. White	819	15.9	-5.9
	Conservative	J. Davies	507	9.8	-1.8
Majority			192	3.7	-23.8
Turnout			5,140	45.4	-1.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	+18.0

Leigh Central^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B. Thomas	1,722	59.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	R. Whalley	1,166	40.4	N/A
Majority			556	19.2	N/A
Turnout			2,888	32.1	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Leigh East^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Kennedy	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Lightshaw^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B. Strett	3,063	66.1	-9.8
	Conservative	S. Hide	1,570	33.9	+9.8
Majority			1,493	32.2	-19.6
Turnout			4,633	43.2	-0.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-9.8

Newtown^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Milligan	2,090	75.6	-13.9
	Liberal Democrat	L. Brooks	673	24.3	+24.3
Majority			1,417	51.3	-27.9
Turnout			2,763	30.0	-9.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-19.1

Norley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Parker	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Orrell^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Capstick	1,959	52.3	-15.7
	Conservative	H. Melling	1,354	36.2	+4.2
	Liberal Democrat	J. Lancaster	429	11.4	+11.4
Majority			605	16.2	-19.9
Turnout			3,742	36.5	-2.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-9.9

Swinley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Wolstenholme	1,974	51.7	+3.9
	Labour	A. Bullen	1,842	48.3	-3.9
Majority			132	3.4	-0.8
Turnout			3,816	43.0	-6.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.9

Tyldesley East^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Hopkinson	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Whelley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Pendleton	2,116	69.8	-9.1
	Liberal	K. Smith	396	13.0	+13.0
	Conservative	F. Sidebotham	361	11.9	+0.9
	Liberal Democrat	H. Wagner	160	5.3	+5.3
Majority			1,720	56.7	-11.2
Turnout			3,033	34.4	-3.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-11.0

Winstanley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Roberts	1,956	53.3	-10.0
	Liberal Democrat	V. Gasteen	1,056	28.7	+7.9
	Conservative	I. Cunliffe	660	18.0	+2.1
Majority			900	24.5	-18.0
Turnout			3,672	31.3	-6.2
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing	-8.9

Worsley Mesnes^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Baldwin	2,203	82.2	-10.1
	Conservative	R. Clayton	475	17.7	+10.1
Majority			1,728	64.5	-20.2
Turnout			2,678	27.3	-5.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-10.1

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.

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