Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2012

Map of the results of the 2012 Wigan council election. Labour in red, independents in grey, Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Standish Independent in pale blue.

The 2012 Wigan Council elections to the Thirtieth Wigan Council were held on 3 May 2012 the same day as other United Kingdom local elections, 2012.^[1] One-third of the council was up for election.

As Wigan Council is elected in thirds, change in vote share is compared with the corresponding 2008 elections and calculated on that basis.

Candidates

Abram ward

Abram ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martyn Smethurst	1,577	58.4	+10.2
	Independent	Ken Winstanley	601	22.2	N/A
	BNP	Dennis Shambley	239	8.8	N/A
	Community Action	John Shale	148	5.5	-31.2
	Conservative	Malcolm Childs	137	5.1	-10.1

Ashton ward

Ashton ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Clarke	1,400	52.0	+18.4
	Independent	Paul Tushingham	585	21.7	N/A
	Independent	Brian Merry	402	14.9	N/A
	Conservative	Marie Winstanley	189	7.0	-0.5
	BNP	Barry Longstaffe	118	4.4	-1.0

Aspull New Springs Whelley ward

Aspull New Springs Whelley ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Hilton	2,241	70.2	+27.0
	Conservative	Jane Surples	502	15.7	-3.5
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Robinson	450	14.1	-23.5

Astley Mosley Common ward

Astley Mosley Common ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Joanne Platt	1,810	70.0	+33.9
	Conservative	Nasri Barghothi	534	20.6	-21.3
	Liberal Democrat	Kath Valentine	243	9.4	-12.6

Atherleigh ward

Atherleigh ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Loudon	982	47.4	-11.8
	Independent	Stuart Gerrard	747	36.1	N/A
	Independent	Jim Kerfoot	343	16.6	N/A

Atherton ward

Atherton ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jamie Hodgkinson	1,695	51.4	N/A
	Labour Co-op	David Welch	1,235	37.4	+11.4
	Wigan Borough Green Socialists	Stephen Hall	190	5.8	N/A
	Conservative	Stephen Holt	179	5.4	-7.5

Bryn ward

Bryn ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Don Hodgkinson	1,516	50.3	+0.8
	Labour	Trevor Allen	1,352	44.9	+21.3
	Conservative	Stuart Peet	146	4.8	-1.5

Douglas ward

Douglas ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joy Birch	1,774	78.1	+26.4
	Independent	Anthony Unsworth	324	14.3	-18.6
	Conservative	Margaret Atherton	172	7.6	-7.9

Golborne Lowton West ward

Golborne Lowton West ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Yvonne Klieve	1,791	70.5	+29.4
	Community Action	Peter Franzen	507	20.0	-18.5
	Conservative	Kathleen Houlton	241	9.5	-0.3

Hindley ward

Hindley ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jim Ellis	1,279	46.4	N/A
	Labour	Allen Jones	1,232	44.7	+18.1
	BNP	Stephen Bradbury	131	4.8	N/A
	Conservative	Steve Surples	115	4.2	-5.6

Hindley Green ward

Hindley Green ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Bob Brierley	1,251	49.9	+5.1
	Labour	Maxine Read	796	31.8	+5.2
	Community Action	Barry Fagan	354	14.1	=0.1
	Conservative	Margaret Winstanley	106	4.2	-10.1

Ince ward

Ince ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Molyneux	1,790	80.7	+19.7
	BNP	Henry Morgan	309	13.9	N/A
	Conservative	Ray Whittingham	120	5.4	-8.8

Leigh East ward

Leigh East ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Cunliffe	1,452	68.0	23.9
	Independent	Christopher Garfin	411	19.3	N/A
	Conservative	Derek Davies	272	12.7	-16.4

Leigh South ward

Leigh South ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Kevin Anderson	1,811	63.6	+22.2
	Conservative	Richard Short	534	18.8	-11.3
	Independent	Gary Chadwick	502	17.6	N/A

Leigh West ward

Leigh West ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Greensmith	1,761	67.6	+2.2
	Independent	Brian Turrell	650	24.9	N/A
	Conservative	Andrew Oxley	195	7.5	-27.1

Lowton East ward

Lowton East ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Grundy	1,904	53.5	-0.2
	Labour	Frank Bowker	1,224	34.4	+13.8
	Community Action	Ian (Sandy) Franzen	434	12.2	-13.5

Orrell ward

Orrell ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kelly Ready	1,533	47.9	+19.8
	Conservative	Richard Clayton	1,389	43.4	-3.3
	Green	Donald McQueen	280	8.7	N/A

Pemberton ward

Pemberton ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeanette Prescott	1,996	80.1	+24.1
	Community Action	Mike Leyland	291	11.7	-4.7
	Conservative	Jonathan Cartwright	205	8.2	-5.9

Shevington With Lower Ground ward

Shevington With Lower Ground ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Damian Edwardson	1,362	49.3	+18.6
	Conservative	Callum Chadwick	532	19.3	-29.1
	UKIP	Arnold Atherton	450	16.3	+8.4
	Shevington Independents	Debbie Fairhurst	220	8.0	N/A
	Independent	Paul Liptrot	198	7.2	N/A

Standish With Langtree ward

Standish With Langtree ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Standish Independents	Gareth Fairhurst	2,069	57.9	N/A
	Labour	Sam Murphy	913	25.6	-5.3
	Conservative	Michael Winstanley	589	16.5	-34.4

Tyldesley ward

Tyldesley ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Bleakley	1,441	48.8	-17.4
	Labour	Joanne Marshall	1,303	44.2	+21.7
	BNP	David Peacock	206	7.0	N/A

Wigan Central ward

Wigan Central ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lol Hunt	1,806	59.2	+28.8
	Conservative	Jean Peet	859	28.1	-22.4
	Community Action	Syd Hall	388	12.7	+5.8

Wigan West ward

Wigan West ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terence Halliwell	2,115	83.8	+40.0
	Conservative	Oliver Barton	409	16.2	-2.7

Winstanley ward

Winstanley ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Paul Kenny	1,216	48.9	+15.5
	Community Action	Stanley Barnes	798	32.1	-15.0
	Green	Steven Heyes	237	9.5	N/A
	Conservative	Michael Nicholls	234	9.4	-10.1

Worsley Mesnes ward

Worsley Mesnes ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Phil Kelly	1,960	85.5	+30.1
	Conservative	David Ollerton	333	14.5	-1.3

By-elections between 2012 and 2014

Pemberton ward By-Election, 4th April 2013^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sam Marc Murphy	1,084	57.35
	UKIP	Alan Freeman	451	23.86
	Community Action	Peter Franzen	203	10.74
	Conservative	Jonathan Charles Cartwright	89	4.70
	BNP	Dennis Shambley	63	1.74
Majority			633	33.49
Turnout			1,890

References

Council elections in Greater Manchester

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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

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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

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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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