Local Elections 2008
Wigan
CA = Community Action
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Map of the results.
| Eddie Russin |
Lab |
1226 |
48.0% |
| John Shale |
CA |
943 |
36.9% |
| Marion Green |
C |
386 |
15.1% |
| Paul Tushingham |
CA |
1766 |
53.5% |
| Ann Rampling |
Lab |
1111 |
33.6% |
| Marie Winstanley |
C |
248 |
7.5% |
| Adrian Jones |
BNP |
178 |
5.4% |
| John Hilton |
Lab |
1443 |
43.2% |
| Alan Robinson |
LD |
1254 |
37.6% |
| Anthony Hind |
C |
640 |
19.2% |
| Sean Ell |
C |
1207 |
42.3% |
| Brian Wilson |
Lab |
1014 |
35.5% |
| Gavin Clements |
LD |
634 |
22.2% |
| Susan Loudon |
Lab |
1246 |
59.2% |
| Abigail Solomon |
C |
858 |
40.8% |
| Bob Splaine |
Ind |
976 |
29.6% |
| Elnur Yusifzade |
Lab |
856 |
25.9% |
| David Higginbottom |
LD |
821 |
24.9% |
| Michael Nicholls |
C |
426 |
12.9% |
| Stephen Hall |
Respect |
222 |
6.7% |
| Don Hodgkinson |
Ind |
1606 |
49.4% |
| Helen Ash |
Lab |
765 |
23.5% |
| Clive Charles |
CA |
394 |
12.1% |
| Ken Haslam |
BNP |
284 |
8.7% |
| Malcolm Childs |
C |
204 |
6.3% |
| Joy Birch |
Lab |
1170 |
51.7% |
| Anthony Unsworth |
CA |
745 |
32.9% |
| Stephen Holt |
C |
350 |
15.5% |
| Yvonne Klieve |
Lab |
1186 |
41.1% |
| Peter Franzen |
CA |
1110 |
38.5% |
| John Oxley |
C |
282 |
9.8% |
| Steven McEllenborough |
BNP |
178 |
6.2% |
| Frank Davies |
Ind |
129 |
4.5% |
| Jim Ellis |
Ind |
1347 |
47.5% |
| Marcia Dooley |
Lab |
696 |
24.6% |
| David Culshaw |
Ind |
515 |
18.2% |
| Margaret Winstanley |
C |
277 |
9.8% |
| Bob Brierley |
Ind |
1105 |
44.8% |
| Martin Long |
Lab |
655 |
26.6% |
| Stuart Foy |
C |
353 |
14.3% |
| Rachel Fagan |
CA |
351 |
14.2% |
| David Molyneux |
Lab |
1180 |
61.0% |
| Syd Hall |
CA |
479 |
24.8% |
| Raymond Whittingham |
C |
275 |
14.2% |
| Keith Cunliffe |
Lab |
981 |
44.2% |
| Dorothy Angell |
C |
649 |
29.2% |
| Gordon Jackson |
LD |
591 |
26.6% |
| Kevin Anderson |
Lab |
1372 |
41.4% |
| Andrew Oxley |
C |
1000 |
30.1% |
| Ian Franzen |
CA |
476 |
14.3% |
| Gary Chadwick |
BNP |
470 |
14.2% |
| Susan Greensmith |
Lab |
1543 |
65.4% |
| Denise Young |
C |
817 |
34.6% |
| James Grundy |
C |
1972 |
53.7% |
| Sandy Franzen |
CA |
943 |
25.7% |
| James Cowley |
Lab |
758 |
20.6% |
| Richard Clayton Sr |
C |
1608 |
46.7% |
| Mike Barnes |
Lab |
969 |
28.1% |
| Charles Mather |
BNP |
548 |
15.9% |
| Richard Clayton Jr |
Ind |
321 |
9.3% |
| Jeanette Prescott |
Lab |
1387 |
56.0% |
| Mike Leyland |
CA |
406 |
16.4% |
| Benjamin Gray |
C |
350 |
14.1% |
| Chris Hilton |
BNP |
334 |
13.5% |
| Paul Liptrot |
C |
1531 |
48.4% |
| Mike Crosby |
Lab |
971 |
30.7% |
| Martin Sutton |
LD |
251 |
7.9% |
| John Atherton |
UKIP |
251 |
7.9% |
| Andy Sumner |
Ind |
157 |
5.0% |
| Judith Atherton |
C |
1710 |
50.9% |
| George Davies |
Lab |
1039 |
30.9% |
| Alan Freeman |
UKIP |
283 |
8.4% |
| June Garner |
LD |
214 |
6.4% |
| Ronnie Barnes |
CA |
116 |
3.5% |
| Robert Bleakley |
LD |
1827 |
66.4% |
| Barry Taylor |
Lab |
612 |
22.2% |
| Hilary Hayden |
C |
313 |
11.4% |
| Henry Cadman |
C |
1562 |
50.5% |
| Matthew Bullen |
Lab |
940 |
30.4% |
| Keith Jones |
UKIP |
378 |
12.2% |
| Leanne Brotherton |
CA |
213 |
6.9% |
| Terence Halliwell |
Lab |
1089 |
43.8% |
| Steven Surples |
C |
471 |
18.9% |
| Darren Atherton |
LD |
462 |
18.6% |
| Susan Mather |
BNP |
360 |
14.5% |
| Mick Dahl |
Ind |
104 |
4.2% |
| Stanley Barnes |
CA |
1226 |
47.1% |
| Phil Kelly |
Lab |
869 |
33.4% |
| Paula Thompson |
C |
508 |
19.5% |
| Brian Baldwin |
Lab |
1275 |
55.4% |
| Hannah Leyland |
CA |
662 |
28.8% |
| Jonathan Cartwright |
C |
363 |
15.8% |
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Labour |
26353 |
37.5% |
12 |
| Conservative |
18360 |
26.1% |
6 |
| Community Action |
9830 |
14.0% |
2 |
| Independent |
6260 |
8.9% |
4 |
| Liberal Democrat |
6054 |
8.6% |
1 |
| British National Party |
2352 |
3.3% |
0 |
| UK Independence Party |
912 |
1.3% |
0 |
| Respect - The Unity Coalition |
222 |
0.3% |
0 |
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