Local Election Results 2018
Wigan
One-third of council up for election.
DVP = Democrats and Veterans Party
IndNwk = Independent Network
WiganIC = Wigan Independent Conservatives (who stood under a variety of labels)
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| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Labour |
32512 |
52.3% |
18 |
| Conservative |
14980 |
24.1% |
3 |
| Independent |
6103 |
9.8% |
2 |
| Liberal Democrat |
2343 |
3.8% |
0 |
| Independent Network |
2329 |
3.7% |
1 |
| Wigan Independent Conservatives |
2109 |
3.4% |
1 |
| UK Independence Party |
1196 |
1.9% |
0 |
| Green Party |
401 |
0.6% |
0 |
| Democrats and Veterans Party |
140 |
0.2% |
0 |
| Carl Sweeney |
Lab |
1479 |
68.6% |
| Beverley Bridgwater |
C |
404 |
18.7% |
| Frank Swift |
UKIP |
274 |
12.7% |
| Anthony Sykes |
Lab |
1112 |
53.2% |
| Michael Moulding |
Ind |
793 |
37.9% |
| Gillian Gibson |
UKIP |
109 |
5.2% |
| Geoffrey Matthews |
LD |
41 |
2.0% |
| Marie Winstanley |
C |
36 |
1.7% |
| Ronald Conway |
Lab |
1708 |
61.4% |
| Michael Owens |
C |
764 |
27.5% |
| Andrew Holland |
LD |
308 |
11.1% |
| Barry Taylor |
Lab |
1349 |
52.7% |
| Richard Short |
C |
1082 |
42.2% |
| Stuart Thomas |
LD |
131 |
5.1% |
| Debra Wailes |
Lab |
938 |
48.1% |
| Anthony Waite |
IndNwk |
550 |
28.2% |
| Paul Fairhurst |
C |
394 |
20.2% |
| Lorraine Gillon |
LD |
68 |
3.5% |
| Stuart Gerrard |
IndNwk |
1779 |
53.7% |
| Karen Aldred |
Lab |
1197 |
36.2% |
| Marjorie Clayton |
C |
334 |
10.1% |
| Andrew Collinson |
Ind |
1065 |
43.7% |
| Vicky Johnson |
Lab |
973 |
39.9% |
| Judith Atherton |
C |
198 |
8.1% |
| Philip Hayden |
UKIP |
133 |
5.5% |
| Denise Melling |
LD |
67 |
2.8% |
| Shirley Dewhurst |
Lab |
1551 |
78.6% |
| Margaret Atherton |
C |
422 |
21.4% |
| Susan Gambles |
Lab |
1280 |
57.2% |
| William Heaton |
Ind |
612 |
27.4% |
| Gerard Houlton |
C |
345 |
15.4% |
| Jim Talbot |
Lab |
1063 |
45.9% |
| Jim Ellis |
Ind |
905 |
39.0% |
| Margaret Winstanley |
C |
206 |
8.9% |
| Neil Hancox |
Grn |
86 |
3.7% |
| John Skipworth |
LD |
58 |
2.5% |
| Paul Maiden |
Ind |
976 |
41.4% |
| Gena Merrett |
Lab |
787 |
33.4% |
| John Thomason |
LD |
305 |
13.0% |
| Jonathan Cartwright |
C |
287 |
12.2% |
| James Moodie |
Lab |
1273 |
69.2% |
| James O'Neill |
Ind |
379 |
20.6% |
| Yamini Gupta |
C |
188 |
10.2% |
| Frederick Walker |
Lab |
1189 |
59.6% |
| Denise Young |
C |
518 |
26.0% |
| John Dowsett |
LD |
288 |
14.4% |
| Charles Rigby |
Lab |
1531 |
54.4% |
| Connor Short |
C |
1283 |
45.6% |
| Peter Smith |
Lab |
1308 |
54.1% |
| Jayson Lomax-Hargreaves |
Ind |
578 |
23.9% |
| Richard Houlton |
C |
374 |
15.5% |
| Natalie Smalley |
LD |
158 |
6.5% |
| Edward Houlton |
C |
2099 |
60.9% |
| Garry Lloyd |
Lab |
1346 |
39.1% |
| Richard Clayton |
C |
1430 |
46.6% |
| Eileen Rigby |
Lab |
1273 |
41.5% |
| Denise Capstick |
LD |
367 |
12.0% |
| Paul Prescott |
Lab |
1472 |
74.4% |
| Susan Atherton |
C |
322 |
16.3% |
| David Burley |
LD |
185 |
9.3% |
| Janet Brown |
WiganIC |
1107 |
40.1% |
| Mike Crosby |
Lab |
1045 |
37.9% |
| Allan Atherton |
C |
487 |
17.7% |
| Joseph Rylance |
Grn |
120 |
4.3% |
| Adam Marsh |
C |
1200 |
36.8% |
| Debbie Parkinson |
Lab |
1185 |
36.4% |
| Debbie Fairhurst |
WiganIC |
872 |
26.8% |
| Joanne Marshall |
Lab |
1344 |
51.0% |
| Julian Marsh |
Ind |
706 |
26.8% |
| David Stirzaker |
C |
587 |
22.3% |
| George Davies |
Lab |
1518 |
55.5% |
| Lewis Evans |
C |
834 |
30.5% |
| Caroline Waddicor |
LD |
163 |
6.0% |
| Gareth Fairhurst |
WiganIC |
130 |
4.8% |
| Tony Spencer |
Ind |
89 |
3.3% |
| Phyllis Cullen |
Lab |
1746 |
72.0% |
| Jean Peet |
C |
363 |
15.0% |
| Nathan Ryding |
UKIP |
176 |
7.3% |
| Ronnie Clark |
DVP |
140 |
5.8% |
| Clive Morgan |
Lab |
1396 |
58.4% |
| Daniel Whitehouse |
C |
509 |
21.3% |
| Steven Heyes |
Grn |
195 |
8.2% |
| Daniel Singleton |
UKIP |
177 |
7.4% |
| Neil Stevenson |
LD |
114 |
4.8% |
| Patricia Holland |
Lab |
1449 |
66.5% |
| Maureen McCoy |
UKIP |
327 |
15.0% |
| Paul Chapman |
C |
314 |
14.4% |
| Joshua Hindle |
LD |
90 |
4.1% |
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