2004 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election#By-elections between 2004 and 2006
{{Short description|2004 UK local government election}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=November 2013}}
File:Wigan UK local election 2004 map.svg in red, Community Action Party in green, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Conservatives in blue.]]
Elections to Wigan Council were held on 10 June 2004. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2003 increasing the number of councillors by three.{{cite news| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2004/locals/html/3791.stm | title = Wigan council | access-date = 2009-12-17 | work = BBC News Online}} The Labour Party kept overall control of the council.{{cite web | url = http://www.wigan.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/3692F771-E969-41EE-B068-1F9F20DFE0B7/0/WiganResults1973to2007.pdf | title = Wigan Council results from 1973 to 2008 | publisher = wigan.gov.uk | access-date = 2012-01-30 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111120022015/http://www.wigan.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/3692F771-E969-41EE-B068-1F9F20DFE0B7/0/WiganResults1973to2007.pdf | archive-date = 20 November 2011 | url-status = dead}}{{cite web| url = http://kinnear.wiganmbc.gov.uk/electionresults/index.asp?ElectionDate=10+June+2004 | title = Local Election Results 10 June 2004 | publisher = wiganmbc.gov.uk |access-date = 2012-06-28}}{{cite web| url = http://www.andrewteale.me.uk/2004/2004007.html#toc24 | title = Local Elections Archive Project: 2004 - Wigan | publisher = andrewteale.me.uk |access-date = 2012-06-28}}
Election result
{{Election summary begin|title = Wigan Local Election Result 2004}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|seats = 42
|gain = 0
|loss = 0
|net = 0
|seats % = 56.0
|votes % = 41.6
|votes = 35,360
|plus/minus = -8.1%
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Community Action Party
|seats = 18
|gain = 0
|loss = 0
|net = 0
|seats % = 24.0
|votes % = 24.4
|votes = 20,761
|plus/minus = +10.5%
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|seats = 8
|gain = 0
|loss = 0
|net = 0
|seats % = 10.7
|votes % = 10.4
|votes = 8,805
|plus/minus = -3.7%
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|seats = 7
|gain = 0
|loss = 0
|net = 0
|seats % = 9.3
|votes % = 17.3
|votes = 14,686
|plus/minus = +0.3%
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = British National Party
|seats = 0
|gain = 0
|loss = 0
|net = 0
|seats % = 0.0
|votes % = 2.2
|votes = 1,831
|plus/minus = +0.4%
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Independent (politician)
|seats = 0
|gain = 0
|loss = 0
|net = 0
|seats % = 0.0
|votes % = 1.7
|votes = 1,457
|plus/minus = +1.7%
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|seats = 0
|gain = 0
|loss = 0
|net = 0
|seats % = 0.0
|votes % = 1.4
|votes = 1,180
|plus/minus = +1.4%
}}
{{Election box end}}
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:
| class="wikitable" |
| valign=top colspan="2" style="width: 230px"|Party
! valign=top style="width: 30px"|Previous council ! valign=top style="width: 30px"|New council |
|---|
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}; width: 3px;" |
| Labour | 60 | 42 |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Community Action Party}}; width: 3px;" |
| Community Action | 5 | 18 |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}; width: 3px;" |
| Liberal Democrat | 4 | 8 |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; width: 3px;" |
| Conservative | 3 | 7 |
| style="background-color: {{party color|British National Party}}; width: 3px;" |
| BNP | 0 | 0 |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Independent (politician)}}; width: 3px;" |
| Independent | 0 | 0 |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Green Party of England and Wales}}; width: 3px;" |
| Green | 0 | 0 |
| colspan=2| Total
! style="text-align: center"| 72 ! colspan=3| 75 |
| colspan=2| Working majority
! {{Color box|#FFBF00|48|border=darkgray}} ! {{Color box|#FFBF00|9|border=darkgray}} |
Ward results
{{Election box begin | title=Abram}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Audrey Bennett
|votes = 1,809
|percentage = 58.1
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Eunice Smethurst
|votes = 1,686
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Carl Sweeney
|votes = 1,629
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British National Party
|candidate = Dennis Shambley
|votes = 647
|percentage = 20.8
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Marion Green
|votes = 625
|percentage = 20.1
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box rejected|
|votes = 31
|percentage = 1.0
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 982
|percentage = 37.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,112
|percentage = 31.7
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
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{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
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{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Ashton}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Community Action Party
|candidate = Paul Tushingham
|votes = 2,366
|percentage = 57.8
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Community Action Party
|candidate = Walter Carney
|votes = 2,302
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Community Action Party
|candidate = Claire Daington
|votes = 2,229
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Nigel Ash
|votes = 1,302
|percentage = 31.8
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Barry Hampson
|votes = 1,029
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Frederick Lever
|votes = 1,012
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Marie Winstanley
|votes = 402
|percentage = 9.8
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box rejected|
|votes = 22
|percentage = 0.5
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 927
|percentage = 26.0
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,092
|percentage = 44.6
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Community Action Party
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Community Action Party
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Community Action Party
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Aspull, New Springs, Whelley}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = John Hilton
|votes = 1,758
|percentage = 52.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Christopher Ready
|votes = 1,744
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Jean Beswick
|votes = 1,528
|percentage = 45.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = James Roberts
|votes = 1,519
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Alan Robinson
|votes = 1,134
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Christopher Thomas
|votes = 1,030
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box rejected|
|votes = 84
|percentage = 2.5
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 9
|percentage = 6.8
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,370
|percentage = 34.6
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Astley Mosley Common}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Brian Wilson
|votes = 1,501
|percentage = 39.8
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Glynnis Hogg
|votes = 1,367
|percentage = 36.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Joseph Haley
|votes = 1,259
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = John Stackhouse
|votes = 1,173
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = John Lea
|votes = 1,122
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Alan Stephenson
|votes = 1,095
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Ian Davies
|votes = 870
|percentage = 23.0
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box rejected|
|votes = 37
|percentage = 1.0
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 137
|percentage = 3.5
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,775
|percentage = 39.6
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Atherleigh}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Susan Loudon
|votes = 1,219
|percentage = 48.4
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Mark Aldred
|votes = 1,214
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Anne Turnock
|votes = 1,207
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Community Action Party
|candidate = Francis Myler
|votes = 683
|percentage = 27.1
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Community Action Party
|candidate = Patricia Myler
|votes = 680
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Ann Davies
|votes = 584
|percentage = 23.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Community Action Party
|candidate = Gladys Wilkes
|votes = 442
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box rejected|
|votes = 33
|percentage = 1.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 524
|percentage = 21.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,519
|percentage = 33.7
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Atherton}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Robert Splaine
|votes = 1,705
|percentage = 42.9
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = David Higginbottom
|votes = 1,525
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Karen Aldred
|votes = 1,487
|percentage = 37.5
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Andrew Moore
|votes = 1,414
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Philip Loudon
|votes = 1,320
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Reginald Holmes
|votes = 1,292
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Malcolm Parr
|votes = 449
|percentage = 11.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Nicholas Redmond
|votes = 310
|percentage = 7.8
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box rejected|
|votes = 19
|percentage = 0.5
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 73
|percentage = 5.5
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,970
|percentage = 36.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Bryn}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Community Action Party
|candidate = John Hodgkinson
|votes = 2,370
|percentage = 60.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Community Action Party
|candidate = Gary Wilkes
|votes = 2,297
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Community Action Party
|candidate = Brian Merry
|votes = 2,239
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Mildred Millington
|votes = 1,233
|percentage = 31.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Alan Melling
|votes = 1,183
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = William Evans
|votes = 986
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = William Winstanley
|votes = 323
|percentage = 8.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box rejected|
|votes = 11
|percentage = 0.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,006
|percentage = 28.9
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,937
|percentage = 42.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Community Action Party
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Community Action Party
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Community Action Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Douglas}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Joy Birch
|votes = 1,427
|percentage = 51.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Christine Hitchen
|votes = 1,347
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Margaret Coghlin
|votes = 1,318
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Community Action Party
|candidate = Lucy Beale
|votes = 1,296
|percentage = 46.6
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Community Action Party
|candidate = Robert Beale
|votes = 1,287
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Community Action Party
|candidate = Janette Thomas
|votes = 1,223
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box rejected|
|votes = 61
|percentage = 2.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 131
|percentage = 4.7
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,784
|percentage = 30.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Golborne and Lowton West}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Community Action Party
|candidate = Peter Franzen
|votes = 1,639
|percentage = 49.4
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Community Action Party
|candidate = Kevin Williams
|votes = 1,414
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Community Action Party
|candidate = Peter Solinas
|votes = 1,413
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = David Kelly
|votes = 1,298
|percentage = 39.1
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Martin King
|votes = 1,258
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Gerard Bretherton
|votes = 1,216
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Rosina Oxley
|votes = 355
|percentage = 10.7
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box rejected|
|votes = 24
|percentage = 0.7
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 115
|percentage = 10.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,316
|percentage = 38.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Community Action Party
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Community Action Party
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Community Action Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Hindley}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Alfred Robinson
|votes = 1,578
|percentage = 39.1
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Community Action Party
|candidate = James Ellis
|votes = 1,153
|percentage = 28.6
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Community Action Party
|candidate = Dorothy Grace
|votes = 1,134
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = John Holland
|votes = 1,041
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Stephen Murphy
|votes = 1,024
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = David Culshaw
|votes = 874
|percentage = 21.7
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Community Action Party
|candidate = Edward Houlton
|votes = 614
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Dorothy Angell
|votes = 403
|percentage = 10.0
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box rejected|
|votes = 25
|percentage = 0.6
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 93
|percentage = 10.5
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,033
|percentage = 45.1
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Community Action Party
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Community Action Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Hindley Green}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = William Simmons
|votes = 1,272
|percentage = 35.0
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Community Action Party
|candidate = Robert Brierley
|votes = 1,264
|percentage = 34.8
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Community Action Party
|candidate = Barry Fagan
|votes = 1,231
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Gordon Jackson
|votes = 898
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = John Phillips
|votes = 895
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Community Action Party
|candidate = Adele Wilkes
|votes = 750
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = John Vickers
|votes = 583
|percentage = 16.0
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Andre Walker
|votes = 489
|percentage = 13.5
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box rejected|
|votes = 25
|percentage = 0.7
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 333
|percentage = 0.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,633
|percentage = 42.0
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
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{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Community Action Party
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Community Action Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Ince}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = David Molyneux
|votes = 1,494
|percentage = 66.5
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Joan Hurst
|votes = 1,368
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = James Moodie
|votes = 1,132
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Community Action Party
|candidate = Constantine Winstanley
|votes = 694
|percentage = 30.9
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Community Action Party
|candidate = Robert Hall
|votes = 667
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Community Action Party
|candidate = David Hall
|votes = 651
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box rejected|
|votes = 59
|percentage = 2.6
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 438
|percentage = 35.6
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,247
|percentage = 26.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
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{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
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{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Leigh East}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Keith Cunliffe
|votes = 1,407
|percentage = 46.5
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Brian Jarvis
|votes = 1,299
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Frederick Walker
|votes = 1,081
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Community Action Party
|candidate = Stuart Winstanley
|votes = 943
|percentage = 31.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Community Action Party
|candidate = Peter O'Connell
|votes = 843
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Derek Davies
|votes = 644
|percentage = 21.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Community Action Party
|candidate = Natalie Franzen
|votes = 595
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box rejected|
|votes = 30
|percentage = 1.0
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 138
|percentage = 15.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,024
|percentage = 34.1
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Leigh South}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Keith Anderson
|votes = 1,547
|percentage = 40.6
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = John O'Brien
|votes = 1,465
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Charles Rigby
|votes = 1,429
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Community Action Party
|candidate = Stephen Ellison
|votes = 1,175
|percentage = 30.9
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Community Action Party
|candidate = Janice Solinas
|votes = 1,094
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Community Action Party
|candidate = Irene Franzen
|votes = 1,041
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Andrew Oxley
|votes = 1,030
|percentage = 27.1
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box rejected|
|votes = 54
|percentage = 1.4
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 254
|percentage = 9.8
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,806
|percentage = 37.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Leigh West}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Barbara Jarvis
|votes = 1,708
|percentage = 58.1
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Myra Whiteside
|votes = 1,624
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Peter Smith
|votes = 1,506
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Community Action Party
|candidate = Daniel Burrows
|votes = 669
|percentage = 22.7
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Community Action Party
|candidate = Yvonne Lavelle
|votes = 549
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British National Party
|candidate = Richard Close
|votes = 513
|percentage = 17.4
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Community Action Party
|candidate = Ian Franzen
|votes = 508
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box rejected|
|votes = 51
|percentage = 1.7
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 837
|percentage = 35.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,941
|percentage = 27.7
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Lowton East}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Community Action Party
|candidate = Ian Franzen
|votes = 1,793
|percentage = 44.6
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Community Action Party
|candidate = Jonathan Miller
|votes = 1,730
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Community Action Party
|candidate = James Lavelle
|votes = 1,516
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Lynne Liptrot
|votes = 1,289
|percentage = 32.0
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Eric Waterworth
|votes = 1,179
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Christine Cottam
|votes = 1,062
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = James Grundy
|votes = 879
|percentage = 21.8
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Jeanette Leigh
|votes = 792
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Alan Lowe
|votes = 647
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box rejected|
|votes = 63
|percentage = 1.6
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 227
|percentage = 12.5
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,024
|percentage = 40.9
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Community Action Party
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Community Action Party
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Community Action Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Orrell}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Richard Clayton
|votes = 1,747
|percentage = 39.4
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Michael Winstanley
|votes = 1,520
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Ernest Swift
|votes = 1,402
|percentage = 31.6
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Michael Barnes
|votes = 1,381
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Rodney Stockwell
|votes = 1,313
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Hazel Shields
|votes = 1,285
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British National Party
|candidate = Charles Mather
|votes = 671
|percentage = 15.1
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Community Action Party
|candidate = Alan Freeman
|votes = 595
|percentage = 13.4
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Community Action Party
|candidate = Tracy Lavelle
|votes = 420
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Community Action Party
|candidate = Sean Ashdown
|votes = 395
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box rejected|
|votes = 19
|percentage = 0.4
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 117
|percentage = 7.8
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,434
|percentage = 49.5
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Pemberton}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Jeanette Prescott
|votes = 1,419
|percentage = 46.7
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Barbara Bourne
|votes = 1,381
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Paul Prescott
|votes = 1,314
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Community Action Party
|candidate = Margaret Crank
|votes = 1,140
|percentage = 37.5
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Community Action Party
|candidate = William Burrows
|votes = 1,096
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Community Action Party
|candidate = John Hulme
|votes = 1,025
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Jonathan Cartwright
|votes = 439
|percentage = 14.5
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box rejected|
|votes = 38
|percentage = 1.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 174
|percentage = 9.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,036
|percentage = 31.1
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Shevington with Lower Ground}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = John O'Neill
|votes = 1,843
|percentage = 45.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = David Brown
|votes = 1,468
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Michael Crosby
|votes = 1,461
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Elizabeth Beasleigh
|votes = 1,456
|percentage = 35.8
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Deborah Fairhurst
|votes = 1,288
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Barry Alder
|votes = 1,191
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Martin Sutton
|votes = 739
|percentage = 18.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Freda Graham
|votes = 664
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Solveiq Gaber
|votes = 607
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box rejected|
|votes = 31
|percentage = 0.8
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 5
|percentage = 9.5
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,069
|percentage = 44.0
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Standish with Langtree}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = George Davies
|votes = 1,383
|percentage = 34.7
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = George Fairhurst
|votes = 1,325
|percentage = 33.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Jessica Downer
|votes = 1,278
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Raymond Murphy
|votes = 1,254
|percentage = 31.4
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Trevor Beswick
|votes = 1,202
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Thomas Morris
|votes = 1,197
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Barry Woolley
|votes = 1,185
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Maureen Garner
|votes = 1,066
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Michael McLoughlin
|votes = 953
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box rejected|
|votes = 29
|percentage = 0.7
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 24
|percentage = 1.5
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,991
|percentage = 42.5
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Tyldesley}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Neil Hogg
|votes = 2,212
|percentage = 54.7
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Keith McManus
|votes = 1,976
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Richard Derricutt
|votes = 1,768
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Stephen Hellier
|votes = 1,350
|percentage = 33.4
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = David Boydell
|votes = 1,212
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Richard Evans
|votes = 1,027
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Deborah Woodcock
|votes = 457
|percentage = 11.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box rejected|
|votes = 23
|percentage = 0.6
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 418
|percentage = 21.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,042
|percentage = 40.1
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Wigan Central}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Henry Cadman
|votes = 2,130
|percentage = 54.1
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = James Davies
|votes = 2,089
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Gareth Fairhurst
|votes = 1,961
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Richard Walsh
|votes = 1,694
|percentage = 43.0
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Susan Turner
|votes = 1,668
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = John Ball
|votes = 1,502
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box rejected|
|votes = 116
|percentage = 2.9
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 267
|percentage = 11.1
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,940
|percentage = 43.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Wigan West}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Terence Halliwell
|votes = Uncontested
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Joe Shaw
|votes = Uncontested
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = David Willis
|votes = Uncontested
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Winstanley}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Community Action Party
|candidate = Stanley Barnes
|votes = 1,810
|percentage = 48.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Rona Winkworth
|votes = 1,393
|percentage = 37.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Community Action Party
|candidate = William Wilkes
|votes = 1,330
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Community Action Party
|candidate = Ronald Barnes
|votes = 1,299
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Philip Kelly
|votes = 1,000
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Robin Atkinson
|votes = 993
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Matthew Sephton
|votes = 525
|percentage = 14.0
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box rejected|
|votes = 16
|percentage = 0.4
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 330
|percentage = 11.1
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,744
|percentage = 42.6
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Community Action Party
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Community Action Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Worsley Mesnes}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Joseph Baldwin
|votes = 1,547
|percentage = 48.9
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = William Rotherham
|votes = 1,540
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Wilfred Brogan
|votes = 1,498
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Community Action Party
|candidate = Susan Barnes
|votes = 1,171
|percentage = 37.0
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Community Action Party
|candidate = William Barnes
|votes = 1,115
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Community Action Party
|candidate = Stephen Wilkes
|votes = 966
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Thomas Sutton
|votes = 424
|percentage = 13.4
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box rejected|
|votes = 24
|percentage = 0.8
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 327
|percentage = 11.9
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,166
|percentage = 36.0
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box new seat win |
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
By-elections between 2004 and 2006
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Michael Dewhurst
|votes = 916
|percentage = 48.5
|change = -2.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Community Action Party
|candidate = Robert Beale
|votes = 788
|percentage = 41.8
|change = -4.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Jean Peet
|votes = 101
|percentage = 5.4
|change = +5.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British National Party
|candidate = Dennis Shambley
|votes = 47
|percentage = 2.5
|change = +2.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = United Kingdom Independence Party
|candidate = Gregory Atherton
|votes = 35
|percentage = 1.9
|change = +1.9
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 128
|percentage = 6.7
|change = +2.0
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,887
|percentage = 20.4
|change = -9.8
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = +1.0
}}
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References
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{{Wigan Council elections|state=expanded}}
{{United Kingdom local elections, 2004}}
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Category:Local government in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan