2012 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election
{{Short description|2012 UK local government election}}
{{Use British English|date=November 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2012 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election
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| flag_image = Coat of arms of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council.png
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| previous_election = Wigan_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_election,_2011
| previous_year = 2011
| next_election = Wigan_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_election,_2014
| next_year = 2014
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| election_date = 3 May 2012
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| party1 = Labour Party (UK)
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| leader2 = {{nowrap|David Cameron}}
| leader_since2 = {{nowrap|6 December 2005}}
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| party2 = Conservative Party (UK)
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| party3 = Liberal Democrats (UK)
| map_image = Wigan_UK_local_election_2012_map.svg
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| map_caption = 2012 local election results in Wigan.
{{legend|#0087dc|Conservative}}
{{legend|#dc241f|Labour}}
{{legend|{{party color|Labour Co-operative}}|Labour and Co-operative}}
{{legend|{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}|Liberal Democrats}}
{{legend|#dddddd|Independent}}
{{legend|#ddeeff|Standish Independents}}
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The 2012 Wigan Council elections to the Thirtieth Wigan Council were held on 3 May 2012, the same day as other local elections.[http://www.wigan.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/28751897-48FE-4D62-AB18-2F4894F75302/0/StatementofPersonsNomSt17C.pdf Candidates for 2012] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120417075303/http://www.wigan.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/28751897-48FE-4D62-AB18-2F4894F75302/0/StatementofPersonsNomSt17C.pdf |date=17 April 2012 }} Wigan Council 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.
Overview
| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|+Number of Candidates fielded per party {{Cite web|url=https://apps.wigan.gov.uk/electionResults/index.asp?ElectionDate=7+May+2015|title=Local Election Results|website=apps.wigan.gov.uk}} !Party !Number |
| Labour Party
|25 |
| Conservative Party
|23 |
| Independents
|16 |
| Community Action Party
|7 |
| BNP
|5 |
| Liberal Democrats
|3 |
| Green Party
|2 |
| UKIP
|1 |
| Green Socialists
|1 |
Results
= Bolton West constituency =
==Atherton ward==
{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2012: Atherton}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Jamie Hodgkinson
|votes = 1695
|percentage = 51.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate= David Welch|votes=1235|percentage=37.38|change=}}
{{Election box candidate||party=Green Socialists For Investment Not Cuts|candidate= Stephen Michael Hall|votes=190|percentage=5.75|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate= Stephen Holt|votes=179|percentage=5.42|change=}}
{{Election box rejected||votes=5|percentage=0.15|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=460|percentage=13.92|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=|percentage=29.23|change=}}
{{Election box end}}
= Makerfield constituency =
==Abram ward==
{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2012: Abram}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Martyn Smethurst|votes=1577|percentage=58.23|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Ken Winstanley|votes=601|percentage=22.2|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=British National Party|candidate=Dennis Shambley|votes=239|percentage=8.83|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Community Action Party|candidate=John Shale|votes=148|percentage=5.5|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Malcolm Childs|votes=137|percentage=5.06|change=}}
{{Election box rejected||votes=6|percentage=0.22|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=976|percentage=36.04|change=}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=2708|percentage=24.87|change=}}
{{Election box end}}
==Ashton ward==
{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2012: Ashton}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Bill Clarke|votes=1400|percentage=51.89|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Paul Allan Tushingham|votes=585|percentage=21.7|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Brian Merry|votes=402|percentage=15|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Marie Winstanley|votes=189|percentage=7|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=British National Party|candidate=Barry John Longstaffe|votes=118|percentage=4.37|change=}}
{{Election box rejected|votes=4|percentage=0.15|change=}}
{{Election box majority|votes=815|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=2698|percentage=29.32|change=}}
{{Election box end}}
==Bryn ward==
{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2012: Bryn}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Don Hodgkinson|votes=1516|percentage=50.25|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Trevor Allen|votes=1352|percentage=44.81|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Stuart Peet|votes=146|percentage=4.84|change=}}
{{Election box rejected|votes=3|percentage=0.1|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=164|percentage=5.44|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=3017|percentage=32.55|change=}}
{{Election box end}}
==Hindley ward==
{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2012: Hindley}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Jim Ellis|votes=1279|percentage=46.24|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Allen Robert Jones|votes=1232|percentage=44.54|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=British National Party|candidate=Stephen Bradbury|votes=131|percentage=4.74|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Steve Surples|votes=115|percentage=4.16|change=}}
{{Election box rejected||votes=9|percentage=0.33|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=47|percentage=1.7|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2766|percentage=27.41|change=}}
{{Election box end}}
==Hindley Green ward==
{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2012: Hindley Green}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Bob Brierley|votes=1251|percentage=49.6|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Maxine Read|votes=796|percentage=31.56|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Community Action Party|candidate=Barry Jack Fagan|votes=354|percentage=14.04|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Margaret Mary Winstanley|votes=106|percentage=4.2|change=}}
{{Election box rejected||votes=15|percentage=0.6|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=455|percentage=18.04|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2522|percentage=29.51|change=}}
{{Election box end}}
==Orrell ward==
{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2012: Orrell}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Kelly Ready|votes=1533|percentage=47.71|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Richard Clayton|votes=1389|percentage=43.23|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Donald McQueen|votes=280|percentage=8.72|change=}}
{{Election box rejected||votes=11|percentage=0.34|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=144|percentage=4.48|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=3213|percentage=34.34|change=}}
{{Election box end}}
== Winstanley ward ==
{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2012: Winstanley}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Paul Terence Kenny|votes=1216|percentage=48.82|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Community Action Party|candidate=Stan Barnes|votes=798|percentage=32.04|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Steven Charles Heyes|votes=237|percentage=9.51|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Michael Nicholls|votes=234|percentage=9.39|change=}}
{{Election box rejected||votes=6|percentage=0.24|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=418|percentage=16.78|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2491|percentage=27.82|change=}}
{{Election box end}}
==Worsley Mesnes ward==
{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2012: Worsley Mesnes}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Phil Kelly|votes=1960|percentage=85.47|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=David Ollerton|votes=333|percentage=14.5|change=}}
{{Election box rejected||votes=17|percentage=0.74|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=1627|percentage=71|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2293|percentage=25.29|change=}}
{{Election box end}}
= Leigh constituency =
==Astley Mosley Common ward==
{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2012: Astley Mosley Common}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Joanne Platt|votes=1810|percentage=69.43|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Nasri Barghothi|votes=534|percentage=20.48|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Kath Valentine|votes=243|percentage=9.32|change=}}
{{Election box rejected||votes=20|percentage=0.77|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=1276|percentage=48.95|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2607|percentage=27.36|change=}}
{{Election box end}}
==Atherleigh ward==
{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2012: Atherleigh}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Susan Loudon|votes=982|percentage=47.23|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Stuart Andrew Gerrard|votes=747|percentage=36|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Jim Kerfoot|votes=343|percentage=16.5|change=}}
{{Election box rejected||votes=7|percentage=0.34|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=235|percentage=11.3|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2079|percentage=23.83|change=}}
{{Election box end}}
==Golborne and Lowton West ward==
{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2012: Golborne and Lowton West}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Yvonne Marie Klieve|votes=1791|percentage=70.6|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Community Action Party|candidate=Peter Franzen|votes=507|percentage=20|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Kathleen Houlton|votes=241|percentage=9.5|change=}}
{{Election box rejected||votes=5|percentage=0.2|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=1284|percentage=50.6|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2538|percentage=28.05|change=}}
{{Election box end}}
==Leigh East ward==
{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2012: Leigh East}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Keith Cunliffe|votes=1452|percentage=67.63|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Christopher Garfin|votes=411|percentage=19.14|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Derek Davies|votes=272|percentage=12.67|change=}}
{{Election box rejected||votes=12|percentage=0.56|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=1041|percentage=48.5|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2147|percentage=22.75|change=}}
{{Election box end}}
==Leigh South ward==
{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2012: Leigh South}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Kevin Anderson|votes=1811|percentage=63.3|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Richard Short|votes=534|percentage=18.66|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Independent (politician)|candidate=Gary Charles Chadwick|votes=502|percentage=17.55|change=}}
{{Election box rejected||votes=14|percentage=0.5|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=1277|percentage=44.63|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2861|percentage=27.36|change=}}
{{Election box end}}
==Leigh West ward==
{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2012: Leigh West}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Susan June Greensmith|votes=1761|percentage=1761|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Brian Richard Turrell|votes=650|percentage=24.81|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Andrew John Oxley|votes=195|percentage=7.44|change=}}
{{Election box rejected||votes=14|percentage=0.53|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=1111|percentage=42.4|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2620|percentage=23.62|change=}}
{{Election box end}}
==Lowton East ward==
{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2012: Lowton East}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=James Grundy|votes=1904|percentage=53.3|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Frank Bowker|votes=1224|percentage=34.3|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Community Action Party|candidate=Ian (Sandy) Franzen|votes=434|percentage=12.15|change=}}
{{Election box rejected||votes=10|percentage=0.28|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=680|percentage=19|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=3572|percentage=36.53|change=}}
{{Election box end}}
==Tyldesley ward==
{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2012: Tyldesley}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Robert Mark Bleakley|votes=1441|percentage=48.5|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Joanne Marshall|votes=1303|percentage=43.84|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=British National Party|candidate=David Ian Peacock|votes=206|percentage=6.93|change=}}
{{Election box rejected||votes=22|percentage=0.74|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=138|percentage=4.64|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2972|percentage=28.41|change=}}
{{Election box end}}
= Wigan constituency =
==Aspull, New Springs and Whelley ward==
{{Election box begin | title= Local Elections 2012: Aspull, New Springs and Whelley}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=John Hilton|votes=2241|percentage=69.38|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Jane Surples|votes=502|percentage=15.54|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Alan Robinson|votes=450|percentage=13.9|change=}}
{{Election box rejected||votes=37|percentage=1.15|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=1739|percentage=53.84|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=3230|percentage=31.33|change=}}
{{Election box end}}
==Douglas ward==
{{Election box begin | title= Local Elections 2012: Douglas}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Joy Birch
|votes = 1774
|percentage = 77.94
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Anthony Unsworth
|votes = 324
|percentage = 14.24
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Margaret Atherton
|votes = 172
|percentage = 7.56
|change =
}}
{{Election box rejected||votes=6|percentage=0.26|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=1450|percentage=63.71|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2276|percentage=22.84|change=}}
{{Election box end}}
==Ince ward==
{{Election box begin | title= Local Elections 2012: Ince}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = David Trevor Molyneux
|votes = 1790
|percentage = 80.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British National Party
|candidate = Henry Morgan
|votes = 309
|percentage = 13.84
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Ray Whittingham
|votes = 120
|percentage = 5.38
|change =
}}
{{Election box rejected||votes=13|percentage=0.58|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=1481|percentage=66.35|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2232|percentage=24.25|change=}}
{{Election box end}}
==Pemberton ward==
{{Election box begin | title= Local Elections 2012: Pemberton}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Jeanette Prescott
|votes = 1996
|percentage = 79.90
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Community Action Party
|candidate = Mike Leyland
|votes = 291
|percentage = 11.65
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Jonathan Charles Cartwright
|votes = 205
|percentage = 8.21
|change =
}}
{{Election box rejected||votes=6|percentage=0.24|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=1705|percentage=68.25|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2498|percentage=25.01|change=}}
{{Election box end}}
==Shevington with Lower Ground ward==
{{Election box begin | title= Local Elections 2012: Shevington with Lower Ground}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Damian Edwardson
|votes = 1362
|percentage = 49.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Callum Chadwick
|votes = 532
|percentage = 19.18
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UKIP
|candidate = Arnold Jefferson Foster
|votes = 450
|percentage = 16.22
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Shevington Independents
|candidate = Debbie Fairhurst
|votes = 220
|percentage = 7.93
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Paul Liptrot
|votes = 198
|percentage = 7.14
|change =
}}
{{Election box rejected||votes=12|percentage=0.43|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=830|percentage=29.92|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2774|percentage=29.69|change=}}
{{Election box end}}
==Standish with Langtree ward==
{{Election box begin | title= Local Elections 2012: Standish with Langtree}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Standish Independents
|candidate = Gareth William Fairhurst
|votes = 2069
|percentage = 57.73
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Sam Murphy
|votes = 913
|percentage = 25.47
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Michael William Winstanley
|votes = 589
|percentage = 16.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box rejected||votes=13|percentage=0.36|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=1156|percentage=32.25|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=3584|percentage=36.55|change=}}
{{Election box end}}
==Wigan Central ward==
{{Election box begin | title= Local Elections 2012: Wigan Central}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Lol Hunt
|votes = 1806
|percentage = 58.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Jean Peet
|votes = 859
|percentage = 28
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Community Action Party
|candidate = Syd Hall
|votes = 388
|percentage = 12.63
|change =
}}
{{Election box rejected||votes=19|percentage=0.62|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=947|percentage=30.83|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=3072|percentage=32.49|change=}}
{{Election box end}}
==Wigan West ward==
{{Election box begin | title= Local Elections 2012: Wigan West}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Terence William Halliwell
|votes = 2115
|percentage = 83
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Oliver Barton
|votes = 409
|percentage = 16
|change =
}}
{{Election box rejected||votes=27|percentage=1|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=1709|percentage=67|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2551|percentage=25.28|change=}}
{{Election box end}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Greater Manchester elections}}
{{United Kingdom local elections, 2012}}