2014 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election
{{Short description|2014 UK local government election}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2014}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2014}}
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| election_name = 2014 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,_2012
| previous_year = 2012
| next_election = Wigan_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_election,_2015
| next_year = 2015
| seats_for_election =
| election_date = 22 May 2014
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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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| map_image = Wigan_UK_local_election_2014_map.svg
| map_size = 300px
| map_caption = 2014 local election results in Wigan.
{{legend|#0087dc|Conservative}}
{{legend|#dc241f|Labour}}
{{legend|{{party color|Labour Co-operative}}|Labour and Co-operative}}
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The 2014 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council in England.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/events/vote2014/england-council-election-results |title=England council results |access-date=23 May 2014 |work=BBC News}} This was on the same day as other local elections.
Overview
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|+Number of Candidates fielded per party !Party !Number of Candidates |
Labour Party
|25 |
Conservative Party
|25 |
UKIP
|15 |
Community Action Party
|7 |
Left Unity
|7 |
Independents
|7 |
Green
|3 |
Liberal Democrats
|2 |
Wigan Independents
|2 |
BNP
|1 |
TUSC
|1 |
Wigan Real Labour
|1 |
=Results summary=
{{Election summary partial council net begin|title = 2014 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|seats = 23
|net = {{decrease}} 1
|seats % = 92
|other seats = 39
|total seats = 62
|total seats % = 82.7
|votes = 36,065
|votes % = 51.1
|plus/minus =
}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|seats = 1
|net = {{increase}} 1
|seats % = 4
|other seats = 1
|total seats = 2
|total seats % = 2.7
|votes = 11,722
|votes % = 16.6
|plus/minus =
}}
{{Election summary partial council net|
|party = Wigan Independents
|seats = 1
|net = {{increase}} 1
|seats % = 4
|other seats = 2
|total seats = 3
|total seats % = 4
|votes = 2,340
|votes % = 3.3
|plus/minus =
}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Independent politician
|seats = 0
|net = {{nochange}}
|seats % = 0
|other seats = 8
|total seats = 8
|total seats % = 10.7
|votes = 5,252
|votes % = 7.4
|plus/minus =
}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = UKIP
|seats = 0
|net = {{nochange}}
|seats % = 0
|other seats = 0
|total seats = 0
|total seats % = 0
|votes = 11,327
|votes % = 16.0
|plus/minus =
}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Community Action Party
|seats = 0
|net = {{nochange}}
|seats % = 0
|other seats = 0
|total seats = 0
|total seats % = 0
|votes = 1,590
|votes % = 2.3
|plus/minus =
}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Left Unity (UK)
|seats = 0
|net = {{nochange}}
|seats % = 0
|other seats = 0
|total seats = 0
|total seats % = 0
|votes = 796
|votes % = 1.1
|plus/minus =
}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|seats = 0
|net = {{decrease}} 1
|seats % = 0
|other seats = 0
|total seats = 0
|total seats % = 0
|votes = 693
|votes % = 1.0
|plus/minus =
}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|seats = 0
|net = {{nochange}}
|seats % = 0
|other seats = 0
|total seats = 0
|total seats % = 0
|votes = 574
|votes % = 0.8
|plus/minus =
}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = British National Party
|seats = 0
|net = {{nochange}}
|seats % = 0
|other seats = 0
|total seats = 0
|total seats % = 0
|votes = 134
|votes % = 0.2
|plus/minus =
}}{{Election summary partial council net|
|party = Wigan Real Labour
|seats = 0
|net = {{nochange}}
|seats % = 0
|other seats = 0
|total seats = 0
|total seats % = 0
|votes = 63
|votes % = 0.1
|plus/minus =
}}{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
|seats = 0
|net = {{nochange}}
|seats % = 0
|other seats = 0
|total seats = 0
|total seats % = 0
|votes = 56
|votes % = 0.1
|plus/minus =
}}
{{Election box end}}
Results
=Bolton West Constituency=
==Atherton ward==
{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2014: Atherton}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Karen Joyce Aldred|votes=1,494|percentage=48.1|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=John Trevor Higson|votes=1,106|percentage=35.6|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Paul Fairhurst|votes=374|percentage=12.1|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Left Unity (UK)|candidate=Craig Anthony Wilson|votes=129|percentage=4.2|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=388|percentage=12.5|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=3,103|percentage=27.5|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Labour Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
=Leigh Constituency=
==Astley Mosley Common ward==
{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2014: Astley Mosley Common}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Barry John Taylor|votes=1,812|percentage=67.6|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Nasri Barghothi|votes=867|percentage=32.4|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=945|percentage=35.2|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2,679|percentage=28.9|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Labour Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
==Atherleigh ward==
{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2014: Atherleigh}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Pamela Stuart|votes=1,152|percentage=49.5|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Stuart Andrew Gerrard|votes=750|percentage=32.2|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Denise Young|votes=339|percentage=14.6|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Left Unity (UK)|candidate=Stephen Michael Hall|votes=85|percentage=3.7|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=402|percentage=17.3|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2,326|percentage=26.7|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Labour Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
==Golborne and Lowton West ward==
{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2014: Golborne and Lowton West}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Richard Andrew Barber |votes=1,596|percentage=65.0|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Community Action Party|candidate=Abbey Aspey|votes=456|percentage=18.6|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Kathleen Houlton|votes=403|percentage=16.4|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=1,140|percentage=46.4|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2,455|percentage=27.0|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Labour Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
==Leigh East ward==
{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2014: Leigh East}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Frederick Brown Walker|votes=1,633|percentage=70.9|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Ian Aspinall|votes=671|percentage=29.1|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=962|percentage=41.8|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2,304|percentage=24.9|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
==Leigh South ward==
{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2014: Leigh South}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Charles Rigby|votes=1,955|percentage=65.5|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Richard Alan Short|votes=1,032|percentage=34.5|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=923|percentage=31.0|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2,987|percentage=28.6|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Labour Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
==Leigh West ward==
{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2014: Leigh West}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Peter Richard Charles Smith|votes=2,005|percentage=75.3|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Andrew John Oxley|votes=658|percentage=24.7|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=1,347|percentage=50.6|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2,663|percentage=24.9|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
==Lowton East ward==
{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2014: Lowton East}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Edward Noel Houlton|votes=1,603|percentage=46.2|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Eleanor Mary Blackburn|votes=1,137|percentage=32.7|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=UKIP|candidate=Sandra Margaret Atherton|votes=589|percentage=17.0|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Community Action Party|candidate=Sophie Aspey|votes=144|percentage=4.1|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=466|percentage=13.5|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=3,473|percentage=35.1|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link||winner=Conservative Party (UK)|loser= Labour Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
==Tyldesley ward==
{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2014: Tyldesley}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Joanne Marshall|votes=1,821|percentage=65.6|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Margaret Mary Winstanley|votes=551|percentage=19.8|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=John Charles Skipworth|votes=404|percentage=14.6|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=1,270|percentage=45.8|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2,776|percentage=26.4|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link||winner=Labour Party (UK)|loser= Liberal Democrats (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
=Makerfield Constituency=
==Abram ward==
{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2014: Abram}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Carl Sweeney|votes=1,580|percentage=57.4|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=United Kingdom Independence Party|candidate=Janet Markland|votes=760|percentage=27.6|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Joseph Sheedy|votes=180|percentage=6.5|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=British National Party|candidate=Dennis Shambley|votes=134|percentage=4.9|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Community Action Party|candidate=Susan Brown|votes=101|percentage=3.7|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=820|percentage=29.8|change=}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=2,755|percentage=24.7|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Labour Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
==Ashton ward==
{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2014: Ashton}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Nigel Dennis Ash|votes=1,144|percentage=42.3|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=United Kingdom Independence Party|candidate=John Stuart Littler|votes=591|percentage=21.9|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Peter Merry|votes=403|percentage=14.9|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Community Action Party|candidate=Michael Moulding|votes=395|percentage=14.6|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Marie Winstanley|votes=170|percentage=6.3|change=}}
{{Election box majority|votes=553|percentage=20.4|change=}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=2,703|percentage=29.6|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Labour Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
==Bryn ward==
{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2014: Bryn}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Margaret Ann Rampling|votes=1,190|percentage=40.2|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=United Kingdom Independence Party|candidate=Stephen Jones|votes=724|percentage=24.5|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Brian Merry|votes=625|percentage=21.1|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Catherine Aspey|votes=289|percentage=9.8|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Susan Atherton|votes=131|percentage=4.4|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=466|percentage=15.7|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2,959|percentage=31.8|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Labour Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
==Hindley ward==
{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2014: Hindley}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=James Talbot|votes=1,418|percentage=53.1|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Brian Leslie Ellis|votes=913|percentage=34.2|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Gerald Joseph Houlton|votes=263|percentage=9.8|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Left Unity (UK) |candidate=Ian Heyes|votes=78|percentage=2.9|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=505|percentage=18.9|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2,672|percentage=26.4|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Labour Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
==Hindley Green ward==
{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2014: Hindley Green}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=David Keir Stitt|votes=1,145|percentage=43.9|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=John Melville Vickers|votes=908|percentage=34.8|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Community Action Party|candidate=Kieron Creegan|votes=325|percentage=12.5|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Stephen Gerrard Holt|votes=231|percentage=8.9|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=237|percentage=9.1|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2,609|percentage=29.7|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Labour Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
==Orrell ward==
{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2014: Orrell}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=David John Arrowsmith|votes=1,102|percentage=34.9|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Michael William Winstanley|votes=1,031|percentage=32.6|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=United Kingdom Independence Party|candidate=Philip Easton|votes=818|percentage=25.9|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Norma Stout|votes=210|percentage=6.6|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=71|percentage=2.3|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=3,161|percentage=33.2|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Labour Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
== Winstanley ward ==
{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2014: Winstanley}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Clive William Morgan|votes=1,177|percentage=44.1|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=United Kingdom Independence Party|candidate=Andrew Collinson|votes=874|percentage=32.7|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Allan Atherton|votes=263|percentage=9.8|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Steven Charles Heyes|votes=208|percentage=7.8|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Community Action Party|candidate=Lee Aspey|votes=149|percentage=5.6|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=303|percentage=11.4|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2,671|percentage=29.4|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Labour Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
==Worsley Mesnes ward==
{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2014: Worsley Mesnes}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Patricia Lynne Holland|votes=1,552|percentage=60.4|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=United Kingdom Independence Party|candidate=Gillian Mary Gibson|votes=813|percentage=31.7|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Judith Atherton|votes=203|percentage=7.9|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=739|percentage=28.7|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2,568|percentage=28.2|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Labour Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
=Wigan Constituency=
==Aspull, New Springs and Whelley ward==
{{Election box begin | title= Local Elections 2014: Aspull, New Springs and Whelley}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Ronald Josef Conway|votes=1,581|percentage=46.0|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=United Kingdom Independence Party|candidate=Maureen McCoy|votes=827|percentage=24.1|change=}}
{{Election box candidate||party=Aspull and Standish Independent|candidate=Janet Brown|votes=547|percentage=15.9|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Linda Jane Surples|votes=393|percentage=11.4|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Left Unity (UK)|candidate=John Stuart Bolton|votes=88|percentage=2.6|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=754|percentage=21.9|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=3,436|percentage=33.2|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Labour Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
==Douglas ward==
{{Election box begin | title= Local Elections 2014: Douglas}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Shirley Ann Dewhurst|votes=1,502|percentage=60.0|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=United Kingdom Independence Party|candidate=Derek Wilkes|votes=790|percentage=31.6|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Margaret Atherton|votes=210|percentage=8.4|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=712|percentage=28.4|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2,502|percentage=24.9|change =}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner= Labour Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
==Ince ward==
{{Election box begin | title= Local Elections 2014: Ince}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=James Moodie|votes=1,397|percentage=56.8|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=United Kingdom Independence Party|candidate=Ross Allan Wright|votes=851|percentage=34.6|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Raymond Whittingham|votes=133|percentage=5.4|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Left Unity (UK)|candidate=Janet Elizabeth Phillips|votes=79|percentage=3.2|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=546|percentage=22.2|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2,460|percentage=26.1|change =}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner= Labour Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
==Pemberton ward==
{{Election box begin | title= Local Elections 2014: Pemberton}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Paul Prescott|votes=1,632|percentage=62.7|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=United Kingdom Independence Party|candidate=Alan Freeman|votes=692|percentage=26.6|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Jonathon Charles Cartwright|votes=195|percentage=7.5|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Left Unity (UK)|candidate=Adele Joanne Andrews|votes=85|percentage=3.3|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=940|percentage=36.1|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2,604|percentage=25.4|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner= Labour Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
==Shevington with Lower Ground ward==
{{Election box begin | title= Local Elections 2014: Shevington with Lower Ground}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Michael John Crosby|votes=1,050|percentage=33.3|change=}}
{{Election box candidate||party=Shevington Independents|candidate=Angela Maria Bland|votes=797|percentage=25.3|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=United Kingdom Independence Party|candidate=Arnold Jefferson Foster|votes=797|percentage=25.3|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Claire Houlton|votes=353|percentage=11.2|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Joseph Robert Rylance|votes=156|percentage=4.9|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=253|percentage=8.0|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=3,153|percentage=33.5|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner= Labour Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
"Shevington Independents" is a description used by candidates for the Wigan Independents.
==Standish with Langtree ward==
{{Election box begin | title= Local Elections 2014: Standish with Langtree}}
{{Election box winning candidate||party=Standish Independents|candidate=Deborah Fairhurst|votes=1,543|percentage=42.6|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=David Marcus Jon Ollerton|votes=701|percentage=19.4|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Deborah Gaye Parkinson|votes=646|percentage=17.9|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=United Kingdom Independence Party|candidate=Joanne Bradley|votes=590|percentage=16.3|change=}}
{{Election box candidate||party=Wigan Real Labour|candidate=Emma Jayne Mcgurrin|votes=63|percentage=1.7|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition|candidate=Joanne Bradley|votes=56|percentage=1.5|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Community Action Party|candidate=Daniel Willson|votes=20|percentage=0.6|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=842|percentage=23.2|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=3,619|percentage=36.7|change=}}
{{Election box gain||winner= Standish Independents|loser=Labour Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
"Standish Independents" is a description used by candidates for the Wigan Independents.
==Wigan Central ward==
{{Election box begin | title= Local Elections 2014: Wigan Central}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=George Davies|votes=1,618|percentage=51.8|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=United Kingdom Independence Party|candidate=Keith Robert Jones|votes=893|percentage=28.6|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Callum David Owen Chadwick|votes=614|percentage=19.6|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=725|percentage=23.2|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=3,125|percentage=33.2|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner= Labour Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
==Wigan West ward==
{{Election box begin |
|title=Local Elections 2014: Wigan West}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Pyhllis Mary Cullen
|votes = 1,726
|percentage = 60.6
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = John Stanley Atherton
|votes = 718
|percentage = 25.2
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Left Unity (UK)
|candidate = Hazel Duffy
|votes = 252
|percentage = 8.8
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Jean Peet
|votes = 153
|percentage = 5.4
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,008
|percentage = 35.4
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,849
|percentage = 28.1
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
By-elections between 2014 and 2015
=Douglas ward=
{{Election box begin | title=Douglas, 13 November 2014{{cite web|title=Elections result 13 November 2014|url=https://www.wigan.gov.uk/Docs/PDF/Council/Voting-and-Elections/Douglas-Ward---Declaration-of-Results.pdf|publisher=Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council|access-date=28 December 2017}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Maggie Skilling
|votes = 874
|percentage = 59.3
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Derek Wilkes
|votes = 452
|percentage = 30.7
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Margaret Atherton
|votes = 80
|percentage = 5.4
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Damien Hendry
|votes = 37
|percentage = 2.5
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Community Action Party
|candidate = Michael Moulding
|votes = 29
|percentage = 2.0
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 422
|percentage = 28.6
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,474
|percentage = 14.5
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
References
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{{Greater Manchester elections}}
{{United Kingdom local elections, 2014}}