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2015 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

{{Short description|2015 local election in England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2015}}

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 2015 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

| flag_image = Coat of arms of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council.png

| type = parliamentary

| previous_election = 2014_Wigan_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_election

| previous_year = 2014

| next_election = 2016_Wigan_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_election

| next_year = 2016

| seats_for_election = 25 of 75 seats to Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council

| election_date = 7 May 2015

| majority_seats = 38

| image1 =

| leader1 = {{nowrap|Peter Smith}}

| leader_since1 = {{nowrap|1991}}

| leaders_seat1 = {{nowrap|Leigh West}}

| party1 = Labour Party (UK)

| seats_before1 = 63

|seats_after1 = 64

|seat_change1 = {{increase}} 1

| image2 =

| leader2 = {{nowrap|James Grundy}}

| leader_since2 = {{nowrap|2012}}

| leaders_seat2 = {{nowrap|Lowton East}}

| party2 = Conservative Party (UK)

| seats_before2 = 2

|seats_after2 = 3

|seat_change2 = {{increase}} 1

| map_image = Wigan_UK_local_election_2015_map.svg

| map_size = 300px

| map_caption = 2015 local election results in Wigan.

{{legend|#0087dc|Conservative}}

{{legend|#dc241f|Labour}}

{{legend|#dddddd|Independent}}

}}

The 2015 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council in England.{{Cite web|title=Upcoming elections & referendums|url=http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/find-information-by-subject/elections-and-referendums/upcoming-elections-and-referendums|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315102043/http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/find-information-by-subject/elections-and-referendums/upcoming-elections-and-referendums|archive-date=15 March 2015|access-date=26 March 2015|work=The Electoral Commission}} This was on the same day as other local elections and the general election.

Overview

Prior to the election, the composition of the council was:

After the election, the composition of the council was:

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 (UK)

|25

Conservative Party (UK)

|25

UK Independence Party

|24

Green Party of England and Wales

|9

Independent

|8

Left Unity

|8

Community Action Party

|3

Liberal Democrats (UK)

|2

TUSC

|1

=Results summary=

{{Election summary partial council net begin|title = 2015 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election}}

{{Election summary partial council net party|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|seats = 23

|net = {{increase}} 1

|seats % = 92

|other seats = 41

|total seats = 64

|total seats % = 85.3

|votes = 71,184

|votes % = 50.4

|plus/minus = {{decrease}} 4.1

}}

{{Election summary partial council net party|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|seats = 1

|net = {{increase}} 1

|seats % = 4

|other seats = 2

|total seats = 3

|total seats % = 4

|votes = 27,263

|votes % = 19.3

|plus/minus = {{decrease}} 0.3

}}

{{Election summary partial council net party|

|party = Independent politician

|seats = 1

|net = {{decrease}} 2

|seats % = 4

|other seats = 7

|total seats = 8

|total seats % = 10.7

|votes = 7,483

|votes % = 5.3

|plus/minus = {{decrease}} 7.3

}}

{{Election summary partial council net party|

|party = UKIP

|seats = 0

|net = {{nochange}}

|seats % = 0

|other seats = 0

|total seats = 0

|total seats % = 0

|votes = 29,622

|votes % = 21.0

|plus/minus = {{increase}} 20.4

}}

{{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 = 2,837

|votes % = 2.0

|plus/minus = New

}}

{{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 = 1,115

|votes % = 0.8

|plus/minus = {{decrease}} 4.0

}}

{{Election summary partial council net party|

|party = Left Unity (UK)|Left Unity

|seats = 0

|net = {{nochange}}

|seats % = 0

|other seats = 0

|total seats = 0

|total seats % = 0

|votes = 990

|votes % = 0.7

|plus/minus = New

}}

{{Election summary partial council net party|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|seats = 0

|net = {{nochange}}

|seats % = 0

|other seats = 0

|total seats = 0

|total seats % = 0

|votes = 648

|votes % = 0.5

|plus/minus = {{decrease}} 2.2

}}

{{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 = 99

|votes % = 0.1

|plus/minus = {{decrease}} 0.3

}}

{{Election box end}}

Results

= Bolton West constituency =

==Atherton ward==

{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2015: Atherton}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Martin Luke Aldred|votes= 2,508|percentage=39.9|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Norman Alec Bradbury|votes=1,989|percentage=31.7|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=UKIP|candidate=Quinton John Smith|votes=950|percentage=15.1|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Toby Joseph Hewitt|votes=788|percentage=12.5|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Left Unity (UK)|candidate=Craig Anthony Wilson|votes=46|percentage=0.7|change=}}

{{Election box majority||votes=519|percentage=8.2|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=6,281|percentage=|change=}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|loser = Independent (politician)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

= Leigh constituency =

==Astley Mosley Common ward==

{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2015: Astley Mosley Common}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Christine Lilian Roberts|votes=2,478|percentage=42.2|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=David John Stirzaker|votes=1,804|percentage=30.7|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=UKIP|candidate=Joanne Bradley|votes=1,306|percentage=22.2|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Clive James Robert Charles|votes=290|percentage=4.9|change=}}

{{Election box majority||votes=674|percentage=11.5|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=5,878|percentage=|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

==Atherleigh ward==

{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2015: Atherleigh}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Mark Aldred|votes=2,310|percentage=48.2|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=UKIP|candidate=Les Leggett|votes=1,005|percentage=21.0|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Paul Lambert Fairhurst|votes=859|percentage=17.9|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Stuart Andrew Gerrard|votes=494|percentage=10.3|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Left Unity (UK)|candidate=Stephen Michael Hall|votes=125|percentage=2.6|change=}}

{{Election box majority||votes=1,305|percentage=27.2|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=4,793|percentage=|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 2015: Golborne and Lowton West}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Stuart Arthur Keane|votes=3,046|percentage=60.5|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=UKIP|candidate=Peter Graham Kearns|votes=970|percentage=19.3|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Brian Howard Lobell|votes=793|percentage=15.8|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Community Action Party|candidate=Sophie Aspey|votes=225|percentage=4.5|change=}}

{{Election box majority||votes=2,076|percentage=41.2|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=5,034|percentage=|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link||winner = Labour Party (UK)|swing =}}

{{Election box end}}

==Leigh East ward==

{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2015: Leigh East}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Anita Thorpe|votes=2,949|percentage=58.4|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=UKIP|candidate=Gill Gibson|votes=1,088|percentage=21.6|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Richard Byrom Houlton|votes=888|percentage=17.6|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Left Unity (UK)|candidate=Graham Gifford|votes=123|percentage=2.4|change=}}

{{Election box majority||votes=1,861|percentage=36.8|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=5,048|percentage=|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link||winner = Labour Party (UK)|swing =}}

{{Election box end}}

==Leigh South ward==

{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2015: Leigh South}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=John David O'Brien|votes=3,200|percentage=51.3|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=UKIP|candidate=Rod Halliwell|votes=1,547|percentage=24.8|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Denise Young|votes=1,358|percentage=21.8|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Left Unity (UK)|candidate=Ian Heyes|votes=135|percentage=2.2|change=}}

{{Election box majority||votes=1,653|percentage=26.5|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=6,240|percentage=|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link||winner = Labour Party (UK)|swing =}}

{{Election box end}}

==Leigh West ward==

{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2015: Leigh West}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Myra Joan Whiteside|votes=3,066|percentage=56.7|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=UKIP|candidate=Mary Therese Lavelle|votes=1,418|percentage=26.2|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Andrew John Oxley|votes=645|percentage=11.9|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Paula Unger|votes=278|percentage=5.1|change=}}

{{Election box majority||votes=1,648|percentage=30.5|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=5,407|percentage=|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link||winner = Labour Party (UK)|swing =}}

{{Election box end}}

==Lowton East ward==

{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2015: Lowton East}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Kath Houlton|votes=3,228|percentage=50.3|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Pam Gilligan|votes=2,579|percentage=40.2|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Sandy Franzen|votes=609|percentage=9.5|change=}}

{{Election box majority||votes=649|percentage=10.1|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=6,416|percentage=|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 2015: Tyldesley}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Stephen John Hellier|votes=2,780|percentage=45.2|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=UKIP|candidate=Matthew Robert James|votes=1,530|percentage=24.9|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Sue Vickery|votes=1,198|percentage=19.5|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Lorraine Gillon|votes=353|percentage=5.7|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Graham Unsworth|votes=283|percentage=4.6|change=}}

{{Election box majority||votes=1,250|percentage=20.3|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=6,144|percentage=|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link||winner = Labour Party (UK)|swing = }}

{{Election box end}}

= Makerfield constituency =

==Abram ward==

{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2015: Abram}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Eunice Smethurst|votes=3,217|percentage=59.0|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=UK Independence Party|candidate=Jim Carmichael-Prince|votes=1,584|percentage=28.4|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Joanne Bradley|votes=653|percentage=12.0|change=}}

{{Election box majority||votes=1,633|percentage=30.6|change=}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=5,454|percentage=|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link||winner = Labour Party (UK)|swing =}}

{{Election box end}}

==Ashton ward==

{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2015: Ashton}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Jennifer Bullen|votes=2,738|percentage=49.0|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=UKIP|candidate=Alan Freeman|votes=950|percentage=17.0|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Marie Winstanley|votes=833|percentage=14.9|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Community Action Party|candidate=Michael Moulding|votes=749|percentage=13.4|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Peter Merry|votes=318|percentage=5.7|change=}}

{{Election box majority|votes=1,788|percentage=32.0|change=}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=5,588|percentage=|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link||winner = Labour Party (UK)|swing =}}

{{Election box end}}

==Bryn ward==

{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2015: Bryn}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Nathan George Murray|votes=2,245|percentage=39.4|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Gary Thomas Wilkes|votes=1,717|percentage=30.1|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=UKIP|candidate=Stephen Jones|votes=948|percentage=16.6|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Judith Anderson|votes=378|percentage=6.6|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=David Wilkes|votes=267|percentage=4.7|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Community Action Party|candidate=Catherine Aspey|votes=141|percentage=2.5|change=}}

{{Election box majority||votes=528|percentage=9.2|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=5,696|percentage=|change=}}

{{Election box gain with party link||winner = Labour Party (UK)|loser = Independent (politician)|swing = }}

{{Election box end}}

==Hindley ward==

{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2015: Hindley}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=James Eccles-Churton|votes=2,975|percentage=54.7|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=UKIP|candidate=Sue Ellis|votes=1,457|percentage=26.8|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Susan Atherton|votes=712|percentage=13.1|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=John Charles Skipworth|votes=295|percentage=5.4|change=}}

{{Election box majority||votes=1,518|percentage=27.9|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=5,439|percentage=|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link||winner = Labour Party (UK)|swing =}}

{{Election box end}}

==Hindley Green ward==

{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2015: Hindley Green}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Frank Carmichael|votes=2,839|percentage=55.2|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=UKIP|candidate= Sandra Margaret Atherton|votes=1,520|percentage=29.5|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Gerard Joseph Houlton|votes=788|percentage=15.3|change=}}

{{Election box majority||votes=1,319|percentage=25.7|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=5,147|percentage=|change=}}

{{Election box gain with party link||winner = Labour Party (UK)|loser = Independent (politician)|swing = }}

{{Election box end}}

==Orrell ward==

{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2015: Orrell}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Steve Murphy|votes=2,812|percentage=44.3|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Michael William Winstanley|votes=2,257|percentage=35.5|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=UKIP|candidate=Philip Easton|votes=950|percentage=15.0|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=David Stazicker|votes=325|percentage=5.1|change=}}

{{Election box majority||votes=545|percentage=8.8|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=6,354|percentage=|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link||winner = Labour Party (UK)|swing =}}

{{Election box end}}

== Winstanley ward ==

{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2015: Winstanley}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Marie Teresa Morgan|votes=2,898|percentage=49.0|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=UKIP|candidate=Andrew Francis Collinson|votes=1,437|percentage=24.3|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Allan Atherton|votes=1,182|percentage=20.0|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Steven Charles Heyes|votes=398|percentage=6.7|change=}}

{{Election box majority||votes=1,461|percentage=24.7|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=5,915|percentage=|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link||winner = Labour Party (UK)|swing =}}

{{Election box end}}

==Worsley Mesnes ward==

{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2015: Worsley Mesnes}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Billy Rotherham|votes=3,039|percentage=59.4|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=UKIP|candidate=Maureen McCoy|votes=1,332|percentage=26.0|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Stephen Gerard Holt|votes=566|percentage=11.1|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Norma Stout|votes=182|percentage=3.6|change=}}

{{Election box majority||votes=1,707|percentage=33.4|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=5,119|percentage=|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 2015: Aspull, New Springs and Whelley}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Chris Ready

|votes = 3,534

|percentage = 55.3

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = Mark Andrew Bradley

|votes = 1,416

|percentage = 22.2

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Jane Surples

|votes = 1,282

|percentage = 20.1

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Left Unity (UK)

|candidate = John Stuart Bolton

|votes = 156

|percentage = 2.4

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 2,118

|percentage = 33.2

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 6,388

|percentage = 63.3

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

==Douglas ward==

{{Election box begin | title= Local Elections 2015: Douglas}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Michael Anthony Dewhurst

|votes = 3,145

|percentage = 64.2

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = Derek Wilkes

|votes = 1,130

|percentage = 23.1

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Margaret Atherton

|votes = 525

|percentage = 10.7

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Left Unity (UK)

|candidate = Adele Joanne Andrews

|votes = 98

|percentage = 2.0

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 2,015

|percentage = 41.1

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 4,898

|percentage = 50.2

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

==Ince ward==

{{Election box begin | title= Local Elections 2015: Ince}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Janice Sharratt

|votes = 2,937

|percentage = 64.1

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = Ross Allan Wright

|votes = 1,192

|percentage = 26.0

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Callum Chadwick

|votes = 352

|percentage = 7.7

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Left Unity (UK)

|candidate = Janet Elizabeth Phillips

|votes = 100

|percentage = 2.2

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,745

|percentage = 38.1

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 4,581

|percentage = 50.6

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

==Pemberton ward==

{{Election box begin | title= Local Elections 2015: Pemberton}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Sam Marc Murphy

|votes = 3,154

|percentage = 62.9

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = Daniel Stephen Wood

|votes = 1,099

|percentage = 21.9

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Claire Houlton

|votes = 547

|percentage = 10.9

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Will Patterson

|votes = 212

|percentage = 4.2

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 2,055

|percentage = 41.0

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 5,012

|percentage = 50.6

|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 2015: Shevington with Lower Ground}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Paul Anthony Collins

|votes = 2,717

|percentage = 43.5

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = David Ollerton

|votes = 1,661

|percentage = 26.6

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = Arnold Jefferson Foster

|votes = 1,439

|percentage = 23.1

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Joseph Rylance

|votes = 426

|percentage = 6.8

|change =

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,056

|percentage = 16.9

|change =

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 6,243

|percentage = 67.5

|change =

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

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{{Election box end}}

==Standish with Langtree ward==

{{Election box begin | title= Local Elections 2015: Standish with Langtree}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Standish Independents

|candidate = George Allan Fairhurst

|votes = 1,999

|percentage = 30.3

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Ray Whittingham

|votes = 1,848

|percentage = 28.0

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Debbie Parkinson

|votes = 1,735

|percentage = 26.3

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = Emma Josephine Appleton

|votes = 923

|percentage = 14.0

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition

|candidate = Sharon Holden

|votes = 99

|percentage = 1.4

|change =

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 151

|percentage = 2.3

|change =

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 6,604

|percentage = 68.0

|change =

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{{Election box hold|

|winner = Standish Independents

|swing =

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{{Election box end}}

==Wigan Central ward==

{{Election box begin | title= Local Elections 2015: Wigan Central}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Michael McLoughlin

|votes = 2,783

|percentage = 46.9

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Jean Margaret Peet

|votes = 1,391

|percentage = 23.4

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = Keith Robert Jones

|votes = 1,228

|percentage = 20.7

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Damien Hendry

|votes = 443

|percentage = 7.5

|change =

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{{Election box candidate|

|party = Independent

|candidate = Brian Parr

|votes = 90

|percentage = 1.5

|change =

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,392

|percentage = 23.5

|change =

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 5,935

|percentage = 63.8

|change =

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

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{{Election box end}}

==Wigan West ward==

{{Election box begin | title= Local Elections 2015: Wigan West}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Steve Dawber

|votes = 3,500

|percentage = 62.1

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = Janet Markland

|votes = 1,203

|percentage = 21.3

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Jamie Vickery

|votes = 727

|percentage = 12.9

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Left Unity (UK)

|candidate = Hazel Elizabeth Duffy

|votes = 207

|percentage = 3.7

|change =

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 2,297

|percentage = 40.7

|change =

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 5,637

|percentage = 57.5

|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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{{United Kingdom local elections, 2015}}

{{Greater Manchester elections}}

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Category:May 2015 in the United Kingdom

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Category:2010s in Greater Manchester