2016 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election
{{Short description|2016 local election in England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2016}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2016 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election
| country =
| flag_image = Coat of arms of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council.png
| type =
| ongoing =
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| previous_election = Wigan_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_election,_2015
| previous_year = 2015
| next_election = Wigan_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_election,_2018
| next_year = 2018
| seats_for_election =
| election_date = 5 May 2016
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| leader1 = Jeremy Corbyn
| leader_since1 = 12 September 2015
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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_2016_map.svg
| map_size = 300px
| map_caption = 2016 local election results in Wigan.
{{legend|#0087dc|Conservative}}
{{legend|#dc241f|Labour}}
{{legend|#cc0000|Labour and Co-operative}}
{{legend|#9d9d9d|Independent Network}}
{{legend|#dddddd|Independent}}
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The 2016 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council in England.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-35813119 |title=Guide to May 2016 elections in Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland |access-date=21 April 2016 |work=BBC News}} This was on the same day as other local elections.
Overview
Prior to the election, the composition of the council was:{{cite news | url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/local-elections-2016-results-wigan-11291918 | title=Wigan local election results 2016 - who won in Wigan? | date=6 May 2016 | first=Charlotte | last=Cox | newspaper=Manchester Evening News | access-date=22 October 2018 }}
- Labour Party: 64
- Conservative Party: 3
- Wigan Independents: 3
- Independent: 5
After the election, the composition of the council was:{{cite news | url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/local-elections-2016-results-wigan-11291918 | title=Wigan local election results 2016 - who won in Wigan? | date=6 May 2016 | first=Charlotte | last=Cox | newspaper=Manchester Evening News | access-date=22 October 2018 }}
- Labour Party: 65
- Conservative Party: 5
- Wigan Independents: 2
- Independent: 3
| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|+Number of Candidates fielded per party !Party !Number of Candidates |
| Labour Party (UK)
|25 |
| Conservative Party (UK)
|25 |
| UK Independence Party
|18 |
| Green Party of England and Wales
|9 |
| Liberal Democrats (UK)
|7 |
| Independents
|7 |
| Wigan Independents
|3 |
| TUSC
|1 |
=Results summary=
{{Election summary partial council net begin|title = 2016 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|seats = 19
|net = {{increase}} 1
|seats % = 76
|other seats = 46
|total seats = 65
|total seats % = 86.7
|votes = 35,513
|votes % = 49.8
|plus/minus =
}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|seats = 3
|net = {{increase}} 2
|seats % = 12
|other seats = 2
|total seats = 5
|total seats % = 6.7
|votes = 12,118
|votes % = 17.0
|plus/minus =
}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Independent politician
|seats = 3
|net = {{decrease}} 1
|seats % = 12
|other seats = 0
|total seats = 3
|total seats % = 4
|votes = 7,279
|votes % = 10.2
|plus/minus =
}}
{{Election summary partial council net|
|party = Wigan Independents
|seats = 0
|net = {{decrease}} 1
|seats % = 0
|other seats = 2
|total seats = 2
|total seats % = 2.7
|votes = 2,097
|votes % = 2.9
|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 = 11,833
|votes % = 16.6
|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 = 1,247
|votes % = 1.7
|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 = 1,154
|votes % = 1.6
|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 = 54
|votes % = 0.1
|plus/minus =
}}
{{Election box end}}
Results
= Bolton West constituency =
==Atherton ward==
{{Election box begin | title=Atherton}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party= Independent (politician)|candidate= Jamie Hodgkinson|votes=1,838 |percentage=51.3|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Elnur Yusifzade|votes=969|percentage=27.0|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=UKIP|candidate=Quinton John Smith|votes=567|percentage=15.8|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Brian Howard Lobell|votes=209|percentage=5.8|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=869|percentage=24.3|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=3,583|percentage=34.2|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Independent (politician)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
= Leigh constituency =
==Astley Mosley Common ward==
{{Election box begin | title=Astley Mosley Common}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Joanne Marie Platt|votes=1,548|percentage=51.3|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Richard Allan Short|votes=739|percentage=24.5|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=UKIP|candidate=Steve Mills|votes=731|percentage=24.2|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=809|percentage=26.8|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=3,018|percentage=33.0|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Labour Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
==Atherleigh ward==
{{Election box begin | title=Atherleigh}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=John Harding|votes=1,067|percentage=46.4|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)
|candidate= Stuart Andrew Gerrard|votes=533|percentage=23.2|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=UKIP|candidate=Luke Greenhalgh|votes=446|percentage=19.4|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Paul Lambert Fairhurst|votes=207|percentage=9.0|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Lorraine Gillon|votes=49|percentage=2.1|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=534|percentage=23.2|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2,302|percentage=28.2|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner= Labour Party (UK)|swing= }}
{{Election box end}}
==Golborne Lowton West ward==
{{Election box begin | title=Golborne Lowton West}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Yvonne Marie Klieve|votes=1,675|percentage=70.2|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=UKIP|candidate=Peter Graham Kearns|votes=540|percentage=22.6|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Toby Joseph Hewitt|votes=170|percentage=7.1|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=1,135|percentage=47.6|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2,385|percentage=27.8|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Labour Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
==Leigh East ward==
{{Election box begin | title=Leigh East}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Keith Cunliffe|votes=1,513|percentage=67.7|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Richard Byrom Houlton|votes=446|percentage=20.0|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=John Dowsett|votes=275|percentage=12.3|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=1,067|percentage=47.7|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2,234|percentage=25.5|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner= Labour Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
==Leigh South ward==
{{Election box begin | title=Leigh South}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Kevin Anderson|votes=1,773|percentage=55.6|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=UKIP|candidate=Russell Eddison|votes=913|percentage=28.6|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Denise Alison Young|votes=503|percentage=15.8|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=860|percentage=27.0|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=3,189|percentage=31.6|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner= Labour Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
==Leigh West ward==
{{Election box begin | title=Leigh West}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Sue Greensmith|votes=1,610|percentage=60.0|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=UKIP|candidate=Jayson Lomax-Hargreaves|votes=738|percentage=27.5|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Andrew John Oxley|votes=205|percentage=7.6|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Neil Hancox|votes=129|percentage=4.8|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=872|percentage=32.5|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2,682|percentage=26.8|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner= Labour Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
==Lowton East ward==
{{Election box begin | title=Lowton East}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=James Nelson Grundy|votes=2,327|percentage=60.9|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Garry Lloyd|votes=1,110|percentage=29.1|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=UKIP|candidate=Stephen Thomas Darragh|votes=278|percentage=7.3|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Harry John Alderson Snape|votes=104|percentage=2.7|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=1,217|percentage=31.8|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=3,819|percentage=40.3|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Conservative Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
==Tyldesley ward==
{{Election box begin | title=Tyldesley}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Nazia Rehman|votes=1,235|percentage=38.5|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=UKIP|candidate=Matthew Robert James|votes=978|percentage=30.5|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)
|candidate=Norman Alec Bradbury|votes=572|percentage=17.8|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=David John Stirzaker|votes=421|percentage=13.1|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=257|percentage=8.0|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=3,206|percentage=31.7|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=Abram}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Martyn Smethurst|votes=1495|percentage=58.3|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=UKIP|candidate=Jim Carmichael|votes=868|percentage=33.9|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Claire Houlton|votes=201|percentage=7.8|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=627|percentage=24.4|change=}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=2,564|percentage=25.5|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner= Labour Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
==Ashton ward==
{{Election box begin | title=Ashton}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Bill Clarke|votes=1,204|percentage=46.5|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Richard Charles Aylett|votes=616|percentage=23.8|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=United Kingdom Independence Party|candidate=Stuart Thomas Plimley|votes=426|percentage=16.5|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Marie Winstanley|votes=253|percentage=9.8|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Lesley Barbara Brothwood|votes=89|percentage=3.4|change=}}
{{Election box majority|votes=588|percentage=22.7|change=}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=2,588|percentage=29.6|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner= Labour Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
==Bryn ward==
{{Election box begin | title=Bryn}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party= Independent (politician)|candidate=Steve Jones|votes=1200|percentage=41.1|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=David Hurst|votes=1,123|percentage=38.4|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=UKIP|candidate=Thomas Keith Miller|votes=438|percentage=15.0|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Margaret Mary Winstanley|votes=161|percentage=5.5|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=77|percentage=2.7|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2,922|percentage=33.6|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link|winner=Independent politician|loser= Independent politician|swing= }}
{{Election box end}}
==Hindley ward==
{{Election box begin | title=Hindley}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Paul John Blay|votes=1,413|percentage=51.2|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Jim Ellis|votes=1,040|percentage=37.7|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=David Marcus John Ollerton|votes=153|percentage=5.5|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Paul Ravenall|votes=79|percentage=2.9|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=John Skipworth|votes=76|percentage=2.8|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=373|percentage=13.5|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2,761|percentage=29.4|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Independent politician
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
==Hindley Green ward==
{{Election box begin | title=Hindley Green}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Bob Brierley|votes=1480|percentage=57.3|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Eileen Winifred Rigby|votes=820|percentage=31.7|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=John Thomason|votes=159|percentage=6.2|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Gerard Joseph Houlton|votes=126|percentage=4.9|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=660|percentage=25.6|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2,585|percentage=27.4|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Independent (politician)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
==Orrell ward==
{{Election box begin | title=Orrell}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Michael William Winstanley|votes=1410|percentage=43.2|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Joy Susan Bradley|votes=1,333|percentage=40.8|change=}}
{{Election box candidate||party=Orrell Independents|candidate=Paula Lynn Boyham|votes=221|percentage=6.8|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Denise Capstick|votes=190|percentage=5.8|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Louise Catherine Bowe|votes=110|percentage=3.4|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=77|percentage=2.4|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=3,264|percentage=34.9|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link|winner= Conservative Party (UK)|loser= Labour Party (UK)|swing = }}
{{Election box end}}
"Orrell Independents" is a description used by candidates for the Wigan Independents.
== Winstanley ward ==
{{Election box begin | title=Winstanley}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Paul Terence Kenny|votes=1,350|percentage=48.2|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=UKIP|candidate=Andrew Francis Collinson|votes=890|percentage=31.8|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Jean Margaret Peet|votes=334|percentage=11.9|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Steven Charles Heyes|votes=229|percentage=8.2|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=460|percentage=16.4|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2,803|percentage=31.5|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
==Worsley Mesnes ward==
{{Election box begin | title=Worsley Mesnes}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Philip Myles Kelly|votes=1,449|percentage=59.9|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=UKIP|candidate=Maureen McCoy|votes=699|percentage=28.9|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Susan Atherton|votes=221|percentage=9.1|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=800|percentage=31.0|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2,419|percentage=27.7|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=Aspull, New Springs and Whelley}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = John Hilton
|votes = 1,805
|percentage = 52.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Mark Andrew Bradley
|votes = 985
|percentage = 28.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Allan Atherton
|votes = 456
|percentage = 13.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Freda Janet Graham
|votes = 175
|percentage = 5.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 820
|percentage = 24.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,421
|percentage = 35.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
==Douglas ward==
{{Election box begin | title=Douglas}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Patricia Draper
|votes = 1,803
|percentage = 84.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Margaret Atherton
|votes = 340
|percentage = 15.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,463
|percentage = 68.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,143
|percentage = 23.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
==Ince ward==
{{Election box begin | title=Ince}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = David Trevor Molyneux
|votes = 1,545
|percentage = 65.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Stephen Winstanley
|votes = 671
|percentage = 28.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Judith Atherton
|votes = 132
|percentage = 5.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 874
|percentage = 37.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,348
|percentage = 27.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
==Pemberton ward==
{{Election box begin | title=Pemberton}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Jeanette Prescott
|votes = 1,631
|percentage = 69.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Peter Owen Wheatley-Smith
|votes = 502
|percentage = 21.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Daniel Andrew Whitehouse
|votes = 137
|percentage = 5.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Norma Stout
|votes = 93
|percentage = 3.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,129
|percentage = 47.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,363
|percentage = 24.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
==Shevington with Lower Ground ward==
{{Election box begin | title=Shevington with Lower Ground}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Damian Edwardson
|votes = 1,239
|percentage = 40.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Shevington Independents
|candidate = Janet Brown
|votes = 813
|percentage = 26.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Arnold Jefferson Foster
|votes = 584
|percentage = 18.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Jack Joseph Vickery
|votes = 349
|percentage = 11.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Joseph Robert Rylance
|votes = 112
|percentage = 3.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 426
|percentage = 13.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,097
|percentage = 34.2
|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=Standish with Langtree}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Raymond Whittingham
|votes = 1,276
|percentage = 32.4
|change =
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{{Election box candidate|
|party = Standish Independents
|candidate = Gareth William Fairhurst
|votes = 1,063
|percentage = 27.0
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Debbie Parkinson
|votes = 968
|percentage = 24.6
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Ian Adamczyk
|votes = 579
|percentage = 14.7
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
|candidate = Sharon Holden
|votes = 54
|percentage = 1.4
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 213
|percentage = 5.4
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,940
|percentage = 41.4
|change =
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{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Standish Independents
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
"Standish Independents" is a description used by candidates for the Wigan Independents.
==Wigan Central ward==
{{Election box begin | title=Wigan Central}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Lawrence Hunt
|votes = 1,745
|percentage = 55.9
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Susan Vickery
|votes = 845
|percentage = 27.1
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = William John Patterson
|votes = 311
|percentage = 10.0
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Stuart David Thomas
|votes = 221
|percentage = 7.0
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 900
|percentage = 28.8
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,122
|percentage = 34.7
|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=Wigan West}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Terence William Halliwell
|votes = 2,090
|percentage = 80.8
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Jamie Vickery
|votes = 497
|percentage = 19.2
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,593
|percentage = 61.6
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,587
|percentage = 27.9
|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 2016 and 2018
=Astley Mosley Common ward=
{{Election box begin | title= Astley Mosley Common, 19 October 2017{{cite web|title=Elections result 19 October 2017|url=https://www.wigan.gov.uk/Docs/PDF/Council/Voting-and-Elections/Declaration-of-result-of-Poll-Astley-Mosley-Common.pdf|publisher=Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council|access-date=28 December 2017}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Paula Anne Wakefield
|votes = 773
|percentage = 46.0
|change = {{decrease}} 5.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = David John Stirzaker
|votes = 604
|percentage = 35.9
|change = {{increase}} 11.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Allan Hogg
|votes = 185
|percentage = 11.0
|change = {{decrease}} 13.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Stuart David Thomas
|votes = 73
|percentage = 4.3
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Andy Prentice
|votes = 46
|percentage = 2.7
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 169
|percentage = 10.1
|change = {{decrease}} 16.7
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,681
|percentage = 17.5
|change = {{decrease}} 15.5
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Shevington with Lower Ground ward=
{{Election box begin | title= Shevington with Lower Ground, 14 December 2017{{cite web|title=Elections result 14 December 2017|url=https://www.wigan.gov.uk/Docs/PDF/Council/Voting-and-Elections/Declaration-of-Result-of-Poll-Shevington-with-Lower-Ground-Ward.pdf|publisher=Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council|access-date=28 December 2017}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Marlaine Teresa Whitham
|votes = 765
|percentage = 43.4
|change = {{increase}} 3.4
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Shevington Independents
|candidate = Janet Brown
|votes = 552
|percentage = 31.3
|change = {{increase}} 5.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Callum David Owen Chadwick
|votes = 402
|percentage = 22.8
|change = {{increase}} 11.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Joseph Robert Rylance
|votes = 30
|percentage = 1.7
|change = {{decrease}} 1.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Joshua Michael Hindle
|votes = 15
|percentage = 0.9
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 213
|percentage = 12.1
|change = {{decrease}} 1.6
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,764
|percentage = 18.7
|change = {{decrease}} 15.5
}}
{{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.
References
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External links
- [https://apps.wigan.gov.uk/electionResults/index.asp?ElectionDate=05+May+2016 Election results by ward]
{{Greater Manchester elections}}