2019 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

{{Short description|English local election}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}

{{Use British English|date=April 2018}}

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 2019 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

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

| type = parliamentary

| previous_election = Wigan_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_election,_2018

| previous_year = 2018

| next_election = Wigan_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_election,_2021

| next_year = 2021

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

| election_date = 2 May 2019

| majority_seats = 38

| image1 = File:David Molyneux.jpg

| leader1 = {{nowrap|David Molyneux}}

| leader_since1 = {{nowrap|15 May 2018}}

| leaders_seat1 = {{nowrap|Ince}}

| party1 = Labour Party (UK)

| seats_before1 = 60

| seats_after1 = 57

| seat_change1 = {{decrease}}3

| swing1 =

| image2 = File:Michael winstanley.jpg

| leader2 = {{nowrap|Michael Winstanley}}

| leader_since2 = {{nowrap|11 May 2016}}

| leaders_seat2 = {{nowrap|Orrell}}

| party2 = Conservative Party (UK)

| seats_before2 = 7

| seats_after2 = 8

| seat_change2 = {{increase}}1

| swing2 =

| map_image = Wigan_UK_local_election_2019_map.svg

| map_caption = 2019 local election results in Wigan.

{{legend|#dc241f|Labour}}

{{legend|#0087dc|Conservative}}

{{legend|#9d9d9d|Independent Network}}

{{legend|#cc0000|Labour and Co-op}}

{{legend|#dddddd|Independent}}

}}

The 2019 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on Thursday 2 May 2019 to elect members of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council in England.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wigan.gov.uk/council/voting-and-elections/elections.aspx|title=Elections|website=Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council|access-date=2018-08-19}} This was on the same day as other local elections.

Overview

Prior to the election, the composition of the council was:{{Cite web|url=http://democracy.wigan.gov.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx?FN=GROUPING&VW=LIST&PIC=0&a=1|title=Your Councillors|last=Council|first=Wigan Metropolitan Borough|date=2007-05-09|access-date=2018-08-19}}

After the election, the composition of the council was:{{Cite web|url=https://apps.wigan.gov.uk/ElectionResults/index.asp?ElectionDate=02+May+2019|title=Election Results 02 May 2019|publisher=Wigan Council|access-date=11 May 2021}}

class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"

|+Number of Candidates fielded per party

!Party

!Number of Candidates

Labour Party (UK)

|25

Conservative Party (UK)

|25

UKIP

|21

Independents

|15

Liberal Democrats (UK)

|13

Green Party of England and Wales

|6

Leigh, Atherton & Tyldesley Together

|4

=Results summary=

{{Election summary partial council net begin|title = 2019 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election}}

{{Election summary partial council net party|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|seats = 20

|net = {{decrease}}3

|seats % = 80

|other seats = 37

|total seats = 57

|total seats % = 76

|votes = 26,465

|votes % = 41.4

|plus/minus = {{decrease}} 9.0

}}

{{Election summary partial council net party|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|seats = 2

|net = {{increase}}1

|seats % = 8

|other seats = 6

|total seats = 8

|total seats % = 10.7

|votes = 10,782

|votes % = 16.9

|plus/minus = {{decrease}} 2.4

}}

{{Election summary partial council net party|

|party = Independent politician

|seats = 3

|net = {{increase}}2

|seats % = 12

|other seats = 7

|total seats = 10

|total seats % = 13.3

|votes = 12,336

|votes % = 19.3

|plus/minus = {{increase}} 14.0

}}

{{Election summary partial council net party|

|party = UKIP

|seats = 0

|net = {{nochange}}

|seats % = 0

|other seats = 0

|total seats = 0

|total seats % = 0

|votes = 9,199

|votes % = 14.4

|plus/minus = {{decrease}} 6.6

}}

{{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 = 2,468

|votes % = 3.9

|plus/minus = {{increase}} 3.4

}}

{{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 = 1,571

|votes % = 2.5

|plus/minus = {{increase}} 0.5

}}

{{Election summary partial council net|

|party = Leigh, Altherton & Tyldesley Together

|seats = 0

|net = {{nochange}}

|seats % = 0

|other seats = 0

|total seats = 0

|total seats % = 0

|votes = 1,154

|votes % = 1.8

|plus/minus = New

}}

{{Election box end}}

Results

= Bolton West constituency =

==Atherton ward==

{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2019: Atherton}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=James Paul Watson|votes=1,826|percentage=54.9|change= New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=David Keir Stitt|votes=708|percentage=21.3|change={{decrease}} 18.6}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=United Kingdom Independence Party|candidate=Glenn Marsh|votes=311|percentage=9.3|change={{decrease}} 5.8}}

{{Election box candidate||party=Leigh, Atherton & Tyldesley Together|candidate=Quinton John Smith|votes=311|percentage=9.3|change= New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Marjorie Clayton|votes=171|percentage=5.1|change={{decrease}} 7.4}}

{{Election box majority||votes=1,118|percentage=33.6|change=N/A}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=3,327|percentage=30.6|change=}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Independent politician

|loser = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

= Leigh constituency =

==Astley Mosley Common ward==

{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2019: Astley Mosley Common}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Christine Lilian Roberts|votes=1,205|percentage=47.1|change= {{increase}} 4.9}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Richard Alan Short|votes=715|percentage=28.0|change={{decrease}} 2.7}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=United Kingdom Independence Party|candidate=Allan Hogg|votes=637|percentage=24.9|change={{increase}} 2.7}}

{{Election box majority||votes=490|percentage=19.1|change={{increase}} 7.6}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=2,557|percentage=27.0|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|loser =

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

==Atherleigh ward==

{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2019: Atherleigh}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Mark Aldred|votes=821|percentage=39.7|change={{decrease}} 8.5}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Kevin John Lee|votes=547|percentage=26.4|change= New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=United Kingdom Independence Party|candidate=Mary Therese Lavelle|votes=354|percentage=17.1|change={{decrease}} 3.9}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Paul Lambert Fairhurst|votes=211|percentage=10.2|change={{decrease}} 7.7}}

{{Election box candidate||party=Leigh, Atherton & Tyldesley Together|candidate=Susan Ann Davies|votes=135|percentage=6.5|change=New}}

{{Election box majority||votes=274|percentage=13.3|change={{decrease}} 13.9}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=2,068|percentage=24.8|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|loser =

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

==Golborne and Lowton West ward==

{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2019: Golborne and Lowton West}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Gena Merrett|votes=1,011|percentage=45.7|change={{decrease}} 14.8}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Susan Jillian Spibey|votes=568|percentage=25.7|change=New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=United Kingdom Independence Party|candidate=Stuart Kevin Blakeley|votes=420|percentage=19.0|change={{decrease}} 0.3}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Gerard Joseph Houlton|votes=211|percentage=9.5|change={{decrease}} 6.3}}

{{Election box majority||votes=443|percentage=20.0|change={{decrease}} 21.2}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=2,210|percentage=25.0|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|loser =

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

==Leigh East ward==

{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2019: Leigh East}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Anita Thorpe|votes=995|percentage=45.9|change={{decrease}} 12.4}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=United Kingdom Independence Party|candidate=Aiden Jay Slack|votes=392|percentage=18.1|change={{decrease}} 3.4}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Richard Byrom Houlton|votes=298|percentage=13.8|change={{decrease}} 3.8}}

{{Election box candidate||party=Leigh, Atherton & Tyldesley Together|candidate=James Edward Morley|votes=296|percentage=13.7|change=New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=John Dowsett|votes=185|percentage=8.5|change=New}}

{{Election box majority||votes=603|percentage=27.8|change={{decrease}} 9.0}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=2,166|percentage=24.0|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|loser =

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

==Leigh South ward==

{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2019: Leigh South}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=John David O'Brien|votes=1,378|percentage=46.7|change={{decrease}} 4.6}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Connor Jack Short|votes=844|percentage=28.6|change={{increase}} 6.5}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=United Kingdom Independence Party|candidate=Leon Adam Peters|votes=729|percentage=24.7|change={{decrease}} 0.1}}

{{Election box majority||votes=534|percentage=18.1|change={{decrease}} 8.4}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=2,951|percentage=28.6|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|loser =

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

==Leigh West ward==

{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2019: Leigh West}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Dane Kevan Anderton|votes=1,049|percentage=43.2|change={{decrease}} 13.5}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=United Kingdom Independence Party|candidate=Brian Aspinall|votes=613|percentage=25.2|change={{decrease}} 1.0}}

{{Election box candidate||party=Leigh, Atherton & Tyldesley Together|candidate=Jayson Michael Allan Lomax-Hargreaves|votes=412|percentage=16.9|change=New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Denise Alison Young|votes=196|percentage=8.1|change={{decrease}} 3.8}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Natalie Smalley|votes=161|percentage=6.6|change=New}}

{{Election box majority||votes=436|percentage=18.0|change={{decrease}} 12.5}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=2,431|percentage=23.1|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

==Lowton East ward==

{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2019: Lowton East}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Kathleen Houlton|votes=2,111|percentage=60.8|change={{increase}} 10.5}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Gary Peter Lloyd|votes=986|percentage=28.4|change={{decrease}} 11.8}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=United Kingdom Independence Party|candidate=Mary Patricia Houghton|votes=377|percentage=10.9|change=New}}

{{Election box majority||votes=1,125|percentage=32.4|change={{increase}} 22.3}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=3,474|percentage=36.1|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

==Tyldesley ward==

{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2019: Tyldesley}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Stephen John Hellier|votes=1,037|percentage=38.0|change={{decrease}} 7.2}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Julian David Marsh|votes=887|percentage=32.5|change=New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=United Kingdom Independence Party|candidate=Kerry Anne Ford|votes=473|percentage=17.3|change={{decrease}} 7.6}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=David John Stirzaker|votes=334|percentage=12.2|change={{decrease}} 7.3}}

{{Election box majority||votes= 150|percentage=5.5 |change={{decrease}} 14.8}}

{{Election box turnout||votes= 2,731|percentage= 26.6|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 2019: Abram}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Eunice Smethurst|votes=1,117|percentage=45.2|change={{decrease}} 13.8}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=David William Bowker|votes=633|percentage=25.6|change= New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=United Kingdom Independence Party|candidate=Frank Swift|votes=387|percentage=15.7|change={{decrease}} 12.7}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Beverley Anne Bridgwater|votes=334|percentage=13.5|change={{increase}} 1.5}}

{{Election box majority||votes=484|percentage=19.6|change={{decrease}} 11.0}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=2,471|percentage=23.7|change=}}

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

{{Election box end}}

==Ashton ward==

{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2019: Ashton}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Jenny Bullen|votes=1,038|percentage=39.0|change={{decrease}} 10.0}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Michael Moulding|votes=1,003|percentage=37.7|change=New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=United Kingdom Independence Party|candidate=Mark Michael Temperton|votes=306|percentage=11.5|change={{decrease}} 5.5}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Marie Winstanley|votes=212|percentage=8.0|change={{decrease}} 6.9}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Geoffrey Stephen Matthews|votes=101|percentage=3.8|change=New}}

{{Election box majority|votes=35|percentage=1.3|change={{decrease}} 30.7}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=2,660|percentage=30.1|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|loser =

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

==Bryn ward==

{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2019: Bryn}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Sylvia Wilkinson|votes=1,147|percentage=42.2|change=New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Danny Fletcher|votes=1,072|percentage=39.4|change={{nochange}}}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=United Kingdom Independence Party|candidate=Philip John Hayden|votes=284|percentage=10.4|change={{decrease}} 6.2}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Margaret Mary Winstanley|votes=131|percentage=4.8|change={{decrease}} 1.8}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Denise Melling|votes=84|percentage=3.1|change=New}}

{{Election box majority||votes=75|percentage=2.8|change=N/A}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=2,718|percentage=31.0|change=}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Independent politician

|loser = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

==Hindley ward==

{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2019: Hindley}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Jim Ellis|votes=1,273|percentage=50.7|change=New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Jim Churton|votes=854|percentage=34.0|change={{decrease}} 20.7}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Neil Hancox|votes=178|percentage=7.1|change=New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Claire Houlton|votes=135|percentage=5.4|change={{decrease}} 7.7}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=John Charles Skipworth|votes=70|percentage=2.8|change={{decrease}} 2.6}}

{{Election box majority||votes=419|percentage=16.7|change=N/A}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=2,510|percentage=26.2|change=}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Independent politician

|loser = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

==Hindley Green ward==

{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2019: Hindley Green}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=John Melville Vickers|votes=905|percentage=39.7|change={{decrease}} 15.5}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Deborah Louise Lloyd|votes=770|percentage=33.8|change=New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=United Kingdom Independence Party|candidate=Gillian Mary Gibson|votes=370|percentage=16.2|change={{decrease}} 13.3}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Susan Atherton|votes=156|percentage=6.8|change={{decrease}} 8.5}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Joshua Michael Hindle|votes=79|percentage=3.5|change=New}}

{{Election box majority||votes=135|percentage=5.9|change={{decrease}} 19.8}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=2,280|percentage=26.7|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|loser =

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

==Orrell ward==

{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2019: Orrell}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Steven Lyn Evans|votes=1,096|percentage=39.8|change={{increase}} 4.3}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Stephen Murphy|votes=1,023|percentage=37.2|change={{decrease}} 7.1}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Denise Margaret Capstick|votes=318|percentage=11.6|change=New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Donald McQueen|votes=314|percentage=11.4|change={{increase}} 6.3}}

{{Election box majority||votes=73|percentage=2.6|change=N/A}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=2,751|percentage=29.3|change=}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

== Winstanley ward ==

{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2019: Winstanley}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Marie Teresa Morgan|votes=1,017|percentage=42.2|change={{decrease}} 6.8}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=United Kingdom Independence Party|candidate=Scott Sheedy|votes=497|percentage=20.6|change={{decrease}} 3.7}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Allan Atherton|votes=333|percentage=13.8|change={{decrease}} 6.2}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Steven Charles Heyes|votes=319|percentage=13.2|change={{increase}} 6.5}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Robert Duncan Stevenson|votes=242|percentage=10.0|change=New}}

{{Election box majority||votes=520|percentage=21.6|change={{decrease}} 3.1}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=2,408|percentage=26.6|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|loser =

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

==Worsley Mesnes ward==

{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2019: Worsley Mesnes}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Billy Rotheram|votes=1,076|percentage=46.1|change={{decrease}} 13.3}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Clifford Oakley|votes=713|percentage=30.5|change=New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=United Kingdom Independence Party|candidate=Maureen Ann McCoy|votes=383|percentage=16.4|change={{decrease}} 9.6}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Mikah Robyn Evans|votes=163|percentage=7.0|change={{decrease}} 4.1}}

{{Election box majority||votes=363|percentage=15.6|change={{decrease}} 17.8}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=2,335|percentage=25.8|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|loser =

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

= Wigan constituency =

==Aspull, New Springs and Whelley ward==

{{Election box begin | title= Local Elections 2019: Aspull, New Springs and Whelley}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Christopher Ready|votes=1,578|percentage=60.9|change={{increase}} 5.6}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Nathan Andrew Sweeney|votes=526|percentage=20.3|change={{increase}} 0.2}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Andrew Julian Lee Holland|votes=489|percentage=18.9|change=New}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,052

|percentage = 40.6

|change ={{increase}} 7.4

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 2,593

|percentage = 27.1

|change = {{decrease}} 36.2

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

==Douglas ward==

{{Election box begin | title= Local Elections 2019: Douglas}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Sheila Rosaleen Ramsdale

|votes = 994

|percentage = 47.7

|change = {{decrease}} 16.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = United Kingdom Independence Party

|candidate = Dalila Garcia Fearn

|votes = 417

|percentage = 20.0

|change = {{decrease}} 3.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = John Blondel

|votes = 384

|percentage = 18.4

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Peter Ernest Jacobs

|votes = 165

|percentage = 7.9

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Margaret Atherton

|votes = 125

|percentage = 6.0

|change = {{decrease}} 4.7

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 577

|percentage = 27.7

|change = {{decrease}} 13.7

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 2,085

|percentage = 21.8

|change = {{decrease}} 28.4

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

==Ince ward==

{{Election box begin | title= Local Elections 2019: Ince}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Janice Sharratt

|votes = 992

|percentage = 51.3

|change = {{decrease}} 12.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = United Kingdom Independence Party

|candidate = Nathan Paul McIntyre

|votes = 450

|percentage = 23.3

|change = {{decrease}} 2.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Jimmy O'Neill

|votes = 370

|percentage = 19.1

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Grace Elizabeth Aspey

|votes = 123

|percentage = 6.4

|change = {{decrease}} 1.3

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 542

|percentage = 28.0

|change = {{decrease}} 10.1

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 1,935

|percentage = 22.0

|change = {{decrease}} 28.6

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

==Pemberton ward==

{{Election box begin | title= Local Elections 2019: Pemberton}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Eileen Winifred Rigby

|votes = 1,127

|percentage = 54.7

|change = {{decrease}} 8.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = United Kingdom Independence Party

|candidate = Craig Alan Buckley

|votes = 577

|percentage = 28.0

|change = {{increase}} 6.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Jean Margaret Peet

|votes = 202

|percentage = 9.8

|change = {{decrease}} 1.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = David John Burley

|votes = 154

|percentage = 7.5

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 550

|percentage = 26.7

|change = {{decrease}} 14.3

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 2,060

|percentage = 21.5

|change = {{decrease}} 29.1

}}

{{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 2019: Shevington with Lower Ground}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Paul Anthony Collins

|votes = 988

|percentage = 34.1

|change = {{decrease}} 9.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Gareth William Fairhurst

|votes = 895

|percentage = 30.9

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Michael Colin Owens

|votes = 356

|percentage = 12.3

|change = {{decrease}} 14.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Joseph Robert Rylance

|votes = 336

|percentage = 11.6

|change = {{increase}} 4.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = United Kingdom Independence Party

|candidate = Derek Wilkes

|votes = 324

|percentage = 11.2

|change = {{decrease}} 11.9

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 93

|percentage = 3.2

|change = {{decrease}} 13.7

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 2,899

|percentage = 31.3

|change = {{decrease}} 36.2

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

==Standish with Langtree ward==

{{Election box begin | title= Local Elections 2019: Standish with Langtree}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Debbie Parkinson

|votes = 1,038

|percentage = 31.6

|change = {{increase}} 5.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Judith Atherton

|votes = 946

|percentage = 28.8

|change = {{increase}} 0.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = George Allan Fairhurst

|votes = 774

|percentage = 23.6

|change = {{decrease}} 6.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = United Kingdom Independence Party

|candidate = Carl Davies

|votes = 354

|percentage = 10.8

|change = {{decrease}} 3.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Neil Duncan Stevenson

|votes = 174

|percentage = 5.3

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 92

|percentage = 2.8

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 3,286

|percentage = 32.5

|change = {{decrease}} 35.5

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

| winner = Labour Party (UK)

| loser = Standish Independents

| swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

==Wigan Central ward==

{{Election box begin | title= Local Elections 2019: Wigan Central}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Michael McLoughlin

|votes = 1,222

|percentage = 45.1

|change = {{decrease}} 1.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Lewis Evans

|votes = 672

|percentage = 24.8

|change = {{increase}} 1.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Tony Spencer

|votes = 546

|percentage = 20.2

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Stuart Thomas

|votes = 268

|percentage = 9.9

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 550

|percentage = 20.3

|change = {{decrease}} 3.2

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 2,708

|percentage = 29.4

|change = {{decrease}} 34.4

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

==Wigan West ward==

{{Election box begin | title= Local Elections 2019: Wigan West}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Steve Dawber

|votes = 1,234

|percentage = 52.8

|change = {{decrease}} 9.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = United Kingdom Independence Party

|candidate = Nathan Ryding

|votes = 544

|percentage = 23.3

|change = {{increase}} 2.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = William Patterson

|votes = 233

|percentage = 10.0

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Yamini Gupta

|votes = 181

|percentage = 7.8

|change = {{decrease}} 5.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Caroline Waddicor

|votes = 143

|percentage = 6.1

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 690

|percentage = 29.5

|change = {{decrease}} 11.2

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 2,335

|percentage = 24.6

|change = {{decrease}} 32.9

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

References

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{{United Kingdom local elections, 2019}}

{{Greater Manchester elections}}

Wigan

2019

Category:2010s in Greater Manchester

Category:May 2019 in the United Kingdom