1996 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election
Ward results

1996 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

Section Title: Ward results
Table Section Text: None

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±

Liberal Democrat	J. McGarty	1,445	48.8	+14.6

Labour	J. Dewey	1,411	47.7	14.2

Conservative	J. Cartwright	103	3.5	0.4

Majority	34	1.1	26.5

Turnout	2,959	33.7	+2.1

Liberal Democrat hold	Swing	+14.4

Sentence(s)

In the 1996 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election, they had a swing of 14.4% with a 34 vote majority.

final_sentence: In the 1996 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election, they had a swing of 14.4% with a 34 vote majority.