# 2014 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2014 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

## Overview

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

2014 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election :
| Party | Party | This election | This election | This election | Full council | Full council | Full council | This election | This election | This election |
| Party | Party | Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− |
| | Labour | 23 | 1 | 92 | 39 | 62 | 82.7 | 36,065 | 51.1 | |
| | Conservative | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2.7 | 11,722 | 16.6 | |
| | Wigan Independents | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2,340 | 3.3 | |
| | Independent | 0 | | 0 | 8 | 8 | 10.7 | 5,252 | 7.4 | |
| | UKIP | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11,327 | 16.0 | |
| | Community Action | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,590 | 2.3 | |
| | Left Unity | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 796 | 1.1 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 693 | 1.0 | |
| | Green | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 574 | 0.8 | |
| | BNP | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 134 | 0.2 | |
| | Wigan Real Labour | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 0.1 | |
| | TUSC | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 0.1 | |

## Results
### Bolton West Constituency
#### Atherton ward

Local Elections 2014: Atherton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Karen Joyce Aldred | 1,494 | 48.1 |
| | Independent | John Trevor Higson | 1,106 | 35.6 |
| | Conservative | Paul Fairhurst | 374 | 12.1 |
| | Left Unity | Craig Anthony Wilson | 129 | 4.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 388 | 12.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,103 | 27.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Leigh Constituency
#### Astley Mosley Common ward

Local Elections 2014: Astley Mosley Common :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Barry John Taylor | 1,812 | 67.6 |
| | Conservative | Nasri Barghothi | 867 | 32.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 945 | 35.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,679 | 28.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

#### Atherleigh ward

Local Elections 2014: Atherleigh :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Pamela Stuart | 1,152 | 49.5 |
| | Independent | Stuart Andrew Gerrard | 750 | 32.2 |
| | Conservative | Denise Young | 339 | 14.6 |
| | Left Unity | Stephen Michael Hall | 85 | 3.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 402 | 17.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,326 | 26.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

#### Golborne and Lowton West ward

Local Elections 2014: Golborne and Lowton West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Richard Andrew Barber | 1,596 | 65.0 |
| | Community Action | Abbey Aspey | 456 | 18.6 |
| | Conservative | Kathleen Houlton | 403 | 16.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,140 | 46.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,455 | 27.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

#### Leigh East ward

Local Elections 2014: Leigh East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Frederick Brown Walker | 1,633 | 70.9 |
| | Conservative | Ian Aspinall | 671 | 29.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 962 | 41.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,304 | 24.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

#### Leigh South ward

Local Elections 2014: Leigh South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Charles Rigby | 1,955 | 65.5 |
| | Conservative | Richard Alan Short | 1,032 | 34.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 923 | 31.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,987 | 28.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

#### Leigh West ward

Local Elections 2014: Leigh West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Peter Richard Charles Smith | 2,005 | 75.3 |
| | Conservative | Andrew John Oxley | 658 | 24.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,347 | 50.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,663 | 24.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

#### Lowton East ward

Local Elections 2014: Lowton East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Edward Noel Houlton | 1,603 | 46.2 |
| | Labour | Eleanor Mary Blackburn | 1,137 | 32.7 |
| | UKIP | Sandra Margaret Atherton | 589 | 17.0 |
| | Community Action | Sophie Aspey | 144 | 4.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 466 | 13.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,473 | 35.1 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |

#### Tyldesley ward

Local Elections 2014: Tyldesley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Joanne Marshall | 1,821 | 65.6 |
| | Conservative | Margaret Mary Winstanley | 551 | 19.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Charles Skipworth | 404 | 14.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,270 | 45.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,776 | 26.4 |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |

### Makerfield Constituency
#### Abram ward

Local Elections 2014: Abram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Carl Sweeney | 1,580 | 57.4 |
| | UKIP | Janet Markland | 760 | 27.6 |
| | Conservative | Joseph Sheedy | 180 | 6.5 |
| | BNP | Dennis Shambley | 134 | 4.9 |
| | Community Action | Susan Brown | 101 | 3.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 820 | 29.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,755 | 24.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

#### Ashton ward

Local Elections 2014: Ashton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Nigel Dennis Ash | 1,144 | 42.3 |
| | UKIP | John Stuart Littler | 591 | 21.9 |
| | Independent | Peter Merry | 403 | 14.9 |
| | Community Action | Michael Moulding | 395 | 14.6 |
| | Conservative | Marie Winstanley | 170 | 6.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 553 | 20.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,703 | 29.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

#### Bryn ward

Local Elections 2014: Bryn :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Margaret Ann Rampling | 1,190 | 40.2 |
| | UKIP | Stephen Jones | 724 | 24.5 |
| | Independent | Brian Merry | 625 | 21.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Catherine Aspey | 289 | 9.8 |
| | Conservative | Susan Atherton | 131 | 4.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 466 | 15.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,959 | 31.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

#### Hindley ward

Local Elections 2014: Hindley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | James Talbot | 1,418 | 53.1 |
| | Independent | Brian Leslie Ellis | 913 | 34.2 |
| | Conservative | Gerald Joseph Houlton | 263 | 9.8 |
| | Left Unity | Ian Heyes | 78 | 2.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 505 | 18.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,672 | 26.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

#### Hindley Green ward

Local Elections 2014: Hindley Green :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | David Keir Stitt | 1,145 | 43.9 |
| | Independent | John Melville Vickers | 908 | 34.8 |
| | Community Action | Kieron Creegan | 325 | 12.5 |
| | Conservative | Stephen Gerrard Holt | 231 | 8.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 237 | 9.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,609 | 29.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

#### Orrell ward

Local Elections 2014: Orrell :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | David John Arrowsmith | 1,102 | 34.9 |
| | Conservative | Michael William Winstanley | 1,031 | 32.6 |
| | UKIP | Philip Easton | 818 | 25.9 |
| | Green | Norma Stout | 210 | 6.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 71 | 2.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,161 | 33.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

#### Winstanley ward

Local Elections 2014: Winstanley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Clive William Morgan | 1,177 | 44.1 |
| | UKIP | Andrew Collinson | 874 | 32.7 |
| | Conservative | Allan Atherton | 263 | 9.8 |
| | Green | Steven Charles Heyes | 208 | 7.8 |
| | Community Action | Lee Aspey | 149 | 5.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 303 | 11.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,671 | 29.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

#### Worsley Mesnes ward

Local Elections 2014: Worsley Mesnes :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Patricia Lynne Holland | 1,552 | 60.4 |
| | UKIP | Gillian Mary Gibson | 813 | 31.7 |
| | Conservative | Judith Atherton | 203 | 7.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 739 | 28.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,568 | 28.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Wigan Constituency
#### Aspull, New Springs and Whelley ward

Local Elections 2014: Aspull, New Springs and Whelley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Ronald Josef Conway | 1,581 | 46.0 |
| | UKIP | Maureen McCoy | 827 | 24.1 |
| | Aspull and Standish Independent | Janet Brown | 547 | 15.9 |
| | Conservative | Linda Jane Surples | 393 | 11.4 |
| | Left Unity | John Stuart Bolton | 88 | 2.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 754 | 21.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,436 | 33.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

#### Douglas ward

Local Elections 2014: Douglas :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Shirley Ann Dewhurst | 1,502 | 60.0 |
| | UKIP | Derek Wilkes | 790 | 31.6 |
| | Conservative | Margaret Atherton | 210 | 8.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 712 | 28.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,502 | 24.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

#### Ince ward

Local Elections 2014: Ince :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | James Moodie | 1,397 | 56.8 |
| | UKIP | Ross Allan Wright | 851 | 34.6 |
| | Conservative | Raymond Whittingham | 133 | 5.4 |
| | Left Unity | Janet Elizabeth Phillips | 79 | 3.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 546 | 22.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,460 | 26.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

#### Pemberton ward

Local Elections 2014: Pemberton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Paul Prescott | 1,632 | 62.7 |
| | UKIP | Alan Freeman | 692 | 26.6 |
| | Conservative | Jonathon Charles Cartwright | 195 | 7.5 |
| | Left Unity | Adele Joanne Andrews | 85 | 3.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 940 | 36.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,604 | 25.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

#### Shevington with Lower Ground ward

Local Elections 2014: Shevington with Lower Ground :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Michael John Crosby | 1,050 | 33.3 |
| | Shevington Independents | Angela Maria Bland | 797 | 25.3 |
| | UKIP | Arnold Jefferson Foster | 797 | 25.3 |
| | Conservative | Claire Houlton | 353 | 11.2 |
| | Green | Joseph Robert Rylance | 156 | 4.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 253 | 8.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,153 | 33.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
"Shevington Independents" is a description used by candidates for the Wigan Independents.

#### Standish with Langtree ward

Local Elections 2014: Standish with Langtree :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Standish Independents | Deborah Fairhurst | 1,543 | 42.6 |
| | Conservative | David Marcus Jon Ollerton | 701 | 19.4 |
| | Labour | Deborah Gaye Parkinson | 646 | 17.9 |
| | UKIP | Joanne Bradley | 590 | 16.3 |
| | Wigan Real Labour | Emma Jayne Mcgurrin | 63 | 1.7 |
| | TUSC | Joanne Bradley | 56 | 1.5 |
| | Community Action | Daniel Willson | 20 | 0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 842 | 23.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,619 | 36.7 |
| | Standish Independents gain from Labour | Standish Independents gain from Labour | | |
"Standish Independents" is a description used by candidates for the Wigan Independents.

#### Wigan Central ward

Local Elections 2014: Wigan Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | George Davies | 1,618 | 51.8 |
| | UKIP | Keith Robert Jones | 893 | 28.6 |
| | Conservative | Callum David Owen Chadwick | 614 | 19.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 725 | 23.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,125 | 33.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

#### Wigan West ward

Local Elections 2014: Wigan West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Pyhllis Mary Cullen | 1,726 | 60.6 |
| | UKIP | John Stanley Atherton | 718 | 25.2 |
| | Left Unity | Hazel Duffy | 252 | 8.8 |
| | Conservative | Jean Peet | 153 | 5.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,008 | 35.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,849 | 28.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

## By-elections between 2014 and 2015
### Douglas ward

Douglas, 13 November 2014 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Maggie Skilling | 874 | 59.3 |
| | UKIP | Derek Wilkes | 452 | 30.7 |
| | Conservative | Margaret Atherton | 80 | 5.4 |
| | Green | Damien Hendry | 37 | 2.5 |
| | Community Action | Michael Moulding | 29 | 2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 422 | 28.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,474 | 14.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |