# 2015 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2015 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council in England. 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:
* Labour Party: 63
* Conservative Party: 2
* Independent: 10
After the election, the composition of the council was:
* Labour Party: 64
* Conservative Party: 3
* Independent: 8
Number of Candidates fielded per party :
| 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

2015 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 | 41 | 64 | 85.3 | 71,184 | 50.4 | 4.1 |
| | Conservative | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 27,263 | 19.3 | 0.3 |
| | Independent | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 10.7 | 7,483 | 5.3 | 7.3 |
| | UKIP | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29,622 | 21.0 | 20.4 |
| | Green | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,837 | 2.0 | New |
| | Community Action | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,115 | 0.8 | 4.0 |
| | Left Unity | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 990 | 0.7 | New |
| | Liberal Democrats | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 648 | 0.5 | 2.2 |
| | TUSC | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 0.1 | 0.3 |

## Results
### Bolton West constituency
#### Atherton ward

Local Elections 2015: Atherton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Martin Luke Aldred | 2,508 | 39.9 |
| | Independent | Norman Alec Bradbury | 1,989 | 31.7 |
| | UKIP | Quinton John Smith | 950 | 15.1 |
| | Conservative | Toby Joseph Hewitt | 788 | 12.5 |
| | Left Unity | Craig Anthony Wilson | 46 | 0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 519 | 8.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,281 | |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | |

### Leigh constituency
#### Astley Mosley Common ward

Local Elections 2015: Astley Mosley Common :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Christine Lilian Roberts | 2,478 | 42.2 |
| | Conservative | David John Stirzaker | 1,804 | 30.7 |
| | UKIP | Joanne Bradley | 1,306 | 22.2 |
| | Green | Clive James Robert Charles | 290 | 4.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 674 | 11.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,878 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

#### Atherleigh ward

Local Elections 2015: Atherleigh :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Mark Aldred | 2,310 | 48.2 |
| | UKIP | Les Leggett | 1,005 | 21.0 |
| | Conservative | Paul Lambert Fairhurst | 859 | 17.9 |
| | Independent | Stuart Andrew Gerrard | 494 | 10.3 |
| | Left Unity | Stephen Michael Hall | 125 | 2.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,305 | 27.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,793 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

#### Golborne and Lowton West ward

Local Elections 2015: Golborne and Lowton West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Stuart Arthur Keane | 3,046 | 60.5 |
| | UKIP | Peter Graham Kearns | 970 | 19.3 |
| | Conservative | Brian Howard Lobell | 793 | 15.8 |
| | Community Action | Sophie Aspey | 225 | 4.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,076 | 41.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,034 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

#### Leigh East ward

Local Elections 2015: Leigh East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Anita Thorpe | 2,949 | 58.4 |
| | UKIP | Gill Gibson | 1,088 | 21.6 |
| | Conservative | Richard Byrom Houlton | 888 | 17.6 |
| | Left Unity | Graham Gifford | 123 | 2.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,861 | 36.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,048 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

#### Leigh South ward

Local Elections 2015: Leigh South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | John David O'Brien | 3,200 | 51.3 |
| | UKIP | Rod Halliwell | 1,547 | 24.8 |
| | Conservative | Denise Young | 1,358 | 21.8 |
| | Left Unity | Ian Heyes | 135 | 2.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,653 | 26.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,240 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

#### Leigh West ward

Local Elections 2015: Leigh West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Myra Joan Whiteside | 3,066 | 56.7 |
| | UKIP | Mary Therese Lavelle | 1,418 | 26.2 |
| | Conservative | Andrew John Oxley | 645 | 11.9 |
| | Green | Paula Unger | 278 | 5.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,648 | 30.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,407 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

#### Lowton East ward

Local Elections 2015: Lowton East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Kath Houlton | 3,228 | 50.3 |
| | Labour | Pam Gilligan | 2,579 | 40.2 |
| | Independent | Sandy Franzen | 609 | 9.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 649 | 10.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,416 | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |

#### Tyldesley ward

Local Elections 2015: Tyldesley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Stephen John Hellier | 2,780 | 45.2 |
| | UKIP | Matthew Robert James | 1,530 | 24.9 |
| | Conservative | Sue Vickery | 1,198 | 19.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lorraine Gillon | 353 | 5.7 |
| | Green | Graham Unsworth | 283 | 4.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,250 | 20.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,144 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Makerfield constituency
#### Abram ward

Local Elections 2015: Abram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Eunice Smethurst | 3,217 | 59.0 |
| | UKIP | Jim Carmichael-Prince | 1,584 | 28.4 |
| | Conservative | Joanne Bradley | 653 | 12.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,633 | 30.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,454 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

#### Ashton ward

Local Elections 2015: Ashton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Jennifer Bullen | 2,738 | 49.0 |
| | UKIP | Alan Freeman | 950 | 17.0 |
| | Conservative | Marie Winstanley | 833 | 14.9 |
| | Community Action | Michael Moulding | 749 | 13.4 |
| | Independent | Peter Merry | 318 | 5.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,788 | 32.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,588 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

#### Bryn ward

Local Elections 2015: Bryn :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Nathan George Murray | 2,245 | 39.4 |
| | Independent | Gary Thomas Wilkes | 1,717 | 30.1 |
| | UKIP | Stephen Jones | 948 | 16.6 |
| | Conservative | Judith Anderson | 378 | 6.6 |
| | Independent | David Wilkes | 267 | 4.7 |
| | Community Action | Catherine Aspey | 141 | 2.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 528 | 9.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,696 | |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | |

#### Hindley ward

Local Elections 2015: Hindley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | James Eccles-Churton | 2,975 | 54.7 |
| | UKIP | Sue Ellis | 1,457 | 26.8 |
| | Conservative | Susan Atherton | 712 | 13.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Charles Skipworth | 295 | 5.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,518 | 27.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,439 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

#### Hindley Green ward

Local Elections 2015: Hindley Green :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Frank Carmichael | 2,839 | 55.2 |
| | UKIP | Sandra Margaret Atherton | 1,520 | 29.5 |
| | Conservative | Gerard Joseph Houlton | 788 | 15.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,319 | 25.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,147 | |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | |

#### Orrell ward

Local Elections 2015: Orrell :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Steve Murphy | 2,812 | 44.3 |
| | Conservative | Michael William Winstanley | 2,257 | 35.5 |
| | UKIP | Philip Easton | 950 | 15.0 |
| | Green | David Stazicker | 325 | 5.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 545 | 8.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,354 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

#### Winstanley ward

Local Elections 2015: Winstanley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Marie Teresa Morgan | 2,898 | 49.0 |
| | UKIP | Andrew Francis Collinson | 1,437 | 24.3 |
| | Conservative | Allan Atherton | 1,182 | 20.0 |
| | Green | Steven Charles Heyes | 398 | 6.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,461 | 24.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,915 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

#### Worsley Mesnes ward

Local Elections 2015: Worsley Mesnes :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Billy Rotherham | 3,039 | 59.4 |
| | UKIP | Maureen McCoy | 1,332 | 26.0 |
| | Conservative | Stephen Gerard Holt | 566 | 11.1 |
| | Green | Norma Stout | 182 | 3.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,707 | 33.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,119 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

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

Local Elections 2015: Aspull, New Springs and Whelley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Chris Ready | 3,534 | 55.3 |
| | UKIP | Mark Andrew Bradley | 1,416 | 22.2 |
| | Conservative | Jane Surples | 1,282 | 20.1 |
| | Left Unity | John Stuart Bolton | 156 | 2.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,118 | 33.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,388 | 63.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

#### Douglas ward

Local Elections 2015: Douglas :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Michael Anthony Dewhurst | 3,145 | 64.2 |
| | UKIP | Derek Wilkes | 1,130 | 23.1 |
| | Conservative | Margaret Atherton | 525 | 10.7 |
| | Left Unity | Adele Joanne Andrews | 98 | 2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,015 | 41.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,898 | 50.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

#### Ince ward

Local Elections 2015: Ince :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Janice Sharratt | 2,937 | 64.1 |
| | UKIP | Ross Allan Wright | 1,192 | 26.0 |
| | Conservative | Callum Chadwick | 352 | 7.7 |
| | Left Unity | Janet Elizabeth Phillips | 100 | 2.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,745 | 38.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,581 | 50.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

#### Pemberton ward

Local Elections 2015: Pemberton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Sam Marc Murphy | 3,154 | 62.9 |
| | UKIP | Daniel Stephen Wood | 1,099 | 21.9 |
| | Conservative | Claire Houlton | 547 | 10.9 |
| | Green | Will Patterson | 212 | 4.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,055 | 41.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,012 | 50.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

#### Shevington with Lower Ground ward

Local Elections 2015: Shevington with Lower Ground :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Paul Anthony Collins | 2,717 | 43.5 |
| | Conservative | David Ollerton | 1,661 | 26.6 |
| | UKIP | Arnold Jefferson Foster | 1,439 | 23.1 |
| | Green | Joseph Rylance | 426 | 6.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,056 | 16.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,243 | 67.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

#### Standish with Langtree ward

Local Elections 2015: Standish with Langtree :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Standish Independents | George Allan Fairhurst | 1,999 | 30.3 |
| | Conservative | Ray Whittingham | 1,848 | 28.0 |
| | Labour | Debbie Parkinson | 1,735 | 26.3 |
| | UKIP | Emma Josephine Appleton | 923 | 14.0 |
| | TUSC | Sharon Holden | 99 | 1.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 151 | 2.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,604 | 68.0 |
| | Standish Independents hold | Standish Independents hold | Swing | |

#### Wigan Central ward

Local Elections 2015: Wigan Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Michael McLoughlin | 2,783 | 46.9 |
| | Conservative | Jean Margaret Peet | 1,391 | 23.4 |
| | UKIP | Keith Robert Jones | 1,228 | 20.7 |
| | Green | Damien Hendry | 443 | 7.5 |
| | Independent | Brian Parr | 90 | 1.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,392 | 23.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,935 | 63.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

#### Wigan West ward

Local Elections 2015: Wigan West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Steve Dawber | 3,500 | 62.1 |
| | UKIP | Janet Markland | 1,203 | 21.3 |
| | Conservative | Jamie Vickery | 727 | 12.9 |
| | Left Unity | Hazel Elizabeth Duffy | 207 | 3.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,297 | 40.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,637 | 57.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |