# 2012 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2012 Wigan Council elections to the Thirtieth Wigan Council were held on 3 May 2012, the same day as other local elections. One-third of the council was up for election.
As Wigan Council is elected in thirds, change in vote share is compared with the corresponding 2008 elections and calculated on that basis.

## Overview

Number of Candidates fielded per party :
| Party | Number |
| Labour Party | 25 |
| Conservative Party | 23 |
| Independents | 16 |
| Community Action Party | 7 |
| BNP | 5 |
| Liberal Democrats | 3 |
| Green Party | 2 |
| UKIP | 1 |
| Green Socialists | 1 |

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

Local Elections 2012: Atherton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Jamie Hodgkinson | 1695 | 51.3 |
| | Labour | David Welch | 1235 | 37.38 |
| | Green Socialists For Investment Not Cuts | Stephen Michael Hall | 190 | 5.75 |
| | Conservative | Stephen Holt | 179 | 5.42 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.15 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 460 | 13.92 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 29.23 |

### Makerfield constituency
#### Abram ward

Local Elections 2012: Abram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Martyn Smethurst | 1577 | 58.23 |
| | Independent | Ken Winstanley | 601 | 22.2 |
| | BNP | Dennis Shambley | 239 | 8.83 |
| | Community Action | John Shale | 148 | 5.5 |
| | Conservative | Malcolm Childs | 137 | 5.06 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.22 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 976 | 36.04 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2708 | 24.87 |

#### Ashton ward

Local Elections 2012: Ashton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Bill Clarke | 1400 | 51.89 |
| | Independent | Paul Allan Tushingham | 585 | 21.7 |
| | Independent | Brian Merry | 402 | 15 |
| | Conservative | Marie Winstanley | 189 | 7 |
| | BNP | Barry John Longstaffe | 118 | 4.37 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 4 | 0.15 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 815 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2698 | 29.32 |

#### Bryn ward

Local Elections 2012: Bryn :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Don Hodgkinson | 1516 | 50.25 |
| | Labour | Trevor Allen | 1352 | 44.81 |
| | Conservative | Stuart Peet | 146 | 4.84 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 3 | 0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 164 | 5.44 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3017 | 32.55 |

#### Hindley ward

Local Elections 2012: Hindley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Jim Ellis | 1279 | 46.24 |
| | Labour | Allen Robert Jones | 1232 | 44.54 |
| | BNP | Stephen Bradbury | 131 | 4.74 |
| | Conservative | Steve Surples | 115 | 4.16 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 9 | 0.33 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 47 | 1.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2766 | 27.41 |

#### Hindley Green ward

Local Elections 2012: Hindley Green :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Bob Brierley | 1251 | 49.6 |
| | Labour | Maxine Read | 796 | 31.56 |
| | Community Action | Barry Jack Fagan | 354 | 14.04 |
| | Conservative | Margaret Mary Winstanley | 106 | 4.2 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 15 | 0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 455 | 18.04 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2522 | 29.51 |

#### Orrell ward

Local Elections 2012: Orrell :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Kelly Ready | 1533 | 47.71 |
| | Conservative | Richard Clayton | 1389 | 43.23 |
| | Green | Donald McQueen | 280 | 8.72 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 11 | 0.34 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 144 | 4.48 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3213 | 34.34 |

#### Winstanley ward

Local Elections 2012: Winstanley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Paul Terence Kenny | 1216 | 48.82 |
| | Community Action | Stan Barnes | 798 | 32.04 |
| | Green | Steven Charles Heyes | 237 | 9.51 |
| | Conservative | Michael Nicholls | 234 | 9.39 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.24 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 418 | 16.78 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2491 | 27.82 |

#### Worsley Mesnes ward

Local Elections 2012: Worsley Mesnes :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Phil Kelly | 1960 | 85.47 |
| | Conservative | David Ollerton | 333 | 14.5 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 17 | 0.74 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1627 | 71 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2293 | 25.29 |

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

Local Elections 2012: Astley Mosley Common :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Joanne Platt | 1810 | 69.43 |
| | Conservative | Nasri Barghothi | 534 | 20.48 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kath Valentine | 243 | 9.32 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 20 | 0.77 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1276 | 48.95 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2607 | 27.36 |

#### Atherleigh ward

Local Elections 2012: Atherleigh :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Susan Loudon | 982 | 47.23 |
| | Independent | Stuart Andrew Gerrard | 747 | 36 |
| | Independent | Jim Kerfoot | 343 | 16.5 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 7 | 0.34 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 235 | 11.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2079 | 23.83 |

#### Golborne and Lowton West ward

Local Elections 2012: Golborne and Lowton West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Yvonne Marie Klieve | 1791 | 70.6 |
| | Community Action | Peter Franzen | 507 | 20 |
| | Conservative | Kathleen Houlton | 241 | 9.5 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1284 | 50.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2538 | 28.05 |

#### Leigh East ward

Local Elections 2012: Leigh East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Keith Cunliffe | 1452 | 67.63 |
| | Independent | Christopher Garfin | 411 | 19.14 |
| | Conservative | Derek Davies | 272 | 12.67 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 12 | 0.56 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1041 | 48.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2147 | 22.75 |

#### Leigh South ward

Local Elections 2012: Leigh South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Kevin Anderson | 1811 | 63.3 |
| | Conservative | Richard Short | 534 | 18.66 |
| | Independent | Gary Charles Chadwick | 502 | 17.55 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 14 | 0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1277 | 44.63 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2861 | 27.36 |

#### Leigh West ward

Local Elections 2012: Leigh West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Susan June Greensmith | 1761 | 1761 |
| | Independent | Brian Richard Turrell | 650 | 24.81 |
| | Conservative | Andrew John Oxley | 195 | 7.44 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 14 | 0.53 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1111 | 42.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2620 | 23.62 |

#### Lowton East ward

Local Elections 2012: Lowton East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | James Grundy | 1904 | 53.3 |
| | Labour | Frank Bowker | 1224 | 34.3 |
| | Community Action | Ian (Sandy) Franzen | 434 | 12.15 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 10 | 0.28 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 680 | 19 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3572 | 36.53 |

#### Tyldesley ward

Local Elections 2012: Tyldesley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Mark Bleakley | 1441 | 48.5 |
| | Labour | Joanne Marshall | 1303 | 43.84 |
| | BNP | David Ian Peacock | 206 | 6.93 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 22 | 0.74 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 138 | 4.64 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2972 | 28.41 |

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

Local Elections 2012: Aspull, New Springs and Whelley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | John Hilton | 2,241 | 69.38 |
| | Conservative | Jane Surples | 502 | 15.54 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Robinson | 450 | 13.9 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 37 | 1.15 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1739 | 53.84 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3230 | 31.33 |

#### Douglas ward

Local Elections 2012: Douglas :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Joy Birch | 1,774 | 77.94 |
| | Independent | Anthony Unsworth | 324 | 14.24 |
| | Conservative | Margaret Atherton | 172 | 7.56 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.26 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1450 | 63.71 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2276 | 22.84 |

#### Ince ward

Local Elections 2012: Ince :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | David Trevor Molyneux | 1,790 | 80.2 |
| | BNP | Henry Morgan | 309 | 13.84 |
| | Conservative | Ray Whittingham | 120 | 5.38 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 13 | 0.58 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1481 | 66.35 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2232 | 24.25 |

#### Pemberton ward

Local Elections 2012: Pemberton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Jeanette Prescott | 1,996 | 79.90 |
| | Community Action | Mike Leyland | 291 | 11.65 |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Charles Cartwright | 205 | 8.21 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.24 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1705 | 68.25 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2498 | 25.01 |

#### Shevington with Lower Ground ward

Local Elections 2012: Shevington with Lower Ground :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Damian Edwardson | 1362 | 49.1 |
| | Conservative | Callum Chadwick | 532 | 19.18 |
| | UKIP | Arnold Jefferson Foster | 450 | 16.22 |
| | Shevington Independents | Debbie Fairhurst | 220 | 7.93 |
| | Independent | Paul Liptrot | 198 | 7.14 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 12 | 0.43 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 830 | 29.92 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2774 | 29.69 |

#### Standish with Langtree ward

Local Elections 2012: Standish with Langtree :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Standish Independents | Gareth William Fairhurst | 2069 | 57.73 |
| | Labour | Sam Murphy | 913 | 25.47 |
| | Conservative | Michael William Winstanley | 589 | 16.4 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 13 | 0.36 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1156 | 32.25 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3584 | 36.55 |

#### Wigan Central ward

Local Elections 2012: Wigan Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Lol Hunt | 1,806 | 58.8 |
| | Conservative | Jean Peet | 859 | 28 |
| | Community Action | Syd Hall | 388 | 12.63 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 19 | 0.62 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 947 | 30.83 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3072 | 32.49 |

#### Wigan West ward

Local Elections 2012: Wigan West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Terence William Halliwell | 2,115 | 83 |
| | Conservative | Oliver Barton | 409 | 16 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 27 | 1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1709 | 67 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2551 | 25.28 |