2004 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 10 June 2004. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2003 increasing the number of councillors by three.^[1] The Labour Party kept overall control of the council.^[2][3][4]

Map of the results of the 2004 Wigan council election. Labour in red, Community Action Party in green, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Conservatives in blue.

Election result

Wigan Local Election Result 2004

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	42	0	0	0	56.0	41.6	35,360	-8.1
	Community Action	18	0	0	0	24.0	24.4	20,761	+10.5
	Liberal Democrats	8	0	0	0	10.7	10.4	8,805	-3.7
	Conservative	7	0	0	0	9.3	17.3	14,686	+0.3
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.2	1,831	+0.4
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.7	1,457	+1.7
	Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.4	1,180	+1.4

This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:

Party		Previous council	New council
	Labour	60	42
	Community Action	5	18
	Liberal Democrat	4	8
	Conservative	3	7
	BNP	0	0
	Independent	0	0
	Green	0	0
Total		72	75
Working majority		48	9

Ward results

Abram^[2][3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Audrey Bennett	1,809	58.1	N/A
	Labour	Eunice Smethurst	1,686
	Labour	Carl Sweeney	1,629
	BNP	Dennis Shambley	647	20.8	N/A
	Conservative	Marion Green	625	20.1	N/A
Rejected ballots			31	1.0	N/A
Majority			982	37.3	N/A
Turnout			3,112	31.7	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Ashton^[2][3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Community Action	Paul Tushingham	2,366	57.8	N/A
	Community Action	Walter Carney	2,302
	Community Action	Claire Daington	2,229
	Labour	Nigel Ash	1,302	31.8	N/A
	Labour	Barry Hampson	1,029
	Labour	Frederick Lever	1,012
	Conservative	Marie Winstanley	402	9.8	N/A
Rejected ballots			22	0.5	N/A
Majority			927	26.0	N/A
Turnout			4,092	44.6	N/A
	Community Action win (new seat)
	Community Action win (new seat)
	Community Action win (new seat)

Aspull, New Springs, Whelley^[2][3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Hilton	1,758	52.2	N/A
	Labour	Christopher Ready	1,744
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Beswick	1,528	45.3	N/A
	Labour	James Roberts	1,519
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Robinson	1,134
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Thomas	1,030
Rejected ballots			84	2.5	N/A
Majority			9	6.8	N/A
Turnout			3,370	34.6	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Astley Mosley Common^[2][3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Wilson	1,501	39.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Glynnis Hogg	1,367	36.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Joseph Haley	1,259
	Liberal Democrats	John Stackhouse	1,173
	Labour	John Lea	1,122
	Labour	Alan Stephenson	1,095
	Green	Ian Davies	870	23.0	N/A
Rejected ballots			37	1.0	N/A
Majority			137	3.5	N/A
Turnout			3,775	39.6	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Atherleigh^[2][3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Loudon	1,219	48.4	N/A
	Labour	Mark Aldred	1,214
	Labour	Anne Turnock	1,207
	Community Action	Francis Myler	683	27.1	N/A
	Community Action	Patricia Myler	680
	Conservative	Ann Davies	584	23.2	N/A
	Community Action	Gladys Wilkes	442
Rejected ballots			33	1.3	N/A
Majority			524	21.3	N/A
Turnout			2,519	33.7	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Atherton^[2][3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Splaine	1,705	42.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	David Higginbottom	1,525
	Labour	Karen Aldred	1,487	37.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Moore	1,414
	Labour	Philip Loudon	1,320
	Labour	Reginald Holmes	1,292
	Conservative	Malcolm Parr	449	11.3	N/A
	Green	Nicholas Redmond	310	7.8	N/A
Rejected ballots			19	0.5	N/A
Majority			73	5.5	N/A
Turnout			3,970	36.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Bryn^[2][3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Community Action	John Hodgkinson	2,370	60.2	N/A
	Community Action	Gary Wilkes	2,297
	Community Action	Brian Merry	2,239
	Labour	Mildred Millington	1,233	31.3	N/A
	Labour	Alan Melling	1,183
	Labour	William Evans	986
	Conservative	William Winstanley	323	8.2	N/A
Rejected ballots			11	0.3	N/A
Majority			1,006	28.9	N/A
Turnout			3,937	42.3	N/A
	Community Action win (new seat)
	Community Action win (new seat)
	Community Action win (new seat)

Douglas^[2][3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joy Birch	1,427	51.3	N/A
	Labour	Christine Hitchen	1,347
	Labour	Margaret Coghlin	1,318
	Community Action	Lucy Beale	1,296	46.6	N/A
	Community Action	Robert Beale	1,287
	Community Action	Janette Thomas	1,223
Rejected ballots			61	2.2	N/A
Majority			131	4.7	N/A
Turnout			2,784	30.2	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Golborne and Lowton West^[2][3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Community Action	Peter Franzen	1,639	49.4	N/A
	Community Action	Kevin Williams	1,414
	Community Action	Peter Solinas	1,413
	Labour	David Kelly	1,298	39.1	N/A
	Labour	Martin King	1,258
	Labour	Gerard Bretherton	1,216
	Conservative	Rosina Oxley	355	10.7	N/A
Rejected ballots			24	0.7	N/A
Majority			115	10.3	N/A
Turnout			3,316	38.3	N/A
	Community Action win (new seat)
	Community Action win (new seat)
	Community Action win (new seat)

Hindley^[2][3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alfred Robinson	1,578	39.1	N/A
	Community Action	James Ellis	1,153	28.6	N/A
	Community Action	Dorothy Grace	1,134
	Labour	John Holland	1,041
	Labour	Stephen Murphy	1,024
	Independent	David Culshaw	874	21.7	N/A
	Community Action	Edward Houlton	614
	Conservative	Dorothy Angell	403	10.0	N/A
Rejected ballots			25	0.6	N/A
Majority			93	10.5	N/A
Turnout			4,033	45.1	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Community Action win (new seat)
	Community Action win (new seat)

Hindley Green^[2][3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Simmons	1,272	35.0	N/A
	Community Action	Robert Brierley	1,264	34.8	N/A
	Community Action	Barry Fagan	1,231
	Labour	Gordon Jackson	898
	Labour	John Phillips	895
	Community Action	Adele Wilkes	750
	Independent	John Vickers	583	16.0	N/A
	Conservative	Andre Walker	489	13.5	N/A
Rejected ballots			25	0.7	N/A
Majority			333	0.2	N/A
Turnout			3,633	42.0	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Community Action win (new seat)
	Community Action win (new seat)

Ince^[2][3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Molyneux	1,494	66.5	N/A
	Labour	Joan Hurst	1,368
	Labour	James Moodie	1,132
	Community Action	Constantine Winstanley	694	30.9	N/A
	Community Action	Robert Hall	667
	Community Action	David Hall	651
Rejected ballots			59	2.6	N/A
Majority			438	35.6	N/A
Turnout			2,247	26.3	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Leigh East^[2][3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Cunliffe	1,407	46.5	N/A
	Labour	Brian Jarvis	1,299
	Labour	Frederick Walker	1,081
	Community Action	Stuart Winstanley	943	31.2	N/A
	Community Action	Peter O'Connell	843
	Conservative	Derek Davies	644	21.3	N/A
	Community Action	Natalie Franzen	595
Rejected ballots			30	1.0	N/A
Majority			138	15.3	N/A
Turnout			3,024	34.1	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Leigh South^[2][3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Anderson	1,547	40.6	N/A
	Labour	John O'Brien	1,465
	Labour	Charles Rigby	1,429
	Community Action	Stephen Ellison	1,175	30.9	N/A
	Community Action	Janice Solinas	1,094
	Community Action	Irene Franzen	1,041
	Conservative	Andrew Oxley	1,030	27.1	N/A
Rejected ballots			54	1.4	N/A
Majority			254	9.8	N/A
Turnout			3,806	37.2	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Leigh West^[2][3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barbara Jarvis	1,708	58.1	N/A
	Labour	Myra Whiteside	1,624
	Labour	Peter Smith	1,506
	Community Action	Daniel Burrows	669	22.7	N/A
	Community Action	Yvonne Lavelle	549
	BNP	Richard Close	513	17.4	N/A
	Community Action	Ian Franzen	508
Rejected ballots			51	1.7	N/A
Majority			837	35.3	N/A
Turnout			2,941	27.7	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Lowton East^[2][3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Community Action	Ian Franzen	1,793	44.6	N/A
	Community Action	Jonathan Miller	1,730
	Community Action	James Lavelle	1,516
	Labour	Lynne Liptrot	1,289	32.0	N/A
	Labour	Eric Waterworth	1,179
	Labour	Christine Cottam	1,062
	Conservative	James Grundy	879	21.8	N/A
	Conservative	Jeanette Leigh	792
	Conservative	Alan Lowe	647
Rejected ballots			63	1.6	N/A
Majority			227	12.5	N/A
Turnout			4,024	40.9	N/A
	Community Action win (new seat)
	Community Action win (new seat)
	Community Action win (new seat)

Orrell^[2][3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Clayton	1,747	39.4	N/A
	Conservative	Michael Winstanley	1,520
	Labour	Ernest Swift	1,402	31.6	N/A
	Labour	Michael Barnes	1,381
	Labour	Rodney Stockwell	1,313
	Conservative	Hazel Shields	1,285
	BNP	Charles Mather	671	15.1	N/A
	Community Action	Alan Freeman	595	13.4	N/A
	Community Action	Tracy Lavelle	420
	Community Action	Sean Ashdown	395
Rejected ballots			19	0.4	N/A
Majority			117	7.8	N/A
Turnout			4,434	49.5	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Pemberton^[2][3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeanette Prescott	1,419	46.7	N/A
	Labour	Barbara Bourne	1,381
	Labour	Paul Prescott	1,314
	Community Action	Margaret Crank	1,140	37.5	N/A
	Community Action	William Burrows	1,096
	Community Action	John Hulme	1,025
	Conservative	Jonathan Cartwright	439	14.5	N/A
Rejected ballots			38	1.3	N/A
Majority			174	9.2	N/A
Turnout			3,036	31.1	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Shevington with Lower Ground^[2][3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John O'Neill	1,843	45.3	N/A
	Labour	David Brown	1,468
	Labour	Michael Crosby	1,461
	Conservative	Elizabeth Beasleigh	1,456	35.8	N/A
	Conservative	Deborah Fairhurst	1,288
	Conservative	Barry Alder	1,191
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Sutton	739	18.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Freda Graham	664
	Liberal Democrats	Solveiq Gaber	607
Rejected ballots			31	0.8	N/A
Majority			5	9.5	N/A
Turnout			4,069	44.0	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Standish with Langtree^[2][3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Davies	1,383	34.7	N/A
	Conservative	George Fairhurst	1,325	33.2	N/A
	Conservative	Jessica Downer	1,278
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond Murphy	1,254	31.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Beswick	1,202
	Labour	Thomas Morris	1,197
	Conservative	Barry Woolley	1,185
	Liberal Democrats	Maureen Garner	1,066
	Labour	Michael McLoughlin	953
Rejected ballots			29	0.7	N/A
Majority			24	1.5	N/A
Turnout			3,991	42.5	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Tyldesley^[2][3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Hogg	2,212	54.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Keith McManus	1,976
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Derricutt	1,768
	Labour	Stephen Hellier	1,350	33.4	N/A
	Labour	David Boydell	1,212
	Labour	Richard Evans	1,027
	Conservative	Deborah Woodcock	457	11.3	N/A
Rejected ballots			23	0.6	N/A
Majority			418	21.3	N/A
Turnout			4,042	40.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Wigan Central^[2][3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Cadman	2,130	54.1	N/A
	Conservative	James Davies	2,089
	Conservative	Gareth Fairhurst	1,961
	Labour	Richard Walsh	1,694	43.0	N/A
	Labour	Susan Turner	1,668
	Labour	John Ball	1,502
Rejected ballots			116	2.9	N/A
Majority			267	11.1	N/A
Turnout			3,940	43.2	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Wigan West^[2][3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terence Halliwell	Uncontested	N/A	N/A
	Labour	Joe Shaw	Uncontested	N/A	N/A
	Labour	David Willis	Uncontested	N/A	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Winstanley^[2][3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Community Action	Stanley Barnes	1,810	48.3	N/A
	Labour	Rona Winkworth	1,393	37.2	N/A
	Community Action	William Wilkes	1,330
	Community Action	Ronald Barnes	1,299
	Labour	Philip Kelly	1,000
	Labour	Robin Atkinson	993
	Conservative	Matthew Sephton	525	14.0	N/A
Rejected ballots			16	0.4	N/A
Majority			330	11.1	N/A
Turnout			3,744	42.6	N/A
	Community Action win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Community Action win (new seat)

Worsley Mesnes^[2][3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Baldwin	1,547	48.9	N/A
	Labour	William Rotherham	1,540
	Labour	Wilfred Brogan	1,498
	Community Action	Susan Barnes	1,171	37.0	N/A
	Community Action	William Barnes	1,115
	Community Action	Stephen Wilkes	966
	Conservative	Thomas Sutton	424	13.4	N/A
Rejected ballots			24	0.8	N/A
Majority			327	11.9	N/A
Turnout			3,166	36.0	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

By-elections between 2004 and 2006

Douglas By-Election 16 June 2005^[5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Dewhurst	916	48.5	−2.8
	Community Action	Robert Beale	788	41.8	−4.8
	Conservative	Jean Peet	101	5.4	+5.4
	BNP	Dennis Shambley	47	2.5	+2.5
	UKIP	Gregory Atherton	35	1.9	+1.9
Majority			128	6.7	+2.0
Turnout			1,887	20.4	−9.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.0