1987 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election
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Elections to the
The results seen an end to four years of consecutive increases in Labour's share, peaking with last year's all-time high, as they slipped back into a respectable high-fifties and their loss dispersing to each of the opposition parties. Labour lost four seats in total, with the aforementioned Independent Labour loss in Hindley, an Alliance casualty from last year's elections re-elected in Winstanley, another loss to Alliance in Aspull-Standish and the Conservatives comfortable retaking the seat in Swinley they'd lost in the earlier mentioned by-election. These losses were offset somewhat by a gain from Alliance in Tyldesley East, returning the ward to entire Labour representation. Overall turnout rose to an above-average 37.1%.[1]
Election result
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 19 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 79.2 | 59.3 | 49,800 | -5.7% | |
Alliance
|
3 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 12.5 | 23.1 | 19,406 | +1.3% | |
Conservative | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 4.2 | 15.3 | 12,820 | +2.2% | |
Independent Labour
|
1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 4.2 | 2.2 | 1,894 | +2.2% |
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:
Party | Previous council | New council | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 65 | 62 | |||
SDP-Liberal Alliance | 5 | 6 | |||
Conservatives | 2 | 3 | |||
Independent Labour | 0 | 1 | |||
Total | 72 | 72 | |||
Working majority | 58 | 52 |
Ward results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | N. Cumberbach | 2,687 | 80.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | J. Wright | 377 | 11.2 | N/A | |
Alliance
|
R. Murphy | 296 | 8.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,310 | 68.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,360 | 34.8 | N/A | ||
Labour hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. Hilton | 2,206 | 65.3 | -7.3 | |
Conservative | S. Edwards | 718 | 21.2 | +6.2 | |
Alliance
|
B. Miners | 453 | 13.4 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 1,488 | 44.0 | -13.5 | ||
Turnout | 3,377 | 34.6 | +4.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -6.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alliance
|
G. Davies | 2,153 | 42.0 | +0.5 | |
Labour | A. Durkin | 2,117 | 41.3 | -4.6 | |
Conservative | K. Hart | 860 | 16.7 | +4.0 | |
Majority | 36 | 0.7 | -3.7 | ||
Turnout | 5,130 | 49.4 | +4.8 | ||
Alliance gain from Labour
|
Swing | +2.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. Sumner | 2,507 | 76.1 | -6.6 | |
Conservative | M. Sharland | 1,418 | 23.8 | +6.6 | |
Majority | 1,722 | 52.3 | -13.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,292 | 35.0 | +5.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -6.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | H. Hayes | 1,999 | 58.5 | -9.1 | |
Alliance
|
D. Wilkinson | 1,418 | 41.5 | +9.1 | |
Majority | 581 | 17.0 | -18.2 | ||
Turnout | 3,417 | 34.2 | +3.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -9.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | H. Antill | 1,834 | 57.2 | -17.0 | |
Alliance
|
J. McGarty | 929 | 29.0 | +13.7 | |
Conservative | R. Gibson | 44.2 | 13.8 | +3.2 | |
Majority | 905 | 28.2 | -30.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,205 | 36.1 | +4.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -15.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. Foster | 2,709 | 72.9 | -5.9 | |
Conservative | R. Clayton | 560 | 15.1 | +3.8 | |
Alliance
|
W. Claypole | 448 | 12.0 | +2.0 | |
Majority | 2,149 | 57.8 | -9.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,717 | 37.5 | +3.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -4.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent Labour
|
E. Edwardson | 1,894 | 54.2 | N/A | |
Labour | M. O'Halloran | 1,140 | 32.6 | N/A | |
Alliance
|
S. Galeazzi | 459 | 13.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 754 | 21.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,493 | 36.4 | N/A | ||
Independent Labour gain from Labour
|
Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | R. McAllister | 2,275 | 72.1 | N/A | |
Alliance
|
J. Cranfield | 880 | 27.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,395 | 44.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,155 | 28.2 | N/A | ||
Labour hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | S. Little | 2,189 | 64.0 | -9.3 | |
Alliance
|
S. Jones | 1,232 | 36.0 | +9.3 | |
Majority | 957 | 28.0 | -18.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,421 | 32.0 | +3.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -9.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | L. Birtles | 1,976 | 55.8 | -10.2 | |
Conservative | E. Manson | 1,103 | 31.2 | -2.7 | |
Alliance
|
G. Pullin | 460 | 13.0 | +13.0 | |
Majority | 873 | 24.7 | -7.5 | ||
Turnout | 3,539 | 36.2 | +1.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D. Molyneaux | 2,385 | 87.7 | -1.2 | |
Alliance
|
A. Robinson | 172 | 6.3 | +0.5 | |
Conservative | D. Edwards | 161 | 5.9 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 2,213 | 81.4 | -1.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,718 | 34.0 | +0.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alliance
|
S. Jeffers | 2,220 | 44.4 | -2.6 | |
Labour | S. Turner | 1,945 | 38.9 | -4.6 | |
Conservative | J. Wolstenholme | 839 | 16.8 | +7.2 | |
Majority | 275 | 5.5 | +2.0 | ||
Turnout | 5,004 | 46.3 | -0.9 | ||
Alliance hold
|
Swing | +1.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | ||
Labour hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D. Caley | 1,857 | 61.6 | -12.4 | |
Conservative | M. Turner | 722 | 24.0 | -1.9 | |
Alliance
|
P. Claypole | 433 | 14.4 | +14.4 | |
Majority | 1,135 | 37.7 | -10.5 | ||
Turnout | 3,012 | 29.3 | +1.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -5.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | B. Strett | 2,406 | 58.6 | -8.9 | |
Conservative | G. Jackson | 1,071 | 26.1 | +7.6 | |
Alliance
|
J. Wilson | 628 | 15.3 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 1,335 | 32.5 | -16.5 | ||
Turnout | 4,105 | 38.9 | -2.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -8.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | M. Milligan | 2,406 | 77.0 | -7.0 | |
Conservative | I. Nicholson | 419 | 13.4 | +4.8 | |
Alliance
|
W. Hewer | 300 | 9.6 | +2.2 | |
Majority | 1,987 | 63.6 | -11.8 | ||
Turnout | 3,125 | 34.5 | +3.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -5.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. Smith | 2,544 | 85.5 | -2.7 | |
Alliance
|
R. Richardson | 231 | 7.8 | +1.0 | |
Conservative | J. Carrington | 200 | 6.7 | +1.7 | |
Majority | 2,313 | 77.7 | -3.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,975 | 37.5 | +2.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | R. Capstick | 1,946 | 46.4 | -0.3 | |
Conservative | D. Patmore | 1,346 | 32.1 | +10.2 | |
Alliance
|
N. Somers | 903 | 21.5 | -9.9 | |
Majority | 600 | 14.3 | -0.8 | ||
Turnout | 4,195 | 40.8 | +1.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -5.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | M. Dowling | 1,908 | 40.0 | +1.8 | |
Labour | M. Gallagher | 1,767 | 37.0 | +0.4 | |
Alliance
|
C. Rhys | 1,096 | 23.0 | -2.2 | |
Majority | 141 | 2.9 | +1.3 | ||
Turnout | 4,771 | 53.0 | +5.5 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +0.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | C. Hopkinson | 2,104 | 56.0 | -5.6 | |
Alliance
|
A. Shaw | 1,653 | 44.0 | +5.6 | |
Majority | 451 | 12.0 | -11.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,757 | 35.7 | -3.6 | ||
Alliance
|
Swing | -5.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | M. Pendleton | 2,448 | 77.0 | -2.9 | |
Conservative | F. Sidebotham | 387 | 12.2 | +3.8 | |
Alliance
|
D. Armstrong | 342 | 10.7 | -0.9 | |
Majority | 2,061 | 64.9 | -3.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,177 | 36.0 | +0.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alliance
|
J. Fitzpatrick | 2,171 | 44.8 | +1.1 | |
Labour | G. Taberner | 2,049 | 42.2 | -4.0 | |
Conservative | N. Edmond | 630 | 13.0 | +2.9 | |
Majority | 122 | 2.5 | -0.0 | ||
Turnout | 4,850 | 42.2 | +2.1 | ||
Alliance gain from Labour
|
Swing | +2.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | B. Baldwin | 2,304 | 73.7 | -10.5 | |
Alliance
|
B. Pryle | 529 | 16.9 | +1.2 | |
Conservative | C. Michaels | 292 | 9.3 | +9.3 | |
Majority | 1,775 | 56.8 | -11.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,125 | 31.5 | +3.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -5.8 |