1988 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

Map of the results of the 1988 Wigan council election.

Elections to the

1980

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This was reflected by the results on the night as the SLD suffered a large drop in their vote, returning them to third place behind the

draw the larger straw. Labour achieved a record capture of seats, with opposition wins curtailed to an exceptional SLD performance - and gain - of one of the seats fought in Beech Hill and a Conservative hold in their bastion of Swinley. Overall turnout fell from 37.1% to 32.4%.^[1]

Election result

Wigan Local Election Result 1988
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	23	2	1	+1	92.0	68.6	52,325	+9.3%
Conservative	1	0	0	0	4.0	17.1	13,083	+1.8%
SLD	1	1	2	-1	4.0	12.6	9,640	-10.5%
Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.5	1,155	+1.5%
Communist	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	62	+0.1%

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

Party		Previous council	New council
	Labour	62	63
	Social and Liberal Democrats	6	5
	Conservatives	3	3
	Independent Labour	1	1
	Green	0	0
	Communist	0	0
Total		72	72
Working majority		52	54

Ward results

Abram^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Bennett	2,094	86.8	+6.8
	Green	P. Tarleton	319	13.2	+13.2
Majority			1,775	73.5	+4.8
Turnout			2,413	25.2	-9.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.2

Ashton-Golborne^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Jones	2,140	78.1	+12.8
	Conservative	S. Edwards	598	21.8	+0.6
Majority			1,542	56.3	+12.2
Turnout			2,738	27.9	-6.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.1

Aspull-Standish^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Durkin	2,201	47.9	+6.6
	SLD	P. Wilson	1,645	35.8	-6.2
	Conservative	K. Hart	751	16.3	-0.4
Majority			556	12.1	+11.4
Turnout			4,597	43.5	-5.9
	SLD		Swing	+6.4

Atherton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Clark	2,755	81.8	+5.6
	Conservative	M. Hatton	613	18.2	-5.6
Majority			2,142	63.6	+11.3
Turnout			3,368	35.9	+0.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.6

Bedford-Astley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Jones	1,954	62.5	+4.0
	Conservative	D. Angell	861	27.5	+27.5
	Green	S. Philbrock	310	9.9	+9.9
Majority			1,093	35.0	+18.0
Turnout			3,125	31.5	-2.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-11.7

Beech Hill^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	J. McGarty	1,725	47.7	+18.8
	Labour	T. Bishop	1,621	44.9	-12.3
	SLD	L. Marshall	1,603
	Labour	S. Turner	1,437
	Conservative	E. Bispham	266	7.4	-6.4
	Conservative	J. Whitehead	194
Majority			104	2.9	-25.3
Turnout			3,612	40.9	+4.8
	SLD gain from Labour		Swing	+15.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Bryn^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. Brown	2,532	82.0	+9.1
	Conservative	R. Clayton	557	18.0	+3.0
Majority			1,975	63.9	+6.1
Turnout			3,089	31.3	-6.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.0

Hindley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Robinson	2,394	87.2	+54.5
	Green	A. Wood	352	12.8	+12.8
Majority			2,042	74.3	+52.8
Turnout			2,746	28.5	-7.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+20.8

Hindley Green^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Murphy	2,198	80.6	+8.4
	SLD	J. Cranfield	530	19.4	-8.4
Majority			1,668	61.1	+16.9
Turnout			2,728	24.1	-4.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+8.4

Hindsford^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Smith	2,543	78.6	+14.6
	Conservative	M. Sharland	691	21.4	+21.4
Majority			1,852	57.3	+29.3
Turnout			3,234	30.2	-1.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.4

Hope Carr^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Roberts	2,013	63.0	+7.1
	Conservative	E. Manson	1,183	37.0	+5.8
Majority			830	26.0	+1.3
Turnout			3,196	32.1	-4.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.6

Ince^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Horrocks	2,074	89.0	+1.2
	Conservative	D. Edwards	165	7.1	+1.1
	SLD	S. Cairns	92	3.9	-2.4
Majority			1,909	81.9	+0.5
Turnout			2,331	29.3	-4.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.0

Langtree^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Ball	1,924	41.8	+2.9
	SLD	K. White	1,924	41.8	-2.5
	Conservative	J. Wolstenholme	753	16.4	-0.4
Majority			0	0.0	-5.5
Turnout			4,601	42.0	-4.3
	SLD		Swing	+2.9

Leigh Central^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Macdonald	2,032	82.1	N/A
	Conservative	M. Turner	380	15.3	N/A
	Communist	H. Kedward	62	2.5	N/A
Majority			1,652	66.8	N/A
Turnout			2,474	27.6	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Leigh East^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Riley	1,973	70.9	+9.2
	Conservative	M. Stewart	810	29.1	+5.1
Majority			1,163	41.8	+4.1
Turnout			2,783	27.0	-2.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.0

Lightshaw^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	N. Holt	2,857	73.3	+14.7
	Conservative	J. Wright	721	18.5	-7.6
	SLD	J. Wilson	318	8.2	-7.1
Majority			2,136	54.8	+22.3
Turnout			3,896	36.8	-2.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+11.1

Newtown^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. Hitchen	2,352	86.5	+9.5
	Conservative	I. Nicholson	368	13.5	+0.1
Majority			1,984	72.9	+9.3
Turnout			2,720	29.9	-4.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.7

Norley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Maddocks	2,337	88.5	+3.0
	Conservative	J. Carrington	167	6.3	-0.4
	SLD	R. Richardson	136	5.1	-2.6
Majority			2,170	82.2	+4.4
Turnout			2,640	33.5	-4.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.7

Orrell^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Swift	2,262	59.9	+13.5
	Conservative	W. Smith	1,515	40.1	+8.0
Majority			747	19.8	+5.5
Turnout			3,777	37.0	-3.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.7

Swinley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. Chadwick	2,019	48.3	+8.3
	Labour	M. Gallagher	1,627	38.9	+1.9
	SLD	W. Claypole	359	8.6	-14.4
	Green	G. Wood	174	4.1	+4.1
Majority			392	3.4	+6.4
Turnout			4,179	46.7	-6.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.2

Tyldesley East^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Stephenson	2,086	67.5	+11.5
	SLD	A. Shaw	1,003	32.5	-11.5
Majority			1,083	35.0	+23.0
Turnout			3,089	28.7	-6.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+11.5

Whelley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Coyle	2,174	81.4	+4.4
	Conservative	F. Sidebotham	310	11.6	-0.6
	SLD	L. Peet	185	6.9	-3.8
Majority			1,864	69.8	+5.0
Turnout			2,669	30.3	-5.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.5

Winstanley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Winkworth	2,031	54.1	+11.8
	SLD	C. Hilton	1,723	45.9	+1.1
Majority			308	8.2	+5.7
Turnout			3,754	32.1	-10.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.3

Worsley Mesnes^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Brogan	2,151	85.8	+12.1
	Conservative	J. Grimshaw	355	14.2	+4.8
Majority			1,796	71.7	+14.9
Turnout			2,506	25.3	-6.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.6

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y "Wigan Council results from 1973 to 2008" (PDF). wigan.gov.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 November 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2012.

[results-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y "Wigan Council results from 1973 to 2008" (PDF). wigan.gov.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 November 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2012.

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