1990 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election
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Elections to the
The night seen numerous surprising gains, with Labour gaining another seat in the SLD bastion of Langtree, and for the first time, in the Conservative's bastion of Swinley, whilst the SLD managed its own breakthrough in the Labour territory of Hope Carr. With dwindling hopes of ever regaining Orrell, Swinley had become the Conservative's bulwark in recent years, and the Labour gain here raised the prospects of Conservative representation being removed altogether from the council. The loss of Hope Carr denied Labour a clean-sweep, but they managed an all-time high of winning all-but-one of the wards, and bettering their last year's record in voter share. Overall turnout in those wards contesting rose to a local elections high (with the 1979 election omitted for coinciding with the general election) of 39.4%.[1]
Election result
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 24 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 96.0 | 69.2 | 48,633 | +0.6% | |
SLD
|
1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 11.2 | 7,852 | -1.4% | |
Conservative | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0.0 | 13.2 | 9,288 | -3.9% | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 2,320 | +1.8% | |
Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 1,153 | +1.6% | |
Independent
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 663 | +0.9% | |
SDP
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 391 | +0.5% |
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:
Party | Previous council | New council | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 63 | 64 | |||
Social and Liberal Democrats | 5 | 5 | |||
Conservatives | 3 | 2 | |||
Independent Labour | 1 | 1 | |||
Green | 0 | 0 | |||
Liberal | 0 | 0 | |||
Independent | 0 | 0 | |||
Social Democrat | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 72 | 72 | |||
Working majority | 54 | 56 |
Ward results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. Tiernan | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Labour hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | S. Lea | 2,844 | 79.0 | +0.8 | |
Conservative | I. Cunliffe | 756 | 21.0 | -0.8 | |
Majority | 2,088 | 58.0 | +1.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,600 | 36.7 | +8.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. Hilton | 2,681 | 53.3 | +5.4 | |
SLD
|
D. Brown | 1,518 | 30.2 | -5.6 | |
Conservative | J. Carrington | 831 | 16.5 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 1,163 | 23.1 | +11.0 | ||
Turnout | 5,030 | 46.1 | +2.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | L. Sumner | 2,594 | 80.3 | -1.5 | |
Green | S. Bickerton | 636 | 19.7 | +19.7 | |
Majority | 1,958 | 60.6 | -3.0 | ||
Turnout | 3,230 | 35.3 | -0.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -10.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | F. Walker | 2,380 | 70.4 | +7.9 | |
Green | I. Graham | 998 | 29.5 | +19.6 | |
Majority | 1,382 | 40.9 | +5.9 | ||
Turnout | 3,378 | 33.9 | +2.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -5.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | T. Bishop | 2,095 | 51.1 | +6.3 | |
SLD
|
V. Milton | 2,001 | 48.8 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 94 | 2.3 | -0.6 | ||
Turnout | 4,096 | 46.5 | +5.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A. Melling | 2,783 | 80.7 | -1.2 | |
Labour | M. Millington | 2,411 | |||
Conservative | B. Smith | 663 | 19.2 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 2,120 | 61.5 | -2.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,446 | 34.8 | +3.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | G. Green | 2,656 | 74.7 | -12.5 | |
SLD
|
C. Barton | 558 | 15.7 | +15.7 | |
Green | A. Wood | 342 | 9.6 | -3.2 | |
Majority | 2,098 | 59.0 | -15.3 | ||
Turnout | 3,556 | 36.9 | +8.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -14.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | W. Simmons | 2,741 | 72.2 | -8.3 | |
Independent
|
J. Vickers | 663 | 17.5 | +17.5 | |
SDP
|
V. Norris | 391 | 10.3 | +10.3 | |
Majority | 2,078 | 54.7 | -6.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,795 | 32.6 | +8.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -12.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A. Wright | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Labour hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SLD
|
E. Herdman | 1,956 | 51.1 | +51.1 | |
Labour | P. Culshaw | 1,870 | 48.9 | -14.1 | |
Majority | 86 | 2.2 | -23.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,826 | 37.8 | +4.6 | ||
SLD gain from Labour
|
Swing | +32.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | T. Davies | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Labour hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. O'Neill | 2,606 | 49.4 | +7.6 | |
Liberal | K. White | 1,153 | 21.8 | +21.8 | |
SLD
|
A. Robinson | 899 | 17.0 | -24.8 | |
Conservative | J. Wolstenholme | 618 | 11.7 | -4.6 | |
Majority | 1,453 | 27.5 | +27.5 | ||
Turnout | 5,276 | 47.0 | +4.9 | ||
SLD
|
Swing | -7.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | P. Smith | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Labour hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | T. Harper | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Labour hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | T. Sherratt | 3,538 | 75.9 | +2.6 | |
Conservative | S. Hide | 1,122 | 24.1 | +5.6 | |
Majority | 2,416 | 51.8 | -3.0 | ||
Turnout | 4,660 | 43.8 | +7.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | K. Pye | 3,254 | 89.6 | +3.1 | |
Conservative | J. Whitehead | 378 | 10.4 | -3.1 | |
Majority | 2,876 | 79.2 | +6.2 | ||
Turnout | 3,632 | 39.2 | +9.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | N. Turner | 3,102 | 93.2 | +4.6 | |
Conservative | G. Peach | 227 | 6.8 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 2,875 | 86.3 | +4.2 | ||
Turnout | 3,329 | 43.0 | +9.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | G. Seaward | 2,719 | 68.0 | +8.2 | |
Conservative | C. Michaels | 1,276 | 31.9 | -8.2 | |
Majority | 1,443 | 36.1 | +16.3 | ||
Turnout | 3,995 | 39.0 | +2.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +8.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | S. Turner | 2,282 | 52.1 | +13.2 | |
Conservative | C. Giles | 2,095 | 47.8 | -0.4 | |
Majority | 187 | 4.3 | -5.1 | ||
Turnout | 4,377 | 49.1 | +2.4 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +6.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | B. Wilson | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Labour hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | W. Pendleton | 2,686 | 78.9 | -2.5 | |
Conservative | F. Sidebotham | 373 | 10.9 | -0.6 | |
Green | J. Ford | 344 | 10.1 | +10.1 | |
Majority | 2,313 | 68.0 | -1.9 | ||
Turnout | 3,403 | 38.1 | +7.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | W. Evans | 2,799 | 63.3 | +9.2 | |
SLD
|
P. Mayston | 920 | 20.8 | -25.1 | |
Conservative | J. Horswell | 701 | 15.8 | +15.8 | |
Majority | 1,879 | 42.5 | +34.3 | ||
Turnout | 4,420 | 37.5 | +5.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +17.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | H. Milligan | 3,003 | 92.4 | +6.5 | |
Conservative | J. Grimshaw | 248 | 7.6 | -6.5 | |
Majority | 2,755 | 84.7 | +13.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,251 | 33.1 | +7.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +6.5 |