1995 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

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Map of the results of the 1995 Wigan council election.

Elections were held on Thursday, 4 May 1995, with one third of the seats set for re-election, with an extra vacancy in Leigh East. Ahead of this election

1992 nadir
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The election seen mixed fortunes for the main parties. For the Conservatives, this was undoubtedly their worst performance, with the lowest vote share (and at 10.2%, very close to dropping into single-digits) and vote figure obtained in their 22-year history of contesting for this council. Despite receiving near-two thousand fewer votes from the election the year before, Labour, however, beat the record share they'd recorded then, capturing 72.8% of votes cast. The Lib Dem vote fell further into the four-digit territory seen recently in their tumultuous merger period, but unlike then managed to stay within mid-teens in vote share.

With such an overwhelming vote, Labour captured every seat except the Independent Labour-held Hindley, making a total of four gains, and securing the largest majority since

1973. All but one were at the Lib Dem's expense, with their incumbent in Aspull-Standish standing for his third term ousted, their seat in Bedford-Astley fought and won by their previous incumbent for Labour and being reduced to one in the increasingly marginal, but one-time stronghold, ward of Langtree. The Conservatives suffered a loss to Labour in their only remaining favourable territory of Swinley, reducing their representation to an all-time low of one in both ward and council. The sole non-Labour victor in Hindley, standing under the title as Real Labour, seen her majority reduced.[1]

Election result

Wigan Local Election Result 1995
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 24 4 0 +4 96.0 72.8 39,936 +2.5%
 
Independent Labour
 1 0 0 0 4.0 2.2 1,207 -0.1%
  Liberal Democrats 0 0 3 -3 0.0 14.7 8,075 -1.3%
  Conservative 0 0 1 -1 0.0 10.2 5,610 -1.1%

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 66
Liberal Democrats 7 4
Conservatives 2 1
Independent Labour 1 1
Total 72 72
Working majority  52   60 

Ward results

Abram[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour B. Hampson 1,746 90.7 +0.9
Conservative A. Eccles 178 9.2 -0.9
Majority 1,568 81.5 +1.8
Turnout 1,924 20.4 -3.5
Labour hold Swing +0.9
Ashton-Golborne[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Hilton 1,965 76.8 -0.5
Conservative M. Winstanley 376 14.7 +3.7
Liberal Democrats S. Cooper 216 8.4 -3.2
Majority 1589 62.1 -3.5
Turnout 2,557 26.1 -3.5
Labour hold Swing -2.1
Aspull-Standish[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour D. Standring 1,726 48.9 +0.4
Liberal Democrats G. Davies 1,494 42.4 +1.7
Conservative J. Davies 306 8.7 -2.1
Majority 232 6.5 -1.3
Turnout 3,526 32.1 -5.2
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing -0.6
Atherton[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Sumner Unopposed N/A N/A
Labour hold Swing N/A
Bedford-Astley[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Lea 1,602 68.3 -0.4
Liberal Democrats R. Bleakley 543 23.1 -8.1
Conservative J. Mosley 200 8.5 +8.5
Majority 1,059 45.1 +7.6
Turnout 2,345 27.0 -1.7
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +3.8
Beech Hill[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour C. Roscoe 1,744 61.9 +14.0
Liberal Democrats J. Beswick 965 34.2 -13.8
Conservative J. Cartwright 109 3.9 -0.2
Majority 779 27.6 +27.5
Turnout 2,818 31.6 -5.7
Labour hold Swing +13.9
Bryn[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Foster 2,385 87.5 +1.0
Conservative W. Holmes 340 12.5 -1.0
Majority 2,045 75.0 +2.1
Turnout 2,725 27.7 -1.0
Labour hold Swing +1.0
Hindley[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Labour
 E. Edwardson 1,207 50.3 +50.3
Labour P. Kelly 984 41.0 -40.7
Liberal Democrats F. Graham 206 8.6 -9.6
Majority 223 9.3 -54.2
Turnout 2,397 24.8 -0.0
Independent Labour
hold 		Swing +45.5
Hindley Green[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R. McAllister 1,893 81.0 -5.1
Liberal Democrats J. Hough 228 9.7 +9.7
Conservative C. Butterworth 217 9.3 -4.7
Majority 1,665 71.2 -0.9
Turnout 2,338 20.7 -3.9
Labour hold Swing -7.4
Hindsford[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour S. Little 1,898 74.2 N/A
Liberal Democrats D. Soye 406 15.9 N/A
Conservative R. Oxley 253 9.9 N/A
Majority 1,492 58.3 N/A
Turnout 2,557 23.7 N/A
Labour hold Swing N/A
Hope Carr[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour G. Brooks 1,859 57.1 +6.6
Liberal Democrats P. Hough 1,090 33.5 -1.4
Conservative D. Morris 307 9.4 -5.2
Majority 769 23.6 +8.1
Turnout 3,256 32.5 -3.0
Labour hold Swing +4.0
Ince[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour D. Molyneux Unopposed N/A N/A
Labour hold Swing N/A
Langtree[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M. Greenwood 2,067 63.0 +5.8
Liberal Democrats T, Beswick 911 27.8 +0.2
Conservative F. Parkinson 301 9.2 -0.5
Majority 1,156 35.2 +5.6
Turnout 3,279 28.6 -6.1
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +2.8
Leigh Central[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour B. Thomas Unopposed N/A N/A
Labour hold Swing N/A
Leigh East[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour K. Cunliffe 1,849 71.0 +2.4
Labour S. Kennedy 1,657
Liberal Democrats S. Hide 505 19.4 -12.0
Liberal Democrats G. Waddup 465
Conservative A. Oxley 249 9.6 +9.6
Majority 1,344 51.6 +14.4
Turnout 2,603 25.8 -1.3
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing +7.2
Lightshaw[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour B. Strett 2,923 83.3 +2.6
Conservative C. Duffy 584 16.6 -2.6
Majority 2,339 66.7 +5.3
Turnout 3,507 31.8 -4.0
Labour hold Swing +2.6
Newtown[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Birch 1,827 90.8 +5.7
Liberal Democrats M. Wiswall 184 9.1 +1.2
Majority 1,643 81.7 +4.5
Turnout 2,011 22.8 -3.0
Labour hold Swing +2.2
Norley[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour S. Parker 1,819 92.4 +7.2
Liberal Democrats A. Sudworth 150 7.6 -7.2
Majority 1,669 84.7 +14.4
Turnout 1,969 26.1 -4.3
Labour hold Swing +7.2
Orrell[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R. Capstick 1,839 73.8 +3.1
Conservative M. Green 654 26.2 -3.1
Majority 1,185 47.5 +6.1
Turnout 2,493 26.7 -5.2
Labour hold Swing +3.1
Swinley[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Ball 1,606 59.7 -3.2
Conservative K. Swift 781 29.0 -8.0
Liberal Democrats A. Robinson 301 11.2 +11.2
Majority 825 30.7 +4.9
Turnout 2,688 30.3 -6.5
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +2.4
Tyldesley East[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour S. Hellier 2,109 70.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats A. Pennington 876 29.3 N/A
Majority 1,233 41.3 N/A
Turnout 2,985 26.5 N/A
Labour hold Swing N/A
Whelley[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M. Pendleton 1,859 90.9 +2.5
Conservative T. Sharpe 185 9.0 -2.5
Majority 1,674 81.9 +5.1
Turnout 2,044 25.2 -3.7
Labour hold Swing +2.5
Winstanley[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour G. Roberts 2,324 86.4 +22.1
Conservative G. Whiston 365 13.6 -0.7
Majority 1,959 72.8 +29.9
Turnout 2,689 22.7 -5.9
Labour hold Swing +11.4
Worsley Mesnes[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Baldwin 1,912 90.3 +30.5
Conservative T. Sutton 205 9.7 +4.2
Majority 1,707 80.6 +46.2
Turnout 2,117 21.2 -8.5
Labour hold Swing +13.1

References

  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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