1976 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

1976 UK local government election March 2020 March 2020 right|thumb|500px|Map of the results for the 1976 Wigan council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue and Independent in grey. Elections to Wigan Council were held on 6 May 1976, with one third of the seats up for election. Four Conservative gains and an Independent in Ward 23 regaining a seat reduced Labour's working majority to 40 seats. Two seats (Ward 4 and Ward 21) went uncontested, and turnout rose to 34.0% - a return to 1973 levels after a sizeable fall the previous year. http://www.wigan.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/3692F771-E969-41EE-B068-1F9F20DFE0B7/0/WiganResults1973to2007.pdf Wigan Council results from 1973 to 2008 wigan.gov.uk 2012-01-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20111120022015/http://www.wigan.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/3692F771-E969-41EE-B068-1F9F20DFE0B7/0/WiganResults1973to2007.pdf 2011-11-20 dead Election result Wigan local election result 1976 Labour Party (UK) 17 0 5 -5 70.8 51.3 35,499 +2.1 Conservative Party (UK) 6 4 0 +4 25.0 40.8 28,260 0.0 Independent (politician) 1 1 0 +1 4.2 2.9 2,038 +0.4 Liberal Party (UK) 0 0 0 0 0.0 3.9 2,732 -2.9 ER 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.6 392 +0.6 Communist Party of Great Britain 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.4 309 -0.3 This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections: PartyPrevious councilNew council Labour 61 56 Conservatives 10 14 Liberals 1 1 Independent 0 1 Total 72 72 Working majority #FFBF00 50 darkgray #FFBF00 40 darkgray Ward results Ward 1 (Lindsay-Scholes-Whelley) Labour Party (UK) A. Coyle 1,927 63.1 -1.0 Conservative Party (UK) C. Giles 1,126 36.9 +1.0 801 26.2 -2.0 3,053 33.1 +4.1 Labour Party (UK) -1.0 Ward 2 (Poolstock-Worsley Mesnes) Labour Party (UK) H. Milligan 1,419 62.5 -3.0 Conservative Party (UK) J. Atherton 536 23.6 -10.8 Liberal Party (UK) J. Forster 314 13.8 +13.8 883 38.9 +7.7 2,269 24.7 +7.6 Labour Party (UK) +3.9 Ward 3 (Gidlow-Swinley-Whitley) Conservative Party (UK) G. Lewthwaite 2,655 69.2 +4.7 Labour Party (UK) M. Pendleton 1,187 30.8 +7.8 1,478 38.4 -3.1 3,852 33.4 +1.1 Conservative Party (UK) -1.5 Ward 4 (Beech Hill and Marsh Green) Labour Party (UK) A. Eckersley Unopposed N/A N/A Labour Party (UK) N/A Ward 5 (Highfield and Lamberhead) Labour Party (UK) E. Maddocks 1,544 53.4 +2.3 Conservative Party (UK) T. Peet 1,348 46.6 +4.4 196 6.8 -2.1 2,892 26.4 +4.9 Labour Party (UK) -1.0 Ward 6 (Newtown and Rose Hill) Labour Party (UK) J. Bridge 1,483 62.0 -6.5 Conservative Party (UK) M. Wright 670 28.0 -3.5 Liberal Party (UK) J. Fitzpatrick 240 10.0 +10.0 813 34.0 -3.0 2,393 27.4 +8.8 Labour Party (UK) -1.5 Ward 7 (Hope Carr) Conservative Party (UK) B. Powell 1,770 56.2 -3.1 Labour Party (UK) J. Jones 1,377 43.8 +3.1 393 12.5 -6.4 3,147 44.9 +7.4 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) -3.1 Ward 8 (St Pauls and St Peters) Labour Party (UK) P. Hull 1,336 58.9 +3.4 Conservative Party (UK) J. Davies 842 37.1 -1.3 Communist Party of Great Britain H. Kedward 92 4.1 -2.1 494 21.8 +4.7 2,270 25.8 +9.0 Labour Party (UK) +2.3 Ward 9 (Etherstone and St Marys) Labour Party (UK) J. Riley 1,674 51.6 +10.2 Conservative Party (UK) H. Davies 1,477 45.5 -9.1 Communist Party of Great Britain J. Blackburn 96 3.0 -1.0 197 6.1 -7.2 3,247 35.3 +9.6 Labour Party (UK) +9.6 Ward 10 (Lilford-St Josephs-St Thomas) Conservative Party (UK) S. Johnson 1,905 52.6 -12.4 Labour Party (UK) P. Smith 1,595 44.0 +9.0 Communist Party of Great Britain M. Fitzpatrick 121 3.3 +3.3 310 8.6 -21.4 3,621 40.1 +8.8 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) -10.7 Ward 11 (Golborne St Thomas and Lowton) Labour Party (UK) T. Morgan 2,409 58.7 -0.1 Conservative Party (UK) T. Thompson 1,696 41.3 +0.1 713 17.4 -0.2 4,105 39.7 +5.2 Labour Party (UK) -0.1 Ward 12 (Golborne Heath Park and Ashton) Labour Party (UK) M. Taylor 2,395 70.2 N/A Conservative Party (UK) J. Harrison 1,015 29.8 N/A 1,380 40.5 N/A 3,410 37.9 N/A Labour Party (UK) N/A Ward 13 (Ashton-in-Makerfield North and West) Labour Party (UK) G. Lockett 1,648 67.6 -4.8 Liberal Party (UK) P. Scully 789 32.4 +4.8 859 35.2 -9.4 2,437 32.0 +10.3 Labour Party (UK) -4.8 Ward 14 (Ashton-in-Makerfield Central and East) Labour Party (UK) T. Jones 1,655 52.4 +3.8 Conservative Party (UK) M. Ball 915 29.0 +29.0 Liberal Party (UK) D. Gauld 586 18.6 -32.8 740 23.4 +20.6 3,156 37.9 +11.3 Labour Party (UK) -12.6 Ward 15 (Standish with Langtree and Shevington) Independent (politician) G. Dewhurst 1,534 36.0 +1.5 Labour Party (UK) J. Healen 1,509 35.4 -0.3 Conservative Party (UK) M. Wardle 1,222 28.7 +8.6 25 0.6 -0.6 4,265 38.8 +3.6 Independent (politician) Labour Party (UK) +0.9 Ward 16 (Aspull) Labour Party (UK) W. Mason 1,540 45.1 -14.0 Conservative Party (UK) E. Slevin 1,424 41.7 +41.7 Liberal Party (UK) P. Gibbons 448 13.1 -27.7 116 3.4 -15.0 3,412 34.2 +12.0 Labour Party (UK) -27.8 Ward 17 (Atherton North East) Labour Party (UK) L. Sumner 2,121 66.5 +12.4 Conservative Party (UK) E. Sweeney 1,068 33.5 -3.1 1,053 33.0 +15.4 3,189 33.5 +3.7 Labour Party (UK) +7.7 Ward 18 (Atherton South West) Conservative Party (UK) M. Williams 1,431 59.3 -5.2 Labour Party (UK) P. Needham 981 40.7 +5.2 450 18.6 -10.4 2,412 37.7 +7.6 Conservative Party (UK) -5.2 Ward 19 (Hindley Central and North) Labour Party (UK) T. Isherwood 1,410 66.7 +2.1 Conservative Party (UK) R. Park 704 33.3 -2.1 706 33.4 +4.2 2,114 28.1 +5.9 Labour Party (UK) +2.1 Ward 20 (Hindley South East and West) Labour Party (UK) R. MacAllister 1,573 49.8 +1.5 Conservative Party (UK) T. Whitfield 1,231 39.0 -12.7 Liberal Party (UK) B. Slinger 355 11.2 +11.2 342 10.8 +7.3 3,159 30.0 +4.5 Labour Party (UK) +7.1 Ward 21 (Ince-in-Makerfield) Labour Party (UK) A. Rowlandson Unopposed N/A N/A Labour Party (UK) N/A Ward 22 (Orrell and Billinge) Conservative Party (UK) F. Garner 1,897 44.1 -19.2 Labour Party (UK) S. Waring 1,507 35.0 -1.6 Independent (politician) N. Somers 504 11.7 +11.7 ER A. Atherton 392 9.1 +9.1 390 9.1 -17.5 4,300 32.5 -2.3 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) -8.8 Ward 23 (Tyldesley - Shakerley) Labour Party (UK) M. Devlin 1,761 53.7 -5.0 Conservative Party (UK) F. Mellor 1,516 46.3 +5.0 245 7.4 -10.1 3,277 38.5 +9.1 Labour Party (UK) -5.0 Ward 24 (Tyldesley - Astley Green and Blackmoor) Conservative Party (UK) C. Hampson 1,802 55.4 N/A Labour Party (UK) F. Walker 1,448 44.6 N/A 354 10.8 N/A 3,250 42.6 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) N/A References expanded Category:1976 English local elections 1976 Category:May 1976 in the United Kingdom Category:1970s in Greater Manchester