1991 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

1991 UK local government election March 2020 March 2020 March 2020 thumb|300px|right|Map of the results of the 1991 Wigan council election. Elections to the Wigan council were held on Thursday, 2 May 1991, with one third scheduled for re-election. Like the last election, this seen a wider variety of party candidates than most previous, but only marginally improved upon the nadir of the year before in terms of candidates, with four wards uncontested (the record low until beaten last year), Conservatives fighting just above one half of the seats and the Liberal Democrats just under - although the Lib Dems near doubled last year's total, both were historically disappointing. Minor party participation consisted of three Independent Labour candidates - including a former Beech Hill Labour councillor - two Liberals, a return of an Independent in Hindley Green and one remaining Green - their lowest fielded when participating - in Atherton. Results on the night largely turned out to be the converse of the 1988 election with Labour suffering a significant fall in their vote share, mostly to the advantage of the Lib Dems, as they decisively won back second place. There were three gains in total, with two Lib Dem gains from Labour and one vice versa. The Lib Dems achieved a notable gain in the unblemished Labour ward of Bedford-Astley, as well as a second gain in the once consistently-Labour Beech Hill. Labour managed to return Winstanley to sole Labour representation again, but their total of 18 seats was the lowest accomplished in just under a decade for them. Elsewhere the Conservative's successfully defended Swinley this time around, and the Independent Labour comfortably held Hindley. Turnout fell to a fairly average figure of 34.5%. 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 2012-01-30 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 1991 Labour Party (UK) 18 1 2 -1 75.0 58.0 39,434 -11.2% Liberal Democrats (UK) 4 2 1 +1 16.7 19.9 13,578 +8.7% Conservative Party (UK) 1 0 0 0 4.2 15.1 10,251 +1.9% Independent Labour 1 0 0 0 4.2 3.4 2,311 +3.4% Liberal Party (UK, 1989) 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.8 1,215 +0.2% Independent (politician) 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.2 820 +0.3% Green Party of England and Wales 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.6 424 -2.7% This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections: PartyPrevious councilNew council Labour 64 63 Liberal Democrats 5 6 Conservatives 2 2 Independent Labour 1 1 Liberal 0 0 Independent 0 0 Green 0 0 Total 72 72 Working majority #FFBF00 56 darkgray #FFBF00 54 darkgray Ward results Abram Labour Party (UK) B. Hampson 2,373 83.7 N/A Conservative Party (UK) J. Horsewell 461 16.3 N/A 1,912 67.4 N/A 2,834 29.2 N/A Labour Party (UK) N/A Ashton-Golborne Labour Party (UK) J. Hilton 2,191 73.0 -6.0 Conservative Party (UK) A. Calder 809 27.0 +6.0 1,382 46.0 -12.0 3,000 30.5 -6.1 Labour Party (UK) -6.0 Aspull-Standish Liberal Democrats (UK) G. Davies 2,376 50.7 +20.6 Labour Party (UK) T. Mugan 1,782 38.1 -15.2 Conservative Party (UK) J. Carrington 524 11.2 -5.3 594 16.6 -10.4 4,682 43.0 -3.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) +17.9 Atherton Labour Party (UK) J. Summer 2,027 75.3 -5.0 Green Party of England and Wales S. Bickerton 424 15.7 -3.9 Independent Labour D. Graeme 242 9.0 +9.0 1,603 59.6 -1.1 2,693 29.1 -6.2 Labour Party (UK) -0.5 Bedford-Astley Liberal Democrats (UK) J. Lea 1,812 51.4 +51.4 Labour Party (UK) H. Hayes 1,713 48.6 -21.8 99 2.8 -38.1 3,525 35.5 +1.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Labour Party (UK) +36.6 Beech Hill Liberal Democrats (UK) V. Milton 1,992 54.1 +5.2 Labour Party (UK) S. Shaw 1,188 32.3 -18.9 Independent Labour J. Parkinson 320 8.7 +8.7 Conservative Party (UK) A. Porter 182 4.9 +4.9 804 21.8 +19.5 3,682 41.9 -4.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Labour Party (UK) +12.0 Bryn Labour Party (UK) J. Foster 2,540 80.6 -0.1 Conservative Party (UK) B. Smith 610 19.4 +0.1 1,930 61.3 -0.2 3,150 32.3 -2.6 Labour Party (UK) -0.1 Hindley Independent Labour E. Edwardson 1,749 62.4 +62.4 Labour Party (UK) T. Bailey 1,053 37.6 -37.1 696 24.8 -34.1 2,802 29.0 -7.9 Independent Labour +49.7 Hindley Green Labour Party (UK) R. McAllister 2,027 71.2 -1.0 Independent (politician) J. Vickers 820 28.8 +11.3 1,207 42.4 -12.3 2,847 24.7 -7.9 Labour Party (UK) -6.1 Hindsford Labour Party (UK) S. Little Unopposed N/A N/A Labour Party (UK) N/A Hope Carr Labour Party (UK) L. Birtles 1,561 40.9 -8.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) J. Croft 1,491 39.1 -12.0 Conservative Party (UK) J. Midgley 764 20.0 +20.0 70 1.8 -0.4 3,816 38.1 +0.3 Labour Party (UK) +2.0 Ince Labour Party (UK) D. Molyneaux 2,217 84.1 N/A Liberal Democrats (UK) J. Shaw 420 15.9 N/A 1,797 68.2 N/A 2,637 33.5 N/A Labour Party (UK) N/A Langtree Liberal Democrats (UK) S. Jeffers 2,003 39.0 +21.9 Labour Party (UK) M. Gallagher 1,811 35.2 -14.1 Liberal Party (UK, 1989) K. White 819 15.9 -5.9 Conservative Party (UK) J. Davies 507 9.8 -1.8 192 3.7 -23.8 5,140 45.4 -1.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) +18.0 Leigh Central Labour Party (UK) B. Thomas 1,722 59.6 N/A Liberal Democrats (UK) R. Whalley 1,166 40.4 N/A 556 19.2 N/A 2,888 32.1 N/A Labour Party (UK) N/A Leigh East Labour Party (UK) S. Kennedy Unopposed N/A N/A Labour Party (UK) N/A Lightshaw Labour Party (UK) B. Strett 3,063 66.1 -9.8 Conservative Party (UK) S. Hide 1,570 33.9 +9.8 1,493 32.2 -19.6 4,633 43.2 -0.7 Labour Party (UK) -9.8 Newtown Labour Party (UK) M. Milligan 2,090 75.6 -13.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) L. Brooks 673 24.3 +24.3 1,417 51.3 -27.9 2,763 30.0 -9.2 Labour Party (UK) -19.1 Norley Labour Party (UK) S. Parker Unopposed N/A N/A Labour Party (UK) N/A Orrell Labour Party (UK) R. Capstick 1,959 52.3 -15.7 Conservative Party (UK) H. Melling 1,354 36.2 +4.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) J. Lancaster 429 11.4 +11.4 605 16.2 -19.9 3,742 36.5 -2.5 Labour Party (UK) -9.9 Swinley Conservative Party (UK) J. Wolstenholme 1,974 51.7 +3.9 Labour Party (UK) A. Bullen 1,842 48.3 -3.9 132 3.4 -0.8 3,816 43.0 -6.1 Conservative Party (UK) +3.9 Tyldesley East Labour Party (UK) R. Hopkinson Unopposed N/A N/A Labour Party (UK) N/A Whelley Labour Party (UK) M. Pendleton 2,116 69.8 -9.1 Liberal Party (UK, 1989) K. Smith 396 13.0 +13.0 Conservative Party (UK) F. Sidebotham 361 11.9 +0.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) H. Wagner 160 5.3 +5.3 1,720 56.7 -11.2 3,033 34.4 -3.7 Labour Party (UK) -11.0 Winstanley Labour Party (UK) G. Roberts 1,956 53.3 -10.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) V. Gasteen 1,056 28.7 +7.9 Conservative Party (UK) I. Cunliffe 660 18.0 +2.1 900 24.5 -18.0 3,672 31.3 -6.2 Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) -8.9 Worsley Mesnes Labour Party (UK) J. Baldwin 2,203 82.2 -10.1 Conservative Party (UK) R. Clayton 475 17.7 +10.1 1,728 64.5 -20.2 2,678 27.3 -5.8 Labour Party (UK) -10.1 References expanded Category:1991 English local elections 1991 Category:1990s in Greater Manchester