1982 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

1982 UK local government election March 2020 March 2020 thumb|500px|right|Map of the results of the 1982 Wigan council election. Elections to the Wigan Council were held on Thursday, 6 May 1982, with one third of the council up for election. The newly formed Alliance made three gains, replacing the Conservatives as the main opposition to Labour. The Alliance massively increased upon the Liberals' past participation, contesting every ward, in marked contrast to a year in which candidate variety fell to a low, with only the former Labour councillor, standing again as Independent Labour in Hindley ward, not representing the three aforementioned choices. Overall turnout was down 2.6% to 33.6%. 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 1982 Labour Party (UK) 18 0 3 -3 75.0 50.5 39,122 -8.7% SDP-Liberal Alliance 4 3 0 +3 16.7 29.2 22,670 +22.4% Conservative Party (UK) 2 0 0 0 8.3 18.9 14,692 -10.1% Independent Labour 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.3 1,031 -0.2% This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections: PartyPrevious councilNew council Labour 64 61 SDP-Liberal Alliance 3 6 Conservatives 5 5 Total 72 72 Working majority #FFBF00 56 darkgray #FFBF00 50 darkgray Ward results Abram Labour Party (UK) I. McCartney 2,447 73.9 -0.0 SDP-Liberal Alliance M. O'Halloran 507 15.3 +15.3 Conservative Party (UK) J. Abrahams 356 10.8 -15.2 1,940 58.6 +10.6 3,310 33.0 +4.9 Labour Party (UK) -7.6 Ashton-Golborne Labour Party (UK) S. Lea 1,452 53.7 -15.5 SDP-Liberal Alliance K. Higham 638 23.6 +23.6 Conservative Party (UK) T. Lydon 616 22.8 -8.0 814 30.1 -8.3 2,706 28.8 -2.7 Labour Party (UK) -19.5 Aspull-Standish SDP-Liberal Alliance M. Rutherford 1,867 42.5 +23.3 Labour Party (UK) A. Hitchmough 1,558 35.5 -11.5 Conservative Party (UK) J. Holland 967 22.0 -11.8 309 7.0 -6.1 4,392 43.6 -2.9 SDP-Liberal Alliance Labour Party (UK) +17.4 Atherton Labour Party (UK) L. Sumner 1,758 54.7 -22.1 SDP-Liberal Alliance W. Jones 814 25.3 +25.3 Conservative Party (UK) M. Sharland 640 19.9 -3.2 944 29.4 -24.3 3,212 33.6 -5.3 Labour Party (UK) -23.7 Bedford-Astley Labour Party (UK) J. Prytharch 1,627 43.7 -13.9 SDP-Liberal Alliance B. Aitken 1,116 30.0 +30.0 Conservative Party (UK) C. Hampson 982 26.4 -16.1 511 13.7 -1.4 3,725 38.3 -3.3 Labour Party (UK) -21.9 Beech Hill Labour Party (UK) G. Pullin 1,603 56.0 -17.9 SDP-Liberal Alliance S. Jeffers 804 28.1 +28.1 Conservative Party (UK) J. Wolstenholme 457 16.0 -10.1 799 27.9 -19.9 2,864 32.1 -0.2 Labour Party (UK) -23.0 Bryn Labour Party (UK) R. Lyons 1,768 51.0 -23.5 SDP-Liberal Alliance J. Walter 1,107 32.0 +31.9 Conservative Party (UK) M. Jones 589 17.0 -8.4 661 19.1 -30.1 3,464 35.5 +6.5 Labour Party (UK) -27.7 Hindley Labour Party (UK) J. Bray 1,710 48.6 +0.3 Independent Labour C. Priestley 1,031 29.3 -4.6 SDP-Liberal Alliance W. Hewer 779 22.1 +22.1 679 19.3 +5.0 3,520 37.0 -2.6 Labour Party (UK) +2.4 Hindley Green Labour Party (UK) T. Wynn 1,405 48.9 -17.4 SDP-Liberal Alliance I. Collingwood 763 26.5 +26.5 Conservative Party (UK) D. Culshaw 706 24.6 +24.6 642 22.3 -10.3 2,874 27.3 +3.5 Labour Party (UK) -21.9 Hindsford Labour Party (UK) A. Wright 1,617 46.7 -21.9 SDP-Liberal Alliance S. Icke 1,305 37.7 +37.7 Conservative Party (UK) K. Mercer 537 15.5 -15.8 312 9.0 -28.3 3,459 32.6 -1.3 Labour Party (UK) -29.8 Hope Carr Labour Party (UK) J. Hession 1,635 42.6 -14.5 Conservative Party (UK) E. Manson 1,169 30.4 -12.5 SDP-Liberal Alliance D. Ode 1,037 27.0 +27.0 466 12.2 -2.0 3,841 40.3 -4.0 Labour Party (UK) -1.0 Ince Labour Party (UK) A. Rowlandson 1,597 72.0 -5.9 SDP-Liberal Alliance P. Coleman 470 21.2 +21.2 Conservative Party (UK) J. Michaels 150 6.8 -15.2 1,127 50.8 -5.1 2,217 26.8 +1.1 Labour Party (UK) -13.5 Langtree SDP-Liberal Alliance P. Davies 1,852 50.9 +4.2 Labour Party (UK) T. Morris 1,074 29.5 -0.6 Conservative Party (UK) M. Clark 715 19.6 -3.6 778 21.4 +4.8 3,641 36.0 -13.8 SDP-Liberal Alliance +2.4 Leigh Central Labour Party (UK) P. Smith 2,002 72.4 -0.4 Conservative Party (UK) S. Emerton 389 14.1 -8.2 SDP-Liberal Alliance B. Miners 375 13.6 +13.6 1,613 58.3 +7.8 2,766 30.9 -4.3 Labour Party (UK) +4.3 Leigh East Labour Party (UK) T. Harper 1,694 61.7 +6.1 SDP-Liberal Alliance P. Knowles 1,053 38.3 +38.3 641 23.3 +12.3 2,747 27.6 -8.6 Labour Party (UK) -16.1 Lightshaw Labour Party (UK) T. Sherratt 1,988 53.4 -13.3 Conservative Party (UK) A. Taylor 915 24.6 -8.7 SDP-Liberal Alliance J. Marsden 822 22.1 +22.1 1,073 28.8 -4.6 3,725 37.4 -12.5 Labour Party (UK) -2.3 Newtown Labour Party (UK) J. Bridge 1,717 65.5 -12.4 SDP-Liberal Alliance N. Brenson 535 20.4 +20.4 Conservative Party (UK) S. Warren 368 14.0 -8.0 1,182 45.1 -10.7 2,620 28.4 +0.8 Labour Party (UK) -16.4 Norley Labour Party (UK) N. Turner 1,961 79.9 -1.7 SDP-Liberal Alliance B. Woolley 320 13.0 +4.8 Conservative Party (UK) T. Simms 174 7.1 -3.1 1,641 66.8 -4.5 2,455 28.8 -2.7 Labour Party (UK) -3.2 Orrell Conservative Party (UK) J. Hitchen 1,522 40.1 +1.6 Labour Party (UK) W. Cowley 1,289 34.0 -1.6 SDP-Liberal Alliance W. Hudson 983 25.9 +20.7 233 6.1 +3.3 3,794 38.4 -9.3 Conservative Party (UK) +1.6 Swinley Conservative Party (UK) C. Giles 1,710 47.0 -7.5 Labour Party (UK) C. Cooke 1,080 29.7 +3.8 SDP-Liberal Alliance A. Short 850 23.4 +3.7 630 17.3 -11.2 3,640 39.9 +5.2 Labour Party (UK) -5.6 Tyldesley East SDP-Liberal Alliance G. Pickthall 1,759 51.0 +34.5 Labour Party (UK) J. Burke 1,692 49.0 -8.8 67 1.9 -30.1 3,451 36.2 -5.1 SDP-Liberal Alliance Labour Party (UK) +21.6 Whelley Labour Party (UK) W. Pendleton 1,724 57.0 -17.6 SDP-Liberal Alliance G. Derbyshire 931 30.8 +30.8 Conservative Party (UK) F. Sidebotham 368 12.2 -13.2 793 26.2 -23.0 3,023 33.7 +2.3 Labour Party (UK) -24.2 Winstanley SDP-Liberal Alliance J. Fitzpatrick 1,418 40.8 +24.9 Labour Party (UK) E. Naylor 1,081 31.1 -6.3 Conservative Party (UK) T. Peet 974 28.0 +0.9 337 9.7 -0.7 3,473 33.2 -7.5 SDP-Liberal Alliance Labour Party (UK) +15.6 Worsley Mesnes Labour Party (UK) H. Milligan 1,643 63.3 -12.7 SDP-Liberal Alliance C. Hughes 565 21.8 +21.8 Conservative Party (UK) R. Rogers 388 14.9 -9.0 1,078 41.5 -10.5 2,596 26.7 -1.6 Labour Party (UK) -17.2 References expanded Category:1982 English local elections 1982 Category:1980s in Greater Manchester Category:May 1982 in the United Kingdom