1992 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

1992 UK local government election March 2020 March 2020 March 2020 thumb|500px|right|Map of the results of the 1992 Wigan council election. Elections to the Wigan council were held on Thursday, 7 May 1992, with one third of the seats set for re-election. Before the election the Labour Party had successfully retained their seats in three by-elections for the wards of Aspull-Standish, Leigh Central and Norley. The two elections directly preceding 1992's were markedly poor in participation, in contrast this year all wards were fought with the Conservative's and Lib Dem's return to fighting over three quarters of the wards each. Despite this, the election obtained the indisputably worst turnout in the council's near-twenty-year history, at a meagre 23.6%, losing just shy of 12,000 votes from the previous election. The elections were fought one month after the 1992 general election with heavy implications on the results - the most obvious of which is the nationally defeated Labour's loss of 8,000 votes from one year before, and consequently obtaining their worst vote figure in sixteen years. Neither the Conservatives rise - nor the Lib Dem's loss - of around 2,000 each, were significantly removed from recent results or accounted for such a loss, suggesting the slump in turnout were mostly the part of dismayed Labour voters. Seat changes were restricted to two Lib Dems gains from Labour, with one in the Labour-Lib Dem battleground of Aspull-Standish, returning the balance of councillor's in the latter's favour by two to one, and regaining one of their losses in the favourable territory of Langtree. 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 1992 Labour Party (UK) 20 0 2 -2 83.3 55.7 31,269 -2.3% Liberal Democrats (UK) 3 2 0 +2 12.5 20.1 11,299 +0.2% Conservative Party (UK) 1 0 0 0 4.2 21.5 12,045 +6.4% Liberal Party (UK, 1989) 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.5 873 -0.3% Independent Labour 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.9 488 -2.5% Independent (politician) 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.2 104 -0.8% This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections: PartyPrevious councilNew council Labour 63 61 Liberal Democrats 6 8 Conservatives 2 2 Independent Labour 1 1 Liberal 0 0 Independent 0 0 Total 72 72 Working majority #FFBF00 54 darkgray #FFBF00 50 darkgray Ward results Abram Labour Party (UK) A. Bennett 1,442 80.2 -3.5 Conservative Party (UK) I. Cunliffe 356 19.8 +3.5 1,086 60.4 -7.1 1,798 18.5 -10.6 Labour Party (UK) -3.5 Ashton-Golborne Labour Party (UK) T. Jones 1,130 57.8 -15.2 Conservative Party (UK) A. Calder 527 26.9 -0.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) C. Barton 299 15.3 +15.3 603 30.8 -15.2 1,956 19.7 -10.8 Labour Party (UK) -7.6 Aspull-Standish Liberal Democrats (UK) J. Ball 1,599 46.1 -4.7 Labour Party (UK) D. Standring 1,197 34.5 -3.6 Conservative Party (UK) J. Davies 674 19.4 +8.2 402 11.6 -1.1 3,470 32.0 -11.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Labour Party (UK) -0.5 Atherton Labour Party (UK) J. Clarke 1,583 76.4 +1.2 Independent Labour D. Graeme 488 23.5 +14.6 1,095 52.9 -6.6 2,071 22.2 -6.8 Labour Party (UK) -6.7 Bedford-Astley Labour Party (UK) J. Jones 1,317 50.4 +1.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) M. Bleakley 684 26.2 -25.2 Conservative Party (UK) K. Mercer 611 23.4 +23.4 633 24.2 +21.4 2,612 26.1 -9.4 Labour Party (UK) +13.5 Beech Hill Liberal Democrats (UK) J. McGarty 1,875 63.2 +9.1 Labour Party (UK) W. Blackedge 961 32.4 +0.1 Conservative Party (UK) J. Carrington 132 4.4 -0.5 914 30.8 +8.9 2,968 33.3 -8.6 Labour Party (UK) +4.5 Bryn Labour Party (UK) M. Millington 1,512 75.0 -5.6 Conservative Party (UK) B. Smith 503 25.0 +5.6 1,009 50.1 -11.2 2,015 20.8 -11.4 Labour Party (UK) -5.6 Hindley Labour Party (UK) A. Robinson 1,412 78.0 +40.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) J. Milton 397 21.9 +21.9 1,015 56.1 +31.3 1,809 18.6 -10.4 Labour Party (UK) +9.3 Hindley Green Labour Party (UK) S. Murphy 1,158 57.4 -13.7 Conservative Party (UK) E. Emmett 540 26.8 +26.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) F. Graham 214 10.6 +10.6 Independent (politician) J. Vickers 104 5.1 -23.6 618 30.6 -11.7 2,016 17.5 -7.1 Labour Party (UK) -20.2 Hindsford Labour Party (UK) W. Smith 1,647 67.2 N/A Conservative Party (UK) J. Wiseman 805 32.8 N/A 842 34.3 N/A 2,452 22.5 N/A Labour Party (UK) N/A Hope Carr Labour Party (UK) B. Jarvis 1,173 37.8 -3.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) M. Holmes 964 31.0 -7.9 Conservative Party (UK) J. Midgley 961 31.0 +11.0 209 6.7 +4.9 3,098 30.7 -7.4 Labour Party (UK) -2.4 Ince Labour Party (UK) J. Horrocks 1,208 80.7 -3.3 Conservative Party (UK) J. Cartwright 172 11.5 +11.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) A. Robinson 116 7.7 -8.2 1,036 69.2 +1.1 1,496 18.9 -14.6 Labour Party (UK) -7.4 Langtree Liberal Democrats (UK) D. Brown 1,626 45.9 +6.9 Labour Party (UK) J. Ball 1,279 36.1 +0.8 Liberal Party (UK, 1989) K. White 640 18.0 +2.1 347 9.8 +6.0 3,545 31.2 -14.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Labour Party (UK) +3.0 Leigh Central Labour Party (UK) J. Hession 1,249 63.6 +4.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) J. Croft 715 36.4 -4.0 534 27.2 +7.9 1,964 21.7 -10.3 Labour Party (UK) +4.0 Leigh East Labour Party (UK) J. Riley 1,157 55.9 N/A Liberal Democrats (UK) B. Ratcliffe 911 44.0 N/A 246 11.9 N/A 2,068 20.3 N/A Labour Party (UK) N/A Lightshaw Labour Party (UK) N. Holt 1,978 59.5 -6.6 Conservative Party (UK) S. Hide 1,348 40.5 +6.6 630 18.9 -13.3 3,326 30.6 -12.5 Labour Party (UK) -6.6 Newtown Labour Party (UK) M. Coghlin 1,085 72.2 -3.4 Conservative Party (UK) J. Whitehead 215 14.3 +14.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) L. Brooks 202 13.4 -10.9 870 57.9 +6.6 1,502 16.5 -13.5 Labour Party (UK) -8.8 Norley Labour Party (UK) R. Frodsham 1,233 77.8 N/A Liberal Democrats (UK) J. Shaw 208 13.1 N/A Conservative Party (UK) G. Peach 143 9.0 N/A 1,025 64.7 N/A 1,584 20.7 N/A Labour Party (UK) N/A Orrell Labour Party (UK) E. Swift 1,392 51.6 -0.7 Conservative Party (UK) H. Melling 1,305 48.4 +12.2 87 3.2 -12.9 2,697 26.4 -10.1 Labour Party (UK) -6.4 Swinley Conservative Party (UK) E. Cartwright 1,581 52.8 +1.1 Labour Party (UK) K. Anderson 1,158 38.7 -9.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) P. Thistleton 252 8.4 +8.4 423 14.1 +10.7 2,991 34.0 -9.0 Conservative Party (UK) +5.3 Tyldesley East Labour Party (UK) A. Stephenson 1,389 52.2 N/A Conservative Party (UK) J. Mosley 971 36.5 N/A Liberal Democrats (UK) R. Rothwell 299 11.2 N/A 418 15.7 N/A 2,659 22.9 N/A Labour Party (UK) N/A Whelley Labour Party (UK) A. Coyle 1,188 66.1 -3.7 Conservative Party (UK) K. Hart 292 16.2 +4.3 Liberal Party (UK, 1989) S. Cairns 233 12.9 -0.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) H. Wagner 85 4.7 -0.5 896 49.8 -6.9 1,798 20.3 -14.0 Labour Party (UK) -4.0 Winstanley Labour Party (UK) R. Winkworth 1,299 52.7 -0.5 Conservative Party (UK) R. Clayton 625 25.4 +7.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) A. McCarthy 538 21.8 -6.9 674 27.4 +2.9 2,462 20.9 -10.3 Labour Party (UK) -3.9 Worsley Mesnes Labour Party (UK) W. Brogan 1,122 65.2 -17.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) W. Sly 315 18.3 +18.3 Conservative Party (UK) J. Wright 284 16.5 -1.2 807 46.9 -17.6 1,721 17.3 -10.0 Labour Party (UK) -17.7 References expanded Category:1992 English local elections 1992 Category:1990s in Greater Manchester