1995 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

1995 UK local government election March 2020 March 2020 February 2022thumb|500px|right|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 Labour had gained the seat being fought in Beech Hill from the Liberal Democrats, and defended a seat in Worsley Mesnes in by-elections. The major parties marginally increased their number of candidates upon last year's totals, whereas the number of Independent Labour candidates fighting returned to just the incumbent in Hindley. Having been the only party opposing Labour in Atherton, the Independent Labour absence there meant that went uncontested this time round, alongside two of last year's unopposed wards, Ince and Leigh Central. In total unopposed wards were reduced from the previous year's four to three. Turnout fell to 26.4%, the second lowest in the council's history, only surpassing the 1992 nadir. The election seen mixed fortunes for the main parties. For the Conservatives, this was 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. 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 1995 Labour Party (UK) 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 (UK) 0 0 3 -3 0.0 14.7 8,075 -1.3% Conservative Party (UK) 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: PartyPrevious councilNew council Labour 62 66 Liberal Democrats 7 4 Conservatives 2 1 Independent Labour 1 1 Total 72 72 Working majority #FFBF00 52 darkgray #FFBF00 60 darkgray Ward results Abram Labour Party (UK) B. Hampson 1,746 90.7 +0.9 Conservative Party (UK) A. Eccles 178 9.2 -0.9 1,568 81.5 +1.8 1,924 20.4 -3.5 Labour Party (UK) +0.9 Ashton-Golborne Labour Party (UK) J. Hilton 1,965 76.8 -0.5 Conservative Party (UK) M. Winstanley 376 14.7 +3.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) S. Cooper 216 8.4 -3.2 1589 62.1 -3.5 2,557 26.1 -3.5 Labour Party (UK) -2.1 Aspull-Standish Labour Party (UK) D. Standring 1,726 48.9 +0.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) G. Davies 1,494 42.4 +1.7 Conservative Party (UK) J. Davies 306 8.7 -2.1 232 6.5 -1.3 3,526 32.1 -5.2 Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) -0.6 Atherton Labour Party (UK) J. Sumner Unopposed N/A N/A Labour Party (UK) N/A Bedford-Astley Labour Party (UK) J. Lea 1,602 68.3 -0.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) R. Bleakley 543 23.1 -8.1 Conservative Party (UK) J. Mosley 200 8.5 +8.5 1,059 45.1 +7.6 2,345 27.0 -1.7 Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) +3.8 Beech Hill Labour Party (UK) C. Roscoe 1,744 61.9 +14.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) J. Beswick 965 34.2 -13.8 Conservative Party (UK) J. Cartwright 109 3.9 -0.2 779 27.6 +27.5 2,818 31.6 -5.7 Labour Party (UK) +13.9 Bryn Labour Party (UK) J. Foster 2,385 87.5 +1.0 Conservative Party (UK) W. Holmes 340 12.5 -1.0 2,045 75.0 +2.1 2,725 27.7 -1.0 Labour Party (UK) +1.0 Hindley Independent Labour E. Edwardson 1,207 50.3 +50.3 Labour Party (UK) P. Kelly 984 41.0 -40.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) F. Graham 206 8.6 -9.6 223 9.3 -54.2 2,397 24.8 -0.0 Independent Labour +45.5 Hindley Green Labour Party (UK) R. McAllister 1,893 81.0 -5.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) J. Hough 228 9.7 +9.7 Conservative Party (UK) C. Butterworth 217 9.3 -4.7 1,665 71.2 -0.9 2,338 20.7 -3.9 Labour Party (UK) -7.4 Hindsford Labour Party (UK) S. Little 1,898 74.2 N/A Liberal Democrats (UK) D. Soye 406 15.9 N/A Conservative Party (UK) R. Oxley 253 9.9 N/A 1,492 58.3 N/A 2,557 23.7 N/A Labour Party (UK) N/A Hope Carr Labour Party (UK) G. Brooks 1,859 57.1 +6.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) P. Hough 1,090 33.5 -1.4 Conservative Party (UK) D. Morris 307 9.4 -5.2 769 23.6 +8.1 3,256 32.5 -3.0 Labour Party (UK) +4.0 Ince Labour Party (UK) D. Molyneux Unopposed N/A N/A Labour Party (UK) N/A Langtree Labour Party (UK) M. Greenwood 2,067 63.0 +5.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) T, Beswick 911 27.8 +0.2 Conservative Party (UK) F. Parkinson 301 9.2 -0.5 1,156 35.2 +5.6 3,279 28.6 -6.1 Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) +2.8 Leigh Central Labour Party (UK) B. Thomas Unopposed N/A N/A Labour Party (UK) N/A Leigh East Labour Party (UK) K. Cunliffe 1,849 71.0 +2.4 Labour Party (UK) S. Kennedy 1,657 Liberal Democrats (UK) S. Hide 505 19.4 -12.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) G. Waddup 465 Conservative Party (UK) A. Oxley 249 9.6 +9.6 1,344 51.6 +14.4 2,603 25.8 -1.3 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) +7.2 Lightshaw Labour Party (UK) B. Strett 2,923 83.3 +2.6 Conservative Party (UK) C. Duffy 584 16.6 -2.6 2,339 66.7 +5.3 3,507 31.8 -4.0 Labour Party (UK) +2.6 Newtown Labour Party (UK) J. Birch 1,827 90.8 +5.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) M. Wiswall 184 9.1 +1.2 1,643 81.7 +4.5 2,011 22.8 -3.0 Labour Party (UK) +2.2 Norley Labour Party (UK) S. Parker 1,819 92.4 +7.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) A. Sudworth 150 7.6 -7.2 1,669 84.7 +14.4 1,969 26.1 -4.3 Labour Party (UK) +7.2 Orrell Labour Party (UK) R. Capstick 1,839 73.8 +3.1 Conservative Party (UK) M. Green 654 26.2 -3.1 1,185 47.5 +6.1 2,493 26.7 -5.2 Labour Party (UK) +3.1 Swinley Labour Party (UK) J. Ball 1,606 59.7 -3.2 Conservative Party (UK) K. Swift 781 29.0 -8.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) A. Robinson 301 11.2 +11.2 825 30.7 +4.9 2,688 30.3 -6.5 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +2.4 Tyldesley East Labour Party (UK) S. Hellier 2,109 70.6 N/A Liberal Democrats (UK) A. Pennington 876 29.3 N/A 1,233 41.3 N/A 2,985 26.5 N/A Labour Party (UK) N/A Whelley Labour Party (UK) M. Pendleton 1,859 90.9 +2.5 Conservative Party (UK) T. Sharpe 185 9.0 -2.5 1,674 81.9 +5.1 2,044 25.2 -3.7 Labour Party (UK) +2.5 Winstanley Labour Party (UK) G. Roberts 2,324 86.4 +22.1 Conservative Party (UK) G. Whiston 365 13.6 -0.7 1,959 72.8 +29.9 2,689 22.7 -5.9 Labour Party (UK) +11.4 Worsley Mesnes Labour Party (UK) J. Baldwin 1,912 90.3 +30.5 Conservative Party (UK) T. Sutton 205 9.7 +4.2 1,707 80.6 +46.2 2,117 21.2 -8.5 Labour Party (UK) +13.1 References expanded Category:1995 English local elections 1995 Category:1990s in Greater Manchester