1999 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

1999 UK local government election March 2023 thumb|500px|right|Map of the results of the 1999 Wigan council election. The 1999 Elections to Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 6 May 1999. One-third of the council was up for election. Prior to the election, the Liberal Democrats had gained the seat being fought in Beech Hill from Labour in a by-election, and long-time Labour councillor for Atherton, Jack Sumner, had defected to independent. All wards were fought for the first time since 1992, and the election boasted the highest number of candidates excepting the all-out elections of 1973 and 1980. The increase came from the Green Party standing a full-slate, seemingly energised by their third place the previous year, with both Labour and the Conservatives repeating their recent contesting rates. The Lib Dem's showing of six candidates, conversely, resembled a party resigned to fourth place. Elsewhere the aforementioned Independent was fighting Leigh East, and an incumbent Independent Labour candidate sought her fourth term in Hindley. The previous year had brought about the worst turnout recorded, and this election did little to improve upon it, increasing by just one percent to 18.4%. The general picture too was one of little difference to the preceding election. All three main parties managed to improve their vote upon the previous year's historic lows, but none were able to in a significant manner, and as such, their figures remained at historically poor levels. The party shares were also little changed, with a modest recovery of the Lib Dems and the Greens achieving a new peak mainly at the expense of Labour. Labour, however, made a net gain as they retook their seat in Beech Hill from last year's by-election victors the Lib Dems, and finally ousted the Independent Labour who'd held her seat in Hindley for more than a decade. Their solitary loss was a shock defeat in their previously safe seat of Hindsford, as the Lib Dems surged on a 21.6% swing to displace Samuel Little from the council – whose incumbency had been uninterrupted in the 25-year-long history of the council up to that point. The comparable record of the independent was ended as he made little progress in Leigh East and the Greens looked no more competitive than the previous year – and actually less in certain areas. https://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote_99/locals_99/html/constituency/296.stm Wigan 2009-12-17 BBC News 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 20 November 2011 dead Election results Wigan local election result 1999 Labour Party (UK) 23 2 1 +1 95.8 67.7 29,012 -1.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) 1 1 1 0 4.2 8.9 3,839 +2.2 Conservative Party (UK) 0 0 0 0 0.0 12.7 5,428 -0.6 Green Party of England and Wales 0 0 0 0 0.0 9.3 4,004 +0.6 Independent Labour 0 0 1 -1 0.0 1.0 440 +1.0 Independent (politician) 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.3 147 -1.5 This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections: PartyPrevious councilNew council Labour 69 70 Liberal Democrat 2 2 Conservative 0 0 Green 0 0 Independent Labour 1 0 Independent 0 0 Total 72 72 Working majority #FFBF00 66 darkgray #FFBF00 68 darkgray Ward results Abram Labour Party (UK) B. Hampson 890 79.0 -7.5 Conservative Party (UK) M. Green 155 13.8 +0.3 Green Party of England and Wales P. Murphy 81 7.2 +7.2 735 65.3 -7.7 1,126 12.4 +0.6 Labour Party (UK) -3.9 Ashton-Golborne Labour Party (UK) J. Hilton 1,227 70.3 +17.5 Conservative Party (UK) F. Parkinson 308 17.6 +8.9 Green Party of England and Wales L. Maile 211 12.1 +12.1 919 52.6 +35.0 1,746 17.0 -2.4 Labour Party (UK) +4.3 Aspull-Standish Labour Party (UK) G. Davies 1,375 58.2 -8.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) J. Beswick 499 21.1 +21.1 Conservative Party (UK) E. Mather 345 14.6 -5.8 Green Party of England and Wales D. Schanzi 145 6.1 -7.1 876 37.0 9.0 2,364 20.3 +1.0 Labour Party (UK) -14.6 Atherton Labour Party (UK) R. Holmes 1,188 74.7 +2.7 Conservative Party (UK) N. Isherwood 260 16.3 -0.6 Green Party of England and Wales P. Brown 142 8.9 -2.1 928 58.4 +3.2 1,590 18.4 +1.0 Labour Party (UK) +1.6 Bedford-Astley Labour Party (UK) J. Lea 1,110 71.2 -4.7 Conservative Party (UK) N. Dugmore 275 17.7 +17.7 Green Party of England and Wales K. Barry 173 11.1 -12.9 835 53.6 +1.7 1,558 18.4 +2.7 Labour Party (UK) -11.2 Beech Hill Labour Party (UK) A. Collins 1,386 56.9 +3.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) T. Beswick 1,012 41.5 -4.7 Green Party of England and Wales A. Deardon 39 1.6 +1.6 374 15.3 +7.7 2,437 27.1 +0.5 Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) +3.9 Bryn Labour Party (UK) R. Atkinson 1,396 77.8 +2.0 Conservative Party (UK) A. Davies 275 15.3 +0.7 Green Party of England and Wales D. Sanderson 123 6.8 -2.7 1,121 62.5 +1.2 1,794 18.1 +0.3 Labour Party (UK) +0.6 Hindley Labour Party (UK) J. Topping 1,120 66.7 -0.5 Independent Labour E. Edwardson 440 26.2 +26.2 Green Party of England and Wales C. Littler 119 7.1 -25.6 680 40.5 +6.0 1,679 16.7 +2.6 Labour Party (UK) Independent Labour -13.3 Hindley Green Labour Party (UK) P. Turner 1,197 77.2 +2.2 Conservative Party (UK) D. Morris 219 14.1 -4.3 Green Party of England and Wales E. Brown 134 8.6 +2.0 978 63.1 +6.5 1,550 14.2 +0.3 Labour Party (UK) +3.2 Hindsford Liberal Democrats (UK) R. Bleakley 1,299 53.4 +20.3 Labour Party (UK) S. Little 966 39.7 -22.9 Conservative Party (UK) L. Dugmore 114 4.7 +4.7 Green Party of England and Wales W. Jolly 52 2.1 -2.1 333 13.7 -15.9 2,431 22.8 +4.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Labour Party (UK) +21.6 Hope Carr Labour Party (UK) C. Hale 1,382 49.9 +0.8 Green Party of England and Wales C. Maile 807 29.1 -4.6 Conservative Party (UK) A. Oxley 580 20.9 +3.8 575 20.8 +5.4 2,769 27.3 +1.5 Labour Party (UK) Ince Labour Party (UK) D. Molyneux 1,021 87.4 -2.7 Green Party of England and Wales N. Maile 81 6.9 +6.9 Conservative Party (UK) H. Topping 66 5.6 -4.3 940 80.5 +0.3 1,168 15.2 +1.0 Labour Party (UK) -4.8 Langtree Labour Party (UK) M. Crosby 1,369 65.5 -3.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) F. Graham 583 27.9 +2.8 Green Party of England and Wales E. Kismul 138 6.6 +1.1 786 37.6 -6.7 2,090 17.9 +1.1 Labour Party (UK) -3.3 Leigh Central Labour Party (UK) B. Thomas 1,174 78.7 -1.8 Green Party of England and Wales S. Critchley 167 11.2 +0.5 Conservative Party (UK) T. Matthews 150 10.0 +1.4 1,007 67.5 -2.3 1,491 17.3 -0.0 Labour Party (UK) -1.1 Leigh East Labour Party (UK) K. Cunliffe 1,112 68.7 -5.0 Conservative Party (UK) D. Davies 254 15.7 -3.2 Independent (politician) J. Sumner 147 9.1 +9.1 Green Party of England and Wales N. Howarth 105 6.5 -0.8 858 53.0 -1.7 1,618 15.2 +0.2 Labour Party (UK) -0.9 Lightshaw Labour Party (UK) B. Strett 1,693 67.2 -6.1 Conservative Party (UK) N. Culshaw 591 23.5 +1.4 Green Party of England and Wales S. Clarke 234 9.3 +4.7 1,102 43.8 -7.5 2,518 21.3 -0.0 Labour Party (UK) -3.7 Newtown Labour Party (UK) J. Birch 1,036 83.1 +7.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) L. Fain 146 11.7 +0.9 Green Party of England and Wales H. Wilkinson 65 5.2 +2.6 890 71.4 +7.4 8,648 14.4 -0.1 Labour Party (UK) +3.4 Norley Labour Party (UK) S. Parker 1,050 94.2 +3.0 Green Party of England and Wales D. Smith 64 5.7 -3.0 986 88.5 +5.9 1,114 15.6 +1.3 Labour Party (UK) +3.0 Orrell Labour Party (UK) R. Capstick 1,051 58.5 -1.1 Conservative Party (UK) M. Winstanley 639 35.6 +1.5 Green Party of England and Wales N. Bird 105 5.8 -0.5 412 22.9 -2.6 1,795 19.7 +0.8 Labour Party (UK) -1.3 Swinley Labour Party (UK) J. Ball 1,143 52.6 -0.9 Conservative Party (UK) J. Davies 661 30.4 +0.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) A. Robinson 300 13.8 +1.3 Green Party of England and Wales D. Saunders 67 3.1 -0.7 482 22.2 -1.1 2,171 25.2 +2.2 Labour Party (UK) -0.5 Tyldesley East Labour Party (UK) S. Hellier 1,406 74.8 N/A Green Party of England and Wales P. Thake 473 25.2 N/A 933 49.7 N/A 1,879 16.1 N/A Labour Party (UK) N/A Whelley Labour Party (UK) T. Butler 1,345 86.1 +1.8 Green Party of England and Wales J. Wilkinson 217 13.9 +7.3 1,128 72.2 -3.0 1,562 19.3 +2.5 Labour Party (UK) -2.7 Winstanley Labour Party (UK) G. Roberts 1,290 70.1 -8.0 Conservative Party (UK) J. Cartwright 381 20.7 -1.2 Green Party of England and Wales J. Critchley 170 9.2 +9.2 909 49.4 -6.8 1,841 16.4 +1.9 Labour Party (UK) -3.4 Worsley Mesnes Labour Party (UK) J. Baldwin 1,085 81.4 -1.5 Conservative Party (UK) T. Sutton 155 11.6 -5.4 Green Party of England and Wales A. Connor 92 6.9 +6.9 930 69.8 +3.9 1,332 13.9 +0.4 Labour Party (UK) +1.9 By-elections between 1999 and 2000 Hindsford By-Election 2 December 1999 http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/byelections/index.htm Local Authority Byelection Results gwydir.demon.co.uk 2012-06-13 29 March 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100329041227/http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/byelections/index.htm dead Liberal Democrats (UK) Graham Lingings 921 57.1 +3.7 Labour Party (UK) 693 42.9 +3.2 227 14.2 +0.5 1,614 15.0 -7.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Labour Party (UK) +0.2 References expanded Category:1999 English local elections 1999 Category:1990s in Greater Manchester