2011 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

2011 UK local government election April 2025 November 2013 2011 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election Coat of arms of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council.png Wigan_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_election,_2010 2010 Wigan_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_election,_2012 2012 5 May 2011 Labour Party (UK) Independent (politician) Wigan UK local election 2011 map.svg 300px 2011 local election results in Wigan. #dc241f Labour #dddddd Independent #ddeeff Standish Independents Elections to Wigan Council were held in May 2011. One-third of the council was up for election. These elections were held as part of the 2011 United Kingdom local elections. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/election2011/council/html/bw.stm Election 2011: Wigan council 2012-07-06 BBC News http://kinnear.wiganmbc.gov.uk/electionresults/index.asp?ElectionDate=05+May+2011 Local Election Results 05 May 2011 wiganmbc.gov.uk 2012-07-06 https://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/results/2011/41/ Local Elections Archive Project: 2011 – Wigan andrewteale.me.uk 2012-07-06 Election result Wigan local election result 2011 Labour Party (UK) 21 6 0 +6 84.0 54.5 43,384 +8.6% Independent (politician) 3 1 1 0 12.0 12.6 10,046 +5.2% Wigan Independent Conservatives 1 0 1 -1 4.0 3.5 2,809 +0.4% Conservative Party (UK) 0 0 2 -2 0.0 19.6 15,603 +0.8% Community Action Party 0 0 2 -2 0.0 4.8 3,836 -3.2% Liberal Democrats (UK) 0 0 1 -1 0.0 2.7 2,159 -6.2% British National Party 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 777 -5.5% United Kingdom Independence Party 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.6 498 -0.7% Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.4 320 +0.4% England First Party 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 114 +0.0% This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections: PartyPrevious councilNew council Labour 52 58 Independent 7 7 Conservative 7 5 Community Action 4 2 Liberal Democrat 3 2 Wigan Independent Conservative 2 1 BNP 0 0 UKIP 0 0 Trade Unionist & Socialist 0 0 England First 0 0 Total 75 75 Working majority #FFBF00 29 darkgray #FFBF00 41 darkgray Ward results Abram Abram Labour Party (UK) Eunice Smethurst 1,696 56.6 +3.8 Independent (politician) Sandra Atherton 774 25.8 +9.3 Conservative Party (UK) Marion Green 271 9.0 -3.3 British National Party Dennis Shambley 242 8.1 -4.1 16 0.5 +0.2 922 30.7 -5.4 2,999 28.2 -23.6 Labour Party (UK) -2.7 Ashton Ashton Labour Party (UK) Joel Haddley 1,595 48.5 +9.7 Independent (politician) Walter Carney 710 21.6 +11.5 Community Action Party Leanne Brotherton 626 19.0 -15.7 Conservative Party (UK) Marie Winstanley 344 10.4 +0.4 17 0.5 +0.2 885 26.9 +22.9 3,292 36.0 -27.1 Labour Party (UK) Independent (politician) -0.9 Aspull, New Springs, Whelley Aspull, New Springs, Whelley Labour Party (UK) Christopher Ready 2,509 65.7 +16.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Alan Robinson 796 20.8 -2.4 Conservative Party (UK) Jane Surples 482 12.6 -6.0 34 0.9 +0.6 1,713 44.8 +18.5 3,821 37.5 -26.6 Labour Party (UK) +9.2 Astley Mosley Common Astley Mosley Common Labour Party (UK) Brendan Bowen 2,028 62.7 +23.1 Conservative Party (UK) Nasri Barghothi 1,158 35.8 +8.1 50 1.5 +0.8 870 26.9 +19.4 3,236 34.4 -28.7 Labour Party (UK) +7.5 Atherleigh Atherleigh Labour Party (UK) Mark Aldred 1,499 58.9 +15.6 Independent (politician) Jamie Hodgkinson 537 21.1 +11.6 Conservative Party (UK) Derek Davies 491 19.3 +0.8 18 0.7 +0.7 962 37.8 +13.0 2,545 29.6 -26.4 Labour Party (UK) +2.0 Atherton Atherton Independent (politician) Norman Bradbury 1,517 42.6 +28.6 Labour Party (UK) David Welch 1,271 35.7 -9.5 Conservative Party (UK) Vivienne Lee 437 12.3 -3.5 Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Stephen Hall 320 9.0 +9.0 17 0.5 +0.0 246 6.9 -22.5 3,562 32.3 -24.7 Independent (politician) +19.0 Bryn Bryn Independent (politician) Gary Wilkes 1,955 54.2 +24.2 Labour Party (UK) John Allen 1,363 37.8 -2.4 Conservative Party (UK) Stuart Foy 274 7.6 -1.7 17 0.5 +0.0 592 16.4 +6.2 3,609 39.0 -23.4 Independent (politician) +13.3 Douglas Douglas Labour Party (UK) Michael Dewhurst 1,867 71.9 +13.2 Independent (politician) Anthony Unsworth 393 15.1 +7.0 Conservative Party (UK) Margaret Atherton 321 12.4 -1.7 16 0.6 -0.1 1,474 56.8 +12.2 2,597 26.5 -22.5 Labour Party (UK) +3.1 Golborne Lowton West Golborne Lowton West Labour Party (UK) Stuart Keane 1,897 60.1 +10.2 Community Action Party Peter Franzen 849 26.9 -1.1 Conservative Party (UK) Kathleen Houlton 389 12.3 -2.8 19 0.6 +0.1 1,048 33.2 +11.3 3,154 35.0 -22.9 Labour Party (UK) +5.6 Hindley Hindley Labour Party (UK) James Churton 1,831 59.2 +9.9 Independent (politician) David Culshaw 1,000 32.3 +6.4 Conservative Party (UK) Stephen Holt 251 8.1 -3.6 12 0.4 -0.2 831 26.9 +3.5 3,094 30.7 -22.0 Labour Party (UK) +1.7 Hindley Green Hindley Green Independent (politician) Francis Carmichael 1,185 39.7 +11.7 Labour Party (UK) Romana Kowalczuk 927 31.1 -0.4 Community Action Party Barry Fagan 626 21.0 +0.3 Conservative Party (UK) Margaret Winstanley 232 7.8 -3.5 14 0.5 -0.1 258 8.6 +5.1 2,984 34.6 -27.1 Independent (politician) Community Action Party +6.0 Ince Ince Labour Party (UK) Janice Sharratt 1,679 66.5 +5.6 British National Party Anthony Farrell 296 11.7 -1.8 Independent (politician) Brian Kenrick 243 9.6 +4.3 Conservative Party (UK) Raymond Whittingham 177 7.0 -2.5 England First Party Robert Hague 114 4.5 +1.3 17 0.7 +0.2 1,383 54.8 +7.5 2,526 28.2 -20.1 Labour Party (UK) +3.7 Leigh East Leigh East Labour Party (UK) Anita Thorpe 1,835 69.0 +20.9 Conservative Party (UK) Richard Short 785 29.5 +6.0 38 1.4 +0.4 1,050 39.5 +18.6 2,658 28.5 -27.3 Labour Party (UK) +7.4 Leigh South Leigh South Labour Party (UK) John O'Brien 2,180 61.5 +20.7 Conservative Party (UK) Stanley Walker 885 25.0 +6.0 Community Action Party Stuart Preston 450 12.7 +3.4 29 0.8 +0.4 1,295 36.5 +14.7 3,544 34.2 -27.4 Labour Party (UK) +7.3 Leigh West Leigh West Labour Party (UK) Myra Whiteside 1,844 64.2 +17.7 Independent (politician) Brian Turrell 430 15.0 +5.1 Conservative Party (UK) John Oxley 334 11.6 +1.3 British National Party Martin Grainey 239 8.3 -4.5 24 0.8 +0.3 1,414 49.3 +18.1 2,871 26.3 -25.0 Labour Party (UK) +6.3 Lowton East Lowton East Labour Party (UK) Pamela Gilligan 1,561 40.8 +2.8 Conservative Party (UK) Ed Houlton 1,546 40.4 +3.8 Community Action Party Ian Franzen 710 18.5 -6.6 11 0.3 +0.0 15 0.4 -1.0 3,828 39.3 -26.3 Labour Party (UK) Community Action Party -0.5 Orrell Orrell Labour Party (UK) Stephen Murphy 1,825 48.4 +2.3 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Winstanley 1,693 44.9 +7.7 Independent (politician) Brian Merry 236 6.3 +6.3 16 0.4 -0.5 132 3.5 -5.5 3,770 40.5 -27.0 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) -2.7 Pemberton Pemberton Labour Party (UK) Barbara Bourne 1,864 70.9 +5.4 Community Action Party Michael Leyland 377 14.3 +5.2 Conservative Party (UK) Jonathan Cartwright 360 13.7 +1.1 29 1.1 +0.5 1,487 56.5 +3.6 2,630 26.7 -23.4 Labour Party (UK) +0.1 Shevington with Lower Ground Shevington with Lower Ground Labour Party (UK) Paul Collins 1,557 41.7 +7.4 Conservative Party (UK) Callum Chadwick 974 26.1 +4.0 Independent Conservative Deborah Fairhurst 672 18.0 -1.1 United Kingdom Independence Party Arnold Foster 498 13.3 +4.9 35 0.9 +0.5 583 15.6 +3.4 3,736 39.9 -28.5 Labour Party (UK) Independent Conservative +1.7 Standish with Langtree Standish with Langtree Independent Conservative George Fairhurst 1,672 43.1 +27.5 Labour Party (UK) Andrew Birchall 1,336 34.4 +2.4 Conservative Party (UK) Steven Surples 848 21.8 -7.1 27 0.7 +0.5 336 8.7 +5.6 3,883 39.8 -28.6 Independent Conservative +12.5 Tyldesley Tyldesley Labour Party (UK) Stephen Hellier 1,529 46.8 +14.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Keith McManus 1,363 41.7 +2.1 Conservative Party (UK) David Ollerton 357 10.9 -5.0 21 0.6 +0.4 166 5.1 -2.4 3,270 31.9 -26.4 Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) +6.3 Wigan Central Wigan Central Labour Party (UK) Michael McLoughlin 1,684 47.6 +5.7 Conservative Party (UK) Jean Peet 1,161 32.8 +7.1 Independent Conservative Gareth Fairhurst 465 13.1 -5.3 Community Action Party Robert Hall 198 5.6 +5.6 33 0.9 +0.1 523 14.8 -1.4 3,541 37.8 -26.9 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) -0.7 Wigan West Wigan West Labour Party (UK) Stephen Dawber 2,301 74.6 +13.1 Conservative Party (UK) Barry Alder 739 23.7 +6.3 54 1.8 +0.9 1,571 50.9 +6.8 3,085 30.7 -26.7 Labour Party (UK) +3.4 Winstanley Winstanley Labour Party (UK) Rona Winkworth 1,509 47.9 +4.5 Independent (politician) Christine Shore 1,066 33.8 +11.3 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Nicholls 552 17.5 +2.5 24 0.8 +0.5 443 14.1 -6.8 3,151 35.5 -29.3 Labour Party (UK) -3.4 Worsley Mesnes Worsley Mesnes Labour Party (UK) William Rotherham 2,197 79.5 +15.0 Conservative Party (UK) Joseph Sheedy 551 19.9 +3.1 17 0.6 -0.2 1,646 59.5 +13.0 2,765 30.6 -25.7 Labour Party (UK) +5.9 References expanded Category:2011 English local elections 2011 Category:2010s in Greater Manchester