2002 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election
Appearance
Elections to Wigan Council were held on 2nd May, 2002. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.
After the election, the composition of the council was
Election result
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 20 | -4 | 83.3 | 56.9 | 32,772 | +0.0% | |||
Community Action | 2 | +2 | 8.3 | 9.2 | 5,307 | +9.2% | |||
Conservative | 1 | +1 | 4.2 | 17.3 | 9,936 | -7.8% | |||
Liberal Democrats | 1 | +1 | 4.2 | 11.6 | 6,681 | -0.3% | |||
Socialist Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 1,428 | +2.5% | |||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 859 | -4.5% | |||
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 571 | +1.0% |
One Labour councillor was unopposed.
Ward results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Eunice Smethurst | 1,631 | 65.4 | −3.4 | |
BNP | Dennis Shambley | 571 | 22.9 | +22.9 | |
Conservative | Alicia Eccles | 292 | 11.7 | −19.5 | |
Majority | 1,060 | 42.5 | +4.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,494 | 25.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Andrew Bullen | 1,313 | 44.3 | −20.1 | |
Community Action | Stanley Barnes | 1,250 | 42.2 | +42.2 | |
Conservative | Jonathan Cartwright | 300 | 10.1 | −25.5 | |
Socialist Alliance | Marian Markham | 100 | 3.4 | +3.4 | |
Majority | 63 | 2.1 | −26.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,963 | 26.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 1,584 | 44.3 | −5.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 1,091 | 30.5 | +10.8 | ||
Conservative | 792 | 22.2 | −4.6 | ||
Socialist Alliance | 105 | 2.9 | +2.9 | ||
Majority | 493 | 13.8 | −9.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,572 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Susan Loudon | 1,353 | 54.8 | −8.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Patricia Myler | 827 | 33.5 | +12.7 | |
Conservative | Ann Davies | 155 | 6.3 | −9.5 | |
Independent | David Shallcross | 132 | 5.4 | +5.4 | |
Majority | 626 | 21.3 | −21.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,467 | 28.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frederick Walker | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 1,416 | 58.0 | +2.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 774 | 31.7 | −7.6 | ||
Independent | 252 | 10.3 | +10.3 | ||
Majority | 642 | 26.3 | +10.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,442 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Community Action | 1,397 | 48.0 | +48.0 | ||
Labour | 1,311 | 45.1 | −24.4 | ||
Conservative | 200 | 6.9 | −23.6 | ||
Majority | 86 | 2.9 | |||
Turnout | 2,908 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stuart Shaw | 1,656 | 74.5 | +25.0 | |
Conservative | Andre Walker | 567 | 25.5 | +13.6 | |
Majority | 1,089 | 49.0 | +38.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,223 | 21.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stanley Simmons | 1,535 | 72.6 | +24.2 | |
Conservative | Rosina Oxley | 580 | 27.4 | +8.4 | |
Majority | 955 | 45.2 | +29.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,115 | 19.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Neil Hogg | 1,724 | 55.5 | +9.0 | |
Labour | Philip Loudon | 1,024 | 33.0 | −11.2 | |
Independent | Stephen Hall | 234 | 7.5 | +3.2 | |
Conservative | William Graham | 125 | 4.0 | −1.0 | |
Majority | 700 | 22.5 | +20.2 | ||
Turnout | 3,107 | 28.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kevin Anderson | 1,498 | 52.3 | +13.2 | |
Conservative | Andrew Oxley | 713 | 24.9 | −2.9 | |
Community Action | Peter Solinas | 549 | 19.2 | +19.2 | |
Socialist Alliance | Keith Fry | 104 | 3.6 | +3.6 | |
Majority | 785 | 27.4 | +16.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,864 | 28.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 1,231 | 76.6 | +1.5 | ||
Socialist Alliance | 200 | 12.4 | +12.4 | ||
Conservative | 176 | 11.0 | −3.3 | ||
Majority | 1,031 | 64.2 | +3.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,607 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 1,733 | 52.1 | +4.0 | ||
Conservative | 988 | 29.7 | −3.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 607 | 18.2 | −0.5 | ||
Majority | 745 | 22.4 | +7.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,328 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Smith | 1,298 | 71.7 | +1.5 | |
Conservative | Timothy Matthews | 301 | 16.6 | −13.2 | |
Community Action | Daniel Burrows | 212 | 11.7 | +11.7 | |
Majority | 997 | 55.1 | +14.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,811 | 21.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Anne Turnock | 1,571 | 77.6 | +22.9 | |
Conservative | Derek Davies | 454 | 22.4 | +3.1 | |
Majority | 1,117 | 55.2 | +26.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,025 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Community Action | Peter Franzen | 1,899 | 44.6 | +44.6 | |
Labour | Tom Sherratt | 1,776 | 41.7 | −18.5 | |
Conservative | James Grundy | 581 | 13.7 | −26.1 | |
Majority | 123 | 2.9 | −17.5 | ||
Turnout | 4,256 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 1,204 | 78.4 | +9.5 | ||
Socialist Alliance | 332 | 21.6 | +21.6 | ||
Majority | 872 | 56.8 | +10.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,536 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 1,017 | 83.9 | |||
Socialist Alliance | 195 | 16.1 | |||
Majority | 822 | 67.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,212 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 1,478 | 52.5 | +4.1 | ||
Conservative | 1,336 | 47.5 | −4.1 | ||
Majority | 142 | 5.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,814 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 1,189 | 40.4 | −0.9 | ||
Labour | 1,084 | 36.8 | −8.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 365 | 12.4 | +0.4 | ||
Independent | 241 | 8.2 | +6.7 | ||
Socialist Alliance | 65 | 2.2 | +2.2 | ||
Majority | 105 | 3.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,944 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brian Wilson | 1,574 | 64.5 | +7.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Derricutt | 866 | 35.5 | +2.6 | |
Majority | 708 | 29.0 | +5.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,440 | 20.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 1,391 | 71.1 | −4.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 427 | 21.8 | +21.8 | ||
Socialist Alliance | 138 | 7.1 | +7.1 | ||
Majority | 964 | 49.3 | −0.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,956 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 1,667 | 65.0 | −0.3 | ||
Conservative | 895 | 34.9 | +0.2 | ||
Majority | 772 | 30.1 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,564 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 1,427 | 74.8 | +5.2 | ||
Conservative | 292 | 15.3 | −15.1 | ||
Socialist Alliance | 189 | 9.9 | +9.9 | ||
Majority | 1,135 | 59.5 | +20.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,908 |
Preceded by Wigan Council election 2000 |
Wigan local elections | Succeeded by Wigan Council election 2003 |