2023 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election
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Winner of each seat at the 2023 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2023 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council elections took place on 4 May 2023 alongside other local elections in the United Kingdom. Due to boundary changes all 75 seats on Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council were contested.[2]
Labour retained its majority on the council.[3]
Background
[edit]The Local Government Act 1972 created a two-tier system of metropolitan counties and districts covering Greater Manchester, Merseyside, South Yorkshire, Tyne and Wear, the West Midlands, and West Yorkshire starting in 1974. Manchester was a district of the Greater Manchester metropolitan county.[4] The Local Government Act 1985 abolished the metropolitan counties, with metropolitan districts taking on most of their powers as metropolitan boroughs. The Greater Manchester Combined Authority was created in 2011 and began electing the mayor of Greater Manchester from 2017, which was given strategic powers covering a region coterminous with the former Greater Manchester metropolitan county.[5]
Since its creation in 1974, the council has continuously been under the control of the Labour Party.
In December 2022 the Local Government Boundary Commission for England made The Wigan (Electoral Changes) Order 2022, which officially abolished the existing 25 wards and created 25 new wards with different boundaries. Because of this change, all 75 seats on the council, three per ward, are to be contested.[6]
Electoral process
[edit]The election took place using the plurality block voting system, a form of first-past-the-post voting, with each ward being represented by three councillors. The candidate with the most votes in each ward will serve a four year term ending in 2027, the second-placed candidate will serve a three year term anding in 2026 and the third-placed candidate will serve a one year term ending in 2024.[6]
All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in Wigan aged 18 or over were entitled to vote in the election. People who lived at two addresses in different councils, such as university students with different term-time and holiday addresses, were entitled to be registered for and vote in elections in both local authorities. Voting in-person at polling stations took place from 07:00 to 22:00 on election day. Residents had until Monday 17 April to register to vote,[7] and voters were able to apply for postal votes or proxy votes until 18 April and 25 April, respectively.[8]
As a result of the Elections Act 2022 electors were required to present photographic identification to polling staff in order to cast their vote.[9]
Overview
[edit]After 2022 election | Before 2023 election | After 2023 election[10] | ||||||
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Party | Seats | Party | Seats | Party | Seats | |||
Labour | 61 | Labour | 61 | Labour | 64 | |||
Conservative | 7 | Conservative | 7 | Conservative | 2 | |||
Independent | 7 | Independent | 7 | Independent | 9 |
Party | Number of Candidates |
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Labour Party | 75 |
Conservative Party | 38 |
Independents | 25 |
Liberal Democrats | 18 |
Leigh and Atherton Independents | 10 |
Reform UK | 3 |
UKIP | 2 |
Green Party | 1 |
Heritage Party | 1 |
Standish Independents | 1 |
TUSC | 1 |
Wigan Independents | 1 |
Results summary
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 64 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 85.3 | 60.9 | 96,342 | 7.9 | |
Conservative | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2.7 | 17.3 | 27,282 | 9.0 | |
Independent | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12.0 | 12.7 | 20,120 | 1.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 6,567 | 1.2 | ||
Leigh and Atherton Independents | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 3,514 | 0.3 | ||
Wigan Independents | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 1,102 | 0.5 | ||
Reform UK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 963 | New | ||
Standish Independents | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 795 | 0.5 | ||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 633 | 0.1 | ||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 416 | New | ||
Heritage | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 269 | New | ||
TUSC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 150 | New |
Vote share % changes are with respect to the 2022 election results.
Results
[edit]Incumbent councillors seeking re-election in their ward are marked with an asterisk (*). Turnout percentage changes are all relative to the 2022 turnouts for the respective wards.
Abram
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Martyn Smethurst* | 1,291 | 58.8 | ||
Labour | Eunice Smethurst* | 1,253 | 57.1 | ||
Labour | Nazia Rehman | 1,079 | 49.1 | ||
Independent | David Bowker | 646 | 29.4 | ||
Conservative | Janet Walch | 378 | 17.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Graham Suddick | 361 | 16.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,196 | 21.1 | 1.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Ashton-in-Makerfield South
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Danny Fletcher* | 1,530 | 64.7 | ||
Labour | Jenny Bullen* | 1,033 | 43.7 | ||
Labour | Andrew Bullen* | 989 | 41.9 | ||
Independent | Gary Wilkes | 733 | 31.0 | ||
Independent | Joanne Bradley | 502 | 21.2 | ||
Independent | Stephen Hanway | 476 | 20.1 | ||
Conservative | Paul Martin | 403 | 17.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Stephen Matthews | 149 | 6.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,363 | 26.9 | 0.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Aspull, New Springs & Whelley
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Chris Ready* | 1,836 | 70.5 | ||
Labour | Ron Conway* | 1,835 | 70.5 | ||
Labour | Laura Jean Flynn* | 1,624 | 62.4 | ||
Conservative | Gerard Joseph Houlton | 556 | 21.4 | ||
UKIP | Carl Davies | 406 | 15.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,603 | 27.9 | 0.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Astley
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Christine Lilian Roberts* | 1,816 | 57.4 | ||
Labour | Paula Anne Wakefield* | 1,743 | 55.1 | ||
Labour | Barry John Taylor* | 1,617 | 51.1 | ||
Conservative | Trevor Halliwell Barton | 1,058 | 33.4 | ||
Conservative | Eileen Patricia Strathearn | 949 | 30.0 | ||
Conservative | David John Stirzaker | 817 | 25.8 | ||
Heritage | Sandra Elizabeth Robinson | 269 | 8.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Sean Andrew Roocroft | 253 | 8.0 | ||
Turnout | 3,164 | 29.5 | 2.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Atherton North
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Stuart Andrew Gerrard* | 1,481 | 54.8 | ||
Independent | Jamie Hodgkinson* | 1,420 | 52.5 | ||
Independent | James Paul Watson* | 1,119 | 41.4 | ||
Labour | Julie Ann Hilling | 899 | 33.3 | ||
Labour | Paul James Blinkhorn | 854 | 31.6 | ||
Labour | Matthew Lewis Brown | 698 | 25.8 | ||
Atherton North Independent | Quinton John Smith | 349 | 12.9 | ||
Conservative | Keith Barton | 186 | 6.9 | ||
Atherton North Independent | Rick Carter | 145 | 5.4 | ||
Independent | Martin James Farrimond | 81 | 3.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,703 | 26.6 | 0.3 | ||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Atherton South & Lilford
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Arthur Harding* | 1,383 | 50.1 | ||
Labour | Debra Susan Ann Wailes* | 1,362 | 49.3 | ||
Labour | Lee Robert Mcstein | 1,206 | 43.6 | ||
Independent | Rachael Flaszczak | 900 | 32.6 | ||
Independent | Anthony Thomas Waite | 784 | 28.4 | ||
Leigh and Atherton Independent | Cameron John Smith | 532 | 19.3 | ||
Independent | Mary Halliday | 520 | 18.8 | ||
Conservative | Kathryn Eirlys Williams | 391 | 14.2 | ||
Leigh and Atherton Independent | Luke Greenhalgh | 279 | 10.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,763 | 26.7 | 1.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Bryn with Ashton-in-Makerfield North
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Steve Jones* | 1,485 | 60.4 | ||
Independent | Sylvia Wilkinson* | 1,122 | 45.7 | ||
Independent | Scarlett Rose Myler | 1,087 | 44.2 | ||
Labour | Margaret Therese Gaffney | 670 | 27.3 | ||
Labour | Samantha Joyce Lloyd | 626 | 25.5 | ||
Labour | Sandra Mary Swift | 599 | 24.4 | ||
Independent | John Cookson | 551 | 22.4 | ||
Conservative | Marie Winstanley | 166 | 6.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,457 | 27.4 | 2.6 | ||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
Douglas
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mary Gwendoline Callaghan* | 1,236 | 64.1 | ||
Labour | Patricia Draper* | 1,216 | 63.0 | ||
Labour | Matthew Thomas Dawber | 1,180 | 61.2 | ||
Green | Peter Jacobs | 416 | 21.6 | ||
Conservative | Margaret Atherton | 380 | 19.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,929 | 20.2 | 0.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Golborne & Lowton West
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Yvonne Marie Klieve* | 1,501 | 64.8 | ||
Labour | Gena Merrett* | 1,362 | 58.8 | ||
Labour | Susan Gambles* | 1,320 | 57.0 | ||
Conservative | Stanley Crook | 460 | 19.9 | ||
Conservative | Angela anne Roberts | 418 | 18.0 | ||
Conservative | Richard Byrom Houlton | 409 | 17.7 | ||
Reform UK | Brian Aspinall | 276 | 11.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Stuart John Worthington | 187 | 8.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,317 | 25.4 | 2.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Hindley
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Paul John Blay* | 1,154 | 49.2 | ||
Labour | Jim Churton | 1,037 | 44.2 | ||
Labour | James Talbot* | 1,003 | 42.8 | ||
Independent | Jim Ellis* | 804 | 34.3 | ||
Independent | Susan Jane Ellis | 519 | 22.1 | ||
Independent | David Joseph Culshaw | 473 | 20.2 | ||
Independent | Hilda Bridget Byrne | 355 | 15.1 | ||
UKIP | Jordan James Gaskell | 227 | 9.7 | ||
Conservative | Frederick John Stuart | 196 | 8.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | John Charles Skipworth | 186 | 7.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,346 | 23.7 | 0.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Hindley Green
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Bob Brierley* | 1,150 | 47.4 | ||
Labour | John Melville Vickers* | 1,139 | 46.9 | ||
Labour | Jim Palmer* | 1,117 | 46.0 | ||
Labour | David Josiah Aitchison | 1,054 | 43.4 | ||
Independent | Mark James Prescott | 667 | 27.5 | ||
Conservative | Paul John Chapman | 361 | 14.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Gary John Skipworth | 212 | 8.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,427 | 26.4 | 0.5 | ||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Ince
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Maureen Ann O'Bern | 1,106 | 53.1 | ||
Labour | David Trevor Molyneux* | 965 | 46.4 | ||
Labour | Janice Sharratt* | 808 | 38.8 | ||
Labour | James Moodie* | 713 | 34.3 | ||
Conservative | Allan Atherton | 277 | 13.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,081 | 22.5 | 3.8 | ||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Leigh Central & Higher Folds
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Keith Cunliffe* | 1,472 | 65.1 | ||
Labour | Shelley Guest* | 1,415 | 62.6 | ||
Labour | Fred Walker* | 1,207 | 53.4 | ||
Leigh Central Independent | James Edward Morley | 431 | 19.1 | ||
Conservative | Jean Dickinson | 404 | 17.9 | ||
Leigh Central Independent | Dave Fraser | 360 | 15.9 | ||
Leigh Central Independent | Hannah Elizabeth Sephton | 357 | 15.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Julian Lee Holland | 149 | 6.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,261 | 21.6 | 4.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Leigh South
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Kevin Anderson* | 1,579 | 59.6 | ||
Labour | John David O'Brien* | 1,529 | 57.7 | ||
Labour | Charles Rigby* | 1,390 | 52.5 | ||
Conservative | James Falle Geddes | 769 | 29.0 | ||
Conservative | Dominic Alexis Sutton | 710 | 26.8 | ||
Conservative | Mark Michael Temperton | 685 | 25.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Christopher John Noon | 468 | 17.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,649 | 28.3 | 1.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Leigh West
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Dane Kevan Anderton* | 1,386 | 60.9 | ||
Labour | Samantha Clare Brown* | 1,375 | 60.4 | ||
Labour | Sue Greensmith* | 1,312 | 57.6 | ||
Conservative | Marie Elizabeth Cooper | 383 | 16.8 | ||
Leigh West Independent | David John Evans | 367 | 16.1 | ||
Leigh West Independent | Jayson Allan Hargreaves | 352 | 15.5 | ||
Leigh West Independent | Rodney Halliwell | 342 | 15.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Simon Paul Brooks | 199 | 8.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,276 | 20.8 | 1.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Lowton East
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jenny Gregory | 1,820 | 48.2 | ||
Labour | Garry Peter Lloyd | 1,818 | 48.2 | ||
Conservative | Kathleen Houlton* | 1,751 | 46.4 | ||
Conservative | Sheila Gough | 1,734 | 45.9 | ||
Labour | Tracy Ann Croft | 1,705 | 45.2 | ||
Conservative | Edward Noel Houlton* | 1,683 | 44.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,774 | 34.0 | 1.2 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Orrell
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mark Ian Tebbutt | 1,429 | 48.3 | ||
Labour | Jim Nicholson | 1,317 | 44.5 | ||
Labour | Anne Collins | 1,310 | 44.2 | ||
Conservative | Michael William Winstanley | 1,259 | 42.5 | ||
Conservative | Marjorie Clayton* | 1,194 | 40.3 | ||
Conservative | Paul Kevin Bannister | 1,144 | 38.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Neil Duncan Stevenson | 369 | 12.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,961 | 31.4 | 1.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Pemberton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jeanette Prescott* | 1,102 | 58.9 | ||
Labour | Paul Prescott* | 1,033 | 55.2 | ||
Labour | Eileen Winifred Rigby* | 890 | 47.6 | ||
Independent | Tony Porter | 515 | 27.5 | ||
Conservative | Jean Margaret Peet | 360 | 19.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David John Burley | 321 | 17.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,870 | 19.6 | 1.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Shevington with Lower Ground & Moor
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Paul Anthony Collins* | 1,661 | 50.5 | ||
Labour | Michael John Crosby* | 1,477 | 44.9 | ||
Labour | Vicky Galligan* | 1,382 | 42.0 | ||
Shevington Independents part of Wigan Independents | Gareth William Fairhurst | 1,102 | 33.5 | ||
Conservative | Michael Colin Owens | 710 | 21.6 | ||
Conservative | Niall Mark El-Assaadd | 528 | 16.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Vincent Dean Holgate | 433 | 13.2 | ||
Turnout | 3,287 | 33.4 | 0.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Standish with Langtree
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Debbie Parkinson* | 1,705 | 47.7 | ||
Conservative | Raymond Whittingham* | 1,411 | 39.5 | ||
Labour | Terry Mugan | 1,303 | 36.5 | ||
Conservative | Judith Atherton* | 1,301 | 36.4 | ||
Labour | Samuel Floyd Flemming | 1,203 | 33.7 | ||
Conservative | Gary Robinson | 1,082 | 30.3 | ||
Standish Independents | Debbie Fairhurst | 795 | 22.2 | ||
Reform UK | Andy Dawber | 260 | 7.3 | ||
TUSC | Sharon Holden | 150 | 4.2 | ||
Turnout | 3,574 | 31.6 | 0.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Tyldesley & Mosley Common
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Joanne Marshall* | 1,425 | 56.4 | ||
Labour | Jess Eastoe | 1,304 | 51.6 | ||
Independent | James Anthony Fish | 979 | 38.7 | ||
Labour | Farai Nhakaniso | 940 | 37.2 | ||
Conservative | Ashley Mccarrick | 626 | 24.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,528 | 26.1 | 0.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
Wigan Central
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Lawrence Hunt* | 1,711 | 61.7 | ||
Labour | George Davies* | 1,578 | 56.9 | ||
Labour | Michael Mcloughlin* | 1,419 | 51.1 | ||
Conservative | Mark Nicholas Frith | 832 | 30.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Brian Dennis Whitney | 666 | 24.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,775 | 29.7 | 0.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Wigan West
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Phyll Cullen* | 1,492 | 60.2 | ||
Labour | David Anthony Wood | 1,251 | 50.5 | ||
Labour | Sheila Rosaleen Ramsdale | 1,206 | 48.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ian Dyer | 777 | 31.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Stuart David Thomas | 528 | 21.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Brian Craig Duff Crombie-Fisher | 499 | 20.1 | ||
Conservative | Adam James Marsh | 320 | 12.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,478 | 25.3 | 2.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Winstanley
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Paul Terence Kenny* | 1,436 | 61.3 | ||
Labour | Marie Teresa Morgan* | 1,344 | 57.3 | ||
Labour | Clive William Morgan* | 1,244 | 53.1 | ||
Conservative | Margaret Mary Winstanley | 563 | 24.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Robert Duncan Stevenson | 498 | 21.2 | ||
Reform UK | Robert Francis Kenyon | 427 | 18.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,344 | 26.2 | 0.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Worsley Mesnes
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | David Roland Hurst* | 1,416 | 65.1 | ||
Labour | Helen Louise O'Neill | 1,009 | 46.4 | ||
Labour | Paul David James Molyneux | 999 | 46.0 | ||
Independent | Danny Cooke | 645 | 29.7 | ||
Conservative | Susan Atherton | 428 | 19.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Donald John Macnamara | 312 | 14.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,174 | 24.4 | 1.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
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