1994 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

Map of the results of the 1994 Wigan council election.

Elections to the Wigan council were held on Thursday, 5 May 1994, with one third of the seats up for election. Prior to the election, Labour had defended their seats in two by-elections for Abram and Hindley. The election suffered from a mixture of a poor contesting rate and low voter turnout. The number of candidates contesting was just 50, the lowest since 1975, with four wards going unopposed, and Lib Dems back to fighting a half of the seats, and the Conservatives less than two-thirds. The only other opposition standing were three Independent Labour candidates, one of which was the previous - but since deselected - Labour incumbent for the seat being fought in Worsley Mesnes. Voter turnout rose from the previous election's nadir, but at 30.4%, still well below average.

Labour achieved their highest vote share to date, with an overwhelming 70.3% of votes cast. Conversely the Conservatives obtained both their lowest vote share, and lowest vote figure, on record. The Lib Dems, whilst suffering a drop to 16% - a figure below average for results in recent years - witnessed nothing as dramatic. Party seat totals remained unchanged, with Labour and the Lib Dems gaining a seat from each other. The Lib Dem narrowly gained (by just four votes) their third in Beech Hill, turning a ward entirely represented by Labour from the early to mid eighties, into solely Lib Dem for the first time. Labour elsewhere regained a seat in Hope Carr, returning that to entirely Labour.^[1]

Election result

Wigan Local Election Result 1994
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	23	1	1	95.8	70.3	41,704	+14.6%
Liberal Democrats	1	1	1	4.2	16.0	9,520	-4.1%
Conservative	0	0	0	0.0	11.3	6,729	-10.2%
Independent Labour	0	0	0	0.0	2.3	1,343	+1.4%

This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:

Party		Previous council	New council
	Labour	61	61
	Liberal Democrats	8	8
	Conservatives	2	2
	Independent Labour	1	1
Total		72	72
Working majority		50	50

Ward results

Abram^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Best	2,073	89.8	+9.6
	Conservative	J. Wright	235	10.2	-9.6
Majority			1,838	79.6	+19.2
Turnout			2,308	23.9	+5.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+9.6

Ashton-Golborne^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Bullen	2,253	77.3	+19.6
	Liberal Democrats	S. Cooper	340	11.7	-3.6
	Conservative	I. Cunliffe	320	11.0	-15.9
Majority			1,913	65.7	+34.8
Turnout			2,913	29.7	+10.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+11.6

Aspull-Standish^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Hilton	1,948	48.5	+14.0
	Liberal Democrats	L. Chamberlain	1,633	40.7	-5.4
	Conservative	J. Davies	432	10.8	-8.6
Majority			315	7.8	-3.7
Turnout			4,013	37.3	+5.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+9.7

Atherton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Loundon	2,033	84.6	+8.2
	Independent Labour	D. Graeme	370	15.4	-8.2
Majority			1,663	69.2	+16.3
Turnout			2,403	26.1	+3.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+8.2

Bedford-Astley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	F. Walker	1,717	68.8	+18.3
	Liberal Democrats	G. Mann	780	31.2	+5.0
Majority			937	37.5	+13.3
Turnout			2,497	28.7	+2.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.6

Beech Hill^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	L. Brooks	1,621	48.0	-15.1
	Labour	T. Bishop	1,617	47.9	+15.5
	Conservative	J. Cartwright	138	4.1	-0.3
Majority			4	0.1	-30.7
Turnout			3,376	37.4	+4.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	-15.3

Bryn^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Melling	2,429	86.5	+11.4
	Conservative	R. Clayton	380	13.5	-11.4
Majority			2,049	72.9	+22.9
Turnout			2,809	28.7	+7.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+11.4

Hindley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Shaw	1,946	81.8	+3.7
	Liberal Democrats	F. Graham	434	18.2	-3.7
Majority			1,512	63.5	+7.4
Turnout			2,380	24.8	+6.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.7

Hindley Green^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Simmons	2,407	86.0	+28.6
	Conservative	A. Emmett	390	13.9	-12.8
Majority			2,017	72.1	+41.4
Turnout			2,797	24.6	+7.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+20.7

Hindsford^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Wright	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Hope Carr^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	K. Anderson	1,812	50.4	+12.6
	Liberal Democrats	P. Hough	1,254	34.9	+3.8
	Conservative	D. Morris	526	14.6	-16.4
Majority			558	15.5	+8.8
Turnout			3,592	35.6	+4.9
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+4.4

Ince^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Blackledge	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Langtree^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. O'Neill	2,250	57.2	+21.1
	Liberal Democrats	J. Shaw	1,083	27.5	-18.3
	Conservative	F. Parkinson	381	9.7	+9.7
	Independent Labour	H. O'Neill	218	5.5	+5.5
Majority			1,167	29.7	+19.9
Turnout			3,932	34.7	+3.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+19.7

Leigh Central^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Smith	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Leigh East^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Harper	1,870	68.6	+12.7
	Liberal Democrats	S. Hide	856	31.4	-12.7
Majority			1,014	37.2	+25.3
Turnout			2,726	27.1	+6.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+12.7

Lightshaw^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Sherratt	3,180	80.7	+21.2
	Conservative	C. Duffy	760	19.3	-21.2
Majority			2,420	61.4	+42.5
Turnout			3,940	35.8	+5.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+21.2

Newtown^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	K. Pye	1,964	85.1	+12.9
	Liberal Democrats	H. Wagner	183	7.9	-5.5
	Conservative	G. Peach	160	6.9	-7.4
Majority			1,781	77.2	+19.3
Turnout			2,307	25.8	+9.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+9.2

Norley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	N. Tuner	1,973	85.2	+7.3
	Liberal Democrats	B. Turner	343	14.8	+1.7
Majority			1,630	70.4	+5.7
Turnout			2,316	30.4	+9.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.8

Orrell^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Seaward	2,133	70.7	+19.1
	Conservative	G. Whiston	884	29.3	-19.1
Majority			1,249	41.4	+38.2
Turnout			3,017	31.9	+5.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+19.1

Swinley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Turner	2,032	62.9	+24.2
	Conservative	M. Winstanley	1,198	37.1	-15.8
Majority			834	25.8	+11.7
Turnout			3,230	36.8	+2.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+20.0

Tyldesley East^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B. Wilson	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Whelley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Pendleton	2,125	88.4	+22.3
	Conservative	T. Sharpe	279	11.6	-4.6
Majority			1,846	76.8	+26.9
Turnout			2,404	28.8	+8.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+13.4

Winstanley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Evans	2,168	64.3	+11.5
	Liberal Democrats	P. Evans	721	21.4	-0.5
	Conservative	M. Green	483	14.3	-11.1
Majority			1,447	42.9	+15.5
Turnout			3,372	28.6	+7.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.0

Worsley Mesnes^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Rotherham	1,774	59.8	-5.3
	Independent Labour	H. Milligan	755	25.5	+25.5
	Liberal Democrats	W. Sly	272	9.2	-9.1
	Conservative	T. Sutton	163	5.5	-11.0
Majority			1,019	34.4	-12.5
Turnout			2,964	29.8	+12.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-15.4

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y "Wigan Council results from 1973 to 2008" (PDF). wigan.gov.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 November 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2012.

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