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Wigan 2021

Local elections held 6 May 2021.

25 ward races

26 seats

8 elected below the proportional quota

30.8% of seats below quota

How to read this page

Each race below shows the share of valid ballots the marginal elected candidate actually won, and compares it to the proportional quota: the share that would be needed to be guaranteed that seat under any proportional voting method (1 seats + 1). For a 1-seat ward the quota is 50%; for 2 seats, 33.3%; for 3 seats, 25%.

Where the actual winning share fell below the quota, we show the gap as points under par — the editorial indictment. Above-par results are just majority mandates and pass without comment. The voting method is the subject of every observation here. Named candidates appear as the public election record requires; the cause being audited is the voting method, not the individuals. See the methodology page for derivations.

If votes were counted by party

Across the 25 wards in this cycle, parties received the vote totals below. The proportional column shows what each party would have won if the 26 seats had been allocated to those vote totals in proportion (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented in this council, negative are parties it under-represented.

Party	Votes	Vote %	Seats won	% of seats	Proportional seats	Proportional %	Δ
Labour Party	37,270	49.8%	19	73.1%	14	53.8%	+5
Conservative and Unionist Party	22,788	30.4%	4	15.4%	8	30.8%	-4
Independent	5,658	7.6%	2	7.7%	2	7.7%	0
Liberal Democrats	3,212	4.3%	0	0.0%	1	3.8%	-1
INDNET	2,548	3.4%	1	3.8%	1	3.8%	0
LATT	1,628	2.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
SHEV IND	1,383	1.8%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
UK Independence Party (UKIP)	242	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Reform UK	121	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Total	74,850	100.0%	26	100.0%	26	100.0%	0

Vote share vs seats won

The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.

Vote share

Actual seats

Proportional seats

Wards in this council

Sorted with the largest gap below the quota first. Click any ward to jump to its full result.

Hindley Green · 1 seat · won at 40.7% · +9.3 pts below quota
Orrell · 2 seats · won at 25.3% · +8.0 pts below quota
Atherleigh · 1 seat · won at 43.9% · +6.1 pts below quota
Shevington With Lower Ground · 1 seat · won at 44.9% · +5.1 pts below quota
Tyldesley · 1 seat · won at 48.7% · +1.3 pts below quota
Leigh South · 1 seat · won at 49.0% · +1.0 pts below quota
Leigh East · 1 seat · won at 49.6% · +0.4 pts below quota
Atherton · 1 seat · won at 50.4% · above quota
Aspull New Springs Whelley · 1 seat · won at 50.8% · above quota
Standish With Langtree · 1 seat · won at 54.7% · above quota
Abram · 1 seat · won at 55.5% · above quota
Golborne & Lowton West · 1 seat · won at 56.2% · above quota
Leigh West · 1 seat · won at 56.6% · above quota
Astley Mosley Common · 1 seat · won at 57.3% · above quota
Hindley · 1 seat · won at 57.4% · above quota
Winstanley · 1 seat · won at 58.1% · above quota
Lowton East · 1 seat · won at 59.4% · above quota
Ashton · 1 seat · won at 61.5% · above quota
Wigan Central · 1 seat · won at 63.1% · above quota
Worsley Mesnes · 1 seat · won at 64.1% · above quota
Wigan West · 1 seat · won at 65.7% · above quota
Bryn · 1 seat · won at 67.0% · above quota
Ince · 1 seat · won at 68.0% · above quota
Pemberton · 1 seat · won at 69.2% · above quota
Douglas · 1 seat · won at 70.1% · above quota

Race results

Hindley Green · single-seat

Marginal winner 40.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +9.3 pts below quota Valid ballots 2,616

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Brierley B.	Independent	1,066	40.7%	Elected
2	Palmer J.T.	Labour Party	1,058	40.4%
3	Chapman P.J.	Conservative and Unionist Party	455	17.4%
4	Suddick G.T.	Liberal Democrats	37	1.4%

Electorate 8,847 · Ballots cast 2,616 · EC ward code E05000850 · Back to ward index

Orrell · 2-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 25.3% Proportional quota 33.3% Difference +8.0 pts below quota Valid ballots 5,756

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Clayton M.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,540	26.8%	Elected
2	Winstanley M.W.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,456	25.3%	Elected
3	Tebbutt M.I.	Labour Party	1,285	22.3%
4	Saunders J.C.	Labour Party	1,140	19.8%
5	Stevenson N.D.	Liberal Democrats	225	3.9%
6	Thomas S.D.	Liberal Democrats	110	1.9%

Electorate 9,501 · Ballots cast 5,756 · EC ward code E05000856 · Back to ward index

Atherleigh · single-seat

Marginal winner 43.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +6.1 pts below quota Valid ballots 2,445

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Harding J.A.	Labour Party	1,073	43.9%	Elected
2	Fairhurst P.L.	Conservative and Unionist Party	610	24.9%
3	Hodgkinson N.L.	INDNET	587	24.0%
4	Irlam Z.	LATT	112	4.6%
5	Gillon L.	Liberal Democrats	63	2.6%

Electorate 8,490 · Ballots cast 2,445 · EC ward code E05000844 · Back to ward index

Shevington With Lower Ground · single-seat

Marginal winner 44.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +5.1 pts below quota Valid ballots 3,189

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Crosby M.J.	Labour Party	1,432	44.9%	Elected
2	Robinson G.	Conservative and Unionist Party	798	25.0%
3	Fairhurst G.W.	SHEV IND	739	23.2%
4	Crombie-Fisher B.C.D.	Liberal Democrats	220	6.9%

Electorate 9,215 · Ballots cast 3,189 · EC ward code E05000858 · Back to ward index

Tyldesley · single-seat

Marginal winner 48.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +1.3 pts below quota Valid ballots 3,198

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Rehman N.T.	Labour Party	1,559	48.7%	Elected
2	Atherton S.	Conservative and Unionist Party	771	24.1%
3	Marsh J.D.	LATT	429	13.4%
4	Davies J.E.	Liberal Democrats	213	6.7%
5	Fish J.A.	Reform UK	121	3.8%
6	Panebianco A.	Independent	105	3.3%

Electorate 10,320 · Ballots cast 3,198 · EC ward code E05000860 · Back to ward index

Leigh South · single-seat

Marginal winner 49.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +1.0 pts below quota Valid ballots 3,462

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Anderson K.	Labour Party	1,695	49.0%	Elected
2	Yates J.J.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,423	41.1%
3	Fraser D.	LATT	213	6.2%
4	Brooks S.P.	Liberal Democrats	131	3.8%

Electorate 10,475 · Ballots cast 3,462 · EC ward code E05000853 · Back to ward index

Leigh East · single-seat

Marginal winner 49.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +0.4 pts below quota Valid ballots 2,728

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Cunliffe K.	Labour Party	1,353	49.6%	Elected
2	Geddes J.F.	Conservative and Unionist Party	584	21.4%
3	Barton T.	Independent	473	17.3%
4	Morley J.E.	LATT	249	9.1%
5	Parkin L.D.	Liberal Democrats	69	2.5%

Electorate 9,368 · Ballots cast 2,728 · EC ward code E05000852 · Back to ward index

Atherton · single-seat

Marginal winner 50.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −0.4 pts Valid ballots 3,310

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Hodgkinson J.	INDNET	1,669	50.4%	Elected
2	Hilling J.A.	Labour Party	998	30.2%
3	Siddall E.J.	Conservative and Unionist Party	412	12.4%
4	Smith Q.J.	LATT	231	7.0%

Electorate 11,219 · Ballots cast 3,310 · EC ward code E05000845 · Back to ward index

Aspull New Springs Whelley · single-seat

Marginal winner 50.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −0.8 pts Valid ballots 3,420

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Flynn L.J.	Labour Party	1,736	50.8%	Elected
2	Marsden L.C.	Conservative and Unionist Party	853	24.9%
3	Hulme J.A.	Independent	719	21.0%
4	Holland A.J.L.	Liberal Democrats	112	3.3%

Electorate 10,008 · Ballots cast 3,420 · EC ward code E05000842 · Back to ward index

Standish With Langtree · single-seat

Marginal winner 54.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −4.7 pts Valid ballots 3,648

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Whittingham R.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,997	54.7%	Elected
2	Wood D.	Labour Party	911	25.0%
3	Fairhurst D.	SHEV IND	644	17.7%
4	Waddicor C.	Liberal Democrats	96	2.6%

Electorate 10,813 · Ballots cast 3,648 · EC ward code E05000859 · Back to ward index

Abram · single-seat

Marginal winner 55.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −5.5 pts Valid ballots 2,541

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Smethurst M.	Labour Party	1,411	55.5%	Elected
2	Bridgwater B.A.	Conservative and Unionist Party	628	24.7%
3	Bowker D.W.	Independent	425	16.7%
4	Simm D.J.	Liberal Democrats	77	3.0%

Electorate 10,813 · Ballots cast 2,541 · EC ward code E05000840 · Back to ward index

Golborne & Lowton West · single-seat

Marginal winner 56.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −6.2 pts Valid ballots 2,882

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Klieve Y.M.	Labour Party	1,619	56.2%	Elected
2	Crook S.	Conservative and Unionist Party	925	32.1%
3	Spibey S.J.	Independent	276	9.6%
4	Witt B.E.	Liberal Democrats	62	2.2%

Electorate 9,084 · Ballots cast 2,882 · EC ward code E05000848 · Back to ward index

Leigh West · single-seat

Marginal winner 56.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −6.6 pts Valid ballots 2,794

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Greensmith S.	Labour Party	1,582	56.6%	Elected
2	Houlton G.J.	Conservative and Unionist Party	714	25.6%
3	Lomax-Hargreaves J.M.A.	LATT	394	14.1%
4	Honey S.	Liberal Democrats	104	3.7%

Electorate 11,024 · Ballots cast 2,794 · EC ward code E05000854 · Back to ward index

Astley Mosley Common · single-seat

Marginal winner 57.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −7.3 pts Valid ballots 3,454

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Wakefield P.A.	Labour Party	1,978	57.3%	Elected
2	Stirzaker D.J.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,476	42.7%

Electorate 10,219 · Ballots cast 3,454 · EC ward code E05000843 · Back to ward index

Hindley · single-seat

Marginal winner 57.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −7.4 pts Valid ballots 2,607

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Blay P.J.	Labour Party	1,497	57.4%	Elected
2	Temperton M.M.	Conservative and Unionist Party	422	16.2%
3	Baines A.L.	Independent	305	11.7%
4	Byrne H.B.	INDNET	292	11.2%
5	Skipworth J.C.	Liberal Democrats	91	3.5%

Electorate 9,642 · Ballots cast 2,607 · EC ward code E05000849 · Back to ward index

Winstanley · single-seat

Marginal winner 58.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −8.1 pts Valid ballots 2,780

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Kenny P.T.	Labour Party	1,614	58.1%	Elected
2	Owens M.C.	Conservative and Unionist Party	801	28.8%
3	Stevenson R.D.	Liberal Democrats	365	13.1%

Electorate 9,151 · Ballots cast 2,780 · EC ward code E05000863 · Back to ward index

Lowton East · single-seat

Marginal winner 59.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −9.4 pts Valid ballots 4,034

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Cooper M.E.	Conservative and Unionist Party	2,395	59.4%	Elected
2	Lloyd G.P.	Labour Party	1,516	37.6%
3	Noon C.J.	Liberal Democrats	123	3.0%

Electorate 10,546 · Ballots cast 4,034 · EC ward code E05000855 · Back to ward index

Ashton · single-seat

Marginal winner 61.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −11.5 pts Valid ballots 2,557

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Fletcher D.	Labour Party	1,572	61.5%	Elected
2	Sturdy E.F.	Conservative and Unionist Party	860	33.6%
3	Matthews G.S.	Liberal Democrats	125	4.9%

Electorate 8,865 · Ballots cast 2,557 · EC ward code E05000841 · Back to ward index

Wigan Central · single-seat

Marginal winner 63.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −13.1 pts Valid ballots 3,197

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Hunt L.	Labour Party	2,016	63.1%	Elected
2	Worthington J.	Conservative and Unionist Party	938	29.3%
3	Thomas B.J.	Liberal Democrats	243	7.6%

Electorate 9,380 · Ballots cast 3,197 · EC ward code E05000861 · Back to ward index

Worsley Mesnes · single-seat

Marginal winner 64.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −14.1 pts Valid ballots 2,417

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Hurst D.R.	Labour Party	1,549	64.1%	Elected
2	Pendlebury C.	Conservative and Unionist Party	565	23.4%
3	Cooke D.	Independent	242	10.0%
4	Parrott J.	Liberal Democrats	61	2.5%

Electorate 8,997 · Ballots cast 2,417 · EC ward code E05000864 · Back to ward index

Wigan West · single-seat

Marginal winner 65.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −15.7 pts Valid ballots 2,531

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Halliwell T.W.	Labour Party	1,664	65.7%	Elected
2	Winstanley M.	Conservative and Unionist Party	572	22.6%
3	Dyer I.	Liberal Democrats	295	11.7%

Electorate 9,774 · Ballots cast 2,531 · EC ward code E05000862 · Back to ward index

Bryn · single-seat

Marginal winner 67.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −17.0 pts Valid ballots 3,053

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Jones S.	Independent	2,047	67.0%	Elected
2	Callaghan M.G.	Labour Party	703	23.0%
3	Atherton J.	Conservative and Unionist Party	252	8.3%
4	Melling D.	Liberal Democrats	51	1.7%

Electorate 8,826 · Ballots cast 3,053 · EC ward code E05000846 · Back to ward index

Ince · single-seat

Marginal winner 68.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −18.0 pts Valid ballots 1,909

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Molyneux D.T.	Labour Party	1,298	68.0%	Elected
2	Atherton A.	Conservative and Unionist Party	369	19.3%
3	Gaskell J.J.	UK Independence Party (UKIP)	242	12.7%

Electorate 8,891 · Ballots cast 1,909 · EC ward code E05000851 · Back to ward index

Pemberton · single-seat

Marginal winner 69.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −19.2 pts Valid ballots 2,133

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Prescott J.	Labour Party	1,476	69.2%	Elected
2	Peet J.M.	Conservative and Unionist Party	477	22.4%
3	Burley D.J.	Liberal Democrats	180	8.4%

Electorate 9,629 · Ballots cast 2,133 · EC ward code E05000857 · Back to ward index

Douglas · single-seat

Marginal winner 70.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −20.1 pts Valid ballots 2,189

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Draper P.	Labour Party	1,535	70.1%	Elected
2	Atherton M.	Conservative and Unionist Party	495	22.6%
3	MacNamara D.J.	Liberal Democrats	159	7.3%

Electorate 9,683 · Ballots cast 2,189 · EC ward code E05000847 · Back to ward index