2002 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election information
2002 UK local government election
This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these template messages)
This article is written like a personal reflection, personal essay, or argumentative essay that states a Wikipedia editor's personal feelings or presents an original argument about a topic. Please help improve it by rewriting it in an encyclopedic style.(August 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this message)
This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations.(August 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this message)
(Learn how and when to remove this message)
Map of the results of the 2002 Wigan council election.
Elections to Wigan Council were held on 2 May 2002, with one-third of the council to be re-elected. There had been a number of by-elections in the gap year, with a Labour gain from the Liberal Democrats in Hindsford, effectively cancelling out an earlier loss to them in Atherton. A Labour hold in Hope Carr in-between left both parties unchanged going into the election.
Candidates contesting rose slightly on the prior election's, with the Socialist Alliance's debut eclipsing the Liberal Democrat offering, with 9 candidates to 8, and the newly formed Community Action Party fielding their first handful, as well as a sole BNP contender in Abram. This counteracted the traditional opposition parties - the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats - fielding slightly less this year and one fewer Independent contester than the last election.
The worrying string of poor turnout seen in recent elections was partially reversed, as turnout rose by a quarter upon the 2000s figure of 19.5%, to 25.2%. The Conservatives and the Independents fell back from their impressive performances in 2000, to the benefit of the newcomers, with Community Action immediately gaining two seats in the previously-unblemished Labour strongholds of Bryn and Lightshaw. Labour successfully defended Orrell from another Tory gain, but suffered a loss in the former Conservative bastion of Swinley, with the Conservatives holding representation in Orrell and Swinley for the first time in just shy of twenty years. Elsewhere, the Lib Dems comfortably captured another seat in Hindsford. These gains reverted Labour's majority to a more normative 58, ending their five-year peak.[1][2][3][4]
^"Wigan". BBC News Online. Retrieved 17 December 2009.
^"Wigan Council results from 1973 to 2008" (PDF). wigan.gov.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 November 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
^"Local Election Results - 2002". wiganmbc.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 13 June 2002. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
The WiganMetropolitanBoroughCouncil is the local authority for the MetropolitanBorough of Wigan in the United Kingdom. It consists of 75 Councillors...
Elections to WiganCouncil were held on 2 May 2002, with one-third of the council to be re-elected. There had been a number of by-elections in the gap...
WiganMetropolitanBoroughCouncilelections are generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council being elected each time. Wigan...
The MetropolitanBorough of Wigan is a metropolitanborough of Greater Manchester, England. It is named after its largest town, Wigan but covers a far...
the MetropolitanBorough of Wigan and is its administrative centre. The town has a population of 107,732 and the wider borough of 330,714. Wigan is part...
Elections to WiganCouncil were held on 10 June 2004. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2003 increasing...
Elections to WiganBoroughCouncil were held on 1 May 2003 with one-third of the council was up for election. Prior to the election, there had been two...
Elections to WiganCouncil were held on 1 May 2008. One-third of the council was up for election. This result had the following consequences for the total...
Elections to WiganBoroughCouncil were held on 4 May 2000. One-third of the council was up for election, as well as an extra vacancy in Norley - both...
Elections to WiganCouncil were held on 6 May 2010. One-third of the council was up for election. This result had the following consequences for the total...
Elections to WiganCouncil 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...
Elections to WiganCouncil were held on 7 May 1998. One third of the council was up for election. Following the previous election there had been three...
Elections to WiganCouncil were held on 3 May 2007 with one third of the seats up for election. This result had the following consequences for the total...
administrative county of Lancashire, and the County Borough of Bolton. The metropolitan districts of Bury, Salford and Wigan lie to the east, south and west respectively;...
Elections to the Wigancouncil were held on Thursday, 5 May 1994, with one third of the seats up for election. Prior to the election, Labour had defended...
Elections to WiganCouncil were held on 4 May 2006. One-third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council...
The 2024 Redditch BoroughCouncilelection took place on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom, which were held...
number of post election vacancies: Coventry City Council, Paulton ward, death of candidate. There are thirty-six metropolitanboroughs, which are single-tier...
The 2024 Havant BoroughCouncilelection took place on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom being held on the...
The 2002 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday 2 May 2002. All London boroughcouncil seats were elected as well a third of the seats on...
The 2024 Hastings BoroughCouncilelection was held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom being held on the...
Oldham MetropolitanBoroughCouncilelection took place on 5 May 2022. One third—20 out of 60—of councillors on Oldham Council was elected. The election took...
Fareham BoroughCouncilelection took place on 5 May 2022 to elect members of Fareham BoroughCouncil. This was on the same day as other local elections. 16...
Bradford Metropolitan District Councilelection took place on 2 May 2024. One third of councillors (30 out of 90) were elected. The election took place...
Canal to the south, which forms its boundary with Trafford. The metropolitanboroughs of Wigan, Bolton, and Bury lie to the west, northwest, and north respectively...
Dudley MetropolitanBoroughCouncil, Cradley and Wollescote ward, death of councillor within a week of his re-election. South Derbyshire District Council, Hilton...
Global Information
