1975 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Wigan Council were held on 1 May 1975, with one third of the council up for the election - although only 21 seats were contested, as Labour were unopposed in Ward 12, 21 and 24. Labour suffered six losses on the night - five to the Conservatives and one to the Liberals - with a gain from the sole Independent in Ward 23 as consolation. Overall turnout fell by nearly a quarter, to 27%.^[1]

Map of the results for the 1975 Wigan council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue and Liberal in yellow.

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	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	16	1	6	-5	66.7	49.2	25,697	-11.3%
Conservative	7	5	0	+5	29.2	40.8	21,270	+12.4%
Liberal	1	1	0	+1	4.2	6.8	3,550	+6.8%
Independent	0	0	1	-1	0.0	2.5	1,302	-5.6%
Communist	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.7	345	+0.5%

Party		Previous council	New council
	Labour	66	61
	Conservatives	5	10
	Liberals	0	1
	Independent	1	0
Total		72	72
Working majority		60	50

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Pratt	1,728	64.1	−9.5
	Conservative	C. Giles	966	35.9	+9.5
Majority			762	28.2	−19.0
Turnout			2,694	29.0	−9.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-9.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Townley	1,049	65.6	−16.0
	Conservative	J. Atherton	550	34.4	+16.0
Majority			499	31.2	−32.0
Turnout			1,599	17.1	−10.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-16.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. France	2,417	64.5	+4.8
	Labour	M. Pendleton	862	23.0	−17.3
	Liberal	K. Mason	467	12.5	+12.5
Majority			1,555	41.5	+22.1
Turnout			3,746	32.3	−7.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+11.0

1975 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

Election result

Ward results

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	N. Turner	1,478	71.6	−8.9
	Conservative	?. Gormally	586	28.4	+8.9
Majority			892	43.2	−17.8
Turnout			2,064	22.1	−9.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-8.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Smith	1,189	51.1	−17.0
	Conservative	T. Peet	982	42.2	+10.3
	Communist	?. Dowd	157	6.7	+6.7
Majority			207	8.9	−27.2
Turnout			2,328	21.5	−9.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-13.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Mulligan	1,116	68.5	−13.1
	Conservative	C. Boyle	513	31.5	+13.1
Majority			603	37.0	−26.2
Turnout			1,629	18.6	−6.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-13.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	?. Hurst	1,535	59.4	+16.0
	Labour	J. Jones	1,048	40.6	−16.0
Majority			487	18.9	+5.7
Turnout			2,583	37.5	+0.9
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+16.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Bridge	817	55.4	−19.1
	Conservative	J. Davies	566	38.4	+20.5
	Communist	J. Blackburn	91	6.2	−1.4
Majority			251	17.0	−39.6
Turnout			1,474	16.8	−5.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-19.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Yates	1,310	54.6	+15.3
	Labour	?. Tonks	991	41.3	−19.4
	Communist	H. Kedward	97	4.0	+4.0
Majority			319	13.3	−8.2
Turnout			2,398	25.7	−1.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+17.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Wood	1,853	65.0	+18.2
	Labour	J. Prytharch	997	35.0	−18.2
Majority			856	30.0	+23.6
Turnout			2,850	31.3	−4.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+18.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Roberts	2,095	58.8	−14.9
	Conservative	T. Thompson	1,469	41.2	+14.9
Majority			626	17.6	−29.8
Turnout			3,564	34.5	−4.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-14.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Lyons	1,186	72.4	N/A
	Liberal	P. Scully	453	27.6	N/A
Majority			733	44.8	N/A
Turnout			1,639	21.7	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	?. Worsley	1,103	51.4	+51.4
	Labour	G. Fairhurst	1,043	48.6	−21.7
Majority			60	2.8	−37.9
Turnout			2,146	26.6	−1.2
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing	+36.5

Ward 15 (Standish with Langtree and Shevington)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Hardy	1,346	35.7	+2.4
	Independent	G. Dewhurst	1,302	34.5	+5.4
	Conservative	J. Lawson	754	20.0	+0.0
	Liberal	?. Young	369	9.8	+9.8
Majority			44	1.2	−3.0
Turnout			3,771	35.2	−15.7
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing	-1.5

Ward 16 (Aspull)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Lowe	1,302	59.2	−5.4
	Liberal	?. Lammas	897	40.8	+40.8
Majority			405	18.4	−10.7
Turnout			2,199	22.2	−16.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-23.1

Ward 19 (Hindley Central and North)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Robinson	1,087	64.6	−11.4
	Conservative	?. Haseldene	596	35.4	+11.4
Majority			491	29.2	−22.9
Turnout			1,683	22.2	−11.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-11.8

Ward 20 (Hindley South East and West)^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Culshaw	1,346	51.7	+15.2
	Labour	S. Hardy	1,256	48.3	−15.2
Majority			90	3.5	−23.6
Turnout			2,602	25.5	−3.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+15.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Skitt	1,517	54.1	N/A
	Conservative	M. Williams	1,025	36.6	N/A
	Liberal	?. Hicks	261	9.3	N/A
Majority			492	17.6	N/A
Turnout			2,803	29.8	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Grundy	1,258	64.5	+26.5
	Labour	G. Horrabin	693	35.5	−11.3
Majority			565	29.0	+20.3
Turnout			1,951	30.1	−9.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+18.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	F. Fairbairn	2,554	63.3	+29.5
	Labour	J. Fitzpatrick	1,482	36.7	−1.4
Majority			1,072	26.6	+22.3
Turnout			4,036	34.8	−9.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+15.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Wright	1,415	58.8	−12.0
	Conservative	?. Hodkinson	990	41.2	+41.2
Majority			425	17.7	−23.9
Turnout			2,405	29.4	+0.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-26.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	F. Hampson	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A