There was good news for the Labour Party last night when we retained the seat of Wigan West following the death of the previous councillor Mick Baines. The result was as follows:
1. Labour 817
2. Tory 528
3. Lib Dem 344
4.BNP 200
5.UKIP 124
6. CAP 118
The winning candidate was Steve Dawber.
The new composition of the council is
Labour 42,
Democratic Alliance 11 (of whom 7 are Community Action and 4 Liberal Democrat)
Conservative 10,
Independent 8
Independent Conservative 4.
3 comments:
CAP in bottom place.The final confirmation that CAP are finished in Wigan, a vendetta against the Labour Party,and nothing else to offer, is not a recipe for political longevity...
In a Labour stronghold, out of 1951 voters 817 voted for Labour and 1134 voted for anybody but Labour..Hardly a resounding victory based on past history.And you fail to mention that the CAP candidate was Peter Franzen`s brother.....From Golborne.....He will think 118 votes was amazing!!
based on statistics, Which party is on its way out?
Beg pardon, my maths went haywire. It was 2131 voters 1314 others and 817 Labour...even worse.....
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