2006 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election explained
Elections to Wigan Council 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.[1] Overall turnout was 29.2%.[2] [3] [4]
Election result
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:
| valign=top colspan="2" style="width: 230px" | Party | valign=top style="width: 30px" | Previous council | valign=top style="width: 30px" | New council |
|---|
| Labour | 42 | 43 |
|---|
| Community Action | 18 | 15 |
|---|
| Conservative | 7 | 9 |
|---|
| Liberal Democrat | 8 | 8 |
|---|
| BNP | 0 | 0 |
|---|
| UKIP | 0 | 0 |
|---|
| Independent | 0 | 0 |
|---|
| Green | 0 | 0 |
|---|
| Legalise Cannabis | 0 | 0 |
|---|
| Total | 75 | 75 |
|---|
| Working majority | | | |
|---|
Notes and References
- News: Local elections: Wigan . 2009-12-17 . BBC News Online.
- Web site: Wigan Council results from 1973 to 2008 . wigan.gov.uk . 2012-01-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111120022015/http://www.wigan.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/3692F771-E969-41EE-B068-1F9F20DFE0B7/0/WiganResults1973to2007.pdf . 20 November 2011 . dead . dmy-all .
- Web site: Local Election Results 04 May 2006 . wiganmbc.gov.uk . 2012-06-28 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304134311/http://kinnear.wiganmbc.gov.uk/electionresults/index.asp?ElectionDate=04+May+2006 . dead .
- Web site: Local Elections Archive Project: 2006 - Wigan . andrewteale.me.uk . 2012-06-28.
