Wigan (UK Parliament constituency)
Wigan is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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Boundaries
Member of Parliament
Election results
| General Election 2005: Wigan | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Neil Turner | 18,901 | 55.1 | −6.6 | |
| Conservative | John Coombes | 7,134 | 20.8 | 0.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Denise Capstick | 6,051 | 17.7 | +2.9 | |
| UKIP | John Whittaker | 1,166 | 3.4 | N/A | |
| Community Action Party | Kevin Williams | 1,026 | 3.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 11,767 | 34.3 | |||
| Turnout | 34,278 | ||||
| Turnout | 34,278 | 53.3 | +0.8 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | 3.3 | |||
| General Election 2001: Wigan | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Neil Turner | 20,739 | 61.7 | -6.8 | |
| Conservative | Dave Lowe | 6,996 | 20.8 | +3.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Trevor Beswick | 4,970 | 14.8 | +4.8 | |
| Socialist Alliance | Mark Page | 886 | 2.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 13,743 | 40.9 | |||
| Turnout | 33,591 | 52.5 | -15.3 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Politics and history of the constituency
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