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Wigan — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Wigan was won by Labour at the 2024 general election, with a majority of 9,549 votes over Reform UK. This page covers every general election in Wigan from 1832 to 2024.

This constituency elected more than one MP at once in some years. Before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (and in a shrinking number of boroughs through 1948), most UK constituencies elected two or more MPs together by "multi-member plurality" (block vote): each elector could cast one vote per available seat, and the top vote-getters overall were all elected. In those elections below, "Elected" lists every MP returned, "Votes" is the count that secured the last seat, and "Majority" is the gap between that seat and the first candidate who missed out.

Full Election History, 1832–2024

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1832 Ralph Thicknesse (Whig); Richard Potter (Radical) 296 30.7% (top seat) James Whittle (Radical) 84 (8.5 pts) 90.1%
1835 John Hodson Kearsley (Conservative); Richard Potter (Radical) 191 45.3% (top seat) Charles Strickland Standish (Whig) 25 (3.8 pts) 66.0%
1837 Charles Strickland Standish (Whig); Richard Potter (Radical) 245 26.7% (top seat) John Hodson Kearsley (Conservative) 16 (1.7 pts) 86.6%
1841 Peter Greenall (Conservative); Thomas Bright Crosse (Conservative) 268 25.6% (top seat) Charles Strickland Standish (Whig) 4 (0.4 pts) 91.1%
1847 James Alexander Lindsay (Conservative); Ralph Anthony Thicknesse (Whig) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1852 Ralph Anthony Thicknesse (Whig); James Alexander Lindsay (Conservative) 356 35.0% (top seat) Francis Sharp Powell (Conservative) 32 (3.1 pts) 65.6%
1857 Francis Sharp Powell (Conservative); Henry Woods (Whig) 447 39.4% (top seat) James Alexander Lindsay (Conservative) 138 (11.1 pts) 78.3%
1859 James Alexander Lindsay (Conservative); Henry Woods (Liberal) 476 40.0% (top seat) Francis Sharp Powell (Conservative) 203 (16.2 pts) 74.8%
1865 James Alexander Lindsay (Conservative); Henry Woods (Liberal) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1868 Henry Woods (Liberal); John Lancaster (Liberal) 2,166 27.1% (top seat) Nathaniel Eckersley (Conservative) 246 (3.0 pts) 82.8%
1874 James Ludovic Lindsay (Conservative); Thomas Knowles (Conservative) 2,401 27.9% (top seat) John Lancaster (Liberal) 518 (5.8 pts) 88.3%
1880 James Ludovic Lindsay (Conservative); Thomas Knowles (Conservative) 2,913 25.9% (top seat) John Lancaster (Liberal) 33 (0.3 pts) 93.1%
1885 Francis Sharp Powell (Conservative) 3,637 57.2% George Harris Lea (Liberal) 916 (14.4 pts) 91.0%
1886 Francis Sharp Powell (Conservative) 3,371 54.8% Cornelius McLeod Percy (Liberal) 591 (9.6 pts) 88.0%
1892 Francis Sharp Powell (Conservative) 3,422 50.8% Thomas Aspinwall (Liberal-Labour) 110 (1.6 pts) 91.1%
1895 Francis Sharp Powell (Conservative) 3,949 56.2% Thomas Aspinwall (Liberal-Labour) 874 (12.4 pts) 89.3%
1900 Francis Sharp Powell (Conservative) 3,772 54.7% William Woods (Liberal) 642 (9.3 pts) 85.6%
1906 Francis Sharp Powell (Conservative) 3,573 46.5% Thorley Smith (Lancashire & Cheshire Women's Textile and Other Workers Representation Committee) 1,368 (17.8 pts) 87.2%
Dec 1910 Reginald James Neville Neville (Conservative) 4,673 53.2% Henry Twist (Labour) 563 (6.4 pts) 91.7%
Jan 1910 Henry Twist (Labour) 4,803 52.8% Reginald James Neville Neville (Conservative) 510 (5.6 pts) 95.0%
1918 John Allen Parkinson (Labour) 12,914 48.0% Reginald James Neville Neville (Unionist) 1,330 (4.9 pts) 69.4%
1922 John Allen Parkinson (Labour) 20,079 56.5% Albert Edward Baucher (Unionist) 4,643 (13.1 pts) 88.9%
1923 John Allen Parkinson (Labour) 19,637 57.6% David Alexander Robert Lindsay (Unionist) 5,186 (15.2 pts) 85.0%
1924 John Allen Parkinson (Labour) 20,350 57.6% David Patrick Maxwell Fyfe (Unionist) 5,344 (15.1 pts) 87.9%
1929 John Allen Parkinson (Labour) 27,462 58.5% Ernest Barlow (Unionist) 9,318 (19.9 pts) 86.9%
1931 John Allen Parkinson (Labour) 23,544 51.1% Geoffrey Dorling Roberts (Conservative) 1,018 (2.2 pts) 84.2%
1935 John Allen Parkinson (Labour) 27,950 61.3% Robert Grant Grant-Ferris (Conservative) 10,304 (22.6 pts) 81.7%
1945 William Foster (Labour) 31,932 68.5% Evelyn Charles Lacy Hulbert-Powell (Conservative) 17,266 (37.0 pts) 81.3%
1950 Ronald Watkins Williams (Labour) 32,746 62.5% Harold Dowling (Conservative) 17,013 (32.5 pts) 89.3%
1951 Ronald Watkins Williams (Labour) 34,530 66.9% Dennis Walls (Conservative) 17,452 (33.8 pts) 87.0%
1955 Ronald Watkins Williams (Labour) 29,755 64.4% Harold Lowe (Conservative) 14,872 (32.2 pts) 80.3%
1959 Ernest Alan Fitch (Labour) 30,664 66.3% John Hodgson (Conservative) 16,049 (34.7 pts) 83.8%
1964 Ernest Alan Fitch (Labour) 28,640 69.4% Ian K Paley (Conservative) 16,992 (41.2 pts) 79.4%
1966 Alan Fitch (Labour) 28,754 72.8% Malcolm Kingston (Conservative) 18,878 (47.8 pts) 76.0%
1970 Alan Fitch (Labour) 28,102 67.5% Anthony Daniels (Conservative) 15,220 (36.5 pts) 72.3%
Oct 1974 Alan Fitch (Labour) 27,692 65.8% Paul Michael Beard (Conservative) 18,827 (44.7 pts) 74.0%
Feb 1974 Alan Fitch (Labour) 30,485 71.3% Paul Michael Beard (Conservative) 18,202 (42.6 pts) 75.8%
1979 Alan Fitch (Labour) 26,144 59.8% Thomas Peet (Conservative) 12,995 (29.7 pts) 74.1%
1983 Roger Stott (Labour) 29,851 54.5% John Piggott (Liberal) 17,297 (31.6 pts) 75.6%
1987 Roger Stott (Labour) 33,955 61.5% Kenneth Wade (Conservative) 20,462 (37.1 pts) 76.6%
1992 Roger Stott (Labour) 34,910 63.0% Edward Hess (Conservative) 21,842 (39.4 pts) 76.2%
1997 Roger Stott (Labour) 30,043 68.6% Mark Loveday (Conservative) 22,643 (51.7 pts) 67.9%
2001 Neil Turner (Labour) 20,739 61.7% Mark Page (Conservative) 13,743 (40.9 pts) 52.5%
2005 Neil Turner (Labour) 18,901 55.1% John Coombes (Conservative) 11,767 (34.3 pts) 53.3%
2010 Lisa Nandy (Labour) 21,404 48.5% Michael Winstanley (Conservative) 10,487 (23.8 pts) 58.8%
2015 Lisa Nandy (Labour) 23,625 52.2% Caroline Kerswell (Conservative) 14,236 (31.4 pts) 59.8%
2017 Lisa Nandy (Labour) 29,575 62.2% Alexander Williams (Conservative) 16,027 (33.7 pts) 63.2%
2019 Lisa Nandy (Labour) 21,042 46.7% Ashley Williams (Conservative) 6,728 (14.9 pts) 59.7%
2024 Lisa Nandy (Labour) 19,401 47.4% Andy Dawber (Reform UK) 9,549 (23.4 pts) 52.9%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1832 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ralph Thicknesse Whig 30230.7% Yes
Richard Potter Radical 29630.1% Yes
James Whittle Radical 21221.5% No
John Hodson Kearsley Conservative 17417.7% No

1835 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Hodson Kearsley Conservative 29645.3% Yes
Richard Potter Radical 19129.2% Yes
Charles Strickland Standish Whig 16625.4% No

1837 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Strickland Standish Whig 24926.7% Yes
Richard Potter Radical 24526.2% Yes
John Hodson Kearsley Conservative 22924.5% No
Peter Greenall Conservative 21122.6% No

1841 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Peter Greenall Conservative 27325.6% Yes
Thomas Bright Crosse Conservative 26825.1% Yes
Charles Strickland Standish Whig 26424.7% No
Charles Pascoe Grenfell Whig 26324.6% No

1847 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Alexander Lindsay Conservative Unopposed Yes
Ralph Anthony Thicknesse Whig Unopposed Yes

1852 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ralph Anthony Thicknesse Whig 36635.0% Yes
James Alexander Lindsay Conservative 35634.0% Yes
Francis Sharp Powell Conservative 32431.0% No

1857 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Francis Sharp Powell Conservative 49239.4% Yes
Henry Woods Whig 44735.8% Yes
James Alexander Lindsay Conservative 30924.8% No

1859 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Alexander Lindsay Conservative 50040.0% Yes
Henry Woods Liberal 47638.1% Yes
Francis Sharp Powell Conservative 27321.9% No

1865 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Alexander Lindsay Conservative Unopposed Yes
Henry Woods Liberal Unopposed Yes

1868 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Woods Liberal 2,21927.1% Yes
John Lancaster Liberal 2,16626.5% Yes
Nathaniel Eckersley Conservative 1,92023.5% No
John Pearson Conservative 1,87522.9% No

1874 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Ludovic Lindsay Conservative 2,49327.9% Yes
Thomas Knowles Conservative 2,40126.9% Yes
John Lancaster Liberal 1,88321.1% No
William Pickard Liberal-Labour 1,13412.7% No
Henry Woods Liberal 1,02911.5% No

1880 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Ludovic Lindsay Conservative 2,94625.9% Yes
Thomas Knowles Conservative 2,91325.6% Yes
John Lancaster Liberal 2,88025.3% No
George McCorquodale Liberal 2,65323.3% No

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Francis Sharp Powell Conservative 3,63757.2% Yes
George Harris Lea Liberal 2,72142.8% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Francis Sharp Powell Conservative 3,37154.8% Yes
Cornelius McLeod Percy Liberal 2,78045.2% No

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Francis Sharp Powell Conservative 3,42250.8% Yes
Thomas Aspinwall Liberal-Labour 3,31249.2% No

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Francis Sharp Powell Conservative 3,94956.2% Yes
Thomas Aspinwall Liberal-Labour 3,07543.8% No

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Francis Sharp Powell Conservative 3,77254.7% Yes
William Woods Liberal 3,13045.3% No

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Francis Sharp Powell Conservative 3,57346.5% Yes
Thorley Smith Lancashire & Cheshire Women's Textile and Other Workers Representation Committee 2,20528.7% No
William Woods Liberal 1,90024.7% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Reginald James Neville Neville Conservative 4,67353.2% Yes
Henry Twist Labour 4,11046.8% No

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Twist Labour 4,80352.8% Yes
Reginald James Neville Neville Conservative 4,29347.2% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Allen Parkinson Labour 12,91448.0% Yes
Reginald James Neville Neville Unionist 11,58443.0% No
Robert Alstead Liberal 2,4349.0% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Allen Parkinson Labour 20,07956.5% Yes
Albert Edward Baucher Unionist 15,43643.5% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Allen Parkinson Labour 19,63757.6% Yes
David Alexander Robert Lindsay Unionist 14,45142.4% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Allen Parkinson Labour 20,35057.6% Yes
David Patrick Maxwell Fyfe Unionist 15,00642.4% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Allen Parkinson Labour 27,46258.5% Yes
Ernest Barlow Unionist 18,14438.7% No
Frank Bright Communist 1,3072.8% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Allen Parkinson Labour 23,54451.1% Yes
Geoffrey Dorling Roberts Conservative 22,52648.9% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Allen Parkinson Labour 27,95061.3% Yes
Robert Grant Grant-Ferris Conservative 17,64638.7% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Foster Labour 31,93268.5% Yes
Evelyn Charles Lacy Hulbert-Powell Conservative 14,66631.5% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ronald Watkins Williams Labour 32,74662.5% Yes
Harold Dowling Conservative 15,73330.0% No
Ian Stevenson Webster Liberal 2,6515.1% No
Thomas Rowlandson Communist 1,2432.4% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ronald Watkins Williams Labour 34,53066.9% Yes
Dennis Walls Conservative 17,07833.1% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ronald Watkins Williams Labour 29,75564.4% Yes
Harold Lowe Conservative 14,88332.2% No
Thomas Rowlandson Communist 1,5673.4% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ernest Alan Fitch Labour 30,66466.3% Yes
John Hodgson Conservative 14,61531.6% No
Michael Weaver Communist 9452.0% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ernest Alan Fitch Labour 28,64069.4% Yes
Ian K Paley Conservative 11,64828.2% No
Michael Weaver Communist 9882.4% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alan Fitch Labour 28,75472.8% Yes
Malcolm Kingston Conservative 9,87625.0% No
Mick Weaver Communist 8582.2% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alan Fitch Labour 28,10267.5% Yes
Anthony Daniels Conservative 12,88230.9% No
Jack Kay Communist 6721.6% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alan Fitch Labour 27,69265.8% Yes
Paul Michael Beard Conservative 8,86521.1% No
John Archibald Doon Campbell Liberal 5,54813.2% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alan Fitch Labour 30,48571.3% Yes
Paul Michael Beard Conservative 12,28328.7% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alan Fitch Labour 26,14459.8% Yes
Thomas Peet Conservative 13,14930.1% No
Kenneth Frederick Bruce Liberal 4,1029.4% No
Anthony Smith Workers Revolutionary 3480.8% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Roger Stott Labour 29,85154.5% Yes
John Piggott Liberal 12,55422.9% No
Henry Cadman Conservative 12,32022.5% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Roger Stott Labour 33,95561.5% Yes
Kenneth Wade Conservative 13,49324.5% No
Kevin White Liberal 7,73214.0% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Roger Stott Labour 34,91063.0% Yes
Edward Hess Conservative 13,06823.6% No
George Davies Liberal Democrat 6,11111.0% No
Kevin White Liberal 1,1162.0% No
Annie Tayler Natural Law 1970.4% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Roger Stott Labour 30,04368.6% Yes
Mark Loveday Conservative 7,40016.9% No
Trevor Beswick Liberal Democrat 4,39010.0% No
Anthony Bradborne Referendum Party 1,4503.3% No
Christopher Maile Green 4421.0% No
William Ayliffe Natural Law 940.2% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Neil Turner Labour 20,73961.7% Yes
Mark Page Conservative 6,99620.8% No
Trevor Beswick Liberal Democrat 4,97014.8% No
Dave Lowe Socialist Alliance 8862.6% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Neil Turner Labour 18,90155.1% Yes
John Coombes Conservative 7,13420.8% No
Denise Capstick Liberal Democrat 6,05117.7% No
John Whittaker UKIP 1,1663.4% No
Kevin Williams Community Action 1,0263.0% No

2010

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Lisa Nandy Labour 21,40448.5% Yes
Michael Winstanley Conservative 10,91724.7% No
Richard Clayton Liberal Democrat 6,79715.4% No
Alan Freeman UKIP 2,5165.7% No
Charles Mather BNP 2,5065.7% No

2015

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Lisa Nandy Labour 23,62552.2% Yes
Caroline Kerswell Conservative 9,38920.7% No
Mark Bradley UKIP 8,81819.5% No
Will Paterson Green 1,2732.8% No
Richard Clayton Liberal Democrat 1,2552.8% No
Gareth Fairhurst Independent 7681.7% No
Brian Parr Independent 1650.4% No

2017

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Lisa Nandy Labour 29,57562.2% Yes
Alexander Williams Conservative 13,54828.5% No
Nathan Ryding UKIP 2,7505.8% No
Mark Clayton Liberal Democrat 9161.9% No
William Patterson Green 7531.6% No

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Lisa Nandy Labour 21,04246.7% Yes
Ashley Williams Conservative 14,31431.8% No
William Malloy Brexit Party 5,95913.2% No
Stuart Thomas Liberal Democrat 2,4285.4% No
Peter Jacobs Green 1,2992.9% No

2024

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Lisa Nandy Labour 19,40147.4% Yes
Andy Dawber Reform UK 9,85224.1% No
Henry Mitson Conservative 4,31010.5% No
Maureen O'Bern Independent 3,5228.6% No
Brian Crombie-Fisher Liberal Democrat 1,6924.1% No
Jane Leicester Green 1,6294.0% No
Jan Cunliffe Independent 4061.0% No
The Zok Independent 870.2% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1832: Whig margin 8.5 pts 1835: Conservative margin 3.8 pts 1837: Whig margin 1.7 pts 1841: Conservative margin 0.4 pts 1852: Whig margin 3.1 pts 1857: Conservative margin 11.1 pts 1859: Conservative margin 16.2 pts 1868: Liberal margin 3.0 pts 1874: Conservative margin 5.8 pts 1880: Conservative margin 0.3 pts 1885: Conservative margin 14.4 pts 1886: Conservative margin 9.6 pts 1892: Conservative margin 1.6 pts 1895: Conservative margin 12.4 pts 1900: Conservative margin 9.3 pts 1906: Conservative margin 17.8 pts Dec 1910: Conservative margin 6.4 pts Jan 1910: Labour margin 5.6 pts 1918: Labour margin 4.9 pts 1922: Labour margin 13.1 pts 1923: Labour margin 15.2 pts 1924: Labour margin 15.1 pts 1929: Labour margin 19.9 pts 1931: Labour margin 2.2 pts 1935: Labour margin 22.6 pts 1945: Labour margin 37.0 pts 1950: Labour margin 32.5 pts 1951: Labour margin 33.8 pts 1955: Labour margin 32.2 pts 1959: Labour margin 34.7 pts 1964: Labour margin 41.2 pts 1966: Labour margin 47.8 pts 1970: Labour margin 36.5 pts Oct 1974: Labour margin 44.7 pts Feb 1974: Labour margin 42.6 pts 1979: Labour margin 29.7 pts 1983: Labour margin 31.6 pts 1987: Labour margin 37.1 pts 1992: Labour margin 39.4 pts 1997: Labour margin 51.7 pts 2001: Labour margin 40.9 pts 2005: Labour margin 34.3 pts 2010: Labour margin 23.8 pts 2015: Labour margin 31.4 pts 2017: Labour margin 33.7 pts 2019: Labour margin 14.9 pts 2024: Labour margin 23.4 pts 1832 1835 1837 1841 1852 1857 1859 1868 1874 1880 1885 1886 1892 1895 1900 1906 Dec 1910 Jan 1910 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Oct 1974 Feb 1974 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024

Trend

Wigan has been contested at 49 general elections on record since 1832. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Whig, Radical, Conservative, Liberal, Labour.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Wigan in the 2024 general election?

Labour won Wigan in 2024 with 19,401 votes (47.4%), a majority of 9,549 votes over Reform UK in second place.

Which parties have won Wigan since 1832?

Since 1832, Wigan has been won by: Conservative, Labour, Liberal, Radical, Whig.

What was the closest result in Wigan?

The closest result on record for Wigan was 1880, when Conservative beat Liberal by just 33 votes (0.3 percentage points).

Did Wigan ever elect more than one MP at a time?

Yes -- like most UK constituencies before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Wigan elected multiple MPs at once in some elections on this page (a system called multi-member plurality, or 'block vote'), each voter casting one vote per available seat.

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