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Leigh

7th May 2026

Council

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Results2026

1	Grn	Anita Maria Forde	1,301	35.8%	▼ 22.0
2	LD	Carole Ann Mulroney	772	21.2%	▼ 0.1
3	Ref	Paul Stephen Thurgood	767	21.1%
4	Con	Freddie Nicholas Russell	325	8.9%	▼ 2.6
5	Ind	Enzo Antony Harrison	287	7.9%
6	Lab	Ian Belfield	164	4.5%	▼ 2.3
7	C	Liam Christopher Brittle	17	0.5%	▼ 2.2

How is this scored?

Up to 15 points per contest:

1 point for each candidate that finishes in the top 3 (regardless of where you placed them)
5 / 3 / 1 bonus for getting 1st / 2nd / 3rd exactly right
1 point for each pair you got the order of (e.g. you said A above B, and A finished above B)

Previous Results

2 May 2024

Grn	Stuart Allen ★	1,725	57.8%
LD	Jean de Tourtoulon	637	21.3%
Con	Mary Modupe Canet-Espi	342	11.5%
Lab	Malla Reddy Gurram	202	6.8%
C	James Daniel Miller	80	2.7%

4 May 2023

Grn	Richard Longstaff ★	1,042	39.1%
LD	Syrie Cox	835	31.4%
Con	Craig Alan Watt	501	18.8%
Lab	Mick Ekers	236	8.9%
C	James Daniel Miller	36	1.4%
PM	Jason Stephen Pilley	13	0.5%

5 May 2022

LD	Carole Ann Mulroney ★	1,142	40.9%
Con	Paul Gilson	705	25.2%
Grn	Richard Longstaff	600	21.5%
Lab	Anita Maria Forde	321	11.5%
C	Elysia Jayne Clack	26	0.9%

6 May 2021

LD	Peter Wexham ★	1,129	39.0%
Con	Paul Gilson	972	33.6%
Lab	Jane Norman	424	14.7%
Grn	Richard Longstaff	368	12.7%

2 May 2019

LD	Ashley Thompson ★	1,052	40.5%
Con	Bernard Arscott	701	27.0%
Lab	Hilary Anne Scarnell	413	15.9%
Grn	Dan Garrun	228	8.8%
UKI	Romney Ian Shields	155	6.0%
PFP	Jason Stephen Pilley	51	2.0%

3 May 2018

LD	Carole Ann Mulroney ★	1,077	39.6%
Con	Paul Gilson	879	32.4%
Lab	Michelle Williams	586	21.6%
Grn	Jon Mullett	175	6.4%

5 May 2016

LD	Peter Wexham ★	1,185	49.1%
Con	Jonathan Hodge	574	23.8%
Lab	Matt Zarb-Cousin	272	11.3%
UKI	Ted Preedy	206	8.5%
Grn	Jon Mullett	174	7.2%

How is this scored?

Up to 15 points per contest:

1 point for each candidate that finishes in the top 3 (regardless of where you placed them)
5 / 3 / 1 bonus for getting 1st / 2nd / 3rd exactly right
1 point for each pair you got the order of (e.g. you said A above B, and A finished above B)