# Ashton ward by-election, Wigan Council, 2022

[United Kingdom](https://electionsarchive.com/gb.md) / [England](https://electionsarchive.com/gb/england.md) / [Wigan Council](https://electionsarchive.com/gb/wigan.md), December 15, 2022

Andrew John Bullen won with 62.8% of the vote, 31.6 points ahead of Paul Martin.

| Candidate or party | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Andrew John Bullen | Labour | 294 | 62.8% | Elected |
| Paul Martin | Conservative | 146 | 31.2% |  |
| Geoffrey Stephen Matthews | Lib Dem | 28 | 6.0% |  |

Valid votes: 468

## Sources

- [Candidate results, council by-elections 2022](https://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/elections/?election_id_regex=%5Elocal%5C.%5B%5E.%5D%2A%5C.%5B%5E.%5D%2B%5C.by%5C.2022-&limit=100), Democracy Club. License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0

Also available as HTML at https://electionsarchive.com/gb/wigan/2022-12-15-local/ashton-e05000841-by-election and JSON at https://electionsarchive.com/gb/wigan/2022-12-15-local/ashton-e05000841-by-election.json.