Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council | |
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Type | |
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History | |
Founded | 1 April 1974 |
Preceded by | 14 councils [notes 1] |
Leadership | |
Mayor of Wigan | Marie Morgan, Labour since 26 May 2022 |
Leader of the Council | |
Chief executive | Alison McKenzie-Folan since 6 March 2019 |
Structure | |
Seats | 75 (38 needed for a majority) |
Political groups |
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Joint committees | Greater Manchester Combined Authority Greater Manchester Police, Fire and Crime Panel |
Elections | |
First-past-the-post | |
Last election | 2023 (all 75 councillors) |
Next election | 2024 (one third of councillors) |
Motto | |
Progress with Unity | |
Meeting place | |
Wigan Town Hall United Kingdom | |
Website | |
wigan |
The Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council is the local authority for the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in the United Kingdom. It consists of 75 Councillors with one-third being elected every three years in four. The borough is separated into 25 wards. Councillors are democratically accountable to the ward they are elected to represent. Each ward is represented on the council by three council members. The current party that has control of wigan council is the Labour party.
This section's factual accuracy may be compromised due to out-of-date information.(May 2024) |
This is a list of the current Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council: [1]
Ward | Councillor | Party | Offices [1] | |
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Abram | Nazia Rehman | Labour | Portfolio Holder for Finance, Resources & Transformation | |
Eunice Smethurst | Labour | Chairman - Confident Council Scrutiny Committee | ||
Martyn Smethurst | Labour | Lead Member - Armed Forces & Veterans | ||
Ashton-in-Makerfield South | Jenny Bullen | Labour | Cabinet Portfolio Holder for Children and Families | |
Danny Fletcher | Labour | Lead Member - Leisure & Public Health | ||
Andrew Bullen | Labour | |||
Aspull, New Springs and Whelley | Ronald Josef Conway | Labour | Chair of the Health and Social Care Scrutiny Committee | |
Laura Flynn | Labour | Lead Member - Youth Opportunities | ||
Christopher Ready | Labour | Portfolio Holder - Communities & Neighbourhoods | ||
Astley | Christine Lillian Roberts | Labour | ||
Barry John Taylor | Labour | Vice-Chair of the Confident Places Scrutiny Committee | ||
Paula Wakefield | Labour Co-operative | Lead Member for Equalities and Domestic Abuse | ||
Mark Aldred | Labour | |||
John Harding | Labour | |||
Debra Susan Ann Wailes | Labour | |||
Atherton | Stuart Andrew Gerrard | Independent Network | ||
Jamie Hodgkinson | Independent Network | |||
James Paul Watson | Independent Network | |||
Bryn | Steve Jones | Independent | ||
Scarlets myler | Independent | |||
Sylvia Wilkinson | Independent | |||
Douglas | Mary Callahan | Labour | Vice-Chair of the Confident Council Scrutiny Committee | |
Matt Dawber | Labour | |||
Pat Draper | Labour | Vice-Chair of the Audit, Governance and Standards Committee | ||
Golborne and Lowton West | Susan Gambles | Labour | Portfolio Holder for Housing and Welfare | |
Yvonne Klieve | Labour | Lead Member - District Centres and Nighttime Economy | ||
Gena Merrett | Labour | Vice=Chair of the Children and Young People Scrutiny Committee | ||
Hindley | Paul John Blay | Labour | Vice-Chair of the Licensing and Regulation Committee | |
Jim Churton | Labour | |||
James Talbot | Labour | |||
Hindley Green | Bob Brierley | Independent | ||
John Vickers | Labour | |||
James Palmer | Labour | |||
Ince | David Trevor Molyneux | Labour | Executive Leader and Portfolio Holder for Economic Development | |
Maureen O’Bern | Independent | |||
Janice Sharratt | Labour | |||
Leigh East | Keith Cunliffe | Labour | Deputy Leader of Wigan Council and Cabinet Portfolio Holder for Adult Social Care | |
Fredrick Bown Walker | Labour | |||
Shelley Guest | Labour | |||
Leigh South | Kevin Anderson | Labour Co-operative | Mayor of wigan | |
John O'Brien | Labour | Chair of the Confident Places Scrutiny Committee | ||
Charles Rigby | Labour | Chair of Audit, Governance and Standards Committee | ||
Leigh West | Dane Anderton | Labour | Lead Member for District Centres and Night Time Economy | |
Samantha Brown | Labour | Sitting member of the Audit, Governance and Standards Committee | ||
Susan June Greensmith | Labour | Vice-Chair of the Planning Committee | ||
Lowton East | Mike smith | Labour | ||
Garry Lloyd BA PGCE MA | Labour | |||
Jenny Gregory | Labour | |||
Orrell | Anne Collins | Labour | ||
Jim nicholson | Labour | |||
Mark tebbutt | Labour | |||
Pemberton | Jeanette Prescott | Labour | ||
Paul Prescott | Labour | Portfolio Holder for Planning, Environmental Services and Transport | ||
Eileen Winifred Rigby | Labour | |||
Shevington with Lower Ground | Vicky Galligan | Labour | ||
Paul Anthony Collins | Labour | Vice-Chair of the Health and Social Care Scrutiny Committee | ||
Michael John Crosby | Labour | |||
Standish with Langtree | Terry mugan | Labour | ||
Debbie Parkinson | Labour | Deputy mayor | ||
Raymond Whittingham | Conservative | |||
Tyldesley | Stephen John Hellier | Labour | ||
Joanne Marshall | Labour | Lead Member for Greener Wigan | ||
Nazia Rehman | Labour Co-operative | Cabinet Portfolio Holder for Finance, Resources and Transformation | ||
Wigan Central | George Davies | Labour | ||
Lawrence Hunt | Labour | |||
Michael McLoughlin | Labour | |||
Wigan West | Phyllis Cullen | Labour | ||
Stephen Dawber | Labour | |||
Terence William Halliwell | Labour | Lead Member for Heritage and Building Conservation | ||
Winstanley | Paul Terence Kenny | Labour Co-operative | Chair of the Planning Committee Chair of the Licensing and Regulation Committees | |
Clive William Morgan | Labour | Chairman - Confident Places Scrutiny Committee | ||
Marie Morgan | Labour | |||
Worsley Mesnes | David Hurst | Labour | ||
Paul Molyneux | Labour | |||
Helen O’Neill | Labour |
Eight councillors are appointed to the cabinet and are each a 'Portfolio Holder' for an area of responsibility. [2] (Such as 'Portfolio Holder for Environment').
Portfolio | Current Holder | Notes |
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Executive Leader | David Molyneux |
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Deputy Leader | Kieth Cunliffe |
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Economic Development and Regeneration | David Molyneux |
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Children and Families | Jenny Bullen |
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Housing and Welfare | Susan Gambles |
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Adult Social Care | Keith Cunliffe |
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Planning, Environmental Services and Transport | Paul Prescott |
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Communities, Public Relations, Corporate Land, Community Assets and Culture | Chris Ready |
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Police, Crime and Civil Contingencies | Kevin Anderson |
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Finance, Resources and Transformation | Nazia Rehman |
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