Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council

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Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
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Coat of arms
Wigan Council.svg
Corporate logo
Type
Type
History
Founded1 April 1974;50 years ago (1974-04-01)
Preceded by14 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
Seats75 (38 needed for a majority)
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Political groups
Administration
  Labour (64)
Opposition parties
  Conservative (1)
  Independent (6)
  Independent Network (4)
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
Entrance to Wigan Town Hall.jpg
Wigan Town Hall
United Kingdom
Website
wigan.gov.uk

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.

Contents

Council members by ward

This is a list of the current Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council: [1]

Ward CouncillorPartyOffices [1]
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 GerrardIndependent Network
Jamie HodgkinsonIndependent Network
James Paul WatsonIndependent Network
Bryn Steve JonesIndependent
Scarlets mylerIndependent
Sylvia WilkinsonIndependent
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’BernIndependent
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

Cabinet

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').

PortfolioCurrent HolderNotes
Executive Leader David Molyneux
  • Responsibility for policy direction, finance, partnership working, external relations within Greater Manchester and at national level, the performance of Cabinet Members and of Leader Members, and implementing the "Deal for the Future" policy.[ clarification needed ]
Deputy LeaderKieth Cunliffe
  • Responsible for supporting the Executive Leader.
Economic Development and RegenerationDavid Molyneux
  • Responsible for transportation, delivery of future housing, infrastructure, economic development and skills and green infrastructure needs.
Children and FamiliesJenny Bullen
  • Responsible for issues and services for ages ranging from 0 -19.
Housing and WelfareSusan Gambles
  • Responsible for Wigan and Leigh Housing, chairing the Housing Panel, and Council Welfare Policy
Adult Social CareKeith Cunliffe
  • Support for older people and adults with disabilities and for their carers.
Planning, Environmental Services and TransportPaul Prescott
  • Responsible for operational delivery of services, including waste collection/disposal, street scene, highways, transport provision, building maintenance, school catering, environmental protection, and environmental health and licensing. .
Communities, Public Relations, Corporate Land, Community Assets and CultureChris Ready
Police, Crime and Civil ContingenciesKevin Anderson
  • Responsible for Police and safety.
Finance, Resources and TransformationNazia Rehman
  • Responsible for improvement and efficiency.
Deaths in office

Local election results

See also

Notes

  1. Abram Urban District Council, Ashton in Makerfield Urban District Council, Aspull Urban District Council, Atherton Urban District Council, Billinge and Winstanley Urban District Council, Hindley Urban District Council, Ince-in-Makerfield Urban District Council, Golborne Urban District Council, Leigh Borough Council, Orrell Urban District Council, Standish-with-Langtree Urban District Council, Tyldesley Urban District Council, Wigan Borough Council, Wigan Rural District Council

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References

  1. 1 2 "Your Councillors". 12 March 2022.
  2. "About the Cabinet". Wigan Council.
  3. http://manchestergazette.co.uk/archives/11573%5B%5D