Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council elections

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Seat totals, 1973-2012

Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council elections are generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council being elected each time. Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council, generally known as Wigan Council, is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of Wigan in Greater Manchester, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2023, 75 councillors have been elected from 25 wards. [1]

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Council elections

Summary of the council composition after council elections, click on the year for full details of each election. Boundary changes took place for the 1980 election, and more recently the 2004 election – which increased the number of seats by three. Both needed the whole council to be elected in those years.

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Popular vote shares, 1973-2012
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Popular vote figures, 1973-2012


Year Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats Community Action Independent Notes
1973 665001
1975 6110100
1976 5614101
1978 5119101
1979 5614101
1980 645300New ward boundaries
1982 615600
1983 605700
1984 604800
1986 643500
1987 623601
1988 633501
1990 642501
1991 632601
1992 612801
1994 612801
1995 661401
1996 690201
1998 700101
1999 700200
2000 691200
2002 652320
2003 603450
2004 4278180New ward boundaries [2]
2006 4398150
2007 46106121
2008 4214487
2010 518349
2011 585228
2012 631209
2014 6220011
2015 643008
2016 655005
2018 607008
2019 5780010
2021 5780010
2022 617007
2023 642009New ward boundaries [1]
2024 6410010

Borough result maps

By-election results

By-electionDateIncumbent partyWinning party
Orrell by-election [3] 1984 Conservative Labour
Bedford and Astley by-election21 February 1985 Labour Labour
Swinley by-election [3] 28 March 1985 Conservative Labour
Orrell by-election17 October 1985 Labour Labour
Beech Hill by-election [3] 1994 Liberal Democrats Labour
Aspull-Standish by-election 13 March 1997 Labour Labour
Ince by-election 26 June 1997 Labour Labour
Hope Carr by-election 6 November 1997 Labour Labour
Beech Hill by-election 5 November 1998 Labour Liberal Democrats
Hindsford by-election 2 December 1999 Labour Liberal Democrats
Atherton by-election 5 April 2001 Labour Liberal Democrats
Hope Carr by-election 7 June 2001 Labour Labour
Hindsford by-election 25 October 2001 Liberal Democrats Labour
Leigh Central by-election 26 September 2002 Labour Labour
Douglas by-election 16 June 2005 Labour Labour
Tyldesley by-election 28 June 2007 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Wigan West by-election 20 September 2007 Labour Labour
Wigan Central by-election 18 October 2007 Conservative Conservative
Wigan West by-election 10 July 2008 Labour Labour
Wigan Central by-election 3 March 2011 Conservative Labour
Pemberton by-election 4 April 2013 Labour Labour
Winstanley by-election 24 October 2013 Labour Labour
Douglas by-election 13 November 2014 Labour Labour
Astley Mosley Common by-election 19 October 2017 Labour Labour
Shevington with Lower Ground by-election 14 December 2017 Labour Labour
Leigh West by-election 14 October 2021 Labour Labour
Bryn by-election 25 November 2021 Independent Labour
Ashton by-election 15 December 2022 Labour Labour
Leigh South by-election 4 July 2024 Labour Labour

References

  1. 1 2 "The Wigan (Electoral Changes) Order 2022", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 2019/1372, retrieved 4 June 2024
  2. "The Borough of Wigan (Electoral Changes) Order 2004", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 2004/365, retrieved 30 August 2022
  3. 1 2 3 "Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council results from 1973 to 2008" (PDF). wigan.gov.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 November 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2012. Pgs 50, 55, 82. Asterisks denote sitting councillors, however these candidates are different from that elected the last time the seats were up for election (pgs 35, 40, 67), suggesting the candidate was a victor of an intermediate by-election.