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The 2024 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election will take place on 2 May 2024 to elect one third of the members of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council in England. The election will be held on the same day as other local elections.
After 2023 election | Before 2024 election | After 2024 election | ||||||
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Party | Seats | Party | Seats | Party | Seats | |||
Labour | 64 | Labour | 64 | Labour | 64 | |||
Conservative | 2 | Conservative | 2 | Conservative | 1 | |||
Independent | 9 | Independent | 9 | Independent | 10 |
2024 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Labour | 21 | 84.0 | 43 | 64 | 85.3 | 34,940 | 51.7 | 9.2 | ||
Independent | 4 | 1 | 16.0 | 6 | 10 | 13.3 | 11,918 | 17.6 | 4.9 | |
Conservative | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.3 | 10,200 | 15.1 | 2.2 | |
Leigh and Atherton Independents | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,610 | 3.9 | 1.7 | ||
Reform UK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,152 | 3.2 | 2.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,848 | 2.7 | 1.5 | ||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,789 | 2.6 | 2.3 | ||
Standish Independents | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,294 | 1.9 | 1.4 | ||
Wigan Independents | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 684 | 1.0 | 0.3 | ||
Workers Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 137 | 0.2 | New | ||
Incumbent councillors seeking re-election in their ward are marked with an asterisk (*). Vote Share changes for Incumbent Councillors are relative to their own result in 2023. For non-incumbent candidates it is relative to their highest result in 2023.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Nazia Tabussam Rehman* | 1,353 | 56.3 | 7.2 | |
Independent | David William Bowker | 746 | 31.0 | 1.6 | |
Conservative | Janet Elizabeth Walch | 191 | 7.9 | 9.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Graham Trevor Suddick | 114 | 4.7 | 11.7 | |
Majority | 607 | 25.3 | 5.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,404 | 22.9 | 1.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Andrew John Bullen* | 1,259 | 52.1 | 10.2 | |
Independent | Gary Wilkes | 850 | 35.2 | 4.2 | |
Conservative | Paul Martin | 260 | 10.8 | 6.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Stephen Matthews | 47 | 1.9 | 4.4 | |
Majority | 409 | 16.9 | 6.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,416 | 27.6 | 0.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Laura Jean Flynn* | 1,734 | 64.9 | 2.5 | |
Conservative | Marie Winstanley | 533 | 19.9 | 1.5 | |
Green | Peter George Edmund Kitts | 406 | 15.2 | New | |
Majority | 1,201 | 45.0 | 4.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,673 | 29.1 | 1.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Barry John Taylor* | 1,792 | 52.6 | 1.5 | |
Independent | Sandra Elizabeth Robinson | 862 | 25.3 | New | |
Conservative | Eileen Patricia Strathearn | 753 | 22.1 | 11.3 | |
Majority | 930 | 27.3 | 9.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,407 | 32.1 | 2.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | James Paul Watson* | 1,070 | 38.7 | 2.7 | |
Labour | Paul Blinkhorn | 1,033 | 37.4 | 4.1 | |
Atherton North Independent | Quinton John Smith | 533 | 19.3 | 6.4 | |
Conservative | David John Stirzaker | 127 | 4.6 | 2.3 | |
Majority | 37 | 1.3 | 6.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,763 | 27.1 | 0.5 | ||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Lee Robert McStein* | 1,418 | 48.3 | 4.7 | |
Independent | Rachael Flaszczak | 1,152 | 39.2 | 6.6 | |
Conservative | Martin James Farrimond | 368 | 12.5 | 1.7 | |
Majority | 266 | 9.1 | 1.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,938 | 28.5 | 1.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Scarlett Myler* | 1,512 | 60.1 | 15.9 | |
Labour | Margaret Therese Gaffney | 859 | 34.2 | 6.9 | |
Conservative | Judith Atherton | 143 | 5.7 | 1.1 | |
Majority | 653 | 25.9 | 9.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,514 | 28.0 | 0.6 | ||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Matt Dawber* | 1,379 | 69.7 | 8.5 | |
Green | Peter Ernest Jacobs | 304 | 15.4 | 6.2 | |
Conservative | Margaret Atherton | 296 | 15.0 | 4.7 | |
Majority | 1,075 | 54.3 | 14.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,979 | 21.1 | 0.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Susan Gambles* | 1,572 | 63.4 | 6.4 | |
Leigh and Atherton Independent | Richard Andrew Scott | 420 | 16.9 | New | |
Conservative | Edward Noel Houlton | 387 | 15.6 | 4.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Julian Lee Holland | 101 | 4.1 | 4.0 | |
Majority | 1,152 | 46.5 | 9.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,480 | 26.9 | 1.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | James Talbot* | 1,013 | 42.4 | 0.4 | |
Independent | Jim Ellis | 519 | 21.7 | 12.6 | |
Reform UK | James Swift | 315 | 13.2 | New | |
Independent | Jordan James Gaskell | 201 | 8.4 | New | |
Independent | Dave Culshaw | 102 | 4.3 | 15.9 | |
Green | Oliver Peter Clark | 97 | 4.1 | New | |
Conservative | Gerard Joseph Houlton | 89 | 3.7 | 4.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Charles Skipworth | 54 | 2.3 | 5.6 | |
Majority | 494 | 20.7 | 12.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,390 | 24.2 | 0.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | James Thomas Palmer* | 1,260 | 49.7 | 3.7 | |
Independent | Mark Prescott | 701 | 27.6 | 0.1 | |
Reform UK | Ray Peters | 392 | 15.5 | New | |
Conservative | Susan Atherton | 131 | 5.2 | 9.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gary Skipworth | 53 | 2.1 | 6.6 | |
Majority | 559 | 22.1 | 3.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,537 | 27.6 | 1.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Tony Whyte | 1,018 | 46.7 | New | |
Labour | Janice Sharratt* | 970 | 44.5 | 5.7 | |
Conservative | Allan Atherton | 155 | 7.1 | 6.2 | |
Independent | Zoran C. Zok | 37 | 1.7 | New | |
Majority | 48 | 2.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,180 | 23.2 | 0.7 | ||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Fred Walker* | 1,321 | 52.2 | 1.2 | |
Leigh Central Independent | James Edward Morley | 626 | 24.8 | 5.7 | |
Conservative | Jean Dickinson | 296 | 11.7 | 6.2 | |
Green | Peter Mulleady | 214 | 8.5 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Stuart John Worthington | 72 | 2.8 | 3.8 | |
Majority | 695 | 27.4 | 6.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,529 | 23.6 | 2.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Charles Rigby* | 1,474 | 51.7 | 0.8 | |
Leigh South Independent | Jayson Allan Hargreaves | 556 | 19.5 | New | |
Conservative | Avril Ruth Murphy | 495 | 17.4 | 11.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher John Noon | 192 | 6.7 | 11.0 | |
Green | Brodie Andrew Prescott | 133 | 4.7 | New | |
Majority | 918 | 32.2 | 8.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,850 | 30.0 | 1.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Sue Greensmith* | 1,592 | 60.6 | 3.0 | |
Leigh West Independent | David John Evans | 475 | 18.1 | 2.0 | |
Conservative | Marie Elizabeth Cooper | 314 | 12.0 | 4.8 | |
Green | Rachel Harrop | 244 | 9.3 | New | |
Majority | 1,117 | 42.5 | 1.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,625 | 23.6 | 2.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mike Smith | 2,179 | 54.2 | 9.0 | |
Conservative | Kathleen Houlton* | 1,845 | 45.8 | 0.6 | |
Majority | 334 | 8.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,024 | 36.1 | 2.1 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Anne Collins* | 1,601 | 52.2 | 8.0 | |
Conservative | Michael William Winstanley | 920 | 30.0 | 12.5 | |
Reform UK | Robert F. Kenyon | 423 | 13.8 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Neil Duncan Stevenson | 124 | 4.0 | 8.5 | |
Majority | 681 | 22.2 | 20.5 | ||
Turnout | 3,068 | 32.6 | 1.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Eileen Winifred Rigby* | 1,179 | 59.5 | 11.9 | |
Independent | Tony Porter | 522 | 26.3 | 1.2 | |
Conservative | Jean Margaret Peet | 170 | 8.6 | 10.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | David John Burley | 111 | 5.6 | 11.6 | |
Majority | 657 | 33.2 | 13.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,982 | 21.0 | 1.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Vicky Galligan* | 1,585 | 51.4 | 9.4 | |
Shevington Independents Part of Wigan Independents | Debbie Fairhurst | 684 | 22.2 | 11.3 | |
Conservative | Michael Colin Owens | 500 | 16.2 | 5.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Peter Burley | 177 | 5.7 | 7.5 | |
Workers Party | Peter Seddon | 137 | 4.4 | New | |
Majority | 901 | 29.2 | 20.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,083 | 31.6 | 1.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Terry Mugan* | 1,610 | 43.0 | 6.5 | |
Standish Independents | Gareth William Fairhurst | 1,294 | 34.6 | 12.4 | |
Conservative | Gary Robinson | 724 | 19.3 | 17.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Donald John Macnamara | 117 | 3.1 | New | |
Majority | 316 | 8.4 | 8.3 | ||
Turnout | 3,745 | 32.8 | 1.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | James Anthony Fish* | 1,538 | 52.4 | 13.7 | |
Labour | Farai Nhakaniso | 1,091 | 37.1 | 0.1 | |
Conservative | Ashley Mccarrick | 308 | 10.5 | 14.3 | |
Majority | 447 | 15.3 | 13.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,937 | 29.6 | 3.5 | ||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Michael McLoughlin* | 1,398 | 48.2 | 2.9 | |
Independent | Catherine Mary Croston | 790 | 27.3 | New | |
Conservative | Paul John Chapman | 420 | 14.5 | 15.5 | |
Green | Lisa Diaz | 190 | 6.6 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Brian Craig Duff Crombie-Fisher | 100 | 3.5 | 20.5 | |
Majority | 608 | 20.9 | 0.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,898 | 30.8 | 1.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Sheila Rosaleen Ramsdale* | 1,639 | 67.9 | 19.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stuart David Thomas | 404 | 16.7 | 14.7 | |
Conservative | Marjorie Clayton | 372 | 15.4 | 2.5 | |
Majority | 1,235 | 51.2 | 33.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,415 | 24.9 | 0.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Clive William Morgan* | 1,412 | 57.0 | 3.9 | |
Reform UK | John Carroll | 490 | 19.8 | 1.6 | |
Conservative | Margaret Mary Winstanley | 249 | 10.1 | 13.9 | |
Green | John Christopher Logan | 201 | 8.1 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Duncan Stevenson | 124 | 5.0 | 16.2 | |
Majority | 922 | 37.2 | 8.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,476 | 27.8 | 1.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Paul David James Molyneux* | 1,217 | 53.9 | 7.9 | |
Reform UK | Keith Andrew Whalley | 532 | 23.6 | New | |
Independent | Danny Cooke | 298 | 13.2 | 16.5 | |
Conservative | Adam James Marsh | 154 | 6.8 | 12.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Vincent Dean Holgate | 58 | 2.6 | 11.8 | |
Majority | 685 | 30.3 | 14.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,259 | 25.2 | 0.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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