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.
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.
YearLabourConservativeLiberal DemocratsCommunity ActionIndependent/othersReform UKNotes1973665001-19756110100-19765614101-19785119101-19795614101-1980645300-New ward boundaries1982615600-1983605700-1984604800-1986643500-1987623601-1988633501-1990642501-1991632601-1992612801-1994612801-1995661401-1996690201-1998700101-1999700200-2000691200-2002652320-2003603450-20044278180-New ward boundaries20064398150-200746106121-20084214487-2010518349-2011585228-2012631209-20146220011-2015643008-20166550-5-20186070-8-20195780-10-20215780-10-20226170-7-20236420-90New ward boundaries20246410-10020264200-8252027TBCTBCTBC-TBCTBC
Borough result maps
By-election results By-election Date Incumbent party Winning partyOrrell by-election 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.1984 Bedford and Astley by-election21 February 1985 Swinley by-election28 March 1985 Orrell by-election17 October 1985 Beech Hill by-election1994 Aspull-Standish by-election13 March 1997 Ince by-election26 June 1997 Hope Carr by-election6 November 1997 Beech Hill by-election5 November 1998 Hindsford by-election2 December 1999 Atherton by-election5 April 2001 Hope Carr by-election7 June 2001 Hindsford by-election25 October 2001 Leigh Central by-election26 September 2002 Douglas by-election16 June 2005 Tyldesley by-election28 June 2007 Wigan West by-election20 September 2007 Wigan Central by-election18 October 2007 Wigan West by-election10 July 2008 Wigan Central by-election3 March 2011 Pemberton by-election4 April 2013 Winstanley by-election24 October 2013 Douglas by-election13 November 2014 Astley Mosley Common by-election19 October 2017 Shevington with Lower Ground by-election14 December 2017 Leigh West by-election14 October 2021 Bryn by-election25 November 2021 Ashton by-election15 December 2022 Leigh South by-election4 July 2024 Wigan Central by-election2 October 2025
References
External links Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council