Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council elections
One third of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council in Greater Manchester, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, 75 councillors have been elected from 25 wards.[1][2]
Political control[]
Since 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[3]
Party in control | Years |
---|---|
Labour | 1973 – present |
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.
Year | Labour | Conservative | Liberal Democrats | Community Action | Independent |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1973 | 66 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
1975 | 61 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1976 | 56 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
1978 | 51 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
1979 | 56 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
1980 | 64 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1982 | 61 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
1983 | 60 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
1984 | 60 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
1986 | 64 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
1987 | 62 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
1988 | 63 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
1990 | 64 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
1991 | 63 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
1992 | 61 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
1994 | 61 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
1995 | 66 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
1996 | 69 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
1998 | 70 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
1999 | 70 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
2000 | 69 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
2002 | 65 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
2003 | 60 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
2004 | 42 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 0 |
2006 | 43 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 0 |
2007 | 46 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 1 |
2008 | 42 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 7 |
2010 | 51 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
2011 | 58 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
2012 | 63 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
2014 | 62 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
2015 | 64 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
2016 | 65 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
2018 | 60 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
2019 | 57 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
2021 | 57 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Borough result maps[]
1973 results map
1975 results map
1976 results map
1978 results map
1979 results map
1980 results map
1981 results map
1982 results map
1983 results map
1984 results map
1985 results map
1986 results map
1987 results map
1988 results map
1989 results map
1990 results map
1991 results map
1992 results map
1993 results map
1994 results map
1995 results map
1996 results map
2003 results map
2004 results map
2006 results map
2007 results map
2008 results map
2010 results map
2011 results map
2012 results map
2014 results map
2015 results map
2016 results map
2018 results map
2019 results map
2021 results map
By-election results[]
By-election | Date | Incumbent party | Winning party | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Orrell by-election[4] | 1984 | Conservative | Labour | ||
Bedford and Astley by-election | 21 February 1985 | Labour | Labour | ||
Swinley by-election[4] | 28 March 1985 | Conservative | Labour | ||
Orrell by-election | 17 October 1985 | Labour | Labour | ||
Beech Hill by-election[4] | 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 |
References[]
- ^ "Composition of the Council". Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 2010-03-14.
- ^ "Wigan". BBC News Online. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 2010-03-14.
- ^ a b c "Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council results from 1973 to 2008" (PDF). wigan.gov.uk. Retrieved 2012-01-30. 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.
External links[]
- Wigan Council elections
- Local government in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan
- Council elections in Greater Manchester
- Elections in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan
- Metropolitan borough council elections in England