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.
Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council | |
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 Coat of arms | |
 Corporate logo | |
| Type | |
| Type | |
| Leadership | |
Alison McKenzie-Folan since 6 March 2019 | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 75 councillors |
Political groups |
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Joint committees | Greater Manchester Combined Authority Greater Manchester Police, Fire and Crime Panel |
| Elections | |
| First-past-the-post | |
Last election | 2 May 2024 |
Next election | 7 May 2026 |
| Motto | |
| Progress with Unity | |
| Meeting place | |
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| Town Hall, Library Street, Wigan, WN1 1YN | |
| Website | |
| wigan | |
Council members by ward edit
The councillors as at June 2024 were:[2]
| Ward | Party | Councillor | Offices[3] | |
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| Abram | Labour Co-op | Nazia Rehman | Portfolio Holder for Finance, Resources & Transformation | |
| Labour | Eunice Smethurst | Chairman - Confident Council Scrutiny Committee | ||
| Labour Co-op | Martyn Smethurst | Lead Member - Armed Forces & Veterans | ||
| Ashton-in-Makerfield South | Labour | Andrew Bullen | ||
| Labour | Jenny Bullen | Portfolio Holder for Children and Families / Deputy Mayor | ||
| Labour | Danny Fletcher | Lead Member - Leisure & Public Health | ||
| Aspull, New Springs and Whelley | Labour | Ronald Josef Conway | Chair of the Health and Social Care Scrutiny Committee | |
| Labour | Laura Flynn | Lead Member - Youth Opportunities | ||
| Labour | Christopher Ready | Portfolio Holder - Communities & Neighbourhoods | ||
| Astley | Labour | Christine Lillian Roberts | ||
| Labour | Barry John Taylor | Vice-Chair of the Confident Places Scrutiny Committee | ||
| Labour | Paula Wakefield | Lead Member for Equalities and Domestic Abuse | ||
| Atherton North | Independent Network | Stuart Andrew Gerrard | ||
| Independent Network | Jamie Hodgkinson | |||
| Independent Network | James Paul Watson | |||
| Atherton South and Lilford | Labour | John Harding | Vice Chair of Planning Committee | |
| Labour | Lee McStein | |||
| Labour | Debra Susan Ann Wailes | |||
| Bryn with Ashton-in-Makerfield North | Independent | Steve Jones | ||
| Independent | Scarlett Myler | |||
| Independent | Sylvia Wilkinson | |||
| Douglas | Labour | Mary Callaghan | Vice-Chair of the Confident Council Scrutiny Committee | |
| Labour | Matt Dawber | |||
| Labour | Pat Draper | Vice-Chair of the Audit, Governance and Standards Committee | ||
| Golborne and Lowton West | Labour | Susan Gambles | Portfolio Holder for Housing and Welfare | |
| Labour | Yvonne Klieve | Lead Member - District Centres and Night Time Economy | ||
| Labour | Gena Merrett | Vice=Chair of the Children and Young People Scrutiny Committee | ||
| Hindley | Labour | Paul John Blay | Vice-Chair of the Licensing and Regulation Committee | |
| Labour | Jim Churton | |||
| Labour | James Talbot | |||
| Hindley Green | Independent | Bob Brierley | ||
| Labour | James Palmer | |||
| Labour | John Melville Vickers | |||
| Ince | Labour | David Trevor Molyneux | Executive Leader and Portfolio Holder for Economic Development | |
| Independent | Maureen O'Bern | |||
| Independent | Tony Whyte | |||
| Leigh Central and Higher Folds | Labour | Keith Cunliffe | Deputy Leader Portfolio Holder for Adult Social Care | |
| Labour | Shelley Guest | |||
| Labour | Fredrick Bown Walker | |||
| Leigh South | Labour Co-op | Kevin Anderson | Chair of Licensing and Regulation Committees | |
| Labour Co-op | Charles Rigby | Chair of Audit, Governance and Standards Committee | ||
| Vacant | (vacant) | |||
| Leigh West | Labour | Dane Anderton | Portfolio Holder for Police, Crime and Civil Contingencies | |
| Labour | Samantha Brown | |||
| Labour | Susan June Greensmith | |||
| Lowton East | Labour | Jenny Gregory | ||
| Labour | Garry Lloyd | |||
| Labour | Mike Smith | |||
| Orrell | Labour | Anne Collins | ||
| Labour | Jim Nicholson | |||
| Labour | Mark Tebbutt | |||
| Pemberton | Labour | Jeanette Prescott | ||
| Labour | Paul Prescott | Portfolio Holder for Planning, Environmental Services and Transport | ||
| Labour | Eileen Winifred Rigby | |||
| Shevington with Lower Ground and Moor | Labour | Paul Anthony Collins | ||
| Labour | Michael John Crosby | |||
| Labour | Vicky Galligan | |||
| Standish with Langtree | Labour | Terry Mugan | ||
| Labour | Debbie Parkinson | Mayor | ||
| Conservative | Raymond Whittingham | |||
| Tyldesley and Mosley Common | Labour | Jess Eastoe | Vice-Chair of Children and Young People Scrutiny Committee | |
| Independent Network | James Fish | |||
| Labour | Joanne Marshall | Lead Member for Greener Wigan | ||
| Wigan Central | Labour | George Davies | ||
| Labour | Lawrence Hunt | Lead Member for Heritage and Building Conservation | ||
| Labour | Michael McLoughlin | |||
| Wigan West | Labour | Phyllis Cullen | ||
| Labour | Sheila Ramsdale | |||
| Labour Co-op | David Wood | |||
| Winstanley | Labour Co-op | Paul Terence Kenny | Chair of the Planning Committee | |
| Labour | Clive William Morgan | Chair of Confident Places and Environment Scrutiny Committee | ||
| Labour | Marie Morgan | |||
| Worsley Mesnes | Labour | David Hurst | ||
| Labour | Paul Molyneux | Vice-Chair of Health and Social Care Scrutiny Committee | ||
| Labour | Helen O’Neill | |||
Local election results edit
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Jackson, Nick (21 May 2024). "All change: meet Wigan's new mayor". Wigan Today. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ "Your Councillors by Ward". Wigan Council. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ "Your Councillors". 12 March 2022.