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.
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25 out of 75 seats to Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council 38 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner of each seat at the 2024 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Overview edit
Council Composition edit
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 |
Number of Candidates fielded per party: [1] edit
Labour Party (25/25)
Conservative Party (25/25)
Independent (16/25)
Liberal Democrats (15/25)
Green Party (8/25)
Reform UK (5/25)
Leigh and Atherton Independents (1/25)
Standish Independents (1/25)
Wigan Independents (1/25)
Workers Party of Britain (1/25)
Results summary edit
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 | N/A |
Results edit
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.
Abram ward edit
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 |
Ashton-in-Makerfield South ward edit
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 |
Aspull, New Springs & Whelley ward edit
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 |
Astley ward edit
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 |
Atherton North ward edit
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 |
Atherton South & Lilford ward edit
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 |
Bryn with Ashton-in-Makerfield North ward edit
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 |
Douglas ward edit
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 |
Golborne & Lowton West ward edit
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 |
Hindley ward edit
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 |
Hindley Green ward edit
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 |
Ince ward edit
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 |
Leigh Central & Higher Folds ward edit
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 |
Leigh South ward edit
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 |
Leigh West ward edit
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 |
Lowton East ward edit
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 |
Orrell ward edit
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 |
Pemberton ward edit
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 |
Shevington with Lower Ground & Moor ward edit
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 |
Standish with Langtree ward edit
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 |
Tyldesley & Mosley Common ward edit
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 |
Wigan Central ward edit
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 |
Wigan West ward edit
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 |
Winstanley ward edit
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 |
Worsley Mesnes ward edit
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 |
References edit
- ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated for Local Election" (PDF). Wigan Council. Retrieved 5 April 2024.