2024 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

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25 of 75 seats to Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council 38 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader David Molyneux [1] Ray Whittingham Party Labour Independent Conservative Last election 64 9 2

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.

Overview

After 2023 election			Before 2024 election			After 2024 election
Party		Seats	Party		Seats	Party		Seats
	Labour	64		Labour	64		Labour
	Conservative	2		Conservative	2		Conservative
	Independent	9		Independent	9		Independent

Number of Candidates fielded per party ^[2]

Party	Number of Candidates
Labour Party	25
Conservative Party	25
Independents	16
Liberal Democrats	15
Green Party	8
Leigh and Atherton Independents	5
Reform UK	5
Standish Independents	1
Wigan Independents	1
Workers Party	1

Results summary

2024 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour				43	64	85.3
	Conservative				1	2	2.7
	Independent				6	9	12.0
	Liberal Democrats				0	0	0
	Green				0	0	0
	Leigh and Atherton Independents				0	0	0
	Reform UK				0	0	0
	Standish Independents				0	0	0
	Wigan Independents				0	0	0
	Workers Party				0	0	0

Results

Incumbent councillors seeking re-election in their ward are marked with an asterisk (*). Vote Share changes for non-incumbent parties or Councillors are relative to their top non-winning result in 2023.

Abram ward

Local Elections 2024: Abram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David William Bowker
	Labour	Nazia Tabussam Rehman*
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Trevor Suddick
	Conservative	Janet Elizabeth Walch
Majority
Turnout

Ashton-in-Makerfield South ward

Local Elections 2024: Ashton-in-Makerfield South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew John Bullen*
	Conservative	Paul Martin
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Stephen Matthews
	Independent	Gary Wilkes
Majority
Turnout

Aspull, New Springs & Whelley ward

Local Elections 2024: Aspull, New Springs & Whelley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Laura Jean Flynn*
	Green	Peter George Edmund Kitts
	Conservative	Marie Winstanley
Majority
Turnout

Astley ward

Local Elections 2024: Astley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Sandra Elizabeth Robinson
	Conservative	Eileen Patricia Strathearn
	Labour	Barry John Taylor*
Majority
Turnout

Atherton North ward

Local Elections 2024: Atherton North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Blinkhorn
	Atherton North Independent	Quinton John Smith
	Conservative	David John Stirzaker
	Independent	James Paul Watson*
Majority
Turnout

Atherton South & Lilford ward

Local Elections 2024: Atherton South & Lilford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martin James Farrimond
	Independent	Rachael Flaszczak
	Labour	Lee Robert McStein*
Majority
Turnout

Bryn with Ashton-in-Makerfield North ward

Local Elections 2024: Bryn with Ashton-in-Makerfield North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Judith Atherton
	Labour	Margaret Therese Gaffney
	Independent	Scarlett Myler*
Majority
Turnout

Douglas ward

Local Elections 2024: Douglas

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Atherton
	Labour	Matt Dawber*
	Green	Peter Ernest Jacobs
Majority
Turnout

Golborne & Lowton West ward

Local Elections 2024: Golborne & Lowton West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Gambles*
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Julian Lee Holland
	Conservative	Edward Noel Houlton
	Leigh and Atherton Independent	Richard Andrew Scott
Majority
Turnout

Hindley ward

Local Elections 2024: Hindley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Oliver Peter Clark
	Independent	Dave Culshaw
	Independent	Jim Ellis
	Independent	Jordan James Gaskell
	Conservative	Gerard Joseph Houlton
	Liberal Democrats	John Charles Skipworth
	Reform UK	James Swift
	Labour	James Talbot*
Majority
Turnout

Hindley Green ward

Local Elections 2024: Hindley Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susan Atherton
	Labour	James Thomas Palmer*
	Reform UK	Ray Peters
	Independent	Mark Prescott
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Skipworth
Majority
Turnout

Ince ward

Local Elections 2024: Ince

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Allan Atherton
	Labour	Janice Sharratt*
	Independent	Tony Whyte
	Independent	Zoran C. Zok
Majority
Turnout

Leigh Central & Higher Folds ward

Local Elections 2024: Leigh Central & Higher Folds

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jean Dickinson
	Leigh Central Independent	James Edward Morley
	Green	Peter Mulleady
	Labour	Fred Walker*
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart John Worthington
Majority
Turnout

Leigh South ward

Local Elections 2024: Leigh South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Leigh South Independent	Jayson Allan Hargreaves
	Conservative	Avril Ruth Murphy
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher John Noon
	Green	Brodie Andrew Prescott
	Labour	Charles Rigby*
Majority
Turnout

Leigh West ward

Local Elections 2024: Leigh West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marie Elizabeth Cooper
	Leigh West Independent	David John Evans
	Labour	Sue Greensmith*
	Green	Rachel Harrop
Majority
Turnout

Lowton East ward

Local Elections 2024: Lowton East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kathleen Houlton*
	Labour	Mike Smith
Majority
Turnout

Orrell ward

Local Elections 2024: Orrell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne Collins*
	Reform UK	Robert F. Kenyon
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Duncan Stevenson
	Conservative	Michael William Winstanley
Majority
Turnout

Pemberton ward

Local Elections 2024: Pemberton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David John Burley
	Conservative	Jean Margaret Peet
	Independent	Tony Porter
	Labour	Eileen Winifred Rigby*
Majority
Turnout

Shevington with Lower Ground & Moor ward

Local Elections 2024: Shevington with Lower Ground & Moor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Peter Burley
	Shevington Independents Part of Wigan Independents	Debbie Fairhurst
	Labour	Vicky Galligan*
	Conservative	Michael Colin Owens
	Workers Party	Peter Seddon
Majority
Turnout

Standish with Langtree ward

Local Elections 2024: Standish with Langtree

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Standish Independents	Gareth William Fairhurst
	Liberal Democrats	Donald John Macnamara
	Labour	Terry Mugan*
	Conservative	Gary Robinson
Majority
Turnout

Tyldesley & Mosley Common ward

Local Elections 2024: Tyldesley & Mosley Common

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	James Anthony Fish*
	Conservative	Ashley Mccarrick
	Labour	Farai Nhakaniso
Majority
Turnout

Wigan Central ward

Local Elections 2024: Wigan Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul John Chapman
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Craig Duff Crombie-Fisher
	Independent	Catherine Mary Croston
	Green	Lisa Diaz
	Labour	Michael McLoughlin*
Majority
Turnout

Wigan West ward

Local Elections 2024: Wigan West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marjorie Clayton
	Labour	Sheila Rosaleen Ramsdale*
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart David Thomas
Majority
Turnout

Winstanley ward

Local Elections 2024: Winstanley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	John Carroll
	Green	John Christopher Logan
	Labour	Clive William Morgan*
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Duncan Stevenson
	Conservative	Margaret Mary Winstanley
Majority
Turnout

Worsley Mesnes ward

Local Elections 2024: Worsley Mesnes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Danny Cooke
	Liberal Democrats	Vincent Dean Holgate
	Conservative	Adam James Marsh
	Labour	Paul David James Molyneux*
	Reform UK	Keith Andrew Whalley
Majority
Turnout

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