Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council elections

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.^[1]

Seat totals, 1973-2012

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.

Popular vote shares, 1973-2012

Popular vote figures, 1973-2012

Year	Labour	Conservative	Liberal Democrats	Community Action	Independent	Notes
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	New ward boundaries
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	New ward boundaries[2]
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
2022	61	7	0	0	7
2023	64	2	0	0	9	New ward boundaries[1]
2024	64	1	0	0	10

Borough result maps

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  1973 results map
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  1975 results map
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  1976 results map
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  1978 results map
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  1979 results map
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  1980 results map
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  1981 results map
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  1982 results map
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  1983 results map
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  1984 results map
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  1985 results map
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  1986 results map
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  1987 results map
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  1988 results map
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  1989 results map
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  1990 results map
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  1991 results map
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  1992 results map
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  1993 results map
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  1994 results map
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  1995 results map
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  1996 results map
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  2003 results map
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  2004 results map
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  2006 results map
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  2007 results map
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  2008 results map
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  2010 results map
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  2011 results map
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  2012 results map
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  2014 results map
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  2015 results map
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  2016 results map
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  2018 results map
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  2019 results map
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  2021 results map
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  2022 results map
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  2023 results map
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  2024 results map

By-election results

By-election	Date	Incumbent party		Winning party
Orrell by-election[3]	1984		Conservative		Labour
Bedford and Astley by-election	21 February 1985		Labour		Labour
Swinley by-election[3]	28 March 1985		Conservative		Labour
Orrell by-election	17 October 1985		Labour		Labour
Beech Hill by-election[3]	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
Leigh West by-election	14 October 2021		Labour		Labour
Bryn by-election	25 November 2021		Independent		Labour
Ashton by-election	15 December 2022		Labour		Labour
Leigh South by-election	4 July 2024		Labour		Labour