Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council elections
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Seat totals, 1973-2012
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 |
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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 3. Both needed the whole council to be elected in those years.
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Popular vote shares, 1973-2012
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Popular vote figures, 1973-2012
Year | Labour | Conservative | Liberal Democrats | Community Action | Independent |
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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 | |||||
By-election results
References
- ↑ "Composition of the Council". Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 2010-03-14.
- ↑ "Wigan". BBC News Online. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 2010-03-14.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council results from 1973 to 2008". 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.
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