Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council elections

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
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.

Popular vote shares, 1973-2012

Popular vote figures, 1973-2012

Year
Year	Labour	Conservative	Liberal Democrats	Community Action	Independent
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

Borough result maps

1973 results map
1975 results map
1976 results map
1978 results map
1979 results map
1980 results map
1981 results map
1982 results map
1983 results map
1984 results map
1985 results map
1986 results map
1987 results map
1988 results map
1989 results map
1990 results map
1991 results map
1992 results map
1993 results map
1994 results map
1995 results map
1996 results map
2003 results map
2004 results map
2006 results map
2007 results map
2008 results map
2010 results map
2011 results map
2012 results map

By-election results

By-election	Date
Orrell by-election^[4]	1984	Conservative	Labour
Swinley by-election^[4]	1986	Conservative	Labour
Beech Hill by-election^[4]	1994	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat
Hindsford by-election	2 December 1999	Labour	Liberal Democrat
Atherton by-election	5 April 2001	Labour	Liberal Democrat
Hope Carr by-election	7 June 2001	Labour	Labour
Hindsford by-election	25 October 2001	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat	Liberal Democrat
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

References

↑ "Councillors of the Authority". Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 2010-03-14.
↑ "Composition of the Council". Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 2010-03-14.
↑ "Wigan". BBC News Online. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 2010-03-14.
1 2 3 "Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council results from 1973 to 2008" (PDF). 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.

External links

Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council

Council elections in Greater Manchester
Mayor	2017 2020
Bolton	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018
Bury	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018
Manchester	1945 1946 1947 1949 1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018
Oldham	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018
Rochdale	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018
Salford	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018
Stockport	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018
Tameside	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018
Trafford	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018
Wigan	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018
County Council	1973 1977 1981 Abolished
See also: Wards Boundary changes

Metropolitan districts of England
Districts	Barnsley Birmingham Bolton Bradford Bury Calderdale Coventry Doncaster Dudley Gateshead Kirklees Knowsley Leeds Liverpool Manchester Newcastle upon Tyne North Tyneside Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Salford Sandwell Sefton Sheffield Solihull South Tyneside St Helens Stockport Sunderland Tameside Trafford Wakefield Walsall Wigan Wirral Wolverhampton
Councils	Barnsley Birmingham Bolton Bradford Bury Calderdale Coventry Doncaster Dudley Gateshead Kirklees Knowsley Leeds Liverpool Manchester Newcastle upon Tyne North Tyneside Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Salford Sandwell Sefton Sheffield Solihull South Tyneside St Helens Stockport Sunderland Tameside Trafford Wakefield Walsall Wigan Wirral Wolverhampton
Local elections	Barnsley Birmingham Bolton Bradford Bury Calderdale Coventry Doncaster Dudley Gateshead Kirklees Knowsley Leeds Liverpool Manchester Newcastle upon Tyne North Tyneside Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Salford Sandwell Sefton Sheffield Solihull South Tyneside St Helens Stockport Sunderland Tameside Trafford Wakefield Walsall Wigan Wirral Wolverhampton

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