The 2024 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2024 to elect one third of the members of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council in England. The election was held on the same day as other local elections.

Overview

The council remained under Labour majority control. Labour won a seat from the Conservatives, who were left with only one seat after the election. Labour also lost one seat to an independent candidate, leaving their overall total number of seats unchanged.[1]

Council Composition

After 2023 election Before 2024 election After 2024 election
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

Source:[2]

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

2024 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 21 Steady 84.0 43 64 85.3 34,940 51.7 –9.2
  Independent 4 Increase 1 16.0 6 10 13.3 11,918 17.6 +4.9
  Conservative 0 Decrease 1 0 1 1 1.3 10,200 15.1 –2.2
  Leigh and Atherton Independents 0 Steady 0 0 0 0 2,610 3.9 +1.7
  Reform UK 0 Steady 0 0 0 0 2,152 3.2 +2.6
  Liberal Democrats 0 Steady 0 0 0 0 1,848 2.7 –1.5
  Green 0 Steady 0 0 0 0 1,789 2.6 +2.3
  Standish Independents 0 Steady 0 0 0 0 1,294 1.9 +1.4
  Wigan Independents 0 Steady 0 0 0 0 684 1.0 +0.3
  Workers Party 0 Steady 0 0 0 0 137 0.2 N/A

Results

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

Local Elections 2024: Abram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nazia Tabussam Rehman* 1,353 56.3 Increase 7.2
Independent David William Bowker 746 31.0 Increase 1.6
Conservative Janet Elizabeth Walch 191 7.9 Decrease 9.3
Liberal Democrats Graham Trevor Suddick 114 4.7 Decrease 11.7
Majority 607 25.3 Increase 5.6
Turnout 2,404 22.9 Increase 1.8
Labour hold Swing

Ashton-in-Makerfield South ward

Local Elections 2024: Ashton-in-Makerfield South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andrew John Bullen* 1,259 52.1 Increase 10.2
Independent Gary Wilkes 850 35.2 Increase 4.2
Conservative Paul Martin 260 10.8 Decrease 6.3
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Stephen Matthews 47 1.9 Decrease 4.4
Majority 409 16.9 Increase 6.0
Turnout 2,416 27.6 Increase 0.7
Labour hold Swing

Aspull, New Springs & Whelley ward

Local Elections 2024: Aspull, New Springs & Whelley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Laura Jean Flynn* 1,734 64.9 Increase 2.5
Conservative Marie Winstanley 533 19.9 Decrease 1.5
Green Peter George Edmund Kitts 406 15.2 New
Majority 1,201 45.0 Increase 4.0
Turnout 2,673 29.1 Increase 1.2
Labour hold Swing

Astley ward

Local Elections 2024: Astley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Barry John Taylor* 1,792 52.6 Increase 1.5
Independent Sandra Elizabeth Robinson 862 25.3 New
Conservative Eileen Patricia Strathearn 753 22.1 Decrease 11.3
Majority 930 27.3 Increase 9.6
Turnout 3,407 32.1 Increase 2.6
Labour hold Swing

Atherton North ward

Local Elections 2024: Atherton North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent James Paul Watson* 1,070 38.7 Decrease 2.7
Labour Paul Blinkhorn 1,033 37.4 Increase 4.1
Atherton North Independent Quinton John Smith 533 19.3 Increase 6.4
Conservative David John Stirzaker 127 4.6 Decrease 2.3
Majority 37 1.3 Decrease 6.8
Turnout 2,763 27.1 Increase 0.5
Independent hold Swing

Atherton South & Lilford ward

Local Elections 2024: Atherton South & Lilford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lee Robert McStein* 1,418 48.3 Increase 4.7
Independent Rachael Flaszczak 1,152 39.2 Increase 6.6
Conservative Martin James Farrimond 368 12.5 Decrease 1.7
Majority 266 9.1 Decrease 1.9
Turnout 2,938 28.5 Increase 1.8
Labour hold Swing

Bryn with Ashton-in-Makerfield North ward

Local Elections 2024: Bryn with Ashton-in-Makerfield North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Scarlett Myler* 1,512 60.1 Increase 15.9
Labour Margaret Therese Gaffney 859 34.2 Increase 6.9
Conservative Judith Atherton 143 5.7 Decrease 1.1
Majority 653 25.9 Increase 9.0
Turnout 2,514 28.0 Increase 0.6
Independent hold Swing

Douglas ward

Local Elections 2024: Douglas
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Matt Dawber* 1,379 69.7 Increase 8.5
Green Peter Ernest Jacobs 304 15.4 Decrease 6.2
Conservative Margaret Atherton 296 15.0 Decrease 4.7
Majority 1,075 54.3 Increase 14.7
Turnout 1,979 21.1 Increase 0.9
Labour hold Swing

Golborne & Lowton West ward

Local Elections 2024: Golborne & Lowton West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Susan Gambles* 1,572 63.4 Increase 6.4
Leigh and Atherton Independent Richard Andrew Scott 420 16.9 New
Conservative Edward Noel Houlton 387 15.6 Decrease 4.3
Liberal Democrats Andrew Julian Lee Holland 101 4.1 Decrease 4.0
Majority 1,152 46.5 Increase 9.4
Turnout 2,480 26.9 Increase 1.5
Labour hold Swing

Hindley ward

Local Elections 2024: Hindley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Talbot* 1,013 42.4 Decrease 0.4
Independent Jim Ellis 519 21.7 Decrease 12.6
Reform UK James Swift 315 13.2 New
Independent Jordan James Gaskell 201 8.4 New
Independent Dave Culshaw 102 4.3 Decrease 15.9
Green Oliver Peter Clark 97 4.1 New
Conservative Gerard Joseph Houlton 89 3.7 Decrease 4.7
Liberal Democrats John Charles Skipworth 54 2.3 Decrease 5.6
Majority 494 20.7 Increase 12.2
Turnout 2,390 24.2 Increase 0.5
Labour hold Swing

Hindley Green ward

Local Elections 2024: Hindley Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Thomas Palmer* 1,260 49.7 Increase 3.7
Independent Mark Prescott 701 27.6 Increase 0.1
Reform UK Ray Peters 392 15.5 New
Conservative Susan Atherton 131 5.2 Decrease 9.7
Liberal Democrats Gary Skipworth 53 2.1 Decrease 6.6
Majority 559 22.1 Increase 3.6
Turnout 2,537 27.6 Increase 1.2
Labour hold Swing

Ince ward

Local Elections 2024: Ince
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Tony Whyte 1,018 46.7 New
Labour Janice Sharratt* 970 44.5 Increase 5.7
Conservative Allan Atherton 155 7.1 Decrease 6.2
Independent Zoran C. Zok 37 1.7 New
Majority 48 2.2 N/A
Turnout 2,180 23.2 Increase 0.7
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Leigh Central & Higher Folds ward

Local Elections 2024: Leigh Central & Higher Folds
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Fred Walker* 1,321 52.2 Decrease 1.2
Leigh Central Independent James Edward Morley 626 24.8 Increase 5.7
Conservative Jean Dickinson 296 11.7 Decrease 6.2
Green Peter Mulleady 214 8.5 New
Liberal Democrats Stuart John Worthington 72 2.8 Decrease 3.8
Majority 695 27.4 Decrease 6.9
Turnout 2,529 23.6 Increase 2.0
Labour hold Swing

Leigh South ward

Local Elections 2024: Leigh South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Charles Rigby* 1,474 51.7 Decrease 0.8
Leigh South Independent Jayson Allan Hargreaves 556 19.5 New
Conservative Avril Ruth Murphy 495 17.4 Decrease 11.6
Liberal Democrats Christopher John Noon 192 6.7 Decrease 11.0
Green Brodie Andrew Prescott 133 4.7 New
Majority 918 32.2 Increase 8.7
Turnout 2,850 30.0 Increase 1.7
Labour hold Swing

Leigh West ward

Local Elections 2024: Leigh West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sue Greensmith* 1,592 60.6 Increase 3.0
Leigh West Independent David John Evans 475 18.1 Increase 2.0
Conservative Marie Elizabeth Cooper 314 12.0 Decrease 4.8
Green Rachel Harrop 244 9.3 New
Majority 1,117 42.5 Increase 1.7
Turnout 2,625 23.6 Increase 2.8
Labour hold Swing

Lowton East ward

Local Elections 2024: Lowton East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mike Smith 2,179 54.2 Increase 9.0
Conservative Kathleen Houlton* 1,845 45.8 Decrease 0.6
Majority 334 8.4 N/A
Turnout 4,024 36.1 Increase 2.1
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Orrell ward

Local Elections 2024: Orrell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anne Collins* 1,601 52.2 Increase 8.0
Conservative Michael William Winstanley 920 30.0 Decrease 12.5
Reform UK Robert F. Kenyon 423 13.8 New
Liberal Democrats Neil Duncan Stevenson 124 4.0 Decrease 8.5
Majority 681 22.2 Increase 20.5
Turnout 3,068 32.6 Increase 1.2
Labour hold Swing

Pemberton ward

Local Elections 2024: Pemberton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Eileen Winifred Rigby* 1,179 59.5 Increase 11.9
Independent Tony Porter 522 26.3 Decrease 1.2
Conservative Jean Margaret Peet 170 8.6 Decrease 10.7
Liberal Democrats David John Burley 111 5.6 Decrease 11.6
Majority 657 33.2 Increase 13.1
Turnout 1,982 21.0 Increase 1.4
Labour hold Swing

Shevington with Lower Ground & Moor ward

Local Elections 2024: Shevington with Lower Ground & Moor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Vicky Galligan* 1,585 51.4 Increase 9.4
Shevington Independents Part of Wigan Independents Debbie Fairhurst 684 22.2 Decrease 11.3
Conservative Michael Colin Owens 500 16.2 Decrease 5.4
Liberal Democrats John Peter Burley 177 5.7 Decrease 7.5
Workers Party Peter Seddon 137 4.4 New
Majority 901 29.2 Increase 20.7
Turnout 3,083 31.6 Decrease 1.8
Labour hold Swing

Standish with Langtree ward

Local Elections 2024: Standish with Langtree
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Terry Mugan* 1,610 43.0 Increase 6.5
Standish Independents Gareth William Fairhurst 1,294 34.6 Increase 12.4
Conservative Gary Robinson 724 19.3 Decrease 17.1
Liberal Democrats Donald John Macnamara 117 3.1 New
Majority 316 8.4 Increase 8.3
Turnout 3,745 32.8 Increase 1.2
Labour hold Swing

Tyldesley & Mosley Common ward

Local Elections 2024: Tyldesley & Mosley Common
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent James Anthony Fish* 1,538 52.4 Increase 13.7
Labour Farai Nhakaniso 1,091 37.1 Decrease 0.1
Conservative Ashley Mccarrick 308 10.5 Decrease 14.3
Majority 447 15.3 Increase 13.8
Turnout 2,937 29.6 Increase 3.5
Independent hold Swing

Wigan Central ward

Local Elections 2024: Wigan Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael McLoughlin* 1,398 48.2 Decrease 2.9
Independent Catherine Mary Croston 790 27.3 New
Conservative Paul John Chapman 420 14.5 Decrease 15.5
Green Lisa Diaz 190 6.6 New
Liberal Democrats Brian Craig Duff Crombie-Fisher 100 3.5 Decrease 20.5
Majority 608 20.9 Decrease 0.2
Turnout 2,898 30.8 Increase 1.1
Labour hold Swing

Wigan West ward

Local Elections 2024: Wigan West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sheila Rosaleen Ramsdale* 1,639 67.9 Increase 19.2
Liberal Democrats Stuart David Thomas 404 16.7 Decrease 14.7
Conservative Marjorie Clayton 372 15.4 Increase 2.5
Majority 1,235 51.2 Increase 33.9
Turnout 2,415 24.9 Decrease 0.4
Labour hold Swing

Winstanley ward

Local Elections 2024: Winstanley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Clive William Morgan* 1,412 57.0 Increase 3.9
Reform UK John Carroll 490 19.8 Increase 1.6
Conservative Margaret Mary Winstanley 249 10.1 Decrease 13.9
Green John Christopher Logan 201 8.1 New
Liberal Democrats Robert Duncan Stevenson 124 5.0 Decrease 16.2
Majority 922 37.2 Increase 8.1
Turnout 2,476 27.8 Increase 1.6
Labour hold Swing

Worsley Mesnes ward

Local Elections 2024: Worsley Mesnes
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul David James Molyneux* 1,217 53.9 Increase 7.9
Reform UK Keith Andrew Whalley 532 23.6 New
Independent Danny Cooke 298 13.2 Decrease 16.5
Conservative Adam James Marsh 154 6.8 Decrease 12.9
Liberal Democrats Vincent Dean Holgate 58 2.6 Decrease 11.8
Majority 685 30.3 Increase 14.0
Turnout 2,259 25.2 Increase 0.8
Labour hold Swing

By-elections between 2024 and 2026

Leigh South ward

Leigh South, 4 July 2024[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Barbara Caren 2,389 49.3 Decrease 8.4
Conservative Eileen Strathearn 989 20.4 Decrease 8.6
Leigh South Independent Jayson Hargreaves 502 10.4 New
Independent Craig Buckley 330 6.8 New
Liberal Democrats Christopher Noon 326 6.7 Decrease 11.0
Green Brodie Prescott 305 6.3 New
Majority 1,400 28.9
Turnout 4,841 50.6 Increase 22.3
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. ^ Cunningham, Conal (3 May 2024). "Local election results for Wigan and Leigh 2024". Leigh Journal. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated for Local Election" (PDF). Wigan Council. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Leigh South - By election - 4th July 2024". Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
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