# 2024 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

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.

### Council Composition

| After 2023 election | After 2023 election | After 2023 election | Before 2024 election | Before 2024 election | Before 2024 election | After 2024 election | After 2024 election | After 2024 election |
| Party | Party | Seats | Party | Party | Seats | Party | 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

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### Results summary

2024 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election :
| Party | Party | This election | This election | This election | Full council | Full council | Full council | This election | This election | This election |
| Party | Party | Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− |
| | Labour | 21 | | 84.0 | 43 | 64 | 85.3 | 34,940 | 51.7 | –9.2 |
| | Independent | 4 | 1 | 16.0 | 6 | 10 | 13.3 | 11,918 | 17.6 | +4.9 |
| | Conservative | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.3 | 10,200 | 15.1 | –2.2 |
| | Leigh and Atherton Independents | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,610 | 3.9 | +1.7 |
| | Reform UK | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,152 | 3.2 | +2.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,848 | 2.7 | –1.5 |
| | Green | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,789 | 2.6 | +2.3 |
| | Standish Independents | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,294 | 1.9 | +1.4 |
| | Wigan Independents | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 684 | 1.0 | +0.3 |
| | Workers Party | 0 | | 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 | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Nazia Tabussam Rehman* | 1,353 | 56.3 | 7.2 |
| | Independent | David William Bowker | 746 | 31.0 | 1.6 |
| | Conservative | Janet Elizabeth Walch | 191 | 7.9 | 9.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Graham Trevor Suddick | 114 | 4.7 | 11.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 607 | 25.3 | 5.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,404 | 22.9 | 1.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Ashton-in-Makerfield South ward

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

### Aspull, New Springs & Whelley ward

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

### Astley ward

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

### Atherton North ward

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

### Atherton South & Lilford ward

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

### Bryn with Ashton-in-Makerfield North ward

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

### Douglas ward

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

### Golborne & Lowton West ward

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

### Hindley ward

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

### Hindley Green ward

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

### Ince ward

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

### Leigh Central & Higher Folds ward

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

### Leigh South ward

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

### Leigh West ward

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

### Lowton East ward

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

### Orrell ward

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

### Pemberton ward

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

### Shevington with Lower Ground & Moor ward

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

### Standish with Langtree ward

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

### Tyldesley & Mosley Common ward

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

### Wigan Central ward

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

### Wigan West ward

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

### Winstanley ward

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

### Worsley Mesnes ward

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

## By-elections between 2024 and 2026
### Leigh South ward

Leigh South, 4 July 2024 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Barbara Caren | 2,389 | 49.3 | 8.4 |
| | Conservative | Eileen Strathearn | 989 | 20.4 | 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 | 11.0 |
| | Green | Brodie Prescott | 305 | 6.3 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,400 | 28.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,841 | 50.6 | 22.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |