2022 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2022 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election will take place on 5 May 2022 to elect members of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This election will be held on the same day as other local elections. A by-election will be held on the same day in Leigh East ward to fill the seat left vacant by the death of Labour councillor Anita Thorpe.[6]

2022 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election
5 May 2022
26 of 75 seats to Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
38 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader David Molyneux[1] Michael Winstanley[2]
Party Labour Conservative
Leader since 15 May 2018[3] 11 May 2016
Leader's seat Ince Orrell
Seats before 57[4] 8[5]

Overview

Prior to the election, the composition of the council was:[7]

Number of Candidates fielded per party [8]
Party Number of Candidates
Labour Party 26
Conservative Party 26
Liberal Democrats 16
Independents 9
Leigh and Atherton Independents 4
Standish Independents 1
UKIP 1
Wigan Independents 1

Results Summary
2022 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 39
  Conservative 5
  Independent 5
  Liberal Democrats 0
  Leigh and Atherton Independents 0 New
  Standish Independents 0 New
  UKIP 0
  Wigan Independents 0

Results

Atherton ward
Local Elections 2022: Atherton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Lambert Fairhurst
Independent Stuart Andrew Gerrard
Labour Julie Ann Hilling
Atherton Independent Quinton John Smith
Majority
Turnout

Astley Mosley Common ward
Local Elections 2022: Astley Mosley Common
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Andy Brown
Conservative David John Stirzaker
Labour Barry John Taylor
Majority
Turnout

Atherleigh ward
Local Elections 2022: Atherleigh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Natasha Louise Hodgkinson
Leigh & Atherton Independents Zoë Irlam
Conservative Angle Anne Roberts
Labour Debra Susan Ann Wailes
Majority
Turnout

Golborne and Lowton West ward
Local Elections 2022: Golborne and Lowton West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Susan Gambles
Conservative James Falle Geddes
Liberal Democrats Andrew Julian Lee Holland
Majority
Turnout

Leigh East ward
Local Elections 2022: Leigh East (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Trevor Halliwell Barton
Liberal Democrats Simon Paul Brooks
Labour Shelley Guest
Conservative Stephen Richard Gunby
Leigh East Independent James Edward Morley
Labour Fred Walker
Majority
Turnout

Leigh South ward
Local Elections 2022: Leigh South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Christopher John Noon
Labour Charles Rigby
Conservative Joshua James Yates
Majority
Turnout

Leigh West ward
Local Elections 2022: Leigh West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Samantha Clare Brown
Leigh West Independent Jayson Allan Hargreaves
Liberal Democrats Sharron-Lee Honey
Conservative Tracey Marie Mcclelland
Majority
Turnout

Lowton East ward
Local Elections 2022: Lowton East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edward Noel Houlton
Labour Gary Peter Lloyd
Majority
Turnout

Tyldesley ward
Local Elections 2022: Tyldesley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gerard Joseph Houlton
Labour Joanne Marshall
Majority
Turnout

Abram ward
Local Elections 2022: Abram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent David William Bowker
Conservative Stanley Crook
Liberal Democrats Graham Trevor Suddick
Labour Carl Sweeney
Majority
Turnout

Ashton ward
Local Elections 2022: Ashton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Martin
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Stephen Matthews
Independent James Alan Richardson
Labour Anthony John Sykes
Majority
Turnout

Bryn ward
Local Elections 2022: Bryn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Josiah Aitchison
Independent Steve Jones
Conservative Sandip Navnit Tailor
Liberal Democrats Stuart David Thomas
Majority
Turnout

Hindley ward
Local Elections 2022: Hindley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UKIP Jordan James Gaskell
Liberal Democrats John Charles Skipworth
Labour Jim Talbot
Conservative Marie Winstanley
Majority
Turnout

Hindley Green ward
Local Elections 2022: Hindley Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Susan Atherton
Independent Deborah Lloyd
Labour James Thomas Palmer
Liberal Democrats Gary John Skipworth
Majority
Turnout

Orrell ward
Local Elections 2022: Orrell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Neil Duncan Stevenson
Conservative Michael William Winstanley
Labour Dave Wood
Majority
Turnout

Winstanley ward
Local Elections 2022: Winstanley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Clive William Morgan
Liberal Democrats Robert Duncan Stevenson
Conservative Margaret Mary Winstanley
Majority
Turnout

Worsley Mesnes ward
Local Elections 2022: Worsley Mesnes
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Danny Cooke
Labour Patricia Lynne Holland
Liberal Democrats Donald John Macnamara
Conservative Michael Colin Owens
Majority
Turnout

Aspull, New Springs and Whelley ward
Local Elections 2022: Aspull, New Springs and Whelley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul John Chapman
Labour Ron Conway
Majority
Turnout

Douglas ward
Local Elections 2022: Douglas
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mary Gwendoline Callaghan
Conservative Michael Stephen Riley
Majority
Turnout

Ince ward
Local Elections 2022: Ince
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Allan Atherton
Labour James Moodie
Majority
Turnout

Pemberton ward
Local Elections 2022: Pemberton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David John Burley
Conservative Jean Margaret Peet
Independent Tony Porter
Labour Paul Prescott
Majority
Turnout

Shevington with Lower Ground ward
Local Elections 2022: Shevington with Lower Ground
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Brian Craig Duff Crombie-Fisher
Shevington Independents Part Wigan Independents Gareth William Fairhurst
Labour Vicky Galligan
Conservative Gary Robinson
Majority
Turnout

Standish with Langtree ward
Local Elections 2022: Standish with Langtree
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Judith Atherton
Standish Independents Debbie Fairhurst
Labour Terry Mugan
Majority
Turnout

Wigan Central ward
Local Elections 2022: Wigan Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Davies
Conservative Cyril Pendlebury
Liberal Democrats Caroline Waddicor
Majority
Turnout

Wigan West ward
Local Elections 2022: Wigan West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Margaret Atherton
Labour Phyll Cullen
Liberal Democrats Ian Dyer
Majority
Turnout

References
  1. "Councillor David Trevor Molyneux". Wigan Council. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  2. "Councillor Michael Winstanley". Wigan Council. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  3. "New leader of Wigan Council names his top priorities". Wigan Today. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  4. "What are the Wigan local elections 2021 results?". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  5. "What are the Wigan local elections 2021 results?". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  6. "Sadness at death of 'kind and caring' Wigan councillor". Wigan Today. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  7. "Your Councillors". Wigan Council. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  8. "Statement of Persons Nominated for Local Election" (PDF). Wigan Council. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
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