2022 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

2022 local election in England, UK

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5 May 2022

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26 of 75 seats to Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
38 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Leader	David Molyneux	Michael Winstanley
Party	Labour	Conservative
Leader since	15 May 2018	11 May 2016
Leader's seat	Ince	Orrell (defeated)
Seats before	57	8
Seats after	61	7
Seat change	4	1

2022 local election results in Wigan. Labour Conservative Labour and Co-op Independent Independent Network

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

Overview

After 2021 election			Before 2022 election			After 2022 election
Party		Seats	Party		Seats	Party		Seats
	Labour	57		Labour	57		Labour	61
	Conservative	8		Conservative	8		Conservative	7
	Independent	10		Independent	8		Independent	7
				Vacant	2

Number of Candidates fielded per party
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
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	22	3	84.6	39	61	81.3	35,544	53.0	0.7
	Conservative	2	1	7.7	5	7	9.3	17,635	26.3	2.2
	Independent	2	2	7.7	5	7	9.3	7,259	10.8	2.8
	Liberal Democrats	0		0	0	0	0	3,631	5.4	1.6
	Leigh and Atherton Independents	0		0	0	0	0	1,270	1.9	New
	Wigan Independents	0		0	0	0	0	783	1.2	2.2
	Standish Independents	0		0	0	0	0	686	1.0	New
	UKIP	0		0	0	0	0	231	0.3	1.6

Results

Bolton West constituency

Atherton ward

Local Elections 2022: Atherton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Network	Stuart Andrew Gerrard	1,518	51.4	2.3
	Labour	Julie Ann Hilling	855	29.0	7.2
	Atherton Independent	Quinton John Smith	306	10.4	New
	Conservative	Paul Lambert Fairhurst	274	9.3	0.8
Majority			663	22.4	4.9
Turnout			2,953	26.3	4.4
	Independent hold		Swing

Leigh constituency

Astley Mosley Common ward

Local Elections 2022: Astley Mosley Common
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barry John Taylor	1,368	40.8	11.9
	Independent	Andy Brown	1,122	33.4	New
	Conservative	David John Stirzaker	867	25.8	16.4
Majority			246	7.4	3.1
Turnout			3,357	32.3	5.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Atherleigh ward

Local Elections 2022: Atherleigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Debra Susan Ann Wailes	1,099	51.6	3.5
	Conservative	Angle Anne Roberts	469	22.0	1.8
	Independent	Natasha Louise Hodgkinson	433	20.3	New
	Leigh & Atherton Independents	Zoë Irlam	127	6.0	New
Majority			630	29.6	9.7
Turnout			2,128	25.2	1.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Golborne and Lowton West ward

Local Elections 2022: Golborne and Lowton West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Gambles	1,488	63.0	5.8
	Conservative	James Falle Geddes	695	29.4	14.0
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Julian Lee Holland	180	7.6	New
Majority			793	33.6	3.8
Turnout			2,363	28.3	3.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Leigh East ward

Local Elections 2022: Leigh East (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shelley Guest	1,418	46.8	12.8
	Labour	Fred Walker	1,123	37.1	12.5
	Conservative	Trevor Halliwell Barton	734	24.2	1.8
	Conservative	Stephen Richard Gunby	495	16.3	9.7
	Leigh East Independent	James Edward Morley	435	14.4	New
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Paul Brooks	215	7.1	7.3
Majority			684	22.6
Turnout			3,031	25.7
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Leigh South ward

Local Elections 2022: Leigh South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Rigby	1,561	51.5	2.9
	Conservative	Joshua James Yates	1,143	37.7	7.9
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher John Noon	327	10.8	New
Majority			418	13.8	5.0
Turnout			3,031	29.3	1.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Leigh West ward

Local Elections 2022: Leigh West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Samantha Clare Brown	1,566	61.5	7.4
	Conservative	Tracey Marie Mcclelland	505	19.8	4.3
	Leigh West Independent	Jayson Allan Hargreaves	402	15.8	New
	Liberal Democrats	Sharron-Lee Honey	73	2.9	3.6
Majority			1,061	41.7	11.5
Turnout			2,546	22.7	0.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Lowton East ward

Local Elections 2022: Lowton East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Noel Houlton	1,995	53.0	7.9
	Labour	Gary Peter Lloyd	1,770	47.0	7.9
Majority			225	6.0	15.8
Turnout			3,765	35.2	0.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tyldesley ward

Local Elections 2022: Tyldesley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joanne Marshall	1,755	66.4	15.4
	Conservative	Gerard Joseph Houlton	890	33.6	11.3
Majority			865	32.8	8.6
Turnout			2,645	25.9	0.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Makerfield constituency

Abram ward

Local Elections 2022: Abram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carl Sweeney	1,240	50.4	18.3
	Independent	David William Bowker	812	33.0	New
	Conservative	Stanley Crook	290	11.8	7.0
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Trevor Suddick	120	4.9	New
Majority			428	17.4	32.5
Turnout			2,462	22.6	1.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Ashton ward

Local Elections 2022: Ashton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony John Sykes	1,281	53.4	0.2
	Conservative	Paul Martin	557	23.2	21.5
	Independent	James Alan Richardson	470	19.6	New
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Stephen Matthews	92	3.8	1.8
Majority			724	30.2	14.9
Turnout			2,400	27.1	3.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Bryn ward

Local Elections 2022: Bryn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Steve Jones	1,772	66.9	*New*
	Labour	David Josiah Aitchison	691	26.1	13.8
	Conservative	Sandip Navnit Tailor	128	4.8	3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart David Thomas	58	2.2	0.6
Majority			1,081	40.8	N/A
Turnout			2,649	30.0	2.4
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing

Hindley ward

Local Elections 2022: Hindley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jim Talbot	1,304	58.7	12.8
	Conservative	Marie Winstanley	397	17.9	9.0
	Liberal Democrats	John Charles Skipworth	288	13.0	10.5
	UKIP	Jordan James Gaskell	231	10.4	New
Majority			907	40.8	33.9
Turnout			2,220	23.3	0.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Hindley Green ward

Local Elections 2022: Hindley Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Thomas Palmer	1,252	54.8	21.4
	Conservative	Susan Atherton	461	20.2	8.0
	Independent	Deborah Lloyd	381	16.7	New
	Liberal Democrats	Gary John Skipworth	191	8.4	4.6
Majority			791	34.6	N/A
Turnout			2,285	25.9	1.5
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Orrell ward

Local Elections 2022: Orrell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Dave Wood	1,387	45.4	3.9
	Conservative	Michael William Winstanley	1,353	44.3	2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Duncan Stevenson	313	10.3	1.7
Majority			34	1.1	N/A
Turnout			3,053	32.6	0.4
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing

Winstanley ward

Local Elections 2022: Winstanley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clive William Morgan	1,428	59.6	1.2
	Conservative	Margaret Mary Winstanley	641	26.8	5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Duncan Stevenson	327	13.6	8.8
Majority			787	32.8	4.3
Turnout			2,396	26.6	0.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Worsley Mesnes ward

Local Elections 2022: Worsley Mesnes
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patricia Lynne Holland	1,363	60.0	6.5
	Independent	Danny Cooke	396	17.4	New
	Conservative	Michael Colin Owens	391	17.2	2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Donald John Macnamara	122	5.4	1.3
Majority			967	42.6	8.9
Turnout			2,272	25.5	1.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Wigan constituency

Aspull, New Springs and Whelley ward

Local Elections 2022: Aspull, New Springs and Whelley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ron Conway	2,025	71.7	10.3
	Conservative	Paul John Chapman	798	28.3	0.8
Majority			1,227	43.4	9.5
Turnout			2,823	28.6	0.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Douglas ward

Local Elections 2022: Douglas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Gwendoline Callaghan	1,457	75.2	3.4
	Conservative	Michael Stephen Riley	480	24.8	3.4
Majority			977	50.4	6.8
Turnout			1,937	20.5	0.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Ince ward

Local Elections 2022: Ince
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Moodie	1,143	68.8	0.4
	Conservative	Allan Atherton	518	31.2	21.0
Majority			625	37.6	11.0
Turnout			1,661	18.7	2.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Pemberton ward

Local Elections 2022: Pemberton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Prescott	1,187	60.0	14.4
	Independent	Tony Porter	355	17.9	New
	Conservative	Jean Margaret Peet	311	15.7	0.6
	Liberal Democrats	David John Burley	125	6.3	3.0
Majority			832	42.1	16.0
Turnout			1,978	20.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Shevington with Lower Ground ward

Local Elections 2022: Shevington with Lower Ground
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vicky Galligan	1,307	43.6	5.7
	Shevington Independents Part Wigan Independents	Gareth William Fairhurst	783	26.1	14.0
	Conservative	Gary Robinson	566	18.9	1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Craig Duff Crombie-Fisher	339	11.3	New
Majority			524	17.5	N/A
Turnout			2,995	32.9	3.3
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Standish with Langtree ward

Local Elections 2022: Standish with Langtree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Judith Atherton	1,382	40.5	3.7
	Labour	Terry Mugan	1,346	39.4	3.0
	Standish Independents	Debbie Fairhurst	686	20.1	6.7
Majority			36	1.1	0.7
Turnout			3,414	31.0	2.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

The "Standish Independents" description was used at the last election by the same candidate, but standing for the Wigan Independents, a separate political party.

Wigan Central ward

Local Elections 2022: Wigan Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Davies	1,588	56.3	0.8
	Conservative	Cyril Pendlebury	853	30.3	0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Waddicor	378	13.4	7.4
Majority			735	26.0	1.0
Turnout			2,819	30.4	0.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Wigan West ward

Local Elections 2022: Wigan West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Phyll Cullen	1,542	62.5	9.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Dyer	483	19.6	New
	Conservative	Margaret Atherton	442	17.9	2.9
Majority			1,059	44.6	12.4
Turnout			2,467	27.5	2.1
	Labour hold		Swing

By-elections between 2022 and 2023

Ashton ward

Ashton, 15 December 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew John Bullen	294	62.8	9.4
	Conservative	Paul Martin	146	31.2	8.0
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Stephen Matthews	28	6.0	2.2
Majority			148	31.6	1.4
Turnout			468	5.3	21.8
	Labour hold		Swing

References

"Councillor David Trevor Molyneux". Wigan Council. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
"New leader of Wigan Council names his top priorities". Wigan Today. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
^ "Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council". BBC News. n.d. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
^ "Wigan election result". BBC News. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
"Councillor Michael Winstanley". Wigan Council. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
"Sadness at death of 'kind and caring' Wigan councillor". Wigan Today. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
"Statement of Persons Nominated for Local Election" (PDF). Wigan Council. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
"Elections result 15 December 2022" (PDF). Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 30 January 2023.

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