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.
| 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 | |||||
Read more about this topic: Wigan Local Elections
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With beards askew, their eyes dull and wild
Twelve ragged men, the council of charity
Wandering the face of the earth a fatherless child....”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)
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