Wigan Local Elections - Council Elections

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


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