2024 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election#By-elections between 2024 and 2025
{{Short description|2024 English local election}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2024 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election
| flag_image = Coat of arms of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council.png
| type = parliamentary
| previous_election = 2023 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election
| previous_year = 2023
| outgoing_members =
| election_date = {{Start date|2024|5|2|df=y}}
| elected_members =
| next_election = 2026 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election
| next_year = 2026
| seats_for_election= 25 out of 75 seats to Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
| majority_seats = 38
| opinion_polls =
| turnout =
| image1 = File:No image wide.svg
| leader1 = David Molyneux
| party1 = Labour Party (UK)
| leader_since1 =
| leaders_seat1 =
| last_election1 =
| seats_before1 = 64
| seats1 = 21
| seats_after1 = 64
| seat_change1 = {{steady}}
| popular_vote1 = 34,940
| percentage1 = 51.7%
| swing1 = {{decrease}} 9.2%
| image2 = File:No image wide.svg
| leader2 =
| party2 = Independent politician
| leader_since2 =
| leaders_seat2 =
| last_election2 =
| seats_before2 = 9
| seats2 = 4
| seats_after2 = 10
| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 1
| popular_vote2 = 11,918
| percentage2 = 17.6%
| swing2 = {{increase}} 4.9%
| image3 = File:No image wide.svg
| leader3 = Ray Whittingham
| party3 = Conservative Party (UK)
| leader_since3 =
| leaders_seat3 =
| last_election3 =
| seats_before3 = 2
| seats3 = 0
| seats_after3 = 1
| seat_change3 = {{decrease}} 1
| popular_vote3 = 10,200
| percentage3 = 15.1%
| swing3 = {{decrease}} 2.2%
| map_image = Wigan UK ward map 2024.svg
| map_size =
| map_alt =
| map =
| map_caption = Winner of each seat at the 2024 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election
| title = Leader
| posttitle = Leader after election
| before_election = David Molyneux
| before_party = Labour Party (UK)
| after_election = David Molyneux
| after_party = Labour Party (UK)
}}
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.{{cite news |last1=Cunningham |first1=Conal |title=Local election results for Wigan and Leigh 2024 |url=https://www.leighjournal.co.uk/news/24296254.local-elections-labour-make-gain-leigh-party-dominates-council/ |access-date=4 June 2024 |work=Leigh Journal |date=3 May 2024}}
=Council Composition=
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan="3" | After 2023 election
! colspan="3" | Before 2024 election ! colspan="3" | After 2024 election |
|---|
| colspan="2" | Party
! Seats ! colspan="2" | Party ! Seats ! colspan="2" | Party ! Seats |
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
| 64 | {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} | 64 | {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} | 64 |
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
| 2 | {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} | 2 | {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} | 1 |
| {{Party name with colour|Independent politician}}
| 9 | {{Party name with colour|Independent politician}} | 9 | {{Party name with colour|Independent politician}} | 10 |
= Number of Candidates fielded per party =
{{Composition_bar/advanced|divisionname = Labour Party (25/25)|total = 25|boxwidth = 300|party1 = 25|partycolor1 = {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}}}
{{Composition_bar/advanced|divisionname = Conservative Party (25/25)|total = 25|boxwidth = 300|party1 = 25|partycolor1 = {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}}}
{{Composition_bar/advanced|divisionname = Independent (16/25)|total = 25|boxwidth = 300|party1 = 16|partycolor1 = {{party color|Independent politician}}}}
{{Composition_bar/advanced|divisionname = Liberal Democrats (15/25)|total = 25|boxwidth = 300|party1 = 15|partycolor1 = {{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}}}
{{Composition_bar/advanced|divisionname = Green Party (8/25)|total = 25|boxwidth = 300|party1 = 8|partycolor1 = {{party color|Green Party of England and Wales}}}}
{{Composition_bar/advanced|divisionname = Reform UK (5/25)|total = 25|boxwidth = 300|party1 = 5|partycolor1 = {{party color|Reform UK}}}}
{{Composition_bar/advanced|divisionname = Leigh and Atherton Independents (1/25)|total = 25|boxwidth = 300|party1 = 1|partycolor1 = #10502e}}
{{Composition_bar/advanced|divisionname = Standish Independents (1/25)|total = 25|boxwidth = 300|party1 = 1|partycolor1 = {{party color|Independents}}}}
{{Composition_bar/advanced|divisionname = Wigan Independents (1/25)|total = 25|boxwidth = 300|party1 = 1|partycolor1 = {{party color|Independents}}}}
{{Composition_bar/advanced|divisionname = Workers Party of Britain (1/25)|total = 25|boxwidth = 300|party1 = 1|partycolor1 = {{party color|Workers Party of Britain}}}}
=Results summary=
{{Election summary partial council net begin|title = 2024 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|seats = 21
|net = {{nochange}}
|seats % = 84.0
|other seats = 43
|total seats = 64
|total seats % = 85.3
|votes = 34,940
|votes % = 51.7
|plus/minus = –9.2
}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Independent politician
|seats = 4
|net = {{increase}} 1
|seats % = 16.0
|other seats = 6
|total seats = 10
|total seats % = 13.3
|votes = 11,918
|votes % = 17.6
|plus/minus = +4.9
}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|seats = 0
|net = {{decrease}} 1
|seats % = 0
|other seats = 1
|total seats = 1
|total seats % = 1.3
|votes = 10,200
|votes % = 15.1
|plus/minus = –2.2
}}
{{Election summary partial council net|
|party = Leigh and Atherton Independents
|color = #10502e
|seats = 0
|net = {{nochange}}
|seats % = 0
|other seats = 0
|total seats = 0
|total seats % = 0
|votes = 2,610
|votes % = 3.9
|plus/minus = +1.7
}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Reform UK
|seats = 0
|net = {{nochange}}
|seats % = 0
|other seats = 0
|total seats = 0
|total seats % = 0
|votes = 2,152
|votes % = 3.2
|plus/minus = +2.6
}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|seats = 0
|net = {{nochange}}
|seats % = 0
|other seats = 0
|total seats = 0
|total seats % = 0
|votes = 1,848
|votes % = 2.7
|plus/minus = –1.5
}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|seats = 0
|net = {{nochange}}
|seats % = 0
|other seats = 0
|total seats = 0
|total seats % = 0
|votes = 1,789
|votes % = 2.6
|plus/minus = +2.3
}}
{{Election summary partial council net|
|party = Standish Independents
|seats = 0
|net = {{nochange}}
|seats % = 0
|other seats = 0
|total seats = 0
|total seats % = 0
|votes = 1,294
|votes % = 1.9
|plus/minus = +1.4
}}
{{Election summary partial council net|
|party = Wigan Independents
|seats = 0
|net = {{nochange}}
|seats % = 0
|other seats = 0
|total seats = 0
|total seats % = 0
|votes = 684
|votes % = 1.0
|plus/minus = +0.3
}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Workers Party of Britain
|seats = 0
|net = {{nochange}}
|seats % = 0
|other seats = 0
|total seats = 0
|total seats % = 0
|votes = 137
|votes % = 0.2
|plus/minus = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
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 =
{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2024: Abram}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Nazia Tabussam Rehman*|votes=1,353|percentage=56.3|change={{increase}} 7.2}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=David William Bowker|votes=746|percentage=31.0|change={{increase}} 1.6}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Janet Elizabeth Walch|votes=191|percentage=7.9|change={{decrease}} 9.3}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Graham Trevor Suddick|votes=114|percentage=4.7|change={{decrease}} 11.7}}
{{Election box majority||votes=607|percentage=25.3|change={{increase}} 5.6}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2,404|percentage=22.9|change={{increase}} 1.8}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Labour Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
= Ashton-in-Makerfield South ward =
{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2024: Ashton-in-Makerfield South}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Andrew John Bullen*|votes=1,259|percentage=52.1|change={{increase}} 10.2}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Gary Wilkes|votes=850|percentage=35.2|change={{increase}} 4.2}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Paul Martin|votes=260|percentage=10.8|change={{decrease}} 6.3}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Geoffrey Stephen Matthews|votes=47|percentage=1.9|change={{decrease}} 4.4}}
{{Election box majority||votes=409|percentage=16.9|change={{increase}} 6.0}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2,416|percentage=27.6|change={{increase}} 0.7}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Labour Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
= Aspull, New Springs & Whelley ward =
{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2024: Aspull, New Springs & Whelley}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Laura Jean Flynn*|votes=1,734|percentage=64.9|change={{increase}} 2.5}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Marie Winstanley|votes=533|percentage=19.9|change={{decrease}} 1.5}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Peter George Edmund Kitts|votes=406|percentage=15.2|change=New}}
{{Election box majority||votes=1,201|percentage=45.0|change={{increase}} 4.0}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2,673|percentage=29.1|change={{increase}} 1.2}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Labour Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
= Astley ward =
{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2024: Astley}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Barry John Taylor*|votes=1,792|percentage=52.6|change={{increase}} 1.5}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Sandra Elizabeth Robinson|votes=862|percentage=25.3|change=New}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Eileen Patricia Strathearn|votes=753|percentage=22.1|change={{decrease}} 11.3}}
{{Election box majority||votes=930|percentage=27.3|change={{increase}} 9.6}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=3,407|percentage=32.1|change={{increase}} 2.6}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Labour Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
= Atherton North ward =
{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2024: Atherton North}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=James Paul Watson*|votes=1,070|percentage=38.7|change={{decrease}} 2.7}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Paul Blinkhorn|votes=1,033|percentage=37.4|change={{increase}} 4.1}}
{{Election box candidate||party=Atherton North Independent|candidate=Quinton John Smith|votes=533|percentage=19.3|change={{increase}} 6.4}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=David John Stirzaker|votes=127|percentage=4.6|change={{decrease}} 2.3}}
{{Election box majority||votes=37|percentage=1.3|change={{decrease}} 6.8}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2,763|percentage=27.1|change={{increase}} 0.5}}
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Independent (politician)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
= Atherton South & Lilford ward =
{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2024: Atherton South & Lilford}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Lee Robert McStein*|votes=1,418|percentage=48.3|change={{increase}} 4.7}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Rachael Flaszczak|votes=1,152|percentage=39.2|change={{increase}} 6.6}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Martin James Farrimond|votes=368|percentage=12.5|change={{decrease}} 1.7}}
{{Election box majority||votes=266|percentage=9.1|change={{decrease}} 1.9}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2,938|percentage=28.5|change={{increase}} 1.8}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Labour Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
= Bryn with Ashton-in-Makerfield North ward =
{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2024: Bryn with Ashton-in-Makerfield North}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Scarlett Myler*|votes=1,512|percentage=60.1|change={{increase}} 15.9}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Margaret Therese Gaffney|votes=859|percentage=34.2|change={{increase}} 6.9}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Judith Atherton|votes=143|percentage=5.7|change={{decrease}} 1.1}}
{{Election box majority||votes=653|percentage=25.9|change={{increase}} 9.0}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2,514|percentage=28.0|change={{increase}} 0.6}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Independent (politician)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
= Douglas ward =
{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2024: Douglas}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Matt Dawber*|votes=1,379|percentage=69.7|change={{increase}} 8.5}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Peter Ernest Jacobs|votes=304|percentage=15.4|change={{decrease}} 6.2}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Margaret Atherton|votes=296|percentage=15.0|change={{decrease}} 4.7}}
{{Election box majority||votes=1,075|percentage=54.3|change={{increase}} 14.7}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,979|percentage=21.1|change={{increase}} 0.9}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Labour Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
= Golborne & Lowton West ward =
{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2024: Golborne & Lowton West}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Susan Gambles*|votes=1,572|percentage=63.4|change={{increase}} 6.4}}
{{Election box candidate|color=#10502e|party=Leigh and Atherton Independent|candidate=Richard Andrew Scott|votes=420|percentage=16.9|change=New}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Edward Noel Houlton|votes=387|percentage=15.6|change={{decrease}} 4.3}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Andrew Julian Lee Holland|votes=101|percentage=4.1|change={{decrease}} 4.0}}
{{Election box majority||votes=1,152|percentage=46.5|change={{increase}} 9.4}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2,480|percentage=26.9|change={{increase}} 1.5}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner= Labour Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
= Hindley ward =
{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2024: Hindley}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=James Talbot*|votes=1,013|percentage=42.4|change={{decrease}} 0.4}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Jim Ellis|votes=519|percentage=21.7|change={{decrease}} 12.6}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Reform UK|candidate=James Swift|votes=315|percentage=13.2|change=New}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Jordan James Gaskell|votes=201|percentage=8.4|change=New}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Dave Culshaw|votes=102|percentage=4.3|change={{decrease}} 15.9}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Oliver Peter Clark|votes=97|percentage=4.1|change=New}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Gerard Joseph Houlton|votes=89|percentage=3.7|change={{decrease}} 4.7}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=John Charles Skipworth|votes=54|percentage=2.3|change={{decrease}} 5.6}}
{{Election box majority||votes=494|percentage=20.7|change={{increase}} 12.2}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2,390|percentage=24.2|change={{increase}} 0.5}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Labour Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
= Hindley Green ward =
{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2024: Hindley Green}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=James Thomas Palmer*|votes=1,260|percentage=49.7|change={{increase}} 3.7}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Mark Prescott|votes=701|percentage=27.6|change={{increase}} 0.1}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Reform UK|candidate=Ray Peters|votes=392|percentage=15.5|change=New}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Susan Atherton|votes=131|percentage=5.2|change={{decrease}} 9.7}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Gary Skipworth|votes=53|percentage=2.1|change={{decrease}} 6.6}}
{{Election box majority||votes=559|percentage=22.1|change={{increase}} 3.6}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2,537|percentage=27.6|change={{increase}} 1.2}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Labour Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
= Ince ward =
{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2024: Ince}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Tony Whyte|votes=1,018|percentage=46.7|change=New}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Janice Sharratt*|votes=970|percentage=44.5|change={{increase}} 5.7}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Allan Atherton|votes=155|percentage=7.1|change={{decrease}} 6.2}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Zoran C. Zok|votes=37|percentage=1.7|change=New}}
{{Election box majority||votes=48|percentage=2.2|change=N/A}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2,180|percentage=23.2|change={{increase}} 0.7}}
{{Election box gain with party link||winner=Independent (politician)|loser=Labour Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
= Leigh Central & Higher Folds ward =
{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2024: Leigh Central & Higher Folds}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Fred Walker*|votes=1,321|percentage=52.2|change={{decrease}} 1.2}}
{{Election box candidate||party=Leigh Central Independent|candidate=James Edward Morley|votes=626|percentage=24.8|change={{increase}} 5.7}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Jean Dickinson|votes=296|percentage=11.7|change={{decrease}} 6.2}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Peter Mulleady|votes=214|percentage=8.5|change=New}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Stuart John Worthington|votes=72|percentage=2.8|change={{decrease}} 3.8}}
{{Election box majority||votes=695|percentage=27.4|change={{decrease}} 6.9}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2,529|percentage=23.6|change={{increase}} 2.0}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Labour Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
= Leigh South ward =
{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2024: Leigh South}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Charles Rigby*|votes=1,474|percentage=51.7|change={{decrease}} 0.8}}
{{Election box candidate||party=Leigh South Independent|candidate=Jayson Allan Hargreaves|votes=556|percentage=19.5|change=New}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Avril Ruth Murphy|votes=495|percentage=17.4|change={{decrease}} 11.6}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Christopher John Noon|votes=192|percentage=6.7|change={{decrease}} 11.0}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Brodie Andrew Prescott|votes=133|percentage=4.7|change=New}}
{{Election box majority||votes=918|percentage=32.2|change={{increase}} 8.7}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2,850|percentage=30.0|change={{increase}} 1.7}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner= Labour Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
= Leigh West ward =
{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2024: Leigh West}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Sue Greensmith*|votes=1,592|percentage=60.6|change={{increase}} 3.0}}
{{Election box candidate||party=Leigh West Independent|candidate=David John Evans|votes=475|percentage=18.1|change={{increase}} 2.0}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Marie Elizabeth Cooper|votes=314|percentage=12.0|change={{decrease}} 4.8}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Rachel Harrop|votes=244|percentage=9.3|change=New}}
{{Election box majority||votes=1,117|percentage=42.5|change={{increase}} 1.7}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2,625|percentage=23.6|change={{increase}} 2.8}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner= Labour Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
= Lowton East ward =
{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2024: Lowton East}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Mike Smith|votes=2,179|percentage=54.2|change={{increase}} 9.0}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Kathleen Houlton*|votes=1,845|percentage=45.8|change={{decrease}} 0.6}}
{{Election box majority||votes=334|percentage=8.4|change=N/A}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=4,024|percentage=36.1|change={{increase}} 2.1}}
{{Election box gain with party link||winner=Labour Party (UK)|loser=Conservative Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
= Orrell ward =
{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2024: Orrell}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Anne Collins*|votes=1,601|percentage=52.2|change={{increase}} 8.0}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Michael William Winstanley|votes=920|percentage=30.0|change={{decrease}} 12.5}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Reform UK|candidate=Robert F. Kenyon|votes=423|percentage=13.8|change=New}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Neil Duncan Stevenson|votes=124|percentage=4.0|change={{decrease}} 8.5}}
{{Election box majority||votes=681|percentage=22.2|change={{increase}} 20.5}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=3,068|percentage=32.6|change={{increase}} 1.2}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Labour Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
= Pemberton ward =
{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2024: Pemberton}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Eileen Winifred Rigby*|votes=1,179|percentage=59.5|change={{increase}} 11.9}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Tony Porter|votes=522|percentage=26.3|change={{decrease}} 1.2}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Jean Margaret Peet|votes=170|percentage=8.6|change={{decrease}} 10.7}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=David John Burley|votes=111|percentage=5.6|change={{decrease}} 11.6}}
{{Election box majority||votes=657|percentage=33.2|change={{increase}} 13.1}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,982|percentage=21.0|change={{increase}} 1.4}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Labour Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
= Shevington with Lower Ground & Moor ward =
{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2024: Shevington with Lower Ground & Moor}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Vicky Galligan*|votes=1,585|percentage=51.4|change={{increase}} 9.4}}
{{Election box candidate||party=Shevington Independents Part of Wigan Independents|candidate=Debbie Fairhurst|votes=684|percentage=22.2|change={{decrease}} 11.3}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Michael Colin Owens|votes=500|percentage=16.2|change={{decrease}} 5.4}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=John Peter Burley|votes=177|percentage=5.7|change={{decrease}} 7.5}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Workers Party of Britain|candidate=Peter Seddon|votes=137|percentage=4.4|change=New}}
{{Election box majority||votes=901|percentage=29.2|change= {{increase}} 20.7}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=3,083|percentage=31.6|change={{decrease}} 1.8}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Labour Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
= Standish with Langtree ward =
{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2024: Standish with Langtree}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Terry Mugan*|votes=1,610|percentage=43.0|change={{increase}} 6.5}}
{{Election box candidate||party=Standish Independents|candidate=Gareth William Fairhurst|votes=1,294|percentage=34.6|change={{increase}} 12.4}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Gary Robinson|votes=724|percentage=19.3|change={{decrease}} 17.1}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Donald John Macnamara|votes=117|percentage=3.1|change=New}}
{{Election box majority||votes=316|percentage=8.4|change={{increase}} 8.3}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=3,745|percentage=32.8|change={{increase}} 1.2}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Labour Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
= Tyldesley & Mosley Common ward =
{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2024: Tyldesley & Mosley Common}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=James Anthony Fish*|votes=1,538|percentage=52.4|change={{increase}} 13.7}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Farai Nhakaniso|votes=1,091|percentage=37.1|change={{decrease}} 0.1}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Ashley Mccarrick|votes=308|percentage=10.5|change={{decrease}} 14.3}}
{{Election box majority||votes=447|percentage=15.3|change={{increase}} 13.8}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2,937|percentage=29.6|change={{increase}} 3.5}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Independent (politician)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
= Wigan Central ward =
{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2024: Wigan Central}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Michael McLoughlin*|votes=1,398|percentage=48.2|change={{decrease}} 2.9}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Catherine Mary Croston|votes=790|percentage=27.3|change=New}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Paul John Chapman|votes=420|percentage=14.5|change={{decrease}} 15.5}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Lisa Diaz|votes=190|percentage=6.6|change=New}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Brian Craig Duff Crombie-Fisher|votes=100|percentage=3.5|change={{decrease}} 20.5}}
{{Election box majority||votes=608|percentage=20.9|change={{decrease}} 0.2}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2,898|percentage=30.8|change={{increase}} 1.1}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Labour Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
= Wigan West ward =
{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2024: Wigan West}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Sheila Rosaleen Ramsdale*|votes=1,639|percentage=67.9|change={{increase}} 19.2}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Stuart David Thomas|votes=404|percentage=16.7|change={{decrease}} 14.7}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Marjorie Clayton|votes=372|percentage=15.4|change={{increase}} 2.5}}
{{Election box majority||votes=1,235|percentage=51.2|change={{increase}} 33.9}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2,415|percentage=24.9|change={{decrease}} 0.4}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Labour Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
= Winstanley ward =
{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2024: Winstanley}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Clive William Morgan*|votes=1,412|percentage=57.0|change={{increase}} 3.9}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Reform UK|candidate=John Carroll|votes=490|percentage=19.8|change={{increase}} 1.6}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Margaret Mary Winstanley|votes=249|percentage=10.1|change={{decrease}} 13.9}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=John Christopher Logan|votes=201|percentage=8.1|change=New}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Robert Duncan Stevenson|votes=124|percentage=5.0|change={{decrease}} 16.2}}
{{Election box majority||votes=922|percentage=37.2|change={{increase}} 8.1}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2,476|percentage=27.8|change={{increase}} 1.6}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Labour Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
= Worsley Mesnes ward =
{{Election box begin | title=Local Elections 2024: Worsley Mesnes}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Paul David James Molyneux*|votes=1,217|percentage=53.9|change={{increase}} 7.9}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Reform UK|candidate=Keith Andrew Whalley|votes=532|percentage=23.6|change=New}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Danny Cooke|votes=298|percentage=13.2|change={{decrease}} 16.5}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Adam James Marsh|votes=154|percentage=6.8|change={{decrease}} 12.9}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Vincent Dean Holgate|votes=58|percentage=2.6|change={{decrease}} 11.8}}
{{Election box majority||votes=685|percentage=30.3|change={{increase}} 14.0}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=2,259|percentage=25.2|change={{increase}} 0.8}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Labour Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
By-elections between 2024 and 2026
=Leigh South ward=
{{Election box begin | title= Leigh South, 4 July 2024{{cite web|title=Leigh South - By election - 4th July 2024|url=https://www.wigan.gov.uk/Council/Voting-and-Elections/Results/Leigh-South-By-election-4th-July-2024.aspx|publisher=Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council|access-date=13 July 2024}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Barbara Caren|votes=2389|percentage=49.3|change={{decrease}} 8.4}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Eileen Strathearn|votes=989|percentage=20.4|change={{decrease}} 8.6}}
{{Election box candidate ||party=Leigh South Independent|candidate=Jayson Hargreaves |votes=502|percentage=10.4|change=New}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent|candidate=Craig Buckley|votes=330|percentage=6.8|change=New}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Christopher Noon|votes=326|percentage=6.7|change={{decrease}} 11.0}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Brodie Prescott|votes=305|percentage=6.3|change=New}}
{{Election box majority||votes=1,400|percentage=28.9|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=4,841|percentage=50.6|change={{increase}} 22.3}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Labour Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
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