2022 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election information
2022 local election in England, UK
2022 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election
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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[1]
Michael Winstanley[5]
Party
Labour
Conservative
Leader since
15 May 2018[2]
11 May 2016
Leader's seat
Ince
Orrell (defeated)
Seats before
57[3]
8[3]
Seats after
61[4]
7[4]
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.[6]
^"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.
^ ab"Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council". BBC News. n.d. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
^ ab"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.
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