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Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
Coat of arms
Logo
Corporate logo
Type
Type
Cabinet-style council
History
Founded1 April 1974; 50 years ago (1974-04-01)
Preceded by14 councils[notes 1]
Leadership
Mayor of Wigan
Marie Morgan, Labour
since 26 May 2022
Leader of the Council
David Molyneux,
Labour
Chief executive
Alison McKenzie-Folan
since 6 March 2019
Structure
Seats75 (38 needed for a majority)
Political groups
Administration
  •   Labour (64)
Opposition parties
  •   Conservative (2)
  •   Independent (9)
Joint committees
Greater Manchester Combined Authority
Greater Manchester Police, Fire and Crime Panel
Elections
Voting system
First-past-the-post
Last election
2023 (all 75 councillors)
Next election
2024 (one third of councillors)
Motto
Progress with Unity
Meeting place
Wigan Town Hall
United Kingdom
Website
wigan.gov.uk

The Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council is the local authority for the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in the United Kingdom. It consists of 75 Councillors with one-third being elected every three years in four. The borough is separated into 25 wards. Councillors are democratically accountable to the ward they are elected to represent. Each ward is represented on the council by three council members. The current party that has control of wigan council is the Labour party.
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