Local elections 2024: Full list of Wigan Council results as Labour maintains status quo

One third of seats on Wigan Council were contested on May 2.
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Results have been confirmed for the local elections taking place in Wigan. One out of three seats in each of the borough’s 25 wards was contested on Thursday, May 2.

Labour maintained their hold on the council, coming out with 21 seats - the same number they had before the elections. Results from each ward in Wigan are below.

Full list of Wigan election results May 2024

Abram

  • David William Bowker (Independent) 746
  • Nazia Tabussam Rehman (Labour and Co-operative) 1353
  • Graham Trevor Suddick (Liberal Democrats) 114
  • Janet Elizabeth Walch (Conservative) 191

Ashton-in-Makerfield South

  • Andrew John Bullen (Labour and Co-operative Party) 1259
  • Paul Martin (Conservative) 360
  • Geoffrey Stephen Matthews (Liberal Democrats) 47
  • Gary Wilkes (Independent) 850

Aspull, New Springs & Whelley

  • Laura Jean Flynn (Labour) 1734
  • Peter George Edmund Kitts (Green) 406
  • Marie Winstanley (Conservative) 533

Astley

  • Sandra Elizabeth Robinson (Independent Network) 862
  • Eileen Patricia Strathearn (Conservative) 753
  • Barry John Taylor (Labour) 1792

Atherton North

  • Paul Blinkhorn (Labour) 1033
  • Quinton John Smith (Atherton North Independent) 533
  • David John Stirzaker (Conservative) 127
  • James Paul Watson (Independent Network) 1070

Atherton South & Lilford

  • Martin James Farrimond (Conservative) 368
  • Rachel Flaszczak (Independent Network) 1152
  • Lee Robert McStein (Labour and Co-operative) 1418

Bryn with Ashton-in-Makerfield North

  • Judith Atherton (Conservative) 143
  • Margaret Therese Gaffney (Labour) 859
  • Scarlett Myler (Independent) 1512

Douglas

  • Margaret Atherton (Conservative) 296
  • Matt Dawber (Labour) 1379
  • Peter Ernest Jacobs (Green) 304

Golborne & Lowton West

  • Susan Gambles (Labour) 1572
  • Andrew Julian Lee Holland (Liberal Democrats) 101
  • Edward Noel Houlton (Conservative) 387
  • Richard Andrew Scott (Leigh and Atherton Independent) 420

Hindley

  • Oliver Peter Clark (Green) 907
  • Dave Culshaw (Independent) 102
  • Jim Ellis (Independent Network) 519
  • Jordan Gaskell (Independent) 201
  • Gerard Joseph Houlton (Conservative) 89
  • John Charles Skipworth (Liberal Democrats) 54
  • James Swift (Reform UK) 315
  • James Talbot (Labour) 1013

Hindley Green

  • Susan Atherton (Conservative) 131
  • James Thomas Palmer (Labour) 1260
  • Ray Peters (Reform UK) 392
  • Mark Prescott (Independent) 701
  • Gary John Skipworth (Liberal Democrats) 53

Ince

  • Allan Atherton (Conservative) 155
  • Janice Sharratt (Labour) 970
  • Tony Whyte (Independent) 1018
  • Zoran C Zok (Independent) 37

Leigh Central & Higher Folds

  • Jean Dickinson (Conservative) 296
  • James Edward Morley (Leigh Central Independent) 626
  • Peter Mulleady (Green) 214
  • Fred Walker (Labour) 1321
  • Stuart John Worthington (Liberal Democrats) 72

Leigh South

  • Jayson Allan Hargreaves (Leigh South Independent) 556
  • Avril Ruth Murphy (Conservative) 495
  • Christopher John Noon (Liberal Democrats) 192
  • Brodie Andrew Prescott (Green) 133
  • Charles Rigby (Labour) 1474

Leigh West

  • Marie Elizabeth Cooper (Conservative) 314
  • David John Evans (Leigh West Independent) 475
  • Sue Greensmith (Labour) 1592
  • Rachel Harrop (Green) 244

Lowton East

  • Kathleen Houlton (Conservative) 1845
  • Mike Smith (Labour) 2179

Orrell

  • Anne Collins (Labour) 1601
  • Robert F Kenyon (Reform UK) 423
  • Neil Duncan Stevenson (Liberal Democrats) 124
  • Michael William Winstanley (Conservative) 920

Pemberton

  • David John Burley (Liberal Democrats) 111
  • Jean Margaret Peet (Conservative) 170
  • Tony Porter (Independent) 522
  • Eileen Winifred Rigby (Labour) 1179

Shevington with Lower Ground & Moor

  • John Peter Burley (Liberal Democrats) 177
  • Debbie Fairhurst (Shevington Independents Part of Wigan Independents) 684
  • Vicky Galligan (Labour) 1585
  • Michael Colin Owens (Conservative) 500
  • Peter Seddon (Workers) 137

Standish with Langtree

  • Gareth William Fairhurst (Standish Independents) 1294
  • Donald John Macnamara (Liberal Democrats) 117
  • Terry Mugan (Labour) 1610
  • Gary Robinson (Conservative) 724

Tyldesley & Mosley Common

  • James Anthony Fish (Independent Network) 1538
  • Ashley McCarrick (Conservative) 308
  • Farai Nhakaniso (Labour) 1091

Wigan Central

  • Paul John Chapman (Conservative) 420
  • Brian Craig Duff Crombie-Fisher (Liberal Democrats) 100
  • Catherine Mary Croston (Independent) 790
  • Lisa Diaz (Green) 190
  • Michael McLoughlin (Labour) 1398

Wigan West

  • Marjorie Clayton (Conservative) 372
  • Sheila Rosaleen Ramsdale (Labour and Co-operative) 1639
  • Stuart David Thomas (Liberal Democrats) 404

Winstanley

  • John Carroll (Reform UK) 490
  • John Christopher Logan (Green) 201
  • Clive William Morgan (Labour) 1412
  • Robert Duncan Stevenson (Liberal Democrats) 124
  • Margaret Mary Winstanley (Conservative) 249

Worsley Mesnes

  • Danny Cooke (Independent) 298
  • Vincent Dean Holgate (Liberal Democrats) 58
  • Adam James Marsh (Conservative) 154
  • Paul David James Molyneux (Labour) 1217
  • Keith Andrew Whalley (Reform UK) 532

Full results from elsewhere in Greater Manchester as they come in

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