The 2015 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections and the general election.

Quick Facts 25 of 75 seats to Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council 38 seats needed for a majority, First party ...

2015 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

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25 of 75 seats to Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council 38 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Peter Smith James Grundy Party Labour Conservative Leader since 1991 2012 Leader's seat Leigh West Lowton East Seats before 63 2 Seats after 64 3 Seat change 1 1
2015 local election results in Wigan.   Conservative   Labour   Independent

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Prior to the election, the composition of the council was:

• Labour Party: 63
• Conservative Party: 2
• Independent: 10

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Labour Party: 64
• Conservative Party: 3
• Independent: 8

Results summary

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2015 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	23	1	92	41	64	85.3	71,184	50.4	4.1
	Conservative	1	1	4	2	3	4	27,263	19.3	0.3
	Independent	1	2	4	7	8	10.7	7,483	5.3	7.3
	UKIP	0		0	0	0	0	29,622	21.0	20.4
	Green	0		0	0	0	0	2,837	2.0	New
	Community Action	0		0	0	0	0	1,115	0.8	4.0
	Left Unity	0		0	0	0	0	990	0.7	New
	Liberal Democrats	0		0	0	0	0	648	0.5	2.2
	TUSC	0		0	0	0	0	99	0.1	0.3

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