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Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
	Coat of arms
	Corporate logo
Type
Type	Cabinet-style council
History
Founded	1 April 1974; 50 years ago
Preceded by	14 councils
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
Seats	75 (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

Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council

Local authority for Wigan, England

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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Council members by ward

This is a list of the current Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council:^[1]

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Ward		Party	Offices^[2]
Abram	Nazia Rehman	Labour	Portfolio Holder for Finance, Resources & Transformation
	Eunice Smethurst	Labour	Chairman - Confident Council Scrutiny Committee
	Martyn Smethurst	Labour	Lead Member - Armed Forces & Veterans
Ashton-in-Makerfield South	Jenny Bullen	Labour	Cabinet Portfolio Holder for Children and Families
	Danny Fletcher	Labour	Lead Member - Leisure & Public Health
	Andrew Bullen	Labour
Aspull, New Springs and Whelley	Ronald Josef Conway	Labour	Chair of the Health and Social Care Scrutiny Committee
	Laura Flynn	Labour	Lead Member - Youth Opportunities
	Christopher Ready	Labour	Portfolio Holder - Communities & Neighbourhoods
Astley	Christine Lillian Roberts	Labour
	Barry John Taylor	Labour	Vice-Chair of the Confident Places Scrutiny Committee
	Paula Wakefield	Labour Co-operative	Lead Member for Equalities and Domestic Abuse
	Mark Aldred	Labour
	John Harding	Labour
	Debra Susan Ann Wailes	Labour
Atherton	Stuart Andrew Gerrard	Independent Network
	Jamie Hodgkinson	Independent Network
	James Paul Watson	Independent Network
Bryn	Steve Jones	Independent
	Scarlets myler	Independent
	Sylvia Wilkinson	Independent
Douglas	Mary Callahan	Labour	Vice-Chair of the Confident Council Scrutiny Committee
	Matt Dawber	Labour
	Pat Draper	Labour	Vice-Chair of the Audit, Governance and Standards Committee
Golborne and Lowton West	Susan Gambles	Labour	Portfolio Holder for Housing and Welfare
	Yvonne Klieve	Labour	Lead Member - District Centres and Nighttime Economy
	Gena Merrett	Labour	Vice=Chair of the Children and Young People Scrutiny Committee
Hindley	Paul John Blay	Labour	Vice-Chair of the Licensing and Regulation Committee
	Jim Churton	Labour
	James Talbot	Labour
Hindley Green	Bob Brierley	Independent
	John Vickers	Labour
	James Palmer	Labour
Ince	David Trevor Molyneux	Labour	Executive Leader and Portfolio Holder for Economic Development
	Maureen O’Bern	Independent
	Janice Sharratt	Labour
Leigh East	Keith Cunliffe	Labour	Deputy Leader of Wigan Council and Cabinet Portfolio Holder for Adult Social Care
	Fredrick Bown Walker	Labour
	Shelley Guest	Labour
Leigh South	Kevin Anderson	Labour Co-operative	Mayor of wigan
	John O'Brien	Labour	Chair of the Confident Places Scrutiny Committee
	Charles Rigby	Labour	Chair of Audit, Governance and Standards Committee
Leigh West	Dane Anderton	Labour	Lead Member for District Centres and Night Time Economy
	Samantha Brown	Labour	Sitting member of the Audit, Governance and Standards Committee
	Susan June Greensmith	Labour	Vice-Chair of the Planning Committee
Lowton East	Marie Cooper	Conservative
	Edward Noel Houlton	Conservative
	Kathleen Houlton	Conservative
Orrell	Marjorie Clayton	Conservative
	Steven Lyn Evans	Conservative
	David Ward	Labour
Pemberton	Jeanette Prescott	Labour
	Paul Prescott	Labour	Portfolio Holder for Planning, Environmental Services and Transport
	Eileen Winifred Rigby	Labour
Shevington with Lower Ground	Vicky Galligan	Labour
	Paul Anthony Collins	Labour	Vice-Chair of the Health and Social Care Scrutiny Committee
	Michael John Crosby	Labour
Standish with Langtree	Terry mugan	Labour
	Debbie Parkinson	Labour	Deputy mayor
	Raymond Whittingham	Conservative
Tyldesley	Stephen John Hellier	Labour
	Joanne Marshall	Labour	Lead Member for Greener Wigan
	Nazia Rehman	Labour Co-operative	Cabinet Portfolio Holder for Finance, Resources and Transformation
Wigan Central	George Davies	Labour
	Lawrence Hunt	Labour
	Michael McLoughlin	Labour
Wigan West	Phyllis Cullen	Labour
	Stephen Dawber	Labour
	Terence William Halliwell	Labour	Lead Member for Heritage and Building Conservation
Winstanley	Paul Terence Kenny	Labour Co-operative	Chair of the Planning Committee Chair of the Licensing and Regulation Committees
	Clive William Morgan	Labour	Chairman - Confident Places Scrutiny Committee
	Marie Morgan	Labour
Worsley Mesnes	David Hurst	Labour
	Paul Molyneux	Labour
	Helen O’Neill	Labour

Cabinet

Eight councillors are appointed to the cabinet and are each a 'Portfolio Holder' for an area of responsibility.^[3] (Such as 'Portfolio Holder for Environment').

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Deaths in office

On 28 January 2013, Barbara Bourne, a representative of Pemberton since 1996, died in office following a long term illness. She was responsible for a long campaign for a new medical centre, which was opened in the area of Kitt Green, in 2010.^[4]

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Abram Urban District Council, Ashton in Makerfield Urban District Council, Aspull Urban District Council, Atherton Urban District Council, Billinge and Winstanley Urban District Council, Hindley Urban District Council, Ince-in-Makerfield Urban District Council, Golborne Urban District Council, Leigh Borough Council, Orrell Urban District Council, Standish-with-Langtree Urban District Council, Tyldesley Urban District Council, Wigan Borough Council, Wigan Rural District Council

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"Your Councillors". 12 March 2022.

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"Your Councillors". 12 March 2022.

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"About the Cabinet". Wigan Council.

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http://manchestergazette.co.uk/archives/11573%5B%5D

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Portfolio	Current Holder	Notes
Executive Leader	David Molyneux	Responsibility for policy direction, finance, partnership working, external relations within Greater Manchester and at national level, the performance of Cabinet Members and of Leader Members, and implementing the "Deal for the Future" policy.^{[clarification needed]}
Deputy Leader	Kieth Cunliffe	Responsible for supporting the Executive Leader.
Economic Development and Regeneration	David Molyneux	Responsible for transportation, delivery of future housing, infrastructure, economic development and skills and green infrastructure needs.
Children and Families	Jenny Bullen	Responsible for issues and services for ages ranging from 0 -19.
Housing and Welfare	Susan Gambles	Responsible for Wigan and Leigh Housing, chairing the Housing Panel, and Council Welfare Policy
Adult Social Care	Keith Cunliffe	Support for older people and adults with disabilities and for their carers.
Planning, Environmental Services and Transport	Paul Prescott	Responsible for operational delivery of services, including waste collection/disposal, street scene, highways, transport provision, building maintenance, school catering, environmental protection, and environmental health and licensing. .
Communities, Public Relations, Corporate Land, Community Assets and Culture	Chris Ready	Building Self Reliance, Strengthening Communities and Communications.^{[clarification needed]}
Police, Crime and Civil Contingencies	Kevin Anderson	Responsible for Police and safety.
Finance, Resources and Transformation	Nazia Rehman	Responsible for improvement and efficiency.