Elections to Wigan Council were held on 10 June 2004. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2003 increasing the number of councillors by three.[1] The Labour Party kept overall control of the council.[2] [3] [4]
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:
| valign=top colspan="2" style="width: 230px" | Party | valign=top style="width: 30px" | Previous council | valign=top style="width: 30px" | New council |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 60 | 42 | |||
| Community Action | 5 | 18 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | 4 | 8 | |||
| Conservative | 3 | 7 | |||
| BNP | 0 | 0 | |||
| Independent | 0 | 0 | |||
| Green | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 72 | 75 | |||
| Working majority | |||||