Elections to Wigan Council were held on 1 May 2008. One-third of the council was up for election.[1] [2] [3]
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 | 46 | 42 | |||
| Conservative | 10 | 14 | |||
| Community Action | 10 | 8 | |||
| Independent | 5 | 7 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | 4 | 4 | |||
| BNP | 0 | 0 | |||
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | |||
| Respect | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 75 | 75 | |||
| Working majority | |||||