Election Name: | 2022 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election |
Flag Image: | Coat of arms of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council.png |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 2021_Wigan_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_election |
Previous Year: | 2021 |
Next Election: | 2023_Wigan_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_election |
Next Year: | 2023 |
Seats For Election: | 26 of 75 seats to Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council |
Election Date: | 5 May 2022 |
Majority Seats: | 38 |
Image1: | File:David Molyneux.jpg |
Leader1: | [1] |
Leader Since1: | [2] |
Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
Seats Before1: | 57[3] |
Seats After1: | 61[4] |
Seat Change1: | 4 |
Leader2: | [5] |
Leaders Seat2: | Orrell (defeated) |
Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Seats Before2: | 8 |
Seats After2: | 7 |
Seat Change2: | 1 |
The 2022 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect members of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This election was held on the same day as other local elections. A by-election was held on the same day in Leigh East ward to fill the seat left vacant by the death of Labour councillor Anita Thorpe.[6]
After 2021 election | Before 2022 election | After 2022 election | ||||||
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Party | Seats | Party | Seats | Party | Seats | |||
57 | 57 | 61 | ||||||
8 | 8 | 7 | ||||||
10 | 8 | 7 | ||||||
Vacant | 2 |
Labour Party | 26 |
Conservative Party | 26 |
Liberal Democrats | 16 |
Independents | 9 |
Leigh and Atherton Independents | 4 |
Standish Independents | 1 |
UKIP | 1 |
Wigan Independents | 1 |
The "Standish Independents" description was used at the last election by the same candidate, but standing for the Wigan Independents, a separate political party.