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1996 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Wigan council were held on Thursday, 2 May 1996, with an extra vacancy in Abram to be filled. Going into the election there were noticeably fewer candidates than usual, with the total candidate number and the five uncontested wards only...

Updated: October 13, 2025
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1998 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Wigan Council were held on 7 May 1998. One third of the council was up for election. Following the previous election there had been three by-elections held—in Aspull-Standish, Ince and Hope Carr—with all three successfully defended by...

Updated: October 4, 2026
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2002 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Wigan Council were held on 2 May 2002, with one-third of the council to be re-elected. There had been a number of by-elections in the gap year, with a Labour gain from the Liberal Democrats in Hindsford, effectively cancelling out an...

Updated: August 7, 2026
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2000 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Wigan Borough Council were held on 4 May 2000. One-third of the council was up for election, as well as an extra vacancy in Norley - both of which were uncontested. Since the election, there had been a by-election in which the Liberal...

Updated: October 13, 2025
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2008 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 1 May 2008. One-third of the council was up for election.

Updated: October 13, 2025
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2006 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. One-third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party kept overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 29.2%.

Updated: August 21, 2026
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1994 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to the Wigan council were held on Thursday, 5 May 1994, with one third of the seats up for election. Prior to the election, Labour had defended their seats in two by-elections for Abram and Hindley. The election suffered from a mixture of...

Updated: August 6, 2026
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1995 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections were held on Thursday, 4 May 1995, with one third of the seats set for re-election, with an extra vacancy in Leigh East. Ahead of this election Labour had gained the seat being fought in Beech Hill from the Liberal Democrats, and defended...

Updated: November 16, 2025
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2004 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Wigan Metropolitan Borough 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. The Labour Party kept overall...

Updated: August 6, 2026