Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council

Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
33rd Wigan Council

Type
Type	Cabinet-style council
History
Founded	April 1, 1974 (1974-04-01)
Preceded by	14 councils^{[notes 1]}
Leadership
Mayor	Cllr Ronald Conway
Deputy Mayor	Cllr Bill Clarke
Council Leader	Lord Smith of Leigh, Labour Party
Deputy Leader	Cllr David Molyneux, Labour Party
Leader of the Opposition	Cllr Michael Winstanley, Conservative
Structure
Seats	75

Political groups	Labour (65) Conservative (5) Independent Network (2) Standish Independent (2) Independent (1)
Joint committees	Greater Manchester Combined Authority Greater Manchester Police and Crime Panel
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	2014 (one third of councillors) 2015 (one third of councillors) 2016 (one third of councillors)
Next election	2018 (one third of councillors) 2019 (one third of councillors) 2020 (one third of councillors)
Meeting place

Wigan Town Hall United Kingdom
Website
www.wigan.gov.uk

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.

Council members by ward

This is a list of the 33rd and current Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council:^[1]

Ward		Party	Offices
Abram	Eunice Smethurst	Labour	Vice-Chair of Confident Council Scrutiny Committee
	Martyn Smethurst	Labour
	Carl Sweeney	Labour	Chair of Audit, Governance and Improvement Review Committee
Ashton	Nigel Dennis Ash	Labour	Chair of Health & Social Care Scrutiny Committee
	Bill Clarke	Labour	Deputy Mayor of Wigan
	Jennifer Bullen	Labour	Vice-Chair of Children and Young People Scrutiny Committee
Aspull	John Hilton	Labour
	Ronald Josef Conway	Labour	Mayor of Wigan
	Christopher Ready	Labour	Cabinet Portfolio Holder for Communities and Housing
Astley	Christine Lillian Roberts	Labour
	Joanne Platt	Labour Co-operative	Cabinet Porfolio Holder for Children and Young People Services
	Barry John Taylor	Labour
Atherleigh	Mark Aldred	Labour
	Pamela Stewart MBE	Labour
	John Harding	Labour
Atherton	Karen Aldred	Labour
	Martin Luke Aldred	Labour
	Jamie Hodgkinson	Independent Network
Bryn	Nathan George Murray	Labour
	Margaret Ann Rampling	Labour
	Stephen Jones	Independent Network
Douglas	Pat Dewhurst	Labour
	Michael Anthony Dewhurst	Labour
	Shirley Dewhurst	Labour
Golborne and Lowton West	Richard Andrew Barber	Labour
	Stuart Keane	Labour
	Yvonne Klieve	Labour
Hindley	James Churton	Labour
	Paul Blay	Labour
	James Talbot	Labour
Hindley Green	Robert Brierley	Independent
	Francis Stanley Carmichael	Labour
	David Keir Stitt	Labour Co-operative
Ince	David Trevor Molyneux	Labour	Deputy Leader of the Council Cabinet Portfolio Holder for Regeneration
	James Moodie	Labour	Chair of Confident Council Scrutiny Committee
	Janice Sharratt	Labour
Leigh East	Keith Cunliffe	Labour	Cabinet Portfolio Holder for Adult and Social Care
	Anita Thorpe	Labour
	Fredrick Bown Walker	Labour
Leigh South	Kevin Anderson	Labour Co-operative	Cabinet Portfolio Holder for the Environment
	John David O'Brien	Labour	Chair of Confident Places Scrutiny Committee
	Charles Rigby	Labour	Chair of Standards Committee
Leigh West	Susan June Greensmith	Labour
	Lord Smith of Leigh	Labour	Executive Leader of the Council
	Myra Joan Whiteside	Labour	Chair of Children and Young People Scrutiny Committee
Lowton East	Edward Houlton	Conservative
	Kathleen Houlton	Conservative
	Nelson Grundy	Conservative
Orrell	David John Arrowsmith	Labour
	Steven Murphy	Labour
	Michael Winstanley	Conservative
Pemberton	Paul Prescott	Labour	Chair of Planning Committee Chair of Regulation and Licensing Committee
	Jeanette Prescott	Labour
	Sam Marc Murphy	Labour
Shevington with Lower Ground	Paul Anthony Collins	Labour	Vice-chair of Confident Places Scrutiny Committee
	Michael John Crosby	Labour
	Damian Edwardson	Labour	Vice-Chair of Health and Social Care Scrutiny Committee
Standish-with-Langtree	Raymond Whittingham	Conservative
	George Allan Fairhurst	Standish Independent
	Debbie Fairhurst	Standish Independent
Tyldesley	Nazia Rehman	Labour
	Stephen John Hellier	Labour	Vice-Chair of Planning Committee
	Joanne Marshall	Labour
Wigan Central	George Davies	Labour
	Lawrence Hunt	Labour
	Michael McLoughlin	Labour
Wigan West	Phyllis Cullen	Labour
	Stephen Dawber	Labour
	Terence William Halliwell	Labour	Cabinet Portfolio Holder for Service Transformation
Winstanley	Paul Terence Kenny	Labour Co-operative	Cabinet Portfolio Holder for Leisure Client and Resources
	Clive William Morgan	Labour
	Marie Morgan	Labour
Worsley Mesnes	Phil Kelly	Labour
	William Rotherham	Labour	Vice-Chair of Regulation and Licensing Committee
	Patricia Lynne Holland	Labour

Cabinet

Eight councilors are appointed to the cabinet who are each a 'Portfolio Holder' for an area of responsibility.^[2] (Such as 'Portfolio Holder for Environment').

Portfolio	Notes
Chairman	Responsibility for policy direction, finance, partnership working, external relations within Greater Manchester and at national level.
Regeneration	Planning, transportation, delivery of future housing, infrastructure, economic development and green infrastructure needs.
Children and Young People Services	Responsible for issues and services for ages ranging from 0 -19.
Adult and Social Care	Supporting people’s improved health and wellbeing in Wigan, including relationships with health partners.
Environment	Building up safer communities with police and other partners and stronger communities based on sustainable and affordable housing.
Communities and Housing	Building Self Reliance, Strengthening Communities and Communications.
Leisure Client and Resources	Human resources, and links to the Communication Portfolio in relation to its strategic lead for outward-facing services across the council in terms of commissioning i.e. organisational development, reputation management, policy support and performance management (for example, the Joint Service Centre).
Service Transformation	Transformation plans, public service reform and growth, customer services, welfare reform and the modern Councillor.

Deaths in office

On 28 January 2013, Councillor 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.^[3] The office for a third councillor currently remains vacant.

Notes

↑ 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

References

External links

Official website

Council elections in Greater Manchester

Mayor	2017

Bolton	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Bury	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Manchester	1945 1946 1947 1949 1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Oldham	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Rochdale	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Salford	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Stockport	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Tameside	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Trafford	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Wigan	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

County Council	1973 1977 1981 Abolished

See also: Wards Boundary changes

Local authorities in Greater Manchester

Joint arrangements	Combined authority Fire and rescue authority Local government association Police and crime commissioner Police and crime panel Waste disposal authority

District councils	Bolton Bury Manchester Oldham Rochdale Salford Stockport Tameside Trafford Wigan

Metropolitan districts of England

Districts	Barnsley Birmingham Bolton Bradford Bury Calderdale Coventry Doncaster Dudley Gateshead Kirklees Knowsley Leeds Liverpool Manchester Newcastle upon Tyne North Tyneside Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Salford Sandwell Sefton Sheffield Solihull South Tyneside St Helens Stockport Sunderland Tameside Trafford Wakefield Walsall Wigan Wirral Wolverhampton

Councils	Barnsley Birmingham Bolton Bradford Bury Calderdale Coventry Doncaster Dudley Gateshead Kirklees Knowsley Leeds Liverpool Manchester Newcastle upon Tyne North Tyneside Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Salford Sandwell Sefton Sheffield Solihull South Tyneside St Helens Stockport Sunderland Tameside Trafford Wakefield Walsall Wigan Wirral Wolverhampton

Local elections	Barnsley Birmingham Bolton Bradford Bury Calderdale Coventry Doncaster Dudley Gateshead Kirklees Knowsley Leeds Liverpool Manchester Newcastle upon Tyne North Tyneside Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Salford Sandwell Sefton Sheffield Solihull South Tyneside St Helens Stockport Sunderland Tameside Trafford Wakefield Walsall Wigan Wirral Wolverhampton

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