Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council

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Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
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Type
Type
History
Founded1 April 1974 (1974-04-01)
Preceded by14 councils[notes 1]
Leadership
Mayor of Wigan
Marie Morgan, Labour
since 26 May 2022
Leader of the Council
Chief executive
Alison McKenzie-Folan
since 6 March 2019
Structure
Seats75 (38 needed for a majority)
Political groups
Administration
  •   Labour (64)
Opposition parties
Joint committees
Greater Manchester Combined Authority
Greater Manchester Police, Fire and Crime Panel
Elections
First-past-the-post
Last election
2023 (all 75 councillors)
Next election
2024 (one third of councillors)
Meeting place
Wigan Town Hall
United Kingdom
Website
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 current Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council:[1]

WardCouncillorPartyOffices[2]
Abram Nadia Rehman Labour Portfolio Holder for Finance, Resources & Transformation
Eunice Smethurst Labour Chairman - Confident Council Scrutiny Committee
Martyn Smethurst Labour Lead Member - Armed Forces & Veterans
Ashton-in-Makerfield South Jenny Bullen Labour Cabinet Portfolio Holder for Children and Families
Danny Fletcher Labour Lead Member - Leisure & Public Health
Andrew Bullen Labour
Aspull, New Springs and Whelley Ronald Josef Conway Labour Chair of the Health and Social Care Scrutiny Committee
Laura Flynn Labour Lead Member - Youth Opportunities
Christopher Ready Labour Portfolio Holder - Communities & Neighbourhoods
Astley Christine Lillian Roberts Labour
Barry John Taylor Labour Vice-Chair of the Confident Places Scrutiny Committee
Paula Wakefield Labour Co-operative Lead Member for Equalities and Domestic Abuse
Mark Aldred Labour
John Harding Labour
Debra Susan Ann Wailes Labour
Atherton Stuart Andrew Gerrard Independent Network
Jamie Hodgkinson Independent Network
James Paul Watson Independent Network
Bryn Steve Jones Independent
Sam Flemming Labour
Sylvia Wilkinson Independent
Douglas Mary Callahan Labour Vice-Chair of the Confident Council Scrutiny Committee
Matt Dawber Labour
Pat Draper Labour Vice-Chair of the Audit, Governance and Standards Committee
Golborne and Lowton West Susan Gambles Labour Portfolio Holder for Housing and Welfare
Yvonne Klieve Labour Lead Member - District Centres and Nighttime Economy
Gena Merrett Labour Vice=Chair of the Children and Young People Scrutiny Committee
Hindley Paul John Blay Labour Vice-Chair of the Licensing and Regulation Committee
Jim Churton Labour
James Talbot Labour
Hindley Green Bob Brierley Independent
John Vickers Labour
James Palmer Labour
Ince David Trevor Molyneux Labour Executive Leader and Portfolio Holder for Economic Development
Maureen O’Bern Independent
Janice Sharratt Labour
Leigh East Keith Cunliffe Labour Deputy Leader of Wigan Council and Cabinet Portfolio Holder for Adult Social Care
Fredrick Bown Walker Labour
Shelley Guest Labour
Leigh South Kevin Anderson Labour Co-operative Deputy Mayor; Cabinet Portfolio Holder for Police, Crime and Civil Contingencies
John O'Brien Labour Chair of the Confident Places Scrutiny Committee
Charles Rigby Labour Chair of Audit, Governance and Standards Committee
Leigh West Dane Anderton Labour Lead Member for District Centres and Night Time Economy
Samantha Brown Labour Sitting member of the Audit, Governance and Standards Committee
Susan June Greensmith Labour Vice-Chair of the Planning Committee
Lowton East Marie Cooper Conservative
Edward Noel Houlton Conservative
Kathleen Houlton Conservative
Orrell Marjorie Clayton Conservative
Steven Lyn Evans Conservative
David Ward Labour
Pemberton Jeanette Prescott Labour
Paul Prescott Labour Portfolio Holder for Planning, Environmental Services and Transport
Eileen Winifred Rigby Labour
Shevington with Lower Ground Vicky Galligan Labour
Paul Anthony Collins Labour Vice-Chair of the Health and Social Care Scrutiny Committee
Michael John Crosby Labour
Standish with Langtree Judith Atherton Conservative Deputy Leader of the Conservative Group
Debbie Parkinson Labour Older Person Champion
Raymond Whittingham Conservative
Tyldesley Stephen John Hellier Labour
Joanne Marshall Labour Lead Member for Greener Wigan
Nazia Rehman Labour Co-operative Cabinet Portfolio Holder for Finance, Resources and Transformation
Wigan Central George Davies Labour
Lawrence Hunt Labour
Michael McLoughlin Labour
Wigan West Phyllis Cullen Labour
Stephen Dawber Labour
Terence William Halliwell Labour Lead Member for Heritage and Building Conservation
Winstanley Paul Terence Kenny Labour Co-operative Chair of the Planning Committee

Chair of the Licensing and Regulation Committees

Clive William Morgan Labour Chairman - Confident Places Scrutiny Committee
Marie Morgan Labour Mayor of Wigan
Worsley Mesnes David Hurst Labour
Paul Molyneux Labour
Helen O’Neill Labour

Cabinet

Eight councillors are appointed to the cabinet and are each a 'Portfolio Holder' for an area of responsibility.[3] (Such as 'Portfolio Holder for Environment').

Portfolio Current Holder Notes
Executive Leader David Molyneux
  • Responsibility for policy direction, finance, partnership working, external relations within Greater Manchester and at national level, the performance of Cabinet Members and of Leader Members, and implementing the "Deal for the Future" policy.
Deputy Leader Kieth Cunliffe
  • Responsible for supporting the Executive Leader.
Economic Development and Regeneration David Molyneux
  • Responsible for transportation, delivery of future housing, infrastructure, economic development and skills and green infrastructure needs.
Children and Families Jenny Bullen
  • Responsible for issues and services for ages ranging from 0 -19.
Housing and Welfare Susan Gambles
  • Responsible for Wigan and Leigh Housing, chairing the Housing Panel, and Council Welfare Policy
Adult Social Care Keith Cunliffe
  • Support for older people and adults with disabilities and for their carers and ensuring vulnerable groups feel safe and protected and that their welfare is promoted. Enhancing self-reliance, improving life opportunities and independence.
Planning, Environmental Services and Transport Paul Prescott
  • Responsible for operational delivery of services, including waste collection/disposal, street scene, highways, transport provision, building maintenance, school catering, environmental protection, and environmental health and licensing. .
Communities, Public Relations, Corporate Land, Community Assets and Culture Chris Ready
  • Building Self Reliance, Strengthening Communities and Communications.
Police, Crime and Civil Contingencies Kevin Anderson
  • Responsible for Police and safety, with the aim at reducing crime.
Finance, Resources and Transformation Nazia Rehman
  • Responsible for improvement and efficiency, and transforming the way the council works and serves its customers, providing joined-up, ‘connected’ services in a customer-focused environment, and adopting the ‘one team, one council’ theme.
Deaths in office
  • On 28 January 2013, 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.[4]

Local election results
Main article: Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council elections

See also

Notes
  1. 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
  1. "Your Councillors". 12 March 2022.
  2. "Your Councillors". 12 March 2022.
  3. "About the Cabinet". Wigan Council.
  4. http://manchestergazette.co.uk/archives/11573%5B%5D
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