Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council

Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
Coat of arms
Logo
Corporate logo
Type
Type
Leadership
Debbie Parkinson,
Labour
since 22 May 2024[1]
David Molyneux,
Labour
since 23 May 2018
Alison McKenzie-Folan
since 6 March 2019
Structure
Seats75 councillors
Political groups
Administration (64)
  Labour (64)
Other parties (11)
  Independent (10)
  Conservative (1)
Joint committees
Greater Manchester Combined Authority
Greater Manchester Police, Fire and Crime Panel
Elections
First-past-the-post
Last election
2 May 2024
Next election
7 May 2026
Motto
Progress with Unity
Meeting place
Town Hall, Library Street, Wigan, WN1 1YN
Website
wigan.gov.uk

Wigan Council, or Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council, is the local authority of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in Greater Manchester, England. It is a metropolitan borough council and provides the majority of local government services in the borough. The council has been a member of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority since 2011.

The council has been under Labour majority control since the metropolitan borough was created in 1974. It meets at Wigan Town Hall and has its main offices at the adjoining Wigan Life Centre.

  1. ^ Jackson, Nick (21 May 2024). "All change: meet Wigan's new mayor". Wigan Today. Retrieved 4 June 2024.