Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council

Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
33rd Wigan Council
Type
Type	Cabinet-style council
History
Founded	1 April 1974 (1974-04-01)
Preceded by	14 councils
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.

This is a list of the 33rd and current Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council:

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

Deaths in office