Local Elections 2023 – Wigan

Councillors not seeking re-election:

• Labour – Mark Aldred (Atherleigh), Stephen Dawber (Wigan West), Terry Halliwell (Wigan West), Stephen Hellier (Tyldesley), Patricia Holland (Worsley Mesnes), Billy Rotherham (Worsley Mesnes), Carl Sweeney (Abram), Anthony Sykes (Ashton)
• Conservative – Steven Evans (Orrell)

Councillors standing for election in a new division:

• Marie Cooper (Conservative) – standing in Leigh West, currently councillor for Lowton East
• Samuel Flemming (Labour) – standing in Standish with Langtree, currently councillor for Bryn
• Sheila Ramsdale (Labour) – standing in Wigan West, currently councillor for Douglas
• Nazia Rehman (Labour) – standing in Abram, currently councillor for Tyldesley
• Dave Wood (Labour) – standing in Wigan West, currently councillor for Orrell

Councillors seeking re-election in the same seat or a similar seat due to boundary changes:

• Labour – Kevin Anderson (Leigh South), Dane Anderton (Leigh West), Paul Blay (Hindley), Samantha Brown (Leigh West), Jenny Bullen (Ashton-in-Makerfield South), Mary Callaghan (Douglas), Paul Collins (Shevington with Lower Ground and Moor), Ron Conway (Aspull, New Springs and Whelley), Michael Crosby (Shevington with Lower Ground and Moor), Phyllis Cullen (Wigan West), Keith Cunliffe (Leigh Central and Higher Folds), George Davies (Wigan Central), Patricia Draper (Douglas), Danny Fletcher (Ashton-in-Makerfield South), Laura Flynn (Aspull, New Springs and Whelley), Vicky Galligan (Shevington with Lower Ground and Moor), Susan Gambles (Golborne and Lowton West), Sue Greensmith (Leigh West), Shelley Guest (Leigh Central and Higher Folds), John Harding (Atherton South and Lilford), Laurence Hunt (Wigan Central), David Hurst (Worsley Mesnes), Paul Kenny (Winstanley), Yvonne Klieve (Golborne and Lowton West), Joanne Marshall (Tyldesley and Mosley Commons), Michael McLoughlin (Wigan Central), Gena Merrett (Golborne and Lowton West), David Molyneux (Ince), James Moodie (Ince), Clive Morgan (Winstanley), Marie Morgan (Winstanley), John O’Brien (Leigh South), Jim Palmer (Hindley Green), Debbie Parkinson (Standish with Langtree), Jeanette Prescott (Pemberton), Paul Prescott (Pemberton), Chris Ready (Aspull, New Springs and Whelley), Charles Rigby (Leigh South), Eileen Rigby (Pemberton), Christine Roberts (Astley), Janice Sharratt (Ince), Eunice Smethurst (Abram), Martyn Smethurst (Abram), James Talbot (Hindley), Barry Taylor (Astley), John Vickers (Hindley Green), Debra Wailes (Atherton South and Lilford), Paula Wakefield (Astley), Fred Walker (Leigh Central and Higher Folds)
• Conservative – Judith Atherton (Standish with Langtree), Marjorie Clayton (Orrell), Edward Houlton (Lowton East), Kath Houlton (Lowton East), Ray Whittingham (Standish with Langtree)
• Independent – Bob Brierley (Hindley Green), Jim Ellis (Hindley), Stuart Gerrard (Atherton North), Jamie Hodgkinson (Atherton North), Steve Jones (Bryn with Ashton-in-Makerfield North), James Watson (Atherton North), Sylvia Wilkinson (Bryn with Ashton-in-Makerfield North)