The list of candidates has been released for the ‘all-out’ local elections in Wigan for 2023 with every seat on the council up for grabs.
There are a total of 176 candidates vying for a spot in Wigan Town Hall’s council chamber but there are only 75 seats to fill. There are three seats available in every ward across the borough and Labour are the only party fielding three candidates in each ward.
The Conservative Party have candidates in every ward and there has been a rise in the number of independents looking to snatch a seat away from the well-known parties.
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The polls will open at 7am on Thursday, May 4 and close at 10pm with the results coming the following day. Applications to register to vote must reach the Electoral Registration Officer by 12 midnight on Monday 17 April 2023. Applications can be made online: https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote
The full list of candidates has now been published by Wigan Council:
Abram
- David Bowker (IND)
- Nazia Rehman (LAB)
- Eunice Smethurst (LAB)
- Martyn Smethurst (LAB)
- Graham Suddick (LIB)
- Janet Walch (CON)
Ashton
- Joanne Bradley (IND)
- Andrew Bullen (LAB)
- Jenny Bullen (LAB)
- Danny Fletcher (LAB)
- Stephen Hanway (IND)
- Paul Martin (CON)
- Geoffrey Matthews (LIB)
- Gary Wilkes (IND)
Aspull, New Springs & Whelley
- Ron Conway (LAB)
- Carl Davies (UKIP)
- Laura Flynn (LAB)
- Gerard Houlton (CON)
- Chris Ready (LAB)
Astley
- Trevor Barton (CON)
- Christine Roberts (LAB)
- Sandra Robinson (Heritage Party)
- Sean Roocroft (LIB)
- David Stirzaker (CON)
- Eileen Strathearn (CON)
- Barry Taylor (LAB)
- Paula Wakefield (LAB)
Atherton North
- Keith Barton (CON)
- Paul Blinkhorn (LAB)
- Matthew Brown (LAB)
- Rick Carter (Atherton North Independent)
- Martin Farrimond (IND)
- Stuart Gerrard (INDNET)
- Julie Hilling (LAB)
- Jamie Hodgkinson (INDNET)
- Quinton Smith (Atherton North Independent)
- James Watson (INDNET)
Atherton South and Lilford
- Rachael Flaszczak (INDNET)
- Luke Greenhalgh (Leigh and Atherton Independent)
- Mary Halliday (INDNET)
- John Harding (LAB)
- Lee McStein (LAB)
- Cameron Smith (Leigh and Atherton Independent)
- Debra Wailes (LAB)
- Anthony Waite (INDNET)
- Kathryn Williams (CON)
Bryn with Ashton-in-Makerfield North
- John Cookson (IND)
- Margaret Gaffney (LAB)
- Steve Jones (IND)
- Samantha Lloyd (LAB)
- Scarlett Myler (IND)
- Sandra Swift (LAB)
- Sylvia Wilkinson (IND)
- Marie Winstanley (CON)
Douglas
- Margaret Atherton (CON)
- Mary Callaghan (LAB)
- Matthew Dawber (LAB)
- Patricia Draper (LAB)
- Peter Jacobs (GREEN)
Golborne and Lowton West
- Brian Aspinall (REFORM)
- Stanley Crook (CON)
- Susan Gambles (LAB)
- Richard Houlton (CON)
- Yvonne Klieve (LAB)
- Gena Merrett (LAB)
- Angela Roberts (CON)
- Stuart Worthington (LIB)
Hindley
- Paul Blay (LAB)
- Hilda Byrne (INDNET)
- Jim Churton (LAB)
- David Culshaw (IND)
- Jim Ellis (INDNET)
- Susan Ellis (INDNET)
- Jordan Gaskell (UK Independence)
- John Skipworth (LIB)
- Frederick Stuart (CON)
- James Talbot (LAB)
Hindley Green
- David Aitchison (LAB)
- Bob Brierley (IND)
- Paul Chapman (CON)
- Jim Palmer (LAB)
- Mark Prescott (IND)
- Gary Skipworth (LIB)
- John Vickers (LAB)
Ince
- Allan Atherton (CON)
- David Molyneux (LAB)
- James Moodie (LAB)
- Maureen O’Bern (IND)
- Janice Sharratt (LAB)
Leigh Central & Higher Folds
- Keith Cunliffe (LAB)
- Jean Dickinson (CON)
- Dave Fraser (Leigh Central IND)
- Shelley Guest (LAB)
- Andrew Holland (LIB)
- James Morley (Leigh Central IND)
- Hannah Sephton (Leigh Central IND)
- Fred Walker (LAB)
Leigh South
- Kevin Anderson (LAB)
- James Geddes (CON)
- Christopher Noon (LIB)
- John O’Brien (LAB)
- Charles Rigby (LAB)
- Dominic Sutton (CON)
- Mark Temperton (CON)
Leigh West
- Dane Anderton (LAB)
- Simon Brooks (LIB)
- Samantha Brown (LAB)
- Marie Cooper (CON)
- David Evans (Leigh West IND)
- Sue Greensmith (LAB)
- Rodney Halliwell (Leigh West IND)
- Jayson Hargreaves (Leigh West IND)
Lowton East
- Tracy Croft (LAB)
- Sheila Gough (CON)
- Jenny Gregory (LAB)
- Edward Houlton (CON)
- Kathleen Houlton (CON)
- Garry Lloyd (LAB)
Orrell
- Paul Bannister (CON)
- Marjorie Clayton (CON)
- Anne Collins (LAB)
- Jim Nicholson (LAB)
- Neil Stevenson (LIB)
- Mark Tebbutt (LAB)
- Michael Winstanley (CON)
Pemberton
- David Burley (LIB)
- Jean Peet (CON)
- Tony Porter (IND)
- Jeanette Prescott (LAB)
- Paul Prescott (LAB)
- Eileen Rigby (LAB)
Shevington with Lower Ground & Moor
- Paul Collins (LAB)
- Michael Crosby (LAB)
- Niall El-Assad (CON)
- Gareth Fairhurst (Shevington IND)
- Vicky Galliganm (LAB)
- Vincent Holgate (LIB)
- Michael Owens (CON)
Standish with Langtree
- Judith Atherton (CON)
- Andy Dawber (REFORM)
- Debbie Fairhurst (Standish IND)
- Samuel Flemming (LAB)
- Sharon Holden (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition)
- Terry Mugan (LAB)
- Debbie Parkinson (LAB)
- Gary Robinson (CON)
- Raymond Whittingham (CON)
Tyldesley & Mosley Common
- Jess Eastoe (LAB)
- James Fish (INDNET)
- Joanne Marshall (LAB)
- Ashley McCarrick (CON)
- Farai Nhakaniso (LAB)
Wigan Central
- George Davies (LAB)
- Mark Frith (CON)
- Lawrence Hunt (LAB)
- Michael McLoughlin (LAB)
- Brian Whitney (LIB)
Wigan West
- Brian Crombie-Fisher (LIB)
- Phyll Cullen (LAB)
- Ian Dyer (LIB)
- Adam Marsh (CON)
- Sheila Ramsdale (LAB)
- Stuart Thomas (LIB)
- David Wood (LAB)
Winstanley
- Paul Kenny (LAB)
- Robert Kenyon (REFORM)
- Clive Morgan (LAB)
- Marie Morgan (LAB)
- Robert Stevenson (LIB)
- Margaret Winstanley (CON)
Worsley Mesnes
- Susan Atherton (CON)
- Danny Cooke (IND)
- David Hurst (LAB)
- Donald MacNamara (LIB)
- Paul Molyneux (LAB)
- Helen O’Neill (LAB)
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