When it comes to Wigan, you think of pies, rugby league and its coal mining history. Something else that is ever-present is a Labour dominated council. And that could all change come May 4.
The impending all-out local election means that every seat in Wigan Council is up for grabs, and history says that it is Labour’s to lose as they are currently in power with 61 out of 75 seats in the council chamber. They heavily outnumber their opposite parties as the Conservatives were knocked down to just seven council spots after their group leader lost his seat in Orrell in 2022.
Michael Winstanley and his Conservative party will be hunting to regain that seat in the most western part of the borough as well as hoping for gains elsewhere.
