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Every election cycle we have data for, most recent first.

8 cycles in our data
26.2% all-time seats elected below the quota (66 of 252)
25.4% all-time seats unfairly awarded (64 of 252 across 8 cycles)

Cycles

Council composition as of 2026

75 councillors, by party. One square per seat. Source: opencouncildata annual snapshot — reflects the council at the end of 2026 (after that year's elections, by-elections and defections). Hover any seat for the party.

Most recent election (2026)

In 2026, 25 seats were up across 25 wards. The table below shows what each party actually won — alongside what they would have won if the 25 seats had been shared in proportion to votes received (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented; negative are parties it under-represented.

PartyVotesVote %Seats won% of seatsProportional seatsProportional %Δ
Reform UK43,77746.3%2496.0%1352.0%+11
Labour Party23,54024.9%00.0%728.0%-7
Green Party10,60211.2%00.0%312.0%-3
Conservative Party7,8628.3%00.0%28.0%-2
Independent Network2,8503.0%14.0%00.0%+1
Liberal Democrats2,6792.8%00.0%00.0%0
Independent1,1421.2%00.0%00.0%0
Leigh & Atherton Independents1,0821.1%00.0%00.0%0
Standish Independents1,0641.1%00.0%00.0%0
Social Democratic Party80.0%00.0%00.0%0
Total94,606100.0%25100.0%25100.0%0

Vote share vs seats won

The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.

Vote share
Actual seats
Proportional seats

Full ward-by-ward results for 2026 →

Composition history

One row per opencouncildata annual snapshot — the council at the end of each year (after that year's elections, by-elections and defections). Newest first; hover any seat for the party.

2026
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016

Ward by ward

Each row is a ward, each column a cycle. Each cell shows the top-of-poll candidate's party (swatch) and their share of valid ballots. Wards are matched by name across cycles — boundary reviews can mean a ward of the same name is a slightly different area in a later cycle.

Ward20162018201920212022202320242026
Abram58%69%45%56%50%77%56%56%
Ashton47%53%39%61%53%
Ashton-in-Makerfield South79%52%46%
Aspull New Springs Whelley53%61%61%51%72%
Aspull, New Springs and Whelley88%65%50%
Astley64%53%45%
Astley Mosley Common51%53%47%57%41%
Atherleigh46%48%40%44%52%
Atherton51%54%55%50%51%
Atherton North61%39%48%
Atherton South and Lilford56%48%51%
Bryn41%44%42%67%67%
Bryn with Ashton-in-Makerfield North71%60%52%
Douglas84%79%48%70%75%84%70%44%
Golborne and Lowton West70%57%46%56%63%76%63%43%
Hindley51%46%51%57%59%58%42%52%
Hindley Green57%41%40%41%55%61%50%52%
Ince66%69%51%68%69%86%47%58%
Leigh Central and Higher Folds76%52%48%
Leigh East68%60%46%50%64%
Leigh South56%54%47%49%52%66%52%47%
Leigh West60%54%43%57%62%73%61%52%
Lowton East61%61%61%59%53%52%54%36%
Orrell43%47%40%54%45%53%52%40%
Pemberton69%74%55%69%60%78%59%54%
Shevington with Lower Ground40%40%34%45%44%
Shevington with Lower Ground and Moor68%51%43%
Standish with Langtree32%37%32%55%40%56%43%33%
Tyldesley39%51%38%49%66%
Tyldesley and Mosley Common81%52%45%
Wigan Central56%56%45%63%56%83%48%44%
Wigan West81%72%53%66%63%74%68%47%
Winstanley48%58%42%58%60%78%57%50%
Worsley Mesnes62%66%46%64%60%88%54%51%