2002 Wigan Council Election
Elections to Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Wigan Council were held on 2 May 2002, with one-third of the council to be re-elected. There had been a 2000 Wigan Council election#By-elections between 2000 and 2002, number of by-elections in the gap year, with a Labour Party (UK), Labour gain from the Liberal Democrats (UK), Liberal Democrats in Hindsford, effectively cancelling out an earlier loss to them in Atherton, Greater Manchester, Atherton. A Labour hold in Hope Carr in-between left both parties unchanged going into the election. Candidates contesting rose slightly on the 2000 Wigan Council election, prior election's, with the Socialist Alliance's debut eclipsing the Liberal Democrat offering, with 9 candidates to 8, and the newly formed Community Action Party fielding their first handful, as well as a sole British National Party, BNP contender in Abram. This counteracted the traditional opposition parties - the Conservative Party (UK), Conservatives and the Liberal Democra ...
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