2000 Wigan Council Election
Elections to Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Wigan Borough Council were held on 4 May 2000. One-third of the council was up for election, as well as an extra vacancy in Norley - both of which were uncontested. Since the election, there had been a 1999 Wigan Council election#By-elections between 1999 and 2000, by-election in which the Liberal Democrat (UK), Liberal Democrats gained the seat being fought in Hindsford from Labour Party (UK), Labour. The 1999 Wigan Council election, previous year had seen a peak in candidates contesting, but with the absence of the Green Party of England and Wales, Greens, who had fielded a full slate last time around, candidates returned to a normal level. Some of those who'd stood for the Greens decided to run on an independent list, covering a quarter of the wards. There were a further handful of Independent (politician), Independent candidates elsewhere, including the return of John Vickers in Hindley Green after an eight-year absence, and a second ...
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