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Labour’s John Mallon snatched victory from a sitting Conservative candidate by just 19 votes.

While CAP didn’t gain any seats at Thursday’s council elections, recently appointed party leader Michael Moulding is ready to push ahead with plans to get Wigan city status and break from Greater Manchester.

Labour took two wards from the Conservatives and one from Liberal Democrats in the council elections.

Happy Mondays star Bez explained that fracking is the biggest challenge that the country has faced since the Second World War.

There could be tough times ahead for Wigan ward, Ince, according to re-elected Labour candidate James Moodie, who stormed to a fourth consecutive victory.

Coronation Street actress Marsh hosted a picnic with soldiers from The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment to mark the launch of the charity campaign to hold a gathering on June 21 or at any point in the holiday season.

Liberal Democrats celebrated return of former council leader Dave Goddard in Offerton but suffered the shock loss of deputy council leader Mark Weldon in Stepping Hill.

After the council became a ‘Tory-free zone’ back in 2012, Labour finished off their other main rivals to take all of the 32 wards as the Liberal Democrats surrendered their nine seats with 95 out of 96 seats now held by Labour and just one by Independent Labour councillor Henry Cooper..

Just hours after securing their first council seats in Greater Manchester with victories in Bolton, UKIP snatched two more in Oldham to send shockwaves through the three main political parties.

Labour managed to keep hold of every one of their 52 council seats following the local election results, seeing off a strong threat from several UKIP candidates

The new Failsworth West councillor Warren Bates was voted in with a slim 132 majority ahead of Labour incumbent John Battye who received 988 votes.