It was a good result for Labour in Wigan, where they won 22 of the 26 seats on offer in the local elections.
The biggest shock of the night came as the former Conservative Mayor Michael Winstanley was ousted in Orrell by the Labour and Co-Operative party candidate Dave Wood, with just 34 votes separating them.
In total, Labour now have 61 seats on the council – up three from last year – while the Conservatives and independents have seven each.
Turnout: 26%
Ward-by-ward results
Atherton
Stuart Andrew Gerrard – Independent Network (1518)
Julie Ann Hilling – Labour (855)
Quinton John Smith – Atherton Independent (306)
Paul Lambert Fairhurst – Conservative (274)
Astley Mosley Common
Barry John Taylor – Labour Party (1368)
Andy Brown – Independent (1122)
David John Stirzaker –Conservative (867)
Atherleigh
Debra Susan Ann Wailes – Labour (1099)
Angela Anne Roberts – Conservative (469)
Natasha Louise Hodgkinson – Independent Network (433)
Zoe Irlam – Leigh & Atherton Independents (127)
Golborne & Lowton West
Susan Gambles – Labour (1488)
James Falle Geddes – Conservative (695)
Andrew Julian Lee Holland – Liberal Democrats (180)
Leigh East
Shelley Guest – Labour (1418)
Fred Walker – Labour (1123)
Trevor Barton – Conservative (734)
Stephen Richard Gunby – Conservative (495)
James Edward Morley – Leigh East Independent (435)
Simon Paul Brooks – Liberal Democrats (215)
Leigh South
Charles Rigby – Labour Party (1561)
Joshua James Yates – Conservative (1143)
Christopher John Noon – Liberal Democrats (327)
Leigh West
Samantha Clare Brown – Labour (1566)
McClelland Tracey Marie – Conservative (505)
Jayson Allan Hargreaves – Leigh West Independent (402)
Sharron-Lee Honey – Liberal Democrats (73)
Lowton East
Edward Noel Houlton – Conservative (1995)
Garry Peter Lloyd – Labour (1770)
Tyldesley
Joanne Marshall – Labour (1755)
Gerard Joseph Houlton – Conservative (890)
Abram
Carl Sweeney – Labour (1240)
David William Bowker – Independent (812)
Stanley Crook – Conservative (290)
Graham Trevor Suddick – Liberal Democrats (120)
Ashton
Anthony John Sykes – Labour (1281)
Paul Martin – Conservative (557)
James Alan Richardson – Independent (470)
Geoffrey Stephen Matthews – Liberal Democrats (92)
Bryn
Steve Jones – Independent (1772)
David Josiah Aitchison – Labour (691)
Sandip Navnit Tailor – Independent Network (128)
Stuart David Thomas – Liberal Democrats (58)
Hindley
Jim Talbot – Labour (1304)
Marie Winstanley – Conservative (397)
John Charles Skipworth – Liberal Democrats (288)
Jordan James Gaskell – UKIP (231)
Hindley Green
James Thomas Palmer – Labour Party (1252)
Susan Atherton – Conservative (461)
Deborah Lloyd – Independent Network (381)
Gary John Skipworth – Liberal Democrats (191)
Ince
James Moodie – Labour Party (1143)
Allan Atherton – Conservative (518)
Orrell
Dave Wood – Labour and Co-operative Party (1387)
Michael William Winstanley – Conservative (1353)
Neil Duncan Stevenson – Liberal Democrats (313)
Winstanley
Clive William Morgan – Labour (1428)
Margaret Mary Winstanley – Conservative (641)
Robert Duncan Stevenson – Liberal Democrats (327)
Worsley Mesnes
Patricia Lynne Holland – Labour (1363)
Danny Cooke – Independent (396)
Michael Colin Owens – Conservative (391)
Donald John MacNamara – Liberal Democrats (122)
Aspull New Springs Whelley
Ron Conway – Labour (2025)
Paul John Chapman – Conservative (798)
Douglas
Mary Gwendoline Callaghan – Labour (1457)
Michael Stephens Riley – Conservative (480)
Pemberton
Paul Prescott – Labour (1187)
Tony Porter – Independent (355)
Jean Margaret Peet – Conservative (311)
David John Burley – Liberal Democrats (125)
Shevington with Lower Ground
Vicky Galligan – Labour (1307)
Gareth William Fairhurst – Shevington Independents Part Wigan Independents (783)
Gary Robinson – Conservative (566)
Brian Craig Duff Crombie-Fisher – Liberal Democrats (339)
Standish with Langtree
Judith Atherton – Conservative (1382)
Terry Mugan – Labour (1346)
Debbie Fairhurst – Standish Independents (686)
Wigan Central
George Davies – Labour (1588)
Pendlebury Cyril – Conservative (853)
Caroline Waddicor – Liberal Democrats (378)
Wigan West
Phyll Cullen – Labour Party (1542)
Ian Dyer – Liberal Democrats (483)
Margaret Atherton – Conservative (442)
