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| Borough of Wigan | |
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| Geography | |
| Status: | Metropolitan borough |
| Region: | North West England |
| Ceremonial County: | Greater Manchester |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 194th 188.19 kmē |
| Admin. HQ: | Wigan |
| ONS code: | 00BW |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total ( 2002 est.) - Density | Ranked 17th 301,639 1,603 / kmē |
| Ethnicity: | 98.7% White |
| Politics | |
Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council http://www.wiganmbc.gov.uk | |
| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | LabourThe Labour Party is a centre- left or social democratic political party in Britain (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdom's three main political parties. Under its leader Tony Blair it won a landslide in the 1997 general election, and forme |
| MPsThis is a list of MPs elected to the House of Commons for the Fifty-Third Parliament of the United Kingdom at the UK general election, 2001, arranged by constituency. New MPs elected since the general election and changes in party allegiance are noted at: | Andrew BurnhamAndrew Murray Burnham (born January 7, 1970) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is Labour member of Parliament for Leigh. Burnham, Andrew., Terry LewisTerence Lewis (born December 29 1935) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is Labour Member of Parliament for Worsley, Lancashire, and was first elected in 1983. He has been slightly rebellious, and has voted against the privatisation of NATS. Terry, Ian McCartneyThe Right Honourable Ian McCartney (born 1951) is a British politician and is chairman of the Labour Party. He became MP for Makerfield in 1987. He was a Minister of State the Department of Trade and Industry from 1997 to 1999, then was Minister of State, Neil TurnerNeil Turner (born September 16, 1945) has been the Member of Parliament for Wigan in England since 1992. Turner is a Labour backbencher. He is married and has one son. Turner, Neil. |
Wigan is a metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, in North West England.
Towns and villages in the borough include Wigan itself, Abram, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Aspull , Astley , Atherton, Billinge , Bryn , Golborne , Hindley, Leigh, Lowton, Orrell, Platt Bridge , Standish , Shevington , Tyldesley and Winstanley .
The current boundaries of Wigan date were set by the Local Government Act 1972, which on April 1, 1974 formed the metropolitan borough of Wigan from the former county borough of Wigan, along with a number of boroughs and urban districts formerly in Lancashire and Cheshire.
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Administrative counties with multiple districts: Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside |