Category:Council and Democracy
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Wigan Council
- Wigan Council - www.wigan.gov.uk
- Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust - www.wlct.org
- Wigan e-Tourism Visitor Information Centre
Local Council Services
- Standish Library
- Standish Litter Strategy
Local Democracy
European Parliament
Standish is part of the North West England constituency of the European Parliament, which currently elects 8 MEPs. Since 2009 these have been:
- Paul Nuttall (UKIP)
- Nick Griffin (BNP)
- Robert Atkins (Conservative)
- Jacqueline Foster (Conservative)
- Saj Karim (Liberal Democrat 2004–2007, Conservative 2007 onwards)
- Chris Davies (Liberal Democrat)
- Brian Simpson (Labour)
- Arlene McCarthy (Labour)
For more about our European constituency, including results since 1999, see Wikipedia's North West England European Parliament constituency page.
UK Parliament
Standish is part of the Wigan Constituency of the UK Parliament. The Member of Parliament for Wigan is Lisa Nandy (Labour), who won the seat in the 2010 General Election, with a 10,487 majority (21,404 votes, 48.5%, -9.6% on previous). The previous incumbent was Neil Turner.
For more about the Wigan Constituency, including Parliamentary results since 1997, see Wikipedia's Wigan (UK Parliament constituency) page, or Wigan Council's Members of Parliament page.
Local Councillors
The Standish Ward of Wigan Council is represented by three local councillors. These are currently:
- Councillor George A. Fairhurst (Wigan Independent Conservatives)
- Email: George.Fairhurst@wigan.gov.uk
- Term of Office: 2007 - 2011
- Surgery: every Saturday, 10:00am to 11:00am in St. Wilfrid's Parish Hall, 11:00am - 11:30am in Standish Library, and 1st Monday every month from 10:00am to 11:00am in Standish Library
- Details: Wigan Council website
- Councillor Judith Atherton (Conservative)
- Email: Judith.atherton@wigan.gov.uk
- Term of Office: 2008 - 2012
- Surgery: First and third Saturday each month 11:00am to 12:00noon in the Standish Community Centre
- Details: Wigan Council website
- Councillor Emma McGurrin (Labour)
- Email: Emma.McGurrin@wigan.gov.uk
- Term of Office: 2010 - 2014
- Surgery: 3rd Tuesday of each month 5:00pm - 6:30pm in Standish Library, and 8:00pm - 9:00pm Standish Labour Club
- Details: Wigan Council website
Please note: Dates and times of surgeries do occasionally alter. Constituents are advised to contact Jan Collier on 01942 404402 prior to attending.
The Standish with Langtree Ward was formed following boundary changes in 2004, where parts of the previous Aspull-Standish and Langtree Wards were merged to form the Standish with Langtree Ward. For results from the Standish with Langtree Ward since 2004, and from the Aspull-Standish and Langtree Wards since 2000, see our Standish with Langtree Ward election results page.
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