took legal action to prevent them using the CAP logo. An Ashton in Makerfield councillor defected to the independent group in May 2007, followed by a Winstanley councillor in May 2008. A Leigh councillor defected to the Conservative Party in January 2009, which made the Conservatives the official opposition group on Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council. A further defection to the independent group occurred in May 2009. On 7 February 2014 it was announced that Mike Moulding had reregistered the political party. This was after the founder and leader of the party, Peter Franzen, had lapsed the party the previous year. Since then the founder and the new leader have been in a battle over the rights of the name. The party was deregistered again in 2016. References Political parties established in 2002 Political parties disestablished in 2016 Politics of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan Defunct political parties in England 2002 establishments in England 2016 disestablishments in England