2004 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election

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Elections to Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 10 June 2004. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2003. [1] The Labour Party retained overall control of the Council.

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After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Oldham Local Election Result 2004
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 3232.727,092
  Liberal Democrats 2528.123,276
  Conservative 219.115,825
  Green 08.16,670
  BNP 05.74,754
  Independent 04.83,999
  UKIP 01.51,202

Ward results

Alexandra ward

Alexandra ward (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Hugh McDonald 982 16.8
Labour Glynis Shaw 951 16.3
Labour Asaf Ali 874 15.0
Liberal Democrats Aftab Hussain61910.6
Green John Roney5188.9
Independent Chris Wright4587.8
Liberal Democrats Sakindar Mehmood4577.8
Liberal Democrats Martin Dinoff4227.2
Conservative Sarfraz Khan3596.1
Conservative Harun Miah2033.5
Turnout 5,843

Chadderton Central ward

Chadderton Central ward (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Greenwood 1,523 21.6
Labour Tony Brownridge 1,315 18.6
Independent Sidney Jacobs 1,268 18.0
Green Philip Stevens84912.0
Labour Elizabeth Wrigglesworth79111.2
Liberal Democrats Stephen Ward4496.4
Liberal Democrats Alma McInnes4316.1
Liberal Democrats John McCann4276.0
Turnout 7,053

Chadderton North ward

Chadderton North ward (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jeremy Sutcliffe 1,782 22.0
Labour Susan Dean 1,403 17.3
Conservative Philip Rogers 1,372 16.9
Labour Joseph Fitzpatrick1,29315.9
Conservative Ruman Choudhury1,00612.4
Liberal Democrats Barbara Beeley6377.8
Liberal Democrats Keith Taylor6207.6
Turnout 8,113

Chadderton South ward

Chadderton South ward (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Hibbert 1,493 24.3
Labour David Jones 1,457 23.7
Labour Dilys Fletcher 1,089 17.7
Conservative Margaret Owens82813.5
Liberal Democrats Dorothy Shaw4677.6
Liberal Democrats Philip Renold4036.6
Liberal Democrats Philip Bagley4016.5
Turnout 6,138

Coldhurst ward

Coldhurst ward (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Abdul Jabbar 2,328 16.3
Liberal Democrats Jilad Miah 2,108 14.8
Liberal Democrats Muhammad Uddin 2,059 14.4
Labour John Battye1,96613.8
Labour Wahidur Rahman1,88213.2
Liberal Democrats Israk Miah1,3829.7
Conservative Aklaque Hussain7955.6
Conservative Chondon Miah5964.2
Conservative Abdul Malik5744.0
Green Susannah Stevens5623.9
Turnout 14,252

Crompton ward

Crompton ward (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ann Wingate 1,637 15.1
Liberal Democrats Allan Dillon 1,552 14.2
Liberal Democrats Philomena Dillon 1,434 13.2
Conservative Valerie Pemberton1,30712.0
Conservative David Dunning1,27911.8
Conservative Jack Hulme9188.4
Labour Duncan Davies7506.9
Independent Michael Hambley7156.6
Labour Steven Webb6886.3
Labour Helen Smith5795.3
Turnout 10,859

Failsworth East ward

Failsworth East ward (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Barbara Dawson 1,780 25.9
Labour James McMahon 1,779 25.9
Labour Peter Dean 1,351 19.7
Conservative Paul Martin76011.1
Green Warren Bates5618.2
Liberal Democrats Susan Barratt2213.2
Liberal Democrats Dorothy Fennell2093.0
Liberal Democrats Derek Clayton2063.0
Turnout 6,867

Failsworth West ward

Failsworth West ward (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Johnson 1,712 21.8
Labour Alan Harrison 1,690 21.5
Labour Aileen Bell 1,670 21.2
BNP Charles Styles6758.6
Conservative David Crankshaw6288.0
Green Joan Spencer5487.0
Liberal Democrats James Ward4495.7
Liberal Democrats Jill Barrow2853.6
Liberal Democrats Lesley Schofield2092.6
Turnout 7,866

Hollinwood ward

Hollinwood ward (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jean Stretton 1,138 15.8
Labour Stephen Williams 1,107 15.3
Labour Brian Ames 1,066 14.8
Liberal Democrats David Joynes98913.7
Liberal Democrats Stephen Barrow83711.6
Liberal Democrats Robert Longley72010.0
Conservative John Berry5517.6
Conservative Christopher Shyne4516.2
Green Peter Robbie3564.9
Turnout 7,215

Medlock Vale ward

Medlock Vale ward (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ur Rehman Ateeque 1,526 18.8
Labour Gerald Ball 1,379 17.0
Labour Jean Jones 1,297 16.0
Liberal Democrats Zahid Hussain7238.9
Green Ian Payne6738.3
Green Maureen McGuin5787.1
Liberal Democrats Jason Robinson5566.9
Liberal Democrats Bronwyn Thackeray5526.8
Independent Neelofar Rafiq4515.6
Conservative Hizzur Rahman3694.5
Turnout 8,104

Royton North ward

Royton North ward (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bernard Judge 1,740 18.4
Labour John Larkin 1,479 15.7
Labour Olwen Chadderton 1,370 14.5
Conservative Jack Lees97510.3
BNP Norman Corbett95310.1
Conservative Kenneth Heeks7287.7
UKIP David Short6657.0
Green Margaret Kelly5976.3
Liberal Democrats Tony Farrell3563.8
Liberal Democrats Annie Lord3193.4
Liberal Democrats George Womack2522.7
Turnout 9,434

Royton South ward

Royton South ward (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Steven Bashforth 1,438 15.5
Labour Philip Harrison 1,438 15.5
Labour Jill Read 1,112 12.0
BNP Anita Corbett96410.4
Conservative Joseph Farquhar8659.3
Conservative Allan Fish7458.0
Conservative Sarah Farquhar7017.5
UKIP Trevor Hilton5375.8
Liberal Democrats David Shaw5225.6
Liberal Democrats Marjorie Solan3453.7
Green Ben McCarthy3263.5
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Wingate2883.1
Turnout 9,281

Saddleworth North ward

Saddleworth North ward (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Buckley 1,700 15.8
Liberal Democrats Derek Heffernan 1,526 14.2
Liberal Democrats Ian McInnes 1,429 13.3
Conservative Barbara Jackson1,12410.5
Conservative Graham Sheldon1,08910.1
Conservative Ann Gee1,0509.8
Labour Kenneth Hulme8658.0
Labour Paul Hickling7386.9
Labour Paul Fryer6335.9
Green Andrew Threlfall5875.5
Turnout 10,741

Saddleworth South ward

Saddleworth South ward (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Richard Knowles 1,988 16.6
Liberal Democrats Christine Wheeler 1,977 16.5
Conservative John Hudson 1,843 15.4
Liberal Democrats Valerie Knowles1,48312.4
Conservative Patricia Byrne1,47312.3
Conservative Richard Postle1,28810.7
Green Kay Roney5214.3
Labour Alastair McGregor5204.3
Labour Annette Battye4924.1
Labour Cathryn Ball3903.3
Turnout 11,975

Saddleworth West and Lees ward

Saddleworth West and Lees ward (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Valerie Sedgwick 1,430 14.6
Liberal Democrats Brian Lord 1,239 12.6
Liberal Democrats Thomas Beeley 1,143 11.7
Conservative Elizabeth Boon9469.7
Labour John McArdle9349.5
Conservative George Buston9009.2
Labour Norman Bennett8038.2
Conservative John Caddick7808.0
Labour Ann Buscema6786.9
Green Mark Lees5725.8
Independent Robert Allsopp3693.8
Turnout 9,794

St James ward

St James ward (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jaqueline Stanton 1,354 18.4
Liberal Democrats James McArdle 1,259 17.1
Liberal Democrats Roger Hindle 1,146 15.5
Labour Adrian Alexander80811.0
BNP Michael Treacy79710.8
Labour Raymond Mallinson5908.0
Labour Brian Hurst5888.0
Independent Paul Andrew4406.0
Conservative Eileen Hulme3885.3
Turnout 7,370

St Marys ward

St Marys ward (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Riaz Ahmed 1,966 16.4
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Masud 1,938 16.1
Liberal Democrats Aqeel Salamat 1,711 14.2
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Sharif1,67513.9
Labour Abdul Shah1,65313.8
Labour Mohammed Azam1,34811.2
Conservative Nadeem Hussain1,0678.9
Conservative David Atherton6535.4
Turnout 12,011

Shaw ward

Shaw ward (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Howard Sykes 1,952 20.8
Liberal Democrats Angie Farrell 1,773 18.9
Liberal Democrats Roderick Blyth 1,694 18.1
Conservative David Bentley7167.6
BNP Alwyn Stott7057.5
Conservative Kevin Howard6056.5
Conservative Carole Masters5966.4
Labour Michael Connolly4765.1
Labour David Faulkner4765.1
Labour Lester Chattein3744.0
Turnout 9,367

Waterhead ward

Waterhead ward (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Anchor 1,643 19.0
Liberal Democrats Kay Knox 1,608 18.6
Liberal Democrats Lynn Thompson 1,316 15.2
Labour James Leyden98111.4
Labour Christopher Jones87910.2
Labour Shadab Qumer87710.2
BNP Martin Brierley6607.6
Conservative Edna Wolstenhulme3654.2
Independent Stuart Allsopp2983.4
Turnout 8,627

Werneth ward

Werneth ward (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Fida Hussain 2,350 20.6
Liberal Democrats Khurshid Ahmed 2,094 18.4
Labour Shoab Akhtar 1,872 16.4
Labour Kamran Ghafoor1,69814.9
Liberal Democrats Faisal Khan1,54613.6
Liberal Democrats Keith Pendlebury1,23210.8
Conservative Paul Stephenson5675.0
Turnout 11,395

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