2008 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election

Last updated

Elections to Rochdale Council in Greater Manchester, England were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election. The Liberal Democrats stayed in control of the council after gaining seats in Balderstone and Kirkholt, and North Heywood from the Labour party but losing East Middleton back to Labour. [1]

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

Rochdale Local Election Result 2007
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Liberal Democrats 1121+150.036.118,572-2.4
  Labour 512-140.031.316,109-4.4
  Conservative 400+010.030.515,701+5.2
  BNP 000000.8421+0.8
  Independent 000001.2637+0.7

Ward Results

Balderstone and Kirkholt ward

Balderstone and Kirkholt ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Pat Colclough 821 36.7% −8.7
Labour Darren Pedley76033.9%−6.2
Conservative Ian Duckworth65829.4%+14.9
Majority612.7−2.6
Turnout 2,239
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

Bamford ward

Bamford ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jane Gartside 1,766 56.2 +11.3
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Shafiq98831.4−13.8
Labour Ben "Timmy Howard" Robertson38812.3+2.5
Majority77824.8
Turnout 3,142
Conservative hold Swing

Castleton ward

Castleton ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Pat Flynn 1,386 55.7 +2.2
Labour Jean Hornby63725.6+3.5
Conservative Ronnie Crossley46718.8−4.6
Majority74930.0−1.4
Turnout 2,490
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Central Rochdale ward

Central Rochdale ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Zulfiqar Ali 1,869 51.9 +11.9
Labour Daalat Ali1,42239.5−11.6
Conservative Roger Howarth3098.6−0.3
Majority44712.4
Turnout 3,600
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

East Middleton ward

East Middleton ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Malcolm Boriss 1,030 48.0 +1.1
Conservative John Cardus62529.1+10.9
Liberal Democrats Irene Cooper49222.9−11.2
Majority40518.9+6.0
Turnout 2,147
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Healey ward

Healey ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Tom Bailey 1,214 45.7% −4.4
Conservative Andrew Neilson92034.6%+5.1
Labour Phillip Bethell52519.7%−0.7
Majority29411.1%−9.6
Turnout 2,659
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Hopwood Hall ward

Hopwood Hall ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Linda Robinson 1,325 53.7 −7.7
Conservative Keith Taylor76130.8+2.7
Liberal Democrats Harry Boota38215.5+5.0
Majority56422.8−10.5
Turnout 2,468
Labour hold Swing

Kingsway ward

Kingsway ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Clayton 1,245 46.5% +1.8
Labour Tom Stott1,11641.7%+0.7
Conservative Phil Grantham31411.7%−2.0
Majority1294.8+1.6
Turnout 2,675
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Littleborough Lakeside ward

Littleborough Lakeside ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Evans 1,086 44.8 +3.4
Conservative Andrew Jones100141.3+2.8
Labour John Hartley33513.8−6.3
Majority853.5+0.6
Turnout 2,422
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Milkstone and Deeplish ward

Milkstone and Deeplish ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Sharif 1,872 53.7 +7.3
Labour Ghulam Shahzad79622.9−25.6
Independent Javed Iqbal63718.3+18.3
Conservative Sue Pawson1785.1+0.0
Majority1,07630.8
Turnout 3,483
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Milnrow and Newhey ward

Milnrow and Newhey ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Irene Davidson 1,193 48.2 −9.4
Conservative Michael Butler66326.8−0.7
Labour Debbie Abrahams 62025.0+10.1
Majority53021.4−8.7
Turnout 2,476
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Norden ward

Norden ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Gartside 1,450 48.0 +1.9
Liberal Democrats Hilary Rodgers87428.9−14.1
BNP Peter Greenwood42113.9+13.9
Labour Anthony Bennett2789.2−1.7
Majority57619.0+15.9
Turnout 3,023
Conservative hold Swing

North Heywood ward

North Heywood ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Bruce 936 44.8 +1.3
Labour Susan Coates79938.3−2.4
Conservative Darren Bayman35316.9+1.1
Majority1376.6+3.8
Turnout 2,088
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

North Middleton ward

North Middleton ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Maureen Rowbotham 746 42.3 −9.1
Conservative David Harris53730.4−0.4
Liberal Democrats Rhoda Morley48127.3+9.5
Majority20911.8−8.8
Turnout 1,764
Labour hold Swing

Smallbridge and Firgrove ward

Smallbridge and Firgrove ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jean Ashworth 1,053 45.7 +1.8
Labour Amna Mir84136.5−1.6
Conservative Len Branton41217.9−0.2
Majority2129.2+3.5
Turnout 2,306
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

South Middleton ward

South Middleton ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Teresa Fitzsimons 1,713 58.4 +15.4
Labour John Orford99333.8−11.0
Liberal Democrats Neil Lever2287.8−4.4
Majority72024.6
Turnout 2,934
Conservative hold Swing

Spotland and Falinge ward

Spotland and Falinge ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Barbara Todd 1,304 44.9 −10.1
Labour Surinder Biant1,15139.6+6.6
Conservative Steven Scholes45215.5+3.6
Majority1535.3−16.7
Turnout 2,907
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Wardle and West Littleborough ward

Wardle and West Littleborough ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ashley Dearnley 2,157 80.4 +12.6
Liberal Democrats Andy Kelly2649.8−9.4
Labour Mike Radanovic2639.8−3.2
Majority1,89370.5+21.9
Turnout 2,68430.1%8.8%
Conservative hold Swing

West Heywood ward

West Heywood ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Colin Lambert 1,087 53.3 −2.7
Conservative John Kershaw54126.5+4.2
Liberal Democrats George Kinder41020.1−1.6
Majority54626.8−6.9
Turnout 2,038
Labour hold Swing

West Middleton ward

West Middleton ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lil Murphy 997 52.6 +0.9
Liberal Democrats Terry Smith47425.0−8.4
Conservative Dave Pawson42422.4+7.5
Majority52327.6+9.3
Turnout 1,895
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Night of joy for Lib Dems". Rochdale Observer. 2 May 2008. Archived from the original on 11 June 2008. Retrieved 8 July 2008.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.