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]
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 11 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 50.0 | 36.1 | 18,572 | -2.4 | |
Labour | 5 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 40.0 | 31.3 | 16,109 | -4.4 | |
Conservative | 4 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 10.0 | 30.5 | 15,701 | +5.2 | |
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 421 | +0.8 | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 637 | +0.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Pat Colclough | 821 | 36.7% | −8.7 | |
Labour | Darren Pedley | 760 | 33.9% | −6.2 | |
Conservative | Ian Duckworth | 658 | 29.4% | +14.9 | |
Majority | 61 | 2.7 | −2.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,239 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jane Gartside | 1,766 | 56.2 | +11.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mohammed Shafiq | 988 | 31.4 | −13.8 | |
Labour | Ben "Timmy Howard" Robertson | 388 | 12.3 | +2.5 | |
Majority | 778 | 24.8 | |||
Turnout | 3,142 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Pat Flynn | 1,386 | 55.7 | +2.2 | |
Labour | Jean Hornby | 637 | 25.6 | +3.5 | |
Conservative | Ronnie Crossley | 467 | 18.8 | −4.6 | |
Majority | 749 | 30.0 | −1.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,490 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Zulfiqar Ali | 1,869 | 51.9 | +11.9 | |
Labour | Daalat Ali | 1,422 | 39.5 | −11.6 | |
Conservative | Roger Howarth | 309 | 8.6 | −0.3 | |
Majority | 447 | 12.4 | |||
Turnout | 3,600 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Malcolm Boriss | 1,030 | 48.0 | +1.1 | |
Conservative | John Cardus | 625 | 29.1 | +10.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Irene Cooper | 492 | 22.9 | −11.2 | |
Majority | 405 | 18.9 | +6.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,147 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Tom Bailey | 1,214 | 45.7% | −4.4 | |
Conservative | Andrew Neilson | 920 | 34.6% | +5.1 | |
Labour | Phillip Bethell | 525 | 19.7% | −0.7 | |
Majority | 294 | 11.1% | −9.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,659 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Linda Robinson | 1,325 | 53.7 | −7.7 | |
Conservative | Keith Taylor | 761 | 30.8 | +2.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Harry Boota | 382 | 15.5 | +5.0 | |
Majority | 564 | 22.8 | −10.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,468 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | David Clayton | 1,245 | 46.5% | +1.8 | |
Labour | Tom Stott | 1,116 | 41.7% | +0.7 | |
Conservative | Phil Grantham | 314 | 11.7% | −2.0 | |
Majority | 129 | 4.8 | +1.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,675 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Peter Evans | 1,086 | 44.8 | +3.4 | |
Conservative | Andrew Jones | 1001 | 41.3 | +2.8 | |
Labour | John Hartley | 335 | 13.8 | −6.3 | |
Majority | 85 | 3.5 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,422 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Mohammed Sharif | 1,872 | 53.7 | +7.3 | |
Labour | Ghulam Shahzad | 796 | 22.9 | −25.6 | |
Independent | Javed Iqbal | 637 | 18.3 | +18.3 | |
Conservative | Sue Pawson | 178 | 5.1 | +0.0 | |
Majority | 1,076 | 30.8 | |||
Turnout | 3,483 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Irene Davidson | 1,193 | 48.2 | −9.4 | |
Conservative | Michael Butler | 663 | 26.8 | −0.7 | |
Labour | Debbie Abrahams | 620 | 25.0 | +10.1 | |
Majority | 530 | 21.4 | −8.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,476 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Gartside | 1,450 | 48.0 | +1.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Hilary Rodgers | 874 | 28.9 | −14.1 | |
BNP | Peter Greenwood | 421 | 13.9 | +13.9 | |
Labour | Anthony Bennett | 278 | 9.2 | −1.7 | |
Majority | 576 | 19.0 | +15.9 | ||
Turnout | 3,023 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Bruce | 936 | 44.8 | +1.3 | |
Labour | Susan Coates | 799 | 38.3 | −2.4 | |
Conservative | Darren Bayman | 353 | 16.9 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 137 | 6.6 | +3.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,088 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Maureen Rowbotham | 746 | 42.3 | −9.1 | |
Conservative | David Harris | 537 | 30.4 | −0.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rhoda Morley | 481 | 27.3 | +9.5 | |
Majority | 209 | 11.8 | −8.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,764 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Jean Ashworth | 1,053 | 45.7 | +1.8 | |
Labour | Amna Mir | 841 | 36.5 | −1.6 | |
Conservative | Len Branton | 412 | 17.9 | −0.2 | |
Majority | 212 | 9.2 | +3.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,306 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Teresa Fitzsimons | 1,713 | 58.4 | +15.4 | |
Labour | John Orford | 993 | 33.8 | −11.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Neil Lever | 228 | 7.8 | −4.4 | |
Majority | 720 | 24.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,934 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Barbara Todd | 1,304 | 44.9 | −10.1 | |
Labour | Surinder Biant | 1,151 | 39.6 | +6.6 | |
Conservative | Steven Scholes | 452 | 15.5 | +3.6 | |
Majority | 153 | 5.3 | −16.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,907 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ashley Dearnley | 2,157 | 80.4 | +12.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andy Kelly | 264 | 9.8 | −9.4 | |
Labour | Mike Radanovic | 263 | 9.8 | −3.2 | |
Majority | 1,893 | 70.5 | +21.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,684 | 30.1% | 8.8% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Colin Lambert | 1,087 | 53.3 | −2.7 | |
Conservative | John Kershaw | 541 | 26.5 | +4.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | George Kinder | 410 | 20.1 | −1.6 | |
Majority | 546 | 26.8 | −6.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,038 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lil Murphy | 997 | 52.6 | +0.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Terry Smith | 474 | 25.0 | −8.4 | |
Conservative | Dave Pawson | 424 | 22.4 | +7.5 | |
Majority | 523 | 27.6 | +9.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,895 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |