2010 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election

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Elections to Rochdale Council in Greater Manchester, England were held on 6 May 2010, the same day as the General Election, with one-third of the council facing the voters. The Liberal Democrats lost control of the council.

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After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

Rochdale Local Election Result 2010
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 930+336.934,014+5.6
  Liberal Democrats 705-531.629,155-4.5
  Conservative 420+225.923,925-0.6
  BNP 000001.91,723+1.1
  Respect 000001.21,152+1.2
  Green 000000.5467+0.5
  Independent 000001.21,839+0.8

Ward Results

Balderstone and Kirkholt ward

Balderstone and Kirkholt ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Dale Mulgrew 1,400 37.2 +0.5
Labour Stefan Cholewka109429.1−12.0
Conservative Michael Butler75520.1−9.3
Independent Darren Pedley51513.7+13.7
Majority 3068.1+5.4
Turnout 3,764
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Bamford ward

Bamford ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Duckworth 2,269 43.5 −12.7
Liberal Democrats William Hobhouse1,93437.1+5.7
Labour James Brown1,01019.4+7.1
Majority 3356.4−5.9
Turnout 5,213
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Castleton ward

Castleton ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter John Davison 1,360 29.8 −25.9
Labour Jean Hornby130528.6+3.0
Independent Francis Wilford Salt76316.7+16.7
Conservative Ronnie Crossley73716.1−2.7
BNP Allan Howard Jones4008.8+8.8
Majority 551.2−28.8
Turnout 4,565
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Central Rochdale ward

Central Rochdale ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sultan Ali 2,334 51.2 +11.7
Liberal Democrats Khalid Mahmood167636.8−15.1
Conservative Roger Howarth55012.1+3.5
Majority 65814.4
Turnout 4,560
Labour hold Swing

East Middleton ward

East Middleton ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour June West 2,180 46.9 +1.1
Liberal Democrats Terrance William Smith129828.0+5.1
Conservative David Harris116625.1−4.0
Majority 88219.0+0.1
Turnout 4,644
Labour hold Swing

Healey ward

Healey ward [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Hilary Josephine Rogers 1,718 33.5
Conservative Andrew Neilson 1,546 30.1
Labour Jim Moran1,52929.8
Liberal Democrats Alan Taylor1,35526.4
Conservative Keith Taylor1,04620.4
Labour Margret Taylor1,00119.5
Green Ian Andrews4679.1
Green Samir Chatterjee2605.1
Turnout 5128
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Hopwood Hall ward

Hopwood Hall ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Carol Elizabeth Wardle 2,301 49.3 −4.4
Conservative Peter Burt113024.2−6.6
Liberal Democrats James Anthony MacSparran74415.9−0.4
BNP Donald Ford49610.6+10.6
Majority 1,17125.1+2.3
Turnout 4,671
Labour hold Swing

Kingsway ward

Kingsway ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Daalat Ali 2,245 49.4 +7.7
Liberal Democrats Doreen Morton1,69037.0−9.5
Conservative Mudassar Razzaq62413.7+2.0
Majority 55512.4
Turnout 4,559
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Littleborough Lakeside ward

Littleborough Lakeside ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephanie Mills 1,928 40.2 −1.1
Liberal Democrats Pauline Maguire1,59433.2−11.6
Labour John Hartley1,27726.6+12.8
Majority 3347.0
Turnout 4,799
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Milkstone and Deeplish ward

Milkstone and Deeplish ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Shah Wazir 1,774 37.2 −16.5
Labour Mohammed Zaman170435.7+12.8
Respect Javed Iqbal99920.9+20.9
Conservative John Kershaw2936.1+1.0
Majority 701.5−29.4
Turnout 4,770
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Milnrow and Newhey ward

Milnrow and Newhey ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Andrew John Kelly 1,905 38.3 −9.9
Labour Martin Eric Rodgers155731.3+6.3
Conservative Catherine Marie Merrick136427.4+0.6
Respect Joyce Kathleen Burden1533.1+3.1
Majority 1933.9−17.5
Turnout 4,979
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Norden ward

Norden ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Wera Hobhouse 2,240 42.1 +13.2
Conservative Maureen Patricia Sullivan192736.2−11.8
Labour Ann Marie Courtney83915.8+6.6
BNP Arthur Hughes3196.0−7.9
Majority 3135.9
Turnout 5,325
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

North Heywood ward

North Heywood ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Rush 2,028 51.7 +6.9
Labour Mervyn Clive Simpson132833.8−4.5
Conservative David Garnett56814.5−2.4
Majority 70017.8+11.2
Turnout 3,924
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

North Middleton ward

North Middleton ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jonathan Paul Burns 2,237 51.5 +9.2
Conservative Bernard Thomas Braiden106924.6−5.8
Liberal Democrats Frank Cooper104023.9−3.4
Majority 1,16826.9+15.1
Turnout 4,346
Labour hold Swing

Smallbridge and Firgrove ward

Smallbridge and Firgrove ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bernard Martin Burke 1,702 42.4 +5.9
Liberal Democrats Christine Akram138134.4−11.3
Conservative Len Branton93423.3+5.4
Majority 3218.0
Turnout 4,017
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

South Middleton ward

South Middleton ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Charles Holly 2,103 41.4 −17.0
Labour Michael Gary Burke197739.0+5.2
Liberal Democrats Jane Al-Attar99519.6+11.8
Majority 1262.5−22.0
Turnout 5,075
Conservative hold Swing

Spotland and Falinge ward

Spotland and Falinge ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Surinder Biant 1,883 40.5 +0.9
Liberal Democrats Peter Clegg148331.9−13.0
Conservative Steven Scholes71815.5+0.0
Independent Carl Faulkner56112.1+12.1
Majority 4008.6
Turnout 4,645
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Wardle and West Littleborough ward

Wardle and West Littleborough ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Clegg 2,545 54.3 −26.1
Liberal Democrats Reginald James Lane107422.9+13.0
Labour David Finlay106722.8+13.0
Majority 1,47131.4−39.1
Turnout 4,686
Conservative hold Swing

West Heywood ward

West Heywood ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan Michael McCarthy 2,203 50.3 −3.0
Liberal Democrats Simon Paul Steward110925.3+5.2
Conservative Darren Philip Bayman106924.4−1.1
Majority 1,09425.0−1.8
Turnout 4,381
Labour hold Swing

West Middleton ward

West Middleton ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Neil Patrick Emmott 2,232 54.7 +2.1
Liberal Democrats Neil Proctor71217.4−7.6
Conservative Robert Alexander Herd63015.4−7.0
BNP Peter Greenwood50812.4+12.4
Majority 1,52037.2+9.6
Turnout 4,082
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Election results for Healey". Rochdale Borough Council. Archived from the original on 12 July 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
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