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The 2012 Oldham Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council in the North West, England. [1] This was on the same day as other 2012 United Kingdom local elections.
Labour retained control of the council.
After the election, the composition of the council was
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 15 | 10 | 0 | +10 | 54.8 | 29,217 | +2.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 4 | 0 | 7 | -7 | 24.6 | 13,117 | +1.2 | ||
Conservative | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 14.8 | 7,886 | -4.4 | ||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 1,206 | -1.4 | |||
Respect | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1,067 | +2.0 | |||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | 723 | +0.9 | |||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 144 | -0.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Dilys Fletcher MBE | 1,100 | 46.4 | -13.1 | |
Conservative | Raja Iqbal | 826 | 34.8 | +11.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Martin Dinoff | 447 | 18.8 | +1.7 | |
Majority | 274 | 11.4 | -24.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,404 | 32.4 | −4.3 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
A by-election was held on Thursday, 9 May 2013 in the Alexandra ward of Oldham. The seat became vacant following the death of Dilys Fletcher in February. The results were as follows: [2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Zahid Mehmood Chauhan | 1,553 | |||
UKIP | Derek Graham Fletcher | 412 | |||
Green | Miranda Meadowcroft | 55 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Kevin Dawson | 96 | |||
Conservative | Neil Allsopp | 80 | |||
Majority | 1,141 | ||||
Turnout | 29.31 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Susan Dearden | 1,552 | 68.4 | +9.0 | |
Conservative | Robert Barnes | 596 | 26.3 | -9.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Pat Lord | 120 | 5.3 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 956 | 42.2 | +18.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,283 | 28.9 | −6.0 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Fazlul Haque | 1,750 | 59.5 | +0.9 | |
Conservative | Paul Martin | 1,040 | 35.4 | -0.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lee Miah | 150 | 5.1 | -0.6 | |
Majority | 710 | 24.1 | +1.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,940 | 35.9 | −2.3 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | David Hibbert | 1,481 | 75.4 | +6.7 | |
Conservative | Eileen Hulme | 433 | 22.0 | -5.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Fazal Rahim | 50 | 2.5 | -1.7 | |
Majority | 1,048 | 53.4 | +12.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,964 | 24.4 | −5.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Abdul Jabbar | 2,742 | 58.6 | -2.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kutub Uddin | 1,709 | 36.5 | +1.9 | |
Conservative | Harun Miah | 227 | 4.9 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 1,033 | 22.1 | -3.7 | ||
Turnout | 4,678 | 54.9 | +2.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Diane Williamson | 1,286 | 45.7 | +5.5 | |
Labour | Ken Rustidge | 949 | 33.7 | +0.2 | |
Conservative | Christopher Henthorn | 577 | 20.5 | -5.9 | |
Majority | 337 | 12.0 | +5.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,812 | 33.9 | −0.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | David Dawson | 1,585 | 84.9 | +14.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Barrow | 283 | 15.1 | +10.5 | |
Majority | 1,302 | 69.7 | +23.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,868 | 24.1 | −6.4 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Sean Fielding | 1,323 | 60.9 | +2.7 | |
UKIP | Warren Bates | 723 | 33.3 | +33.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ron Wise | 128 | 5.9 | -3.4 | |
Majority | 600 | 32.1 | -0.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,174 | 28.3 | −4.5 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Brian Ames | 1,266 | 67.4 | +6.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Philip Holley | 456 | 24.3 | -0.2 | |
Conservative | Jamie Curley | 155 | 8.3 | +8.3 | |
Majority | 810 | 43.2 | +9.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,877 | 24.9 | −8.8 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ateeque Ur-Rehman | 1,726 | 64.8 | +4.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Keith Pendlebury | 443 | 16.6 | -4.8 | |
Independent | Phil Howarth | 364 | 13.7 | +13.7 | |
Conservative | Sean Curley | 132 | 5.0 | -13.4 | |
Majority | 1,283 | 48.1 | +8.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,665 | 33.0 | −2.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Bernard Judge | 1,710 | 71.4 | +10.5 | |
Conservative | Lewis Quigg | 555 | 23.2 | -8.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Phil Renold | 129 | 5.4 | -2.5 | |
Majority | 1,155 | 48.2 | +18.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,394 | 30.1 | −7.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Amanda Chadderton | 1,566 | 69.8 | +4.6 | |
Conservative | Allan Fish | 544 | 24.2 | -2.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Keith Taylor | 134 | 6.0 | -2.7 | |
Majority | 1,011 | 45.1 | +6.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,244 | 27.2 | −11.2 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Garth Harkness | 898 | 33.0 | +2.0 | |
Independent | Nicola Kirkham | 842 | 31.0 | +0.4 | |
Conservative | Phil Sewell | 535 | 19.7 | -0.4 | |
Labour | Imran Yousaf | 445 | 16.4 | -1.9 | |
Majority | 56 | 2.1 | +1.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,720 | 35.9 | −6.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Hudson | 1,151 | 40.4 | -1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Brian Lord | 949 | 33.3 | +4.4 | |
Labour | Joseph Fitzpatrick | 746 | 26.2 | +7.8 | |
Majority | 202 | 7.1 | -6.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,846 | 36.1 | −11.1 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Val Sedgwick | 1,222 | 47.4 | +9.6 | |
Labour | Gerald Ball | 1,002 | 38.9 | -3.4 | |
Conservative | Pam Byrne | 354 | 13.7 | -6.3 | |
Majority | 220 | 8.5 | |||
Turnout | 2,578 | 31.0 | −4.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Howard Sykes | 1,298 | 53.6 | +13.2 | |
Labour | James Larkin | 782 | 32.3 | -4.5 | |
Conservative | Phelyp Bennett | 342 | 14.1 | -8.7 | |
Majority | 516 | 21.3 | +17.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,422 | 31.2 | −2.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Cath Ball | 955 | 50.6 | -2.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jacqueline Stanton | 763 | 40.4 | +4.7 | |
Conservative | Neil Allsopp | 171 | 9.1 | -2.2 | |
Majority | 192 | 10.1 | -7.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,899 | 24.8 | −3.0 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Arooj Shah | 2,529 | 58.4 | -7.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mohammed Masud | 1,559 | 36.0 | +7.1 | |
Green | Miranda Meadowcroft | 144 | 3.3 | +3.3 | |
Conservative | David Caddick | 101 | 2.3 | -3.3 | |
Majority | 970 | 22.4 | -13.9 | ||
Turnout | 4,333 | 51.1 | −1.5 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Vita Price | 1,379 | 58.5 | +10.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Linda Dawson | 977 | 41.5 | +3.5 | |
Majority | 402 | 17.1 | +7.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,356 | 29.5 | −0.8 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Fida Hussain | 2,629 | 66.4 | +1.7 | |
Respect | Iqbal Bhatti | 1,067 | 27.0 | +27.0 | |
Conservative | Michele Stockton | 147 | 3.7 | -3.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kevin Dawson | 116 | 2.9 | -25.6 | |
Majority | 1,562 | 39.5 | +3.3 | ||
Turnout | 3,959 | 51.8 | +2.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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