2015 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election

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The 2015 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council in England. The election took place on the same day as the UK General Election. [1] One third of the council was up for election and Labour retained control of the council.

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Oldham Local Election Result 2015
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1600+044.343,099-1.1
  UKIP 000+021.921,345-1.8
  Conservative 100+017.917,391+5.4
  Liberal Democrats 300+011.010,686-2.0
  Green 0002.52,471+1.7
  Independent 000+01.31,283-2.3
  Respect 0001.9883+0.9
  TUSC 0000.1126+0.0

Ward results

The electoral division results listed below [2] are based on the changes from the 2014 elections, [3] not taking into account any mid-term by-elections or party defections.

Alexandra ward

Alexandra
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jenny Harrison 1,899 52.0 +3.1
Conservative Raja Iqbal79821.9+21.5
UKIP David Carter78621.5−2.2
Liberal Democrats Richard Darlington1664.5−16.1
Majority1,10130.2+5.1
Turnout 3,649
Labour hold Swing

Chadderton Central ward

Chadderton Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Eddie Moores 2,256 45.0 −0.1
UKIP Francis Arbour1,37427.4−5.7
Conservative Robert Barnes1,05621.1+2.2
Green Jessica Stott1863.7+3.7
Liberal Democrats Derek Clayton1372.7−0.1
Majority88217.6+5.7
Turnout 5,00962.89
Labour hold Swing

Chadderton North ward

Chadderton North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mohon Ali 2,396 45.0 −4.7
Conservative Paul Martin1,33625.2+4.9
UKIP Dave Malin1,17022.0−5.5
Liberal Democrats John Hall2164.1+1.5
Green Matthew Chester2023.8+3.8
Majority1,06019.9−2.3
Turnout 5,320
Labour hold Swing

Chadderton South ward

Chadderton South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Graham Shuttleworth 1,940 42.8 +2.3
UKIP Steve Connor1,62735.9−4.1
Conservative Michele Stocktom70715.6+3.5
Green Melodey Walker1463.2+1.6
Liberal Democrats Louie Hamblett1162.6−3.1
Majority3136.9+6.4
Turnout 4,536
Labour hold Swing

Coldhurst ward

Coldhurst
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Montaz Azad 3,452 64.7 −13.1
Liberal Democrats Nuruz Zaman1,04619.6+12.3
UKIP Jean Eddleston55210.4+10.4
Conservative Riaj Alom2825.3−2.5
Majority2,40645.1−24.9
Turnout 5,332
Labour hold Swing

Crompton ward

Crompton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Julia Turner 1,515 28.7 −2.0
Labour Chris Goodwin1,29224.5+0.4
Conservative Phelyp Bennett1,20122.8+5.9
UKIP John Berry1,12321.3−4.3
Green Bianca Lopez1482.8+0.1
Majority2234.2−0.9
Turnout 5,279
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Failsworth East ward

Failsworth East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jim McMahon 2,571 54.4 +7.3
UKIP Graham Whitehead1,11823.7−11.8
Conservative Antony Cahill80917.1+4.4
Green Andrew Rossall1563.3−0.8
Liberal Democrats Bill Cullen731.5+0.4
Majority1,45330.7+18.7
Turnout 4,727
Labour hold Swing

Failsworth West ward

Failsworth West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Elaine Garry 2,192 47.5 +8.7
UKIP Joan Spencer1,42030.7−13.3
Conservative Adam Carney78617.0+8.2
TUSC Sam Pennington1262.7+0.4
Liberal Democrats Enid Firth942.0+0.9
Majority77216.8
Turnout 4,618
Labour hold Swing

Hollinwood ward

Hollinwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Steve Williams 2,089 54.0 +3.9
UKIP Thomas Eddleston1,11828.9−8.3
Conservative Sameer Zulqurnain39910.3+3.2
Liberal Democrats Martin Dinoff1373.5−2.1
Green Jonaya English1263.3+3.3
Majority97125.1+12.2
Turnout 3,869
Labour hold Swing

Medlock Vale ward

Medlock Vale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kaiser Rehman 2,512 54.6 +7.5
UKIP Imran Sarwar1,15025.0−1.1
Conservative Neil Allsopp57512.5−10.8
Green Jean Betteridge2134.6+4.6
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Zakaullah1493.2−0.3
Majority1,36252.4+23.2
Turnout 4,599
Labour hold Swing

Royton North ward

Royton North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tony Larkin 2,298 45.1 +2.9
UKIP Nigel Lea1,26124.8−11.2
Conservative Lewis Quigg1,13622.3+2.4
Liberal Democrats Shaun Duffy2084.1+1.2
Green Lauren Pickering1883.7+3.7
Majority1,03720.4+14.2
Turnout 5,091
Labour hold Swing

Royton South ward

Royton South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Steven Bashforth 2,326 46.0 −0.8
UKIP Derek Fletcher1,27825.3−4.6
Conservative Allan Fish1,08621.4+5.2
Liberal Democrats Denise Tindall2224.1+1.0
Green Jim Stidworthy1452.9−2.1
Majority1,04820.7+3.8
Turnout 5,057
Labour hold Swing

Saddleworth North ward

Saddleworth North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Derek Heffernan 1,440 26.1 +4.8
Conservative Sean Curley1,15520.9+9.1
Independent Lesley Brown95817.4−19.1
UKIP Harry Moore88116.0−0.7
Labour Peter Heatley85215.4+1.7
Green Catherine Hunter2324.2+4.2
Majority2855.2
Turnout 5,518
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Saddleworth South ward

Saddleworth South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Graham Sheldon 2,489 41.9 +17.8
Liberal Democrats Alan Belmore1,49425.2−3.4
Labour Ian Manners1,29921.9+6.6
UKIP Ray Booth65411.0−3.9
Majority99516.7
Turnout 5,936
Conservative hold Swing

Saddleworth West & Lees ward

Saddleworth West & Lees
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Adrian Alexander 1,735 31.9 +7.1
UKIP Ian Nurse1,23722.7−8.3
Conservative Pam Byrne1,23122.6+9.7
Liberal Democrats Stephen Barrow85715.6−10.7
Independent Helen Bishop1983.6+3.6
Green Chris O'Donnell1903.5−1.5
Majority4989.2
Turnout 5,448
Labour hold Swing

Shaw ward

Shaw
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Chris Gloster 1,445 31.3 −11.6
Labour Hermione Spiggott1,22526.5+5.3
UKIP Peter Brown1,07023.2−4.1
Conservative Bob Wilcock71415.5+6.9
Green Andrew Stuttard1613.5+3.5
Majority2204.8−10.8
Turnout 4,615
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

St. James ward

St. James
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Angela Cosgrove 1,793 43.2 +5.3
UKIP Joseph Fitzpatrick1,26030.4−1.0
Conservative Terry Hopkinson51212.3+8.7
Liberal Democrats Kevin Dawson43910.6−13.1
Green Roger Pakeman1423.4+0.1
Majority53612.8
Turnout 4,146
Labour hold Swing {{{swing}}}

St. Mary's ward

St. Mary's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Shadab Qumer 3,164 59.5 −22.7
Respect Tariq Ullah88316.6+16.6
UKIP Gary Leese60811.4+11.4
Conservative David Atherton3396.4+0.4
Liberal Democrats Badrul Amin1993.7−2.3
Green Miranda Meadowcroft1262.4−0.9
Majority2,28142.9−33.3
Turnout 5,319
Labour hold Swing

Waterhead ward

Waterhead
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Dean 2,169 46.2 +3.0
UKIP Nicholas Godleman1,36929.1+1.9
Liberal Democrats Linda Dawson53811.4−13.4
Conservative Andris d'Adamo49610.6+5.9
Independent Naveed Ahmed1272.7+2.7
Majority80017.0+1.0
Turnout 4,699
Labour hold Swing

Werneth ward

Werneth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Javid Iqbal 3,639 80.4 −9.9
UKIP Muhammad Amjad2896.4+6.4
Conservative Nicola Sykes2846.3+0.6
Liberal Democrats Keith Pendlebury2054.5+0.5
Green Chris Parr1102.4+2.4
Majority3,35074.0−10.6
Turnout 4,527
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "Borough Council Election - Thursday, 7th May, 2015". Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council . Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  3. ↑ European & Local Election May 2014 - Thursday, 22nd May, 2014 (Report). Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council.
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