The 2016 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council in England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections.
After the election, the composition of the council was
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 15 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 75.0% | 49.3% | 27,586 | ||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0.0% | 15.9% | 8,876 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 3 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 15.0% | 13.2% | 7,383 | ||
Conservative | 1 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 5.0% | 12.0% | 6,719 | ||
Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 5.0% | 6.7% | 3,732 | ||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0.0% | 3.0% | 1,681 | ||
The electoral division results are as follows: [2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Zahid Mehmood Chauhan | 1,650 | 63.4 | ||
UKIP | David Carter | 642 | 24.7 | ||
Conservative | Terry Hopkinson | 115 | 4.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Richard Neville Darlington | 94 | 3.6 | ||
Independent | Matloob Hussain | 65 | 2.5 | ||
Green | Irfat Ahmed Shajahan | 37 | 1.4 | ||
Majority | 1,008 | 38.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,603 | 39.56 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Susan Dearden | 1,371 | 51.6 | +6.6 | |
UKIP | Francis Adrian Arbour | 741 | 27.9 | +0.5 | |
Conservative | Robert Barnes | 337 | 12.7 | -8.4 | |
Green | Jessica Stott | 131 | 4.9 | +1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Derek Clayton | 75 | 2.8 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 630 | 23.7 | +6.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,655 | 33.58 | -29.31 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Fazlul Haque | 1,665 | 55.5 | +10.5 | |
Conservative | Lewis Quigg | 910 | 30.4 | +5.2 | |
Green | Adam King | 232 | 7.7 | +3.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Cecil Charles Hall | 191 | 6.4 | +2.3 | |
Majority | 755 | 25.5 | +5.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,998 | 36.50 | -28.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Chris Goodwin | 1,416 | 60 | ||
UKIP | Steve Connor | 783 | 33 | ||
Green | Chris Parr | 106 | 4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Tabirul Islam | 68 | 3 | ||
Majority | 633 | ||||
Turnout | 2,373 | 31.38 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Abdul Jabbar | 2,832 | 78 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Nuruz Zaman | 295 | 8 | ||
Conservative | Jamie Curley | 270 | 7 | ||
Green | Saleh Uddin Talukdar | 222 | 6 | ||
Majority | 2,537 | ||||
Turnout | 3,619 | 44.33 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Diane Williamson | 1,239 | 42 | ||
UKIP | Nicholas Adam Godleman | 670 | 23 | ||
Labour | Bernard Judge | 640 | 22 | ||
Conservative | Phelyp Bennett | 393 | 13 | ||
Majority | 569 | ||||
Turnout | 2,942 | 36.59 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Cherryl Anne Brock | 1,410 | 66 | ||
Conservative | Antony Cahill | 509 | 24 | ||
Green | Andy Hunter-Rossall | 166 | 8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Chris Wise | 62 | 3 | ||
Majority | 901 | ||||
Turnout | 2,147 | 28.13 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sean Eric Fielding | 1,511 | 60 | ||
UKIP | Joan Spencer | 757 | 30 | ||
Conservative | Paul Martin | 209 | 8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Louie Michael Hamblett | 40 | 2 | ||
Majority | 754 | ||||
Turnout | 2,517 | 33.73 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brian Ames | 1,157 | 57 | ||
UKIP | Imran Sarwar | 615 | 30 | ||
Conservative | Nicola Jeffery Sykes | 171 | 8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Martin Alexander Dinoff | 86 | 4 | ||
Majority | 542 | ||||
Turnout | 2,029 | 27.68 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ateeque Ur-Rehman | 1,954 | 70 | ||
UKIP | John Christopher Berry | 522 | 19 | ||
Conservative | Hasin Amin | 126 | 5 | ||
Green | Jean Betteridge | 90 | 3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Mohammed Zakaullah | 82 | 3 | ||
Majority | 1,432 | ||||
Turnout | 2,774 | 34.45 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Anthony Larkin | 1,266 | 50 | ||
UKIP | Ruth Keating | 602 | 24 | ||
Conservative | Michele Stockton | 426 | 17 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Russell John Thomas Gosling | 149 | 6 | ||
Green | Lauren Pickering | 93 | 4 | ||
Majority | 664 | ||||
Turnout | 2,536 | 32.96 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Amanda Clare Chadderton | 1,495 | 63 | ||
Conservative | Allan Robert Fish | 579 | 24 | ||
Green | Jim Stidworthy | 207 | 9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Vipran Srivastava | 95 | 4 | ||
Majority | 916 | ||||
Turnout | 2,376 | 29.18 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Garth Harkness | 995 | 33 | ||
Labour | Valerie Leach | 552 | 19 | ||
Conservative | Sean Raymond Curley | 479 | 16 | ||
Independent | Rob Knotts | 444 | 15 | ||
UKIP | Harry Moore | 424 | 14 | ||
Green | Catherine Hunter-Rossall | 81 | 3 | ||
Majority | 443 | ||||
Turnout | 2,975 | 39.05 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Hudson | 1,201 | 38 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Alan Stuart Belmore | 1,190 | 37 | ||
Labour | Ian Brian Manners | 785 | 25 | ||
Majority | 11 | ||||
Turnout | 3,176 | 40.00 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stephen Gordon Hewitt | 955 | 33 | ||
UKIP | Ian Nurse | 768 | 27 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Barrow | 705 | 24 | ||
Conservative | Andris D'Adamo | 460 | 16 | ||
Majority | 187 | ||||
Turnout | 2,888 | 35.10 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Howard David Sykes | 1,294 | 52 | ||
Labour | Hemmy Spiggott | 661 | 27 | ||
UKIP | Ian James Bond | 380 | 15 | ||
Conservative | Pam Byrne | 155 | 6 | ||
Majority | 633 | ||||
Turnout | 2,490 | 33.14 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Cath Ball | 924 | 45 | ||
UKIP | Joseph Christopher Fitzpatrick | 702 | 34 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Kevin Anthony Dawson | 203 | 10 | ||
Conservative | John David Caddick | 155 | 8 | ||
Green | Roger Mark Pakeman | 67 | 3 | ||
Majority | 222 | ||||
Turnout | 2,051 | 26.83 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Aftab Hussain | 2,190 | 49 | ||
Labour | Arooj Shah | 1,801 | 40 | ||
UKIP | Donna Elaine Goodleman | 266 | 6 | ||
Conservative | David Andrew Atherton | 114 | 3 | ||
Green | Miranda Meadowcroft | 68 | 2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Angie Farrell | 64 | 1 | ||
Majority | 389 | ||||
Turnout | 4,503 | 52.72 | |||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Vita Rose Price | 1,150 | 42 | ||
UKIP | Ajawat Hussain | 1,004 | 37 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Linda Dawson | 352 | 13 | ||
Conservative | Neil Allsop | 172 | 6 | ||
Green | Criona Franklin | 67 | 2 | ||
Majority | 146 | ||||
Turnout | 2,745 | 34.08 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Fida Hussain | 2,391 | 64 | ||
Independent | Rehman Attiq | 1,033 | 28 | ||
Green | Melody Walker | 114 | 3 | ||
Conservative | Jawaad Hussain | 109 | 3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Keith Pendlebury | 104 | 3 | ||
Majority | 1,358 | ||||
Turnout | 3,751 | 49.69 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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