2016 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election

2016 local election results in Oldham

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

• Labour 46
• Liberal Democrat 9
• Conservative 2
• UKIP 1
• Independent 2

Election result

Oldham Local Election Result 2016

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

Ward results

The electoral division results are as follows: ^[2]

Alexandra ward

Alexandra

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

Chadderton Central ward

Chadderton Central

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

Chadderton North ward

Chadderton North

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

Chadderton South ward

Chadderton South

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

Coldhurst ward

Coldhurst

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

Crompton ward

Crompton

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

Failsworth East ward

Failsworth East

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

Failsworth West ward

Failsworth West

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

Hollinwood ward

Hollinwood

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

Medlock Vale ward

Medlock Vale

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

Royton North ward

Royton North

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

Royton South ward

Royton South

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

Saddleworth North ward

Saddleworth North

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

Saddleworth South ward

Saddleworth South

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

Saddleworth West & Lees ward

Saddleworth West & Lees

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

Shaw ward

Shaw

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

St. James ward

St. James

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

St. Mary's ward

St. Mary's

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

Waterhead ward

Waterhead

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

Werneth ward

Werneth

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

References

1. "Guide to May 2016 elections in Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland". BBC News. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
2. "Borough Council Election - Thursday, 5th May, 2016". Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council . Retrieved 22 March 2016.