2016 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election

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2016 local election results in Tameside

The 2016 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council in England. [1] [2] This was on the same day as other local elections.

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After the election, the composition of the council was: [3]

Results

Ashton Hurst ward

Ashton Hurst
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Leigh Drennan 1,536 47.42
Conservative Liam Billington1,41243.59
Green Nigel Rolland2918.98
Majority1243.83
Turnout 3,23937
Labour hold Swing

Ashton St. Michaels ward

Ashton St. Michael's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Margaret Sidebottom 1,714 70.10
Conservative Christine Liley73129.90
Majority98340.20
Turnout 2,44529
Labour hold Swing

Ashton Waterloo ward

Ashton Waterloo
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Catherine Piddington 1,560 59.54
Conservative Sam Daniels67525.76
Green Andrew Threlfall38514.69
Majority88533.78
Turnout 2,62031
Labour hold Swing

Audenshaw ward

Audenshaw
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Teresa Smith 1,465 45.31
Conservative David Johnson85826.54
UKIP Maurice Jackson72522.42
Green Joe Henthorn1675.17
Community Party of Great BritainPaul Ward180.56
Majority60718.78
Turnout 3,23335
Labour hold Swing

Denton North East ward

Denton North East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Denise Ward 1,505 55.70
UKIP Dennis Connor75527.94
Conservative Dawn Cobb44216.36
Majority75027.76
Turnout 2,70232
Labour hold Swing

Denton South ward

Denton South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Newton 1,559 50.11
Independent Carl Simmons1,00132.18
UKIP Adrienne Shaw35411.38
Conservative Carol White1976.33
Majority55817.94
Turnout 3,11137
Labour hold Swing

Denton West ward

Denton West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dawson Lane 1,936 59.13
UKIP Max Bennett65419.98
Conservative Carl Edwards50615.46
Green Gareth Hayes1785.44
Majority1,28239.16
Turnout 3,27437
Labour hold Swing

Droylsden East ward

Droylsden East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jim Middleton 1,449 51.40
UKIP Ted Salmon94833.63
Conservative Scott Truter2569.08
Green Annie Train1665.89
Majority50117.77
Turnout 2,81932
Labour hold Swing

Droylsden West ward

Droylsden West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gerald Cooney 1,665 81.18
Conservative Kate Harvey24111.75
Green Andrew Climance1457.07
Majority1,42469.43
Turnout 2,05132
Labour hold Swing

Dukinfield ward

Dukinfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brian Wild 1,400 52.65
UKIP Ian Cooke59022.19
Conservative David Woodward36713.80
Green Julie Wood1626.09
Independent Dave Tate1405.27
Majority81030.46
Turnout 2,65929
Labour hold Swing

Dukinfield / Stalybridge ward

Dukinfield / Stalybridge
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Leanne Feeley 1,548 57.44
UKIP David Anderson77228.65
Independent Chris Caton-Greasley37513.91
Majority77628.79
Turnout 2,69532
Labour hold Swing

Hyde Godley ward

Hyde Godley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joe Kitchen 1,440 54.38
UKIP Andrea Colbourne84231.80
Conservative Forhad Jani36613.82
Majority59822.58
Turnout 2,64831
Labour hold Swing

Hyde Newton ward

Hyde Newton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Peter Robinson 1,587 52.55
UKIP Philip Chadwick1,13237.48
Green Andrew Highton3019.97
Majority45515.07
Turnout 3,02030
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Hyde Werneth ward

Hyde Werneth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ruth Welsh 1,771 51.23
Labour Raja Miah1,68648.77
Majority852.46
Turnout 3,45741
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Longdendale ward

Longdendale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Chris Buglass 1,261 48.11
Conservative David Tyler78429.91
UKIP Michael Booth40015.26
Green Irene Brierley1766.71
Majority47718.20
Turnout 2,62134
Labour hold Swing

Mossley ward

Double election due to the resignation of Labour's Idu Miah (elected May 2015). His seat was retained for Labour by Tafheen Sharif. [4]

Mossley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jack Homer 1,140 39.34
Labour Tafheen Sharif 784 27.05
Independent Lesley Bill76526.40
Independent Dean Aylett70524.33
Independent Christine Lyness64722.33
Independent Claire Hardisty40814.08
Green Christine Clark33911.70
Conservative Phil Rogers32111.08
Green Stuart Bennett2227.66
Liberal Democrats Martin Kiely1344.62
Majority3566.51
Turnout 5,46534
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

St. Peters ward

St. Peters
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Warren Bray 1,878 71.49
Conservative Laura Martin30011.42
Green Trevor Clarke2499.48
BNP Bill Kitchen2007.61
Majority1,57860.07
Turnout 2,62730
Labour hold Swing

Stalybridge North ward

Stalybridge North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Jan Jackson 1,299 51.94
Conservative Colin White79531.79
Green Jean Smee40716.27
Majority50420.15
Turnout 2,50127
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Stalybridge South ward

Stalybridge South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Doreen Dickinson 1,442 52.84
Labour Oliver Cross98436.06
Green Paul White30311.10
Majority45816.78
Turnout 2,72933
Conservative hold Swing

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References

  1. ↑ "Guide to May 2016 elections in Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland". BBC News. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council Elections, 2016". englishelections.org.uk. Retrieved 26 August 2016.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. ↑ "Your Councillors". Tameside Council. Archived from the original on 15 May 2017.
  4. ↑ Baxter, Trevor (13 April 2016). "Shock resignation for councillor just 10 months into second term". Mossley Correspondent. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
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