2018 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election

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Map showing the results of the 2018 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2018 Oldham Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Oldham Council in England. [1] The election took place on the same day as other local elections in England. The election saw the majority Labour Party increase its number of seats by two. The Conservative Party also gained two seats, while the Liberal Democrats lost one seat. UKIP ceased to have representation on the council following this election. [2] The election left Labour with 47 seats, the Liberal Democrats 8 and the Conservatives 4 with the remaining seat being held by an Independent. [3]

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Results

Vote share changes compared to 2016.

Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Labour 1881.8%294778.3%29,87655.96%Increase2.svg6.68%
  Liberal Democrats 29.1%6813.3%7,38313.19%Increase2.svg2.19%
  Conservative 29.1%246.7%11,76122.03%Increase2.svg10.03%
  Independent 00.0%111.7%1,7883.35%Decrease2.svg3.32%
  UKIP n/aDecrease2.svg10.0%000.0%n/an/an/a
  Green 00.0%000.0%1,7543.29%Increase2.svg0.28%

Ward results

Councillors seeking re-election are denoted with an asterisk. They were elected in 2014 and changes in vote share are compared on that basis.

Alexandra

Alexandra
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Shaid Mushtaq* 1,455 53
Liberal Democrats Liaqat Ali81230
Conservative Luke Lancaster32212
Green David Maybury1325
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Chadderton Central

Due to a vacancy 2 candidates were elected to this ward. The candidate with the most votes received a full 4-year term and the second-placed candidate received the remaining term of the vacated seat.

Chadderton Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Colin McLaren* 1,650 69
Labour Elaine Taylor 1,499 63
Conservative Mohammed Shah Jahan48820
Conservative Mohammed Shahriyar M. Jahan44018
Liberal Democrats Stephen Lynch26211
Green Jess Mahoney24310
Liberal Democrats Louie Hamblett2059
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Chadderton North

Chadderton North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Barbara Brownridge* 1,612 57.8 +2.3
Conservative Mohammed Alom90032.2+1.8
Green Daniel Clayton1615.8−1.9
Liberal Democrats John Hall1184.2−2.2
Turnout 279133.92−2.58
Labour hold Swing

Chadderton South

Chadderton South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Arooj Shah 967 47
Conservative Robert Barnes62330
Independent Frank Rothwell28814
Green Melodey Walker1296
Liberal Democrats Brian Lord693
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Coldhurst

Coldhurst
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Abdul Malik* 2,680 82
Conservative Sean Curley2658
Liberal Democrats Rachel Pendlebury1665
Green Saleh Talukdar1555
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Crompton

Crompton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Dave Murphy* 1,359 52
Labour Alexander Jones-Casey62824
Conservative Tom Lord54121
Independent Ann Tindall1024
Turnout
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Failsworth East

Failsworth East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Norman Briggs* 1,072 53
Conservative Antony Cahill57529
Independent Dean Ludford27514
Green Chris Parr703
Liberal Democrats Alan Belmore231
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Failsworth West

Warren Bates was elected for UKIP in 2014.

Failsworth West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Davis 1,076 52
Independent Warren Bates*44821
Conservative Paul Martin38618
Green Andy Hunter-Rossall1487
Liberal Democrats Lynne Thompson291
Turnout
Labour gain from UKIP Swing

Hollinwood

Due to a vacancy 2 candidates were elected to this ward. The candidate with the most votes received a full 4-year term and the second-placed candidate received the remaining term of the vacated seat.

Hollinwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jean Stretton* 1,198 74
Labour Martin Judd 1,184 73
Conservative John Caddick35322
Conservative Sajjad Hussain26216
Liberal Democrats Richard Darlington1228
Liberal Democrats Martin Dinoff1067
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Medlock Vale

Medlock Vale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Yasmin Toor* 1,799 69
Independent Philip Howarth34913
Conservative Michele Stockton28311
Liberal Democrats Barbara Beeley1074
Green Jean Betteridge883
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Royton North

Royton North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Hannah Roberts* 1,092 48
Conservative Allan Fish91040
Liberal Democrats Russell Gosling1738
Green Lina Shaw1095
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Royton South

Royton South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Marie Bashforth* 1,156 54
Conservative Lewis Quigg77436
Green Jim Stidworthy1145
Liberal Democrats Ken Berry1095
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Saddleworth North

Incumbent councillor Nicola Kirkham did not stand; she was elected as an independent in 2014 before joining Labour in 2016. [4]

Saddleworth North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Pam Byrne 933 35
Liberal Democrats John Eccles88233
Labour George Hulme82031
Turnout
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

[3]

Saddleworth South

Saddleworth South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jamie Curley 1,215 36
Liberal Democrats John McCann*104331
Labour Co-op Ian Manners79324
IndependentHelen Bishop1805
Green Catherine Hunter-Rossall1033
Turnout
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

[3]

Saddleworth West & Lees

Incumbent UKIP councillor Peter Klonowski did not stand.

Saddleworth West & Lees
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Valerie Leach 1,041 40
Conservative Andris D'Adamo84232
Liberal Democrats Sam Al-Hamdani73728
Turnout
Labour gain from UKIP Swing

[3]

Shaw

Shaw
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Hazel Gloster 1,023 44
Labour Co-op Ken Rustidge67229
Conservative Phelyp Bennett42718
Liberal Angie Farrell2179
Turnout
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

St. James

St. James
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ginny Alexander* 968 59
Conservative Nicola Jeffery-Sykes38123
Liberal Democrats Stephen Barrow17611
Green Roger Pakeman1157
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

St. Mary's

St. Mary's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ali Salamat* 2,253 82
Conservative David Atherton2208
Liberal Democrats Pat Lord1586
Green Miranda Meadowcroft1214
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Waterhead

Waterhead
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Riaz Ahmad* 1,336 60
Liberal Democrats Linda Dawson35516
Conservative Neil Allsopp32815
IndependentCarl Roberts1467
Green Andrea Chaverra Valencia663
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Werneth

Werneth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Shoab Akhtar* 2,924 86
Conservative Heath Fletcher2939
Liberal Democrats Keith Pendlebury1745
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Changes after this election

Failsworth East by-election: 29 November 2018

Failsworth East [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Elizabeth Ellen Jacques 677 58.5
Conservative Antony Cahill33629.0
IndependentWilliam Bates948.1
UKIP Paul Goldring322.8
Liberal Democrats Stephen Barrow181.6
Labour hold Swing

Labour party suspensions: September 2018

2 councillors were suspended from the Labour party in September 2018: [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Statement of Persons Nominated 9 April 2018". oldham.gov.uk. Oldham Council. Archived from the original on 23 April 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "Trafford lost by Conservatives". BBC News. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Belmore, Aimee (5 May 2018). "Saddleworth elects three new councillors to represent area on Oldham Council". Saddleworth Independent. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  4. ↑ "Independent councillor Nikki Kirkham announces surprise move to Labour Party". Saddleworth Independent. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  5. ↑ "Election results for Failsworth East". Oldham Borough Council. Oldham Borough Council. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  6. ↑ "Unreported by the councils media partners two Oldham Labour Councillors have been suspended from the Labour party". Chronic Oldham. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
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