The 2018 Rochdale Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Rochdale Borough Council in England. [1] [2] This was on the same day as other local elections.
Vote share changes compared to 2016.
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Labour | 16 | 80.0% | 31 | 47 | 78.3% | 26,250 | 52.09% | |||
Conservative | 3 | 15.0% | 7 | 10 | 16.7% | 13,590 | 26.97% | |||
Liberal Democrats | 1 | 5.0% | 2 | 3 | 5.0% | 6,558 | 13.01% | |||
UKIP | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 1,989 | 3.95% | |||
Independent | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 1,350 | 2.68% | |||
Green | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 656 | 1.30% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Kathleen Nickson | 938 | 51.5 | -8.7 | |
Conservative | John Kershaw | 427 | 23.5 | +14.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Alcock | 368 | 20.2 | +9.5 | |
Green | Abdus Mir | 87 | 4.8 | +2.3 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Angela Smith | 1,713 | 52.1 | +3.2 | |
Labour | Martin Ayers | 1357 | 41.3 | +10.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Roy Thornsby | 215 | 6.5 | +0.7 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Aasim Rashid | 1,008 | 41.3 | -19.3 | |
Conservative | Michael James Cullen | 967 | 39.7 | +30.8 | |
Green | Jonathan Kershaw | 158 | 6.5 | +2.3 | |
Independent | Brian Bamford | 155 | 6.4 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Tony Hughes | 150 | 6.2 | N/A | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Sultan Ali | 2,171 | 63.8 | -16.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Zulfiqar Ali | 974 | 28.6 | +22.7 | |
Conservative | Roger Howarth | 185 | 5.4 | +1.1 | |
Green | Adam Mir | 72 | 2.1 | -1.3 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | June West | 1,303 | 61.7 | +4.3 | |
Conservative | Rebecca Howard | 511 | 24.2 | +10.9 | |
UKIP | Robert Mudd | 299 | 14.2 | -15.2 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Kieran Heakin | 1,252 | 44.8 | +1.6 | |
Conservative | Andrew Neilson | 926 | 33.2 | +4.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert McLean | 486 | 17.4 | +10.8 | |
Green | AJ Rennie | 128 | 4.6 | +0.3 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Carol Wardle | 1,185 | 55.3 | +2.9 | |
Conservative | Paul Ellison | 659 | 30.8 | +7.7 | |
UKIP | Angela Gardner | 299 | 14.0 | -10.4 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Daalat Ali | 1,911 | 64.0 | -7.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Clayton | 730 | 24.5 | +13.3 | |
Conservative | Richard Duckworth | 254 | 8.5 | -1.9 | |
Green | Firuz Ali | 90 | 3.0 | -4.3 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Janet Emsley | 1,149 | 46.2 | -1.0 | |
Conservative | Keith Taylor | 843 | 33.9 | +9.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Zoe Attwood | 496 | 19.9 | +15.8 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Sameena Zaheer | 2,402 | 86.6 | +9.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Eden-Maughan | 209 | 7.5 | -6.3 | |
Conservative | Jacqueline Holt | 162 | 5.8 | +1.3 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | David Bamford | 1,468 | 49.5 | -1.2 | |
Labour | Neil Butterworth | 984 | 33.2 | +6.7 | |
Conservative | Edward Carpenter | 511 | 17.2 | +14.1 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Mike Holly | 1,646 | 62.0 | +6.2 | |
Labour | Anthony Bennett | 738 | 27.8 | +7.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Farrington | 150 | 5.6 | +1.8 | |
Green | Mick Coats | 121 | 4.6 | -0.9 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Peter Rush | 1,188 | 64.3 | -6.5 | |
Conservative | Stephen Pritchard | 339 | 18.4 | +2.1 | |
UKIP | Stephen Sanderson | 232 | 12.6 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Sue Curzon | 88 | 4.8 | -8.1 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Kallum Nolan | 1,113 | 52.3 | -6.5 | |
Independent | Keely O'Mara | 343 | 16.1 | N/A | |
UKIP | Thomas Barnes | 304 | 14.3 | -16.2 | |
Conservative | Oliver Bleasdale | 295 | 13.8 | +3.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Wilkins | 75 | 3.5 | N/A | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Blundell | 1,528 | 70.1 | +14.7 | |
Conservative | Leonard Branton | 348 | 16.0 | +5.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Eleanor Kelly | 304 | 13.9 | +3.4 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Patricia Dale | 1,275 | 47.9 | +1.3 | |
Conservative | Andy Dale | 1020 | 38.3 | +16.2 | |
UKIP | Richard Whitaker | 222 | 8.3 | -17.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Emma Griffin | 146 | 5.5 | +1.8 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Faisal Rana | 1,777 | 56.0 | +7.5 | |
Independent | Carl Faulkner | 852 | 26.9 | +3.7 | |
Conservative | Steven Scholes | 303 | 9.5 | +1.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | James Earnshaw | 241 | 7.6 | -6.4 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Taylor | 1,666 | 66.0 | +6.4 | |
Labour | Julian Farnell | 614 | 24.3 | +4.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lynn Butterworth | 243 | 9.6 | +4.6 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Alan McCarthy | 1,065 | 53.5 | -4.0 | |
Conservative | Rachel McLachlan | 416 | 20.9 | +10.1 | |
UKIP | Michael O'Brien | 293 | 14.7 | -17.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Harry Mills | 215 | 10.8 | N/A | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Neil Emmott | 1,292 | 63.6 | -0.5 | |
Conservative | Daniel Davidson | 399 | 19.6 | +12.7 | |
UKIP | Lee Seville | 340 | 16.7 | -12.3 | |
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