The 2019 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council in England. [1] The election took place on the same day as other local elections in England.
Vote share changes compared to 2018.
| Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
| Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
| Labour | 15 |  1 | 75.0 | 30 | 45 | 75.0 | 21,717 | 40.59 |  15.37 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 3 |  | 15.0 | 5 | 8 | 13.3 | 7,308 | 13.66 | 1.71 | |
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 2 | 3 | 5.0 | 8,792 | 16.43 | 13.08 | |
| Conservative | 1 | | 5.0 | 3 | 4 | 6.7 | 6,456 | 12.07 | 9.96 | |
| UKIP | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5,339 | 9.98 | n/a | |
| Green | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2,081 | 3.89 | 0.60 | |
| Saddleworth First! | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,806 | 3.38 | n/a | |
Councillors seeking re-election are marked with an asterisk; they were last elected in 2015 and changes are compared to that year's election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jenny Harrison* | 1,255 | 57.9 | +5.9 | |
| Independent | Muhammad Imran Sarwar | 417 | 19.2 | n/a | |
| UKIP | Carl Sinderby | 263 | 12.1 | -9.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Martin Dinoff | 128 | 5.9 | +1.4 | |
| Conservative | Jawaad Hussain | 106 | 4.9 | -17.0 | |
| Majority | 838 | 38.6 | +8.4 | ||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 2,169 | 28.51 | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | -6.65 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Eddie Moores* | 1,180 | 50.8 | +5.8 | |
| UKIP | Marian Goodwin | 435 | 18.7 | n/a | |
| Conservative | Mohammed Shah Jahan | 325 | 14.0 | -7.1 | |
| Green | Jess Mahoney | 256 | 11.0 | +6.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Barbara Ann Beeley | 129 | 5.5 | +2.8 | |
| Majority | 745 | 32.0 | |||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 2,325 | 29.61 | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | -6.45 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Mohon Ali* | 1,388 | 44.3 | -0.7 | |
| Independent | Tracy Woodward | 936 | 29.9 | n/a | |
| Conservative | Mohammed Alom | 468 | 14.9 | -10.3 | |
| Green | Chris Parr | 188 | 6.0 | +2.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Hall | 153 | 4.9 | +0.9 | |
| Majority | 452 | 14.4 | -5.5 | ||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 3,133 | 37.34 | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | -15.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Graham Shuttleworth* | 964 | 47.4 | +4.6 | |
| UKIP | Jack Dickenson | 482 | 23.7 | -12.2 | |
| Conservative | Robert Barnes | 390 | 19.2 | +3.6 | |
| Green | Melodey Walker | 123 | 6.0 | +2.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Tabirul Islam | 76 | 3.7 | +1.1 | |
| Majority | 482 | 23.7 | +16.8 | ||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 2,035 | 25.74 | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | +8.4 | |||
Montaz Azad was elected for Labour in 2015 but was suspended from the party. [2] They stood as an independent; their individual change and Labour's change are based on the same 2015 result.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ruji Sapna Surjan | 2,031 | 43.7 | -21.0 | |
| Independent | Montaz Azad* | 1,700 | 36.6 | -28.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Kutub Uddin | 537 | 11.5 | -8.1 | |
| Green | Jean Betteridge | 229 | 4.9 | n/a | |
| Conservative | Md Shahid Miah | 153 | 3.3 | -2.0 | |
| Majority | 331 | 7.1 | -38.0 | ||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 4,650 | 53.61 | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Louie Hamblett | 1,233 | 47.2 | +18.5 | |
| UKIP | Colin Francis Jones | 523 | 20.0 | -1.3 | |
| Conservative | Phelyp Bennett | 463 | 17.7 | -5.1 | |
| Labour | Alex Jones-Casey | 391 | 15.0 | -9.5 | |
| Majority | 710 | 27.2 | +23.0 | ||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 2,610 | 32.20 | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +9.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Brian Hobin | 1,347 | 53.6 | n/a | |
| Labour | Paul Jean Jacques* | 826 | 32.9 | -21.5 | |
| Conservative | Antony Cahill | 295 | 11.7 | -5.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Alan Belmore | 46 | 1.8 | +0.3 | |
| Majority | 521 | 20.7 | -10.0 | ||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 2,514 | 32.08 | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Independent gain from Labour | Swing | +37.55 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Elaine Garry* | 855 | 36.8 | -9.7 | |
| Independent | Warren Bates | 711 | 30.6 | n/a | |
| UKIP | Annette Evans | 325 | 14.0 | -16.7 | |
| Conservative | Michele Stockton | 192 | 8.3 | -8.7 | |
| Green | Andy Hunter-Rossall | 191 | 8.2 | n/a | |
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Darlington | 52 | 2.2 | +0.2 | |
| Majority | 144 | 6.2 | -10.5 | ||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 2,326 | 30.42 | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | -20.15 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Steve Williams* | 990 | 56.1 | +2.1 | |
| UKIP | Matthew Woods | 457 | 25.9 | -3.0 | |
| Conservative | Sajjad Hussain | 123 | 7.0 | -3.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Barrow | 118 | 6.7 | +3.2 | |
| Green | David Maybury | 76 | 4.3 | +1.0 | |
| Majority | 533 | 30.2 | +5.1 | ||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 1,764 | 22.71 | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | +2.55 | |||
Kaiser Rehman was elected for Labour in 2015 but left the party. They stood as an independent; their individual change and Labour's change are based on the same 2015 result.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Mohammed Alyas | 1,346 | 44.4 | -10.2 | |
| Independent | Kaiser Rehman* | 992 | 32.7 | -21.9 | |
| UKIP | Marcus Esbach | 231 | 7.6 | -17.4 | |
| Independent | Philip Howarth | 186 | 6.1 | n/a | |
| Conservative | Neil Allsopp | 128 | 4.2 | -8.3 | |
| Green | Daniel Clayton | 83 | 2.7 | -1.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Rachel Pendlebury | 64 | 2.1 | -0.9 | |
| Majority | 354 | 11.7 | -17.9 | ||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 3,030 | 34.67 | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Clint Phythian* | 840 | 34.0 | -11.1 | |
| Conservative | Allan Fish | 674 | 27.2 | +4.9 | |
| UKIP | Paul Goldring | 573 | 23.2 | -1.6 | |
| Green | Lina Shaw | 219 | 8.9 | +5.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Russell Gosling | 168 | 6.8 | +2.7 | |
| Majority | 166 | 6.7 | -13.7 | ||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 2,474 | 32.31 | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | -8.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Steven Bashforth* | 1,014 | 46.4 | +0.4 | |
| UKIP | Anthony Prince | 549 | 25.1 | -0.2 | |
| Conservative | Ian Bond | 289 | 13.2 | -8.2 | |
| Green | Jim Stidworthy | 189 | 8.7 | +5.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ken Berry | 143 | 6.5 | +2.4 | |
| Majority | 465 | 21.3 | +0.6 | ||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 2,184 | 26.39 | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | +0.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | George Hulme | 704 | 23.8 | +8.4 | |
| Saddleworth First! | Car Roberts | 650 | 22.0 | n/a | |
| Conservative | Luke Lancaster | 592 | 20.0 | -0.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Eccles | 567 | 19.2 | -6.9 | |
| UKIP | Chris Green | 255 | 8.6 | -7.4 | |
| Independent | Phil Sewell | 188 | 6.4 | n/a | |
| Majority | 54 | 1.8 | -3.4 | ||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 2,956 | 38.03 | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | -7.65 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Graham Sheldon* | 1,068 | 31.3 | -10.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Brian Lord | 649 | 19.0 | -6.2 | |
| Saddleworth First! | Duncan Goodman | 496 | 14.5 | n/a | |
| Labour | Connor Green | 466 | 13.7 | -8.2 | |
| Independent | Helen Bishop | 435 | 12.8 | n/a | |
| UKIP | Harry Moore | 244 | 7.2 | -3.8 | |
| Independent | Alec Crook | 51 | 1.5 | n/a | |
| Majority | 419 | 11.3 | -5.5 | ||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 3,409 | 37.15 | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -2.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Sam Al-Hamdani | 953 | 33.8 | +18.2 | |
| Labour | Adrian Alexander* | 670 | 23.8 | -8.1 | |
| Saddleworth First! | "Boots" Errock | 660 | 23.4 | n/a | |
| UKIP | Paul Taylor | 280 | 9.9 | -12.8 | |
| Conservative | Tom Lord | 254 | 9.0 | -13.6 | |
| Majority | 283 | 10.0 | +0.9 | ||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 2,817 | 33.63 | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +13.15 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Chris Gloster* | 1,121 | 50.1 | +18.8 | |
| Labour Co-op | Ken Rustidge | 428 | 19.1 | -7.4 | |
| UKIP | Rob Vance | 318 | 14.2 | -9.0 | |
| Conservative | Lisa Smirk | 259 | 11.6 | -3.9 | |
| Green | Catherine Hunter-Rossall | 112 | 5.0 | +1.5 | |
| Majority | 693 | 31.0 | +25.2 | ||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 2,238 | 29.54 | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +13.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Angela Cosgrove* | 634 | 31.9 | -11.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Tony Martin | 522 | 26.2 | +15.6 | |
| UKIP | Colin Burrows | 404 | 20.3 | -10.1 | |
| Independent | Amoy Lindo-Crooks | 219 | 11.0 | n/a | |
| Conservative | Atif Ali | 124 | 6.2 | -6.1 | |
| Green | Roger Pakeman | 87 | 4.4 | +1.0 | |
| Majority | 112 | 5.6 | -7.3 | ||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 1,990 | 25.33 | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | -13.45 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Nyla Ibrahim | 2,625 | 85.2 | +25.7 | |
| Green | Miranda Meadowcroft | 177 | 5.7 | +3.3 | |
| Conservative | Sean Curley | 148 | 4.8 | -1.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Pat Lord | 132 | 4.3 | +0.6 | |
| Majority | 2,448 | 79.4 | +36.5 | ||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 3,082 | 34.67 | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | +11.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Peter Dean* | 1,233 | 62.2 | +16.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Linda Dawson | 431 | 21.7 | +10.3 | |
| Conservative | Max Woodvine | 319 | 16.1 | +5.5 | |
| Majority | 802 | 40.4 | +23.4 | ||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 1,983 | 24.62 | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | +2.85 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Javid Iqbal* | 1,877 | 49.3 | -31.1 | |
| Independent | Asghar Ali | 1,610 | 42.3 | n/a | |
| Green | Irfat Ahmed Shajahan | 151 | 4.0 | +1.6 | |
| Conservative | Heath Fletcher | 86 | 2.3 | -4.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Keith Pendlebury | 86 | 2.3 | -2.2 | |
| Majority | 267 | 7.0 | -67.0 | ||
| Rejected ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 3,810 | 46.33 | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | -36.7 | |||
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