2019 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election

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The 2019 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council in England. [1] [2] This was on the same day as other local elections.

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Overall Results

Vote share changes compared to 2018.

Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Labour 16Increase2.svg180.0314778.323,46149.36-2.73
  Conservative 3Decrease2.svg115.06915.010,11021.27-5.70
  Liberal Democrats 1Steady2.svg5.0346.75,15610.85-2.17
  UKIP 0Steady2.svg0.0000.07,06914.87+10.93
  Green 0Steady2.svg0.0000.01,7313.64+2.34

Ward results

Councillors seeking re-election are marked with an asterisk; they were last elected in 2015 and changes are compared to that year's election. [3]

Balderstone & Kirkholt

Balderstone & Kirkholt
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Daniel Joseph Meredith* 880 45.0 −1.4
UKIP Guy Bradley38019.4−5.7
Liberal Democrats Patricia Ann Colclough36918.9+9.1
Conservative John Kershaw20410.4−4.6
Green James O'Meara1246.3+2.7
Majority50025.5+4.5
Turnout 1,95725
Labour hold Swing +2.15

Bamford

Bamford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patricia Sullivan* 1,499 47.8 +7.5
Labour Mohammad Arshad1,04833.4+1.9
UKIP Stephen Sanderson2518.0−12.2
Green Sarah Croke1996.3n/a
Liberal Democrats Barrie Nicholson1404.5−3.5
Majority45114.4+5.6
Turnout 3,13741
Conservative hold Swing +2.8

Castleton

Castleton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jean Gladys Hornby* 1,035 47.5 +3.9
Conservative Michael Cullen48122.1+7.7
UKIP Mark Izzo37517.2−13.9
Green Jonathan Kershaw1979.0+5.4
Liberal Democrats Stephen Thornley914.2−3.1
Majority55425.4+12.9
Turnout 2,17928
Labour hold Swing -1.9

Central Rochdale

Central Rochdale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ali Ahmed* 2,292 78.7 +35.1
Liberal Democrats Rifat Mahmood42214.5n/a
Conservative Roger Howarth2006.9+2.4
Majority1,87064.2+29.3
Turnout 2,91439
Labour hold Swing +10.3

East Middleton

East Middleton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Donna Martin* 1,162 57.4 +7.5
UKIP Robert Mudd52025.7−4.0
Conservative Jacqueline Holt34216.9−0.6
Majority64231.7+11.4
Turnout 2,14326
Labour hold Swing +5.75

Healey

Healey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Shah Wazir* 1,190 46.2 +14.6
Conservative Robert McLean58222.6−6.2
UKIP Fredrick Willis44017.1−8.9
Liberal Democrats John Rogers36514.2+5.2
Majority60823.6+20.7
Turnout 2,57733
Labour hold Swing +10.4

Hopwood Hall

Hopwood Hall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Susan Emmott* 1,095 51.5 +6.8
UKIP Angela Gardner57226.9−8.0
Conservative Paul Ellison46021.6+7.2
Majority52324.6+14.8
Turnout 2,12725
Labour hold Swing +7.4

Kingsway

Kingsway
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Elsie Wraighte 1,778 70.2 +11.7
Green Mark Hollinrake26810.6+6.9
Conservative Richard Duckworth26710.5+3.5
Liberal Democrats Anthony Hughes2218.7+0.7
Majority1,51059.6+20.6
Turnout 2,53429
Labour hold Swing +2.4

Littleborough Lakeside

Littleborough Lakeside
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tom Besford 879 34.7 +2.3
Conservative Ann Stott*68727.1−7.9
Liberal Democrats Kathryn Clegg43317.1n/a
UKIP Stephen Mitchell33613.3−11.1
Green Stuart Howard-Cofield1967.7+1.2
Majority1927.6
Turnout 2,53232
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +5.1

Mikstone & Deeplish

Milkstone & Deeplish
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mohammed Zaman* 2,142 83.8 +6.1
Liberal Democrats Richard Eden-Maughan1455.7−0.4
Green Feruz Ali1345.2+2.4
Conservative Keith Taylor1345.2+0.3
Majority1,99778.2+9.0
Turnout 2,55533
Labour hold Swing +3.25

Milnrow & Newhey

Milnrow & Newhey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Andy Kelly* 1,714 60.0 +21.2
Labour Neil Butterworth59520.8−4.1
UKIP Hillary Smith36212.7−6.3
Conservative George Carpenter1846.4−7.2
Majority1,11939.2+25.3
Turnout 2,85536
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +12.65

Norden

Norden
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Winkler* 1,428 55.2 +8.7
Labour Shaukat Ali48318.7−1.7
UKIP Beverley Taylor-King27010.4−13.6
Liberal Democrats Nigel Sarbutts2188.4+3.4
Green Adam Mir1877.2+3.2
Majority94536.5+14.0
Turnout 2,58633
Conservative hold Swing +5.2

North Heywood

North Heywood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ray Dutton* 968 54.8 +16.7
UKIP Bernard Akin52629.8−1.6
Conservative Adrian Coan27415.5+7.0
Majority44225.0+18.3
Turnout 17.6823
Labour hold Swing +9.15

North Middleton

North Middleton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sara Louise Rowbotham* 1,061 54.8 +3.8
UKIP Thomas Barnes59230.6−2.4
Conservative Rachel McLachlan28414.7+1.9
Majority46924.2+6.3
Turnout 1,93725
Labour hold Swing +3.1

Smallbridge & Firgrove

Smallbridge & Firgrove
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Aftab Hussain* 1,335 58.7 +11.9
UKIP Laurent Baudry41018.0−12.0
Liberal Democrats Eleanor Kelly29412.9+9.2
Conservative Keith Branton23410.3+0.1
Majority92540.7+23.5
Turnout 2,27328
Labour hold Swing +11.95

South Middleton

South Middleton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Williams* 1,184 47.7 +5.6
Conservative Stephen Anstee64826.1+2.8
UKIP Philip Partington44017.7−9.5
Liberal Democrats Sue Curzon2128.5+5.0
Majority53621.6+6.7
Turnout 2,48432
Labour hold Swing +1.4

Spotland & Falinge

Spotland & Falinge
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rachel Massey 1,692 61.7 +14.4
Conservative Steven Scholes42915.6+1.8
Green Mick Coats42615.5+10.5
Liberal Democrats Joseph Marsden1967.1−1.7
Majority1,26346.0+20.5
Turnout 2,74333
Labour hold Swing +6.3

Wardle & West Littleborough

Wardle & West Littleborough
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rina Paolucci-Escobar* 1,213 49.2 +3.6
Labour Julian Farnell59524.1+0.9
Liberal Democrats Robert Clegg33613.6+7.4
UKIP Robert Neave32013.0−7.6
Majority61825.1+2.7
Turnout 2,46431
Conservative hold Swing +1.35

West Heywood

West Heywood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jacqui Beswick* 958 49.3 +1.1
UKIP Michael O'Brien69936.0+1.7
Conservative Darren Bayman28714.8+2.9
Majority25913.3−0.6
Turnout 1,94422
Labour hold Swing -0.3

West Middleton

West Middleton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Philip Burke* 1,089 56.2 −1.0
UKIP Lee Seville57629.7+1.1
Conservative Andrew Neilson27314.1+4.6
Majority51326.5−2.1
Turnout 1,93821
Labour hold Swing -1.05

By-elections and other changes

Councillor Alan McCarthy (elected 2018 for Labour in the West Heywood ward) defected from Labour to the Brexit Party on 4 July 2019. [4] Joined Conservative Party June 2021

Councillor Jacqui Beswick (elected 2019 for Labour in the West Heywood ward) resigned from the Labour party on 4 July 2019 to sit as an independent. [4] Joined Conservative Party June 2021

Councillor Kath Nickson (elected 2018 for Labour in the Balderstone & Kirkholt ward) defected from the Liberal Democrats to the Brexit Party on 10 July 2019. [5] Now sits as Conservative

Former council leader Richard Farnell (elected 2016 for Labour in the Balderstone & Kirkholt ward) resigned from the Labour Party on 18 July 2019 to sit as an independent. He had been suspended since April 2018 after a national child abuse inquiry found he lied under oath. In a statement he said he had "no confidence" he would receive a fair disciplinary hearing and could "no longer support a party led by Jeremy Corbyn". [6]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Election results by wards". rochdale.gov.uk. Rochdale Borough Council. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  3. ↑ "Local Election 2019 - Thursday, 2nd May, 2019". Rochdale Borough Council. Rochdale Borough Council. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  4. 1 2 Statham, Nick (4 July 2019). "Heywood councillors leave Labour Party for independence and Brexit Party". Rochdale Online. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  5. ↑ Statham, Nick (10 July 2019). "Liberal Democrat councillor stuns colleagues by quitting to join The Brexit Party - just six months after defecting to them from Labour". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
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