2023 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election

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2023 Rochdale Council election
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20 out of 60 seats of Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council
31 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
  No image wide.svg No image wide.svg
Leader Neil Emmott John Taylor
Party Labour Conservative
Last election42 seats, 50.8%10 seats, 20.3%
Seats won163
Seats after469
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 3Decrease2.svg 1
Popular vote27,8379667
Percentage56.5%19.6%
SwingIncrease2.svg 5.7Decrease2.svg 0.9
 Third partyFourth party
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LeaderAndy KellyLee Wolf
Party Liberal Democrats Middleton Ind.
Last election3 seats, 17.3%5 seats, 9.1%
Seats won10
Seats after33
Seat changeSteady2.svg 0Decrease2.svg 2
Popular vote58652461
Percentage11.9%5.0%
SwingDecrease2.svg 5.4Decrease2.svg 4.1
Rochdale UK ward map 2023.svg
The winner of each seat in the 2023 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council Election
Leader before election

Neil Emmott
Labour

Leader after election

Neil Emmott
Labour

The 2023 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council elections took place on 4 May 2023 alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom. One third of seats (20) on Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council were contested.

Contents

Labour retained its majority on the council. [1] [2]

Background

The Local Government Act 1972 created a two-tier system of metropolitan counties and districts covering Greater Manchester, Merseyside, South Yorkshire, Tyne and Wear, the West Midlands, and West Yorkshire starting in 1974. Rochdale was a district of the Greater Manchester metropolitan county. [3] The Local Government Act 1985 abolished the metropolitan counties, with metropolitan districts taking on most of their powers as metropolitan boroughs. The Greater Manchester Combined Authority was created in 2011 and began electing the mayor of Greater Manchester from 2017, which was given strategic powers covering a region coterminous with the former Greater Manchester metropolitan county. [4]

Since its formation, Rochdale has variously been under Labour control, Liberal Democrat control, Conservative control and no overall control. Councillors have predominantly been elected from the Labour Party, Liberal Democrats and the Conservative Party, with some independent councillors also serving. The council has had an overall Labour majority since the 2011.

In the most recent election in 2022, where all 60 seats on the council were up for election, Labour won 42 seats with 50% of the vote, the Conservatives won ten seats with 20% of the vote, the Middleton Independents Party won five seats with 9% of the vote and the Liberal Democrats won three seats with 17% of the vote. [5]

Electoral process

The council generally elects its councillors in thirds, with a third being up for election every year for three years, with no election in the fourth year. [6] [7] The election will be conducted using the first-past-the-post voting system, with each ward electing one councillor.

All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in Rochdale aged 18 or over were entitled to vote in the election. People who lived at two addresses in different councils, such as university students with different term-time and holiday addresses, were entitled to be registered for and vote in elections in both local authorities. Voting in-person at polling stations took place from 07:00 to 22:00 on election day, and voters were able to apply for postal votes or proxy votes in advance of the election.

Results

2023 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Labour 163 Increase2.svg80304676.726,19851.2
  Conservative 31 Decrease2.svg156915.011,30622.1
  Liberal Democrats 10 Steady2.svg5235.05,86511.5
  Green 00 Steady2.svg0003,6647.2
  Middleton Ind. 02 Decrease2.svg0223.33,3686.6
  Independent 00 Steady2.svg0006071.2
  Freedom Alliance 00 Steady2.svg0001970.4

Asterisks denote incumbent councillors seeking re-election.

Balderstone & Kirkholt

Balderstone & Kirkholt [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Elsie Blundell 1,124 58.4 +8.9
Conservative Mudassar Razzaq45123.4-0.1
Green Jordan Eves1859.6-5.5
Independent Laura Grabowska1648.5+1.9
Majority67335.0
Turnout 1,924
Labour hold

Bamford

Bamford [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Steve Anstee 1,580 53.8 +6.2
Labour Rosie Choudhury1,03335.2+2.5
Liberal Democrats Siobhain Cunnane32411.0-1.5
Majority54718.6
Turnout 2,937
Conservative hold

Castleton

Castleton [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Aasim Rashid 882 39.4 -5.4
Conservative Malcolm Bywater47321.1-6.1
Independent David Jones44319.8N/A
Liberal Democrats John Swarbrick22710.1-6.3
Green Jonathan Kershaw2139.5N/A
Majority409
Turnout 2,238
Labour hold

Central Rochdale

Central Rochdale [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sameena Zaheer 2,487 72.9 +20.9
Liberal Democrats Abdul Ghafoor60117.6-18.0
Conservative Shajan Ali3239.5+5.5
Majority1,88655.3
Turnout 3,411
Labour hold

East Middleton

East Middleton [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Terry Smith 1,588 61.7 +19.5
Middleton Ind. Bernard Wynne69727.1-17.9
Conservative Aaron Slack28911.2N/A
Majority89134.6
Turnout 2,574
Labour gain from Middleton Ind.

Healey

Healey [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tricia Ayrton 1,789 68.9 +17.9
Conservative Sajid Mahmood58722.6-9.4
Liberal Democrats Safina Kauser2218.5-3.6
Majority1,20246.3
Turnout 2,597
Labour hold

Hopwood Hall

Hopwood Hall [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Hodgkinson 1,415 64.9 +18.1
Conservative Claudius Chonzi40818.7-10.5
Middleton Ind. Matthew Glaysher25711.8-5.5
Liberal Democrats Iain Donaldson1004.6N/A
Majority1,00746.2
Turnout 2,180
Labour hold

Kingsway

Kingsway [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rachel Massey 1,650 68.6 +12.4
Conservative Ibrahim Khalil38416.0-7.8
Liberal Democrats Sharon Taylor2008.3-4.6
Green Mark Hollinrake1727.1-5.0
Majority1,26652.6
Turnout 2,406
Labour hold

Littleborough Lakeside

Littleborough Lakeside [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Jackson 1,103 44.1 +12.6
Conservative John Hartley1,09643.9+2.0
Green Guy Otten2399.6-5.8
Liberal Democrats Zarah Kauser642.6-12.8
Majority70.2
Turnout 2,502
Labour gain from Conservative

Milkstone & Deeplish

Milkstone & Deeplish [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Aiza Rashid 1,898 80.0 +32.0
Liberal Democrats Naveed Akhtar2329.8-27.4
Conservative Raja Miah1486.2+1.8
Green Feruz Ali944.0N/A
Majority1,66670.2
Turnout 2,372
Labour hold

Milnrow & Newhey

Milnrow & Newhey [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Dave Bamford 1,297 47.2 -7.7
Labour Avis Gilmore93534.0+9.5
Conservative Aiden Forshaw34912.7-3.4
Green Stephen Sharp1676.1N/A
Majority36213.2
Turnout 2,748
Liberal Democrats hold

Norden

Norden [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mike Holly 1,462 53.9 +4.5
Labour Farhat Kazmi63823.5+2.7
Liberal Democrats Stephanie Robertson38214.1-4.5
Green Sarah Croke2298.4N/A
Majority82430.4
Turnout 2,711
Conservative hold

North Heywood

North Heywood [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Beverley Place 1,268 78.6 +15.2
Conservative Nigel Morrell34621.4N/A
Majority92257.2
Turnout 1,614
Labour hold

North Middleton

North Middleton [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Elizabeth Atewologun 1,236 50.0 +12.3
Middleton Ind. Lee Wolf1,00640.7+1.9
Conservative Darren Bayman2289.2-4.8
Majority2309.3
Turnout 2,470
Labour gain from Middleton Ind.

Smallbridge & Firgrove

Smallbridge & Firgrove [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Amna Mir 1,153 51.2 +2.8
Liberal Democrats Fezan Khalid60626.9-4.1
Conservative Saliah Begum29413.1-5.1
Freedom Alliance Paul Ashton1978.8N/A
Majority54724.3
Turnout 2,250
Labour hold

South Middleton

South Middleton [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Patricia Dale 1,527 51.8 +9.9
Middleton Ind. Emma Hezelgrave-Whitworth93731.8+0.6
Conservative Bernard Braiden48616.5-7.6
Majority59020.0
Turnout 2,950
Labour hold

Spotland & Falinge

Spotland & Falinge [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Amber Nisa 1,479 49.3 +0.4
Liberal Democrats Rabina Asghar1,14338.1+7.5
Conservative Annmarie Conway1986.6-4.2
Green Mick Coats1796.0-5.3
Majority33611.2
Turnout 2,999
Labour hold

Wardle, Shore & West Littleborough

Wardle, Shore & West Littleborough [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Taylor 1,504 59.6 +6.3
Labour Julian Farnell68927.3+3.9
Green Hannah MacGuire1867.4-1.7
Liberal Democrats Eleanor Kelly1465.8-4.1
Majority81532.3
Turnout 2,525
Conservative hold

West Heywood

West Heywood [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Linda Robinson 1,184 60.4 +10.5
Conservative Jordan Tarrant-Short54327.7-6.8
Liberal Democrats Tom Shaw23211.8N/A
Majority64132.7
Turnout 1,959
Labour hold

West Middleton

West Middleton [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Neil Emmott 1,120 60.9 +16.6
Middleton Ind. Peter Shore47125.6-6.3
Conservative Matt Roughsedge1578.5-2.7
Liberal Democrats Nikki Edwards904.9+0.7
Majority64935.3
Turnout 1,838
Labour hold

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