2023 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election

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2023 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election
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All 57 seats on Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
29 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
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LeaderGerald CooneyDoreen DickinsonAlan Huntbach
Party Labour Conservative Green
Seats before4881
Seats won5160
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 3Decrease2.svg 2Decrease2.svg 1
Popular vote71,40026,68510,865
Percentage63.4%23.7%9.6%
SwingIncrease2.svg 8.8%Decrease2.svg 12.6%Increase2.svg 0.9%
Tameside UK ward map 2023.svg
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election
Leader before election

Gerald Cooney
Labour

Leader after election

Gerald Cooney
Labour

The 2023 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council elections took place on 4 May 2023 alongside other local elections in the United Kingdom. Due to boundary changes, all 57 seats on Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council were contested.

Contents

Labour retained its majority on the council. [1]

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. Manchester was a district of the Greater Manchester metropolitan county. [2] 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. [3]

Since its creation in 1974, Tameside has always been under Labour control, aside from 1978 to 1982 when the Conservatives held a majority. [4]

In June 2022 the Local Government Boundary Commission for England made The Tameside (Electoral Changes) Order 2022, which officially abolished the existing 19 wards and created 19 new wards with different boundaries. Because of this change, all 57 seats on the council, three per ward, were be contested. [5]

Electoral process

The election took place using the plurality block voting system, a form of first-past-the-post voting, with each ward being represented by three councillors. The candidate with the most votes in each ward will serve a four-year term ending in 2027, the second-placed candidate will serve a three-year term anding in 2026 and the third-placed candidate will serve a one-year term ending in 2024. [5]

All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in Oldham 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.

Previous council composition

After 2022 election Before 2023 election [6]
PartySeatsPartySeats
Labour 50 Labour 48
Conservative 6 Conservative 8
Green 1 Green 1

Results

2023 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election
PartySeatsNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 513 Increase2.svg89.563.471,400
  Conservative 62 Decrease2.svg10.523.726,685
  Green 01 Decrease2.svg9.610,865
  Independent 00 Steady2.svg1.82,078
  Liberal Democrats 00 Steady2.svg0.8909
  Women's Equality 00 Steady2.svg0.4462
  Monster Raving Loony 00 Steady2.svg0.2244

Ashton Hurst

Ashton Hurst (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mike Glover 1,307 49.7
Conservative Dan Costello 1,232 46.8
Labour Mohammed Karim 1,052 40.0
Labour Dolores Lewis1,04639.8
Conservative Lucy Turner98037.3
Green Hilary Jones55121.0
Rejected ballots10
Turnout 2,63030.9
Registered electors 8,521
Labour win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Ashton St Michael's

Ashton St Michael's (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andrew McLaren 1,323 60.4
Labour Bill Fairfoull 1,247 56.9
Labour Jean Drennan 1,184 54.1
Conservative Victoria Golas55725.4
Green Jenny Ross44620.4
Liberal Democrats John Bartley37317.0
Rejected ballots12
Turnout 2,19024.1
Registered electors 9,106
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Ashton Waterloo

Ashton Waterloo (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Vimal Choksi 1,343 51.7
Labour Dave Howarth 1,185 45.6
Labour Sangita Patel 1,179 45.4
Green Christine Clark86433.3
Green Lee Huntbach81031.2
Green Trevor Clarke75929.2
Conservative Matt Allen39215.1
Rejected ballots10
Turnout 2,59828.5
Registered electors 9,110
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Audenshaw

Audenshaw (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charlotte Martin 1,574 57.0
Labour Nick Axford 1,493 54.1
Labour Teresa Smith 1,344 48.7
Conservative Danny Mather1,07939.1
Green Luke Robinson49017.8
Rejected ballots13
Turnout 2,76029.3
Registered electors 9,428
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Denton North East

Denton North East (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Allison Gwynne 1,341 65.2
Labour Denise Ward 1,106 53.8
Labour Vincent Ricci 1,021 49.7
Conservative Dawn Cobb57828.1
Green John Bradley39419.2
Rejected ballots15
Turnout 2,05624.2
Registered electors 8,487
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Denton South

Denton South (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Newton 1,517 63.7
Labour Claire Reid 1,502 63.1
Labour Jack Naylor 1,398 58.7
Conservative Timothy Cho66628.0
Green Bethany Gartside36615.4
Monster Raving Loony Farmin Lord F'Tang F'Tang Dave24410.2
Rejected ballots4
Turnout 2,38127.7
Registered electors 8,605
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Denton West

Denton West (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Jones 1,928 71.0
Labour Brenda Warrington 1,714 63.1
Labour Mike Smith 1,591 58.6
Conservative Tom Dunne60722.4
Green Christopher Parr51819.1
Rejected ballots13
Turnout 2,71529.9
Registered electors 9,087
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Droylsden East

Droylsden East (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Mills 1,071 51.3
Labour Susan Quinn 1,051 50.4
Labour Laura Boyle 1,021 48.9
Conservative Matt Stevenson54826.3
Green Louise Axon45121.6
Liberal Democrats Rowan Fitton35817.2
Rejected ballots14
Turnout 2,08624.6
Registered electors 8,496
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Droylsden West

Droylsden West (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ged Cooney 1,304 62.0
Labour Ann Holland 1,188 56.5
Labour Barrie Holland 1,077 51.2
Green Nicola Harrop50624.1
Conservative James Wexler49923.7
Rejected ballots7
Turnout 2,10224.3
Registered electors 8,651
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Dukinfield

Dukinfield (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jackie Lane 1,222 58.9
Labour John Taylor 1,187 57.2
Labour Naila Sharif 1,105 53.3
Conservative David Rose57927.9
Green Julie Wood54426.2
Rejected ballots14
Turnout 2,07422.7
Registered electors 9,137
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Dukinfield Stalybridge

Dukinfield Stalybridge (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Leanne Feeley 1,243 47.4
Labour David Sweeton 1,229 46.9
Labour Elanor Wills 1,189 45.3
Conservative Kurt McPartland99738.0
Conservative David Dawson83131.7
Conservative Malcolm Smith72827.8
Green Linda Freeman42416.2
Rejected ballots16
Turnout 2,62229.8
Registered electors 8,808
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Hyde Godley

Hyde Godley (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Joe Kitchen 1,278 48.9
Labour Co-op Betty Affleck 1,273 48.7
Conservative Andrea Colbourne 1,139 43.6
Labour Co-op David McAllister1,13943.6
Conservative Melissa Molloy84332.3
Conservative Ali Reza79030.2
Green Zebedee Powell33512.8
Rejected ballots11
Turnout 2,61330.8
Registered electors 8,492
Labour Co-op win (new boundaries)
Labour Co-op win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Third place was decided by the returning officer drawing lots to break the tie between Andrea Colbourne and David McAllister. [7]

Hyde Newton

Hyde Newton (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Helen Bowden 1,175 58.7
Labour Co-op Peter Robinson 1,137 56.8
Labour Co-op Hugh Roderick 929 46.4
Conservative Carl Edwards53926.9
Conservative Wendy Ince45822.9
Liberal Democrats Peter Ball-Foster37818.9
Green Emma Powell36618.3
Rejected ballots4
Turnout 2,00222.3
Registered electors 8,993
Labour Co-op win (new boundaries)
Labour Co-op win (new boundaries)
Labour Co-op win (new boundaries)

Hyde Werneth

Hyde Werneth (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Phil Chadwick 1,665 47.0
Labour Co-op Shibley Alam 1,608 45.4
Labour Co-op Jim Fitzpatrick 1,530 43.2
Conservative Ruth Welsh1,45641.1
Labour Co-op Muhammad Rahman1,35238.2
Conservative Paul Molloy1,32437.4
Green Alex Cooper47013.3
Rejected ballots7
Turnout 3,53938.1
Registered electors 9,293
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Labour Co-op win (new boundaries)
Labour Co-op win (new boundaries)

Longendale

Longendale (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jacqueline North 1,429 61.2
Labour Gary Ferguson 1,344 57.5
Labour Jacqueline Owen 1,201 51.4
Green Doris Breierley64227.5
Conservative Leslie Browning58625.1
Conservative Cameron Robertson55823.9
Rejected ballots12
Turnout 2,33624.5
Registered electors 9,530
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Mossley

Mossley (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jack Homer 1,466 55.9
Labour Taf Sharif 1,334 50.9
Labour Steve Homer 1,259 48.0
Green Dermot Gill71627.3
Independent Dean Aylett69826.6
Conservative Andrew Hay59522.7
Women's Equality Hattie Thomas46217.6
Rejected ballots10
Turnout 2,62130.1
Registered electors 8,700
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

St Peter's

St Peter's (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joyce Bowerman 1,507 64.7
Labour Warren Bray 1,232 52.9
Labour David McNally 1,002 43.0
Independent Iftikhar Ahmad53218.5
Conservative Shazad Azam52422.5
Green Sarah Whiteley37516.1
Rejected ballots7
Turnout 2,33025.7
Registered electors 9,081
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Stalybridge North

Stalybridge North (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christine Beardmore 1,057 42.4
Labour Adrian Pearce 992 39.8
Labour Jan Jackson 956 38.3
Independent Steven Barton84834.0
Conservative Clive Patrick64325.8
Conservative Lisa Tilbrook59023.6
Conservative Ky Marland50920.4
Green Alice Mason-Power40216.1
Rejected ballots12
Turnout 2,49526.9
Registered electors 9,285
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Stalybridge South

Stalybridge South (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Doreen Dickinson 1,494 54.4
Conservative Liam Billington 1,402 51.1
Conservative David Tilbrook 1,297 47.3
Labour Francesca Coates1,09840.0
Labour Katy Flanagan95134.7
Labour Stuart McKenzie86931.7
Green Amanda Hickling43615.9
Rejected ballots18
Turnout 2,74430.1
Registered electors 9,102
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

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