2024 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election

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2024 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election
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  2023 2 May 2024 (2024-05-02)Next 

20 out of 60 seats to Oldham Council
31 seats needed for a majority
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LeaderArooj ShahHoward SykesGraham Sheldon [1]
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative
Leader's seatSt Mary's
Current seats31108
Seats neededIncrease2.svg 21Increase2.svg 23

Incumbent Leader

Arooj Shah
Labour



The 2024 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election is scheduled to be held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom being held on the same day. One-third of the 60 members of Oldham Council in Greater Manchester will be elected.

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Background

The Labour Party have governed Oldham for most of its history. They held a majority on the council from its creation in 1973 to 1994, when they lost control against the national trend. [2] They regained a majority the following year, but lost control to the Liberal Democrats in 2000. Labour regained control in 2003, before losing their majority in 2006. [2] Labour again won a majority in 2011, and have formed majority administrations since then, albeit with reduced margins.

The 2023 election was the first election on the current ward boundaries; as a result, all seats were up for election. Labour won 32 seats with 46.5% of the vote, the Liberal Democrats won 10 with 17.7%, the Conservatives won 11 with 17.6%, the Failsworth Independent Party won 3 with 2.1%, and independents won 4 with 14.3%. The 2024 election is for seats held by councillors elected by the smallest number of votes in each ward; [3] Labour are defending 12 seats, the Liberal Democrats are defending 4, the Conservatives are defending 3, and the Failsworth Independent Party are defending 1. [4]

Previous council composition

After 2023 election Before 2024 election [5] After 2024 election
PartySeatsPartySeatsPartySeats
Labour 32 Labour 31 Labour
Liberal Democrats 10 Liberal Democrats 10 Liberal Democrats
Conservative 11 Conservative 8 Conservative
Failsworth Independent Party3Failsworth Independent Party3Failsworth Independent Party
Independent 4 Independent 8 Independent

Changes:

Results

2024 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Labour 20
  Liberal Democrats 6
  Independent 6
  Conservative 6
  Failsworth Independent Party 2
  Green 0
 National Housing Party0
 Northern Heart0
  Reform UK 0

Ward results

An asterisk denotes an incumbent councillor seeking re-election.

Alexandra

Alexandra [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Zaheer Ali
Green Andrea Chaverra Valencia
Conservative Md Nazrul Chowdhury
Liberal Democrats Martin Dinoff
Independent Carol Hardie
Labour Ghazala Rana
Northern HeartAnne Taylor
Majority
Turnout
Swing

Chadderton Central

Chadderton Central [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Malik Abdul
Independent Peter Brown
Green Daniel Clayton
Conservative Mohammed Razon
Independent Lisa Roddy
Independent Irfat Shajahan
Labour Elaine Taylor*
Northern HeartRob Vance
Majority
Turnout
Swing

Chadderton North

Chadderton North [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Moudud Ahmed
Independent Mohammed Alam
Liberal Democrats Dominic Cadman
Labour Co-op Eddie Moores*
Majority
Turnout
Swing

Chadderton South

Chadderton South [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Mohammed Ali
Conservative Karl Bardsley
Reform UK Andy Clare
Labour Holly Harrison*
Liberal Democrats Michael Scholes
Majority
Turnout
Swing

Coldhurst

Coldhurst [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Montaz Azad
Conservative Muhammed Dara
Green Sheraz Gondal
Independent Mustafa Mustak
Liberal Democrats Rachel Pendlebury
Labour Ruji Surjan*
Majority
Turnout
Swing

Crompton

Crompton [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Barker
Independent Lee Navesey
Conservative Michele Stockton
Liberal Democrats Diane Williamson*
Majority
Turnout
Swing

Failsworth East

Failsworth East [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Barbara Beeley
Independent Catherine Charnock
Conservative Foysal Chowdhury
Failsworth Independent Party Lucia Rea*
Labour Co-op Ken Rustidge
Majority
Turnout
Swing

Failsworth West

Failsworth West [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Failsworth Independent Party Jane Cashinella-Vaughan
Conservative Md Mostakim Chaudhary
Independent Majid Khan
Labour Co-op Kyle Phythian
Liberal Democrats Lynne Thompson
Independent Mark Wilkinson
Majority
Turnout
Swing

Hollinwood

Hollinwood [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Muhammed Alom
Labour Naseem Aslam
Liberal Democrats Roger Blackmore
Green Jason Bromley
Independent Ewan Edge
Independent Muhammad Irfan*
National Housing PartyJohn Lawrence
Independent Ian Whitehead
Majority
Turnout
Swing

Medlock Vale

Medlock Vale [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Shamas Altaf
Liberal Democrats Shona Farnworth
Conservative Akhtar Hussain
Labour Co-op Umar Nasheen*
Independent Muhammad Yasir
Majority
Turnout
Swing

Royton North

Royton North [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jeffrey Garner
Green Miranda Meadowcroft
Labour Clint Phythian
Conservative Lewis Quigg*
Majority
Turnout
Swing

Royton South

Royton South [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Steven Bashforth*
Independent Jade Hughes
Liberal Democrats Tom Penketh
Green Jim Stidworthy
Majority
Turnout
Swing

Saddleworth North

Saddleworth North [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Garth Harkness*
Independent Christopher Marshall
Conservative Stuart Pyefinch
Labour Hannah Roberts
Majority
Turnout
Swing

Saddleworth South

Saddleworth South [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Paul Errock
Green Fesl Reza-Khan
Labour Co-op Dominic Wall
Conservative Max Woodvine*
Liberal Democrats Amy Wrigley
Majority
Turnout
Swing

Saddleworth West and Lees

Saddleworth West and Lees [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dave Barter
Liberal Democrats Mark Kenyon*
Conservative Mujibur Rahman
Independent Paul Shilton
Majority
Turnout
Swing

Shaw

Shaw [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Hazel Gloster*
Labour Stephen Hewitt
Independent Lisa Navesey
Conservative Md Yahhia Qurashi
Majority
Turnout
Swing

St James'

St James' [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Josh Charters*
Independent Amoy Lindo
Liberal Democrats Roger Hindle
Conservative Christopher McManus
Majority
Turnout
Swing

St Mary's

St Mary's [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Khaled Ahmed
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Hussain
Independent Aisha Kouser
Labour Ali Aqeel Salamat*
Majority
Turnout
Swing

Waterhead

Waterhead [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Stuart Allsopp
Liberal Democrats Joe Beeston
Labour Co-op Ros Birch*
Conservative Ruhid Chowdhury
Independent Naveed Chowhan
Reform UK Jack Davies
Northern HeartPaul Taylor
Majority
Turnout
Swing

Werneth

Werneth [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Amjad Ali
Independent Nyla Ibrahim*
Conservative Mohammed Miah
Liberal Democrats Hamza Uddin
Majority
Turnout
gain from Labour Swing

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