2024 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election

2024 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election

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19 out of 57 seats on Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council 29 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Gerald Cooney Doreen Dickinson N/A Party Labour Conservative Independent Seats before 51 6 0 Seats won 14 3 2 Seats after 48 7 2 Seat change 3 1 2 Popular vote 25,622 9,989 3,938 Percentage 52.1% 20.3% 8.0% Swing 11.3% 3.4% 6.2%
Winner of each seat at the 2024 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election
Leader before election Gerald Cooney Labour Leader after election Gerald Cooney Labour

The 2024 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council elections was held on 2 May 2024 alongside other local elections in the United Kingdom. One third of the 57 seats on the Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council was contested, with each successful candidate serving a four-year term of office, expiring in 2028. Labour retained their majority on the council.

Background

Since its creation in 1974, Tameside has always been under Labour control, aside from 1978 to 1982 when the Conservatives held a majority. ^[1] The previous election in 2023, which took place following boundary changes and thus required all 57 seats to be contested, ^[2] saw Labour increase its majority by three seats at the expense of two Conservative seats and the sole seat of the Green Party on the council. ^[3]

Previous council composition

After 2023 election			Before 2024 election [4]			After 2024 election
Party		Seats	Party		Seats	Party		Seats
	Labour	51		Labour	51		Labour	48
	Conservative	6		Conservative	6		Conservative	7
	Independent	0		Independent	0		Independent	2

Summary

Labour had 51 of the council's 57 seats prior to the election. They lost three seats at this election, but were still left with a large majority of the seats. ^[5]

Election result

Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council composition following the 2024 local elections

2024 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	14	3	73.7	34	48	84.2	25,622	52.1	–11.3
	Conservative	3	1	15.8	4	7	12.3	9,989	20.3	–3.4
	Independent	2	2	10.5	0	2	3.5	3,938	8.0	+6.2
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	8,659	17.6	+8.0
	Liberal Democrats	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	729	1.5	+0.7
	Workers Party	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	272	0.6	N/A

Results by ward

The statement of persons nominated was released on 8 April 2024. ^[6] Asterisk denotes incumbent.

Ashton Hurst

Ashton Hurst

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mohammed Shamsul Karim*	1,171	43.8	+1.5
	Conservative	Roy Thomas Miller	969	36.3	–3.6
	Green	Hilary Veronica Jones	531	19.9	+2.1
Majority			202	7.5	N/A
Turnout			2,698	31.3	+0.4
Rejected ballots			17
Registered electors			8,608
	Labour hold		Swing	2.6

Ashton St Michael's

Ashton St Michael's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jean Drennan*	1,141	43.1	–5.3
	Independent	Aaisha Ajmal	852	32.2	N/A
	Conservative	Kevin Berry	416	15.7	–4.7
	Liberal Democrats	John Bartley	203	7.7	–6.0
Majority			289	10.9	N/A
Turnout			2,645	28.9	+4.8
Rejected ballots			33
Registered electors			9,158
	Labour hold

Ashton Waterloo

Ashton Waterloo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sangita Patel*	1,390	52.4	+0.7
	Green	Lee Alan Huntbach	1,261	47.6	+14.4
Majority			129	4.8	N/A
Turnout			2,733	29.7	+1.2
Rejected ballots			82
Registered electors			9,209
	Labour hold		Swing	6.9

Audenshaw

Audenshaw

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Teresa Ann Smith*	1,640	56.9	+9.6
	Green	Glenn Curtis Piper	1,109	38.5	+24.7
Majority			531	18.4	N/A
Turnout			2,882	29.7	+0.4
Rejected ballots			133
Registered electors			9,699
	Labour hold		Swing	7.6

Denton North East

Denton North East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vincent Ricci*	1,403	64.8	+9.4
	Green	John Bradley	678	31.3	+15.6
Majority			725	33.5	N/A
Turnout			2,165	25.1	+0.9
Rejected ballots			84
Registered electors			8,623
	Labour hold		Swing	3.1

Denton South

Denton South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jack Jeremy Naylor*	1,619	67.2	+13.9
	Conservative	Hayley Woodcock	479	19.9	–3.6
	Green	Chris Parr	276	11.5	–1.5
Majority			1,140	47.3	N/A
Turnout			2,409	27.9	+0.2
Rejected ballots			35
Registered electors			8,646
	Labour hold		Swing	8.8

Denton West

Denton West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Smith*	1,943	66.2	+4.2
	Conservative	Clive Patrick	532	18.1	–1.4
	Green	Keith Whitehead	407	13.9	–2.9
Majority			1,411	48.1	N/A
Turnout			2,937	32.4	+1.5
Rejected ballots			55
Registered electors			9,057
	Labour hold		Swing	2.8

Droylsden East

Droylsden East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Laura Maria Boyle*	1,352	57.3	+14.3
	Conservative	Melissa Mooney	433	18.4	–3.9
	Green	Lorraine Ann Whitehead	290	12.3	–6.1
	Liberal Democrats	Rowan Edward Fitton	242	10.3	–4.3
Majority			919	38.9	N/A
Turnout			2,359	27.4	+2.8
Rejected ballots			42
Registered electors			8,622
	Labour hold		Swing	9.1

Droylsden West

Droylsden West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barrie Holland*	1,428	60.3	+5.3
	Conservative	David Dawson	444	18.8	–2.4
	Green	Luke Nicholas Robinson	440	18.6	–2.9
Majority			984	41.5	N/A
Turnout			2,367	27.6	+3.3
Rejected ballots			55
Registered electors			8,574
	Labour hold		Swing	3.9

Dukinfield

Dukinfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Naila Sharif*	1,341	60.4	+11.1
	Green	Zebedee Jack Powell	780	35.1	+13.6
Majority			561	25.3	N/A
Turnout			2,221	24.3	+1.6
Rejected ballots			100
Registered electors			9,136
	Labour hold		Swing	1.3

Dukinfield Stalybridge

Dukinfield Stalybridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eleanor Wills*	1,205	46.8	+1.1
	Conservative	Malcolm Smith	835	32.4	–4.3
	Green	Ben Hart	483	18.8	+3.2
Majority			370	14.4	N/A
Turnout			2,574	29.2	–0.6
Rejected ballots			51
Registered electors			8,810
	Labour hold		Swing	2.7

Hyde Godley

Hyde Godley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrea Alyson Jane Colbourne*	1,242	43.7	+2.8
	Labour	Francesca Coates	1,069	37.6	–8.3
	Green	Emma Powell	497	17.5	+5.5
Majority			173	6.1	N/A
Turnout			2,841	32.8	+2.0
Rejected ballots			33
Registered electors			8,656
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.6

Hyde Newton

Hyde Newton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Hugh William Roderick*	1,146	52.1	+4.8
	Conservative	Andrew Moss	476	21.6	±0.0
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Stanley Ball-Foster	284	12.9	–2.4
	Workers Party	Audel Shirin	272	12.4	N/A
Majority			670	30.5	N/A
Turnout			2,200	24.3	+2.0
Rejected ballots			22
Registered electors			9,050
	Labour hold		Swing	2.4

Hyde Werneth

Hyde Werneth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher James Halligan	1,292	38.0	–6.4
	Labour Co-op	Jim Fitzpatrick*	1,167	34.3	–8.5
	Green	Alex Cooper	608	17.9	+5.4
	Independent	Phil Fitzpatrick	320	9.4	N/A
Turnout			3,404	36.4	–1.7
Majority			125	3.7	N/A
Rejected ballots			17
Registered electors			9,364
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	1.1

Longdendale

Longdendale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jacqueline Clair Owen*	1,538	59.4	+6.4
	Conservative	Kieron Willd	588	22.7	+0.9
	Green	Trevor Clarke	429	16.6	–7.4
Majority			950	36.7	N/A
Turnout			2,589	26.7	+2.2
Rejected ballots			34
Registered electors			9,702
	Labour hold		Swing	2.8

Mossley

Mossley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Anthony Homer*	1,713	62.0	+25.7
	Conservative	Callum Percival	530	19.2	+4.4
	Green	Sarah Joanne Whiteley	479	17.3	–0.6
Majority			1,183	42.8	N/A
Turnout			2,763	31.8	+1.7
Rejected ballots			41
Registered electors			8,698
	Labour hold		Swing	10.7

St Peter's

St Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Kaleel Khan	1,596	56.1	+38.0
	Labour	David McNally*	1,248	43.9	–7.4
Majority			348	12.2	N/A
Turnout			2,925	31.6	+5.9
Rejected ballots			81
Registered electors			9,260
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing	22.7

Stalybridge North

Stalybridge North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Steven Barton	1,170	44.7	+16.0
	Labour Co-op	Jan Jackson*	1,054	40.2	+4.4
	Conservative	Elisabeth Tilbrook	396	15.0	–6.7
Majority			116	4.5	N/A
Turnout			2,641	28.6	+1.7
Rejected ballots			21
Registered electors			9,238
	Independent gain from Labour Co-op		Swing	5.8

Stalybridge South

Stalybridge South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Tilbrook*	1,357	48.4	–0.9
	Labour	Stuart Jeffrey McKenzie	1,054	37.6	+1.3
	Green	Amanda Jane Hickling	391	14.0	–0.4
Majority			303	10.8	N/A
Turnout			2,826	31.2	+1.1
Rejected ballots			24
Registered electors			9,054
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.1

Changes 2024-2026

By-elections

Longdendale

Longdendale by-election: 10 April 2025

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Allan Hopwood	911	46.6	N/A
	Labour Co-op	Francesca Coates	489	25.0	–34.4
	Conservative	Kieron Wild	242	12.4	–10.3
	Green	Amanda Hickling	237	12.1	–4.5
	Independent	Emma Leyla	76	3.9	N/A
Majority			422	21.6	N/A
Turnout			1,965	20.1	–6.6
Registered electors			9,763
	Reform UK gain from Labour

References

1. "Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. p. 22. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
2. "The Tamseide (Electoral Changes) Order 2022". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
3. "Tameside election result (2023)". BBC News. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
4. "About Your Council". tameside.gov.uk. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
5. Slater, Chris (2 May 2024). "Tameside council local election 2024 results in full". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
6. "Statement of persons nominated and notice of poll" (PDF). tameside.moderngov.co.uk. Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council. 8 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.