Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council elections

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Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council elections are generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council being elected each time. Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council, generally known as Oldham Council, is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of Oldham in Greater Manchester, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2023, 60 councillors have been elected from 20 wards. [1]

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Council elections

Results maps

By-elections

2002-2006

Failsworth East by-election 20 November 2003
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jim McMahon 2,04568.0+2.6
BNP Charles Styles53917.9+17.9
Conservative Paul Martin2969.8−17.0
Liberal Democrats Keith Pendlebury1284.3−3.4
Majority 1,50650.1
Turnout 3,00837.1
Labour hold Swing

2006-2010

Saddleworth West and Lees by-election 5 July 2007 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Barbara Beeley90851.3−3.7
Labour Stephen Exton41623.5+4.7
Conservative Vincent Lord24313.7−12.5
BNP Martin Brierley20211.4+11.4
Majority 49227.8
Turnout 1,76922.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Failsworth East by-election 14 June 2012 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Norman Briggs 1,199 79.0 −5.9
UKIP Carrol Ashton20913.8+13.8
Liberal Democrats Ron Wise1097.2−7.9
Majority 99065.3
Turnout 1,517
Labour hold Swing

2010-2014

Failsworth West by-election 15 November 2012 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Elaine Garry 832 54.1 −6.8
UKIP Warren Bates48931.8−1.5
Conservative Lewis Quigg1227.9+7.9
Green Jean Betteridge684.4+4.4
Liberal Democrats Martin Dinoff261.7−4.2
Majority 34322.3
Turnout 1,537
Labour hold Swing
Royton South by-election 14 March 2013 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Marie Bashforth 938 63.7 −6.1
Conservative Allan Fish24416.6−7.6
Liberal Democrats Stephen Barrow22115.0+9.0
Green Roger Pakeman704.8+4.8
Majority 69447.1
Turnout 1,473
Labour hold Swing
Alexandra by-election 9 May 2013 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Zahid Chauhan 1,553 70.7 +24.3
UKIP Derek Fletcher41218.8+18.8
Liberal Democrats Kevin Dawson964.4−14.4
Conservative Neil Allsopp803.6−31.2
Green Miranda Meadowcroft552.5+2.5
Majority 1,14152.0
Turnout 2,196
Labour hold Swing

2014-2018

Failsworth East by-election 16 February 2017 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Jacques 829 58.4 −7.3
Conservative Antony Cahill36025.4+1.7
UKIP Nicholas Godleman16611.7+11.7
Green Andy Hunter-Rossall493.5−4.2
Liberal Democrats Shaun Duffy161.1−1.8
Majority 46933.0
Turnout 1,420
Labour hold Swing
Royton North by-election 8 June 2017 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Jacques 2,504 49.6 −0.3
Conservative Alan Fish2,04740.5+23.7
Liberal Democrats Russ Gosling2945.8−0.1
Green Lina Shaw2054.1+0.4
Majority 4579.0
Turnout 5,050
Labour hold Swing

2014-2018

Failsworth East by-election 29 November 2018 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Elizabeth Jacques 677 58.5 +5.3
Conservative Antony Cahill33629.0+0.5
Independent Warren Bates948.1+8.1
UKIP Paul Goldring322.8+2.8
Liberal Democrats Stephen Barrow181.6+0.5
Majority 34129.5
Turnout 1,157
Labour hold Swing

2018-2022

Hollinwood by-election 17 November 2022 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Hannah Roberts 718 44.8 −14.1
Conservative Kamran Ghafoor63939.8+21.5
Independent Barbara Whitehead1529.5+9.5
National Housing PartyJohn Lawrence593.7−6.4
Liberal Democrats Dominic Cadman362.2−6.6
Majority 794.9
Turnout 1,604
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. 1 2 "The Oldham (Electoral Changes) Order 2022", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 2022/778, retrieved 1 September 2022
  2. ↑ "The Oldham (Electoral Changes) Order 2004", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 2004/124, retrieved 1 September 2004
  3. ↑ "Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council". BBC News Online . Retrieved 9 April 2010.
  4. ↑ "Oldham Council by-election results 5 July 2007". Oldham Council. 6 July 2007. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
  5. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Failsworth East Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
  6. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Failsworth West Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
  7. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Royton South Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
  8. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Alexandra Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
  9. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Failsworth East Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
  10. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Royton North Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
  11. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Failsworth East Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
  12. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Hollinwood Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
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