Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council elections

Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council elections are generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council being elected each time. Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council, generally known as Rochdale Borough Council, is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of Rochdale in Greater Manchester, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2022, 60 councillors have been elected from 20 wards. ^[1]

Council elections

• 1973 election
• 1975 election
• 1976 election
• 1978 election
• 1979 election
• 1980 election
• 1982 election
• 1983 election
• 1984 election
• 1986 election
• 1987 election
• 1988 election
• 1990 election
• 1991 election
• 1992 election
• 1994 election
• 1995 election
• 1996 election
• 1998 election
• 1999 election
• 2000 election
• 2002 election
• 2003 election
• 2004 election ^[a]
• 2006 election
• 2007 election
• 2008 election
• 2010 election
• 2011 election
• 2012 election
• 2014 election
• 2015 election
• 2016 election
• 2018 election
• 2019 election
• 2021 election
• 2022 election ^[b]
• 2023 election
• 2024 election

1. Whole council elected after boundary changes ^[2]
2. New ward boundaries ^[1]

Borough result maps

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  2004 results map
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  2006 results map
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  2007 results map
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  2008 results map
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  2010 results map
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  2011 results map
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  2012 results map
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  2014 results map
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  2015 results map
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  2016 results map
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  2018 results map
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  2019 results map
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  2021 results map
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  2022 results map
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  2023 results map
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  2024 results map

By-election results

1994-1998

Littleborough By-Election 11 July 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		2,015	56.6
	Labour		1,109	31.7
	Conservative		413	11.6
	Independent		22	0.6
Majority			906	24.9
Turnout			3,559
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

1998-2002

Milnrow By-Election 10 June 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		1,347	52.2	+18.7
	Labour		716	27.8	−3.2
	Conservative		432	16.8	−5.6
	Independent		84	3.3	+3.3
Majority			631	24.4
Turnout			2,579	29.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

2006-2010

Middleton North By-Election 29 November 2007 ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jonathan Burns	603	41.6	−9.8
	Liberal Democrats	Rhoda Morley	566	39.1	+21.3
	Conservative	David Harris	280	19.3	−11.5
Majority			37	2.5
Turnout			1,449	18.2
	Labour hold		Swing

2010-2014

Norden By-Election 25 April 2013 ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Winkler	1,081	51.2	−6.0
	Labour	Anthony Bennett	627	29.7	+3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Colclough	246	11.7	−4.4
	National Front	Peter Greenwood	156	7.4	+7.4
Majority			460	21.8
Turnout			2,110
	Conservative hold		Swing

2022-2026

North Middleton By-Election 31 October 2024 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Middleton Ind.	Keeley O'Mara	812	51.7	+8.3
	Labour	Donna Martin	572	36.4	−11.9
	Conservative	Sajid Majid	108	6.9	+0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Donaldson	80	5.1	+3.4
Majority			240	15.3
Turnout			1,572
	Middleton Ind. hold		Swing

Balderstone and Kirkholt By-Election 1 May 2025 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Jordan Tarrant-Short	766	32.5	+32.5
	Labour	Leanne Greenwood	624	26.5	−26.4
	Workers Party	Laura Pugh	398	16.9	−2.4
	Conservative	Mudassar Razzaq	212	9.0	−5.5
	Independent	Billy Howarth	180	7.6	+7.6
	Liberal Democrats	Chariss Peacock	109	4.6	−1.3
	Green	Martyn Savin	65	2.8	−4.5
Majority			142	6.0
Turnout			2,354
	Reform UK gain from Labour		Swing

References

1. "The Rochdale (Electoral Changes) Order 2021", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 2021/1230, retrieved 31 August 2022
2. "Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council". BBC News Online . Retrieved 7 May 2010.
3. "Labour hold on in by-election". Middleton Guardian. 30 November 2007. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
4. "Local Elections Archive Project — Norden Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
5. "Local Elections Archive Project — North Middleton Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
6. "Local Elections Archive Project — Balderstone and Kirkholt Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 29 August 2025.

• By-election results

External links

• Rochdale Council