Elections to Rochdale Council were held on 10 June 2004. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2003. The council stayed under no overall control.
| Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2004 | |||||||||||||||
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| Party | Candidates | Votes | |||||||||||||
| Stood | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | No. | Net % | |||||||
| Liberal Democrats | 48 | 25 | – | – |  2 | 41.7% | 39.7% | 64,870 | 3.6% | ||||||
| Labour | 60 | 24 | – | – |  6 | 40% | 33.9% | 55,457 | 3.9% | ||||||
| Conservative | 42 | 11 | – | – | 3 | 18.3% | 25.6% | 41,787 |  | ||||||
| BNP | 1 | 0 | – | – | | 0% | 0.5% | 779 | N/A | ||||||
| Liberal | 1 | 0 | – | – | | 0% | 0.4% | 575 | | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Alan Brett | 1,151 | 16.9 | ||
| Labour | Darren Pedley | 1,062 | 15.6 | ||
| Labour | Angela Robinson | 1,021 | 15.0 | ||
| Conservative | Linda Butler | 785 | 11.5 | ||
| Conservative | Richard Rudd | 705 | 10.3 | ||
| Conservative | Paula Devlin | 654 | 9.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | John Townson | 527 | 7.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Hilary Rogers | 489 | 7.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Drakzai Khan | 414 | 6.1 | ||
| Turnout | 6,808 | 36.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jane Gartside | 1,897 | 17.8 | ||
| Conservative | Ian Duckworth | 1,650 | 15.5 | ||
| Conservative | William Hobhouse | 1,591 | 15.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Crea Lavin | 1,407 | 13.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Gregory Couzens | 1,319 | 12.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | John Swarbrick | 1,235 | 11.6 | ||
| Labour | Rita Knight | 539 | 5.1 | ||
| Labour | Pauline Freeman | 513 | 4.8 | ||
| Labour | Neil Emmott | 468 | 4.4 | ||
| Turnout | 10,625 | 51.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Patricia Flynn | 1,852 | 20.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | James Flynn | 1,814 | 20.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Davison | 1,713 | 19.1 | ||
| Labour | Peter Dawson | 663 | 7.4 | ||
| Labour | Andrew Butler | 660 | 7.3 | ||
| Labour | Stephen Griffiths | 658 | 7.3 | ||
| Conservative | Cecilia Crossley | 552 | 6.1 | ||
| Conservative | Ronald Crossley | 548 | 6.1 | ||
| Conservative | Bonnar Coleano | 519 | 5.8 | ||
| Turnout | 8,979 | 42.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Zulfiqar Ali | 2,144 | 20.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Khalid Mahmood | 2,130 | 20.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Shah Wazir | 2,096 | 20.0 | ||
| Labour | Jack Butterworth | 1,313 | 12.5 | ||
| Labour | Hellal Choudhury | 1,179 | 11.2 | ||
| Labour | Farooq Ahmed | 1,116 | 10.6 | ||
| Conservative | Roger Howarth | 513 | 4.9 | ||
| Turnout | 10,491 | 56.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Clarice Cooper | 1,232 | 27.1 | ||
| Labour | Anne Murphy | 1,189 | 26.2 | ||
| Labour | David Murphy | 1,144 | 25.2 | ||
| Labour | James Moran | 978 | 21.5 | ||
| Turnout | 4,543 | 32.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Thomas Bailey | 2,037 | 20.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Watkins | 1,775 | 17.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Anne Taylor | 1,763 | 17.7 | ||
| Conservative | Andrew Neilson | 1,141 | 11.5 | ||
| Conservative | Leonard Branton | 920 | 9.2 | ||
| Conservative | Keith Taylor | 888 | 8.9 | ||
| Labour | Christine Taylor | 588 | 5.9 | ||
| Labour | Moshahid Hussain | 436 | 4.4 | ||
| Labour | Mohammed Mia | 388 | 3.9 | ||
| Turnout | 9,936 | 47.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Linda Robinson | 1,437 | 19.6 | ||
| Labour | Susan Emmott | 1,411 | 19.2 | ||
| Labour | Carol Wardle | 1,376 | 18.7 | ||
| Conservative | Peter Burt | 1,133 | 15.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Brierley | 680 | 9.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Heard | 678 | 9.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Neil Lever | 623 | 8.5 | ||
| Turnout | 7,338 | 39.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | David Clayton | 1,557 | 14.7 | ||
| Labour | Lynn Brosnan | 1,493 | 14.1 | ||
| Labour | Thomas Stott | 1,344 | 12.7 | ||
| Labour | Abdul Chowdry | 1,276 | 12.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Christine Akram | 1,226 | 11.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Faheem Akram | 1,127 | 10.6 | ||
| Conservative | Michael Butler | 976 | 9.2 | ||
| Conservative | Heidi Jepson | 831 | 7.8 | ||
| Conservative | Mudassar Razzaq | 756 | 7.1 | ||
| Turnout | 10,586 | 57.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Evans | 1,613 | 18.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Rosemary Jones | 1,477 | 16.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Pauline Maguire | 1,399 | 15.8 | ||
| Conservative | Frank Mills | 1,085 | 12.3 | ||
| Conservative | Peter Lord | 1,076 | 12.2 | ||
| Conservative | Janet Darnborough | 919 | 10.4 | ||
| Labour | Alan Blacker | 451 | 5.1 | ||
| Labour | Vera Lomax | 420 | 4.7 | ||
| Labour | Derek Snowden | 407 | 4.6 | ||
| Turnout | 8,847 | 42.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Mohammad Sharif | 2,659 | 23.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Rowen | 2,561 | 22.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Angela Croric | 2,382 | 21.2 | ||
| Labour | Sultan Ali | 1,219 | 10.9 | ||
| Labour | Amna Mir | 1,002 | 8.9 | ||
| Labour | Ghulum Nawaz | 977 | 8.7 | ||
| Conservative | John Critten | 218 | 1.9 | ||
| Conservative | John Kershaw | 200 | 1.8 | ||
| Turnout | 11,218 | 57.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Irene Davidson | 1,802 | 20.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | John Swift | 1,487 | 17.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Denis Kershaw-Whittle | 1,447 | 16.6 | ||
| Conservative | Allan Marshall | 936 | 10.7 | ||
| Labour | Geoffrey Coady | 654 | 7.5 | ||
| Labour | Peter Corby | 630 | 7.2 | ||
| Labour | John Ingham | 595 | 6.8 | ||
| Conservative | Susan Heywood | 580 | 6.7 | ||
| Conservative | Stephen Jones | 572 | 6.6 | ||
| Turnout | 8,703 | 43.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | James Gartside | 1,885 | 20.2 | ||
| Conservative | Anne Metcalfe | 1,717 | 18.4 | ||
| Conservative | Wera Reden-Hobhouse | 1,334 | 14.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Bernard Rostron | 1,173 | 12.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Beryl Rostron | 1,115 | 11.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Todd | 881 | 9.4 | ||
| Labour | David Finley | 504 | 5.4 | ||
| Labour | Helmut Izaks | 389 | 4.2 | ||
| Labour | Ali Khalid | 351 | 3.7 | ||
| Turnout | 9,349 | 45.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Brian Davies | 1,278 | 20.6 | ||
| Labour | Jean Hornby | 957 | 15.4 | ||
| Labour | Nicholas Maher | 912 | 14.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Rush | 842 | 13.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Maureen Sullivan | 833 | 13.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Walter Lomax | 753 | 12.1 | ||
| Conservative | Rachel McLachlan | 639 | 10.3 | ||
| Turnout | 6,214 | 36.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Maureen Rowbotham | 1,107 | 23.2 | ||
| Labour | Alan Godson | 1,019 | 21.3 | ||
| Labour | Ian Robertson | 956 | 20.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Albert Sullivan | 885 | 18.5 | ||
| Conservative | Paul Spilling | 810 | 16.9 | ||
| Turnout | 4,777 | 32.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Jean Ashworth | 1,151 | 16.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Brenda Kerslake | 949 | 13.6 | ||
| Labour | Lorraine Butterworth | 909 | 13.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Mushtaq Ahmed | 845 | 12.1 | ||
| Labour | Robin Parker | 741 | 10.6 | ||
| Labour | Surrinder Biant | 700 | 10.0 | ||
| Conservative | Bernard Schofield | 599 | 8.6 | ||
| Conservative | Michael Smith | 555 | 7.9 | ||
| Conservative | Colin Darnbrough | 536 | 7.7 | ||
| Turnout | 6.985 | 36.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Mary Fitzsimons | 1,607 | 16.6 | ||
| Conservative | Vincent Mannion | 1,576 | 16.3 | ||
| Labour | Peter Williams | 1,574 | 16.2 | ||
| Labour | Donna Martin | 1,532 | 15.8 | ||
| Labour | James Brown | 1,406 | 14.5 | ||
| Conservative | Conal Brophy | 1,236 | 12.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Hillary Murray | 752 | 7.8 | ||
| Turnout | 9,683 | 48.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Barbara Todd | 2,146 | 24.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Rodney Stott | 2,123 | 24.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Clegg | 2,031 | 23.0 | ||
| Labour | Michael Coats | 770 | 8.7 | ||
| Labour | Colin Thompson | 616 | 7.0 | ||
| Conservative | Stephen Scholes | 595 | 6.7 | ||
| Labour | Francis Dignan | 560 | 6.3 | ||
| Turnout | 8,841 | 44.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Ashley Dearnley | 2,188 | 25.6 | ||
| Conservative | Joyce Wright | 1,708 | 20.0 | ||
| Conservative | Robert Clegg | 1,666 | 19.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Kieran Clarke | 820 | 9.6 | ||
| Labour | Milorad Radanovic | 488 | 5.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Joy Gerber | 471 | 5.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Dagmar Hilton | 435 | 5.1 | ||
| Labour | Pauline Mann | 391 | 4.6 | ||
| Labour | Stewart Robinson | 378 | 4.4 | ||
| Turnout | 8,545 | 40.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Colin Lambert | 1,414 | 24.4 | ||
| Labour | Jacqueline Beswick | 1,402 | 24.2 | ||
| Labour | Alan McCarthy | 1,315 | 22.7 | ||
| Conservative | William Payne | 885 | 15.3 | ||
| BNP | Martin Littler | 779 | 13.4 | ||
| Turnout | 5,795 | 35.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Lily Murphy | 1,408 | 27.0 | ||
| Labour | Terry Smith | 1,372 | 26.3 | ||
| Labour | Eric Noi | 1,250 | 24.0 | ||
| Conservative | Susan Powson | 606 | 11.6 | ||
| Liberal | Phillip Burke | 575 | 11.0 | ||
| Turnout | 5,211 | 33.8 | |||
The Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in England. Its largest town is Rochdale and the wider borough covers other outlying towns and villages, including Middleton, Heywood, Milnrow and Littleborough. It is the ninth-largest district by population in Greater Manchester with a population of 224,087 in 2021.
Rochdale is a town in Greater Manchester, England, and the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale. In the 2021 census the town had a population of 111,261, compared to 223,773 for the wider borough. Rochdale is in the foothills of the South Pennines and lies in the dale (valley) of the River Roch, 5 miles (8 km) northwest of Oldham, and 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Manchester.
Heywood and Middleton is a constituency in Greater Manchester represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Chris Clarkson of the Conservative Party.
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.
Elections to Rochdale Council were held on 6 May 1999. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party kept overall control of the council.
Elections to Rochdale Council were held on 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party kept overall control of the council.
Elections to Rochdale Council were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party kept overall control of the council.
Elections to Rochdale Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.
Elections to Rochdale Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. Overall turnout was 32.98%.
Elections to Rochdale Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats gained control of the council from no overall control.
Elections to Rochdale Council in Greater Manchester, England were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election. The Liberal Democrats stayed in control of the council after gaining seats in Balderstone and Kirkholt, and North Heywood from the Labour party but losing East Middleton back to Labour.
Rochdale Borough Council is the local authority of the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale in Greater Manchester, England. It is a metropolitan district council, one of ten in Greater Manchester and one of 36 in the metropolitan counties of England, and provides the majority of local government services in Rochdale and the towns and villages that make up the borough.
Elections to Rochdale Council in Greater Manchester, England were held on 6 May 2010, the same day as the General Election, with one-third of the council facing the voters. The Liberal Democrats lost control of the council.
The 2012 Rochdale Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council in the North West, England. This was on the same day as other 2012 United Kingdom local elections. The Labour Party won 17 of the 20 seats with 53% of the vote, with the other three going to the Conservative Party with 27% of the vote. The Liberal Democrats lost all 11 of their seats up for re-election with 15% of the vote. This election marked the return to the council of former Leaders Richard Farnell and Allen Brett. It also produced Rochdale's youngest ever councillor in Liam O'Rourke.
The 2014 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
The 2015 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect one third of the members of Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This took place on the same day as the 2015 General Election and other local elections.
The 2018 Rochdale Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Rochdale Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
The 2019 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
The 2021 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of Rochdale Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. One-third of the seats were up for election.
The 2022 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election took place as of 5 May 2022. Due to boundary changes, all 60 councillors were elected at the same time. The election took place alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom.
