2018 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election

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Map showing the results of the 2018 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2018 Rochdale Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Rochdale Borough Council in England. [1] [2] This was on the same day as other local elections.

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Overall result

Vote share changes compared to 2016.

Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Labour 1680.0%314778.3%26,25052.09%
  Conservative 315.0%71016.7%13,59026.97%
  Liberal Democrats 15.0%235.0%6,55813.01%
  UKIP 0Steady2.svg0.0%000.0%1,9893.95%
  Independent 0Steady2.svg0.0%000.0%1,3502.68%
  Green 0Steady2.svg0.0%000.0%6561.30%

Ward results

Balderstone & Kirkholt

Balderstone & Kirkholt
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kathleen Nickson 938 51.5 -8.7
Conservative John Kershaw42723.5+14.4
Liberal Democrats Mark Alcock36820.2+9.5
Green Abdus Mir874.8+2.3

Bamford

Bamford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Angela Smith 1,713 52.1 +3.2
Labour Martin Ayers135741.3+10.1
Liberal Democrats Roy Thornsby2156.5+0.7

Castleton

Castleton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Aasim Rashid 1,008 41.3 -19.3
Conservative Michael James Cullen96739.7+30.8
Green Jonathan Kershaw1586.5+2.3
Independent Brian Bamford1556.4N/A
Liberal Democrats Tony Hughes1506.2N/A

Central Rochdale

Central Rochdale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sultan Ali 2,171 63.8 -16.2
Liberal Democrats Zulfiqar Ali97428.6+22.7
Conservative Roger Howarth1855.4+1.1
Green Adam Mir722.1-1.3

East Middleton

East Middleton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour June West 1,303 61.7 +4.3
Conservative Rebecca Howard51124.2+10.9
UKIP Robert Mudd29914.2-15.2

Healey

Healey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kieran Heakin 1,252 44.8 +1.6
Conservative Andrew Neilson92633.2+4.6
Liberal Democrats Robert McLean48617.4+10.8
Green AJ Rennie1284.6+0.3

Hopwood Hall

Hopwood Hall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Carol Wardle 1,185 55.3 +2.9
Conservative Paul Ellison65930.8+7.7
UKIP Angela Gardner29914.0-10.4

Kingsway

Kingsway
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Daalat Ali 1,911 64.0 -7.2
Liberal Democrats David Clayton73024.5+13.3
Conservative Richard Duckworth2548.5-1.9
Green Firuz Ali903.0-4.3

Littleborough Lakeside

Littleborough Lakeside
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Janet Emsley 1,149 46.2 -1.0
Conservative Keith Taylor84333.9+9.2
Liberal Democrats Zoe Attwood49619.9+15.8

Mikstone & Deeplish

Mikstone & Deeplish
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sameena Zaheer 2,402 86.6 +9.2
Liberal Democrats Richard Eden-Maughan2097.5-6.3
Conservative Jacqueline Holt1625.8+1.3

Milnrow & Newhey

Milnrow & Newhey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Bamford 1,468 49.5 -1.2
Labour Neil Butterworth98433.2+6.7
Conservative Edward Carpenter51117.2+14.1

Norden

Norden
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mike Holly 1,646 62.0 +6.2
Labour Anthony Bennett73827.8+7.7
Liberal Democrats John Farrington1505.6+1.8
Green Mick Coats1214.6-0.9

North Heywood

North Heywood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Rush 1,188 64.3 -6.5
Conservative Stephen Pritchard33918.4+2.1
UKIP Stephen Sanderson23212.6N/A
Liberal Democrats Sue Curzon884.8-8.1

North Middleton

North Middleton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kallum Nolan 1,113 52.3 -6.5
Independent Keely O'Mara34316.1N/A
UKIP Thomas Barnes30414.3-16.2
Conservative Oliver Bleasdale29513.8+3.0
Liberal Democrats John Wilkins753.5N/A

Smallbridge & Firgrove

Smallbridge & Firgrove
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Blundell 1,528 70.1 +14.7
Conservative Leonard Branton34816.0+5.7
Liberal Democrats Eleanor Kelly30413.9+3.4

South Middleton

South Middleton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Patricia Dale 1,275 47.9 +1.3
Conservative Andy Dale102038.3+16.2
UKIP Richard Whitaker2228.3-17.1
Liberal Democrats Emma Griffin1465.5+1.8

Spotland & Falinge

Spotland & Falinge
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Faisal Rana 1,777 56.0 +7.5
Independent Carl Faulkner85226.9+3.7
Conservative Steven Scholes3039.5+1.1
Liberal Democrats James Earnshaw2417.6-6.4

Wardle & West Littleborough

Wardle & West Littleborough
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Taylor 1,666 66.0 +6.4
Labour Julian Farnell61424.3+4.0
Liberal Democrats Lynn Butterworth2439.6+4.6

West Heywood

West Heywood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan McCarthy 1,065 53.5 -4.0
Conservative Rachel McLachlan41620.9+10.1
UKIP Michael O'Brien29314.7-17.0
Liberal Democrats Harry Mills21510.8N/A

West Middleton

West Middleton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Neil Emmott 1,292 63.6 -0.5
Conservative Daniel Davidson39919.6+12.7
UKIP Lee Seville34016.7-12.3

By-elections and other changes

Kathleen Nickson of Balderstone and Kirkholt ward defected from Labour to the Liberal Democrats in January 2019, saying that the Labour leadership "told [me] what to do, what to say and how to vote." [3]

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References

  1. "Your next election or referendum". rochdale.gov.uk. Rochdale Borough Council . Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  2. "Election results by wards". rochdale.gov.uk. Rochdale Borough Council. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  3. Statham, Nick. "Labour councillor defects after claiming she was being 'blocked' from doing her job". Manchester Evening News. Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 1 July 2019.