2022 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election

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2022 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election
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All 60 seats to Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council
31 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
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LeaderNeil EmmottAshley Dearnley
Party Labour Conservative
Last election45 seats, 49.4%9 seats, 31.5%
Seats before4511
Seats won4210
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 3Increase2.svg 1
Popular vote75,19730,060
Percentage50.8%20.3%
SwingIncrease2.svg 1.4%Decrease2.svg 10.2%
 Third partyFourth party
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LeaderUnknownAndy Kelly
Party Middleton Ind. Liberal Democrats
Last electionN/A3 seats, 12.3%
Seats before03
Seats won53
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 5Steady2.svg
Popular vote13,51125,569
Percentage9.1%17.3%
SwingN/AIncrease2.svg 5.0%
Rochdale UK ward map 2022.svg
Winner of each seat at the 2022 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election
Council control before election


Labour

Council control after election


Labour

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.

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In the previous council election in 2021, Labour maintained its control of the council, holding 45 seats after the election. The Conservatives formed the main opposition with nine seats, with the Liberal Democrats on four councillors and three independent councillors.

Background

Result of the 2021 council election Rochdale UK local election 2021 map.svg
Result of the 2021 council election

The Local Government Act 1972 created a two-tier system of metropolitan counties and districts covering Greater Manchester, Merseyside, South Yorkshire, Tyne and Wear, the West Midlands, and West Yorkshire starting in 1974. Rochdale was a district of the Greater Manchester metropolitan county. [1] The Local Government Act 1985 abolished the metropolitan counties, with metropolitan districts taking on most of their powers as metropolitan boroughs. The Greater Manchester Combined Authority was created in 2011 and began electing the mayor of Greater Manchester from 2017, which was given strategic powers covering a region coterminous with the former Greater Manchester metropolitan county. [2]

Since its formation, Rochdale has variously been under Labour control, Liberal Democrat control, Conservative control and no overall control. Councillors have predominantly been elected from the Labour Party, Liberal Democrats and the Conservative Party, with some independent councillors also serving. The council has had an overall Labour majority since the 2011. In the most recent election in 2021, Labour won sixteen seats with 49.4% of the vote, the Conservatives won three seats with 31.5% of the vote and the Liberal Democrats won one with 12.3% of the vote. [3]

Two councillors for the West Heywood ward, Jacqui Beswich and Alan McCarthy, had been originally elected as Labour candidates. They left the Labour Party in 2019 to sit as an independent councillor and a Brexit Party councillor. In June 2021 they both joined the Conservative Party. [4]

Bury council underwent boundary changes ahead of this election. The Local Government Boundary Commission for England determined that the council should continue to elect 60 councillors and designed new election boundaries to reflect population change. The new boundaries include twenty three-member wards. [5]

Electoral process

The council generally elects its councillors in thirds, with a third being up for election every year for three years, with no election in the fourth year. [6] [7] However, due to a boundary review, all sixty councillors were elected at the same time. The election used plurality block voting, with each ward electing three councillors. Electors were able to vote for up to three candidates, and the three candidates with the most votes in each ward were elected.

All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in Rochdale aged 18 or over were entitled to vote in the election. People who lived at two addresses in different councils, such as university students with different term-time and holiday addresses, were entitled to be registered for and vote in elections in both local authorities. Voting in-person at polling stations took place from 07:00 to 22:00 on election day, and voters were able to apply for postal votes or proxy votes in advance of the election.

Campaign

Bernard Wynne, Peter Shore and Simon Footitt established the Middleton Independents Party to contest the election. [8] They said that Middleton was sidelined in favour of Rochdale, and advocated regenerating the town centre and supporting local businesses. In a meeting, they said that if their candidates meant more Conservatives got elected, it "would not be a bad thing". Their application for electoral registration as a party was submitted after the Electoral Commission's deadline. [9]

Previous council composition

After 2021 electionBefore 2022 election
PartySeatsPartySeats
Labour 45 Labour 45
Conservative 9 Conservative 11
Liberal Democrats 3 Liberal Democrats 3
Independent 3 Independent 1

Results

2022 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 42Decrease2.svg370.0050.7675,197
  Conservative 10Increase2.svg116.6720.2930,060
  Middleton Ind. 5Increase2.svg58.339.1213,511
  Liberal Democrats 3Steady2.svg5.0017.2625,569
  Green 0Steady2.svg0.002.183,233
  Independent 0Decrease2.svg30.000.29431
  Freedom Alliance 0Steady2.svg0.000.10142

Ward Results

Balderstone & Kirkholt

Balderstone & Kirkholt (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Philip Massey 1,225 57.1
Labour Daniel Meredith 1,224 57.1
Labour Elsie-Jane Wraighte 1,062 49.5
Conservative Mudassar Razzaq50523.5
Conservative Michael Smith47322.1
Green Jordan Eves32415.1
Liberal Democrats Judith Jones31314.6
Freedom AllianceLaura Grabowska1426.6
Turnout 2,145
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Bamford

Bamford (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Angela Smith 1,683 51.7
Conservative Patricia Sullivan 1,553 47.7
Conservative Steve Anstee 1,549 47.6
Labour Sultan Ali1,06632.7
Labour Rosie Choudhury1,06632.7
Labour Brian Meredith1,01431.1
Liberal Democrats Siobhane Cunnane40612.5
Liberal Democrats Peter Diestler38011.7
Green Edward Whittaker3079.4
Liberal Democrats Zarah Kauser2698.3
Turnout 3,257
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Castleton

Castleton (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Billy Sheerin 1,424 58.2
Labour Aisling-Blaise Gallagher 1,214 49.7
Labour Aasim Rashid 1,095 44.8
Conservative David Jones66427.2
Conservative Stephen Sanderson62925.7
Conservative Darren Bayman58423.9
Liberal Democrats Beverley Heyworth40116.4
Liberal Democrats Sarah Kisa-Smith29412.0
Liberal Democrats Sajid Hashmi2369.7
Turnout 2,445
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Central Rochdale

Central Rochdale (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Iftikhar Ahmed 2,598 61.6
Labour Ali Ahmed 2,518 59.7
Labour Sameena Zaheer 2,193 52.0
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Sheraz1,49935.6
Liberal Democrats Zulfiqar Ali1,30631.0
Liberal Democrats Zaheer Abbas1,28030.4
Conservative Leonard Branton1704.0
Conservative Steven Scholes1593.8
Turnout 4,215
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

East Middleton

East Middleton (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Middleton Ind. Paul Beswick 1,300 47.0
Middleton Ind. Dylan Williams 1,257 45.5
Middleton Ind. Bernard Wynne 1,245 45.0
Labour Kathryn Bromfield1,19343.2
Labour Elizabeth Atewologun1,18943.0
Labour Terry Smith1,16642.2
Green Connor Hibbert2699.7
Turnout 2,764
Middleton Ind. win (new seat)
Middleton Ind. win (new seat)
Middleton Ind. win (new seat)

Healey

Healey (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sean O'Neill 1,582 52.6
Labour Shah Wazir 1,562 52.0
Labour Tricia Ayrton 1,533 51.0
Conservative Andrew Neilson96232.0
Liberal Democrats Mark Alcock56318.7
Liberal Democrats Shin Ingram44614.8
Liberal Democrats Safina Kauser36512.1
Turnout 3,006
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Hopwood Hall

Hopwood Hall (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Susan Emmott 1,304 50.5
Labour Carol Wardle 1,226 47.5
Labour Peter Hodgkinson 1,209 46.8
Conservative Jacqueline Beswick75529.2
Conservative Alan McCarthy67426.1
Conservative Matthew Roughsedge66925.9
Middleton Ind. Matthew Glaysher44717.3
Middleton Ind. Caitlin O'Mara43316.8
Middleton Ind. Gavin Vitler42416.4
Turnout 2,582
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Kingsway

Kingsway (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Shakil Ahmed 1,737 63.0
Labour Daalat Ali 1,584 57.5
Labour Rachel Massey 1,548 56.2
Conservative Ibrahim Khalil65523.8
Liberal Democrats Sharon Taylor35512.9
Green Mark Hollinrake33312.1
Liberal Democrats Barrie Nicholson2519.1
Liberal Democrats Chariss Peacock1977.2
Turnout 2,755
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Littleborough Lakeside

Littleborough Lakeside (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Janet Emsley 1,349 47.8
Labour Tom Besford 1,287 45.6
Conservative Peter Reed 1,185 41.9
Conservative Lynn Butterworth1,08338.3
Conservative Daniel Nuttall93133.0
Labour Julian Farnell88931.5
Liberal Democrats Kate Clegg43415.4
Green Guy Otten43415.4
Turnout 2,825
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Milkstone & Deeplish

Milkstone & Deeplish (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mohammad Arshad 1,726 53.9
Labour Shahid Mohammed 1,642 51.2
Labour Aiza Rashid 1,539 48.0
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Zaman1,19237.2
Liberal Democrats Salina Javid1,18236.9
Liberal Democrats Hassan Ali1,10734.6
Conservative Paul Ellison1414.4
Conservative Jacqueline Holt1314.1
Turnout 3,204
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Milnrow & Newhey

Milnrow & Newhey (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Irene Davidson 1,942 64.2
Liberal Democrats Andy Kelly 1,903 62.9
Liberal Democrats David Bamford 1,660 54.9
Labour Allen Brett74124.5
Labour Leanne Greenwood58319.3
Labour Alexander Royle50916.8
Conservative Steve Endacott48716.1
Turnout 3,025
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Norden

Norden (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Gartside 1,704 55.7
Conservative Peter Winkler 1,579 51.6
Conservative Mike Holly 1,511 49.4
Labour Tony Bennett91329.8
Labour Iain MacDonald84027.5
Labour Farhat Kazmi63720.8
Liberal Democrats Stephanie Robertson56818.6
Liberal Democrats Anne Colgan48215.8
Liberal Democrats Colette Duszczyk43314.2
Turnout 3,059
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

North Heywood

North Heywood (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Liam O'Rourke 1,205 68.1
Labour Peter Rush 1,166 65.9
Labour Bev Place 1,121 63.4
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Kelly36820.8
Liberal Democrats Iain Donaldson32518.4
Liberal Democrats Richard Eden-Maughan28015.8
Turnout 1,769
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

North Middleton

North Middleton (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Middleton Ind. Peter Allonby 1,140 41.7
Labour Sara Rowbotham 1,118 40.9
Middleton Ind. Lee Wolf 1,059 38.8
Middleton Ind. Keely O'Mara1,05938.8
Labour Donna Williams1,02937.7
Labour Neil Butterworth88632.4
Conservative David Bold38114.0
Green Alan Godson28210.3
Turnout 2,731
Middleton Ind. win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Middleton Ind. win (new seat)

Smallbridge & Firgrove

Smallbridge & Firgrove (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Aftab Hussain 1,343 51.3
Labour John Blundell 1,312 50.1
Labour Amna Mir 1,269 48.4
Liberal Democrats Latafat Hussain81231.0
Liberal Democrats Eleanor Kelly79830.5
Liberal Democrats Dean Larder69526.5
Conservative Eileen Taylor47618.2
Turnout 2,620
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

South Middleton

South Middleton (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Williams 1,540 45.9
Labour June West 1,473 43.9
Labour Patricia Dale 1,404 41.9
Middleton Ind. Adam Cornett1,35040.3
Middleton Ind. Emma Hezelgrave-Whitworth1,04631.2
Middleton Ind. Jo Hezelgrave-Whitworth95928.6
Conservative Bernard Braiden80924.1
Conservative Aaron Slack56716.9
Turnout 3,354
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Spotland & Falinge

Spotland & Falinge (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Iram Faisal 1,832 53.3
Labour Faisal Rana 1,815 52.8
Labour Amber Nisa 1,681 48.9
Liberal Democrats Rabina Asghar1,05330.6
Liberal Democrats John Swarbrick74321.6
Liberal Democrats Hammas Majid67819.7
Independent Carl Faulkner43112.5
Green Mick Coats38811.3
Conservative John Kershaw37210.8
Green Neil Rutter2697.8
Turnout 3,436
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Wardle, Shore & West Littleborough

Wardle, Shore & West Littleborough (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ashley Dearnley 1,881 67.6
Conservative Rina Paolucci 1,493 53.7
Conservative John Taylor 1,482 53.3
Labour Barbara Miller65223.4
Labour Mike Radanovic56420.3
Labour Muhammad Islam45416.3
Green Jules Howliston37513.5
Liberal Democrats Vickie Mason2759.9
Green Hannah MacGuire2529.1
Turnout 2,781
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

West Heywood

West Heywood (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Angela Brown 1,241 60.7
Labour Peter Malcolm 1,102 53.9
Labour Linda Robinson 1,021 49.9
Conservative Christopher Harris70634.5
Conservative Ian Kilgannon63030.8
Conservative Martin Orson62130.4
Turnout 2,046
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

West Middleton

West Middleton (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Philip Burke 1,029 55.9
Labour Susan Smith 937 50.9
Labour Neil Emmott 816 44.3
Middleton Ind. Joan Aspinall65635.6
Middleton Ind. Peter Shore58731.9
Middleton Ind. Simon Footitt54929.8
Conservative Jordan Short20611.2
Liberal Democrats Nikki Edwards784.2
Turnout 1,841
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

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