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 2004, 60 councillors have been elected from 20 wards. [1] New ward boundaries are due to come into effect from the 2023 election. [2]

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Political control

From 1889 to 1974 Oldham was a county borough, independent of any county council. [3] Under the Local Government Act 1972 it had its territory enlarged and became a metropolitan borough, with Greater Manchester County Council providing county-level services. The first election to the reconstituted borough council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority before coming into its revised powers on 1 April 1974. Greater Manchester County Council was abolished in 1986 and Oldham became a unitary authority. Political control of the council since 1973 has been held by the following parties: [4] [5]

Party in controlYears
Labour 1973–1976
No overall control 1976–1978
Conservative 1978–1980
Labour 1980–1994
No overall control 1994–1995
Labour 1995–2000
Liberal Democrats 2000–2002
No overall control 2002–2003
Labour 2003–2007
No overall control 2007–2011
Labour 2011–present

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 1974 have been: [6]

CouncillorPartyFromTo
Joseph Hilton Labour 19741976
Geoffrey Webb Conservative 19761978
Malcolm Bamford Conservative 19781979
Geoffrey Webb Conservative 19791980
Joseph Hilton Labour 19801985
John Battye [7] Labour 19852000
Richard Knowles Liberal Democrats 20002003
David Jones Labour 200321 May 2008
Howard Sykes Liberal Democrats 21 May 200825 May 2011
Jim McMahon [8] Labour 25 May 201115 Jan 2016
Jean Stretton Labour 27 Jan 201623 May 2018
Sean Fielding Labour 23 May 20189 May 2021
Arooj Shah Labour 19 May 20218 May 2022
Amanda Chadderton Labour 25 May 20229 May 2023
Arooj Shah Labour 9 May 2023Incumbent

Council elections

Changes between elections

Pre-2004 boundaries

Failsworth East by-election, 20 November 2003 (term ends 2004)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jim McMahon2,04568.0+2.6
BNP Charles Styles53917.9+17.9
Conservative Paul Martin2969.8-17.0
Liberal Democrats Keith Pendlebury1284.3-3.4
Majority1,50650.1
Turnout 3,00837.1
Labour hold Swing

2004 boundaries

Saddleworth West and Lees by-election, 5 July 2007 [10]
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
Majority49227.8
Turnout 1,76922.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Failsworth East by-election 14 June 2012 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Norman Briggs 1,199 79.0 -5.9
UKIP Carrol Ashton20913.8+13.8
Liberal Democrats Ron Wise1097.2-7.9
Majority99065.3
Turnout 1,517
Labour hold Swing
Failsworth West by-election 15 November 2012 [12]
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
Majority34322.3
Turnout 1,537
Labour hold Swing
Royton South by-election 14 March 2013 [13]
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
Majority69447.1
Turnout 1,473
Labour hold Swing
Alexandra by-election 9 May 2013 [14]
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
Majority1,14152.0
Turnout 2,196
Labour hold Swing
Failsworth East by-election 16 February 2017 [15]
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
Majority46933.0
Turnout 1,420
Labour hold Swing
Royton North by-election 8 June 2017 [16]
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
Majority4579.0
Turnout 5,050
Labour hold Swing
Failsworth East by-election 29 November 2018 [17]
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
Majority34129.5
Turnout 1,157
Labour hold Swing

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