Clayton & Openshaw ward
Vote share over time
Each line is a party's lead candidate as a share of ballots cast. Hollow points are by-elections.
07/05/2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Thomas Frederick Robinson Elected | 1,308 | 35.9% | -37.7 |
| Green Party | Sean Charles Duggan | 1,013 | 27.8% | +15.7 |
| Reform UK | Jacob Wilfred Barlow | 996 | 27.3% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Ramzi Swaray-Kella | 180 | 4.9% | -2.3 |
| Liberal Democrats | Zinette Bates | 151 | 4.1% | -2.9 |
| Majority | 295 | |||
| Turnout | 26.6% | |||
| Registered electors | 13,768 | |||
| Ballots cast | 3,648 | |||
Labour Party hold
02/05/2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Donna Ludford Elected | 2,191 | 73.6% | -3.3 |
| Green Party | Samsuzzaman Syed | 359 | 12.1% | +4.5 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Ramzi Swaray-Kella | 216 | 7.3% | -0.6 |
| Liberal Democrats | Maria Theresa Turner | 211 | 7.1% | -0.6 |
| Majority | 1,832 | |||
| Turnout | 23.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 13,350 | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,977 | |||
Labour Party hold
04/05/2023
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Sean McHale Elected | 2,008 | 76.9% | +4.8 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Ramzi Swaray-Kella | 204 | 7.8% | -3.3 |
| Liberal Democrats | Maria Theresa Turner | 202 | 7.7% | +2.1 |
| Green Party | Billie Nagle | 198 | 7.6% | -3.6 |
| Majority | 1,804 | |||
| Turnout | 20.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 12,943 | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,612 | |||
Labour Party hold
05/05/2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Thomas Frederick Robinson Elected | 1,892 | 72.1% | -10.5 |
| Green Party | Amanda Evans | 293 | 11.2% | +1.2 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Ramzi Swaray-Kella | 291 | 11.1% | -4.5 |
| Liberal Democrats | Maria Theresa Turner | 148 | 5.6% | -3.1 |
| Majority | 1,599 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | 12,680 | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,624 | |||
Labour Party gain from Independent
06/05/2021 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Donna Ludford Elected | 2,064 | 82.6% | +39.0 |
| Labour Party | Thomas Frederick Robinson Elected | 1,560 | 62.4% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Keith Berry | 389 | 15.6% | +11.5 |
| Green Party | Dan Kyle | 250 | 10.0% | +8.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | Claude-Diele Nsumbu | 218 | 8.7% | +6.4 |
| Green Party | Robyn Schreibke | 204 | 8.2% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Ramzi Swaray-Kella | 193 | 7.7% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Martha O'Donoghue | 120 | 4.8% | — |
| Majority | 1,171 | |||
| Turnout | 24.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 12,553 | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 2,499 | |||
Labour Party gain · Labour Party hold
27/02/2020 By-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Ken Dobson Elected | 1,191 | 47.9% | +3.4 |
| Labour Party | Sherita Mandongwe | 1,083 | 43.6% | -1.4 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Sham Raja Akhtar | 102 | 4.1% | +0.6 |
| Liberal Democrats | Claude-Diele Nsumbu | 57 | 2.3% | -1.0 |
| Green Party | Jake Welsh | 51 | 2.1% | -1.6 |
| Majority | 108 | |||
| Turnout | 20.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,484 | |||
Independent gain from Labour Party
02/05/2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Sean McHale Elected | 1,346 | 45.0% | -41.3 |
| Independent | Ken Dobson | 1,334 | 44.6% | +19.8 |
| Green Party | Jake Welsh | 109 | 3.6% | -5.4 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Fahim Choudhury | 106 | 3.5% | -5.4 |
| Liberal Democrats | Maria Theresa Turner | 99 | 3.3% | -8.1 |
| Majority | 12 | |||
| Turnout | 25.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,994 | |||
Labour Party hold
03/05/2018 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Andrew Harland Elected | 2,103 | 86.3% | — |
| Labour Party | Donna Ludford Elected | 1,722 | 70.7% | — |
| Labour Party | Sean McHale Elected | 1,592 | 65.3% | — |
| Independent | Ken Dobson | 603 | 24.7% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Elaine Boyes | 279 | 11.4% | — |
| Green Party | Paul Brunger | 220 | 9.0% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Archie Stuart Galbraith | 217 | 8.9% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Mark Clayton | 162 | 6.6% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Aimen Javaid | 152 | 6.2% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Chenjie Zhang | 142 | 5.8% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Dan Willis | 118 | 4.8% | — |
| Majority | 989 | |||
| Turnout | 25.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 2,437 | |||
05/05/2016 Estimated
This ward's boundary changed, so nobody stood in it at this election. 100% of the ward is accounted for.
| Party | Estimated share |
|---|---|
| Labour Party | 65% |
| Green Party | 10% |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | 7% |
| Liberal Democrats | 4% |
| Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 1% |
| Christian Democratic Party | 1% |
Reconstructed from Bradford (55%), Ancoats and Clayton (45%). No hold or gain is shown: there is no comparable earlier result.