Oldham council election, 2018

03/05/2018 · 20 wards · 22 seats contested

Most seats
18
Labour Party
Seats contested
22
across 20 wards
Turnout
30.9%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour Party 18 +4 29,876 55.7% +6.6
Conservative and Unionist Party 2 +1 11,761 21.9% +9.7
Liberal Democrats 2 -1 8,208 15.3% +2.2
Independent 0 -1 1,788 3.3% -3.3
Green Party 0 +0 1,754 3.3% +0.3
The Liberal Party 0 +0 217 0.4% —

Changes are against the previous council election on 05/05/2016. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 22
Conservative and Unionist Party 22
Labour Party 22
Liberal Democrats 22
Green Party 14
Independent 7
The Liberal Party 1

A party standing a full slate could field 22 candidates, one per seat.

Results by ward

Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.

Alexandra

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Shaid Mushtaq Elected 1,455 53.5% -9.9
Liberal Democrats Liaqat Ali 812 29.8% +26.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Luke Lancaster 322 11.8% +7.4
Green Party David Maybury 132 4.9% +3.4
Majority643
Turnout37.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,721

Labour Party hold

Chadderton Central 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Colin McLaren Elected 1,650 68.9% +17.3
Labour Party Elaine Taylor Elected 1,499 62.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Mohammed Shah Jahan 488 20.4% +7.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Mohammed Shahriyar M Jahan 440 18.4% —
Liberal Democrats Stephen Lynch 262 10.9% +8.1
Green Party Jess Mahoney 243 10.2% +5.2
Liberal Democrats Louie Michael Hamblett 205 8.6% —
Majority1,011
Turnout32.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,394

Labour Party gain · Labour Party hold

Chadderton North

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Barbara Susan Brownridge Elected 1,612 57.8% +2.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Muhammed Riaj Alom 900 32.2% +1.9
Green Party Daniel Clayton 161 5.8% -2.0
Liberal Democrats John Hall 118 4.2% -2.1
Majority712
Turnout33.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,791

Labour Party hold

Chadderton South

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Arooj Shah Elected 967 46.6% -13.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Robert Barnes 623 30.0% —
Independent Frank Rothwell 288 13.9% —
Green Party Melodey Walker 129 6.2% +1.7
Liberal Democrats Brian Lord 69 3.3% +0.5
Majority344
Turnout27.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,076

Labour Party hold

Coldhurst

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Abdul Malik Elected 2,680 82.1% +3.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Sean Raymond Curley 265 8.1% +0.7
Liberal Democrats Rachel Pendlebury 166 5.1% -3.1
Green Party Saleh Uddin Talukdar 155 4.7% -1.4
Majority2,415
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,266

Labour Party hold

Crompton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Dave Murphy Elected 1,359 51.7% +9.6
Labour Party Alexander Jones-Casey 628 23.9% +2.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Tom Lord 541 20.6% +7.2
Independent Ann Denise Tindall 102 3.9% —
Majority731
Turnout32.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,630

Liberal Democrats hold

Failsworth East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Norman Briggs Elected 1,072 53.2% -12.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Antony Cahill 575 28.5% +4.8
Independent Dean Ludford 275 13.6% —
Green Party Chris Parr 70 3.5% -4.3
Liberal Democrats Alan Belmore 23 1.1% -1.7
Majority497
Turnout26.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,015

Labour Party hold

Failsworth West

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Peter Davis Elected 1,076 51.6% -8.5
Independent Warren William Bates 448 21.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul Martin 386 18.5% +10.2
Green Party Andy Hunter-Rossall 148 7.1% —
Liberal Democrats Lynne Christine Thompson 29 1.4% -0.2
Majority628
Turnout28.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,087

Labour Party hold

Hollinwood 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Jean Stretton Elected 1,198 74.3% +17.3
Labour Party Martin William Judd Elected 1,184 73.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party John David Caddick 353 21.9% +13.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Sajjad Hussain 262 16.3% —
Liberal Democrats Richard Neville Darlington 122 7.6% +3.3
Liberal Democrats Martin Alexander Dinoff 106 6.6% —
Majority831
Turnout23.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,612

Labour Party gain · Labour Party hold

Medlock Vale

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Yasmin Kosar Toor Elected 1,799 68.5% -1.9
Independent Philip Edward Howarth 349 13.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Michele Stockton 283 10.8% +6.2
Liberal Democrats Barbara Ann Beeley 107 4.1% +1.1
Green Party Jean Betteridge 88 3.4% +0.1
Majority1,450
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,626

Labour Party gain

Royton North

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Hannah Jane Roberts Elected 1,092 47.8% -2.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Allan Fish 910 39.8% +23.0
Liberal Democrats Russ Gosling 173 7.6% +1.7
Green Party Lina Maria Valencia 109 4.8% +1.1
Majority182
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,284

Labour Party hold

Royton South

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Marie Ann Bashforth Elected 1,156 53.7% -9.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Lewis Quigg 774 35.9% +11.6
Green Party Jim Stidworthy 114 5.3% -3.4
Liberal Democrats Ken Berry 109 5.1% +1.1
Majority382
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,153

Labour Party hold

Saddleworth North

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Pam Byrne Elected 933 35.4% +19.3
Liberal Democrats John Douglas Eccles 882 33.5% +0.0
Labour Party George Hulme 820 31.1% +12.6
Majority51
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,635

Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Liberal Democrats

Saddleworth South

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Jamie Curley Elected 1,215 36.4% -1.4
Liberal Democrats John Francis Mccann 1,043 31.3% -6.2
Labour and Co-operative Party Ian Brian Manners 793 23.8% -0.9
Independent Helen Louise Bishop 180 5.4% —
Green Party Catherine Hunter-Rossall 103 3.1% —
Majority172
Turnout40.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,334

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Saddleworth West and Lees

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Valerie Leach Elected 1,042 39.8% +6.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Andris D'Adamo 842 32.1% +16.2
Liberal Democrats Sam Al-Hamdani 737 28.1% +3.7
Majority200
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,621

Labour Party hold

Shaw

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Hazel Gloster Elected 1,023 43.7% -8.2
Labour and Co-operative Party Ken Rustidge 672 28.7% +2.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Phelyp Bennett 427 18.3% +12.0
The Liberal Party Angie Farrell 217 9.3% —
Majority351
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,339

Liberal Democrats hold

St James'

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Ginny Alexander Elected 968 59.0% +14.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Nicola Jeffery-Sykes 381 23.2% +15.7
Liberal Democrats Stephen Barrow 176 10.7% +0.8
Green Party Roger Pakeman 115 7.0% +3.7
Majority587
Turnout19.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,640

Labour Party hold

St Mary's

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Ali Aqeel Salamat Elected 2,253 81.9% +41.9
Conservative and Unionist Party David Allen Atherton 220 8.0% +5.5
Liberal Democrats Pat Lord 158 5.7% +4.3
Green Party Miranda Meadowcroft 121 4.4% +2.9
Majority2,033
Turnout35.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,752

Labour Party gain from Independent

Waterhead

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Riaz Ahmad Elected 1,336 59.9% +18.0
Liberal Democrats Linda Dawson 355 15.9% +3.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Neil Allsopp 328 14.7% +8.4
Independent Carl Roberts 146 6.5% —
Green Party Andrea Chaverra Valencia 66 3.0% +0.5
Majority981
Turnout27.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,231

Labour Party hold

Werneth

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Shoab Akhtar Elected 2,924 86.2% +22.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Heath Fletcher 293 8.6% +5.7
Liberal Democrats Keith Pendlebury 174 5.1% +2.4
Majority2,631
Turnout40.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,391

Labour Party hold

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