Oldham council election, 2019

02/05/2019 · 20 wards · 20 seats contested

Most seats

Labour Party

Seats contested

across 20 wards

Turnout

33.4%

average of reporting wards

Summary

Party	Seats	+/−	Votes	Share	+/−
Labour Party	15	-3	21,717	40.6%	-15.1
Liberal Democrats	3	+1	7,308	13.7%	-1.7
Independent	1	+1	8,792	16.4%	+13.1
Conservative and Unionist Party	1	-1	6,456	12.1%	-9.9
UK Independence Party (UKIP)	0	+0	5,339	10.0%	—
Green Party	0	+0	2,081	3.9%	+0.6
Saddleworth First!	0	+0	1,806	3.4%	—

Changes are against the previous council election on 03/05/2018. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party	Candidates	Of a possible 20
Conservative and Unionist Party	20
Labour Party	20
Liberal Democrats	20
UK Independence Party (UKIP)	14
Green Party	13
Independent	12
Saddleworth First!	3

A party standing a full slate could field 20 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	Jenny Harrison Elected	1,255	57.9%	+4.4
Independent	Muhammad Imran Sarwar	417	19.2%	—
UK Independence Party (UKIP)	Carl Douglas Sinderby	263	12.1%	—
Liberal Democrats	Martin Alexander Dinoff	128	5.9%	-23.9
Conservative and Unionist Party	Jawaad Hussain	106	4.9%	-6.9
Majority		838
Turnout		33.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		2,169

Labour Party hold

Chadderton Central

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Labour Party	Eddie Moores Elected	1,180	50.8%	-18.2
UK Independence Party (UKIP)	Marian Goodwin	435	18.7%	—
Conservative and Unionist Party	Mohammed Shah Jahan	325	14.0%	-6.4
Green Party	Jess Mahoney	256	11.0%	+0.9
Liberal Democrats	Barbara Ann Beeley	129	5.5%	-5.4
Majority		745
Turnout		30.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		2,325

Labour Party hold

Chadderton North

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Labour Party	Mohon Ali Elected	1,388	44.3%	-13.5
Independent	Tracy Samantha Woodward	936	29.9%	—
Conservative and Unionist Party	Muhammed Riaj Alom	468	14.9%	-17.3
Green Party	Chris Parr	188	6.0%	+0.2
Liberal Democrats	John Hall	153	4.9%	+0.7
Majority		452
Turnout		37.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		3,133

Labour Party hold

Chadderton South

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Labour Party	Graham Shuttleworth Elected	964	47.4%	+0.8
UK Independence Party (UKIP)	Jack Dickenson	482	23.7%	—
Conservative and Unionist Party	Robert Barnes	390	19.2%	-10.8
Green Party	Melodey Walker	123	6.0%	-0.2
Liberal Democrats	Tabirul Islam	76	3.7%	+0.4
Majority		482
Turnout		26.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		2,035

Labour Party hold

Coldhurst

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Labour Party	Ruji Sapna Surjan Elected	2,031	43.7%	-38.4
Independent	Montaz Ali Azad	1,700	36.6%	—
Liberal Democrats	Kutub Uddin	537	11.5%	+6.5
Green Party	Jean Betteridge	229	4.9%	+0.2
Conservative and Unionist Party	Md Shahid Miah	153	3.3%	-4.8
Majority		331
Turnout		54.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		4,650

Labour Party hold

Crompton

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Liberal Democrats	Louie Michael Hamblett Elected	1,233	47.2%	-4.4
UK Independence Party (UKIP)	Colin Francis Jones	523	20.0%	—
Conservative and Unionist Party	Phelyp Bennett	463	17.7%	-2.8
Labour Party	Alexander Jones-Casey	391	15.0%	-8.9
Majority		710
Turnout		32.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		2,610

Liberal Democrats hold

Failsworth East

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Independent	Brian Hobin Elected	1,347	53.6%	+45.5
Labour Party	Paul Jean Jacques	826	32.9%	-25.7
Conservative and Unionist Party	Antony Cahill	295	11.7%	-17.3
Liberal Democrats	Alan Belmore	46	1.8%	+0.3
Majority		521
Turnout		32.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		2,514

Independent gain from Labour Party

Failsworth West

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Labour Party	Elaine Garry Elected	855	36.8%	-14.8
Independent	Warren William Bates	711	30.6%	+9.1
UK Independence Party (UKIP)	Annette Louise Evans	325	14.0%	—
Conservative and Unionist Party	Michele Stockton	192	8.3%	-10.2
Green Party	Andy Hunter-Rossall	191	8.2%	+1.1
Liberal Democrats	Richard Neville Darlington	52	2.2%	+0.8
Majority		144
Turnout		30.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		2,326

Labour Party hold

Hollinwood

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Labour Party	Steve Williams Elected	990	56.1%	-18.2
UK Independence Party (UKIP)	Matthew James Woods	457	25.9%	—
Conservative and Unionist Party	Sajjad Hussain	123	7.0%	-14.9
Liberal Democrats	Stephen Barrow	118	6.7%	-0.9
Green Party	David Maybury	76	4.3%	—
Majority		533
Turnout		23.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		1,764

Labour Party hold

Medlock Vale

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Labour Party	Mohammed Alyas Elected	1,346	44.4%	-24.1
Independent	Kaiser Rehman	992	32.7%	+19.4
UK Independence Party (UKIP)	Marcus Esbach	231	7.6%	—
Independent	Philip Edward Howarth	186	6.1%	—
Conservative and Unionist Party	Neil Allsopp	128	4.2%	-6.6
Green Party	Daniel Clayton	83	2.7%	-0.6
Liberal Democrats	Rachel Pendlebury	64	2.1%	-2.0
Majority		354
Turnout		35.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		3,030

Labour Party hold

Royton North

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Labour Party	Clint Phythian Elected	840	34.0%	-13.9
Conservative and Unionist Party	Allan Fish	674	27.2%	-12.6
UK Independence Party (UKIP)	Paul Goldring	573	23.2%	—
Green Party	Lina Maria Valencia	219	8.9%	+4.1
Liberal Democrats	Russ Gosling	168	6.8%	-0.8
Majority		166
Turnout		32.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		2,474

Labour Party hold

Royton South

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Labour Party	Steven Bashforth Elected	1,014	46.4%	-7.3
UK Independence Party (UKIP)	Anthony Prince	549	25.1%	—
Conservative and Unionist Party	Ian Bond	289	13.2%	-22.7
Green Party	Jim Stidworthy	189	8.7%	+3.4
Liberal Democrats	Ken Berry	143	6.5%	+1.5
Majority		465
Turnout		—
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		2,184

Labour Party hold

Saddleworth North

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Labour Party	George Hulme Elected	704	23.8%	-7.3
Saddleworth First!	Carl Roberts	650	22.0%	—
Conservative and Unionist Party	Luke Lancaster	592	20.0%	-15.4
Liberal Democrats	John Douglas Eccles	567	19.2%	-14.3
UK Independence Party (UKIP)	Christopher John Green	255	8.6%	—
Independent	Phil Sewell	188	6.4%	—
Majority		54
Turnout		38.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		2,956

Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Saddleworth South

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Conservative and Unionist Party	Graham Sheldon Elected	1,068	31.3%	-5.1
Liberal Democrats	Brian Lord	649	19.0%	-12.2
Saddleworth First!	Duncan Goodman	496	14.5%	—
Labour Party	Connor Daniel Green	466	13.7%	-10.1
Independent	Helen Louise Bishop	435	12.8%	+7.4
UK Independence Party (UKIP)	Harry Moore	244	7.2%	—
Independent	Alec Crook	51	1.5%	—
Majority		419
Turnout		37.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		3,409

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Saddleworth West and Lees

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Liberal Democrats	Sam Al-Hamdani Elected	953	33.8%	+5.7
Labour Party	Adrian Clive Alexander	670	23.8%	-16.0
Saddleworth First!	Paul Boots Errock	660	23.4%	—
UK Independence Party (UKIP)	Paul Taylor	280	9.9%	—
Conservative and Unionist Party	Tom Lord	254	9.0%	-23.1
Majority		283
Turnout		34.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		2,817

Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Party

Shaw

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Liberal Democrats	Chris Gloster Elected	1,121	50.1%	+6.4
Labour and Co-operative Party	Ken Rustidge	428	19.1%	-9.6
UK Independence Party (UKIP)	Rob Vance	318	14.2%	—
Conservative and Unionist Party	Lisa Smirk	259	11.6%	-6.7
Green Party	Catherine Hunter-Rossall	112	5.0%	—
Majority		693
Turnout		30.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		2,238

Liberal Democrats hold

St James'

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Labour Party	Angela Carol Cosgrove Elected	634	31.9%	-27.2
Liberal Democrats	Tony Martin	522	26.2%	+15.5
UK Independence Party (UKIP)	Colin Herbert Burrows	404	20.3%	—
Independent	Amoy Lindo	219	11.0%	—
Conservative and Unionist Party	Atif Ali	124	6.2%	-17.0
Green Party	Roger Pakeman	87	4.4%	-2.6
Majority		112
Turnout		25.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		1,990

Labour Party hold

St Mary's

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Labour Party	Nyla Ibrahim Elected	2,625	85.2%	+3.3
Green Party	Miranda Meadowcroft	177	5.7%	+1.3
Conservative and Unionist Party	Sean Raymond Curley	148	4.8%	-3.2
Liberal Democrats	Pat Lord	132	4.3%	-1.5
Majority		2,448
Turnout		35.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		3,082

Labour Party hold

Waterhead

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Labour Party	Peter Dean Elected	1,233	62.2%	+2.3
Liberal Democrats	Linda Dawson	431	21.7%	+5.8
Conservative and Unionist Party	Max Woodvine	319	16.1%	+1.4
Majority		802
Turnout		25.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		1,983

Labour Party hold

Werneth

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Labour Party	Javid Iqbal Elected	1,877	49.3%	-37.0
Independent	Asghar Ali	1,610	42.3%	—
Green Party	Irfat Ahmed Shajahan	151	4.0%	—
Conservative and Unionist Party	Heath Fletcher	86	2.3%	-6.4
Liberal Democrats	Keith Pendlebury	86	2.3%	-2.9
Majority		267
Turnout		46.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		3,810

Labour Party hold

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