Rochdale council election, 2018

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

Most seats
16
Labour Party
Seats contested
20
across 20 wards
Turnout
35.0%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour Party 16 +0 26,250 52.1% +0.2
Conservative and Unionist Party 3 +0 13,590 27.0% +7.7
Liberal Democrats 1 +0 6,554 13.0% +4.6
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 0 +0 1,989 3.9% -12.2
Independent 0 +0 1,351 2.7% +1.1
Green Party 0 +0 656 1.3% -1.3

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 20
Conservative and Unionist Party 20
Labour Party 20
Liberal Democrats 17
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 7
Green Party 6
Independent 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.

Balderstone and Kirkholt

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Kathleen Nickson Elected 938 51.5% -8.6
Conservative and Unionist Party John Kershaw 427 23.5% +14.4
Liberal Democrats Mark Alcock 368 20.2% +9.5
Green Party Sami Mir 87 4.8% +2.3
Majority511
Turnout24.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,820

Labour Party hold

Bamford

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Angela Jennifer Smith Elected 1,713 52.2% +3.3
Labour Party Martin Gerard Ayres 1,357 41.4% +10.2
Liberal Democrats Roy Thornsby 211 6.4% +0.6
Majority356
Turnout42.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,281

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Castleton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Aasim Rashid Elected 1,008 41.3% -19.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Michael James Cullen 967 39.7% +30.7
Green Party Jonathan Edward Kershaw 158 6.5% +2.3
Independent Brian Bamford 155 6.4% —
Liberal Democrats Tony Hughes 150 6.2% —
Majority41
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,438

Labour Party hold

Central Rochdale

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Sultan Ali Elected 2,171 63.8% -16.2
Liberal Democrats Zulfiqar Ali 974 28.6% +22.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Roger Howarth 185 5.4% +1.1
Green Party Adam Mir 72 2.1% -1.3
Majority1,197
Turnout44.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,402

Labour Party hold

East Middleton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party June West Elected 1,303 61.7% +4.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Rebecca Daisy Ann Howard 511 24.2% +10.9
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Robert Mudd 299 14.2% -15.2
Majority792
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,113

Labour Party hold

Healey

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Kieran Anthony Patrick Heakin Elected 1,252 44.8% +1.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Andrew Neilson 926 33.2% +4.5
Liberal Democrats Robert James McLean 486 17.4% +10.8
Green Party AJ Rennie 128 4.6% +0.3
Majority326
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,792

Labour Party hold

Hopwood Hall

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Carol Elizabeth Wardle Elected 1,185 55.3% +2.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul Ellison 659 30.8% +7.6
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Angela Christine Gardner 299 14.0% -10.5
Majority526
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,143

Labour Party hold

Kingsway

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Daalat Ali Elected 1,911 64.0% -7.1
Liberal Democrats David John Clayton 730 24.5% +13.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Richard James Duckworth 254 8.5% -1.9
Green Party Firuz Ali 90 3.0% -4.3
Majority1,181
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,985

Labour Party hold

Littleborough Lakeside

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Janet Emsley Elected 1,149 46.2% -1.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Keith Taylor 843 33.9% +9.2
Liberal Democrats Zoe Dionne Attwood 496 19.9% +15.8
Majority306
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,488

Labour Party hold

Milkstone and Deeplish

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Sameena Akhtar Zaheer Elected 2,402 86.6% +9.2
Liberal Democrats Richard Eden-Maughan 209 7.5% -6.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Jacqueline Elaine Holt 162 5.8% +1.3
Majority2,193
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,773

Labour Party hold

Milnrow and Newhey

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Dave Bamford Elected 1,468 49.5% -1.2
Labour Party Neil Butterworth 984 33.2% +6.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Edward Carpenter 511 17.2% +14.1
Majority484
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,963

Liberal Democrats hold

Norden

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Michael Holly Elected 1,646 62.0% +6.2
Labour Party Tony Bennett 738 27.8% +7.7
Liberal Democrats John Farrington 150 5.6% +1.9
Green Party Mick Coats 121 4.6% -1.0
Majority908
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,655

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

North Heywood

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Peter Rush Elected 1,188 64.3% -6.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Stephen Matthew Pritchard 339 18.4% +2.1
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Stephen Sanderson 232 12.6% —
Liberal Democrats Sue Curzon 88 4.8% -8.2
Majority849
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,847

Labour Party hold

North Middleton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Kallum Nolan Elected 1,113 52.2% -6.5
Independent Keely Rose O'Mara 344 16.1% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Thomas Barnes 304 14.3% -16.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Oliver Bleasdale 295 13.8% +3.1
Liberal Democrats John Britton Wilkins 75 3.5% —
Majority769
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,131

Labour Party hold

Smallbridge and Firgrove

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party John Aaron James Blundell Elected 1,528 70.1% +14.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Len Branton 348 16.0% +5.6
Liberal Democrats Eleanor Kelly 304 13.9% +3.4
Majority1,180
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,180

Labour Party hold

South Middleton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Patricia Mary Dale Elected 1,275 47.9% +1.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Andy Dale 1,020 38.3% +16.2
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Richard John Whitaker 222 8.3% -17.1
Liberal Democrats Emma Jane Griffin 146 5.5% +1.8
Majority255
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,663

Labour Party hold

Spotland and Falinge

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Faisal Rana Elected 1,777 56.0% +7.5
Independent Carl Faulkner 852 26.9% +3.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Steven Scholes 303 9.5% +1.1
Liberal Democrats James Edward Earnshaw 241 7.6% -6.4
Majority925
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,173

Labour Party hold

Wardle and West Littleborough

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party John Taylor Elected 1,666 66.0% +6.5
Labour Party Julian Simon Farnell 614 24.3% +4.0
Liberal Democrats Lynn Butterworth 243 9.6% +4.6
Majority1,052
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,523

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

West Heywood

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Alan McCarthy Elected 1,065 53.5% -4.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Rachel Christine McLachlan 416 20.9% +10.2
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Michael O'Brien 293 14.7% -17.0
Liberal Democrats Harry Mills 215 10.8% —
Majority649
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,989

Labour Party hold

West Middleton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Neil Emmott Elected 1,292 63.6% -0.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Daniel Davison 399 19.6% +12.7
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Lee Jason Seville 340 16.7% -12.2
Majority893
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,031

Labour Party hold

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