Rochdale council election, 2021

06/05/2021 · 20 wards · 20 seats contested

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

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour Party 16 +0 27,846 49.4% +0.1
Conservative and Unionist Party 3 +0 17,771 31.5% +10.3
Liberal Democrats 1 +0 6,913 12.3% +1.4
Green Party 0 +0 2,657 4.7% +1.1
Independent 0 +0 922 1.6% —
For Future's Sake - Freedom Alliance 0 +0 88 0.2% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 0 +0 74 0.1% -14.7
Social Democratic Party 0 +0 71 0.1% —

Changes are against the previous council election on 02/05/2019. 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 and Co-operative Party 20
Liberal Democrats 18
Green Party 14
Independent 3
For Future's Sake - Freedom Alliance 1
Social Democratic Party 1
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 1

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 and Co-operative Party Philip Thomas Massey Elected 1,473 60.0% +15.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Jacqueline Elaine Holt 710 28.9% +18.5
Green Party James O'Meara 186 7.6% +1.2
For Future's Sake - Freedom Alliance Laura Agnieszka Grabowska 88 3.6% —
Majority763
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,457

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Bamford

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Steve Anstee Elected 1,809 56.0% +8.2
Labour Party Elizabeth Atewologun 988 30.6% -2.8
Liberal Democrats Siobhain Cunnane 223 6.9% +2.4
Green Party Edward Alan Whittaker 211 6.5% +0.2
Majority821
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,231

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Castleton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Billy Sheerin Elected 1,510 55.6% +8.1
Conservative and Unionist Party David Jones 840 30.9% +8.9
Liberal Democrats Sarah Jane Kisa-Smith 197 7.3% +3.1
Green Party Jonathan Edward Kershaw 169 6.2% -2.8
Majority670
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,716

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Central Rochdale

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Iftikhar Ahmed Elected 2,756 84.6% +5.9
Conservative and Unionist Party David Morgan Jones 218 6.7% -0.2
Green Party Adam Mir 166 5.1% —
Liberal Democrats Barrie Nicholson 118 3.6% -10.9
Majority2,538
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,258

Labour Party hold

East Middleton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Terry Smith Elected 1,449 58.3% +0.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Stephen Sanderson 774 31.2% +14.3
Liberal Democrats Ian Kenneth Aspinall 190 7.6% —
Social Democratic Party Robert Mudd 71 2.9% —
Majority675
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,484

Labour Party hold

Healey

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Shaun O'Neill Elected 1,660 54.7% +8.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Robert James McLean 950 31.3% +8.7
Liberal Democrats Mark Alcock 259 8.5% -5.6
Green Party AJ Rennie 166 5.5% —
Majority710
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,035

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Hopwood Hall

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Linda Robinson Elected 1,206 48.7% -2.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul Ellison 922 37.3% +15.6
Independent Ian Francis Kilgannon 254 10.3% —
Liberal Democrats Tony Hughes 92 3.7% —
Majority284
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,474

Labour Party hold

Kingsway

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Shakil Ahmed Elected 2,235 71.9% +1.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Andrew Neilson 461 14.8% +4.3
Liberal Democrats Stephen Thornley 210 6.8% -2.0
Green Party Mark Hollinrake 203 6.5% -4.0
Majority1,774
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,109

Labour Party hold

Littleborough Lakeside

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party John Hartley Elected 1,097 37.0% +2.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Gareth David Hobson 998 33.7% +6.6
Liberal Democrats Kate Clegg 866 29.2% +12.1
Majority99
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,961

Labour Party hold

Milkstone and Deeplish

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Allen John Brett Elected 2,020 63.5% -20.4
Liberal Democrats Hassan Ansari 637 20.0% +14.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Rizwan Shafiq 409 12.8% +7.6
Green Party Feruz Ali 117 3.7% -1.6
Majority1,383
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,183

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Milnrow and Newhey

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Irene Davidson Elected 1,650 55.9% -4.1
Labour and Co-operative Party Neil Butterworth 802 27.2% +6.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Daniel Nuttall 499 16.9% +10.5
Majority848
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,951

Liberal Democrats hold

Norden

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party James Travis Gartside Elected 2,110 66.5% +11.3
Labour Party Shahid Mohammed 476 15.0% -3.7
Liberal Democrats Stephanie Robertson 340 10.7% +2.3
Green Party Sarah Louise Croke 246 7.8% +0.5
Majority1,634
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,172

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

North Heywood

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Liam Joseph O'Rourke Elected 1,156 53.6% -1.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Nigel J Morrell 658 30.5% +15.0
Independent Martin Leonard Colum Orson 166 7.7% —
Liberal Democrats Donna Chadwick 103 4.8% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Bernard Akin 74 3.4% -26.3
Majority498
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,157

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

North Middleton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Donna Williams Elected 1,315 58.1% +3.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Adrian Coan 713 31.5% +16.9
Green Party Kat Horrex 142 6.3% —
Liberal Democrats Ben Keane-Lyons 92 4.1% —
Majority602
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,262

Labour Party hold

Smallbridge and Firgrove

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Amna Mir Elected 1,449 55.0% -3.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Len Branton 520 19.7% +9.4
Liberal Democrats Dean Larder 505 19.2% +6.2
Green Party Jules Howliston 161 6.1% —
Majority929
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,635

Labour Party hold

South Middleton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Peter John Joinson Elected 1,663 54.3% +6.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Karen Winkler 1,032 33.7% +7.6
Green Party Martin James Collinge 249 8.1% —
Liberal Democrats Emma Jane Griffin 118 3.9% -4.7
Majority631
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,062

Labour Party hold

Spotland and Falinge

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Iram Faisal Elected 1,283 39.5% -22.1
Liberal Democrats Rabina Asghar 1,030 31.8% +24.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Steven Scholes 624 19.2% +3.6
Green Party Mick Coats 307 9.5% -6.1
Majority253
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,244

Labour Party hold

Wardle and West Littleborough

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Ashley Howard Dearnley Elected 2,112 69.9% +20.7
Labour Party Julian Simon Farnell 599 19.8% -4.3
Green Party Hannah MacGuire 206 6.8% —
Liberal Democrats Richard Eden-Maughan 103 3.4% -10.2
Majority1,513
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,020

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

West Heywood

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Wendy Ann Cocks Elected 1,154 46.2% -3.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Jordan Tarrant-Short 715 28.6% +13.8
Independent Colin William Lambert 502 20.1% —
Green Party Guy Nicholas Otten 128 5.1% —
Majority439
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,499

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

West Middleton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Susan Smith Elected 1,555 63.9% +7.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Aaron Joseph Slack 697 28.7% +14.6
Liberal Democrats Nikki Edwards 180 7.4% —
Majority858
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,432

Labour Party hold

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