Rochdale council election, 2022

05/05/2022 · 20 wards · 60 seats contested

Most seats
42
Labour Party
Seats contested
60
across 20 wards
Turnout
—
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour Party 42 +26 75,197 50.8% +1.3
Conservative and Unionist Party 10 +7 30,060 20.3% -11.3
Middleton Independents Party 5 +5 13,511 9.1% —
Liberal Democrats 3 +2 25,569 17.3% +5.0
Green Party 0 +0 3,233 2.2% -2.5
Independent 0 +0 431 0.3% -1.3
For Future's Sake - Freedom Alliance 0 +0 142 0.1% -0.1

Changes are against the previous council election on 06/05/2021. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 60
Labour and Co-operative Party 60
Liberal Democrats 37
Conservative and Unionist Party 36
Middleton Independents Party 15
Green Party 10
For Future's Sake - Freedom Alliance 1
Independent 1

A party standing a full slate could field 60 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 & Kirkholt 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Philip Thomas Massey Elected 1,225 69.8% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Daniel Joseph Meredith Elected 1,224 69.7% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Elsie Wraighte Elected 1,062 60.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Mudassar Razzaq 505 28.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Michael Smith 473 26.9% —
Green Party Jordan Allan Eves 324 18.5% —
Liberal Democrats Judith Anne Jones 313 17.8% —
For Future's Sake - Freedom Alliance Laura Agnieszka Grabowska 142 8.1% —
Majority557
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,756

Bamford 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Angela Jennifer Smith Elected 1,683 54.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Patricia Sullivan Elected 1,553 50.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Steve Anstee Elected 1,549 50.0% —
Labour Party Rosie Shoozia Choudhury 1,066 34.4% —
Labour Party Sultan Ali 1,066 34.4% —
Labour Party Brian Meredith 1,014 32.7% —
Liberal Democrats Siobhain Cunnane 406 13.1% —
Liberal Democrats Peter Andrew Diestler 380 12.3% —
Green Party Edward Alan Whittaker 307 9.9% —
Liberal Democrats Zarah Kauser 269 8.7% —
Majority483
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)3,098

Castleton 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Billy Sheerin Elected 1,424 65.3% —
Labour Party Aisling Gallagher Elected 1,214 55.7% —
Labour Party Aasim Rashid Elected 1,095 50.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party David Jones 664 30.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Stephen Sanderson 629 28.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Darren Philip Bayman 584 26.8% —
Liberal Democrats Beverley Rose Heyworth 401 18.4% —
Liberal Democrats Sarah Jane Kisa-Smith 294 13.5% —
Liberal Democrats Sajid Hashmi 236 10.8% —
Majority431
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,180

Central Rochdale 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Iftikhar Ahmed Elected 2,598 66.5% —
Labour Party Ali Ahmed Elected 2,518 64.4% —
Labour Party Sameena Akhtar Zaheer Elected 2,193 56.1% —
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Sheraz 1,499 38.4% —
Liberal Democrats Zulfiqar Ali 1,306 33.4% —
Liberal Democrats Zaheer Abbas 1,280 32.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Len Branton 170 4.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Steven Scholes 159 4.1% —
Majority694
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)3,908

East Middleton 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Middleton Independents Party Paul Beswick Elected 1,300 51.2% —
Middleton Independents Party Dylan James Williams Elected 1,257 49.5% —
Middleton Independents Party Bernard Peter Wynne Elected 1,245 49.0% —
Labour Party Kath Bromfield 1,193 47.0% —
Labour Party Elizabeth Atewologun 1,189 46.8% —
Labour Party Terry Smith 1,166 45.9% —
Green Party Connor Hibbert 269 10.6% —
Majority52
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,540

Healey 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Shaun O'Neill Elected 1,582 67.7% —
Labour Party Shah Wazir Elected 1,562 66.8% —
Labour Party Tricia Ayrton Elected 1,533 65.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Andrew Neilson 962 41.1% —
Liberal Democrats Mark Alcock 563 24.1% —
Liberal Democrats Shin Ingram 446 19.1% —
Liberal Democrats Safina Kauser 365 15.6% —
Majority571
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,338

Hopwood Hall 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Susan Emmott Elected 1,304 54.8% —
Labour Party Carol Elizabeth Wardle Elected 1,226 51.5% —
Labour Party Peter Hodgkinson Elected 1,209 50.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jacqui Beswick 755 31.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Alan McCarthy 674 28.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Matthew Steven Roughsedge 669 28.1% —
Middleton Independents Party Matthew Colin Glaysher 447 18.8% —
Middleton Independents Party Caitlin Victoria O'Mara 433 18.2% —
Middleton Independents Party Gavin Peter Vitler 424 17.8% —
Majority454
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,380

Kingsway 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Shakil Ahmed Elected 1,737 78.2% —
Labour Party Daalat Ali Elected 1,584 71.4% —
Labour Party Rachel Massey Elected 1,548 69.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ibrahim Khalil 655 29.5% —
Liberal Democrats Sharon Taylor 355 16.0% —
Green Party Mark Hollinrake 333 15.0% —
Liberal Democrats Barrie Nicholson 251 11.3% —
Liberal Democrats Chariss Peacock 197 8.9% —
Majority893
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,220

Littleborough Lakeside 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Janet Emsley Elected 1,349 53.3% —
Labour Party Tom Besford Elected 1,287 50.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Peter Reed Elected 1,185 46.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Lynn Butterworth 1,083 42.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Daniel Nuttall 931 36.8% —
Labour Party Julian Simon Farnell 889 35.1% —
Green Party Guy Nicholas Otten 434 17.1% —
Liberal Democrats Kate Clegg 434 17.1% —
Majority102
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,531

Milkstone & Deeplish 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Mohammad Arshad Elected 1,726 59.8% —
Labour Party Shahid Mohammed Elected 1,642 56.9% —
Labour Party Aiza Aasim Rashid Elected 1,539 53.3% —
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Zaman 1,192 41.3% —
Liberal Democrats Salina Khan Javid 1,182 40.9% —
Liberal Democrats Hassan Ali 1,107 38.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul Ellison 141 4.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jacqueline Elaine Holt 131 4.5% —
Majority347
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,887

Milnrow & Newhey 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Irene Davidson Elected 1,942 74.5% —
Liberal Democrats Andy Kelly Elected 1,903 73.0% —
Liberal Democrats Dave Bamford Elected 1,660 63.7% —
Labour Party Allen John Brett 741 28.4% —
Labour Party Leanne Greenwood 583 22.4% —
Labour Party Alexander John Royle 509 19.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party AI Steve 487 18.7% —
Majority919
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,608

Norden 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party James Travis Gartside Elected 1,704 59.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Peter Winkler Elected 1,579 54.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Michael Holly Elected 1,511 52.3% —
Labour Party Tony Bennett 913 31.6% —
Labour Party Iain MacDonald 840 29.1% —
Labour Party Farhat Kazmi 637 22.0% —
Liberal Democrats Stephanie Robertson 568 19.7% —
Liberal Democrats Anne Colgan 482 16.7% —
Liberal Democrats Colette Margaret Duszczyk 433 15.0% —
Majority598
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,889

North Heywood 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Liam Joseph O'Rourke Elected 1,205 81.0% —
Labour Party Peter Rush Elected 1,166 78.4% —
Labour Party Bev Place Elected 1,121 75.3% —
Liberal Democrats Jenny Kelly 368 24.7% —
Liberal Democrats Iain Donaldson 325 21.8% —
Liberal Democrats Richard Eden-Maughan 280 18.8% —
Majority753
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,488

North Middleton 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Middleton Independents Party Peter Anthony Allonby Elected 1,140 49.2% —
Labour Party Sara Rowbotham Elected 1,118 48.2% —
Middleton Independents Party Keely Rose O'Mara 1,059 45.7% —
Middleton Independents Party Lee Wolf Elected 1,059 45.7% —
Labour Party Donna Williams 1,029 44.4% —
Labour Party Neil Butterworth 886 38.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party David Campbell Bold 381 16.4% —
Green Party Alan James Godson 282 12.2% —
Majority0
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,318

Smallbridge & Firgrove 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Aftab Hussain Elected 1,343 60.1% —
Labour Party John Aaron James Blundell Elected 1,312 58.7% —
Labour Party Amna Mir Elected 1,269 56.8% —
Liberal Democrats Latafat Hussain 812 36.3% —
Liberal Democrats Eleanor Kelly 798 35.7% —
Liberal Democrats Dean Larder 695 31.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Eileen Taylor 476 21.3% —
Majority457
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,235

South Middleton 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Peter James Williams Elected 1,540 50.5% —
Labour Party June West Elected 1,473 48.3% —
Labour Party Patricia Mary Dale Elected 1,404 46.0% —
Middleton Independents Party Adam John Cornett 1,350 44.3% —
Middleton Independents Party Emma Louise Hezelgrave-Whitworth 1,046 34.3% —
Middleton Independents Party Jo Hezelgrave-Whitworth 959 31.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Bernard Thomas Braiden 809 26.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Aaron Joseph Slack 567 18.6% —
Majority54
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)3,049

Spotland & Falinge 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Iram Faisal Elected 1,832 59.3% —
Labour Party Faisal Rana Elected 1,815 58.8% —
Labour Party Amber Nisa Elected 1,681 54.5% —
Liberal Democrats Rabina Asghar 1,053 34.1% —
Liberal Democrats John Swarbrick 743 24.1% —
Liberal Democrats Hammas Majid 678 22.0% —
Independent Carl Faulkner 431 14.0% —
Green Party Mick Coats 388 12.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party John Kershaw 372 12.1% —
Green Party Neil Gavin Rutter 269 8.7% —
Majority628
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)3,087

Wardle, Shore & West Littleborough 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Ashley Howard Dearnley Elected 1,881 76.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Rina Paolucci Elected 1,493 60.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party John Taylor Elected 1,482 59.9% —
Labour Party Barbara Miller 652 26.3% —
Labour Party Mike Radanovic 564 22.8% —
Labour Party Muhammad Sodrul Islam 454 18.3% —
Green Party Jules Howliston 375 15.1% —
Liberal Democrats Vickie Mason 275 11.1% —
Green Party Hannah MacGuire 252 10.2% —
Majority830
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,476

West Heywood 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Angela Brown Elected 1,241 70.0% —
Labour Party Peter Malcolm Elected 1,102 62.1% —
Labour Party Linda Robinson Elected 1,021 57.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Christopher Harris 706 39.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ian Francis Kilgannon 630 35.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Martin Leonard Colum Orson 621 35.0% —
Majority315
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,774

West Middleton 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Phil Burke Elected 1,029 63.6% —
Labour Party Susan Smith Elected 937 57.9% —
Labour Party Neil Emmott Elected 816 50.4% —
Middleton Independents Party Joan Aspinall 656 40.5% —
Middleton Independents Party Peter John Shore 587 36.3% —
Middleton Independents Party Simon Footitt 549 33.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jordan Tarrant-Short 206 12.7% —
Liberal Democrats Nikki Edwards 78 4.8% —
Majority160
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,619

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