Rochdale council election, 2024

02/05/2024 · 20 wards · 20 seats contested

Most seats
14
Labour Party
Seats contested
20
across 20 wards
Turnout
—
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour Party 14 -2 22,717 42.1% -11.1
Conservative and Unionist Party 3 +0 10,003 18.5% -4.4
Workers Party of Britain 2 +2 7,234 13.4% —
Liberal Democrats 1 +0 6,345 11.8% -0.2
Middleton Independents Party 0 +0 3,971 7.4% +0.5
Green Party 0 +0 1,645 3.0% -0.3
Independent 0 +0 1,262 2.3% +1.1
Reform UK 0 +0 788 1.5% —

Changes are against the previous council election on 04/05/2023. 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 20
Workers Party of Britain 13
Green Party 10
Middleton Independents Party 5
Independent 2
Reform UK 2

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 & Kirkholt

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Daniel Joseph Meredith Elected 1,086 52.9% -5.5
Workers Party of Britain Billy Howarth 395 19.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Len Branton 298 14.5% -8.9
Green Party Mick Coats 150 7.3% -2.3
Liberal Democrats John Swarbrick 122 5.9% —
Majority691
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,051

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Bamford

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Philip Michael Beal Elected 1,394 42.1% -11.7
Labour and Co-operative Party Lewis Chadwick Woodall 850 25.6% -9.5
Workers Party of Britain Jamil Akhtar 794 24.0% —
Green Party Peter Corby 182 5.5% —
Liberal Democrats Zarah Kauser 95 2.9% -8.2
Majority544
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,315

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Castleton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Aisling Gallagher Elected 899 34.8% -4.7
Independent David Jones 569 22.0% +2.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Malcolm Thomas Bywater 413 16.0% -5.2
Workers Party of Britain Thomas James Byrne 391 15.1% —
Green Party Jonathan Edward Kershaw 183 7.1% -2.4
Liberal Democrats Sharon L Harrison 132 5.1% -5.0
Majority330
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,587

Labour Party hold

Central Rochdale

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Workers Party of Britain Farooq Ahmed Elected 2,016 53.0% —
Labour Party Ali Ahmed 1,541 40.5% -32.4
Liberal Democrats Naveed Akhtar 144 3.8% -13.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Shajan Ali 106 2.8% -6.7
Majority475
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,807

Workers Party of Britain gain from Labour and Co-operative Party

East Middleton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Dylan James Williams Elected 1,974 67.9% +6.2
Middleton Independents Party Bernard Peter Wynne 709 24.4% -2.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Gillian Louise Jackson 183 6.3% -4.9
Liberal Democrats Barrie Nicholson 40 1.4% —
Majority1,265
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,906

Labour Party hold

Healey

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Shah Wazir Elected 1,086 37.7% -31.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul Ellison 618 21.5% -1.1
Workers Party of Britain Amr Nazir 591 20.5% —
Liberal Democrats Andy Lord 487 16.9% +8.4
Green Party Anja Jungmayr 96 3.3% —
Majority468
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,878

Labour Party hold

Hopwood Hall

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Carol Elizabeth Wardle Elected 1,220 50.1% -14.8
Reform UK Steve Potter 380 15.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Claudius Chonzi 346 14.2% -4.5
Middleton Independents Party Caitlin Victoria O'Mara 302 12.4% +0.6
Liberal Democrats Iain Donaldson 189 7.8% +3.2
Majority840
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,437

Labour Party hold

Kingsway

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Daalat Ali Elected 1,197 41.6% -26.9
Workers Party of Britain Haroon Nawaz Khan 811 28.2% —
Liberal Democrats Saghir Ahmed 323 11.2% +2.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Lynn Butterworth 297 10.3% -5.6
Green Party Mark Hollinrake 247 8.6% +1.4
Majority386
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,875

Labour Party hold

Littleborough Lakeside

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Tom Besford Elected 1,436 54.9% +10.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Ian Jackson 946 36.1% -7.7
Green Party Hannah MacGuire 182 7.0% -2.6
Liberal Democrats Safina Kauser 36 1.4% -1.2
Workers Party of Britain Uzair Mehmood 17 0.6% —
Majority490
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,617

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Milkstone & Deeplish

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Workers Party of Britain Minaam Ellahi Elected 1,812 62.4% —
Labour Party Shahid Mohammed 713 24.5% -55.5
Liberal Democrats Rifat Mahmood 152 5.2% -4.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Philip Edward Starr 118 4.1% -2.2
Green Party Feruz Ali 111 3.8% -0.1
Majority1,099
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,906

Workers Party of Britain gain from Labour Party

Milnrow & Newhey

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Andy Kelly Elected 1,684 55.5% +8.3
Labour Party Avis Kay Gilmore 936 30.9% -3.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Aiden James Forshaw 233 7.7% -5.0
Green Party Stephen Andrew Sharp 116 3.8% -2.3
Workers Party of Britain Rashida Jordan 64 2.1% —
Majority748
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,033

Liberal Democrats hold

Norden

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Peter Winkler Elected 1,448 48.5% -5.4
Labour Party Sue Moore-Holmes 968 32.4% +8.9
Liberal Democrats Stephanie Robertson 233 7.8% -6.3
Green Party Sarah Louise Croke 188 6.3% -2.1
Workers Party of Britain Sana Aziz 147 4.9% —
Majority480
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,984

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

North Heywood

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Paul John O'Neill Elected 1,009 53.2% -25.4
Reform UK Michael Howard 408 21.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jordan Tarrant-Short 305 16.1% -5.4
Liberal Democrats Jenny Kelly 109 5.7% —
Workers Party of Britain Saliah Begum 66 3.5% —
Majority601
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,897

Labour Party hold

North Middleton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Kath Bromfield Elected 1,294 48.3% -1.7
Middleton Independents Party Keeley O'Mara 1,163 43.4% +2.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Aaron Joseph Slack 177 6.6% -2.6
Liberal Democrats Chariss Peacock 46 1.7% —
Majority131
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,680

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Smallbridge & Firgrove

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party John Aaron James Blundell Elected 1,094 48.0% -3.2
Liberal Democrats Zulfiqar Ali 820 36.0% +9.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Eileen Taylor 365 16.0% +2.9
Majority274
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,279

Labour Party hold

South Middleton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party June West Elected 1,571 51.0% -0.8
Middleton Independents Party Lee Wolf 1,030 33.4% +1.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Tracy Anne Furnell 389 12.6% -3.8
Liberal Democrats Tony Hughes 91 3.0% —
Majority541
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,081

Labour Party hold

Spotland & Falinge

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Faisal Rana Elected 1,297 42.6% -6.7
Liberal Democrats Rabina Asghar 849 27.9% -10.2
Independent Carl Faulkner 693 22.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ann Marie Conway 208 6.8% +0.2
Majority448
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,047

Labour Party hold

Wardle, Shore & West Littleborough

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Adam Stuart Branton Elected 1,515 60.3% +0.7
Labour Party Syed Farhat Abbas Kazmi 442 17.6% -9.7
Liberal Democrats Kim Ho 317 12.6% +6.8
Green Party Martyn David Savin 190 7.6% +0.2
Workers Party of Britain Ali Shahid 49 1.9% —
Majority1,073
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,513

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

West Heywood

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Peter John Joinson Elected 1,080 53.0% -7.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Stephen Spencer-Jones 490 24.0% -3.7
Liberal Democrats Tom Shaw 387 19.0% +7.1
Workers Party of Britain Umar Malik 81 4.0% —
Majority590
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,038

Labour Party hold

West Middleton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Susan Smith Elected 1,024 50.3% -10.6
Middleton Independents Party Janene Lesley Walker 767 37.7% +12.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Matthew Steven Roughsedge 154 7.6% -1.0
Liberal Democrats Nikki Edwards 89 4.4% -0.5
Majority257
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,034

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

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