Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2018

The 2018 Oldham Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Oldham Council in England.[1] The election took place on the same day as other local elections in England. The election saw the majority Labour Party increase its number of seats by two. The Conservative Party also gained two seats, while the Liberal Democrats lost one seat. UKIP ceased to have representation on the council following this election.[2] The election left Labour with 47 seats, the Liberal Democrats 8 and the Conservatives 4 with the remaining seat being held by an Independent.[3]

Results

Labour Party: 29,876

Conservative Party: 11,761

Liberal Democrats: 8,208

Green Party: 1,754

Independent: 1,788

Liberal Party: 217

Candidates

Alexandra ward

Alexandra
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Liaqat Ali
Conservative Luke Lancaster
Green David Maybury
Labour Shaid Mushtaq

Chadderton Central ward

Chadderton Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Colin McLaren 1650
Labour Elaine Taylor 1499
Conservative Mohammed Shah Jahan 488
Conservative Mohammed Shahriyar M. Jahan 440
Liberal Democrat Stephen Lynch 262
Green Jess Mahoney 243
Liberal Democrat Louie Hamblett 205

Chadderton North ward

Chadderton North
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Mohammed Alom
Labour Barbara Brownridge
Green Daniel Clayton
Liberal Democrat John Hall

Chadderton South

Chadderton South
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Robert Barnes
Liberal Democrat Brian Lord
Independent Frank Rothwell
Labour Arooj Shah
Green Melodey Walker

Coldhurst ward

Coldhurst
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Sean Curley
Labour Abdul Malik
Liberal Democrat Rachel Pendlebury
Green Saleh Talukdar

Crompton ward

Crompton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Alexander Jones-Casey
Conservative Tom Lord
Liberal Democrat Dave Murphy
Independent Ann Tindall

Failsworth East ward

Failsworth East
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Alan Belmore
Labour Norman Briggs
Conservative Antony Cahill
Independent Dean Ludford
Green Chris Parr

Failsworth West ward

Failsworth West
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Warren Bates
Labour Peter Davis
Green Andy Hunter-Rossall
Conservative Paul Martin
Liberal Democrat Lynne Thompson

Hollinwood ward

Hollinwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative John Caddick
Liberal Democrat Richard Darlington
Liberal Democrat Martin Dinoff
Conservative Sajjad Hussain
Labour Martin Judd
Labour Jean Stretton

Medlock Vale ward

Medlock Vale
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Barbara Beeley
Green Jean Betteridge
Independent Philip Howarth
Conservative Michele Stockton
Labour Yasmin Toor

Royton North ward

Royton North
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Allan Fish
Liberal Democrat Russell Gosling
Labour Hannah Roberts
Green Lina Shaw

Royton South ward

Royton South
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Marie Bashforth
Liberal Democrat Ken Berry
Conservative Lewis Quigg
Green Jim Stidworthy

Saddleworth North ward

Saddleworth North
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Pam Byrne 933
Liberal Democrat John Eccles 882
Labour George Hulme 820

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Saddleworth South ward

Saddleworth South
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Jamie Curley 1215
Liberal Democrat John McCann 1043
Labour Co-op Ian Manners 793
Independent Helen Bishop 180
Green Catherine Hunter-Rossall 103

[3]

Saddleworth West & Lees ward

Saddleworth West & Lees
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Valerie Leach 1041
Conservative Andris D'Adamo 842
Liberal Democrat Sam Al-Hamdani 737

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Shaw ward

Shaw
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Phelyp Bennett
Liberal Angie Farrell
Liberal Democrat Hazel Gloster
Labour Co-op Ken Rustidge

St. James ward

St. James
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Ginny Alexander
Liberal Democrat Stephen Barrow
Conservative Nicola Jeffery-Sykes
Green Roger Pakeman

St. Mary's ward

St. Mary's
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative David Atherton
Liberal Democrat Pat Lord
Green Miranda Meadowcroft
Labour Ali Salamat

Waterhead ward

Waterhead
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Riaz Ahmad
Conservative Neil Allsopp
Green Andrea Chaverra Valencia
Liberal Democrat Linda Dawson
Independent Carl Roberts

Werneth ward

Werneth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Shoab Akhtar
Conservative Heath Fletcher
Liberal Democrat Keith Pendlebury

References

  1. ↑ "Statement of Persons Nominated 9 April 2018". oldham.gov.uk. Oldham Council. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "Trafford lost by Conservatives". BBC News. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Belmore, Aimee (5 May 2018). "Saddleworth elects three new councillors to represent area on Oldham Council". Saddleworth Independent. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
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