Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council elections
One third of Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council in Greater Manchester, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, 60 councillors have been elected from 20 wards.[1]
Political control
Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2]
Party in control | Years |
---|---|
Labour | 1973–1975 |
No overall control | 1975–1976 |
Conservative | 1976–1979 |
No overall control | 1979–1980 |
Labour | 1980–1982 |
No overall control | 1982 - 1986 |
Labour | 1986–1992 |
No overall control | 1992–1996 |
Labour | 1996–2003 |
No overall control | 2003–2007 |
Liberal Democrats | 2007–2010 |
No overall control | 2010–2011 |
Labour | since 2011 |
Council elections
- Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1998
- Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1999
- Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2000
- Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2002
- Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2003
- Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2004 (whole Metropolitan Borough Council elected after boundary changes took place)[3]
- Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2006
- Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2007
- Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2008
- Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2010
- Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2011
- Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2012
- Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2014
- Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2015
- Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2016
- Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2018
By-election results
1993-1997
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | 2,015 | 56.6 | |||
Labour | 1,109 | 31.7 | |||
Conservative | 413 | 11.6 | |||
Independent | 22 | 0.6 | |||
Majority | 906 | 24.9 | |||
Turnout | 3,559 | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing |
1997-2001
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | 1,347 | 52.2 | +18.7 | ||
Labour | 716 | 27.8 | -3.2 | ||
Conservative | 432 | 16.8 | -5.6 | ||
Independent | 84 | 3.3 | +3.3 | ||
Majority | 631 | 24.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,579 | 29.0 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing |
2005-2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jonathan Burns | 603 | 41.6 | -9.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Rhoda Morley | 566 | 39.1 | +21.3 | |
Conservative | David Harris | 280 | 19.3 | -11.5 | |
Majority | 37 | 2.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,449 | 18.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
2010-2015
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Anthony Joseph William Bennett | 627 | 29.7% | +3.0% | |
Liberal Democrat | Patricia Ann Colclough | 246 | 11.7% | -4.4% | |
National Front | Peter Greenwood[6] | 156 | 7.4% | +7.4% | |
Conservative | Peter Nicholas Winkler | 1,081 | 51.2% | -6.0% | |
Majority | 460 | 21.8% | -8.7% | ||
Turnout | 2,110 | 27.1% | -12.9% |
References
- ↑ "Elections". Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council. Archived from the original on 2 May 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- ↑ "Rochdale". BBC News Online. 2009-04-19. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
- ↑ "Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
- ↑ "Labour hold on in by-election". Middleton Guardian. 2007-11-30. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
- ↑ http://www.rochdale.gov.uk/the_council/elections/election_-_norden_ward.aspx
- ↑ http://www.national-front.org.uk/?p=1781
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