2008 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Oldham Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election. The council remained in no overall control with the Liberal Democrats overtaking the Labour Party as the largest party.

Results of the 2008 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Liberal Democrat 30
• Labour 22
• Conservative 7
• Independent 1

Election result

Oldham Local Election Result 2008

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	11	4	0	+4		37.6	22,558	+1.3
	Labour	5	0	8	-8		31.5	18,866	-4.1
	Conservative	4	4	0	+4		24.4	14,646	+3.3
	Independent	0	0	0			2.1	1,282	+0.4
	BNP	0	0	0			1.8	1,051	-1.1
	Green	0	0	0			1.3	762	-1.1
	England First	0	0	0			1.3	752	+1.3

Ward results

Alexandra ward

Alexandra ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Dinoff	932	33.8	−3.4
	Conservative	Khamran Ghafoor	841	30.5	+18.6
	Labour	Hugh McDonald	801	29.1	−15.0
	Independent	Phil Howarth	183	6.6	+6.6
Majority			91	3.3
Turnout			2,757
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Chadderton Central ward

Chadderton Central ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Hudson	966	35.7	−15.5
	Labour	Tony Brownridge	866	32.0	−9.9
	BNP	Roy Goodwin	660	24.4	+24.4
	Liberal Democrats	Pat Lord	212	7.8	+0.9
Majority			100	3.7	−5.6
Turnout			2,704
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Chadderton North ward

Chadderton North ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jack Hulme	1,699	55.8	+11.8
	Labour	Julie Kirkham	927	30.4	−3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Nilu Uddin	419	13.8	+2.8
Majority			772	25.3	+15.5
Turnout			3,045
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Chadderton South ward

Chadderton South ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dave Hibbert	959	40.7	−3.7
	Conservative	John Berry	735	31.2	+6.5
	England First	Martin Brierley	425	18.0	+18.0
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Dawson	236	10.0	−1.1
Majority			224	9.5	−11.0
Turnout			2,355
	Labour hold		Swing

Coldhurst ward

Coldhurst ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Abdul Jabbar	2,296	52.8	+19.3
	Liberal Democrats	Mujibur Rahman	1,684	38.8	−4.4
	Conservative	Muhammed Dara	365	8.4	−7.7
Majority			612	14.0
Turnout			4,354
	Labour hold		Swing

Crompton ward

Crompton ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Wingate	1,672	58.8	+3.2
	Conservative	Chris Shyne	819	28.8	+7.1
	Labour	David Bibby	351	12.4	−4.7
Majority			853	30.0	−3.8
Turnout			2,842
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Failsworth East ward

Failsworth East ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Martin	1,036	43.7	+11.4
	Labour	Barbara Dawson	1,028	43.3	−14.6
	Green	John Parker	173	7.3	+1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Phil Renold	136	5.7	+1.9
Majority			8	0.4
Turnout			2,373
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Failsworth West ward

Failsworth West ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Barker	963	37.7	+7.5
	Labour	John Johnson	871	34.1	−2.1
	Green	Warren Bates	589	23.1	−5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Ken Wilson	132	5.2	+0.1
Majority			92	3.6
Turnout			2,555
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Hollinwood ward

Hollinwood ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ken Wilson	1,268	51.4	+9.1
	Labour	Jean Stretton	992	40.2	−0.4
	Conservative	Abdul Malik	208	8.4	−4.4
Majority			276	11.2	+9.5
Turnout			2,468
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Medlock Vale ward

Medlock Vale ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ur-Rahman Ateeque	1,136	39.9	−18.3
	Liberal Democrats	Rafiq Pazeer	925	32.5	+13.0
	Independent	Gary Dalloway	534	18.7	+18.7
	Conservative	Tahir Iqbal	254	8.9	−13.3
Majority			211	7.4	−28.6
Turnout			2,849
	Labour hold		Swing

Royton North ward

Royton North ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bernard Judge	1,093	36.2	−4.1
	Conservative	Joseph Farquhar	811	26.8	−3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Nazia Raja	742	24.6	+15.6
	Independent	Anita Corbett	376	12.4	+12.4
Majority			282	9.3	−0.8
Turnout			3,022
	Labour hold		Swing

Royton South ward

Royton South ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Diane Williamson	1,333	42.8	+9.5
	Labour	Phil Harrison	953	30.6	−6.5
	Conservative	Allan Fish	832	26.7	+6.2
Majority			380	12.8
Turnout			3,118
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Saddleworth North ward

Saddleworth North ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Buckley	1,744	53.9	−1.8
	Conservative	Barbara Jackson	916	28.3	+3.9
	Labour	Ken Hulme	575	25.6	+7.8
Majority			828	31.3	+1.2
Turnout			3,235
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Saddleworth South ward

Saddleworth South ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Knowles	1,774	48.5	−6.6
	Conservative	Graham Sheldon	1,582	43.2	+11.2
	Labour	Paul Fryer	301	8.2	+1.2
Majority			192	5.2	−17.8
Turnout			3,657
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Saddleworth West and Lees ward

Saddleworth West and Lees ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Val Sedgewick	1,673	55.8	+0.8
	Conservative	Pam Byrne	799	26.6	+0.4
	Labour	John Battye	527	17.6	−0.8
Majority			874	29.1	+0.2
Turnout			2,999
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St James ward

St James ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jackie Stanton	968	44.8	−7.7
	Labour	Joseph Fitzpatrick	476	22.0	−8.0
	Conservative	David Atherton	392	18.1	+18.1
	England First	Andrew Clayton	327	15.1	+15.1
Majority			492	22.7	+4.0
Turnout			2,163
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St Marys ward

St Marys ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Masud	2,483	56.0	+8.2
	Labour	Mohammed Sharif	1,632	36.8	−15.4
	Conservative	Paul Stephenson	320	7.2	+7.2
Majority			851	19.2
Turnout			4,434
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Shaw ward

Shaw ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Howard Sykes	1,496	57.3	+1.4
	Conservative	Michael Canning	422	16.2	+3.4
	BNP	Alwyn Stott	391	15.0	+2.0
	Labour	Dilys Fletcher	303	11.6	−1.7
Majority			1,074	41.1	−1.5
Turnout			2,612
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Waterhead ward

Waterhead ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Dawson	1,421	57.3	−4.7
	Labour	Arooj Shah	535	21.6	−4.0
	Conservative	David Caddick	335	13.5	+13.5
	Independent	Stuart Allsopp	189	7.6	+0.4
Majority			886	35.7	−0.7
Turnout			2,480
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Werneth ward

Werneth ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fida Hussain	2,244	57.5	+11.3
	Liberal Democrats	Ashazar Mahmood	1,308	33.5	−5.0
	Conservative	Mohammed Irfan	351	9.0	−6.4
Majority			936	24.0	+16.3
Turnout			3,903
	Labour hold		Swing

References

• Oldham Council election, 2008 - nominations^{[permanent dead link]}
• Oldham councillors