2018 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election

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]

Map showing the results of the 2018 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election

Results

Vote share changes compared to 2016.

Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	18		81.8%	29	47	78.3%	29,876	55.96%	6.68%
	Liberal Democrats	2		9.1%	6	8	13.3%	7,383	13.19%	2.19%
	Conservative	2		9.1%	2	4	6.7%	11,761	22.03%	10.03%
	Independent	0		0.0%	1	1	1.7%	1,788	3.35%	3.32%
	UKIP	n/a	1	0.0%	0	0	0.0%	n/a	n/a	n/a
	Green	0		0.0%	0	0	0.0%	1,754	3.29%	0.28%

Ward results

Councillors seeking re-election are denoted with an asterisk. They were elected in 2014 and changes in vote share are compared on that basis.

Alexandra

Alexandra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shaid Mushtaq*	1,455	53
	Liberal Democrats	Liaqat Ali	812	30
	Conservative	Luke Lancaster	322	12
	Green	David Maybury	132	5
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Chadderton Central

Due to a vacancy 2 candidates were elected to this ward. The candidate with the most votes received a full 4-year term and the second-placed candidate received the remaining term of the vacated seat.

Chadderton Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colin McLaren*	1,650	69
	Labour	Elaine Taylor	1,499	63
	Conservative	Mohammed Shah Jahan	488	20
	Conservative	Mohammed Shahriyar M. Jahan	440	18
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Lynch	262	11
	Green	Jess Mahoney	243	10
	Liberal Democrats	Louie Hamblett	205	9
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Chadderton North

Chadderton North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barbara Brownridge*	1,612	57.8	+2.3
	Conservative	Mohammed Alom	900	32.2	+1.8
	Green	Daniel Clayton	161	5.8	−1.9
	Liberal Democrats	John Hall	118	4.2	−2.2
Turnout			2791	33.92	−2.58
	Labour hold		Swing

Chadderton South

Chadderton South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arooj Shah	967	47
	Conservative	Robert Barnes	623	30
	Independent	Frank Rothwell	288	14
	Green	Melodey Walker	129	6
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Lord	69	3
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Coldhurst

Coldhurst

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Abdul Malik*	2,680	82
	Conservative	Sean Curley	265	8
	Liberal Democrats	Rachel Pendlebury	166	5
	Green	Saleh Talukdar	155	5
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Crompton

Crompton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Dave Murphy*	1,359	52
	Labour	Alexander Jones-Casey	628	24
	Conservative	Tom Lord	541	21
	Independent	Ann Tindall	102	4
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Failsworth East

Failsworth East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Norman Briggs*	1,072	53
	Conservative	Antony Cahill	575	29
	Independent	Dean Ludford	275	14
	Green	Chris Parr	70	3
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Belmore	23	1
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Failsworth West

Warren Bates was elected for UKIP in 2014.

Failsworth West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Davis	1,076	52
	Independent	Warren Bates*	448	21
	Conservative	Paul Martin	386	18
	Green	Andy Hunter-Rossall	148	7
	Liberal Democrats	Lynne Thompson	29	1
Turnout
	Labour gain from UKIP		Swing

Hollinwood

Due to a vacancy 2 candidates were elected to this ward. The candidate with the most votes received a full 4-year term and the second-placed candidate received the remaining term of the vacated seat.

Hollinwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jean Stretton*	1,198	74
	Labour	Martin Judd	1,184	73
	Conservative	John Caddick	353	22
	Conservative	Sajjad Hussain	262	16
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Darlington	122	8
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Dinoff	106	7
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Medlock Vale

Medlock Vale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Yasmin Toor*	1,799	69
	Independent	Philip Howarth	349	13
	Conservative	Michele Stockton	283	11
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Beeley	107	4
	Green	Jean Betteridge	88	3
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Royton North

Royton North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hannah Roberts*	1,092	48
	Conservative	Allan Fish	910	40
	Liberal Democrats	Russell Gosling	173	8
	Green	Lina Shaw	109	5
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Royton South

Royton South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Marie Bashforth*	1,156	54
	Conservative	Lewis Quigg	774	36
	Green	Jim Stidworthy	114	5
	Liberal Democrats	Ken Berry	109	5
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Saddleworth North

Incumbent councillor Nicola Kirkham did not stand; she was elected as an independent in 2014 before joining Labour in 2016.^[4]

Saddleworth North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pam Byrne	933	35
	Liberal Democrats	John Eccles	882	33
	Labour	George Hulme	820	31
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

^[3]

Saddleworth South

Saddleworth South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jamie Curley	1,215	36
	Liberal Democrats	John McCann*	1043	31
	Labour Co-op	Ian Manners	793	24
	Independent	Helen Bishop	180	5
	Green	Catherine Hunter-Rossall	103	3
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

^[3]

Saddleworth West & Lees

Incumbent UKIP councillor Peter Klonowski did not stand.

Saddleworth West & Lees

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Valerie Leach	1,041	40
	Conservative	Andris D'Adamo	842	32
	Liberal Democrats	Sam Al-Hamdani	737	28
Turnout
	Labour gain from UKIP		Swing

^[3]

Shaw

Shaw

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Hazel Gloster	1,023	44
	Labour Co-op	Ken Rustidge	672	29
	Conservative	Phelyp Bennett	427	18
	Liberal	Angie Farrell	217	9
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St. James

St. James

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ginny Alexander*	968	59
	Conservative	Nicola Jeffery-Sykes	381	23
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Barrow	176	11
	Green	Roger Pakeman	115	7
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Mary's

St. Mary's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ali Salamat*	2,253	82
	Conservative	David Atherton	220	8
	Liberal Democrats	Pat Lord	158	6
	Green	Miranda Meadowcroft	121	4
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Waterhead

Waterhead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Riaz Ahmad*	1,336	60
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Dawson	355	16
	Conservative	Neil Allsopp	328	15
	Independent	Carl Roberts	146	7
	Green	Andrea Chaverra Valencia	66	3
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Werneth

Werneth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shoab Akhtar*	2,924	86
	Conservative	Heath Fletcher	293	9
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Pendlebury	174	5
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Changes after this election

Failsworth East by-election: 29 November 2018

Failsworth East^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elizabeth Ellen Jacques	677	58.5
	Conservative	Antony Cahill	336	29.0
	Independent	William Bates	94	8.1
	UKIP	Paul Goldring	32	2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Barrow	18	1.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Labour party suspensions: September 2018

2 councillors were suspended from the Labour party in September 2018:^[6]

• Montaz Ali Azad (Coldhurst ward)
• James Larkin (Royton North ward)