2018 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2018 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

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

Ward results

Asterisk denotes the sitting councillor.^[1]

Ashton Hurst ward

Ashton Hurst

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dolores Lewis	1,427	47.8	0.4
	Conservative	Paul Buckley*	1384	46.4	2.8
	Green	Philip Blakeney	173	5.8	3.2
Turnout			2,987	33.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Ashton St. Michaels ward

Ashton St. Michael's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Fairfoull*	1,396	65.6	4.5
	Conservative	Dot Buckley	523	24.6	5.3
	Green	Hannah Smee	210	9.9	N/A
Turnout			2,139	24
	Labour hold		Swing

Ashton Waterloo ward

Ashton Waterloo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vimal Choksi	1,337	57.4	2.1
	Conservative	Kate Scott	672	28.9	3.1
	Green	Lee Huntbach	319	13.7	1.0
Majority			665	28.5	5.2
Registered electors			8,735
Turnout			2,336	26.7	4.3
Rejected ballots			8	0.3	0.5
	Labour hold		Swing	2.6

Audenshaw ward

Audenshaw

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Oliver Ryan*	1,581	55.3	10.0
	Conservative	Danny Mather	922	32.2	5.7
	UKIP	Peter Harris	195	6.8	15.6
	Green	Georgia Blakeney	161	5.6	0.4
Turnout			2,865	30
	Labour hold		Swing

Denton North East ward

Denton North East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vincent Ricci*	1,375	59.8	4.1
	Conservative	Dawn Cobb	747	32.5	16.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jen Neild	177	7.7	N/A
Turnout			2,299
	Labour hold		Swing

Denton South ward

Denton South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Claire Reid*	1,582	67.3	17.2
	Conservative	Aimee Lumley	561	23.9	17.6
	Monster Raving Loony	Farmin Dave	206	8.8	N/A
Turnout			2,354	28
	Labour hold		Swing

Denton West ward

Denton West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Smith*	1,730	60.2	1.1
	Conservative	Thomas Dunne	777	27.1	11.6
	Green	Jean Smee	365	12.7	7.3
Turnout			2,883	30.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Droylsden East ward

Droylsden East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sue Quinn*	1,333	60.4	9.0
	Conservative	Matt Stevenson	656	29.7	20.6
	Green	David Melvin	149	6.7	0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Shaun Offerman	70	3.2	N/A
Turnout			2,213	24.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Droylsden West ward

Droylsden West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barrie Holland*	1,453	63.6	17.6
	Conservative	Declan Ruane	362	15.8	4.0
	Green	Annie Train	274	12.0	4.9
	UKIP	Maurice Jackson	197	8.6	N/A
Turnout			2,293	25.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Dukinfield ward

Dukinfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jackie Lane*	1,427	61.5	8.8
	Conservative	Lucy Turner	623	26.8	13.0
	Green	Julie Wood	271	11.7	5.6
Turnout			2,328	24.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Dukinfield / Stalybridge ward

Dukinfield / Stalybridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eleanor Wills*	1,146	44.1	13.3
	Your Town, Our Town, Stalybridge Town	Dave Tate	696	26.8	N/A
	Conservative	Les Browning	622	24.0	N/A
	Green	Linda Freeman	132	5.1	N/A
Turnout			2,605	29.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Hyde Godley ward

Hyde Godley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jim Fitzpatrick*	1,254	53.3	1.1
	Conservative	Andrea Colbourne	901	38.3	24.5
	Green	Philip King	198	8.4	N/A
Turnout			2,360	26
	Labour hold		Swing

Hyde Newton ward

Hyde Newton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Philip Fitzpatrick*	1,336	52.6	−
	Conservative	Michael Gibbins	827	32.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Ball-Foster	194	7.6	N/A
	Green	Michael Baker	181	7.1	−2.9
Turnout			2,547	24.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Hyde Werneth ward

Hyde Werneth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Phil Chadwick	1,631	48.8	2.4
	Labour	Andy Kinsey*	1,422	42.6	6.2
	Green	Nina West	155	4.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Richard O'Brien	131	3.9	N/A
Turnout			3,348	37
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Longdendale ward

Longdendale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janet Cooper*	1,286	55.8	7.7
	Conservative	Liam Tomlinson	746	32.4	2.5
	Green	Irene Brierley	273	11.8	5.1
Turnout			2,311	29.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Mossley ward

Mossley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Homer	1,145	40.8	1.4
	Mossley Independent Community Party	Lesley Bill	721	25.7	0.7
	Independent	Dean Aylett	359	12.8	11.5
	Conservative	Andrew Cooper	319	11.4	0.3
	Green	Christine Clark	174	6.2	5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Sally Ashe	86	3.1	1.5
Turnout			2,811	32
	Labour hold		Swing

St Peter's ward

St Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joyce Bowerman*	1,922	77.8	6.3
	Conservative	Jeff McEwen	349	14.1	2.7
	Green	Trevor Clarke	201	8.1	1.4
Turnout			2,479	26.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Stalybridge North ward

Stalybridge North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sam Gosling	1,123	41.1	10.8
	Conservative	David Tilbrook	831	30.4	1.4
	Your Town, Our Town, Stalybridge Town	Lee Stafford	666	24.4	N/A
	Green	Laura Dias De Almeida	105	3.8	12.5
	Communist League	Hugo Wils	6	0.2
Turnout			2,737	29
	Labour hold		Swing

Stalybridge South ward

Stalybridge South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Liam Billington	1,233	44.8	8.0
	Labour	Katy Flanagan	834	30.3	5.7
	Your Town, Our Town, Stalybridge Town	Jennifer Brayne	582	21.1	N/A
	Green	Amanda Hickling	106	3.8	7.3
Turnout			2,760	25
	Conservative hold		Swing

Changes between 2018 and 2019

Ashton Waterloo by election 2018

Cllr Catherine Piddington, last elected in 2016, died.

Ashton Waterloo by-election, 6 September 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pauline Hollinshead	889	52.5	4.9
	Green	Lee Huntbach	448	26.4	12.7
	Conservative	Therese Costello	357	21.1	7.8
Majority			441	26.1	2.4
Registered electors			8,717
Turnout			1,697	19.5	7.2
Rejected ballots			3	0.2	0.1
	Labour hold		Swing	1.2