2019 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2019 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council in England.^[1] The election took place on the same day as other local elections in England.

Map of the results

Overall results

Vote share changes compared to 2018.

Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	15	1	75.0	30	45	75.0	21,717	40.59	15.37
	Liberal Democrats	3		15.0	5	8	13.3	7,308	13.66	1.71
	Independent	1	1	5.0	2	3	5.0	8,792	16.43	13.08
	Conservative	1		5.0	3	4	6.7	6,456	12.07	9.96
	UKIP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	5,339	9.98	n/a
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	2,081	3.89	0.60
	Saddleworth First!	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,806	3.38	n/a

Ward results

Councillors seeking re-election are marked with an asterisk; they were last elected in 2015 and changes are compared to that year's election.

Alexandra

Alexandra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jenny Harrison*	1,255	57.9	+5.9
	Independent	Muhammad Imran Sarwar	417	19.2	n/a
	UKIP	Carl Sinderby	263	12.1	−9.4
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Dinoff	128	5.9	+1.4
	Conservative	Jawaad Hussain	106	4.9	−17.0
Majority			838	38.6	+8.4
Rejected ballots
Turnout			2,169	28.51
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.65

Chadderton Central

Chadderton Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eddie Moores*	1,180	50.8	+5.8
	UKIP	Marian Goodwin	435	18.7	n/a
	Conservative	Mohammed Shah Jahan	325	14.0	−7.1
	Green	Jess Mahoney	256	11.0	+6.3
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Ann Beeley	129	5.5	+2.8
Majority			745	32.0
Rejected ballots
Turnout			2,325	29.61
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.45

Chadderton North

Chadderton North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mohon Ali*	1,388	44.3	−0.7
	Independent	Tracy Woodward	936	29.9	n/a
	Conservative	Mohammed Alom	468	14.9	−10.3
	Green	Chris Parr	188	6.0	+2.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Hall	153	4.9	+0.9
Majority			452	14.4	−5.5
Rejected ballots
Turnout			3,133	37.34
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing	-15.3

Chadderton South

Chadderton South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Shuttleworth*	964	47.4	+4.6
	UKIP	Jack Dickenson	482	23.7	−12.2
	Conservative	Robert Barnes	390	19.2	+3.6
	Green	Melodey Walker	123	6.0	+2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Tabirul Islam	76	3.7	+1.1
Majority			482	23.7	+16.8
Rejected ballots
Turnout			2,035	25.74
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing	+8.4

Coldhurst

Montaz Azad was elected for Labour in 2015 but was suspended from the party.^[2] They stood as an independent; their individual change and Labour's change are based on the same 2015 result.

Coldhurst

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ruji Sapna Surjan	2,031	43.7	−21.0
	Independent	Montaz Azad*	1,700	36.6	−28.1
	Liberal Democrats	Kutub Uddin	537	11.5	−8.1
	Green	Jean Betteridge	229	4.9	n/a
	Conservative	Md Shahid Miah	153	3.3	−2.0
Majority			331	7.1	−38.0
Rejected ballots
Turnout			4,650	53.61
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing

Crompton

Crompton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Louie Hamblett	1,233	47.2	+18.5
	UKIP	Colin Francis Jones	523	20.0	−1.3
	Conservative	Phelyp Bennett	463	17.7	−5.1
	Labour	Alex Jones-Casey	391	15.0	−9.5
Majority			710	27.2	+23.0
Rejected ballots
Turnout			2,610	32.20
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+9.9

Failsworth East

Failsworth East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Brian Hobin	1,347	53.6	n/a
	Labour	Paul Jean Jacques*	826	32.9	−21.5
	Conservative	Antony Cahill	295	11.7	−5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Belmore	46	1.8	+0.3
Majority			521	20.7	−10.0
Rejected ballots
Turnout			2,514	32.08
Registered electors
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing	+37.55

Failsworth West

Failsworth West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elaine Garry*	855	36.8	−9.7
	Independent	Warren Bates	711	30.6	n/a
	UKIP	Annette Evans	325	14.0	−16.7
	Conservative	Michele Stockton	192	8.3	−8.7
	Green	Andy Hunter-Rossall	191	8.2	n/a
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Darlington	52	2.2	+0.2
Majority			144	6.2	−10.5
Rejected ballots
Turnout			2,326	30.42
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing	-20.15

Hollinwood

Hollinwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steve Williams*	990	56.1	+2.1
	UKIP	Matthew Woods	457	25.9	−3.0
	Conservative	Sajjad Hussain	123	7.0	−3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Barrow	118	6.7	+3.2
	Green	David Maybury	76	4.3	+1.0
Majority			533	30.2	+5.1
Rejected ballots
Turnout			1,764	22.71
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.55

Medlock Vale

Kaiser Rehman was elected for Labour in 2015 but left the party. They stood as an independent; their individual change and Labour's change are based on the same 2015 result.

Medlock Vale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mohammed Alyas	1,346	44.4	−10.2
	Independent	Kaiser Rehman*	992	32.7	−21.9
	UKIP	Marcus Esbach	231	7.6	−17.4
	Independent	Philip Howarth	186	6.1	n/a
	Conservative	Neil Allsopp	128	4.2	−8.3
	Green	Daniel Clayton	83	2.7	−1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Rachel Pendlebury	64	2.1	−0.9
Majority			354	11.7	−17.9
Rejected ballots
Turnout			3,030	34.67
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing

Royton North

Royton North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clint Phythian*	840	34.0	−11.1
	Conservative	Allan Fish	674	27.2	+4.9
	UKIP	Paul Goldring	573	23.2	−1.6
	Green	Lina Shaw	219	8.9	+5.2
	Liberal Democrats	Russell Gosling	168	6.8	+2.7
Majority			166	6.7	−13.7
Rejected ballots
Turnout			2,474	32.31
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing	-8.0

Royton South

Royton South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steven Bashforth*	1,014	46.4	+0.4
	UKIP	Anthony Prince	549	25.1	−0.2
	Conservative	Ian Bond	289	13.2	−8.2
	Green	Jim Stidworthy	189	8.7	+5.8
	Liberal Democrats	Ken Berry	143	6.5	+2.4
Majority			465	21.3	+0.6
Rejected ballots
Turnout			2,184	26.39
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.3

Saddleworth North

Saddleworth North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Hulme	704	23.8	+8.4
	Saddleworth First!	Car Roberts	650	22.0	n/a
	Conservative	Luke Lancaster	592	20.0	−0.9
	Liberal Democrats	John Eccles	567	19.2	−6.9
	UKIP	Chris Green	255	8.6	−7.4
	Independent	Phil Sewell	188	6.4	n/a
Majority			54	1.8	−3.4
Rejected ballots
Turnout			2,956	38.03
Registered electors
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	-7.65

Saddleworth South

Saddleworth South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Sheldon*	1,068	31.3	−10.6
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Lord	649	19.0	−6.2
	Saddleworth First!	Duncan Goodman	496	14.5	n/a
	Labour	Connor Green	466	13.7	−8.2
	Independent	Helen Bishop	435	12.8	n/a
	UKIP	Harry Moore	244	7.2	−3.8
	Independent	Alec Crook	51	1.5	n/a
Majority			419	11.3	−5.5
Rejected ballots
Turnout			3,409	37.15
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing	-2.2

Saddleworth West & Lees

Saddleworth West & Lees

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sam Al-Hamdani	953	33.8	+18.2
	Labour	Adrian Alexander*	670	23.8	−8.1
	Saddleworth First!	"Boots" Errock	660	23.4	n/a
	UKIP	Paul Taylor	280	9.9	−12.8
	Conservative	Tom Lord	254	9.0	−13.6
Majority			283	10.0	+0.9
Rejected ballots
Turnout			2,817	33.63
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	+13.15

Shaw

Shaw

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Gloster*	1,121	50.1	+18.8
	Labour Co-op	Ken Rustidge	428	19.1	−7.4
	UKIP	Rob Vance	318	14.2	−9.0
	Conservative	Lisa Smirk	259	11.6	−3.9
	Green	Catherine Hunter-Rossall	112	5.0	+1.5
Majority			693	31.0	+25.2
Rejected ballots
Turnout			2,238	29.54
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+13.1

St. James

St. James

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Angela Cosgrove*	634	31.9	−11.3
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Martin	522	26.2	+15.6
	UKIP	Colin Burrows	404	20.3	−10.1
	Independent	Amoy Lindo-Crooks	219	11.0	n/a
	Conservative	Atif Ali	124	6.2	−6.1
	Green	Roger Pakeman	87	4.4	+1.0
Majority			112	5.6	−7.3
Rejected ballots
Turnout			1,990	25.33
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing	-13.45

St. Mary's

St. Mary's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nyla Ibrahim	2,625	85.2	+25.7
	Green	Miranda Meadowcroft	177	5.7	+3.3
	Conservative	Sean Curley	148	4.8	−1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Pat Lord	132	4.3	+0.6
Majority			2,448	79.4	+36.5
Rejected ballots
Turnout			3,082	34.67
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing	+11.2

Waterhead

Waterhead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Dean*	1,233	62.2	+16.0
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Dawson	431	21.7	+10.3
	Conservative	Max Woodvine	319	16.1	+5.5
Majority			802	40.4	+23.4
Rejected ballots
Turnout			1,983	24.62
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.85

Werneth

Werneth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Javid Iqbal*	1,877	49.3	−31.1
	Independent	Asghar Ali	1,610	42.3	n/a
	Green	Irfat Ahmed Shajahan	151	4.0	+1.6
	Conservative	Heath Fletcher	86	2.3	−4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Pendlebury	86	2.3	−2.2
Majority			267	7.0	−67.0
Rejected ballots
Turnout			3,810	46.33
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing	-36.7