2007 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the Council was up for election.

The Metropolitan Borough of Oldham shown within England.

The Labour Party lost overall control of the Council.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Oldham Local Election Result 2007
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Liberal Democrats	9	1	2	-1	36.3	20,876	+2.3
Labour	9	2	3	-1	34.6	19,863	+5.1
Conservative	2	2	0	+2	21.1	12,147	+0.1
BNP	0	0	0		2.9	1,683	-2.1
Green	0	0	0		2.4	1,367	-3.4
Independent	0	0	0		1.7	967	-3.0
UKIP	0	0	0		0.9	541	+0.9

Ward results

Alexandra ward

Alexandra ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Glynis Shaw	906	44.1	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Dinoff	765	37.2	+7.6
	Conservative	Paul Stephenson	244	11.9	+0.4
	Green	Kay Roney	139	6.8	−0.2
Majority			141	6.9	−7.4
Turnout			2,054
	Labour hold		Swing

Chadderton Central ward

Chadderton Central ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eileen Hulme	1,218	51.2	+19.2
	Labour	Tony Brownridge	997	41.9	+3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Ali	164	6.9	−8.7
Majority			221	9.3
Turnout			2,379
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Chadderton North ward

Chadderton North ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Len Quinn	1,266	44.0	−4.1
	Labour	Susan Dean	983	34.2	−2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Nazia Raja	317	11.0	+1.0
	Independent	Eric Trigg	160	5.6	+5.6
	UKIP	David Short	150	5.2	+5.2
Majority			293	9.8	−2.0
Turnout			2,876
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Chadderton South ward

Chadderton South ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Jones	1,080	44.4	+0.3
	Conservative	John Berry	602	24.7	−5.0
	BNP	Martin Brierley	483	19.8	+19.8
	Liberal Democrats	Pat Lord	170	11.1	+0.6
Majority			478	20.5	+6.1
Turnout			2,335
	Labour hold		Swing

Coldhurst ward

Coldhurst ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jilad Miah	1,753	43.2	−6.5
	Labour	Mohammed Islam	1,378	33.5	+10.8
	Conservative	Abu Choudhury	654	16.1	−11.5
	Independent	Nuruz Zaman	220	5.4	+5.4
	Independent	Giash Uddin	55	1.4	+1.4
Majority			375	9.2	−12.9
Turnout			4,060
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Crompton ward

Crompton ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Dillon	1,550	55.6	+1.5
	Conservative	David Dunning	606	21.7	−4.2
	Labour	Wyn Dillon	476	17.1	+5.0
	Green	Fiona Southall	157	5.6	−2.3
Majority			944	33.8	+5.7
Turnout			2,789
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Failsworth East ward

Failsworth East ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jim McMahon	1,476	57.9	+9.8
	Conservative	Paul Martin	825	32.3	+0.7
	Green	John Parker	154	6.0	−8.0
	Liberal Democrats	Dorothy Shaw	96	3.8	−2.5
Majority			651	25.5	+9.0
Turnout			2,551
	Labour hold		Swing

Failsworth West ward

Failsworth West ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Glenys Butterworth	881	36.2	−13.2
	Conservative	Ian Barker	735	30.2	+9.3
	Green	Warren Bates	691	28.4	+5.9
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Taylor	124	5.1	−2.1
Majority			146	6.0	−20.9
Turnout			2,431
	Labour hold		Swing

Hollinwood ward

Hollinwood ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Pendlebury	943	42.3	+1.4
	Labour	Steve Williams	905	40.6	+3.9
	Conservative	David McDonald	285	12.8	−1.5
	Green	David Roney	94	4.2	−4.0
Majority			38	1.7	−2.5
Turnout			2,227
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Medlock Vale ward

Medlock Vale ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ged Ball	1,284	58.2	+23.7
	Conservative	Ken Heeks	490	22.2	+15.6
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Bagley	431	19.5	−14.5
Majority			794	36.0	+35.5
Turnout			2,205
	Labour hold		Swing

Royton North ward

Royton North ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Larkin	1,207	40.3	+2.2
	Conservative	Joseph Farquhar	905	30.2	+5.0
	BNP	Anita Corbett	486	16.2	−8.8
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Renold	268	9.0	−2.7
	UKIP	Trevor Hilton	126	4.2	+4.2
Majority			302	10.1	−2.8
Turnout			2,992
	Labour hold		Swing

Royton South ward

Royton South ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steven Bashforth	1,079	37.1	+9.6
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Barratt	968	33.3	+0.1
	Conservative	Allan Fish	598	20.5	+2.2
	UKIP	Chris Shyne	265	9.1	+9.1
Majority			129	4.8
Turnout			2,910
	Labour hold		Swing

Saddleworth North ward

Saddleworth North ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Heffernan	1,813	55.7	+0.0
	Conservative	Barbara Jackson	794	24.4	−0.3
	Labour	Ken Hulme	650	20.0	+6.8
Majority			1,019	31.3	+1.2
Turnout			3,257
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Saddleworth South ward

Saddleworth South ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Wheeler	2,079	55.1	+2.4
	Conservative	John Hudson	1,211	32.1	−1.6
	Labour	Brian Ames	265	7.0	+0.0
	Independent	Christine Beaumont-Rydings	220	5.8	+5.8
Majority			868	23.0	+4.0
Turnout			3,775
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Saddleworth West and Lees ward

Saddleworth West and Lees ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Lord	1,571	55.0	+12.5
	Conservative	Graham Sheldon	747	26.2	+1.6
	Labour	Paul Hickling	537	18.8	−2.5
Majority			824	28.9	+9.6
Turnout			2,855
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St James ward

St James ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	James McArdle	1,014	52.5	+15.4
	Labour	Adrian Alexander	636	30.0	+6.6
	BNP	Craig Lawton	371	17.5	−2.9
Majority			378	18.7	+5.0
Turnout			2,021
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St Marys ward

St Marys ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shadab Qumer	2,236	52.2	+32.6
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Masud	2,044	47.8	+21.2
Majority			192	4.5
Turnout			4,280
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Shaw ward

Shaw ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Alcock	1,472	55.9	+15.0
	Labour	Dilys Fletcher	350	13.3	−0.3
	BNP	Alwyn Stott	343	13.0	−3.0
	Conservative	Kevin Howard	337	12.8	+3.1
	Independent	David Bentley	131	5.0	−13.6
Majority			1,122	42.6	+20.3
Turnout			2,633
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Waterhead ward

Waterhead ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kay Knox	1,556	62.0	+13.2
	Labour	Jennifer Harrison	642	25.6	−5.8
	Independent	Stuart Allsopp	181	7.2	−1.2
	Green	Stuart Fielding	132	5.3	−1.9
Majority			914	36.4	+19.0
Turnout			2,511
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Werneth ward

Werneth ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Javid Iqbal	1,895	46.2	−2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Khurshid Ahmed	1,578	38.5	−4.5
	Conservative	Mohammed Jahan	630	15.4	+7.0
Majority			317	7.7	+2.1
Turnout			4,103
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing