2008 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election
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Elections to Rochdale Council in Greater Manchester, England were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election. The Liberal Democrats stayed in control of the council after gaining seats in Balderstone and Kirkholt, and North Heywood from the Labour party but losing East Middleton back to Labour.[1]
After the election, the composition of the council was:
- Liberal Democrat 33
- Labour 19
- Conservative 8
Election result
editParty | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 11 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 50.0 | 36.1 | 18,572 | -2.4 | |
Labour | 5 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 40.0 | 31.3 | 16,109 | -4.4 | |
Conservative | 4 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 10.0 | 30.5 | 15,701 | +5.2 | |
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 421 | +0.8 | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 637 | +0.7 |
Ward Results
editBalderstone and Kirkholt ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Pat Colclough | 821 | 36.7% | −8.7 | |
Labour | Darren Pedley | 760 | 33.9% | −6.2 | |
Conservative | Ian Duckworth | 658 | 29.4% | +14.9 | |
Majority | 61 | 2.7 | −2.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,239 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |
Bamford ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jane Gartside | 1,766 | 56.2 | +11.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mohammed Shafiq | 988 | 31.4 | −13.8 | |
Labour | Ben "Timmy Howard" Robertson | 388 | 12.3 | +2.5 | |
Majority | 778 | 24.8 | |||
Turnout | 3,142 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Castleton ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Pat Flynn | 1,386 | 55.7 | +2.2 | |
Labour | Jean Hornby | 637 | 25.6 | +3.5 | |
Conservative | Ronnie Crossley | 467 | 18.8 | −4.6 | |
Majority | 749 | 30.0 | −1.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,490 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Central Rochdale ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Zulfiqar Ali | 1,869 | 51.9 | +11.9 | |
Labour | Daalat Ali | 1,422 | 39.5 | −11.6 | |
Conservative | Roger Howarth | 309 | 8.6 | −0.3 | |
Majority | 447 | 12.4 | |||
Turnout | 3,600 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
East Middleton ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Malcolm Boriss | 1,030 | 48.0 | +1.1 | |
Conservative | John Cardus | 625 | 29.1 | +10.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Irene Cooper | 492 | 22.9 | −11.2 | |
Majority | 405 | 18.9 | +6.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,147 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Healey ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Tom Bailey | 1,214 | 45.7% | −4.4 | |
Conservative | Andrew Neilson | 920 | 34.6% | +5.1 | |
Labour | Phillip Bethell | 525 | 19.7% | −0.7 | |
Majority | 294 | 11.1% | −9.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,659 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Hopwood Hall ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Linda Robinson | 1,325 | 53.7 | −7.7 | |
Conservative | Keith Taylor | 761 | 30.8 | +2.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Harry Boota | 382 | 15.5 | +5.0 | |
Majority | 564 | 22.8 | −10.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,468 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Kingsway ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | David Clayton | 1,245 | 46.5% | +1.8 | |
Labour | Tom Stott | 1,116 | 41.7% | +0.7 | |
Conservative | Phil Grantham | 314 | 11.7% | −2.0 | |
Majority | 129 | 4.8 | +1.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,675 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Littleborough Lakeside ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Peter Evans | 1,086 | 44.8 | +3.4 | |
Conservative | Andrew Jones | 1001 | 41.3 | +2.8 | |
Labour | John Hartley | 335 | 13.8 | −6.3 | |
Majority | 85 | 3.5 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,422 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Milkstone and Deeplish ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Mohammed Sharif | 1,872 | 53.7 | +7.3 | |
Labour | Ghulam Shahzad | 796 | 22.9 | −25.6 | |
Independent | Javed Iqbal | 637 | 18.3 | +18.3 | |
Conservative | Sue Pawson | 178 | 5.1 | +0.0 | |
Majority | 1,076 | 30.8 | |||
Turnout | 3,483 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Milnrow and Newhey ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Irene Davidson | 1,193 | 48.2 | −9.4 | |
Conservative | Michael Butler | 663 | 26.8 | −0.7 | |
Labour | Debbie Abrahams | 620 | 25.0 | +10.1 | |
Majority | 530 | 21.4 | −8.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,476 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Norden ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Gartside | 1,450 | 48.0 | +1.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Hilary Rodgers | 874 | 28.9 | −14.1 | |
BNP | Peter Greenwood | 421 | 13.9 | +13.9 | |
Labour | Anthony Bennett | 278 | 9.2 | −1.7 | |
Majority | 576 | 19.0 | +15.9 | ||
Turnout | 3,023 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
North Heywood ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Bruce | 936 | 44.8 | +1.3 | |
Labour | Susan Coates | 799 | 38.3 | −2.4 | |
Conservative | Darren Bayman | 353 | 16.9 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 137 | 6.6 | +3.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,088 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |
North Middleton ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Maureen Rowbotham | 746 | 42.3 | −9.1 | |
Conservative | David Harris | 537 | 30.4 | −0.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rhoda Morley | 481 | 27.3 | +9.5 | |
Majority | 209 | 11.8 | −8.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,764 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Smallbridge and Firgrove ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Jean Ashworth | 1,053 | 45.7 | +1.8 | |
Labour | Amna Mir | 841 | 36.5 | −1.6 | |
Conservative | Len Branton | 412 | 17.9 | −0.2 | |
Majority | 212 | 9.2 | +3.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,306 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
South Middleton ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Teresa Fitzsimons | 1,713 | 58.4 | +15.4 | |
Labour | John Orford | 993 | 33.8 | −11.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Neil Lever | 228 | 7.8 | −4.4 | |
Majority | 720 | 24.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,934 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Spotland and Falinge ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Barbara Todd | 1,304 | 44.9 | −10.1 | |
Labour | Surinder Biant | 1,151 | 39.6 | +6.6 | |
Conservative | Steven Scholes | 452 | 15.5 | +3.6 | |
Majority | 153 | 5.3 | −16.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,907 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Wardle and West Littleborough ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ashley Dearnley | 2,157 | 80.4 | +12.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andy Kelly | 264 | 9.8 | −9.4 | |
Labour | Mike Radanovic | 263 | 9.8 | −3.2 | |
Majority | 1,893 | 70.5 | +21.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,684 | 30.1% | 8.8% | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
West Heywood ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Colin Lambert | 1,087 | 53.3 | −2.7 | |
Conservative | John Kershaw | 541 | 26.5 | +4.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | George Kinder | 410 | 20.1 | −1.6 | |
Majority | 546 | 26.8 | −6.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,038 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
West Middleton ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lil Murphy | 997 | 52.6 | +0.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Terry Smith | 474 | 25.0 | −8.4 | |
Conservative | Dave Pawson | 424 | 22.4 | +7.5 | |
Majority | 523 | 27.6 | +9.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,895 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
References
edit- ^ "Night of joy for Lib Dems". Rochdale Observer. 2 May 2008. Archived from the original on 11 June 2008. Retrieved 8 July 2008.