The 2015 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council in England. The election took place on the same day as the UK General Election.[1] One third of the council was up for election and Labour retained control of the council.
After the election, the composition of the council was
- Labour 45
- Liberal Democrat 10
- Conservative 2
- UKIP 2
- Independent 1
Election result
editParty | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 16 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 44.3 | 43,099 | -1.1 | ||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 21.9 | 21,345 | -1.8 | ||
Conservative | 1 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 17.9 | 17,391 | +5.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 3 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 11.0 | 10,686 | -2.0 | ||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 2,471 | +1.7 | |||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 1.3 | 1,283 | -2.3 | ||
Respect | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.9 | 883 | +0.9 | |||
TUSC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 126 | +0.0 |
Ward results
editThe electoral division results listed below[2] are based on the changes from the 2014 elections,[3] not taking into account any mid-term by-elections or party defections.
Alexandra ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jenny Harrison | 1,899 | 52.0 | +3.1 | |
Conservative | Raja Iqbal | 798 | 21.9 | +21.5 | |
UKIP | David Carter | 786 | 21.5 | −2.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Darlington | 166 | 4.5 | −16.1 | |
Majority | 1,101 | 30.2 | +5.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,649 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Chadderton Central ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Eddie Moores | 2,256 | 45.0 | −0.1 | |
UKIP | Francis Arbour | 1,374 | 27.4 | −5.7 | |
Conservative | Robert Barnes | 1,056 | 21.1 | +2.2 | |
Green | Jessica Stott | 186 | 3.7 | +3.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Derek Clayton | 137 | 2.7 | −0.1 | |
Majority | 882 | 17.6 | +5.7 | ||
Turnout | 5,009 | 62.89 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Chadderton North ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mohon Ali | 2,396 | 45.0 | −4.7 | |
Conservative | Paul Martin | 1,336 | 25.2 | +4.9 | |
UKIP | Dave Malin | 1,170 | 22.0 | −5.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Hall | 216 | 4.1 | +1.5 | |
Green | Matthew Chester | 202 | 3.8 | +3.8 | |
Majority | 1,060 | 19.9 | −2.3 | ||
Turnout | 5,320 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Chadderton South ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Graham Shuttleworth | 1,940 | 42.8 | +2.3 | |
UKIP | Steve Connor | 1,627 | 35.9 | −4.1 | |
Conservative | Michele Stocktom | 707 | 15.6 | +3.5 | |
Green | Melodey Walker | 146 | 3.2 | +1.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Louie Hamblett | 116 | 2.6 | −3.1 | |
Majority | 313 | 6.9 | +6.4 | ||
Turnout | 4,536 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Coldhurst ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Montaz Azad | 3,452 | 64.7 | −13.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nuruz Zaman | 1,046 | 19.6 | +12.3 | |
UKIP | Jean Eddleston | 552 | 10.4 | +10.4 | |
Conservative | Riaj Alom | 282 | 5.3 | −2.5 | |
Majority | 2,406 | 45.1 | −24.9 | ||
Turnout | 5,332 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Crompton ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Julia Turner | 1,515 | 28.7 | −2.0 | |
Labour | Chris Goodwin | 1,292 | 24.5 | +0.4 | |
Conservative | Phelyp Bennett | 1,201 | 22.8 | +5.9 | |
UKIP | John Berry | 1,123 | 21.3 | −4.3 | |
Green | Bianca Lopez | 148 | 2.8 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 223 | 4.2 | −0.9 | ||
Turnout | 5,279 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Failsworth East ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jim McMahon | 2,571 | 54.4 | +7.3 | |
UKIP | Graham Whitehead | 1,118 | 23.7 | −11.8 | |
Conservative | Antony Cahill | 809 | 17.1 | +4.4 | |
Green | Andrew Rossall | 156 | 3.3 | −0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Bill Cullen | 73 | 1.5 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 1,453 | 30.7 | +18.7 | ||
Turnout | 4,727 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Failsworth West ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Elaine Garry | 2,192 | 47.5 | +8.7 | |
UKIP | Joan Spencer | 1,420 | 30.7 | −13.3 | |
Conservative | Adam Carney | 786 | 17.0 | +8.2 | |
TUSC | Sam Pennington | 126 | 2.7 | +0.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Enid Firth | 94 | 2.0 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 772 | 16.8 | |||
Turnout | 4,618 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Hollinwood ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Steve Williams | 2,089 | 54.0 | +3.9 | |
UKIP | Thomas Eddleston | 1,118 | 28.9 | −8.3 | |
Conservative | Sameer Zulqurnain | 399 | 10.3 | +3.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Martin Dinoff | 137 | 3.5 | −2.1 | |
Green | Jonaya English | 126 | 3.3 | +3.3 | |
Majority | 971 | 25.1 | +12.2 | ||
Turnout | 3,869 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Medlock Vale ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kaiser Rehman | 2,512 | 54.6 | +7.5 | |
UKIP | Imran Sarwar | 1,150 | 25.0 | −1.1 | |
Conservative | Neil Allsopp | 575 | 12.5 | −10.8 | |
Green | Jean Betteridge | 213 | 4.6 | +4.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mohammed Zakaullah | 149 | 3.2 | −0.3 | |
Majority | 1,362 | 52.4 | +23.2 | ||
Turnout | 4,599 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Royton North ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tony Larkin | 2,298 | 45.1 | +2.9 | |
UKIP | Nigel Lea | 1,261 | 24.8 | −11.2 | |
Conservative | Lewis Quigg | 1,136 | 22.3 | +2.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Shaun Duffy | 208 | 4.1 | +1.2 | |
Green | Lauren Pickering | 188 | 3.7 | +3.7 | |
Majority | 1,037 | 20.4 | +14.2 | ||
Turnout | 5,091 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Royton South ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Steven Bashforth | 2,326 | 46.0 | −0.8 | |
UKIP | Derek Fletcher | 1,278 | 25.3 | −4.6 | |
Conservative | Allan Fish | 1,086 | 21.4 | +5.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Denise Tindall | 222 | 4.1 | +1.0 | |
Green | Jim Stidworthy | 145 | 2.9 | −2.1 | |
Majority | 1,048 | 20.7 | +3.8 | ||
Turnout | 5,057 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Saddleworth North ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Derek Heffernan | 1,440 | 26.1 | +4.8 | |
Conservative | Sean Curley | 1,155 | 20.9 | +9.1 | |
Independent | Lesley Brown | 958 | 17.4 | −19.1 | |
UKIP | Harry Moore | 881 | 16.0 | −0.7 | |
Labour | Peter Heatley | 852 | 15.4 | +1.7 | |
Green | Catherine Hunter | 232 | 4.2 | +4.2 | |
Majority | 285 | 5.2 | |||
Turnout | 5,518 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Saddleworth South ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Graham Sheldon | 2,489 | 41.9 | +17.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alan Belmore | 1,494 | 25.2 | −3.4 | |
Labour | Ian Manners | 1,299 | 21.9 | +6.6 | |
UKIP | Ray Booth | 654 | 11.0 | −3.9 | |
Majority | 995 | 16.7 | |||
Turnout | 5,936 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Saddleworth West & Lees ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Adrian Alexander | 1,735 | 31.9 | +7.1 | |
UKIP | Ian Nurse | 1,237 | 22.7 | −8.3 | |
Conservative | Pam Byrne | 1,231 | 22.6 | +9.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Barrow | 857 | 15.6 | −10.7 | |
Independent | Helen Bishop | 198 | 3.6 | +3.6 | |
Green | Chris O'Donnell | 190 | 3.5 | −1.5 | |
Majority | 498 | 9.2 | |||
Turnout | 5,448 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Shaw ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Chris Gloster | 1,445 | 31.3 | −11.6 | |
Labour | Hermione Spiggott | 1,225 | 26.5 | +5.3 | |
UKIP | Peter Brown | 1,070 | 23.2 | −4.1 | |
Conservative | Bob Wilcock | 714 | 15.5 | +6.9 | |
Green | Andrew Stuttard | 161 | 3.5 | +3.5 | |
Majority | 220 | 4.8 | −10.8 | ||
Turnout | 4,615 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
St. James ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Angela Cosgrove | 1,793 | 43.2 | +5.3 | |
UKIP | Joseph Fitzpatrick | 1,260 | 30.4 | −1.0 | |
Conservative | Terry Hopkinson | 512 | 12.3 | +8.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kevin Dawson | 439 | 10.6 | −13.1 | |
Green | Roger Pakeman | 142 | 3.4 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 536 | 12.8 | |||
Turnout | 4,146 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | {{{swing}}} |
St. Mary's ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Shadab Qumer | 3,164 | 59.5 | −22.7 | |
Respect | Tariq Ullah | 883 | 16.6 | +16.6 | |
UKIP | Gary Leese | 608 | 11.4 | +11.4 | |
Conservative | David Atherton | 339 | 6.4 | +0.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Badrul Amin | 199 | 3.7 | −2.3 | |
Green | Miranda Meadowcroft | 126 | 2.4 | −0.9 | |
Majority | 2,281 | 42.9 | −33.3 | ||
Turnout | 5,319 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Waterhead ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Dean | 2,169 | 46.2 | +3.0 | |
UKIP | Nicholas Godleman | 1,369 | 29.1 | +1.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Linda Dawson | 538 | 11.4 | −13.4 | |
Conservative | Andris d'Adamo | 496 | 10.6 | +5.9 | |
Independent | Naveed Ahmed | 127 | 2.7 | +2.7 | |
Majority | 800 | 17.0 | +1.0 | ||
Turnout | 4,699 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Werneth ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Javid Iqbal | 3,639 | 80.4 | −9.9 | |
UKIP | Muhammad Amjad | 289 | 6.4 | +6.4 | |
Conservative | Nicola Sykes | 284 | 6.3 | +0.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Keith Pendlebury | 205 | 4.5 | +0.5 | |
Green | Chris Parr | 110 | 2.4 | +2.4 | |
Majority | 3,350 | 74.0 | −10.6 | ||
Turnout | 4,527 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
References
edit- ^ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
- ^ "Borough Council Election - Thursday, 7th May, 2015". Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- ^ European & Local Election May 2014 - Thursday, 22nd May, 2014 (Report). Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council.