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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

References

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  1. ^ "Local election results 2 May 2019". Oldham Borough Council. Oldham Borough Council. Retrieved 30 June 2019.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Two shock defeats for Labour but ruling party makes one overall overall gain in Oldham". The Oldham Times. Retrieved 30 June 2019.