2023 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2023 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council elections took place on 4 May 2023 alongside other local elections in the United Kingdom. Due to boundary changes, all 57 seats on Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council were contested.

2023 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election

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All 57 seats on Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
29 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Gerald Cooney Doreen Dickinson Alan Huntbach
Party Labour Conservative Green
Seats before 48 8 1
Seats won 51 6 0
Seat change Increase 3 Decrease 2 Decrease 1
Popular vote 71,400 26,685 10,865
Percentage 63.4% 23.7% 9.6%
Swing Increase 8.8% Decrease 12.6% Increase 0.9%

Winner of each seat at the 2023 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election

Leader before election

Gerald Cooney
Labour

Leader after election

Gerald Cooney
Labour

Labour retained its majority on the council.[1]

Background

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The Local Government Act 1972 created a two-tier system of metropolitan counties and districts covering Greater Manchester, Merseyside, South Yorkshire, Tyne and Wear, the West Midlands, and West Yorkshire starting in 1974. Manchester was a district of the Greater Manchester metropolitan county.[2] The Local Government Act 1985 abolished the metropolitan counties, with metropolitan districts taking on most of their powers as metropolitan boroughs. The Greater Manchester Combined Authority was created in 2011 and began electing the mayor of Greater Manchester from 2017, which was given strategic powers covering a region coterminous with the former Greater Manchester metropolitan county.[3]

Since its creation in 1974, Tameside has always been under Labour control, aside from 1978 to 1982 when the Conservatives held a majority.[4]

In June 2022 the Local Government Boundary Commission for England made The Tameside (Electoral Changes) Order 2022, which officially abolished the existing 19 wards and created 19 new wards with different boundaries. Because of this change, all 57 seats on the council, three per ward, were to be contested.[5]

Electoral process

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The election took place using the plurality block voting system, a form of first-past-the-post voting, with each ward being represented by three councillors. The candidate with the most votes in each ward will serve a four-year term ending in 2027, the second-placed candidate will serve a three-year term anding in 2026 and the third-placed candidate will serve a one-year term ending in 2024.[5]

All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in Oldham aged 18 or over were entitled to vote in the election. People who lived at two addresses in different councils, such as university students with different term-time and holiday addresses, were entitled to be registered for and vote in elections in both local authorities. Voting in-person at polling stations took place from 07:00 to 22:00 on election day, and voters were able to apply for postal votes or proxy votes in advance of the election.

Previous council composition

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After 2022 election Before 2023 election[6]
Party Seats Party Seats
Labour 50 Labour 48
Conservative 6 Conservative 8
Green 1 Green 1

Results

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Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council's composition following the 2023 election.
2023 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election
Party Seats Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 51 3   89.5 63.4 71,400
  Conservative 6 2   10.5 23.7 26,685
  Green 0 1   9.6 10,865
  Independent 0 0   1.8 2,078
  Liberal Democrats 0 0   0.8 909
  Women's Equality 0 0   0.4 462
  Monster Raving Loony 0 0   0.2 244

Ashton Hurst

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Ashton Hurst (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mike Glover 1,307 49.7
Conservative Dan Costello 1,232 46.8
Labour Mohammed Karim 1,052 40.0
Labour Dolores Lewis 1,046 39.8
Conservative Lucy Turner 980 37.3
Green Hilary Jones 551 21.0
Rejected ballots 10
Turnout 2,630 30.9
Registered electors 8,521
Labour win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Ashton St Michael's

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Ashton St Michael's (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andrew McLaren 1,323 60.4
Labour Bill Fairfoull 1,247 56.9
Labour Jean Drennan 1,184 54.1
Conservative Victoria Golas 557 25.4
Green Jenny Ross 446 20.4
Liberal Democrats John Bartley 373 17.0
Rejected ballots 12
Turnout 2,190 24.1
Registered electors 9,106
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Ashton Waterloo

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Ashton Waterloo (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Vimal Choksi 1,343 51.7
Labour Dave Howarth 1,185 45.6
Labour Sangita Patel 1,179 45.4
Green Christine Clark 864 33.3
Green Lee Huntbach 810 31.2
Green Trevor Clarke 759 29.2
Conservative Matt Allen 392 15.1
Rejected ballots 10
Turnout 2,598 28.5
Registered electors 9,110
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Audenshaw

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Audenshaw (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Charlotte Martin 1,574 57.0
Labour Nick Axford 1,493 54.1
Labour Teresa Smith 1,344 48.7
Conservative Danny Mather 1,079 39.1
Green Luke Robinson 490 17.8
Rejected ballots 13
Turnout 2,760 29.3
Registered electors 9,428
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Denton North East

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Denton North East (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Allison Gwynne 1,341 65.2
Labour Denise Ward 1,106 53.8
Labour Vincent Ricci 1,021 49.7
Conservative Dawn Cobb 578 28.1
Green John Bradley 394 19.2
Rejected ballots 15
Turnout 2,056 24.2
Registered electors 8,487
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Denton South

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Denton South (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Newton 1,517 63.7
Labour Claire Reid 1,502 63.1
Labour Jack Naylor 1,398 58.7
Conservative Timothy Cho 666 28.0
Green Bethany Gartside 366 15.4
Monster Raving Loony Farmin Lord F'Tang F'Tang Dave 244 10.2
Rejected ballots 4
Turnout 2,381 27.7
Registered electors 8,605
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Denton West

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Denton West (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Jones 1,928 71.0
Labour Brenda Warrington 1,714 63.1
Labour Mike Smith 1,591 58.6
Conservative Tom Dunne 607 22.4
Green Christopher Parr 518 19.1
Rejected ballots 13
Turnout 2,715 29.9
Registered electors 9,087
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Droylsden East

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Droylsden East (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Mills 1,071 51.3
Labour Susan Quinn 1,051 50.4
Labour Laura Boyle 1,021 48.9
Conservative Matt Stevenson 548 26.3
Green Louise Axon 451 21.6
Liberal Democrats Rowan Fitton 358 17.2
Rejected ballots 14
Turnout 2,086 24.6
Registered electors 8,496
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Droylsden West

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Droylsden West (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ged Cooney 1,304 62.0
Labour Ann Holland 1,188 56.5
Labour Barrie Holland 1,077 51.2
Green Nicola Harrop 506 24.1
Conservative James Wexler 499 23.7
Rejected ballots 7
Turnout 2,102 24.3
Registered electors 8,651
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Dukinfield

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Dukinfield (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jackie Lane 1,222 58.9
Labour John Taylor 1,187 57.2
Labour Naila Sharif 1,105 53.3
Conservative David Rose 579 27.9
Green Julie Wood 544 26.2
Rejected ballots 14
Turnout 2,074 22.7
Registered electors 9,137
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Dukinfield Stalybridge

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Dukinfield Stalybridge (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Leanne Feeley 1,243 47.4
Labour David Sweeton 1,229 46.9
Labour Elanor Wills 1,189 45.3
Conservative Kurt McPartland 997 38.0
Conservative David Dawson 831 31.7
Conservative Malcolm Smith 728 27.8
Green Linda Freeman 424 16.2
Rejected ballots 16
Turnout 2,622 29.8
Registered electors 8,808
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Hyde Godley

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Hyde Godley (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Joe Kitchen 1,278 48.9
Labour Co-op Betty Affleck 1,273 48.7
Conservative Andrea Colbourne 1,139 43.6
Labour Co-op David McAllister 1,139 43.6
Conservative Melissa Molloy 843 32.3
Conservative Ali Reza 790 30.2
Green Zebedee Powell 335 12.8
Rejected ballots 11
Turnout 2,613 30.8
Registered electors 8,492
Labour Co-op win (new boundaries)
Labour Co-op win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Third place was decided by the returning officer drawing lots to break the tie between Andrea Colbourne and David McAllister.[7]

Hyde Newton

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Hyde Newton (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Helen Bowden 1,175 58.7
Labour Co-op Peter Robinson 1,137 56.8
Labour Co-op Hugh Roderick 929 46.4
Conservative Carl Edwards 539 26.9
Conservative Wendy Ince 458 22.9
Liberal Democrats Peter Ball-Foster 378 18.9
Green Emma Powell 366 18.3
Rejected ballots 4
Turnout 2,002 22.3
Registered electors 8,993
Labour Co-op win (new boundaries)
Labour Co-op win (new boundaries)
Labour Co-op win (new boundaries)

Hyde Werneth

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Hyde Werneth (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Phil Chadwick 1,665 47.0
Labour Co-op Shibley Alam 1,608 45.4
Labour Co-op Jim Fitzpatrick 1,530 43.2
Conservative Ruth Welsh 1,456 41.1
Labour Co-op Muhammad Rahman 1,352 38.2
Conservative Paul Molloy 1,324 37.4
Green Alex Cooper 470 13.3
Rejected ballots 7
Turnout 3,539 38.1
Registered electors 9,293
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Labour Co-op win (new boundaries)
Labour Co-op win (new boundaries)

Longendale

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Longendale (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jacqueline North 1,429 61.2
Labour Gary Ferguson 1,344 57.5
Labour Jacqueline Owen 1,201 51.4
Green Doris Breierley 642 27.5
Conservative Leslie Browning 586 25.1
Conservative Cameron Robertson 558 23.9
Rejected ballots 12
Turnout 2,336 24.5
Registered electors 9,530
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Mossley

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Mossley (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jack Homer 1,466 55.9
Labour Taf Sharif 1,334 50.9
Labour Steve Homer 1,259 48.0
Green Dermot Gill 716 27.3
Independent Dean Aylett 698 26.6
Conservative Andrew Hay 595 22.7
Women's Equality Hattie Thomas 462 17.6
Rejected ballots 10
Turnout 2,621 30.1
Registered electors 8,700
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

St Peter's

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St Peter's (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joyce Bowerman 1,507 64.7
Labour Warren Bray 1,232 52.9
Labour David McNally 1,002 43.0
Independent Iftikhar Ahmad 532 18.5
Conservative Shazad Azam 524 22.5
Green Sarah Whiteley 375 16.1
Rejected ballots 7
Turnout 2,330 25.7
Registered electors 9,081
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Stalybridge North

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Stalybridge North (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christine Beardmore 1,057 42.4
Labour Adrian Pearce 992 39.8
Labour Jan Jackson 956 38.3
Independent Steven Barton 848 34.0
Conservative Clive Patrick 643 25.8
Conservative Lisa Tilbrook 590 23.6
Conservative Ky Marland 509 20.4
Green Alice Mason-Power 402 16.1
Rejected ballots 12
Turnout 2,495 26.9
Registered electors 9,285
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Stalybridge South

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Stalybridge South (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Doreen Dickinson 1,494 54.4
Conservative Liam Billington 1,402 51.1
Conservative David Tilbrook 1,297 47.3
Labour Francesca Coates 1,098 40.0
Labour Katy Flanagan 951 34.7
Labour Stuart McKenzie 869 31.7
Green Amanda Hickling 436 15.9
Rejected ballots 18
Turnout 2,744 30.1
Registered electors 9,102
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

References

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  1. ^ "Tameside election result". BBC News. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  2. ^ Local Government in England and Wales: A Guide to the New System. London: HMSO. 1974. p. 7. ISBN 0-11-750847-0.
  3. ^ "The Greater Manchester Combined Authority Order 2011". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  4. ^ "Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. p. 22. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  5. ^ a b "The Tamseide (Electoral Changes) Order 2022". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  6. ^ "About Your Council". tameside.gov.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  7. ^ Topping, Stephen (5 May 2023). "Tameside council local elections 2023 results". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 8 May 2023.