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.
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All 57 seats on Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council 29 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Winner of each seat at the 2023 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Labour retained its majority on the council.[1]
Background
editThe 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
editThe 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
edit| After 2022 election | Before 2023 election[6] | ||||
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| Party | Seats | Party | Seats | ||
| Labour | 50 | Labour | 48 | ||
| Conservative | 6 | Conservative | 8 | ||
| Green | 1 | Green | 1 | ||
Results
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| 2023 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election | |||||||||
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| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |||
| Labour | 51 | 3 
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89.5 | 63.4 | 71,400 | ||||
| Conservative | 6 | 2 
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10.5 | 23.7 | 26,685 | ||||
| Green | 0 | 1
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9.6 | 10,865 | |||||
| Independent | 0 | 0 
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1.8 | 2,078 | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0
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0.8 | 909 | |||||
| Women's Equality | 0 | 0
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0.4 | 462 | |||||
| Monster Raving Loony | 0 | 0
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0.2 | 244 | |||||
Ashton Hurst
edit| 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) | |||||
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Ashton St Michael's
edit| 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) | |||||
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Ashton Waterloo
edit| 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) | |||||
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Audenshaw
edit| 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) | |||||
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Denton North East
edit| 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) | |||||
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Denton South
edit| 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) | |||||
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Denton West
edit| 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) | |||||
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Droylsden East
edit| 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) | |||||
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Droylsden West
edit| 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) | |||||
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Dukinfield
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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) | |||||
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Dukinfield Stalybridge
edit| 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) | |||||
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Hyde Godley
edit| 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) | |||||
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| 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
edit| 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 | ||||
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Hyde Werneth
edit| 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) | |||||
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Longendale
edit| 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) | |||||
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Mossley
edit| 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) | |||||
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St Peter's
edit| 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) | |||||
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Stalybridge North
edit| 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) | |||||
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Stalybridge South
edit| 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) | |||||
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References
edit- ^ "Tameside election result". BBC News. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ Local Government in England and Wales: A Guide to the New System. London: HMSO. 1974. p. 7. ISBN 0-11-750847-0.
- ^ "The Greater Manchester Combined Authority Order 2011". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
- ^ "Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. p. 22. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
- ^ a b "The Tamseide (Electoral Changes) Order 2022". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
- ^ "About Your Council". tameside.gov.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
- ^ Topping, Stephen (5 May 2023). "Tameside council local elections 2023 results". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 8 May 2023.