One third of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council in Greater Manchester, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, 60 councillors have been elected from 20 wards.[1]
Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2]
Party in control | Years |
---|---|
Labour | 1973–1976 |
No overall control | 1976–1978 |
Conservative | 1978–1980 |
Labour | 1980–1994 |
No overall control | 1994–1995 |
Labour | 1995–2000 |
Liberal Democrats | 2000–2002 |
No overall control | 2002–2003 |
Labour | 2003–2007 |
No overall control | 2007–2011 |
Labour | 2011–present |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jim McMahon | 2,045 | 68.0 | +2.6 | |
BNP | Charles Styles | 539 | 17.9 | +17.9 | |
Conservative | Paul Martin | 296 | 9.8 | -17.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Keith Pendlebury | 128 | 4.3 | -3.4 | |
Majority | 1,506 | 50.1 | |||
Turnout | 3,008 | 37.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Barbara Beeley | 908 | 51.3 | -3.7 | |
Labour | Stephen Exton | 416 | 23.5 | +4.7 | |
Conservative | Vincent Lord | 243 | 13.7 | -12.5 | |
BNP | Martin Brierley | 202 | 11.4 | +11.4 | |
Majority | 492 | 27.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,769 | 22.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Norman Briggs | 1,199 | 79.0 | -5.9 | |
UKIP | Carrol Ashton | 209 | 13.8 | +13.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ron Wise | 109 | 7.2 | -7.9 | |
Majority | 990 | 65.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,517 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Elaine Garry | 832 | 54.1 | -6.8 | |
UKIP | Warren Bates | 489 | 31.8 | -1.5 | |
Conservative | Lewis Quigg | 122 | 7.9 | +7.9 | |
Green | Jean Betteridge | 68 | 4.4 | +4.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Martin Dinoff | 26 | 1.7 | -4.2 | |
Majority | 343 | 22.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,537 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Marie Bashforth | 938 | 63.7 | -6.1 | |
Conservative | Allan Fish | 244 | 16.6 | -7.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Barrow | 221 | 15.0 | +9.0 | |
Green | Roger Pakeman | 70 | 4.8 | +4.8 | |
Majority | 694 | 47.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,473 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Zahid Chauhan | 1,553 | 70.7 | +24.3 | |
UKIP | Derek Fletcher | 412 | 18.8 | +18.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kevin Dawson | 96 | 4.4 | -14.4 | |
Conservative | Neil Allsopp | 80 | 3.6 | -31.2 | |
Green | Miranda Meadowcroft | 55 | 2.5 | +2.5 | |
Majority | 1,141 | 52.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,196 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paul Jacques | 829 | 58.4 | -7.3 | |
Conservative | Antony Cahill | 360 | 25.4 | +1.7 | |
UKIP | Nicholas Godleman | 166 | 11.7 | +11.7 | |
Green | Andy Hunter-Rossall | 49 | 3.5 | -4.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Shaun Duffy | 16 | 1.1 | -1.8 | |
Majority | 469 | 33.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,420 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paul Jacques | 2,504 | 49.6 | -0.3 | |
Conservative | Alan Fish | 2,047 | 40.5 | +23.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Russ Gosling | 294 | 5.8 | -0.1 | |
Green | Lina Shaw | 205 | 4.1 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 457 | 9.0 | |||
Turnout | 5,050 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Elizabeth Jacques | 677 | 58.5 | +5.3 | |
Conservative | Antony Cahill | 336 | 29.0 | +0.5 | |
Independent | Warren Bates | 94 | 8.1 | +8.1 | |
UKIP | Paul Goldring | 32 | 2.8 | +2.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Barrow | 18 | 1.6 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 341 | 29.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,157 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |