One third of Rochdale 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 | 1973–1975 | |
No overall control | 1975–1976 | |
Conservative | 1976–1979 | |
No overall control | 1979–1980 | |
Labour | 1980–1982 | |
No overall control | 1982–1986 | |
Labour | 1986–1992 | |
No overall control | 1996–1996 | |
Labour | 1996–2003 | |
No overall control | 2003–2007 | |
Liberal Democrats | 2007–2010 | |
No overall control | 2010–2011 | |
Labour | 2011–present |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 2,015 | 56.6 | |||
Labour | 1,109 | 31.7 | |||
Conservative | 413 | 11.6 | |||
Independent | 22 | 0.6 | |||
Majority | 906 | 24.9 | |||
Turnout | 3,559 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 1,347 | 52.2 | +18.7 | ||
Labour | 716 | 27.8 | -3.2 | ||
Conservative | 432 | 16.8 | -5.6 | ||
Independent | 84 | 3.3 | +3.3 | ||
Majority | 631 | 24.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,579 | 29.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jonathan Burns | 603 | 41.6 | -9.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rhoda Morley | 566 | 39.1 | +21.3 | |
Conservative | David Harris | 280 | 19.3 | -11.5 | |
Majority | 37 | 2.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,449 | 18.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Anthony Joseph William Bennett | 627 | 29.7% | +3.0% | |
Liberal Democrats | Patricia Ann Colclough | 246 | 11.7% | -4.4% | |
National Front | Peter Greenwood[6] | 156 | 7.4% | +7.4% | |
Conservative | Peter Nicholas Winkler | 1,081 | 51.2% | -6.0% | |
Majority | 460 | 21.8% | -8.7% | ||
Turnout | 2,110 | 27.1% | -12.9% |