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2023 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election

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2023 Oldham Council election
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All 60 seats on Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
31 seats needed for a majority
Turnout35.1%
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Amanda Chadderton Graham Sheldon Howard Sykes
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Seats before 35 9 9
Seats won 32 11 10
Seat change Decrease 3 Increase 2 Increase 1

  Fourth party Fifth party
  Blank Blank
Leader Brian Hobin
Party Failsworth Independent Party Independents
Seats before 5 2
Seats won 3 4
Seat change Decrease 2 Increase 2

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

Leader before election

Amanda Chadderton
Labour

Leader after election

Arooj Shah
Labour

The 2023 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council elections took place on 4 May 2023 alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom. Due to boundary changes all 60 seats on Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council were contested.

Labour lost seats, including that of the leader of the council, Amanda Chadderton, but retained a majority on the council.[1][2]

Background

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History

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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. Oldham was a district of the Greater Manchester metropolitan county.[3] 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 in 2017, which was given strategic powers covering a region coterminous with the former Greater Manchester metropolitan county.[4]

Since its formation, Oldham Council has typically been under Labour control or no overall control, with a period of Conservative control from 1978–1980 and Liberal Democrat control from 2000–2002. Labour most recently gained overall control of the council in the 2011 election.

In July 2022 the Local Government Boundary Commission for England made The Oldham (Electoral Changes) Order 2022, officially abolishing all 20 existing wards and establishing 20 new wards with new boundaries. Because of this change all 60 seats on the council, three per ward, were contested.[5]

Pre-Election Composition

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Party Seats
Labour Party 35
Conservative Party 9
Liberal Democrats 9
Failsworth Independent Party 5
Independent 2

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 starting 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.

Results

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2023 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election[6]
Party Seats Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 32 3 Decrease 53.3 46.5 69,794
  Liberal Democrats 10 1 Increase 16.7 17.7 26,491
  Conservative 11 2 Increase 18.3 17.6 26,453
  Independent 4 2 Increase 6.7 14.3 21,393
  Failsworth Independent Party 3 2 Decrease 5.0 2.1 3,096
  Northern Heart 0 0 Steady 1.2 1,762
  Alliance for Democracy and Freedom 0 0 Steady 0.5 739
  National Housing Party 0 0 Steady 0.1 205
  Freedom Alliance 0 0 Steady 0.0 71

Asterisks denote incumbent councillors seeking re-election.

Alexandra

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Alexandra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Zahid Mehmood Chauhan 1,462 65.7
Labour Co-op Shaid Mushtaq 1,358 61.1
Labour Co-op Jenny Harrison 1,327 59.7
Liberal Democrats Martin Alexander Dinoff 250 11.2
Independent Muhammad Yasir 246 11.1
Northern Heart Sheila Ann Brophy 230 10.3
Liberal Democrats Rory Thompson 225 10.1
Conservative Jubel Ahmed 157 7.1
Conservative Md Nazrul Chowdhury 134 6.0
Majority
Rejected ballots 13
Turnout 2,237 30.5
Registered electors
Labour Co-op win (new boundaries)
Labour Co-op win (new boundaries)
Labour Co-op win (new boundaries)

Chadderton Central

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Chadderton Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mohon Ali 1,843 61.9
Labour Mohammed Nazrul Islam 1,786 60.0
Labour Elaine Taylor 1,587 53.3
Conservative Mohammed Akikur Razon 781 26.3
Conservative Md Yahhia Qurashi 430 14.5
Conservative Toklis Miah 370 12.4
Northern Heart Cath Jackson 248 8.3
Northern Heart Jackie Gartside 243 8.2
Northern Heart Abdul Basit 184 6.2
Liberal Democrats Christine Cator 168 5.6
Liberal Democrats Sue Mayall 152 5.1
Liberal Democrats Fazal Rahim 82 2.8
Majority
Rejected ballots 14
Turnout 2,989 38.2
Registered electors
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Chadderton North

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Chadderton North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Barbara Susan Brownridge 1,299 49.7
Labour Colin McLaren 1,242 47.5
Labour Eddie Moores 1,218 46.6
Conservative Karl Bardsley 1,076 41.2
Conservative Jonathan Ford 1,067 40.8
Conservative Moudud Ahmed 992 37.9
Liberal Democrats Dominic Cadman 318 12.2
Liberal Democrats Katie Gloster 203 7.8
Liberal Democrats Mick Scholes 165 6.3
Majority
Rejected ballots 5
Turnout 2,619 31.5
Registered electors
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Chadderton South

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Chadderton South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Graham John Shuttleworth 1,228 56.9
Labour Chris Goodwin 1,219 56.5
Labour Holly Louise Harrison 1,192 55.2
Independent Warren Bates 529 24.5
Conservative Mohammed Riaj Alom 367 17.0
Conservative Jawed Hussain 301 13.9
Conservative Mohammed Liyakoth Miah 259 12.0
Liberal Democrats Annie Patricia Lord 246 11.4
Liberal Democrats Muhammad Habib 157 7.3
Majority
Rejected ballots 16
Turnout 2,174 24.9
Registered electors
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Coldhurst

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Coldhurst
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Abdul Jabbar 2,775 60.0
Labour Abdul Malik 2,255 48.7
Labour Ruji Sapna Surjan 2,107 45.5
Independent Montaz Ali Azad 1,935 41.8
Independent Mohammed Mohib Abu Taleb 1,275 27.6
Independent Noor Akmol 915 19.8
Liberal Democrats Badrul Amin 309 6.7
Liberal Democrats Rachel Pendlebury 262 5.7
Independent Amir Uddin 259 5.6
Independent Abdul Malik 214 4.6
Independent Mohammed Ali 181 3.9
Conservative Saira Ahmed 167 3.6
Independent Ahmed Ali 166 3.6
Liberal Democrats Hamza Uddin 141 3.0
Conservative Samsul Alam 134 2.9
Conservative Mahmud Ullah Hannan 132 2.9
Independent Mustafa Ahmed Mustak 131 2.8
Majority
Rejected ballots 35
Turnout 4,662 49.7
Registered electors
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Crompton

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Crompton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Dave Murphy 1,136 45.7
Liberal Democrats Louie Michael Hamblett 1,109 44.6
Liberal Democrats Diane Williamson 1,087 43.8
Independent Lee Michael Navesey 736 29.6
Labour David John Barker 490 19.7
Labour Ken Rustidge 466 18.8
Labour Latif Choudhary 358 14.4
Conservative Michele Stockton 329 13.2
Conservative Masuma Ahmed 200 8.1
Conservative Mohammed Afruj Chowdhury 196 7.9
Majority
Rejected ballots 16
Turnout 2,500 32.3
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)

Failsworth East

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Failsworth East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Failsworth Independent Party Brian Hobin 944 48.3
Failsworth Independent Party Neil Hindle 877 44.9
Failsworth Independent Party Lucia Theresa Rea 866 44.3
Labour Aileen Laura Fryer 848 43.4
Labour Fazlul Haque 560 28.7
Conservative Bradley Holt 246 12.6
Liberal Democrats Barbara Ann Beeley 227 11.6
Majority
Rejected ballots 9
Turnout 1,963 24.8
Registered electors
Failsworth Independent Party win (new boundaries)
Failsworth Independent Party win (new boundaries)
Failsworth Independent Party win (new boundaries)

Failsworth West

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Failsworth West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Sandra Ball 1,010 46.6
Labour Co-op Peter Davis 929 42.9
Labour Co-op Paul Gordon Fryer 854 39.4
Independent Alan Brady 769 35.5
Independent Mark Jeffrey Wilkinson 751 34.7
Labour Co-op Dion Antony Linton 671 31.0
Failsworth Independent Party Jane Nicola Cashinella-Vaughan 409 18.9
Conservative Andrew Hurley 191 8.8
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Christine Powell 106 4.9
Majority
Rejected ballots 11
Turnout 2,177 27.6
Registered electors
Independent win (new boundaries)
Labour Co-op win (new boundaries)
Labour Co-op win (new boundaries)

Hollinwood

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Hollinwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kamran Ghafoor 1,085 43.2
Conservative Abdul Wahid 972 38.7
Conservative Muhammad Irfan 964 38.4
Labour Hannah Jane Roberts 944 37.6
Labour Kyle James Phythian 924 36.8
Labour Steve Williams 876 34.9
Independent Barbara Victoria Whitehead 279 11.1
Independent Ian Whitehead 221 8.8
National Housing Party John Lawrence 205 8.2
Liberal Democrats Karen Barton 202 8.0
Majority
Rejected ballots 11
Turnout 2,524 29.7
Registered electors
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Since the elections, the three elected councillors from Hollinwood were suspended from the Conservative Party[7] in November 2023, forming the "Oldham Group" party. This has caused the composition of the council to change in November 2023, making the Liberal Democrats the official opposition.

Medlock Vale

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Medlock Vale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sajed Hussain 1,997 67.5
Labour Junaid Hussain 1,906 64.5
Labour Umar Nasheen 1,879 63.5
Independent Mark Birchall 532 18.0
Liberal Democrats Lewis Farnworth 301 10.2
Liberal Democrats Shona Farnworth 297 10.0
Conservative Tania Akhtar 213 7.2
Conservative Mohammod Wabaydur Rahman 212 7.2
Conservative Akthar Hussain 171 5.8
Independent Waqar Raza 111 3.8
Majority
Rejected ballots 5
Turnout 2,962 34.5
Registered electors
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Royton North

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Royton North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dave Arnott 1,289 45.7
Conservative Christine Adams 1,255 44.5
Conservative Lewis Quigg 1,182 41.9
Labour Mick Harwood 1,142 40.5
Labour Clint Phythian 1,046 37.1
Labour Stephanie Lauren Shuttleworth 981 34.8
Alliance for Democracy and Freedom Colin Herbert Burrows 273 9.7
Alliance for Democracy and Freedom Joan Anne Mills 235 8.3
Alliance for Democracy and Freedom Paul Francis Goldring 231 8.2
Liberal Democrats Brian Lord 168 6.0
Liberal Democrats Enrique Flores 158 5.6
Liberal Democrats Keith Swift 141 5.0
Majority
Rejected ballots 8
Turnout 2,831 33.4
Registered electors
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Royton South

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Royton South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Maggie Hurley 1,039 44.8
Labour Marie Anne Bashforth 978 42.2
Labour Steven Bashforth 944 40.7
Labour Amanda Chadderton 923 39.8
Independent Jade Louise Hughes 837 36.1
Independent Darren Anthony Ratcliffe 757 32.6
Independent Anthony Joseph Prince 427 18.4
Liberal Democrats Russell John Thomas Gosling 215 9.3
Liberal Democrats Tom Penketh 199 8.6
Liberal Democrats Jeffrey Garner 148 6.4
Freedom Alliance Alexander Anthony Omeltschenko 71 3.1
Majority
Rejected ballots 12
Turnout 2,332 31.2
Registered electors
Independent win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Saddleworth North

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Saddleworth North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Pam Byrne 1,134 37.6
Conservative Luke Charles Laurence Lancaster 1,064 35.3
Liberal Democrats Garth Harkness 1,050 34.9
Liberal Democrats Lynne Christine Thompson 912 30.3
Labour Phillinda Ann Shipp 858 28.5
Liberal Democrats Michael Robert Thomas Powell 767 25.5
Conservative Stuart John Pyefinch 767 25.5
Labour Glyn Ford 733 24.3
Independent Gary John Kershaw 451 15.0
Independent Simon Hodgson 282 9.4
Independent Paul Geoffrey Stevenson 251 8.3
Majority
Rejected ballots 9
Turnout 3,021 38.7
Registered electors
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)

Saddleworth South

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Saddleworth South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Graham Sheldon 1,449 44.8
Liberal Democrats Helen Louise Bishop 1,225 37.8
Conservative Max Joseph Woodvine 1,176 36.3
Liberal Democrats Roger Malham Blackmore 1,019 31.5
Conservative Christopher John McManus 997 30.8
Labour Dominic John Wall 858 26.5
Labour Tahra Parveen Javed 750 23.2
Liberal Democrats Joseph Darren Beeston 673 20.8
Independent Gary Tarbuck 663 20.5
Majority
Rejected ballots 9
Turnout 3,246 40.9
Registered electors
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
Conservative win (new boundaries)

Saddleworth West and Lees

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Saddleworth West and Lees
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sam Al-Hamdani 1,600 55.6
Liberal Democrats Alicia Claire Marland 1,564 54.4
Liberal Democrats Mark Kenyon 1,483 51.6
Independent Paul Shilton 660 22.9
Labour Dave Barter 446 15.5
Labour John Bernard Battye 445 15.5
Independent Christopher Marshall 430 15.0
Independent Sophie Johnson 420 14.6
Labour Valerie Leach 382 13.3
Conservative Terence Hopkinson 192 6.7
Conservative Gibson Michael Walker 175 6.1
Conservative Mujibur Rahman 110 3.8
Majority
Rejected ballots 13
Turnout 2,889 34.8
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)

Shaw

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Shaw
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Marc James Hince 998 42.8
Liberal Democrats Howard David Sykes 938 40.2
Liberal Democrats Hazel Gloster 911 39.0
Liberal Democrats Chris Gloster 895 38.3
Independent Lisa Adele Navesey 872 37.4
Labour Meg Birchall 381 16.3
Labour Syed Maruf Ali 297 12.7
Labour Dhanyaal Rashid 256 11.0
Conservative Mohammed Abdul Kayum 67 2.9
Conservative Md Mujibur Rahman 63 2.7
Conservative Shuabur Rahman 62 2.7
Majority
Rejected ballots 6
Turnout 2,340 31.7
Registered electors
Independent win (new boundaries)
Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)

St James'

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St James'
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Beth Sharp 871 40.6
Labour Angela Carol Cosgrove 848 39.5
Labour Josh Charters 743 34.6
Labour Leanne Joy Munroe 731 34.1
Conservative Jeremy Craig-Weston 709 33.0
Conservative Jacob Sharp 705 32.9
Independent Amoy Lindo 522 24.3
Liberal Democrats Kevin Dawson 238 11.1
Liberal Democrats Joe Gloster 124 5.8
Liberal Democrats Roger Hindle 118 5.5
Majority
Rejected ballots 11
Turnout 2,157 26.4
Registered electors
Conservative win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

St Mary's

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St Mary's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Arooj Shah 2,743 64.5
Independent Aftab Hussain 2,361 55.5
Labour Ali Umar Aqeel Salamat 1,926 45.3
Independent Aisha Kouser 1,658 39.0
Labour Ghazala Parveen Rana 1,336 31.4
Liberal Democrats Zoe Elizabeth Rowlinson 236 5.5
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Hussain 209 4.9
Conservative Maria Ahmed 141 3.3
Conservative Asma Begum 107 2.5
Conservative Husna Khatun 84 2.0
Majority
Rejected ballots 26
Turnout 4,280 49.2
Registered electors
Labour win (new boundaries)
Independent win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Waterhead

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Waterhead
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nadeem Iqbal 1,448 52.8
Labour Peter Dean 1,304 47.5
Labour Ros Birch 1,253 45.7
Conservative Sajjad Hussain 849 31.0
Liberal Democrats Linda Dawson 395 14.4
Independent Stuart Allsopp 346 12.6
Northern Heart Paul Taylor 329 12.0
Northern Heart Anne Margaret Fiander Taylor 282 10.3
Liberal Democrats Richard Thomas Wild 268 9.8
Northern Heart Rob Vance 246 9.0
Independent Israk Miah 208 7.6
Majority
Rejected ballots 12
Turnout 2,755 32.4
Registered electors
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

Werneth

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Werneth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Shoab Akhtar 2,923 59.1
Labour Fida Hussain 2,788 56.4
Labour Nyla Ibrahim 2,731 55.2
Liberal Democrats Asghar Ali 1,700 34.4
Liberal Democrats Malik Abdul 1,496 30.2
Conservative Foysal Ahmed Chowdhury 476 9.6
Liberal Democrats Keith Pendlebury 395 8.0
Conservative Mohammed Salik Miah 204 4.1
Conservative Sobbir Ahmed Khan 179 3.6
Majority
Rejected ballots 27
Turnout 4,973 54.3
Registered electors
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

References

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  1. ^ Green, Charlotte (5 May 2023). "Oldham local council elections 2023 results in full". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Oldham election result". BBC News. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  3. ^ Local Government in England and Wales: A Guide to the New System. London: HMSO. 1974. p. 7. ISBN 0-11-750847-0.
  4. ^ "The Greater Manchester Combined Authority Order 2011". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  5. ^ a b "The Oldham (Electoral Changes) Order 2022". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  6. ^ "Local Election 4 May 2023 - results". Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  7. ^ https://www.theoldhamtimes.co.uk/news/23948658.change-oldham-council-suspension-councillors/