2012 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election

2012 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election
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3 May 2012
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20 councillors in Oldham
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Jim McMahon Howard Sykes N/A
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative
Leader's seat Failsworth East Shaw N/A
Last election 52.75% 23.39% 19.24%
Seats won 33 21 5
Popular vote 54.75% 24.58% 14.78%
Swing Increase 2.01% Increase 1.19% Decrease 4.46%
Councillors 43 14 2
Councillors +/– Increase 10 Decrease 7 Decrease 3
Results of the 2012 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2012 Oldham Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council in the North West of England. This was on the same day as other 2012 United Kingdom local elections.

Labour retained control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

Oldham local election result 2012
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 15 10 0 +10 54.8 29,217 +2.1
  Liberal Democrats 4 0 7 -7 24.6 13,117 +1.2
  Conservative 1 1 4 -3 14.8 7,886 -4.4
  Independent 0 0 0 0 2.3 1,206 -1.4
  Respect 0 0 0 0 2.0 1,067 +2.0
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 1.4 723 +0.9
  Green 0 0 0 0 0.3 144 -0.6

Ward results

Alexandra ward

Alexandra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dilys Fletcher MBE 1,100 46.4 −13.1
Conservative Raja Iqbal 826 34.8 +11.4
Liberal Democrats Martin Dinoff 447 18.8 +1.7
Majority 274 11.4 −24.6
Turnout 2,404 32.4 −4.3
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Alexandra ward by-election 2013

A by-election was held on Thursday, 9 May 2013 in the Alexandra ward of Oldham. The seat became vacant following the death of Dilys Fletcher in February. The results were as follows:

Alexandra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Zahid Mehmood Chauhan 1,553
UKIP Derek Graham Fletcher 412
Green Miranda Meadowcroft 55
Liberal Democrats Kevin Dawson 96
Conservative Neil Allsopp 80
Majority 1,141
Turnout 29.31
Labour hold Swing

Chadderton Central ward

Chadderton Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Susan Dearden 1,552 68.4 +9.0
Conservative Robert Barnes 596 26.3 −9.4
Liberal Democrats Pat Lord 120 5.3 +0.4
Majority 956 42.2 +18.5
Turnout 2,283 28.9 −6.0
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Chadderton North ward

Chadderton North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Fazlul Haque 1,750 59.5 +0.9
Conservative Paul Martin 1,040 35.4 −0.3
Liberal Democrats Lee Miah 150 5.1 −0.6
Majority 710 24.1 +1.2
Turnout 2,940 35.9 −2.3
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Chadderton South ward

Chadderton South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Hibbert 1,481 75.4 +6.7
Conservative Eileen Hulme 433 22.0 −5.1
Liberal Democrats Fazal Rahim 50 2.5 −1.7
Majority 1,048 53.4 +12.7
Turnout 1,964 24.4 −5.7
Labour hold Swing

Coldhurst ward

Coldhurst
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Abdul Jabbar 2,742 58.6 −2.1
Liberal Democrats Kutub Uddin 1,709 36.5 +1.9
Conservative Harun Miah 227 4.9 +0.2
Majority 1,033 22.1 −3.7
Turnout 4,678 54.9 +2.9
Labour hold Swing

Crompton ward

Crompton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Diane Williamson 1,286 45.7 +5.5
Labour Ken Rustidge 949 33.7 +0.2
Conservative Christopher Henthorn 577 20.5 −5.9
Majority 337 12.0 +5.3
Turnout 2,812 33.9 −0.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Failsworth East ward

Failsworth East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Dawson 1,585 84.9 +14.2
Liberal Democrats Stephen Barrow 283 15.1 +10.5
Majority 1,302 69.7 +23.8
Turnout 1,868 24.1 −6.4
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Failsworth West ward

Failsworth West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sean Fielding 1,323 60.9 +2.7
UKIP Warren Bates 723 33.3 +33.3
Liberal Democrats Ron Wise 128 5.9 −3.4
Majority 600 32.1 −0.7
Turnout 2,174 28.3 −4.5
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Hollinwood ward

Hollinwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Brian Ames 1,266 67.4 +6.7
Liberal Democrats Philip Holley 456 24.3 −0.2
Conservative Jamie Curley 155 8.3 +8.3
Majority 810 43.2 +9.0
Turnout 1,877 24.9 −8.8
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Medlock Vale ward

Medlock Vale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ateeque Ur-Rehman 1,726 64.8 +4.5
Liberal Democrats Keith Pendlebury 443 16.6 −4.8
Independent Phil Howarth 364 13.7 +13.7
Conservative Sean Curley 132 5.0 −13.4
Majority 1,283 48.1 +8.6
Turnout 2,665 33.0 −2.8
Labour hold Swing

Royton North ward

Royton North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bernard Judge 1,710 71.4 +10.5
Conservative Lewis Quigg 555 23.2 −8.0
Liberal Democrats Phil Renold 129 5.4 −2.5
Majority 1,155 48.2 +18.5
Turnout 2,394 30.1 −7.5
Labour hold Swing

Royton South ward

Royton South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Amanda Chadderton 1,566 69.8 +4.6
Conservative Allan Fish 544 24.2 −2.0
Liberal Democrats Keith Taylor 134 6.0 −2.7
Majority 1,011 45.1 +6.1
Turnout 2,244 27.2 −11.2
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Saddleworth North ward

Saddleworth North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Garth Harkness 898 33.0 +2.0
Independent Nicola Kirkham 842 31.0 +0.4
Conservative Phil Sewell 535 19.7 −0.4
Labour Imran Yousaf 445 16.4 −1.9
Majority 56 2.1 +1.6
Turnout 2,720 35.9 −6.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Saddleworth South ward

Saddleworth South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Hudson 1,151 40.4 −1.7
Liberal Democrats Brian Lord 949 33.3 +4.4
Labour Joseph Fitzpatrick 746 26.2 +7.8
Majority 202 7.1 −6.0
Turnout 2,846 36.1 −11.1
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Saddleworth West & Lees ward

Saddleworth West & Lees
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Val Sedgwick 1,222 47.4 +9.6
Labour Gerald Ball 1,002 38.9 −3.4
Conservative Pam Byrne 354 13.7 −6.3
Majority 220 8.5
Turnout 2,578 31.0 −4.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Shaw ward

Shaw
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Howard Sykes 1,298 53.6 +13.2
Labour James Larkin 782 32.3 −4.5
Conservative Phelyp Bennett 342 14.1 −8.7
Majority 516 21.3 +17.7
Turnout 2,422 31.2 −2.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

St. James ward

St. James
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Cath Ball 955 50.6 −2.4
Liberal Democrats Jacqueline Stanton 763 40.4 +4.7
Conservative Neil Allsopp 171 9.1 −2.2
Majority 192 10.1 −7.2
Turnout 1,899 24.8 −3.0
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

St. Mary's ward

St. Mary's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Arooj Shah 2,529 58.4 −7.1
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Masud 1,559 36.0 +7.1
Green Miranda Meadowcroft 144 3.3 +3.3
Conservative David Caddick 101 2.3 −3.3
Majority 970 22.4 −13.9
Turnout 4,333 51.1 −1.5
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Waterhead ward

Waterhead
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Vita Price 1,379 58.5 +10.7
Liberal Democrats Linda Dawson 977 41.5 +3.5
Majority 402 17.1 +7.3
Turnout 2,356 29.5 −0.8
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Werneth ward

Werneth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Fida Hussain 2,629 66.4 +1.7
Respect Iqbal Bhatti 1,067 27.0 +27.0
Conservative Michele Stockton 147 3.7 −3.1
Liberal Democrats Kevin Dawson 116 2.9 −25.6
Majority 1,562 39.5 +3.3
Turnout 3,959 51.8 +2.4
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Local elections 2012". BBC News. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
  2. ↑ "Alexandra Ward by-election result". Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council. Archived from the original on 23 March 2017. Retrieved 22 March 2016.