2012 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election

2012 Oldham Council election

3 May 2012
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 2.01 1.19% 4.46 Councillors 43 14 2 Councillors +/– 10 7 3

The 2012 Oldham Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council in the North West, 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

• Labour 44
• Liberal Democrat 14
• Conservative 2

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			2.3	1,206	-1.4
	Respect	0	0	0			2.0	1,067	+2.0
	UKIP	0	0	0			1.4	723	+0.9
	Green	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