2019 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election

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The 2019 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council in England.[1][2] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Overall Results[edit]

Vote share changes compared to 2018.

Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 16 Increase1 80.0 31 47 78.3 23,461 49.36 -2.73
  Conservative 3 Decrease1 15.0 6 9 15.0 10,110 21.27 -5.70
  Liberal Democrats 1 Steady 5.0 3 4 6.7 5,156 10.85 -2.17
  UKIP 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 7,069 14.87 +10.93
  Green 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 1,731 3.64 +2.34

Ward results[edit]

Councillors seeking re-election are marked with an asterisk; they were last elected in 2015 and changes are compared to that year's election.[3]

Balderstone & Kirkholt[edit]

Balderstone & Kirkholt
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Daniel Joseph Meredith* 880 45.0 -1.4
UKIP Guy Bradley 380 19.4 -5.7
Liberal Democrats Patricia Ann Colclough 369 18.9 +9.1
Conservative John Kershaw 204 10.4 -4.6
Green James O'Meara 124 6.3 +2.7
Majority 500 25.5 +4.5
Turnout 1,957 25
Labour hold Swing +2.15

Bamford[edit]

Bamford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Patricia Sullivan* 1,499 47.8 +7.5
Labour Mohammad Arshad 1,048 33.4 +1.9
UKIP Stephen Sanderson 251 8.0 -12.2
Green Sarah Croke 199 6.3 n/a
Liberal Democrats Barrie Nicholson 140 4.5 -3.5
Majority 451 14.4 +5.6
Turnout 3,137 41
Conservative hold Swing +2.8

Castleton[edit]

Castleton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jean Gladys Hornby* 1,035 47.5 +3.9
Conservative Michael Cullen 481 22.1 +7.7
UKIP Mark Izzo 375 17.2 -13.9
Green Jonathan Kershaw 197 9.0 +5.4
Liberal Democrats Stephen Thornley 91 4.2 -3.1
Majority 554 25.4 +12.9
Turnout 2,179 28
Labour hold Swing -1.9

Central Rochdale[edit]

Central Rochdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ali Ahmed* 2,292 78.7 +35.1
Liberal Democrats Rifat Mahmood 422 14.5 n/a
Conservative Roger Howarth 200 6.9 +2.4
Majority 1,870 64.2 +29.3
Turnout 2,914 39
Labour hold Swing +10.3

East Middleton[edit]

East Middleton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Donna Martin* 1,162 57.4 +7.5
UKIP Robert Mudd 520 25.7 -4.0
Conservative Jacqueline Holt 342 16.9 -0.6
Majority 642 31.7 +11.4
Turnout 2,143 26
Labour hold Swing +5.75

Healey[edit]

Healey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Shah Wazir* 1,190 46.2 +14.6
Conservative Robert McLean 582 22.6 -6.2
UKIP Fredrick Willis 440 17.1 -8.9
Liberal Democrats John Rogers 365 14.2 +5.2
Majority 608 23.6 +20.7
Turnout 2,577 33
Labour hold Swing +10.4

Hopwood Hall[edit]

Hopwood Hall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Susan Emmott* 1,095 51.5 +6.8
UKIP Angela Gardner 572 26.9 -8.0
Conservative Paul Ellison 460 21.6 +7.2
Majority 523 24.6 +14.8
Turnout 2,127 25
Labour hold Swing +7.4

Kingsway[edit]

Kingsway
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Elsie Wraighte 1,778 70.2 +11.7
Green Mark Hollinrake 268 10.6 +6.9
Conservative Richard Duckworth 267 10.5 +3.5
Liberal Democrats Anthony Hughes 221 8.7 +0.7
Majority 1,510 59.6 +20.6
Turnout 2,534 29
Labour hold Swing +2.4

Littleborough Lakeside[edit]

Littleborough Lakeside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tom Besford 879 34.7 +2.3
Conservative Ann Stott* 687 27.1 -7.9
Liberal Democrats Kathryn Clegg 433 17.1 n/a
UKIP Stephen Mitchell 336 13.3 -11.1
Green Stuart Howard-Cofield 196 7.7 +1.2
Majority 192 7.6
Turnout 2,532 32
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +5.1

Mikstone & Deeplish[edit]

Milkstone & Deeplish
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mohammed Zaman* 2,142 83.8 +6.1
Liberal Democrats Richard Eden-Maughan 145 5.7 -0.4
Green Feruz Ali 134 5.2 +2.4
Conservative Keith Taylor 134 5.2 +0.3
Majority 1,997 78.2 +9.0
Turnout 2,555 33
Labour hold Swing +3.25

Milnrow & Newhey[edit]

Milnrow & Newhey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Andy Kelly* 1,714 60.0 +21.2
Labour Neil Butterworth 595 20.8 -4.1
UKIP Hillary Smith 362 12.7 -6.3
Conservative George Carpenter 184 6.4 -7.2
Majority 1,119 39.2 +25.3
Turnout 2,855 36
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +12.65

Norden[edit]

Norden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Winkler* 1,428 55.2 +8.7
Labour Shaukat Ali 483 18.7 -1.7
UKIP Beverley Taylor-King 270 10.4 -13.6
Liberal Democrats Nigel Sarbutts 218 8.4 +3.4
Green Adam Mir 187 7.2 +3.2
Majority 945 36.5 +14.0
Turnout 2,586 33
Conservative hold Swing +5.2

North Heywood[edit]

North Heywood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ray Dutton* 968 54.8 +16.7
UKIP Bernard Akin 526 29.8 -1.6
Conservative Adrian Coan 274 15.5 +7.0
Majority 442 25.0 +18.3
Turnout 17.68 23
Labour hold Swing +9.15

North Middleton[edit]

North Middleton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sara Louise Rowbotham* 1,061 54.8 +3.8
UKIP Thomas Barnes 592 30.6 -2.4
Conservative Rachel McLachlan 284 14.7 +1.9
Majority 469 24.2 +6.3
Turnout 1,937 25
Labour hold Swing +3.1

Smallbridge & Firgrove[edit]

Smallbridge & Firgrove
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Aftab Hussain* 1,335 58.7 +11.9
UKIP Laurent Baudry 410 18.0 -12.0
Liberal Democrats Eleanor Kelly 294 12.9 +9.2
Conservative Keith Branton 234 10.3 +0.1
Majority 925 40.7 +23.5
Turnout 2,273 28
Labour hold Swing +11.95

South Middleton[edit]

South Middleton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Williams* 1,184 47.7 +5.6
Conservative Stephen Anstee 648 26.1 +2.8
UKIP Philip Partington 440 17.7 -9.5
Liberal Democrats Sue Curzon 212 8.5 +5.0
Majority 536 21.6 +6.7
Turnout 2,484 32
Labour hold Swing +1.4

Spotland & Falinge[edit]

Spotland & Falinge
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rachel Massey 1,692 61.7 +14.4
Conservative Steven Scholes 429 15.6 +1.8
Green Mick Coats 426 15.5 +10.5
Liberal Democrats Joseph Marsden 196 7.1 -1.7
Majority 1,263 46.0 +20.5
Turnout 2,743 33
Labour hold Swing +6.3

Wardle & West Littleborough[edit]

Wardle & West Littleborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rina Paolucci-Escobar* 1,213 49.2 +3.6
Labour Julian Farnell 595 24.1 +0.9
Liberal Democrats Robert Clegg 336 13.6 +7.4
UKIP Robert Neave 320 13.0 -7.6
Majority 618 25.1 +2.7
Turnout 2,464 31
Conservative hold Swing +1.35

West Heywood[edit]

West Heywood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jacqui Beswick* 958 49.3 +1.1
UKIP Michael O'Brien 699 36.0 +1.7
Conservative Darren Bayman 287 14.8 +2.9
Majority 259 13.3 -0.6
Turnout 1,944 22
Labour hold Swing -0.3

West Middleton[edit]

West Middleton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Philip Burke* 1,089 56.2 -1.0
UKIP Lee Seville 576 29.7 +1.1
Conservative Andrew Neilson 273 14.1 +4.6
Majority 513 26.5 -2.1
Turnout 1,938 21
Labour hold Swing -1.05

By-elections and other changes[edit]

Councillor Alan McCarthy (elected 2018 for Labour in the West Heywood ward) defected from Labour to the Brexit Party on 4 July 2019.[4] Joined Conservative Party June 2021

Councillor Jacqui Beswick (elected 2019 for Labour in the West Heywood ward) resigned from the Labour party on 4 July 2019 to sit as an independent.[4] Joined Conservative Party June 2021

Councillor Kath Nickson (elected 2018 for Labour in the Balderstone & Kirkholt ward) defected from the Liberal Democrats to the Brexit Party on 10 July 2019.[5] Now sits as Conservative

Former council leader Richard Farnell (elected 2016 for Labour in the Balderstone & Kirkholt ward) resigned from the Labour Party on 18 July 2019 to sit as an independent. He had been suspended since April 2018 after a national child abuse inquiry found he lied under oath. In a statement he said he had "no confidence" he would receive a fair disciplinary hearing and could "no longer support a party led by Jeremy Corbyn".[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Your next election or referendum". rochdale.gov.uk. Rochdale Borough Council. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Election results by wards". rochdale.gov.uk. Rochdale Borough Council. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Local Election 2019 - Thursday, 2nd May, 2019". Rochdale Borough Council. Rochdale Borough Council. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  4. ^ a b Statham, Nick (4 July 2019). "Heywood councillors leave Labour Party for independence and Brexit Party". Rochdale Online. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  5. ^ Statham, Nick (10 July 2019). "Liberal Democrat councillor stuns colleagues by quitting to join The Brexit Party - just six months after defecting to them from Labour". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  6. ^ Wilkinson, Damon (18 July 2019). "Former Rochdale council leader Richard Farnell has quit the Labour Party - and taken a swipe at Jeremy Corbyn". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
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