2024 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election

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2024 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election
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20 out of 60 seats to Oldham Council
31 seats needed for a majority
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Leader Arooj Shah Howard Sykes Graham Sheldon[1]
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative
Leader's seat St Mary's
Current seats 31 10 8
Seats needed Increase 21 Increase 23
Incumbent Leader

Arooj Shah
Labour



The 2024 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election is scheduled to be held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom being held on the same day. One-third of the 60 members of Oldham Council in Greater Manchester will be elected.

Background[edit]

The Labour Party have governed Oldham for most of its history. They held a majority on the council from its creation in 1973 to 1994, when they lost control against the national trend.[2] They regained a majority the following year, but lost control to the Liberal Democrats in 2000. Labour regained control in 2003, before losing their majority in 2006.[2] Labour again won a majority in 2011, and have formed majority administrations since then, albeit with reduced margins.

The 2023 election was the first election on the current ward boundaries; as a result, all seats were up for election. Labour won 32 seats with 46.5% of the vote, the Liberal Democrats won 10 with 17.7%, the Conservatives won 11 with 17.6%, the Failsworth Independent Party won 3 with 2.1%, and independents won 4 with 14.3%. The 2024 election is for seats held by councillors elected by the smallest number of votes in each ward;[3] Labour are defending 12 seats, the Liberal Democrats are defending 4, the Conservatives are defending 3, and the Failsworth Independent Party are defending 1.[4]

Previous council composition[edit]

After 2023 election Before 2024 election[5] After 2024 election
Party Seats Party Seats Party Seats
Labour 32 Labour 31 Labour
Liberal Democrats 10 Liberal Democrats 10 Liberal Democrats
Conservative 11 Conservative 8 Conservative
Failsworth Independent Party 3 Failsworth Independent Party 3 Failsworth Independent Party
Independent 4 Independent 8 Independent

Changes:

  • November 2023: Kamran Ghafoor, Muhammad Irfan, and Abdul Wahid suspended from Conservatives[a][6]
  • January 2024: Aftab Hussain (independent) joins Labour[7]
  • April 2024: Shoab Akhtar and Nyla Ibrahim leave Labour to sit as independents[8]

Results[edit]

2024 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 20
  Liberal Democrats 6
  Independent 6
  Conservative 6
  Failsworth Independent Party 2
  Green 0
  National Housing Party 0
  Northern Heart 0
  Reform UK 0

Ward results[edit]

An asterisk denotes an incumbent councillor seeking re-election.

Alexandra[edit]

Alexandra[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Zaheer Ali
Green Andrea Chaverra Valencia
Conservative Md Nazrul Chowdhury
Liberal Democrats Martin Dinoff
Independent Carol Hardie
Labour Ghazala Rana
Northern Heart Anne Taylor
Majority
Turnout
Swing

Chadderton Central[edit]

Chadderton Central[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Malik Abdul
Independent Peter Brown
Green Daniel Clayton
Conservative Mohammed Razon
Independent Lisa Roddy
Independent Irfat Shajahan
Labour Elaine Taylor*
Northern Heart Rob Vance
Majority
Turnout
Swing

Chadderton North[edit]

Chadderton North[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Moudud Ahmed
Independent Mohammed Alam
Liberal Democrats Dominic Cadman
Labour Co-op Eddie Moores*
Majority
Turnout
Swing

Chadderton South[edit]

Chadderton South[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Mohammed Ali
Conservative Karl Bardsley
Reform UK Andy Clare
Labour Holly Harrison*
Liberal Democrats Michael Scholes
Majority
Turnout
Swing

Coldhurst[edit]

Coldhurst[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Montaz Azad
Conservative Muhammed Dara
Green Sheraz Gondal
Independent Mustafa Mustak
Liberal Democrats Rachel Pendlebury
Labour Ruji Surjan*
Majority
Turnout
Swing

Crompton[edit]

Crompton[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Barker
Independent Lee Navesey
Conservative Michele Stockton
Liberal Democrats Diane Williamson*
Majority
Turnout
Swing

Failsworth East[edit]

Failsworth East[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Barbara Beeley
Independent Catherine Charnock
Conservative Foysal Chowdhury
Failsworth Independent Party Lucia Rea*
Labour Co-op Ken Rustidge
Majority
Turnout
Swing

Failsworth West[edit]

Failsworth West[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Failsworth Independent Party Jane Cashinella-Vaughan
Conservative Md Mostakim Chaudhary
Independent Majid Khan
Labour Co-op Kyle Phythian
Liberal Democrats Lynne Thompson
Independent Mark Wilkinson
Majority
Turnout
Swing

Hollinwood[edit]

Hollinwood[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Muhammed Alom
Labour Naseem Aslam
Liberal Democrats Roger Blackmore
Green Jason Bromley
Independent Ewan Edge
Independent Muhammad Irfan*
National Housing Party John Lawrence
Independent Ian Whitehead
Majority
Turnout
Swing

Medlock Vale[edit]

Medlock Vale[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Shamas Altaf
Liberal Democrats Shona Farnworth
Conservative Akhtar Hussain
Labour Co-op Umar Nasheen*
Independent Muhammad Yasir
Majority
Turnout
Swing

Royton North[edit]

Royton North[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jeffrey Garner
Green Miranda Meadowcroft
Labour Clint Phythian
Conservative Lewis Quigg*
Majority
Turnout
Swing

Royton South[edit]

Royton South[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Steven Bashforth*
Independent Jade Hughes
Liberal Democrats Tom Penketh
Green Jim Stidworthy
Majority
Turnout
Swing

Saddleworth North[edit]

Saddleworth North[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Garth Harkness*
Independent Christopher Marshall
Conservative Stuart Pyefinch
Labour Hannah Roberts
Majority
Turnout
Swing

Saddleworth South[edit]

Saddleworth South[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Paul Errock
Green Fesl Reza-Khan
Labour Co-op Dominic Wall
Conservative Max Woodvine*
Liberal Democrats Amy Wrigley
Majority
Turnout
Swing

Saddleworth West and Lees[edit]

Saddleworth West and Lees[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dave Barter
Liberal Democrats Mark Kenyon*
Conservative Mujibur Rahman
Independent Paul Shilton
Majority
Turnout
Swing

Shaw[edit]

Shaw[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Hazel Gloster*
Labour Stephen Hewitt
Independent Lisa Navesey
Conservative Md Yahhia Qurashi
Majority
Turnout
Swing

St James'[edit]

St James'[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Josh Charters*
Independent Amoy Lindo
Liberal Democrats Roger Hindle
Conservative Christopher McManus
Majority
Turnout
Swing

St Mary's[edit]

St Mary's[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Khaled Ahmed
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Hussain
Independent Aisha Kouser
Labour Ali Aqeel Salamat*
Majority
Turnout
Swing

Waterhead[edit]

Waterhead[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Stuart Allsopp
Liberal Democrats Joe Beeston
Labour Co-op Ros Birch*
Conservative Ruhid Chowdhury
Independent Naveed Chowhan
Reform UK Jack Davies
Northern Heart Paul Taylor
Majority
Turnout
Swing

Werneth[edit]

Werneth[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Amjad Ali
Independent Nyla Ibrahim*
Conservative Mohammed Miah
Liberal Democrats Hamza Uddin
Majority
Turnout
gain from Labour Swing

References[edit]

  1. ^ Sit as part of the Oldham Group, which is not registered as a political party.
  1. ^ "Graham Sheldon". Oldham Council. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  3. ^ "The Oldham (Electoral Changes) Order 2022", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2022/778, retrieved 10 April 2024
  4. ^ Lawlor, Kent (5 May 2023). "All the results from the Oldham Council elections". The Oldham Times. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Your Councillors by Party". Oldham Council. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  6. ^ Tooth, Jack (26 November 2023). "All change on Oldham Council after suspension of councillors". The Oldham Times. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  7. ^ Hall, Charlotte (22 January 2024). "Independent councillor changes allegiances". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  8. ^ Hall, Charlotte (9 April 2024). "Two Labour councillors in Oldham defect weeks before May elections over Gaza". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED". Oldham Council. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
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