Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council elections

Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council elections are generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council being elected each time. Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council, generally known as Oldham Council, is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of Oldham in Greater Manchester, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, 60 councillors have been elected from 20 wards.[1] New ward boundaries are due to come into effect from the 2023 election.[2]

Political control

From 1889 to 1974 Oldham was a county borough, independent of any county council.[3] Under the Local Government Act 1972 it had its territory enlarged and became a metropolitan borough, with Greater Manchester County Council providing county-level services. The first election to the reconstituted borough council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority before coming into its revised powers on 1 April 1974. Greater Manchester County Council was abolished in 1986 and Oldham became a unitary authority. Political control of the council since 1973 has been held by the following parties:[4][5]

Party in controlYears
Labour1973–1976
No overall control1976–1978
Conservative1978–1980
Labour1980–1994
No overall control1994–1995
Labour1995–2000
Liberal Democrats2000–2002
No overall control2002–2003
Labour2003–2007
No overall control2007–2011
Labour2011–present

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 1974 have been:[6]

CouncillorPartyFromTo
Joseph Hilton Labour19741976
Geoffrey Webb Conservative19761978
Malcolm Bamford Conservative19781979
Geoffrey Webb Conservative19791980
Joseph Hilton Labour19801985
John Battye[7] Labour19852000
Richard Knowles Liberal Democrats20002003
David Jones Labour200321 May 2008
Howard Sykes Liberal Democrats21 May 200825 May 2011
Jim McMahon[8] Labour25 May 201115 Jan 2016
Jean Stretton Labour27 Jan 201623 May 2018
Sean Fielding Labour23 May 20189 May 2021
Arooj Shah Labour19 May 20218 May 2022
Amanda Chadderton Labour25 May 20229 May 2023
Arooj Shah Labour9 May 2023Incumbent

Council elections

Changes between elections

Pre-2004 boundaries
Failsworth East by-election, 20 November 2003 (term ends 2004)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jim McMahon 2,045 68.0 +2.6
BNP Charles Styles 539 17.9 +17.9
Conservative Paul Martin 296 9.8 -17.0
Liberal Democrats Keith Pendlebury 128 4.3 -3.4
Majority 1,506 50.1
Turnout 3,008 37.1
Labour hold Swing

2004 boundaries
Saddleworth West and Lees by-election, 5 July 2007[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Barbara Beeley 908 51.3 -3.7
Labour Stephen Exton 416 23.5 +4.7
Conservative Vincent Lord 243 13.7 -12.5
BNP Martin Brierley 202 11.4 +11.4
Majority 492 27.8
Turnout 1,769 22.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Failsworth East by-election 14 June 2012[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Norman Briggs 1,199 79.0 -5.9
UKIP Carrol Ashton 209 13.8 +13.8
Liberal Democrats Ron Wise 109 7.2 -7.9
Majority 990 65.3
Turnout 1,517
Labour hold Swing
Failsworth West by-election 15 November 2012[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Elaine Garry 832 54.1 -6.8
UKIP Warren Bates 489 31.8 -1.5
Conservative Lewis Quigg 122 7.9 +7.9
Green Jean Betteridge 68 4.4 +4.4
Liberal Democrats Martin Dinoff 26 1.7 -4.2
Majority 343 22.3
Turnout 1,537
Labour hold Swing
Royton South by-election 14 March 2013[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Marie Bashforth 938 63.7 -6.1
Conservative Allan Fish 244 16.6 -7.6
Liberal Democrats Stephen Barrow 221 15.0 +9.0
Green Roger Pakeman 70 4.8 +4.8
Majority 694 47.1
Turnout 1,473
Labour hold Swing
Alexandra by-election 9 May 2013[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Zahid Chauhan 1,553 70.7 +24.3
UKIP Derek Fletcher 412 18.8 +18.8
Liberal Democrats Kevin Dawson 96 4.4 -14.4
Conservative Neil Allsopp 80 3.6 -31.2
Green Miranda Meadowcroft 55 2.5 +2.5
Majority 1,141 52.0
Turnout 2,196
Labour hold Swing
Failsworth East by-election 16 February 2017[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Jacques 829 58.4 -7.3
Conservative Antony Cahill 360 25.4 +1.7
UKIP Nicholas Godleman 166 11.7 +11.7
Green Andy Hunter-Rossall 49 3.5 -4.2
Liberal Democrats Shaun Duffy 16 1.1 -1.8
Majority 469 33.0
Turnout 1,420
Labour hold Swing
Royton North by-election 8 June 2017[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Jacques 2,504 49.6 -0.3
Conservative Alan Fish 2,047 40.5 +23.7
Liberal Democrats Russ Gosling 294 5.8 -0.1
Green Lina Shaw 205 4.1 +0.4
Majority 457 9.0
Turnout 5,050
Labour hold Swing
Failsworth East by-election 29 November 2018[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Elizabeth Jacques 677 58.5 +5.3
Conservative Antony Cahill 336 29.0 +0.5
Independent Warren Bates 94 8.1 +8.1
UKIP Paul Goldring 32 2.8 +2.8
Liberal Democrats Stephen Barrow 18 1.6 +0.5
Majority 341 29.5
Turnout 1,157
Labour hold Swing

References
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  2. "The Oldham (Electoral Changes) Order 2022", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2022/778, retrieved 1 September 2022
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  6. "Council minutes". Oldham Council. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  7. Schaefer, Sarah (6 May 2000). "'Neglected' core voters of Oldham send a warning". The Independent. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  8. Belmore, Aimee (20 January 2016). "Oldham Council to hold special meeting to select new leader". Saddleworth Independent. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
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  10. "Oldham Council by-election results 5 July 2007". Oldham Council. 6 July 2007. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
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  12. "Local Elections Archive Project — Failsworth West Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
  13. "Local Elections Archive Project — Royton South Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
  14. "Local Elections Archive Project — Alexandra Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
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  16. "Local Elections Archive Project — Royton North Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
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