2016 local election in England, UK
The 2016 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.
After the election, the composition of the council was
- Labour 46
- Liberal Democrat 9
- Conservative 2
- UKIP 1
- Independent 2
Election result
Oldham Local Election Result 2016 Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 15 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 75.0% | 49.3% | 27,586 | |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0.0% | 15.9% | 8,876 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 3 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 15.0% | 13.2% | 7,383 | |
| Conservative | 1 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 5.0% | 12.0% | 6,719 | |
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 5.0% | 6.7% | 3,732 | |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0.0% | 3.0% | 1,681 | |
Ward results
The electoral division results are as follows:[2]
Alexandra ward
Alexandra Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Zahid Mehmood Chauhan | 1,650 | 63.4 | |
| UKIP | David Carter | 642 | 24.7 | |
| Conservative | Terry Hopkinson | 115 | 4.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Neville Darlington | 94 | 3.6 | |
| Independent | Matloob Hussain | 65 | 2.5 | |
| Green | Irfat Ahmed Shajahan | 37 | 1.4 | |
Majority | 1,008 | 38.7 | |
Turnout | 2,603 | 39.56 | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Chadderton Central ward
Chadderton Central Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Susan Dearden | 1,371 | 51.6 | +6.6 |
| UKIP | Francis Adrian Arbour | 741 | 27.9 | +0.5 |
| Conservative | Robert Barnes | 337 | 12.7 | -8.4 |
| Green | Jessica Stott | 131 | 4.9 | +1.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | Derek Clayton | 75 | 2.8 | +0.1 |
Majority | 630 | 23.7 | +6.1 |
Turnout | 2,655 | 33.58 | -29.31 |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Chadderton North ward
Chadderton North Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Fazlul Haque | 1,665 | 55.5 | +10.5 |
| Conservative | Lewis Quigg | 910 | 30.4 | +5.2 |
| Green | Adam King | 232 | 7.7 | +3.9 |
| Liberal Democrats | John Cecil Charles Hall | 191 | 6.4 | +2.3 |
Majority | 755 | 25.5 | +5.3 |
Turnout | 2,998 | 36.50 | -28.2 |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Chadderton South ward
Chadderton South Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Chris Goodwin | 1,416 | 60 | |
| UKIP | Steve Connor | 783 | 33 | |
| Green | Chris Parr | 106 | 4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Tabirul Islam | 68 | 3 | |
Majority | 633 | | |
Turnout | 2,373 | 31.38 | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Coldhurst ward
Coldhurst Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Abdul Jabbar | 2,832 | 78 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Nuruz Zaman | 295 | 8 | |
| Conservative | Jamie Curley | 270 | 7 | |
| Green | Saleh Uddin Talukdar | 222 | 6 | |
Majority | 2,537 | | |
Turnout | 3,619 | 44.33 | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Crompton ward
Crompton Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Diane Williamson | 1,239 | 42 | |
| UKIP | Nicholas Adam Godleman | 670 | 23 | |
| Labour | Bernard Judge | 640 | 22 | |
| Conservative | Phelyp Bennett | 393 | 13 | |
Majority | 569 | | |
Turnout | 2,942 | 36.59 | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Failsworth East ward
Failsworth East Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Cherryl Anne Brock | 1,410 | 66 | |
| Conservative | Antony Cahill | 509 | 24 | |
| Green | Andy Hunter-Rossall | 166 | 8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Chris Wise | 62 | 3 | |
Majority | 901 | | |
Turnout | 2,147 | 28.13 | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Failsworth West ward
Failsworth West Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Sean Eric Fielding | 1,511 | 60 | |
| UKIP | Joan Spencer | 757 | 30 | |
| Conservative | Paul Martin | 209 | 8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Louie Michael Hamblett | 40 | 2 | |
Majority | 754 | | |
Turnout | 2,517 | 33.73 | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Hollinwood ward
Hollinwood Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Brian Ames | 1,157 | 57 | |
| UKIP | Imran Sarwar | 615 | 30 | |
| Conservative | Nicola Jeffery Sykes | 171 | 8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Martin Alexander Dinoff | 86 | 4 | |
Majority | 542 | | |
Turnout | 2,029 | 27.68 | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Medlock Vale ward
Medlock Vale Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Ateeque Ur-Rehman | 1,954 | 70 | |
| UKIP | John Christopher Berry | 522 | 19 | |
| Conservative | Hasin Amin | 126 | 5 | |
| Green | Jean Betteridge | 90 | 3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mohammed Zakaullah | 82 | 3 | |
Majority | 1,432 | | |
Turnout | 2,774 | 34.45 | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Royton North ward
Royton North Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | James Anthony Larkin | 1,266 | 50 | |
| UKIP | Ruth Keating | 602 | 24 | |
| Conservative | Michele Stockton | 426 | 17 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Russell John Thomas Gosling | 149 | 6 | |
| Green | Lauren Pickering | 93 | 4 | |
Majority | 664 | | |
Turnout | 2,536 | 32.96 | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Royton South ward
Royton South Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Amanda Clare Chadderton | 1,495 | 63 | |
| Conservative | Allan Robert Fish | 579 | 24 | |
| Green | Jim Stidworthy | 207 | 9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Vipran Srivastava | 95 | 4 | |
Majority | 916 | | |
Turnout | 2,376 | 29.18 | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Saddleworth North ward
Saddleworth North Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Garth Harkness | 995 | 33 | |
| Labour | Valerie Leach | 552 | 19 | |
| Conservative | Sean Raymond Curley | 479 | 16 | |
| Independent | Rob Knotts | 444 | 15 | |
| UKIP | Harry Moore | 424 | 14 | |
| Green | Catherine Hunter-Rossall | 81 | 3 | |
Majority | 443 | | |
Turnout | 2,975 | 39.05 | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Saddleworth South ward
Saddleworth South Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | John Hudson | 1,201 | 38 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Alan Stuart Belmore | 1,190 | 37 | |
| Labour | Ian Brian Manners | 785 | 25 | |
Majority | 11 | | |
Turnout | 3,176 | 40.00 | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Saddleworth West & Lees ward
Saddleworth West & Lees Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Stephen Gordon Hewitt | 955 | 33 | |
| UKIP | Ian Nurse | 768 | 27 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Barrow | 705 | 24 | |
| Conservative | Andris D'Adamo | 460 | 16 | |
Majority | 187 | | |
Turnout | 2,888 | 35.10 | |
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Shaw ward
Shaw Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Howard David Sykes | 1,294 | 52 | |
| Labour | Hemmy Spiggott | 661 | 27 | |
| UKIP | Ian James Bond | 380 | 15 | |
| Conservative | Pam Byrne | 155 | 6 | |
Majority | 633 | | |
Turnout | 2,490 | 33.14 | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
St. James ward
St. James Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Cath Ball | 924 | 45 | |
| UKIP | Joseph Christopher Fitzpatrick | 702 | 34 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Kevin Anthony Dawson | 203 | 10 | |
| Conservative | John David Caddick | 155 | 8 | |
| Green | Roger Mark Pakeman | 67 | 3 | |
Majority | 222 | | |
Turnout | 2,051 | 26.83 | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
St. Mary's ward
St. Mary's Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Aftab Hussain | 2,190 | 49 | |
| Labour | Arooj Shah | 1,801 | 40 | |
| UKIP | Donna Elaine Goodleman | 266 | 6 | |
| Conservative | David Andrew Atherton | 114 | 3 | |
| Green | Miranda Meadowcroft | 68 | 2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Angie Farrell | 64 | 1 | |
Majority | 389 | | |
Turnout | 4,503 | 52.72 | |
| Independent gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Waterhead ward
Waterhead Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Vita Rose Price | 1,150 | 42 | |
| UKIP | Ajawat Hussain | 1,004 | 37 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Linda Dawson | 352 | 13 | |
| Conservative | Neil Allsop | 172 | 6 | |
| Green | Criona Franklin | 67 | 2 | |
Majority | 146 | | |
Turnout | 2,745 | 34.08 | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Werneth ward
Werneth Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Fida Hussain | 2,391 | 64 | |
| Independent | Rehman Attiq | 1,033 | 28 | |
| Green | Melody Walker | 114 | 3 | |
| Conservative | Jawaad Hussain | 109 | 3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Keith Pendlebury | 104 | 3 | |
Majority | 1,358 | | |
Turnout | 3,751 | 49.69 | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
References
- ^ "Guide to May 2016 elections in Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland". BBC News. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ^ "Borough Council Election - Thursday, 5th May, 2016". Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 22 March 2016.