2016 local election in England, UK
2016 local election results in Oldham 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 .