Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2006

The Metropolitan Borough of Oldham shown within England.

Elections to Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the Council was up for election.

The Labour Party retained overall control of the Council.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Oldham Local Election Result 2006
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrat	10	3	1	+2		34.0	20,938	+5.9
	Labour	8	1	2	-1		29.5	18,158	-3.2
	Conservative	1	0	1	-1		21.0	12,956	+1.9
	Green	0	0	0			5.8	3,563	-2.3
	BNP	0	0	0			5.0	3,074	-0.7
	Independent	1	1	1	+0		4.7	2,882	-0.1

Ward results

Alexandra ward

Alexandra ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Asaf Ali	1,061	43.9	-4.2
	Liberal Democrat	Martin Dinoff	716	29.6	+4.0
	Conservative	Paul Stephenson	279	11.5	+1.9
	Independent	Chris Wright	193	8.0	+0.2
	Green	Kay Roney	168	7.0	-1.9
Majority			345	14.3
Turnout			2,417
	Labour hold		Swing

Chadderton Central ward

Chadderton Central ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colin McLaren	915	38.6	-12.8
	Conservative	Gavin Smith	759	32.0	+32.0
	Liberal Democrat	Keith Pendlebury	370	15.6	+2.5
	Green	Philip Stevens	327	13.8	+1.8
Majority			345	14.3
Turnout			7,053
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Chadderton North ward

Chadderton North ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip Rogers	1,495	48.1	+18.8
	Labour	Julie Kirkham	1,127	36.3	-18.9
	Liberal Democrat	Keith Taylor	311	10.0	-5.4
	Green	Joan Spencer	172	5.5	+5.5
Majority			368	11.8
Turnout			3,105
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chadderton South ward

Chadderton South ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elizabeth Wrigglesworth	1,054	44.1	-21.6
	Conservative	John Berry	709	29.7	+16.2
	Green	Susannah Stevens	374	15.7	+15.7
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Renold	251	10.5	-10.2
Majority			345	14.4
Turnout			2,388
	Labour hold		Swing

Coldhurst ward

Coldhurst ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Muhammad Uddin	1,984	49.7	+10.8
	Conservative	Abu Choudhury	1,100	27.6	+13.8
	Labour	Joseph Fitzpatrick	906	22.7	-20.6
Majority			884	22.1
Turnout			3,990
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Crompton ward

Crompton ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Philomena Dillon	1,761	54.1	+11.6
	Conservative	David Dunning	845	25.9	-6.3
	Labour	Ann Buscema	394	12.1	-6.4
	Green	Fiona Southall	258	7.9	+7.9
Majority			916	28.1
Turnout			3,258
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Failsworth East ward

Failsworth East ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Dean	1,227	48.1	-23.4
	Conservative	Paul Martin	806	31.6	+20.5
	Green	John Parker	356	14.0	+5.8
	Liberal Democrat	Lesley Schofield	161	6.3	-2.9
Majority			421	16.5
Turnout			2,550
	Labour hold		Swing

Failsworth West ward

Failsworth West ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Aileen Bell	1,165	49.4	-15.1
	Green	Warren Bates	531	22.5	+15.5
	Conservative	Ian Barker	493	20.9	+12.9
	Liberal Democrat	Derek Clayton	171	7.2	-4.7
Majority			634	26.9
Turnout			2,360
	Labour hold		Swing

Hollinwood ward

Hollinwood ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Barrow	1,009	40.9	+5.6
	Labour	Ian Thompson	906	36.7	-9.2
	Conservative	David McDonald	352	14.3	+0.5
	Green	David Roney	202	8.2	+3.3
Majority			103	4.2
Turnout			2,469
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Medlock Vale ward

Medlock Vale ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jean Jones	1,053	34.5	-17.3
	Liberal Democrat	Mohammed Aslam	1,037	34.0	+11.4
	BNP	Martin Brierley	557	18.3	+18.3
	Green	David Shaw	203	6.7	-8.7
	Conservative	Muhammad Badar	200	6.6	+2.1
Majority			16	0.5
Turnout			3,050
	Labour hold		Swing

Royton North ward

Royton North ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Olwen Chadderton	1,290	38.1	-10.5
	Conservative	Joseph Farquhar	853	25.2	+7.2
	BNP	Anita Corbett	848	25.0	+14.9
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Barratt	397	11.7	+1.8
Majority			437	12.9
Turnout			3,388
	Labour hold		Swing

Royton South ward

Royton South ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	David Shaw	1,086	33.2	+20.8
	Labour	Jill Read	900	27.5	-15.5
	BNP	Angela Shearer	688	21.0	+10.6
	Conservative	Allan Fish	600	18.3	-6.5
Majority			186	5.7
Turnout			3,274
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Saddleworth North ward

Saddleworth North ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Roughley	1,892	55.7	+12.4
	Conservative	Barbara Jackson	840	24.7	-5.7
	Labour	Alastair McGregor	450	13.2	-7.6
	Green	Ben McCarthy	215	6.3	+0.8
Majority			1,052	30.1
Turnout			3,397
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Saddleworth South ward

Saddleworth South ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	John McCann	2,034	52.7	+7.2
	Conservative	John Hudson	1,300	33.7	-4.7
	Labour	Edward Moores	272	7.0	-4.7
	Green	David Godwin	254	6.6	+2.3
Majority			734	19.0
Turnout			3,860
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Saddleworth West and Lees ward

Saddleworth West and Lees ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Thomas Beeley	1,364	42.5	+3.6
	Conservative	George Burston	790	24.6	-2.3
	Labour	Paul Fryer	685	21.3	-3.3
	Independent	Robert Allsopp	129	4.0	+0.2
Majority			574	19.3
Turnout			2,968
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

St James ward

St James ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Hindle	956	37.1	-13.9
	Labour	Adrian Alexander	603	23.4	-3.6
	BNP	Michael Treacy	526	20.4	+9.6
	Conservative	Terence Hopkinson	266	10.3	+5.0
	Green	Paul Holmes	225	8.7	+8.7
Majority			353	13.7
Turnout			2,576
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

St Marys ward

St Marys ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ali Salamat	1,715	43.8	+43.8
	Liberal Democrat	Israk Miah	1,043	26.6	-17.6
	Labour	Brian Ames	769	19.6	-21.8
	Conservative	David Atherton	310	7.9	-6.4
	Independent	Ajawat Hussain	42	1.1	+1.1
	Independent	Asif Hussain	41	1.0	+1.0
Majority			672	17.1
Turnout			3,920
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Shaw ward

Shaw ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Roderick Blyth	1,166	40.9	-16.9
	Independent	Anthony Bennett	529	18.6	+18.6
	BNP	Alwyn Stott	455	16.0	+8.5
	Labour	Dilys Fletcher	388	13.6	-0.6
	Conservative	Kevin Howard	277	9.7	-10.8
	Green	Tara Ashworth	36	1.3	+1.3
Majority			637	22.3
Turnout			2,851
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Waterhead ward

Waterhead ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Lynn Thompson	1,353	48.8	-4.0
	Labour	Jennifer Harrison	870	31.4	-0.4
	Conservative	John Caddick	317	11.4	+7.2
	Independent	Stuart Allsopp	233	8.4	+5.0
Majority			483	17.4
Turnout			2,773
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Werneth ward

Werneth ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shoab Akhtar	2,123	48.6	-3.3
	Liberal Democrat	Faisal Khan	1,876	43.0	+0.2
	Conservative	Kenneth Heeks	365	8.4	+3.4
Majority			247	5.6
Turnout			4,364
	Labour hold		Swing

References

Council elections in Greater Manchester

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See also: Wards Boundary changes

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