Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2010

Elections to Oldham Council were held on 6 May 2010, on the same day as the UK General Election. One third of the council was up for election. The council remained in no overall control..

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Oldham Local Election Result 2010
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	13	5	0	+5		38.3	37,297	+6.8
	Liberal Democrat	7	0	3	-3		30.5	29,753	-7.1
	Conservative	0	0	1	-1		25.5	24,883	+1.1
	Independent	0	0	1	-1		4.3	4,153	+2.2
	BNP	0	0	0			0.5	516	-1.3
	England First	0	0	0			0.4	425	-0.9
	Respect	0	0	0			0.4	387	+0.4

Ward results

Alexandra ward

Alexandra ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hugh McDonald	1,337	34.4	+5.3
	Conservative	Raja Iqbal	923	23.7	-6.8
	Liberal Democrat	Pat Lord	815	21.0	-12.8
	Independent	Asaf Ali	631	16.2	+16.2
	Independent	Phil Howarth	181	4.7	-1.9
Majority			414	10.6
Turnout			3,887
	Labour hold		Swing

Chadderton Central ward

Chadderton Central ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colin McLaren	2,430	50.6	+18.6
	Conservative	Robert Barnes	1,450	30.2	-5.5
	Liberal Democrat	Kevin Dawson	858	17.9	+10.1
	Respect	Ikram Ali	66	1.4	+1.4
Majority			980	20.4
Turnout			4,804
	Labour hold		Swing

Chadderton North ward

Chadderton North ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barbara Brownridge	2,244	43.2	+12.8
	Conservative	Phil Rogers	1,969	37.9	-17.9
	Liberal Democrat	Keith Taylor	816	15.7	+1.9
	Respect	Ibrahim Ali	166	3.2	+3.2
Majority			275	5.3
Turnout			5,195
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Chadderton South ward

Chadderton South ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joy Wrigglesworth	2,362	53.1	+12.4
	Conservative	Lewis Quigg	1,480	33.3	+2.1
	Liberal Democrat	Fazal Fazal	608	13.7	+3.7
Majority			882	19.8	+10.3
Turnout			4,450
	Labour hold		Swing

Coldhurst ward

Coldhurst ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Abdul Malik	2,678	49.9	-2.9
	Liberal Democrat	Mohib Uddin	2,100	39.1	+0.3
	Conservative	Sharif Miah	593	11.0	+2.6
Majority			578	10.8	-3.2
Turnout			5,371
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Crompton ward

Crompton ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Philomena Dillon	2,458	44.7	-14.1
	Conservative	David Dunning	1,413	25.7	-3.1
	Labour	Gareth Jones	1,107	20.1	+7.7
	BNP	Alwyn Stott	516	9.4	+9.4
Majority			1,045	19.0	-11.0
Turnout			5,494
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Failsworth East ward

Failsworth East ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barbara Dawson	2,492	52.9	+9.6
	Conservative	David McDonald	1,438	30.5	-13.2
	Liberal Democrat	Dorothy Shaw	546	11.6	+5.9
	Independent	John Parker	235	22.4	+24.4
Majority			1,054	22.3
Turnout			4,711
	Labour hold		Swing

Failsworth West ward

Failsworth West ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Battye	2,062	45.3	+12.2
	Conservative	Neil Cartridge	1,285	28.2	-9.5
	Independent	Warren Bates	640	14.1	+14.1
	Liberal Democrat	Phil Renold	564	12.4	+7.2
Majority			777	17.1
Turnout			4,551
	Labour hold		Swing

Hollinwood ward

Hollinwood ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jean Stretton	1,653	43.8	+3.6
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Barrow	1,281	34.0	-17.4
	Conservative	Ann Heeks	568	15.1	+6.7
	Independent	John Berry	269	7.1	+7.1
Majority			372	9.9
Turnout			3,771
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Medlock Vale ward

Medlock Vale ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Yasmin Toor	1,877	42.1	+2.2
	Liberal Democrat	Rafiq Pazeer	1,606	36.0	+3.5
	Conservative	Ken Heeks	886	18.9	+11.0
	Respect	Habibur Rahman	94	2.1	+2.1
Majority			271	6.1	-1.3
Turnout			4,463
	Labour hold		Swing

Royton North ward

Royton North ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Olwen Chadderton	2,539	48.5	+12.3
	Conservative	Joseph Farquhar	1,684	32.1	+5.3
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Fairbrother	1,016	19.4	-5.2
Majority			855	16.3	+7.0
Turnout			5,239
	Labour hold		Swing

Royton South ward

Royton South ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Phil Harrison	2,047	40.9	+10.3
	Liberal Democrat	Mari Wiswell	1,484	29.6	-13.2
	Conservative	Allan Fish	1,416	28.3	+1.6
	Respect	Zaki Mostufa	61	1.2	+1.2
Majority			563	11.2
Turnout			5,008
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Saddleworth North ward

Saddleworth North ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Roughley	1,879	33.9	-20.0
	Independent	Ken Hulme	1,628	29.4	+29.4
	Conservative	Pam Byrne	1,223	22.1	-6.2
	Labour	Aileen Bell	816	14.7	-10.9
Majority			251	4.5	-26.8
Turnout			5,546
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Saddleworth South ward

Saddleworth South ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	John McCann	2,731	47.0	-1.5
	Conservative	Graham Sheldon	2,396	41.2	-2.0
	Labour	Kaiser Rehman	685	5.8	-6.0
Majority			335	5.2	-17.8
Turnout			5,812
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Saddleworth West and Lees ward

Saddleworth West and Lees ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Barbara Beeley	2,625	48.7	-7.1
	Labour	Paul Fryer	1,438	26.5	+8.9
	Conservative	Derek Chadderton	1,340	22.0	-2.8
Majority			1,187	29.1	+0.2
Turnout			5,403
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

St James ward

St James ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Hindle	1,595	39.4	-5.4
	Labour	Nigel Newton	1,332	32.9	+10.9
	Conservative	David Atherton	697	17.2	-0.9
	England First	Andrew Clayton	425	10.5	-4.6
Majority			263	6.5	+16.2
Turnout			4,049
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

St Marys ward

St Marys ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ali Salamat	2,649	49.1	+12.3
	Liberal Democrat	Ajawat Hussain	2,229	41.3	-14.7
	Conservative	David Caddick	520	9.6	+2.4
Majority			420	7.8
Turnout			5,398
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Shaw ward

Shaw ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Rod Blyth	2,233	47.5	-9.8
	Conservative	Phelyp Bennet	1,454	30.9	+14.7
	Labour	Dilys Fletcher	1,014	21.6	+10.0
Majority			779	16.6	-24.5
Turnout			4,701
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Waterhead ward

Waterhead ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Lynne Thompson	1,774	39.4	-17.9
	Labour	Joseph Fitzpatrick	1,582	35.1	+13.5
	Conservative	Edna Wolstenhulme	655	14.5	+1.0
	Independent	Stuart Allsopp	496	11.0	+3.4
Majority			192	4.3	-31.4
Turnout			4,507
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Werneth ward

Werneth ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shoab Akhtar	2,963	58.5	+1.0
	Conservative	Basit Shah	1,493	29.5	+20.5
	Liberal Democrat	Keith Begley	535	10.6	-22.9
	Independent	Koddus Ali	73	1.4	+1.4
Majority			1,470	29.0	+5.0
Turnout			5,064
	Labour hold		Swing

References

Council elections in Greater Manchester

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Bury	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Manchester	1945 1946 1947 1949 1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Oldham	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Rochdale	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Salford	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Stockport	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Tameside	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Trafford	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Wigan	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Greater Manchester	1973 1977 1981 Abolished

See also: Wards Boundary changes

(2009 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 2010 (→ 2011)

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Unitary authorities	Blackburn with Darwen Bristol Derby Halton Hartlepool Kingston upon Hull Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Reading Slough Southampton Southend-on-Sea Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Thurrock Warrington Wokingham

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See also: UK General election

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