Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2014

The 2014 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Labour retained control of the Council.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Oldham Local Election Result 2014
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	15	2	1	+1		45.4	25,760	-9.5
	UKIP	2	2	0	+2		23.7	13,457	+22.3
	Liberal Democrat	3	0	4	-4		13.0	7,402	-11.6
	Conservative	0	0	0	+0		12.5	7,132	-2.3
	Independent	1	1	0	+1		3.6	2,049	-1.3
	Green	0	0	0			1.8	1,015	+1.5
	TUSC	0	0	0			0.1	59	+0.1

Ward results

Alexandra ward

Alexandra
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shaid Mushtaq	1,384	48.9	+2.5
	UKIP	David Carter	672	23.7	+23.7
	Liberal Democrat	Mohammed Masud	582	20.6	+1.8
	Conservative	Terry Hopkinson	112	4.0	-30.8
	Independent	Martin Dinoff	81	2.9	+2.9
Majority			712	25.1	+13.7
Turnout			2,831
	Labour hold		Swing

Chadderton Central ward

Chadderton Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colin McLaren	1,287	45.1	-23.3
	UKIP	Vivien Swift	946	33.1	+33.1
	Conservative	Robert Barnes	540	18.9	-7.4
	Liberal Democrat	Louie Hamblett	81	2.8	-2.5
Majority			341	11.9	-30.3
Turnout			2,854
	Labour hold		Swing

Chadderton North ward

Chadderton North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barbara Brownridge	1,420	49.7	-9.8
	UKIP	John Berry	785	27.5	+27.5
	Conservative	Paul Martin	579	20.3	-15.1
	Liberal Democrat	Keith Taylor	75	2.6	-2.5
Majority			635	22.2	-1.9
Turnout			2,859
	Labour hold		Swing

Chadderton South ward

Chadderton South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joy Wrigglesworth	960	40.5	-34.9
	UKIP	Steve Connor	948	40.0	+40.0
	Conservative	Eileen Hulme	287	12.1	-9.9
	Liberal Democrat	Melody Walker	134	5.7	+3.2
	Green	Kevin Dawson	39	1.6	+1.6
Majority			12	0.5	-52.9
Turnout			2,368
	Labour hold		Swing

Coldhurst ward

Coldhurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Abdul Malik	2,781	77.8	+19.2
	Conservative	Sean Curley	279	7.8	+2.9
	Liberal Democrat	Keith Pendlebury	273	7.6	-28.9
	Independent	Md Miah	242	6.8	+6.8
Majority			2,502	70.0	+47.9
Turnout			3,575
	Labour hold		Swing

Crompton ward

Crompton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Dave Murphy	889	30.7	-15.0
	UKIP	Derek Fletcher	742	25.6	+25.6
	Labour	Ken Rustidge	697	24.1	-9.6
	Conservative	Phelyp Bennett	490	16.9	-3.6
	Green	Catherine Hunter	77	2.7	+2.7
Majority			147	5.1	-6.9
Turnout			2,895
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Failsworth East ward

Failsworth East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Norman Briggs	1,055	47.1	-37.8
	UKIP	Joan Spencer	785	35.0	+35.0
	Conservative	Adam Carney	284	12.7	+12.7
	Green	Andrew Rossall	93	4.1	+4.1
	Liberal Democrat	Bill Cullen	24	1.1	-14.0
Majority			270	12.0	-57.7
Turnout			2,241
	Labour hold		Swing

Failsworth West ward

Failsworth West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Warren Bates	1,120	44.0	+10.7
	Labour	John Battye	988	38.8	-22.1
	Conservative	Steven Cox	225	8.8	+8.8
	Green	Jean Betteridge	126	4.9	+4.9
	TUSC	Sam Pennington	59	2.3	+2.3
	Liberal Democrat	Enid Firth	29	1.1	-4.8
Majority			132	5.2
Turnout			2,547
	UKIP gain from Labour		Swing

Hollinwood ward

Hollinwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jean Stretton	1,094	50.1	-17.3
	UKIP	Thomas Eddleston	813	37.2	+37.2
	Conservative	David Caddick	155	7.1	-1.2
	Liberal Democrat	Martin Dinoff	122	5.6	-18.7
Majority			281	12.9	-30.3
Turnout			2,184
	Labour hold		Swing

Medlock Vale ward

Medlock Vale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Yasmin Toor	1,511	47.1	-17.7
	UKIP	Jean Eddleston	836	26.1	+26.1
	Conservative	Mohammed Zulfiqar	748	23.3	+18.3
	Liberal Democrat	John Hall	113	3.5	-13.1
Majority			675	29.2	-18.9
Turnout			2,308
	Labour hold		Swing

Royton North ward

Royton North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hannah Roberts	1,147	42.2	-29.2
	UKIP	Kevin Allen	979	36.0	+36.0
	Conservative	Lewis Quigg	542	19.9	-3.3
	Liberal Democrat	Shaun Duffy	51	1.9	-3.5
Majority			168	6.2	-42.0
Turnout			2,719
	Labour hold		Swing

Royton South ward

Royton South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Marie Bashforth	1,205	46.8	-23.0
	UKIP	Jackie Garnett	770	29.9	+29.9
	Conservative	Allan Fish	417	16.2	-8.0
	Green	Jim Stidworthy	103	4.0	+4.0
	Liberal Democrat	Angie Farrell	80	3.1	-2.9
Majority			435	16.9	-28.2
Turnout			2,575
	Labour hold		Swing

Saddleworth North ward

Saddleworth North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Nicola Kirkham	1,147	36.5	+5.5
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Roughley	669	21.3	-11.8
	UKIP	Angela Clark	526	16.7	+16.7
	Labour	Paul Fryer	430	13.7	-2.7
	Conservative	Nicola Sykes	370	11.8	-7.9
Majority			478	15.2
Turnout			3,142
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Saddleworth South ward

Saddleworth South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	John McCann	967	28.6	-4.7
	Conservative	Pam Byrne	816	24.1	-16.3
	Independent	Lesley Brown	579	17.1	+17.1
	Labour	Ian Manners	517	15.3	-10.9
	UKIP	Chris Shyne	506	14.9	+14.9
Majority			151	4.5
Turnout			3,385
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Saddleworth West & Lees ward

Saddleworth West & Lees
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Peter Klonowski	917	31.0	+31.0
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Allsopp'	778	26.3	-21.1
	Labour	Stephen Hewitt	733	24.8	-14.1
	Conservative	Neil Allsopp	383	12.9	-0.8
	Green	Oliver Thompson	147	5.0	+5.0
Majority			139	4.7
Turnout			2,958
	UKIP gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Shaw ward

Shaw
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Rod Blyth	1,106	42.9	-11.0
	UKIP	Peter Brown	704	27.3	+27.3
	Labour	Hermione Spiggott	548	21.2	-11.1
	Conservative	Judith Haughton	222	8.6	-5.5
Majority			402	15.6	-5.7
Turnout			2,580
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

St. James ward (2)

St. James
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ginny Alexander	831	20.7
	Labour	Angela Cosgrove	689	17.2
	UKIP	Joseph Fitzpatrick	654	16.3
	UKIP	Muriel Taylor	605	15.1
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Hindle	489	12.2
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Barrow	460	11.5
	Conservative	Edna Wolstenhulme	146	3.6
	Green	Roger Pakeman	131	3.3
Majority
Turnout			4,005
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing	{{{swing}}}
	Labour hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

St. Mary's ward

St. Mary's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ali Salamat	2,900	82.2	+23.8
	Conservative	David Atherton	213	6.0	+3.7
	Liberal Democrat	Sharon McGladdery	211	6.0	-30.0
	Green	Miranda Meadowcroft	204	3.3	+2.5
Majority			2,687	76.2	+53.8
Turnout			3,528
	Labour hold		Swing

Waterhead ward

Waterhead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Riaz Ahmad	1,198	43.2	-15.3
	UKIP	Nicholas Godleman	755	27.2	+27.2
	Liberal Democrat	Linda Dawson	687	24.8	-16.7
	Conservative	Sarah Afzaal	131	4.7	+4.7
Majority			443	16.0	-1.1
Turnout			2,771
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Werneth ward

Werneth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shoab Akhtar	3,074	90.3	+23.9
	Conservative	Michele Stockton	193	5.7	+2.0
	Liberal Democrat	Ron Wise	137	4.0	+1.1
Majority			2,881	84.6	+45.1
Turnout			3,404
	Labour hold		Swing

References

↑ "England council results". BBC News. Retrieved 23 May 2014.

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