Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council elections

One third of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council in Greater Manchester, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, 60 councillors have been elected from 20 wards.^[1]

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

Party in control	Years
Labour	1973–1976
No overall control	1976–1978
Conservative	1978–1980
Labour	1980–1994
No overall control	1994–1995
Labour	1995–2000
Liberal Democrats	2000–2002
No overall control	2002–2003
Labour	2003–2007
No overall control	2007–2011
Labour	2011–present

Council elections

Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1998
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1999
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2000
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2002
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2003
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2004 (whole Metropolitan Borough Council elected after boundary changes)^[3]
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2006
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2007
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2008
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2010
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2011
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2012
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2014
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2015

By-election results

Failsworth East By-Election 20 November 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jim McMahon	2,045	68.0	+2.6
	BNP	Charles Styles	539	17.9	+17.9
	Conservative	Paul Martin	296	9.8	-17.0
	Liberal Democrat	Keith Pendlebury	128	4.3	-3.4
Majority			1,506	50.1
Turnout			3,008	37.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Saddleworth West and Lees By-Election 5 July 2007^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Barbara Beeley	908	51.3	-3.7
	Labour	Stephen Exton	416	23.5	+4.7
	Conservative	Vincent Lord	243	13.7	-12.5
	BNP	Martin Brierley	202	11.4	+11.4
Majority			492	27.8
Turnout			1,769	22.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

References

↑ "Know Your Councillors". Oldham Council. Retrieved 2010-04-09.
↑ "Oldham". BBC News Online. 2008-04-19. Retrieved 2010-04-09.
↑ "Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-04-09.
↑ "Oldham Council by-election results 5 July 2007". Oldham Council. 2007-07-06. Retrieved 2010-04-09.

By-election results

External links

Oldham Council

Council elections in Greater Manchester

Bolton	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

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

Metropolitan districts of England

Districts	Barnsley Birmingham Bolton Bradford Bury Calderdale Coventry Doncaster Dudley Gateshead Kirklees Knowsley Leeds Liverpool Manchester Newcastle upon Tyne North Tyneside Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Salford Sandwell Sefton Sheffield Solihull South Tyneside St Helens Stockport Sunderland Tameside Trafford Wakefield Walsall Wigan Wirral Wolverhampton

Councils	Barnsley Birmingham Bolton Bradford Bury Calderdale Coventry Doncaster Dudley Gateshead Kirklees Knowsley Leeds Liverpool Manchester Newcastle upon Tyne North Tyneside Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Salford Sandwell Sefton Sheffield Solihull South Tyneside St Helens Stockport Sunderland Tameside Trafford Wakefield Walsall Wigan Wirral Wolverhampton

Local elections	Barnsley Birmingham Bolton Bradford Bury Calderdale Coventry Doncaster Dudley Gateshead Kirklees Knowsley Leeds Liverpool Manchester Newcastle upon Tyne North Tyneside Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Salford Sandwell Sefton Sheffield Solihull South Tyneside St Helens Stockport Sunderland Tameside Trafford Wakefield Walsall Wigan Wirral Wolverhampton

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