Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2010

Elections to Rochdale Council in Greater Manchester, England were held on 6 May 2010, the same day as the general election, with one-third of the council facing the voters. The Liberal Democrats lost control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

Rochdale Local Election Result 2010
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	9	3	0	+3		36.9	34,014	+5.6
	Liberal Democrat	7	0	5	-5		31.6	29,155	-4.5
	Conservative	4	2	0	+2		25.9	23,925	-0.6
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0	1.9	1,723	+1.1
	Respect	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	1,152	+1.2
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	467	+0.5
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	1,839	+0.8

Ward Results

Balderstone and Kirkholt ward

Balderstone and Kirkholt ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Dale Mulgrew	1400	37.2	+0.5
	Labour	Stefan Cholewka	1094	29.1	-12.0
	Conservative	Michael Butler	755	20.1	-9.3
	Independent	Darren Pedley	515	13.7	+13.7
Majority			306	8.1	+5.4
Turnout			3,764
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Bamford ward

Bamford ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Duckworth	2,269	43.5	-12.7
	Liberal Democrat	William Hobhouse	1,934	37.1	+5.7
	Labour	James Brown	1,010	19.4	+7.1
Majority			335	6.4	-5.9
Turnout			5,213
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Castleton ward

Castleton ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Peter John Davison	1360	29.8	-25.9
	Labour	Jean Hornby	1305	28.6	+3.0
	Independent	Francis Wilford Salt	763	16.7	+16.7
	Conservative	Ronnie Crossley	737	16.1	-2.7
	BNP	Allan Howard Jones	400	8.8	+8.8
Majority			55	1.2	-28.8
Turnout			4,565
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Central Rochdale ward

Central Rochdale ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sultan Ali	2334	51.2	+11.7
	Liberal Democrat	Khalid Mahmood	1676	36.8	-15.1
	Conservative	Roger Howarth	550	12.1	+3.5
Majority			658	14.4
Turnout			4,560
	Labour hold		Swing

East Middleton ward

East Middleton ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	June West	2180	46.9	+1.1
	Liberal Democrat	Terrance William Smith	1298	28.0	+5.1
	Conservative	David Harris	1166	25.1	-4.0
Majority			882	19.0	+0.1
Turnout			4,644
	Labour hold		Swing

Healey ward

Healey ward^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Hilary Josephine Rogers	1718	19.3
	Conservative	Andrew Neilson	1546	17.3
	Labour	Jim Moran	1529	17.1
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Taylor	1355	15.2
	Conservative	Keith Taylor	1046	11.7
	Labour	Margret Taylor	1001	11.2
	Green	Ian Andrews	467	5.2
	Green	Samir Chatterjee	260	2.9
Turnout			8922
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hopwood Hall ward

Hopwood Hall ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carol Elizabeth Wardle	2301	49.3	-4.4
	Conservative	Peter Burt	1130	24.2	-6.6
	Liberal Democrat	James Anthony MacSparran	744	15.9	-0.4
	BNP	Donald Ford	496	10.6	+10.6
Majority			1,171	25.1	+2.3
Turnout			4,671
	Labour hold		Swing

Kingsway ward

Kingsway ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Daalat Ali	2,245	49.4	+7.7
	Liberal Democrat	Doreen Morton	1,690	37.0	-9.5
	Conservative	Mudassar Razzaq	624	13.7	+2.0
Majority			555	12.2
Turnout			4,559
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Littleborough Lakeside ward

Littleborough Lakeside ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephanie Mills	1,928	40.2	-1.1
	Liberal Democrat	Pauline Maguire	1,594	33.2	-11.6
	Labour	John Hartley	1,277	26.6	+12.8
Majority			334	7.0
Turnout			4,799
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Milkstone and Deeplish ward

Milkstone and Deeplish ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Shah Wazir	1774	37.2	-16.5
	Labour	Mohammed Zaman	1704	35.7	+12.8
	Respect	Javed Iqbal	999	20.9	+20.9
	Conservative	John Kershaw	293	6.1	+1.0
Majority			70	1.5	-29.4
Turnout			4,770
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Milnrow and Newhey ward

Milnrow and Newhey ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew John Kelly	1905	38.3	-9.9
	Labour	Martin Eric Rodgers	1557	31.3	+6.3
	Conservative	Catherine Marie Merrick	1364	27.4	+0.6
	Respect	Joyce Kathleen Burden	153	3.1	+3.1
Majority			193	3.9	-17.5
Turnout			4,979
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Norden ward

Norden ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Wera Hobhouse	2240	42.1	+13.2
	Conservative	Maureen Patricia Sullivan	1927	36.2	-11.8
	Labour	Ann Marie Courtney	839	15.8	+6.6
	BNP	Arthur Hughes	319	6.0	-7.9
Majority			313	5.9
Turnout			5,325
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

North Heywood ward

North Heywood ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Rush	2028	51.7	+6.9
	Labour	Mervyn Clive Simpson	1328	33.8	-4.5
	Conservative	David Garnett	568	14.5	-2.4
Majority			700	17.8	+11.2
Turnout			3,924
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

North Middleton ward

North Middleton ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jonathan Paul Burns	2237	51.5	+9.2
	Conservative	Bernard Thomas Braiden	1069	24.6	-5.8
	Liberal Democrat	Frank Cooper	1040	23.9	-3.4
Majority			1,168	26.9	+15.1
Turnout			4,346
	Labour hold		Swing

Smallbridge and Firgrove ward

Smallbridge and Firgrove ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bernard Martin Burke	1702	42.4	+5.9
	Liberal Democrat	Christine Akram	1381	34.4	-11.3
	Conservative	Len Branton	934	23.3	+5.4
Majority			321	8.0
Turnout			4,017
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

South Middleton ward

South Middleton ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Charles Holly	2103	41.4	-17.0
	Labour	Michael Gary Burke	1977	39.0	+5.2
	Liberal Democrat	Jane Al-Attar	995	19.6	+11.8
Majority			126	2.5	-22.0
Turnout			5,075
	Conservative hold		Swing

Spotland and Falinge ward

Spotland and Falinge ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Surinder Biant	1883	40.5	+0.9
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Clegg	1483	31.9	-13.0
	Conservative	Steven Scholes	718	15.5	+0.0
	Independent	Carl Faulkner	561	12.1	+12.1
Majority			400	8.6
Turnout			4,645
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Wardle and West Littleborough ward

Wardle and West Littleborough ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Clegg	2545	54.3	-26.1
	Liberal Democrat	Reginald James Lane	1074	22.9	+13.0
	Labour	David Finlay	1067	22.8	+13.0
Majority			1,471	31.4	-39.1
Turnout			4,686
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Heywood ward

West Heywood ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Michael McCarthy	2203	50.3	-3.0
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Paul Steward	1109	25.3	+5.2
	Conservative	Darren Philip Bayman	1069	24.4	-1.1
Majority			1,094	25.0	-1.8
Turnout			4,381
	Labour hold		Swing

West Middleton ward

West Middleton ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Neil Patrick Emmott	2232	54.7	+2.1
	Liberal Democrat	Neil Proctor	712	17.4	-7.6
	Conservative	Robert Alexander Herd	630	15.4	-7.0
	BNP	Peter Greenwood	508	12.4	+12.4
Majority			1,520	37.2	+9.6
Turnout			4,082
	Labour hold		Swing

References

↑ "Election results for Healey". Rochdale Borough Council. Retrieved 5 August 2011.

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