Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council elections

One third of Rochdale 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	1973–1975
No overall control	1975–1976
Conservative	1976–1979
No overall control	1979–1980
Labour	1980–1982
No overall control	1982 - 1986
Labour	1986–1992
No overall control	1992–1996
Labour	1996–2003
No overall control	2003–2007
Liberal Democrats	2007–2010
No overall control	2010–2011
Labour	since 2011

Council elections

By-election results

1993-1997

Littleborough By-Election 11 July 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		2,015	56.6
	Labour		1,109	31.7
	Conservative		413	11.6
	Independent		22	0.6
Majority			906	24.9
Turnout			3,559
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

1997-2001

Milnrow By-Election 10 June 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		1,347	52.2	+18.7
	Labour		716	27.8	-3.2
	Conservative		432	16.8	-5.6
	Independent		84	3.3	+3.3
Majority			631	24.4
Turnout			2,579	29.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

2005-2010

Middleton North By-Election 29 November 2007^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jonathan Burns	603	41.6	-9.8
	Liberal Democrat	Rhoda Morley	566	39.1	+21.3
	Conservative	David Harris	280	19.3	-11.5
Majority			37	2.5
Turnout			1,449	18.2
	Labour hold		Swing

2010-2015

Norden Ward By-Election, 25th April 2013^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Joseph William Bennett	627	29.7%	+3.0%
	Liberal Democrat	Patricia Ann Colclough	246	11.7%	-4.4%
	National Front	Peter Greenwood^[6]	156	7.4%	+7.4%
	Conservative	Peter Nicholas Winkler	1,081	51.2%	-6.0%
Majority			460	21.8%	-8.7%
Turnout			2,110	27.1%	-12.9%

References

↑ "Elections". Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
↑ "Rochdale". BBC News Online. 2009-04-19. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
↑ "Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
↑ "Labour hold on in by-election". Middleton Guardian. 2007-11-30. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
↑ http://www.rochdale.gov.uk/the_council/elections/election_-_norden_ward.aspx
↑ http://www.national-front.org.uk/?p=1781

By-election results

External links

Rochdale 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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