Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2007

The Metropolitan Borough of Oldham shown within England.
Elections to Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the Council was up for election.
The Labour Party lost overall control of the Council.
After the election, the composition of the council was
Election result
Oldham Local Election Result 2007 | ||||||||||
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
Liberal Democrat | 9 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 36.3 | 20,876 | +2.3 | |||
Labour | 9 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 34.6 | 19,863 | +5.1 | |||
Conservative | 2 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 21.1 | 12,147 | +0.1 | |||
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.9 | 1,683 | -2.1 | ||||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 1,367 | -3.4 | ||||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 967 | -3.0 | ||||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 541 | +0.9 | ||||
Ward results
Alexandra ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Glynis Shaw | 906 | 44.1 | +0.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | Martin Dinoff | 765 | 37.2 | +7.6 | |
Conservative | Paul Stephenson | 244 | 11.9 | +0.4 | |
Green | Kay Roney | 139 | 6.8 | -0.2 | |
Majority | 141 | 6.9 | -7.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,054 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Chadderton Central ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Eileen Hulme | 1,218 | 51.2 | +19.2 | |
Labour | Tony Brownridge | 997 | 41.9 | +3.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Mohammed Ali | 164 | 6.9 | -8.7 | |
Majority | 221 | 9.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,379 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Chadderton North ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Len Quinn | 1,266 | 44.0 | -4.1 | |
Labour | Susan Dean | 983 | 34.2 | -2.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Nazia Raja | 317 | 11.0 | +1.0 | |
Independent | Eric Trigg | 160 | 5.6 | +5.6 | |
UKIP | David Short | 150 | 5.2 | +5.2 | |
Majority | 293 | 9.8 | -2.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,876 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Chadderton South ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Jones | 1,080 | 44.4 | +0.3 | |
Conservative | John Berry | 602 | 24.7 | -5.0 | |
BNP | Martin Brierley | 483 | 19.8 | +19.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Pat Lord | 170 | 11.1 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 478 | 20.5 | +6.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,335 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Coldhurst ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Jilad Miah | 1,753 | 43.2 | -6.5 | |
Labour | Mohammed Islam | 1,378 | 33.5 | +10.8 | |
Conservative | Abu Choudhury | 654 | 16.1 | -11.5 | |
Independent | Nuruz Zaman | 220 | 5.4 | +5.4 | |
Independent | Giash Uddin | 55 | 1.4 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 375 | 9.2 | -12.9 | ||
Turnout | 4,060 | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Crompton ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | John Dillon | 1,550 | 55.6 | +1.5 | |
Conservative | David Dunning | 606 | 21.7 | -4.2 | |
Labour | Wyn Dillon | 476 | 17.1 | +5.0 | |
Green | Fiona Southall | 157 | 5.6 | -2.3 | |
Majority | 944 | 33.8 | +5.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,789 | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Failsworth East ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jim McMahon | 1,476 | 57.9 | +9.8 | |
Conservative | Paul Martin | 825 | 32.3 | +0.7 | |
Green | John Parker | 154 | 6.0 | -8.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Dorothy Shaw | 96 | 3.8 | -2.5 | |
Majority | 651 | 25.5 | +9.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,551 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Failsworth West ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Glenys Butterworth | 881 | 36.2 | -13.2 | |
Conservative | Ian Barker | 735 | 30.2 | +9.3 | |
Green | Warren Bates | 691 | 28.4 | +5.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Keith Taylor | 124 | 5.1 | -2.1 | |
Majority | 146 | 6.0 | -20.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,431 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Hollinwood ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Keith Pendlebury | 943 | 42.3 | +1.4 | |
Labour | Steve Williams | 905 | 40.6 | +3.9 | |
Conservative | David McDonald | 285 | 12.8 | -1.5 | |
Green | David Roney | 94 | 4.2 | -4.0 | |
Majority | 38 | 1.7 | -2.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,227 | ||||
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Medlock Vale ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ged Ball | 1,284 | 58.2 | +23.7 | |
Conservative | Ken Heeks | 490 | 22.2 | +15.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Philip Bagley | 431 | 19.5 | -14.5 | |
Majority | 794 | 36.0 | +35.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,205 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Royton North ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tony Larkin | 1,207 | 40.3 | +2.2 | |
Conservative | Joseph Farquhar | 905 | 30.2 | +5.0 | |
BNP | Anita Corbett | 486 | 16.2 | -8.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Philip Renold | 268 | 9.0 | -2.7 | |
UKIP | Trevor Hilton | 126 | 4.2 | +4.2 | |
Majority | 302 | 10.1 | -2.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,992 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Royton South ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Steven Bashforth | 1,079 | 37.1 | +9.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Sue Barratt | 968 | 33.3 | +0.1 | |
Conservative | Allan Fish | 598 | 20.5 | +2.2 | |
UKIP | Chris Shyne | 265 | 9.1 | +9.1 | |
Majority | 129 | 4.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,910 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Saddleworth North ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Derek Heffernan | 1,813 | 55.7 | +0.0 | |
Conservative | Barbara Jackson | 794 | 24.4 | -0.3 | |
Labour | Ken Hulme | 650 | 20.0 | +6.8 | |
Majority | 1,019 | 31.3 | +1.2 | ||
Turnout | 3,257 | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Saddleworth South ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Christine Wheeler | 2,079 | 55.1 | +2.4 | |
Conservative | John Hudson | 1,211 | 32.1 | -1.6 | |
Labour | Brian Ames | 265 | 7.0 | +0.0 | |
Independent | Christine Beaumont-Rydings | 220 | 5.8 | +5.8 | |
Majority | 868 | 23.0 | +4.0 | ||
Turnout | 3,775 | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Saddleworth West and Lees ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Brian Lord | 1,571 | 55.0 | +12.5 | |
Conservative | Graham Sheldon | 747 | 26.2 | +1.6 | |
Labour | Paul Hickling | 537 | 18.8 | -2.5 | |
Majority | 824 | 28.9 | +9.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,855 | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
St James ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | James McArdle | 1,014 | 52.5 | +15.4 | |
Labour | Adrian Alexander | 636 | 30.0 | +6.6 | |
BNP | Craig Lawton | 371 | 17.5 | -2.9 | |
Majority | 378 | 18.7 | +5.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,021 | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
St Marys ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Shadab Qumer | 2,236 | 52.2 | +32.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Mohammed Masud | 2,044 | 47.8 | +21.2 | |
Majority | 192 | 4.5 | |||
Turnout | 4,280 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Shaw ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Mark Alcock | 1,472 | 55.9 | +15.0 | |
Labour | Dilys Fletcher | 350 | 13.3 | -0.3 | |
BNP | Alwyn Stott | 343 | 13.0 | -3.0 | |
Conservative | Kevin Howard | 337 | 12.8 | +3.1 | |
Independent | David Bentley | 131 | 5.0 | -13.6 | |
Majority | 1,122 | 42.6 | +20.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,633 | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Waterhead ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Kay Knox | 1,556 | 62.0 | +13.2 | |
Labour | Jennifer Harrison | 642 | 25.6 | -5.8 | |
Independent | Stuart Allsopp | 181 | 7.2 | -1.2 | |
Green | Stuart Fielding | 132 | 5.3 | -1.9 | |
Majority | 914 | 36.4 | +19.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,511 | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Werneth ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Javid Iqbal | 1,895 | 46.2 | -2.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | Khurshid Ahmed | 1,578 | 38.5 | -4.5 | |
Conservative | Mohammed Jahan | 630 | 15.4 | +7.0 | |
Majority | 317 | 7.7 | +2.1 | ||
Turnout | 4,103 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
References
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