2011 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election

The Metropolitan Borough of Oldham shown within England.

Elections to Oldham Council were held on 5 May 2011. One third of the council was up for election.

Labour gained overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Labour 34
• Liberal Democrat 21
• Conservative 5

Election result

Oldham Local Election Result 2011

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	16	7	0	+7		52.7	32,778	+14.4
	Liberal Democrats	3	0	6	-6		23.4	14,538	-7.1
	Conservative	1	1	2	-1		19.2	11,955	-6.3
	Independent	0	0	0			3.7	2,286	-0.6
	Green	0	0	0			0.9	586	+0.9

Ward results

Alexandra ward

Alexandra ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jenny Harrison	1,586	59.5	+25.1
	Conservative	Raja Iqbal	625	23.4	−0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Aftab Hussain	455	17.1	−3.9
Majority			961	36.0	+25.4
Turnout			2,666
	Labour hold		Swing

Chadderton Central ward

Chadderton Central ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eddie Moores	1,679	59.4	+8.8
	Conservative	Eileen Hulme	1,009	35.7	+5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Pat Lord	139	4.9	−13.0
Majority			670	23.7	+3.4
Turnout			2,827
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Chadderton North ward

Chadderton North ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dave Houle	1,876	58.6	+15.4
	Conservative	Lewis Quigg	1,143	35.7	−2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Taylor	181	5.7	−10.0
Majority			733	22.9	+17.6
Turnout			3,200
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Chadderton South ward

Chadderton South ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Shuttleworth	1,664	68.7	+16.6
	Conservative	Kenneth Heeks	656	27.1	−6.2
	Liberal Democrats	Fazal Rahim	101	4.2	−9.5
Majority			1,008	41.6	+21.8
Turnout			2,421
	Labour hold		Swing

Coldhurst ward

Coldhurst ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Montaz Azad	2,897	60.7	+10.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jilad Miah	1,661	34.6	−4.5
	Conservative	Muhammed Dara	226	4.7	−6.3
Majority			1,236	25.8	+15.0
Turnout			4,784
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Crompton ward

Crompton ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Dillon	1,261	40.2	−4.5
	Labour	Ken Rustidge	1,050	33.5	+13.4
	Conservative	David Dunning	828	26.4	+0.7
Majority			211	6.7	−12.3
Turnout			3,139
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Failsworth East ward

Failsworth East ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jim McMahon	1,925	70.7	+17.8
	Conservative	Robert Barnes	674	24.8	−5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Barrow	124	4.6	−7.0
Majority			1,251	45.9	+23.6
Turnout			2,723
	Labour hold		Swing

Failsworth West ward

Failsworth West ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Glenys Butterworth	1,532	58.2	+12.9
	Independent	Warren Bates	669	25.4	+11.3
	Liberal Democrats	Ron Wise	245	9.3	−3.1
	Conservative	Miranda Meadowcroft	185	7.0	−22.2
Majority			863	32.8	+15.7
Turnout			2,631
	Labour hold		Swing

Hollinwood ward

Hollinwood ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steve Williams	1,394	60.7	+16.9
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Pendlebury	563	24.5	−9.5
	Independent	John Berry	339	14.8	+7.7
Majority			831	36.2	+26.3
Turnout			2,296
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Medlock Vale ward

Medlock Vale ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kaiser Rehman	1,846	60.3	+18.2
	Liberal Democrats	Rafiq Pazeer	654	21.4	−14.6
	Conservative	Zulfiqar Mohammed	562	18.4	−0.5
Majority			1,210	39.5	+33.4
Turnout			3,062
	Labour hold		Swing

Royton North ward

Royton North ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Larkin	1,878	60.9	+12.4
	Conservative	Joseph Farquhar	962	31.2	−0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Dawson	242	7.9	−11.5
Majority			916	29.7	+13.4
Turnout			3,082
	Labour hold		Swing

Royton South ward

Royton South ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steven Bashforth	1,932	65.2	+24.3
	Conservative	Allan Fish	776	26.2	−2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Begley	257	8.7	−20.9
Majority			1,156	39.0	+27.8
Turnout			2,965
	Labour hold		Swing

Saddleworth North ward

Saddleworth North ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Heffernan	1,100	31.0	−2.9
	Independent	Ken Hulme	1,083	30.6	+1.2
	Conservative	Phil Sewell	711	20.1	−2.0
	Labour	Sean Fielding	650	18.3	+3.6
Majority			17	0.5	−4.0
Turnout			3,544
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Saddleworth South ward

Saddleworth South ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Sheldon	1,590	42.1	+0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Phil Renold	1,094	28.9	−18.1
	Labour	Dilys Fletcher	695	18.4	+12.6
	Green	Dominic Wall	401	10.6	+10.6
Majority			496	13.2
Turnout			3,780
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Saddleworth West and Lees ward

Saddleworth West and Lees ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Adrian Alexander	1,316	42.3	+15.8
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Lord	1,176	37.8	−10.9
	Conservative	Pam Byrne	622	20.0	−2.0
Majority			140	4.5
Turnout			3,114
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

St James ward

St James ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nigel Newton	1,155	53.0	+20.1
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Fairbrother	777	35.7	−3.7
	Conservative	David Caddick	246	11.3	−5.9
Majority			378	17.3
Turnout			2,178
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

St Marys ward

St Marys ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shadab Qumer	2,847	65.5	+16.4
	Liberal Democrats	Ajawat Hussain	1,255	28.9	−12.4
	Conservative	David Atherton	244	5.6	−4.0
Majority			1,592	36.3	+28.8
Turnout			4,346
	Labour hold		Swing

Shaw ward

Shaw ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Alcock	1,084	40.4	−7.1
	Labour	Amanda Chadderton	986	36.8	+15.2
	Conservative	Phelyp Bennet	612	22.8	−8.1
Majority			98	3.6	−13.0
Turnout			2,682
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Waterhead ward

Waterhead ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Dean	1,340	47.8	+12.7
	Liberal Democrats	Kay Knox	1,064	38.0	−1.4
	Conservative	Neil Allsopp	203	7.2	−7.3
	Independent	Stuart Allsopp	195	7.0	−4.0
Majority			276	9.8
Turnout			2,802
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Werneth ward

Werneth ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Javid Iqbal	2,530	64.7	+6.2
	Liberal Democrats	Asghar Ali	1,115	28.5	+17.9
	Conservative	Muhammad Imran	266	6.8	−22.7
Majority			1,415	36.2	+7.2
Turnout			3,911
	Labour hold		Swing