2021 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election

Map showing the results of the 2021 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2021 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.[1] One-third of the seats were up for election.

Results

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2021 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 9 Decrease 6 45.0 31 40 66.7 24,646 39.5 -1.1
  Conservative 5 Increase 4 25.0 3 8 13.3 14,907 23.9 +11.8
  Liberal Democrats 3 Steady 15.0 5 8 13.3 6,843 11.0 -2.7
  Failsworth Independent Party 2 Increase 2 10.0 1 3 5.0 3,237 5.2 New
  Independent 1 Steady 5.0 0 1 1.7 5,678 9.1 -7.3
  Proud of Oldham and Saddleworth 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 4,087 6.6 New
  Green 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 1,768 2.8 -1.1
  Northern Heart 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 830 1.3 New
  UKIP 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 167 0.3 -9.7
  Reform UK 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 86 0.1 New
  Workers Party 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 83 0.1 New

Ward results

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Alexandra

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Alexandra[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Zahid Chauhan 1,619 69.4 +11.5
Conservative Jonathan Ford 399 17.1 +12.2
Green Andrea Chaverra Valencia 187 8.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Martin Dinoff 129 5.5 −0.4
Majority 1,220 52.3
Labour hold Swing

Chadderton Central

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Chadderton Central[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Elaine Taylor 1,356 49.0 −1.8
Conservative Sharif Miah 910 32.9 +18.9
Green Jess Mahoney 188 6.8 −4.2
Northern Heart Jack Dickenson 184 6.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Barbara Beeley 131 4.7 −0.8
Majority 446
Labour hold Swing

Chadderton North

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Chadderton North[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mohammed Islam 1,603 47.6 +3.3
Independent Tracy Woodward 974 28.9 −1.0
Conservative Mohammed Jahan 521 15.5 +0.6
Green Daniel Clayton 142 4.2 −1.8
Liberal Democrats Katie Gloster 128 3.8 −1.1
Majority 629
Labour hold Swing

Chadderton South

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Chadderton South[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Chris Goodwin 1,186 47.1 −0.3
Conservative Robert Barnes 1,022 40.6 +21.4
Northern Heart Cath Jackson 83 3.3 N/A
Workers Party Lisa Roddy 83 3.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Joe Beeston 76 3.0 −0.7
UKIP Bernard Akin 66 2.6 −21.1
Majority 164
Labour hold Swing

Coldhurst

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Coldhurst[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Abdul Jabbar 2,242 46.5 +2.8
Independent Montaz Azad 2,171 45.0 +8.4
Conservative David Cahill 237 4.9 +1.6
Green Jean Betteridge 104 2.2 −2.7
Liberal Democrats Mick Scholes 67 1.4 −10.1
Majority 71 1.5
Labour hold Swing

Crompton

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Crompton[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Diane Williamson 1,245 41.9 −5.3
Conservative Lewis Quigg 1,045 35.2 +17.5
Labour Basit Shah 390 13.1 −1.9
Northern Heart Rob Vance 148 5.0 N/A
Green Lina Valencia-Shaw 144 4.8 N/A
Majority 200
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Failsworth East

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Failsworth East[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Failsworth Independent Party Neil Hindle 1,765 58.0 +4.4
Labour Liz Jacques 1,029 33.8 +0.9
Conservative Shefur Miah 206 6.8 −4.9
Liberal Democrats Lynne Thompson 41 1.3 −0.5
Majority 736
Failsworth Independent Party gain from Labour

Failsworth West

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Failsworth West[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Failsworth Independent Party Mark Wilkinson 1,472 46.1 N/A
Labour Sean Fielding 1,281 40.1 +3.3
Independent Warren Bates 223 7.3 −23.3
Conservative Jawaad Hussain 177 5.5 −2.8
Liberal Democrats Richard Darlington 33 1.0 −1.2
Majority 191
Failsworth Independent Party gain from Labour

Hollinwood

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Hollinwood[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kyle Phythian 1,036 52.4 −3.7
Conservative Michele Stockton 478 24.2 +17.2
Proud of Oldham and Saddleworth Ronald James 361 18.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Brian Lord 101 5.1 −1.6
Majority 558
Labour hold Swing

Medlock Vale

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Medlock Vale[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sahr Abid 1,845 47.6 +43.4
Labour Ateeque Ur-Rehman 1,277 32.9 −11.5
Proud of Oldham and Saddleworth Mark Birchall 652 16.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Rachel Pendlebury 102 2.6 +0.5
Majority 568
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Royton North

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Royton North[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dave Arnott 1,213 43.1 +15.9
Labour Mick Harwood 1,122 39.8 −3.2
Proud of Oldham and Saddleworth Paul Goldring 295 10.5 −12.7
Liberal Democrats Russ Gosling 130 4.6 −2.2
Reform UK Colin Jones 57 2.0 N/A
Majority 91
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Royton South

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Royton South[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Amanda Chadderton 1,109 41.6 −4.8
Conservative Ian Bond 994 37.3 +24.1
Green Jim Stidworthy 196 7.3 −1.4
Northern Heart Anne Fiander Taylor 147 5.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats Ken Berry 121 4.5 −2.0
UKIP Anthony Prince 101 3.8 −21.3
Majority 115
Labour hold Swing

Saddleworth North

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Saddleworth North[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Luke Lancaster 1,316 35.5 +15.5
Liberal Democrats Garth Harkness 902 24.3 +5.1
Labour Connor Green 663 17.9 −5.9
Proud of Oldham and Saddleworth Gary Tarbuck 562 15.2 N/A
Green Kathryn Banawich 235 6.3 N/A
Reform UK Chris Green 29 0.8 −7.8
Majority 414
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Saddleworth South

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Saddleworth South[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Max Woodvine 1,383 35.7 +4.4
Labour Stephanie Shuttleworth 885 22.9 +9.2
Liberal Democrats Kevin Dawson 612 15.8 −3.2
Proud of Oldham and Saddleworth Simon Hodgson 425 11.0 N/A
Independent Helen Bishop 321 8.3 −4.5
Green Brian Banawich 244 6.3 N/A
Majority 498
Conservative hold Swing

Saddleworth West and Lees

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Saddleworth West and Lees[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Mark Kenyon 975 29.8 −3.4
Proud of Oldham and Saddleworth Paul Shilton 933 28.5 N/A
Labour Ken Rustidge 731 22.4 −1.4
Conservative Antony Cahill 631 19.3 +10.3
Majority 42
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

Shaw

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Shaw[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Howard Sykes 1,191 48.2 −1.9
Proud of Oldham and Saddleworth Marc Hince 574 23.2 N/A
Labour Syed Ali 400 16.2 −2.9
Conservative Tom Lord 305 12.3 +0.7
Majority 617
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

St James

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St James[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Beth Sharp 1,042 44.0 +37.8
Labour Cath Ball 843 35.6 +3.7
Proud of Oldham and Saddleworth Amoy Crooks 285 12.0 +1.0
Green Roger Pakeman 100 4.2 −0.2
Liberal Democrats Joe Gloster 99 4.2 −22.0
Majority 199
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

St Mary’s

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St Mary’s[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Hussain Aftab 2,212 48.1 N/A
Labour Imran Yousaf 1,909 41.5 −43.7
Conservative Mujibur Rahman 214 4.6 −0.2
Liberal Democrats Pat Lord 158 3.4 −0.9
Green Miranda Meadowcroft 110 2.4 −3.3
Majority 303
Independent hold Swing

Waterhead

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Waterhead[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ros Birch 1,260 50.0 −12.2
Conservative Sajjad Hussain 546 21.6 +5.5
Liberal Democrats Linda Dawson 334 13.2 −8.5
Northern Heart Paul Taylor 268 10.6 N/A
Green Freedom Solaiman 118 4.7 N/A
Majority 714
Labour hold Swing

Werneth

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Werneth[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Fida Hussain 2,705 79.7 +30.4
Conservative Mohammod Rahman 423 12.5 −10.2
Liberal Democrats Keith Pendlebury 268 7.9 +5.6
Majority 2,282
Labour hold Swing

References

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  1. ^ "Notice of Election". Oldham.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "Statement of Persons Nominated - Ward Elections". Oldham.gov.uk. Retrieved 2 May 2021.