2018 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election
The 2018 Rochdale Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Rochdale Borough Council in England.[1][2] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Map showing the results of the 2018 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election
Overall result
Vote share changes compared to 2016.
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Labour | 16 | 80.0% | 31 | 47 | 78.3% | 26,250 | 52.09% | |||
Conservative | 3 | 15.0% | 7 | 10 | 16.7% | 13,590 | 26.97% | |||
Liberal Democrats | 1 | 5.0% | 2 | 3 | 5.0% | 6,558 | 13.01% | |||
UKIP | 0 | ![]() |
0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 1,989 | 3.95% | ||
Independent | 0 | ![]() |
0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 1,350 | 2.68% | ||
Green | 0 | ![]() |
0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 656 | 1.30% | ||
Ward results
Balderstone & Kirkholt
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kathleen Nickson | 938 | 51.5 | -8.7 | |
Conservative | John Kershaw | 427 | 23.5 | +14.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Alcock | 368 | 20.2 | +9.5 | |
Green | Abdus Mir | 87 | 4.8 | +2.3 |
Bamford
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Angela Smith | 1,713 | 52.1 | +3.2 | |
Labour | Martin Ayers | 1357 | 41.3 | +10.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Roy Thornsby | 215 | 6.5 | +0.7 |
Castleton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Aasim Rashid | 1,008 | 41.3 | -19.3 | |
Conservative | Michael James Cullen | 967 | 39.7 | +30.8 | |
Green | Jonathan Kershaw | 158 | 6.5 | +2.3 | |
Independent | Brian Bamford | 155 | 6.4 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Tony Hughes | 150 | 6.2 | N/A |
Central Rochdale
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sultan Ali | 2,171 | 63.8 | -16.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Zulfiqar Ali | 974 | 28.6 | +22.7 | |
Conservative | Roger Howarth | 185 | 5.4 | +1.1 | |
Green | Adam Mir | 72 | 2.1 | -1.3 |
East Middleton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | June West | 1,303 | 61.7 | +4.3 | |
Conservative | Rebecca Howard | 511 | 24.2 | +10.9 | |
UKIP | Robert Mudd | 299 | 14.2 | -15.2 |
Healey
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kieran Heakin | 1,252 | 44.8 | +1.6 | |
Conservative | Andrew Neilson | 926 | 33.2 | +4.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert McLean | 486 | 17.4 | +10.8 | |
Green | AJ Rennie | 128 | 4.6 | +0.3 |
Hopwood Hall
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Carol Wardle | 1,185 | 55.3 | +2.9 | |
Conservative | Paul Ellison | 659 | 30.8 | +7.7 | |
UKIP | Angela Gardner | 299 | 14.0 | -10.4 |
Kingsway
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Daalat Ali | 1,911 | 64.0 | -7.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Clayton | 730 | 24.5 | +13.3 | |
Conservative | Richard Duckworth | 254 | 8.5 | -1.9 | |
Green | Firuz Ali | 90 | 3.0 | -4.3 |
Littleborough Lakeside
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Janet Emsley | 1,149 | 46.2 | -1.0 | |
Conservative | Keith Taylor | 843 | 33.9 | +9.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Zoe Attwood | 496 | 19.9 | +15.8 |
Mikstone & Deeplish
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sameena Zaheer | 2,402 | 86.6 | +9.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Eden-Maughan | 209 | 7.5 | -6.3 | |
Conservative | Jacqueline Holt | 162 | 5.8 | +1.3 |
Milnrow & Newhey
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | David Bamford | 1,468 | 49.5 | -1.2 | |
Labour | Neil Butterworth | 984 | 33.2 | +6.7 | |
Conservative | Edward Carpenter | 511 | 17.2 | +14.1 |
Norden
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mike Holly | 1,646 | 62.0 | +6.2 | |
Labour | Anthony Bennett | 738 | 27.8 | +7.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Farrington | 150 | 5.6 | +1.8 | |
Green | Mick Coats | 121 | 4.6 | -0.9 |
North Heywood
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Rush | 1,188 | 64.3 | -6.5 | |
Conservative | Stephen Pritchard | 339 | 18.4 | +2.1 | |
UKIP | Stephen Sanderson | 232 | 12.6 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Sue Curzon | 88 | 4.8 | -8.1 |
North Middleton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kallum Nolan | 1,113 | 52.3 | -6.5 | |
Independent | Keely O'Mara | 343 | 16.1 | N/A | |
UKIP | Thomas Barnes | 304 | 14.3 | -16.2 | |
Conservative | Oliver Bleasdale | 295 | 13.8 | +3.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Wilkins | 75 | 3.5 | N/A |
Smallbridge & Firgrove
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Blundell | 1,528 | 70.1 | +14.7 | |
Conservative | Leonard Branton | 348 | 16.0 | +5.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Eleanor Kelly | 304 | 13.9 | +3.4 |
South Middleton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Patricia Dale | 1,275 | 47.9 | +1.3 | |
Conservative | Andy Dale | 1020 | 38.3 | +16.2 | |
UKIP | Richard Whitaker | 222 | 8.3 | -17.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Emma Griffin | 146 | 5.5 | +1.8 |
Spotland & Falinge
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Faisal Rana | 1,777 | 56.0 | +7.5 | |
Independent | Carl Faulkner | 852 | 26.9 | +3.7 | |
Conservative | Steven Scholes | 303 | 9.5 | +1.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | James Earnshaw | 241 | 7.6 | -6.4 |
Wardle & West Littleborough
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Taylor | 1,666 | 66.0 | +6.4 | |
Labour | Julian Farnell | 614 | 24.3 | +4.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lynn Butterworth | 243 | 9.6 | +4.6 |
West Heywood
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan McCarthy | 1,065 | 53.5 | -4.0 | |
Conservative | Rachel McLachlan | 416 | 20.9 | +10.1 | |
UKIP | Michael O'Brien | 293 | 14.7 | -17.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Harry Mills | 215 | 10.8 | N/A |
West Middleton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Neil Emmott | 1,292 | 63.6 | -0.5 | |
Conservative | Daniel Davidson | 399 | 19.6 | +12.7 | |
UKIP | Lee Seville | 340 | 16.7 | -12.3 |
By-elections and other changes
Kathleen Nickson of Balderstone and Kirkholt ward defected from Labour to the Liberal Democrats in January 2019, saying that the Labour leadership "told [me] what to do, what to say and how to vote."[3]
References
- "Your next election or referendum". rochdale.gov.uk. Rochdale Borough Council. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
- "Election results by wards". rochdale.gov.uk. Rochdale Borough Council. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
- Statham, Nick. "Labour councillor defects after claiming she was being 'blocked' from doing her job". Manchester Evening News. Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
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