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

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

Ward results

Alexandra

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

^ "Notice of Election". Oldham.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
^ ^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.

[1] "Notice of Election". Oldham.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2021.

[wards-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.

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