2006 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election

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The Metropolitan Borough of Oldham shown within England.

Elections to Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the Council was up for election.

The Labour Party retained overall control of the Council.

After the election, the composition of the council was

  • Labour 31
  • Liberal Democrat 27
  • Conservative 1
  • Independent (politician) 1

Election result[]

Oldham Local Election Result 2006
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Liberal Democrats 10 3 1 +2 34.0 20,938 +5.9
  Labour 8 1 2 -1 29.5 18,158 -3.2
  Conservative 1 0 1 -1 21.0 12,956 +1.9
  Green 0 0 0 5.8 3,563 -2.3
  BNP 0 0 0 5.0 3,074 -0.7
  Independent 1 1 1 +0 4.7 2,882 -0.1

Ward results[]

Alexandra ward[]

Alexandra ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Asaf Ali 1,061 43.9 -4.2
Liberal Democrats Martin Dinoff 716 29.6 +4.0
Conservative Paul Stephenson 279 11.5 +1.9
Independent Chris Wright 193 8.0 +0.2
Green Kay Roney 168 7.0 -1.9
Majority 345 14.3
Turnout 2,417
Labour hold Swing

Chadderton Central ward[]

Chadderton Central ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Colin McLaren 915 38.6 -12.8
Conservative Gavin Smith 759 32.0 +32.0
Liberal Democrats Keith Pendlebury 370 15.6 +2.5
Green Philip Stevens 327 13.8 +1.8
Majority 345 6.6
Turnout 7,053
Labour gain from Independent Swing

Chadderton North ward[]

Chadderton North ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Philip Rogers 1,495 48.1 +18.8
Labour Julie Kirkham 1,127 36.3 -18.9
Liberal Democrats Keith Taylor 311 10.0 -5.4
Green Joan Spencer 172 5.5 +5.5
Majority 368 11.8
Turnout 3,105
Conservative hold Swing

Chadderton South ward[]

Chadderton South ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Elizabeth Wrigglesworth 1,054 44.1 -21.6
Conservative John Berry 709 29.7 +16.2
Green Susannah Stevens 374 15.7 +15.7
Liberal Democrats Philip Renold 251 10.5 -10.2
Majority 345 14.4
Turnout 2,388
Labour hold Swing

Coldhurst ward[]

Coldhurst ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Muhammad Uddin 1,984 49.7 +10.8
Conservative Abu Choudhury 1,100 27.6 +13.8
Labour Joseph Fitzpatrick 906 22.7 -20.6
Majority 884 22.1
Turnout 3,990
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Crompton ward[]

Crompton ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Philomena Dillon 1,761 54.1 +11.6
Conservative David Dunning 845 25.9 -6.3
Labour Ann Buscema 394 12.1 -6.4
Green Fiona Southall 258 7.9 +7.9
Majority 916 28.2
Turnout 3,258
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Failsworth East ward[]

Failsworth East ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Dean 1,227 48.1 -23.4
Conservative Paul Martin 806 31.6 +20.5
Green John Parker 356 14.0 +5.8
Liberal Democrats Lesley Schofield 161 6.3 -2.9
Majority 421 16.5
Turnout 2,550
Labour hold Swing

Failsworth West ward[]

Failsworth West ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Aileen Bell 1,165 49.4 -15.1
Green Warren Bates 531 22.5 +15.5
Conservative Ian Barker 493 20.9 +12.9
Liberal Democrats Derek Clayton 171 7.2 -4.7
Majority 634 26.9
Turnout 2,360
Labour hold Swing

Hollinwood ward[]

Hollinwood ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Stephen Barrow 1,009 40.9 +5.6
Labour Ian Thompson 906 36.7 -9.2
Conservative David McDonald 352 14.3 +0.5
Green David Roney 202 8.2 +3.3
Majority 103 4.2
Turnout 2,469
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

Medlock Vale ward[]

Medlock Vale ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jean Jones 1,053 34.5 -17.3
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Aslam 1,037 34.0 +11.4
BNP Martin Brierley 557 18.3 +18.3
Green David Shaw 203 6.7 -8.7
Conservative Muhammad Badar 200 6.6 +2.1
Majority 16 0.5
Turnout 3,050
Labour hold Swing

Royton North ward[]

Royton North ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Olwen Chadderton 1,290 38.1 -10.5
Conservative Joseph Farquhar 853 25.2 +7.2
BNP Anita Corbett 848 25.0 +14.9
Liberal Democrats Susan Barratt 397 11.7 +1.8
Majority 437 12.9
Turnout 3,388
Labour hold Swing

Royton South ward[]

Royton South ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Shaw 1,086 33.2 +20.8
Labour Jill Read 900 27.5 -15.5
BNP Angela Shearer 688 21.0 +10.6
Conservative Allan Fish 600 18.3 -6.5
Majority 186 5.7
Turnout 3,274
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

Saddleworth North ward[]

Saddleworth North ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Alan Roughley 1,892 55.7 +12.4
Conservative Barbara Jackson 840 24.7 -5.7
Labour Alastair McGregor 450 13.2 -7.6
Green Ben McCarthy 215 6.3 +0.8
Majority 1,052 30.1
Turnout 3,397
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Saddleworth South ward[]

Saddleworth South ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats John McCann 2,034 52.7 +7.2
Conservative John Hudson 1,300 33.7 -4.7
Labour Edward Moores 272 7.0 -4.7
Green David Godwin 254 6.6 +2.3
Majority 734 19.0
Turnout 3,860
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Saddleworth West and Lees ward[]

Saddleworth West and Lees ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Thomas Beeley 1,364 42.5 +3.6
Conservative George Burston 790 24.6 -2.3
Labour Paul Fryer 685 21.3 -3.3
Independent Robert Allsopp 129 4.0 +0.2
Majority 574 19.3
Turnout 2,968
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

St James ward[]

St James ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Roger Hindle 956 37.1 -13.9
Labour Adrian Alexander 603 23.4 -3.6
BNP Michael Treacy 526 20.4 +9.6
Conservative Terence Hopkinson 266 10.3 +5.0
Green Paul Holmes 225 8.7 +8.7
Majority 353 13.7
Turnout 2,576
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

St Marys ward[]

St Marys ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Ali Salamat 1,715 43.8 +43.8
Liberal Democrats Israk Miah 1,043 26.6 -17.6
Labour Brian Ames 769 19.6 -21.8
Conservative David Atherton 310 7.9 -6.4
Independent Ajawat Hussain 42 1.1 +1.1
Independent Asif Hussain 41 1.0 +1.0
Majority 672 17.1
Turnout 3,920
Independent gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Shaw ward[]

Shaw ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Roderick Blyth 1,166 40.9 -16.9
Independent Anthony Bennett 529 18.6 +18.6
BNP Alwyn Stott 455 16.0 +8.5
Labour Dilys Fletcher 388 13.6 -0.6
Conservative Kevin Howard 277 9.7 -10.8
Green Tara Ashworth 36 1.3 +1.3
Majority 637 22.3
Turnout 2,851
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Waterhead ward[]

Waterhead ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Lynn Thompson 1,353 48.8 -4.0
Labour Jennifer Harrison 870 31.4 -0.4
Conservative John Caddick 317 11.4 +7.2
Independent Stuart Allsopp 233 8.4 +5.0
Majority 483 17.4
Turnout 2,773
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Werneth ward[]

Werneth ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Shoab Akhtar 2,123 48.6 -3.3
Liberal Democrats Faisal Khan 1,876 43.0 +0.2
Conservative Kenneth Heeks 365 8.4 +3.4
Majority 247 5.6
Turnout 4,364
Labour hold Swing


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