2016 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2016 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council in England.^[1][2] This was on the same day as other local elections.

After the election, the composition of the council was:^[3]

• Labour 51
• Conservative 6

Results[]

Ashton Hurst ward[]

Ashton Hurst

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leigh Drennan	1,536	47.42
	Conservative	Liam Billington	1,412	43.59
	Green	Nigel Rolland	291	8.98
Majority			124	3.83
Turnout			3,239	37
	Labour hold		Swing

Ashton St. Michaels ward[]

Ashton St. Michael's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Sidebottom	1,714	70.10
	Conservative	Christine Liley	731	29.90
Majority			983	40.20
Turnout			2,445	29
	Labour hold		Swing

Ashton Waterloo ward[]

Ashton Waterloo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Catherine Piddington	1,560	59.54
	Conservative	Sam Daniels	675	25.76
	Green	Andrew Threlfall	385	14.69
Majority			885	33.78
Turnout			2,620	31
	Labour hold		Swing

Audenshaw ward[]

Audenshaw

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Teresa Smith	1,465	45.31
	Conservative	David Johnson	858	26.54
	UKIP	Maurice Jackson	725	22.42
	Green	Joe Henthorn	167	5.17
	Community Party of Great Britain	Paul Ward	18	0.56
Majority			607	18.78
Turnout			3,233	35
	Labour hold		Swing

Denton North East ward[]

Denton North East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Denise Ward	1,505	55.70
	UKIP	Dennis Connor	755	27.94
	Conservative	Dawn Cobb	442	16.36
Majority			750	27.76
Turnout			2,702	32
	Labour hold		Swing

Denton South ward[]

Denton South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Newton	1,559	50.11
	Independent	Carl Simmons	1,001	32.18
	UKIP	Adrienne Shaw	354	11.38
	Conservative	Carol White	197	6.33
Majority			558	17.94
Turnout			3,111	37
	Labour hold		Swing

Denton West ward[]

Denton West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dawson Lane	1,936	59.13
	UKIP	Max Bennett	654	19.98
	Conservative	Carl Edwards	506	15.46
	Green	Gareth Hayes	178	5.44
Majority			1,282	39.16
Turnout			3,274	37
	Labour hold		Swing

Droylsden East ward[]

Droylsden East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jim Middleton	1,449	51.40
	UKIP	Ted Salmon	948	33.63
	Conservative	Scott Truter	256	9.08
	Green	Annie Train	166	5.89
Majority			501	17.77
Turnout			2,819	32
	Labour hold		Swing

Droylsden West ward[]

Droylsden West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gerald Cooney	1,665	81.18
	Conservative	Kate Harvey	241	11.75
	Green	Andrew Climance	145	7.07
Majority			1,424	69.43
Turnout			2,051	32
	Labour hold		Swing

Dukinfield ward[]

Dukinfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Wild	1,400	52.65
	UKIP	Ian Cooke	590	22.19
	Conservative	David Woodward	367	13.80
	Green	Julie Wood	162	6.09
	Independent	Dave Tate	140	5.27
Majority			810	30.46
Turnout			2,659	29
	Labour hold		Swing

Dukinfield / Stalybridge ward[]

Dukinfield / Stalybridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leanne Feeley	1,548	57.44
	UKIP	David Anderson	772	28.65
	Independent	Chris Caton-Greasley	375	13.91
Majority			776	28.79
Turnout			2,695	32
	Labour hold		Swing

Hyde Godley ward[]

Hyde Godley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joe Kitchen	1,440	54.38
	UKIP	Andrea Colbourne	842	31.80
	Conservative	Forhad Jani	366	13.82
Majority			598	22.58
Turnout			2,648	31
	Labour hold		Swing

Hyde Newton ward[]

Hyde Newton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Robinson	1,587	52.55
	UKIP	Philip Chadwick	1,132	37.48
	Green	Andrew Highton	301	9.97
Majority			455	15.07
Turnout			3,020	30
	Labour hold		Swing

Hyde Werneth ward[]

Hyde Werneth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ruth Welsh	1,771	51.23
	Labour	Raja Miah	1,686	48.77
Majority			85	2.46
Turnout			3,457	41
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Longdendale ward[]

Longdendale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chris Buglass	1,261	48.11
	Conservative	David Tyler	784	29.91
	UKIP	Michael Booth	400	15.26
	Green	Irene Brierley	176	6.71
Majority			477	18.20
Turnout			2,621	34
	Labour hold		Swing

Mossley ward[]

Double election due to the resignation of Labour's Idu Miah (elected May 2015). His seat was retained for Labour by Tafheen Sharif.^[4]

Mossley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jack Homer	1,140	39.34
	Labour	Tafheen Sharif	784	27.05
	Independent	Lesley Bill	765	26.40
	Independent	Dean Aylett	705	24.33
	Independent	Christine Lyness	647	22.33
	Independent	Claire Hardisty	408	14.08
	Green	Christine Clark	339	11.70
	Conservative	Phil Rogers	321	11.08
	Green	Stuart Bennett	222	7.66
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Kiely	134	4.62
Majority			356	6.51
Turnout			5,465	34
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Peters ward[]

St. Peters

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Warren Bray	1,878	71.49
	Conservative	Laura Martin	300	11.42
	Green	Trevor Clarke	249	9.48
	BNP	Bill Kitchen	200	7.61
Majority			1,578	60.07
Turnout			2,627	30
	Labour hold		Swing

Stalybridge North ward[]

Stalybridge North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jan Jackson	1,299	51.94
	Conservative	Colin White	795	31.79
	Green	Jean Smee	407	16.27
Majority			504	20.15
Turnout			2,501	27
	Labour hold		Swing

Stalybridge South ward[]

Stalybridge South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Doreen Dickinson	1,442	52.84
	Labour	Oliver Cross	984	36.06
	Green	Paul White	303	11.10
Majority			458	16.78
Turnout			2,729	33
	Conservative hold		Swing

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