Ashton Waterloo (ward)

Ashton Waterloo (Tameside)
Ashton Waterloo (Tameside)
Electoral ward
	Ashton Waterloo within Tameside
	Coat of arms
	Motto(s): Industry and Integrity
	Coordinates: 53°30′17″N 2°06′08″W / 53.5046°N 2.1021°WCoordinates: 53°30′17″N 2°06′08″W / 53.5046°N 2.1021°W
Country	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	North West England
County	Greater Manchester
Metropolitan borough	Tameside
Created	2004
Named for	Ashton-under-Lyne
Government UK Parliament constituency: Ashton-under-Lyne
• Type	Unicameral
• Body	Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
• Leader of the Council	Brenda Warrington (Labour)
• Councillor	Vimal Choksi (Labour)
• Councillor	Lee Huntbach (Green)
• Councillor	Pauline Hollinshead (Labour)

Ashton Waterloo is an electoral ward of Tameside, England.^[1] It is represented in Westminster by Angela Rayner Labour MP for Ashton-under-Lyne.^[2]

Councillors[]

The ward is represented by three councillors: Vimal Choksi (Lab),^[3] Lee Huntbach (Green),^[4] and Catherine Piddington (Lab).^[5]

Election
2004	Maria Bailey (Lab)	Michael Whitley (Lab)	Catherine Piddington (Lab)
2006	Lynn Travis (Lab Co-op)	Michael Whitley (Lab)	Catherine Piddington (Lab)
2007	Lynn Travis (Lab Co-op)	Michael Whitley (Lab)	Catherine Piddington (Lab)
2008	Lynn Travis (Lab Co-op)	Michael Whitley (Lab)	Catherine Piddington (Lab)
2010	Lynn Travis (Lab Co-op)	Michael Whitley (Lab)	Catherine Piddington (Lab)
2011	Lynn Travis (Lab Co-op)	Michael Whitley (Lab)	Catherine Piddington (Lab)
2012	Lynn Travis (Lab Co-op)	Michael Whitley (Lab)	Catherine Piddington (Lab)
2014	Lynn Travis (Lab Co-op)	Michael Whitley (Lab)	Catherine Piddington (Lab)
2015	Lynn Travis (Lab Co-op)	Lorraine Whitehead (Lab)	Catherine Piddington (Lab)
2016	Lynn Travis (Lab Co-op)	Lorraine Whitehead (Lab)	Catherine Piddington (Lab)
2018	Vimal Choksi (Lab)	Lorraine Whitehead (Lab)	Catherine Piddington (Lab)
Sep 2018	Vimal Choksi (Lab)	Lorraine Whitehead (Lab)	Pauline Hollinshead (Lab)
2019	Vimal Choksi (Lab)	Lee Huntbach (Green)	Pauline Hollinshead (Lab)

indicates seat up for re-election.

indicates seat up for re-election after casual vacancy.

Ashton Waterloo by-election, 6 September 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pauline Hollinshead	889	52.5	4.9
	Green	Lee Huntbach	448	26.4	12.7
	Conservative	Therese Costello	357	21.1	7.8
Majority			441	26.1	2.4
Registered electors			8,717
Turnout			1,697	19.5	7.2
Rejected ballots			3	0.2	0.1
	Labour hold		Swing	1.2

Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election, 3 May 2018: Ashton Waterloo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vimal Choksi	1,337	57.4	2.1
	Conservative	Kate Scott	672	28.9	3.1
	Green	Lee Huntbach	319	13.7	1.0
Majority			665	28.5	5.2
Registered electors			8,735
Turnout			2,336	26.7	4.3
Rejected ballots			8	0.3	0.5
	Labour hold		Swing	2.6

2016
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

2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Lorraine Whitehead	2,382	48.03
	Conservative	Sam Daniels	1,240	25.01
	UKIP	Peter Howarth	1,063	21.44
	Green	Andrew Threlfall	274	5.53
Majority			1,142	23.03
Turnout			4,959	57
	Labour hold		Swing

2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Lynne Travis	1,447	52.33
	Conservative	Jack Rankin	858	31.03
	Green	Andrew Threlfall	460	16.64
Majority			589	21.30
Turnout			2,765	32
	Labour hold		Swing

2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Catherine Piddington*	1,703	65.5	+24.98
	Conservative	Lee Price	442	17	−13.39
	UKIP	Peter Taylor	257	9.88	N/A
	Green	Andrew Threlfall	198	7.62	+3.25
Majority			1,261	48.5
Turnout			2,613	30	−4
	Labour hold		Swing

2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Michael Whitley	1,860	61.61
	Conservative	Lee Price	732	24.25
	UKIP	Jeanette Harrison	256	8.48
	Green	Michael Baker	171	5.66
Majority			1,128	37.36
Turnout			3,019	35
	Labour hold		Swing

2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Lynn Travis	2,583	52.68
	Conservative	Stacey Knighton	1,377	28.08
	BNP	David Gough	526	10.73
	UKIP	Colette Barlow	417	8.50
Majority			1,206	24.60
Turnout			4,903	59
	Labour hold		Swing

2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Catherine Piddington	1,152	40.52
	Conservative	Dot Buckley	864	30.39
	BNP	Anthony Jones	473	16.64
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Daly	230	8.09
	Green	Nigel Rolland	124	4.36
Majority			288	10.13
Turnout			2,843	34
	Labour hold		Swing

2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mike Whiteley	1,238	42.8
	Conservative	Gareth Quinn	723	25.0
	BNP	David Jones	509	17.6
	Liberal Democrats	John Bartley	257	8.9
	Green	Andrew David Threlfall	163	5.6
Majority			515	17.8
Turnout			2,890	35.4
	Labour hold		Swing

2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Lynn Travis	1,257	40.82
	Conservative	Suzanne Ambler	767	24.91
	BNP	Anthony Jones	755	24.52
	Green	Andrew Threlfall	300	9.74
Majority			490	15.91
Turnout			3,079	36
	Labour hold		Swing

2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Catherine Piddington	1,588	42.7
	Labour	Michael Whitley	1,403
	Labour	Maria Bailey	1,213
	Conservative	Stephen Hepburn	1,121	30.1
	Conservative	John Marsh	1,064
	Independent	Alexander Mee	1,013	27.2
Majority
Turnout				37.2

^ "Your Councillors by Ward". tameside.moderngov.co.uk. Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
^ "Angela Rayner MP". parliament.uk. UK Parliament. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
^ ,"Councillor Vimal Choksi". tameside.moderngov.co.uk. Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
^ ,"Councillor Lee Alan Huntbach". tameside.moderngov.co.uk. Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
^ "Councillor Catherine Piddington". tameside.moderngov.co.uk. Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
^ Staff writer (4 May 2018). "Tameside Council Local Election Results 2018". Tameside Reporter. Archived from the original on 13 May 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.