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.

Overall result

Vote share changes compared to 2016.

Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		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

Balderstone & Kirkholt
	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

Bamford
	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

Castleton
	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

Central Rochdale
	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

East Middleton
	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

Healey
	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

Hopwood Hall
	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

Kingsway
	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

Littleborough Lakeside
	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

Mikstone & Deeplish
	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

Milnrow & Newhey
	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

Norden
	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

North Heywood
	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

North Middleton
	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

Smallbridge & Firgrove
	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

South Middleton
	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

Spotland & Falinge
	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

Wardle & West Littleborough
	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

West Heywood
	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

West Middleton
	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.

[1] "Your next election or referendum". rochdale.gov.uk. Rochdale Borough Council. Retrieved 23 April 2018.

[2] "Election results by wards". rochdale.gov.uk. Rochdale Borough Council. Retrieved 7 May 2018.

[3] 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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