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2024 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2024 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council elections took place on 2 May 2024 alongside the 2024 Greater Manchester mayoral election and other local elections across the United Kingdom. One third of seats (20) on Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council were contested.[1] The council remained under Labour majority control.

2024 Rochdale Council election
← 2023 2 May 2024 2026 →
20 out of 60 seats of Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council
31 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Neil Emmott John Taylor Andy Kelly
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Last election 16 seats, 56.5% 3 seats, 19.6% 1 seat, 11.9%
Seats before 46 9 3
Seats won 14 3 1
Seats after 44 9 3
Seat change Decrease 2 Steady Steady
Popular vote 22,717 10,003 6,345
Percentage 42.1% 18.5% 11.8%
Swing Decrease 9.1% Decrease 3.6% Increase 0.3%
  Fourth party Fifth party
  Blank
Leader Lee Wolf
Party Workers Party Middleton Ind.
Last election N/A 0 seats, 5.0%
Seats before 0 2
Seats won 2 0
Seats after 2 2
Seat change Increase 2 Steady
Popular vote 7,234 3,971
Percentage 13.4% 7.4%
Swing N/A Increase 0.8%
Winner of each seat at the 2024 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election
Leader before election

Neil Emmott
Labour

Leader after election

Neil Emmott
Labour

Background

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The council has had an overall Labour majority since 2011. In the previous election in 2023, Labour won 16 seats with 56.5% of the vote gaining three councillors, the Conservatives won three seats with 19.6% of the vote losing one councillor, the Liberal Democrats won 1 seat with 11.9% of the vote, and the Middleton Independents Party won no seats from 5% of the vote losing two councillors.[2]

On 19 February 2024, Farooq Ahmed, a Liberal Democrat candidate for Central Ward, was suspended by the party after being photographed campaigning with George Galloway in the 2024 Rochdale by-election.[3]

Electoral process

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The council generally elects its councillors in thirds, with a third being up for election every year for three years, with no election in the fourth year.[4][5] The election will be conducted using the first-past-the-post voting system, with each ward electing one councillor.

All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in Rochdale aged 18 or over will be entitled to vote in the election. People who live at two addresses in different councils, such as university students with different term-time and holiday addresses, are entitled to be registered for and vote in elections in both local authorities. Voting in-person at polling stations will take place from 07:00 to 22:00 on election day, and voters will be able to apply for postal votes or proxy votes in advance of the election.

Summary

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Labour lost two seats to the Workers Party of Britain, but retained its overall majority on the council.[6]

Election result

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2024 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 14   2 70.0 30 44 73.3 22,717 42.1 –9.1
  Conservative 3   15.0 6 9 15.0 10,003 18.5 –3.6
  Liberal Democrats 1   5.0 2 3 5.0 6,345 11.8 +0.3
  Workers Party 2   2 10.0 0 2 3.3 7,234 13.4 N/A
  Middleton Ind. 0   0.0 2 2 3.3 3,971 7.4 +0.8
  Green 0   0.0 0 0 0.0 1,640 3.0 –4.2
  Independent 0   0.0 0 0 0.0 1,262 2.3 +1.1
  Reform UK 0   0.0 0 0 0.0 788 1.5 N/A

Ward results

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Balderstone & Kirkholt

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Balderstone & Kirkholt
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Daniel Joseph Meredith 1,086 52.9 –5.5
Workers Party William Howarth 395 19.3 N/A
Conservative Leonard Keith Branton 298 14.5 –8.9
Green Mick Coats 150 7.3 –2.3
Liberal Democrats John Swarbrick 122 5.9 N/A
Majority 691 33.6
Turnout 2,051 24.8
Registered electors 8,277
Labour Co-op hold

Bamford

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Bamford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Philip Michael Beal 1,394 42.1 –11.7
Labour Co-op Lewis Chadwick Woodall 850 25.6 –9.6
Workers Party Jamil Akhtar 794 24.0 N/A
Green Peter Corby 182 5.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats Zarah Kauser 95 2.9 –8.1
Majority 544 16.5
Turnout 3,344 40.9
Registered electors 8,176
Conservative hold Swing  1.1

Castleton

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Castleton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Aisling Gallagher* 899 34.8 –4.6
Independent David Jones 569 22.0 +2.2
Conservative Malcolm Thomas Bywater 413 16.0 –5.1
Workers Party Thomas James Byrne 391 15.1 N/A
Green Jonathan Edward Kershaw 183 7.1 –2.4
Liberal Democrats Sharon Harrison 132 5.1 –5.0
Majority 330 12.8
Turnout 2,602 33.2
Registered electors 7,847
Labour hold Swing  3.4

Central Rochdale

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Central Rochdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Workers Party Farooq Ahmed 2,016 53.0 N/A
Labour Ali Ahmed* 1,541 40.5 –32.4
Liberal Democrats Naveed Akhtar 144 3.8 –13.8
Conservative Shajan Ali 106 2.8 –6.7
Majority 475 12.5
Turnout 3,855 42.4
Registered electors 9,099
Workers Party gain from Labour

East Middleton

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East Middleton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dylan James Williams* 1,974 67.9 +6.2
Middleton Ind. Bernard Peter Wynne 709 24.4 –2.7
Conservative Gillian Louise Jackson 183 6.3 –4.9
Liberal Democrats Barrie Nicholson 40 1.4 N/A
Majority 1,265 43.5
Turnout 2,910 34.4
Registered electors 8,468
Labour hold Swing  4.5

Healey

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Healey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Shah Wazir 1,086 37.7 –31.2
Conservative Paul Simon Ellison 618 21.5 –1.1
Workers Party Amr Nazir 591 20.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats Andy Lord 487 16.9 +8.4
Green Anja Jungmayr 96 3.3 N/A
Majority 468 16.2
Turnout 2,903 36.7
Registered electors 7,904
Labour hold Swing  15.1

Hopwood Hall

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Hopwood Hall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Carol Elizabeth Wardle* 1,220 50.1 –14.8
Reform UK Steve Potter 380 15.6 N/A
Conservative Claudius Chonzi 346 14.2 –4.5
Middleton Ind. Caitlin Victoria O'mara 302 12.4 +0.6
Liberal Democrats Iain Donaldson 189 7.8 +3.2
Majority 840 34.5
Turnout 2,462 28.7
Registered electors 8,592
Labour hold

Kingsway

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Kingsway
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Daalat Ali* 1,197 41.6 –27.0
Workers Party Haroon Nawaz Khan 811 28.2 N/A
Liberal Democrats Saghir Ahmed 323 11.2 +2.9
Conservative Lynn Butterworth 297 10.3 –5.7
Green Mark Hollinrake 247 8.6 +1.5
Majority 386 13.4
Turnout 2,902 34.8
Registered electors 8,346
Labour hold

Littleborough Lakeside

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Littleborough Lakeside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Tom Besford* 1,436 54.9 +10.8
Conservative Ian Spencer Jackson 946 36.1 –7.8
Green Hannah Macguire 182 7.0 –2.6
Liberal Democrats Safina Kauser 36 1.4 –1.2
Workers Party Uzair Mehmood 17 0.6 N/A
Majority 490 18.8
Turnout 2,640 36.0
Registered electors 7,342
Labour Co-op hold Swing  9.3

Milkstone & Deeplish

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Milkstone & Deeplish
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Workers Party Minaam Ellahi 1,812 62.4 N/A
Labour Shahid Mohammed* 713 24.5 –55.5
Liberal Democrats Rifat Mahmood 152 5.2 –4.6
Conservative Philip Edward Starr 118 4.1 –2.1
Green Feruz Ali 111 3.8 –0.2
Majority 1,099 37.9
Turnout 2,906 37.4
Registered electors 7,778
Workers Party gain from Labour

Milnrow & Newhey

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Milnrow & Newhey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Andy Kelly* 1,684 55.6 +8.4
Labour Avis Kay Gilmore 936 30.9 –3.1
Conservative Aidan James Forshaw 233 7.7 –5.0
Green Feruz Ali 111 3.7 –2.4
Workers Party Jordan Rashida 64 2.1 N/A
Majority 748 24.7
Turnout 3,050 36.1
Registered electors 8,452
Liberal Democrats hold Swing  5.8

Norden

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Norden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Winkler* 1,448 48.5 –5.4
Labour Sue Moore-Holmes 968 32.4 +8.9
Liberal Democrats Stephanie Robertson 233 7.8 –6.3
Green Sarah Croke 188 6.3 –2.1
Workers Party Sana Aziz 147 4.9 N/A
Majority 480 16.1
Turnout 3,005 37.3
Registered electors 8,050
Conservative hold Swing  7.2

North Heywood

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North Heywood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul O'Neill 1,009 53.2 –25.4
Reform UK Mike Howard 408 21.5 N/A
Conservative Jordan Tarrant-Short 305 16.1 –5.3
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Kelly 109 5.7 N/A
Workers Party Saliah Begum 66 3.5 N/A
Majority 601 31.7
Turnout 1,913 24.1
Registered electors 7,942
Labour hold

North Middleton

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North Middleton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kathryn Bromfield 1,294 48.3 –1.7
Middleton Ind. Keely O'Mara 1,163 43.4 +2.7
Conservative Aaron Slack 177 6.6 –2.6
Liberal Democrats Chariss Peacock 46 1.7 N/A
Majority 131 4.9
Turnout 2,690 29.9
Registered electors 8,987
Labour hold Swing  2.0

Smallbridge & Firgrove

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Smallbridge & Firgrove
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Blundell* 1,094 48.0 –3.2
Liberal Democrats Zulfiqar Ali 820 36.0 +9.1
Conservative Eileen Taylor 365 16.0 +2.9
Majority 274 12.0
Turnout 2,336 27.4
Registered electors 8,516
Labour hold Swing  6.2

South Middleton

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South Middleton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour June West* 1,571 51.0 –0.8
Middleton Ind. Lee Wolf 1,030 33.4 +1.6
Conservative Tracy Furnell 389 12.6 –3.9
Liberal Democrats Tony Hughes 91 3.0 N/A
Majority 541 17.6
Turnout 3,103 35.6
Registered electors 8,726
Labour hold Swing  1.2

Spotland & Falinge

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Spotland & Falinge
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Faisal Rana* 1,297 42.6 –6.7
Liberal Democrats Rabina Asghar 849 27.9 –10.2
Independent Carl Faulkner 693 22.7 N/A
Conservative Ann Conway 208 6.8 +0.2
Majority 448 14.7
Turnout 3,064 35.7
Registered electors 8,585
Labour hold Swing  1.8

Wardle, Shore & West Littleborough

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Wardle, Shore & West Littleborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Adam Branton 1,515 60.3 +0.7
Labour Farhat Kazmi 442 17.6 –9.7
Liberal Democrats Kim Ho 317 12.6 +6.8
Green Martyn Savin 190 7.6 +0.2
Workers Party Ali Shahid 49 1.9 N/A
Majority 1,073 42.7
Turnout 2,540 30.7
Registered electors 8,276
Conservative hold Swing  5.2

West Heywood

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West Heywood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Joinson 1,080 53.0 –7.4
Conservative Stephen Spencer-Jones 490 24.0 –3.7
Liberal Democrats Tom Shaw 387 19.0 +7.2
Workers Party Umar Malik 81 4.0 N/A
Majority 590 29.0
Turnout 2,064 23.7
Registered electors 8,709
Labour hold Swing  1.9

West Middleton

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West Middleton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Susan Smith* 1,024 50.3 –10.6
Middleton Ind. Janene Walker 767 37.7 +12.1
Conservative Matt Roughsedge 154 7.6 –0.9
Liberal Democrats Nikki Edwards 89 4.4 –0.5
Majority 257 12.6
Turnout 2,047 27.4
Registered electors 7,475
Labour hold Swing  11.4

References

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  1. ^ "Your next election". rochdale.gov.uk. Rochdale Borough Council. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  2. ^ Scheerhout, John; Tweed, Lyell (4 May 2023). "Rochdale council local elections 2023 results in full". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Lib Dems suspend Rochdale council candidate after LBC reveal he was campaigning for George Galloway". lbc.co.uk. LBC. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Local government structure and elections". GOV.UK. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Election Timetable in England" (PDF).
  6. ^ Lythgoe, George; Grice, Maisie (2 May 2024). "Rochdale council local election 2024 results in full". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
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