Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2011

Elections to Oldham Council were held on 5 May 2011. One third of the council was up for election.

Labour gained overall control of the Council.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Oldham Local Election Result 2011
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	16	7	0	+7		52.7	32,778	+14.4
	Liberal Democrat	3	0	6	-6		23.4	14,538	-7.1
	Conservative	1	1	2	-1		19.2	11,955	-6.3
	Independent	0	0	0			3.7	2,286	-0.6
	Green	0	0	0			0.9	586	+0.9

Ward results

Alexandra ward

Alexandra ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Jenny Harrison	1,586	59.5	+25.1
	Conservative	Raja Iqbal	625	23.4	-0.3
	Liberal Democrat	Aftab Hussain	455	17.1	-3.9
Majority			961	36.0	+25.4
Turnout			2,666
	Labour hold		Swing

Chadderton Central ward

Chadderton Central ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Eddie Moores	1,679	59.4	+8.8
	Conservative	Eileen Hulme	1,009	35.7	+5.5
	Liberal Democrat	Pat Lord	139	4.9	-13.0
Majority			670	23.7	+3.4
Turnout			2,827
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Chadderton North ward

Chadderton North ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Dave Houle	1,876	58.6	+15.4
	Conservative	Lewis Quigg	1,143	35.7	-2.2
	Liberal Democrat	Keith Taylor	181	5.7	-10.0
Majority			733	22.9	+17.6
Turnout			3,200
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Chadderton South ward

Chadderton South ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Graham Shuttleworth	1,664	68.7	+16.6
	Conservative	Kenneth Heeks	656	27.1	-6.2
	Liberal Democrat	Fazal Rahim	101	4.2	-9.5
Majority			1,008	41.6	+21.8
Turnout			2,421
	Labour hold		Swing

Coldhurst ward

Coldhurst ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Montaz Azad	2,897	60.7	+10.8
	Liberal Democrat	Jilad Miah	1,661	34.6	-4.5
	Conservative	Muhammed Dara	226	4.7	-6.3
Majority			1,236	25.8	+15.0
Turnout			4,784
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Crompton ward

Crompton ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	John Dillon	1,261	40.2	-4.5
	Labour	Ken Rustidge	1,050	33.5	+13.4
	Conservative	David Dunning	828	26.4	+0.7
Majority			211	6.7	-12.3
Turnout			3,139
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Failsworth East ward

Failsworth East ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Jim McMahon	1,925	70.7	+17.8
	Conservative	Robert Barnes	674	24.8	-5.7
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Barrow	124	4.6	-7.0
Majority			1,251	45.9	+23.6
Turnout			2,723
	Labour hold		Swing

Failsworth West ward

Failsworth West ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Glenys Butterworth	1,532	58.2	+12.9
	Independent	Warren Bates	669	25.4	+11.3
	Liberal Democrat	Ron Wise	245	9.3	-3.1
	Conservative	Miranda Meadowcroft	185	7.0	-22.2
Majority			863	32.8	+15.7
Turnout			2,631
	Labour hold		Swing

Hollinwood ward

Hollinwood ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Steve Williams	1,394	60.7	+16.9
	Liberal Democrat	Keith Pendlebury	563	24.5	-9.5
	Independent	John Berry	339	14.8	+7.7
Majority			831	36.2	+26.3
Turnout			2,296
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Medlock Vale ward

Medlock Vale ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Kaiser Rehman	1,846	60.3	+18.2
	Liberal Democrat	Rafiq Pazeer	654	21.4	-14.6
	Conservative	Zulfiqar Mohammed	562	18.4	-0.5
Majority			1,210	39.5	+33.4
Turnout			3,062
	Labour hold		Swing

Royton North ward

Royton North ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Tony Larkin	1,878	60.9	+12.4
	Conservative	Joseph Farquhar	962	31.2	-0.9
	Liberal Democrat	Kevin Dawson	242	7.9	-11.5
Majority			916	29.7	+13.4
Turnout			3,082
	Labour hold		Swing

Royton South ward

Royton South ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Steven Bashforth	1,932	65.2	+24.3
	Conservative	Allan Fish	776	26.2	-2.1
	Liberal Democrat	Keith Begley	257	8.7	-20.9
Majority			1,156	39.0	+27.8
Turnout			2,965
	Labour hold		Swing

Saddleworth North ward

Saddleworth North ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Derek Heffernan	1,100	31.0	-2.9
	Independent	Ken Hulme	1,083	30.6	+1.2
	Conservative	Phil Sewell	711	20.1	-2.0
	Labour	Sean Fielding	650	18.3	+3.6
Majority			17	0.5	-4.0
Turnout			3,544
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Saddleworth South ward

Saddleworth South ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Graham Sheldon	1,590	42.1	+0.9
	Liberal Democrat	Phil Renold	1,094	28.9	-18.1
	Labour	Dilys Fletcher	695	18.4	+12.6
	Green	Dominic Wall	401	10.6	+10.6
Majority			496	13.1
Turnout			3,780
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Saddleworth West and Lees ward

Saddleworth West and Lees ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Adrian Alexander	1,316	42.3	+15.8
	Liberal Democrat	Brian Lord	1,176	37.8	-10.9
	Conservative	Pam Byrne	622	20.0	-2.0
Majority			140	4.5
Turnout			3,114
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

St James ward

St James ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Nigel Newton	1,155	53.0	+20.1
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Fairbrother	777	35.7	-3.7
	Conservative	David Caddick	246	11.3	-5.9
Majority			378	17.3
Turnout			2,178
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

St Marys ward

St Marys ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Shadab Qumer	2,847	65.5	+16.4
	Liberal Democrat	Ajawat Hussain	1,255	28.9	-12.4
	Conservative	David Atherton	244	5.6	-4.0
Majority			1,592	36.3	+28.8
Turnout			4,346
	Labour hold		Swing

Shaw ward

Shaw ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Alcock	1,084	40.4	-7.1
	Labour	Amanda Chadderton	986	36.8	+15.2
	Conservative	Phelyp Bennet	612	22.8	-8.1
Majority			98	3.6	-13.0
Turnout			2,682
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Waterhead ward

Waterhead ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Peter Dean	1,340	47.8	+12.7
	Liberal Democrat	Kay Knox	1,064	38.0	-1.4
	Conservative	Neil Allsopp	203	7.2	-7.3
	Independent	Stuart Allsopp	195	7.0	-4.0
Majority			276	9.8
Turnout			2,802
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Werneth ward

Werneth ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Javid Iqbal	2,530	64.7	+6.2
	Liberal Democrat	Asghar Ali	1,115	28.5	+17.9
	Conservative	Muhammad Imran	266	6.8	-22.7
Majority			1,415	36.2	+7.2
Turnout			3,911
	Labour hold		Swing

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