2022 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election
The 2022 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election is due to take place on 5 May 2022. One third—20 out of 60—of councillors on Oldham Council will be elected. The election will take place alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom.
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In the previous council election in 2021, the Labour Party maintained its control of the council, holding 40 of the council's 60 seats. The Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrats held eight seats each, and various independents held the remaining four.
Background
History
The Local Government Act 1972 created a two-tier system of metropolitan counties and districts covering Greater Manchester, Merseyside, South Yorkshire, Tyne and Wear, the West Midlands, and West Yorkshire starting in 1974. Oldham was a district of the Greater Manchester metropolitan county.[1] The Local Government Act 1985 abolished the metropolitan counties, with metropolitan districts taking on most of their powers as metropolitan boroughs. The Greater Manchester Combined Authority was created in 2011 and began electing the mayor of Greater Manchester from 2017, which was given strategic powers covering a region coterminous with the former Greater Manchester metropolitan county.[2]
Since its formation, Oldham Council has typically been under Labour control or no overall control, with a period of Conservative control from 1978–1980 and Liberal Democrat control from 2000–2002. Labour most recently gained overall control of the council in the 2011 election. The council leader Sean Fielding lost his seat to the Failsworth Independent Party in the most recent council election in 2021, in which Labour won nine of the twenty seats up for election, with the Conservatives winning five, the Liberal Democrats winning three and the Failsworth Independent Party winning two.[3] Fielding had challenged the council's leader Jean Stretton in May 2018, demanding more street cleaners, landlord licensing, more housing in the city centre to reduce green belt development, and better connections to other areas of Greater Manchester.[4]
Positions up for election in 2022 were last elected in 2018. In that election, 18 Labour councillors were elected, as were two Conservatives, and two Liberal Democrats.[5]
Council term
After Sean Fielding's defeat, the council's deputy leader Arooj Shah was elected leader. She promised to spend more on street cleaning and stronger enforcement against littering and fly tipping, as well as proposing ways to support local businesses.[6][7]
The Conservative councillor Sahr Abid resigned in March 2022 citing work commitments, having been elected in 2021. A by-election will be held to fill her seat alongside the main council election.[8]
Electoral process
The council elects its councillors in thirds, with a third being up for election every year for three years, with no election in the fourth year.[9][10] The election will take place by first-past-the-post voting, with wards generally being represented by three councillors, with one elected in each election year to serve a four-year term.
All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in Oldham 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.
Ward results
Alexandra
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Green | Andrea Chaverra Valencia | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Martin Dinoff | ||||
| Labour | Shaid Mushtaq | ||||
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Chadderton Central
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal Democrats | Barbara Beeley | ||||
| Northern Heart (UK) Oldham | Cath Jackson | ||||
| Green | Jess Mahoney | ||||
| Labour | Colin McLaren | ||||
| Conservative | Sharif Miah | ||||
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Chadderton North
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Moudud Ahmed | ||||
| Labour | Barbara Brownridge | ||||
| Green | Daniel Clayton | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Katie Gloster | ||||
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Chadderton South
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Robert Barnes | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Joe Beeston | ||||
| Labour | Arooj Shah | ||||
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Coldhurst
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Independent | Montaz Azad | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | John Hall | ||||
| Labour | Abdul Malik | ||||
| Conservative | Michele Stockton | ||||
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Crompton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Syed Ali | ||||
| Conservative | Phelyp Bennett | ||||
| Proud of Oldham and Saddleworth | Chelle Moore | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Dave Murphy | ||||
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Failsworth East
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Marzia Babakarkhail | ||||
| Failsworth Independent Party | Lucia Rea | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Lynne Thompson | ||||
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Failsworth West
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Failsworth Independent Party | Sandra Ball | ||||
| Labour | Peter Davis | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Keith Pendlebury | ||||
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Hollinwood
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal Democrats | Karen Barton | ||||
| Conservative | Maqsood Hussain | ||||
| National Housing Party Our People First | John Lawrence | ||||
| Labour | Jean Stretton | ||||
| Northern Heart (UK) Oldham | Rob Vance | ||||
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Medlock Vale
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Proud of Oldham and Saddleworth | Mark Birchall | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Lewis Farnworth | ||||
| Labour | Sajed Hussain | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Brian Lord | ||||
| Labour | Umar Nasheen | ||||
| Conservative | Tuhin Rahman | ||||
| Conservative | Kaiser Rehman | ||||
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Royton North
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Alliance for Democracy and Freedom | Paul Goldring | ||||
| Conservative | Lewis Quigg | ||||
| Labour | Hannah Roberts | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | John Swift | ||||
| Green | Lina Valencia Shaw | ||||
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Royton South
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Marie Bashforth | ||||
| Northern Heart (UK) Oldham | Anne Fiander-Taylor | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Jeff Garner | ||||
| Independent | Anthony Prince | ||||
| Green | Jim Stidworthy | ||||
| Conservative | Gary Tarbuck | ||||
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Saddleworth North
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Pam Byrne | ||||
| Labour | Joshua Charters | ||||
| Proud of Oldham and Saddleworth | Gary Kershaw | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Mick Scholes | ||||
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Saddleworth South
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Independent | Helen Bishop | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Kevin Dawson | ||||
| Labour | John Fay | ||||
| Proud of Oldham and Saddleworth | Simon Hodgson | ||||
| Conservative | Chris McManus | ||||
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Saddleworth West & Lees
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Jonathan Ford | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Alicia Marland | ||||
| Labour | Ghazala Rana | ||||
| Proud of Oldham and Saddleworth | Paul Shilton | ||||
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Shaw
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal Democrats | Hazel Gloster | ||||
| Proud of Oldham and Saddleworth | Marc Hince | ||||
| Labour | Dion Linton | ||||
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St James
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal Democrats | Joe Gloster | ||||
| Proud of Oldham and Saddleworth | Amoy Lindo Crooks | ||||
| Conservative | Tom Lord | ||||
| Labour | Leanne Munroe | ||||
| Green | Roger Pakeman | ||||
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St Mary's
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal Democrats | Roger Blackmore | ||||
| Green | Miranda Meadowcroft | ||||
| Conservative | Shefur Miah | ||||
| Labour | Ali Salamat | ||||
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Waterhead
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Riaz Ahmad | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Linda Dawson | ||||
| Conservative | Lynne Kovacs | ||||
| Northern Heart (UK) Oldham | Paul Taylor | ||||
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Werneth
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Shoab Akhtar | ||||
| Conservative | Mohammad Alom | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Pat Lord | ||||
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References
- Local Government in England and Wales: A Guide to the New System. London: HMSO. 1974. p. 7. ISBN 0-11-750847-0.
- "The Greater Manchester Combined Authority Order 2011". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
- Green, Charlotte (6 May 2021). "The Oldham local council election 2021 results". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- "Oldham now has one of the country's youngest council chiefs - so what does he have planned?".
- Green, Charlotte (3 May 2018). "What are the Oldham local elections 2018 results?". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- "Cllr Arooj Shah to be new leader of Oldham Council". www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- "Oldham councillors choose first female Muslim leader". BBC News. 11 May 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- "Councillor resigns after just ten months in the role". www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- "Local government structure and elections". GOV.UK. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- "Election Timetable in England" (PDF).
