# Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council elections

Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council elections are generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council being elected each time. Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council, generally known as Oldham Council, is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of Oldham in Greater Manchester, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2023, 60 councillors have been elected from 20 wards.

## Council elections

* 1998 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election
* 1999 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election
* 2000 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election
* 2002 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election
* 2003 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election
* 2004 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election (whole Metropolitan Borough Council elected after boundary changes)
* 2006 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election
* 2007 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election
* 2008 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election
* 2010 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election
* 2011 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election
* 2012 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election
* 2014 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election
* 2015 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election
* 2016 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election
* 2018 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election
* 2019 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election
* 2021 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election
* 2022 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election
* 2023 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election (new ward boundaries)
* 2024 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election

## Results maps

* 2016 results map
* 2018 results map
* 2019 results map
* 2021 results map
* 2022 results map
* 2023 results map
* 2024 results map

## By-elections
### 2002-2006

Failsworth East by-election 20 November 2003 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jim McMahon | 2,045 | 68.0 | +2.6 |
| | BNP | Charles Styles | 539 | 17.9 | +17.9 |
| | Conservative | Paul Martin | 296 | 9.8 | −17.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Pendlebury | 128 | 4.3 | −3.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,506 | 50.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,008 | 37.1 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### 2006-2010

Saddleworth West and Lees by-election 5 July 2007 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Barbara Beeley | 908 | 51.3 | −3.7 |
| | Labour | Stephen Exton | 416 | 23.5 | +4.7 |
| | Conservative | Vincent Lord | 243 | 13.7 | −12.5 |
| | BNP | Martin Brierley | 202 | 11.4 | +11.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 492 | 27.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,769 | 22.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Failsworth East by-election 14 June 2012 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Norman Briggs | 1,199 | 79.0 | −5.9 |
| | UKIP | Carrol Ashton | 209 | 13.8 | +13.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ron Wise | 109 | 7.2 | −7.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 990 | 65.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,517 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### 2010-2014

Failsworth West by-election 15 November 2012 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Elaine Garry | 832 | 54.1 | −6.8 |
| | UKIP | Warren Bates | 489 | 31.8 | −1.5 |
| | Conservative | Lewis Quigg | 122 | 7.9 | +7.9 |
| | Green | Jean Betteridge | 68 | 4.4 | +4.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Dinoff | 26 | 1.7 | −4.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 343 | 22.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,537 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Royton South by-election 14 March 2013 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Marie Bashforth | 938 | 63.7 | −6.1 |
| | Conservative | Allan Fish | 244 | 16.6 | −7.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Barrow | 221 | 15.0 | +9.0 |
| | Green | Roger Pakeman | 70 | 4.8 | +4.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 694 | 47.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,473 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Alexandra by-election 9 May 2013 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Zahid Chauhan | 1,553 | 70.7 | +24.3 |
| | UKIP | Derek Fletcher | 412 | 18.8 | +18.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kevin Dawson | 96 | 4.4 | −14.4 |
| | Conservative | Neil Allsopp | 80 | 3.6 | −31.2 |
| | Green | Miranda Meadowcroft | 55 | 2.5 | +2.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,141 | 52.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,196 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### 2014-2018

Failsworth East by-election 16 February 2017 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Paul Jacques | 829 | 58.4 | −7.3 |
| | Conservative | Antony Cahill | 360 | 25.4 | +1.7 |
| | UKIP | Nicholas Godleman | 166 | 11.7 | +11.7 |
| | Green | Andy Hunter-Rossall | 49 | 3.5 | −4.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Shaun Duffy | 16 | 1.1 | −1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 469 | 33.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,420 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Royton North by-election 8 June 2017 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Paul Jacques | 2,504 | 49.6 | −0.3 |
| | Conservative | Alan Fish | 2,047 | 40.5 | +23.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Russ Gosling | 294 | 5.8 | −0.1 |
| | Green | Lina Shaw | 205 | 4.1 | +0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 457 | 9.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,050 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### 2014-2018

Failsworth East by-election 29 November 2018 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Elizabeth Jacques | 677 | 58.5 | +5.3 |
| | Conservative | Antony Cahill | 336 | 29.0 | +0.5 |
| | Independent | Warren Bates | 94 | 8.1 | +8.1 |
| | UKIP | Paul Goldring | 32 | 2.8 | +2.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Barrow | 18 | 1.6 | +0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 341 | 29.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,157 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### 2018-2022

Hollinwood by-election 17 November 2022 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Hannah Roberts | 718 | 44.8 | −14.1 |
| | Conservative | Kamran Ghafoor | 639 | 39.8 | +21.5 |
| | Independent | Barbara Whitehead | 152 | 9.5 | +9.5 |
| | National Housing Party | John Lawrence | 59 | 3.7 | −6.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dominic Cadman | 36 | 2.2 | −6.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 79 | 4.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,604 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |