# 2004 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Rochdale Council were held on 10 June 2004. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2003. The council stayed under no overall control.

## Results summary

Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Votes | Votes | Votes |
| Party | Party | Stood | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | No. | Net % |
| | Liberal Democrats | 48 | 25 | – | – | 2 | 41.7% | 39.7 | 64,870 | 3.6% |
| | Labour | 60 | 24 | – | – | 6 | 40% | 33.9 | 55,457 | 3.9% |
| | Conservative | 42 | 11 | – | – | 3 | 18.3% | 25.6 | 41,787 | |
| | BNP | 1 | 0 | – | – | | 0% | 0.5 | 779 | N/A |
| | Liberal | 1 | 0 | – | – | | 0% | 0.4 | 575 | |

## Ward results

Balderstone and Kirkholt (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Alan Brett | 1,151 | 16.9 |
| | Labour | Darren Pedley | 1,062 | 15.6 |
| | Labour | Angela Robinson | 1,021 | 15.0 |
| | Conservative | Linda Butler | 785 | 11.5 |
| | Conservative | Richard Rudd | 705 | 10.3 |
| | Conservative | Paula Devlin | 654 | 9.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Townson | 527 | 7.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hilary Rogers | 489 | 7.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Drakzai Khan | 414 | 6.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,808 | 36.4 |
Bamford (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Jane Gartside | 1,897 | 17.8 |
| | Conservative | Ian Duckworth | 1,650 | 15.5 |
| | Conservative | William Hobhouse | 1,591 | 15.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Crea Lavin | 1,407 | 13.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gregory Couzens | 1,319 | 12.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Swarbrick | 1,235 | 11.6 |
| | Labour | Rita Knight | 539 | 5.1 |
| | Labour | Pauline Freeman | 513 | 4.8 |
| | Labour | Neil Emmott | 468 | 4.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,625 | 51.3 |
Castleton (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patricia Flynn | 1,852 | 20.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Flynn | 1,814 | 20.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Davison | 1,713 | 19.1 |
| | Labour | Peter Dawson | 663 | 7.4 |
| | Labour | Andrew Butler | 660 | 7.3 |
| | Labour | Stephen Griffiths | 658 | 7.3 |
| | Conservative | Cecilia Crossley | 552 | 6.1 |
| | Conservative | Ronald Crossley | 548 | 6.1 |
| | Conservative | Bonnar Coleano | 519 | 5.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,979 | 42.3 |
Central Rochdale (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Zulfiqar Ali | 2,144 | 20.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Khalid Mahmood | 2,130 | 20.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Shah Wazir | 2,096 | 20.0 |
| | Labour | Jack Butterworth | 1,313 | 12.5 |
| | Labour | Hellal Choudhury | 1,179 | 11.2 |
| | Labour | Farooq Ahmed | 1,116 | 10.6 |
| | Conservative | Roger Howarth | 513 | 4.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,491 | 56.0 |
East Middleton (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Clarice Cooper | 1,232 | 27.1 |
| | Labour | Anne Murphy | 1,189 | 26.2 |
| | Labour | David Murphy | 1,144 | 25.2 |
| | Labour | James Moran | 978 | 21.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,543 | 32.9 |
Healey (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Thomas Bailey | 2,037 | 20.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Watkins | 1,775 | 17.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anne Taylor | 1,763 | 17.7 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Neilson | 1,141 | 11.5 |
| | Conservative | Leonard Branton | 920 | 9.2 |
| | Conservative | Keith Taylor | 888 | 8.9 |
| | Labour | Christine Taylor | 588 | 5.9 |
| | Labour | Moshahid Hussain | 436 | 4.4 |
| | Labour | Mohammed Mia | 388 | 3.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,936 | 47.5 |
Hopwood Hall (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Linda Robinson | 1,437 | 19.6 |
| | Labour | Susan Emmott | 1,411 | 19.2 |
| | Labour | Carol Wardle | 1,376 | 18.7 |
| | Conservative | Peter Burt | 1,133 | 15.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Brierley | 680 | 9.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Heard | 678 | 9.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Neil Lever | 623 | 8.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,338 | 39.6 |
Kingsway (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Clayton | 1,557 | 14.7 |
| | Labour | Lynn Brosnan | 1,493 | 14.1 |
| | Labour | Thomas Stott | 1,344 | 12.7 |
| | Labour | Abdul Chowdry | 1,276 | 12.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Akram | 1,226 | 11.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Faheem Akram | 1,127 | 10.6 |
| | Conservative | Michael Butler | 976 | 9.2 |
| | Conservative | Heidi Jepson | 831 | 7.8 |
| | Conservative | Mudassar Razzaq | 756 | 7.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,586 | 57.6 |
Littleborough Lakeside (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Evans | 1,613 | 18.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rosemary Jones | 1,477 | 16.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pauline Maguire | 1,399 | 15.8 |
| | Conservative | Frank Mills | 1,085 | 12.3 |
| | Conservative | Peter Lord | 1,076 | 12.2 |
| | Conservative | Janet Darnborough | 919 | 10.4 |
| | Labour | Alan Blacker | 451 | 5.1 |
| | Labour | Vera Lomax | 420 | 4.7 |
| | Labour | Derek Snowden | 407 | 4.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,847 | 42.0 |
Milkstone and Deeplish (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mohammad Sharif | 2,659 | 23.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Rowen | 2,561 | 22.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Angela Croric | 2,382 | 21.2 |
| | Labour | Sultan Ali | 1,219 | 10.9 |
| | Labour | Amna Mir | 1,002 | 8.9 |
| | Labour | Ghulum Nawaz | 977 | 8.7 |
| | Conservative | John Critten | 218 | 1.9 |
| | Conservative | John Kershaw | 200 | 1.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,218 | 57.6 |
Milnrow and Newhey (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Irene Davidson | 1,802 | 20.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Swift | 1,487 | 17.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Denis Kershaw-Whittle | 1,447 | 16.6 |
| | Conservative | Allan Marshall | 936 | 10.7 |
| | Labour | Geoffrey Coady | 654 | 7.5 |
| | Labour | Peter Corby | 630 | 7.2 |
| | Labour | John Ingham | 595 | 6.8 |
| | Conservative | Susan Heywood | 580 | 6.7 |
| | Conservative | Stephen Jones | 572 | 6.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,703 | 43.0 |
Norden (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | James Gartside | 1,885 | 20.2 |
| | Conservative | Anne Metcalfe | 1,717 | 18.4 |
| | Conservative | Wera Reden-Hobhouse | 1,334 | 14.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bernard Rostron | 1,173 | 12.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Beryl Rostron | 1,115 | 11.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Todd | 881 | 9.4 |
| | Labour | David Finley | 504 | 5.4 |
| | Labour | Helmut Izaks | 389 | 4.2 |
| | Labour | Ali Khalid | 351 | 3.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,349 | 45.3 |
North Heywood (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Brian Davies | 1,278 | 20.6 |
| | Labour | Jean Hornby | 957 | 15.4 |
| | Labour | Nicholas Maher | 912 | 14.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Rush | 842 | 13.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Maureen Sullivan | 833 | 13.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Walter Lomax | 753 | 12.1 |
| | Conservative | Rachel McLachlan | 639 | 10.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,214 | 36.9 |
North Middleton (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Maureen Rowbotham | 1,107 | 23.2 |
| | Labour | Alan Godson | 1,019 | 21.3 |
| | Labour | Ian Robertson | 956 | 20.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Albert Sullivan | 885 | 18.5 |
| | Conservative | Paul Spilling | 810 | 16.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,777 | 32.4 |
Smallbridge and Firgrove (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jean Ashworth | 1,151 | 16.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brenda Kerslake | 949 | 13.6 |
| | Labour | Lorraine Butterworth | 909 | 13.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mushtaq Ahmed | 845 | 12.1 |
| | Labour | Robin Parker | 741 | 10.6 |
| | Labour | Surrinder Biant | 700 | 10.0 |
| | Conservative | Bernard Schofield | 599 | 8.6 |
| | Conservative | Michael Smith | 555 | 7.9 |
| | Conservative | Colin Darnbrough | 536 | 7.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6.985 | 36.9 |
South Middleton (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Mary Fitzsimons | 1,607 | 16.6 |
| | Conservative | Vincent Mannion | 1,576 | 16.3 |
| | Labour | Peter Williams | 1,574 | 16.2 |
| | Labour | Donna Martin | 1,532 | 15.8 |
| | Labour | James Brown | 1,406 | 14.5 |
| | Conservative | Conal Brophy | 1,236 | 12.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hillary Murray | 752 | 7.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,683 | 48.1 |
Spotland and Falinge (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Barbara Todd | 2,146 | 24.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rodney Stott | 2,123 | 24.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Clegg | 2,031 | 23.0 |
| | Labour | Michael Coats | 770 | 8.7 |
| | Labour | Colin Thompson | 616 | 7.0 |
| | Conservative | Stephen Scholes | 595 | 6.7 |
| | Labour | Francis Dignan | 560 | 6.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,841 | 44.1 |
Wardle and West Littleborough (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Ashley Dearnley | 2,188 | 25.6 |
| | Conservative | Joyce Wright | 1,708 | 20.0 |
| | Conservative | Robert Clegg | 1,666 | 19.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kieran Clarke | 820 | 9.6 |
| | Labour | Milorad Radanovic | 488 | 5.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joy Gerber | 471 | 5.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dagmar Hilton | 435 | 5.1 |
| | Labour | Pauline Mann | 391 | 4.6 |
| | Labour | Stewart Robinson | 378 | 4.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,545 | 40.9 |
West Heywood (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Colin Lambert | 1,414 | 24.4 |
| | Labour | Jacqueline Beswick | 1,402 | 24.2 |
| | Labour | Alan McCarthy | 1,315 | 22.7 |
| | Conservative | William Payne | 885 | 15.3 |
| | BNP | Martin Littler | 779 | 13.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,795 | 35.2 |
West Middleton (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Lily Murphy | 1,408 | 27.0 |
| | Labour | Terry Smith | 1,372 | 26.3 |
| | Labour | Eric Noi | 1,250 | 24.0 |
| | Conservative | Susan Powson | 606 | 11.6 |
| | Liberal | Phillip Burke | 575 | 11.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,211 | 33.8 |