# 2018 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2018 Rochdale Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Rochdale Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

## Overall result

Vote share changes compared to 2016.
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council :
| Party | Party | This election | This election | This election | Full council | Full council | Full council | This election | This election | This election |
| Party | Party | Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− |
| | Labour | 16 | | 80.0% | 31 | 47 | 78.3% | 26,250 | 52.09% | |
| | Conservative | 3 | | 15.0% | 7 | 10 | 16.7% | 13,590 | 26.97% | |
| | Liberal Democrats | 1 | | 5.0% | 2 | 3 | 5.0% | 6,558 | 13.01% | |
| | UKIP | 0 | | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 1,989 | 3.95% | |
| | Independent | 0 | | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 1,350 | 2.68% | |
| | Green | 0 | | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 656 | 1.30% | |

## Ward results
### Balderstone & Kirkholt

Balderstone & Kirkholt :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Kathleen Nickson | 938 | 51.5 | −8.7 |
| Conservative | John Kershaw | 427 | 23.5 | +14.4 |
| Liberal Democrats | Mark Alcock | 368 | 20.2 | +9.5 |
| Green | Abdus Mir | 87 | 4.8 | +2.3 |

### Bamford

Bamford :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Angela Smith | 1,713 | 52.1 | +3.2 |
| Labour | Martin Ayers | 1357 | 41.3 | +10.1 |
| Liberal Democrats | Roy Thornsby | 215 | 6.5 | +0.7 |

### Castleton

Castleton :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Aasim Rashid | 1,008 | 41.3 | −19.3 |
| Conservative | Michael James Cullen | 967 | 39.7 | +30.8 |
| Green | Jonathan Kershaw | 158 | 6.5 | +2.3 |
| Independent | Brian Bamford | 155 | 6.4 | N/A |
| Liberal Democrats | Tony Hughes | 150 | 6.2 | N/A |

### Central Rochdale

Central Rochdale :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Sultan Ali | 2,171 | 63.8 | −16.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | Zulfiqar Ali | 974 | 28.6 | +22.7 |
| Conservative | Roger Howarth | 185 | 5.4 | +1.1 |
| Green | Adam Mir | 72 | 2.1 | −1.3 |

### East Middleton

East Middleton :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | June West | 1,303 | 61.7 | +4.3 |
| Conservative | Rebecca Howard | 511 | 24.2 | +10.9 |
| UKIP | Robert Mudd | 299 | 14.2 | −15.2 |

### Healey

Healey :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Kieran Heakin | 1,252 | 44.8 | +1.6 |
| Conservative | Andrew Neilson | 926 | 33.2 | +4.6 |
| Liberal Democrats | Robert McLean | 486 | 17.4 | +10.8 |
| Green | AJ Rennie | 128 | 4.6 | +0.3 |

### Hopwood Hall

Hopwood Hall :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Carol Wardle | 1,185 | 55.3 | +2.9 |
| Conservative | Paul Ellison | 659 | 30.8 | +7.7 |
| UKIP | Angela Gardner | 299 | 14.0 | −10.4 |

### Kingsway

Kingsway :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Daalat Ali | 1,911 | 64.0 | −7.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | David Clayton | 730 | 24.5 | +13.3 |
| Conservative | Richard Duckworth | 254 | 8.5 | −1.9 |
| Green | Firuz Ali | 90 | 3.0 | −4.3 |

### Littleborough Lakeside

Littleborough Lakeside :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Janet Emsley | 1,149 | 46.2 | −1.0 |
| Conservative | Keith Taylor | 843 | 33.9 | +9.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | Zoe Attwood | 496 | 19.9 | +15.8 |

### Mikstone & Deeplish

Mikstone & Deeplish :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Sameena Zaheer | 2,402 | 86.6 | +9.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Eden-Maughan | 209 | 7.5 | −6.3 |
| Conservative | Jacqueline Holt | 162 | 5.8 | +1.3 |

### Milnrow & Newhey

Milnrow & Newhey :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | David Bamford | 1,468 | 49.5 | −1.2 |
| Labour | Neil Butterworth | 984 | 33.2 | +6.7 |
| Conservative | Edward Carpenter | 511 | 17.2 | +14.1 |

### Norden

Norden :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Mike Holly | 1,646 | 62.0 | +6.2 |
| Labour | Anthony Bennett | 738 | 27.8 | +7.7 |
| Liberal Democrats | John Farrington | 150 | 5.6 | +1.8 |
| Green | Mick Coats | 121 | 4.6 | −0.9 |

### North Heywood

North Heywood :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Peter Rush | 1,188 | 64.3 | −6.5 |
| Conservative | Stephen Pritchard | 339 | 18.4 | +2.1 |
| UKIP | Stephen Sanderson | 232 | 12.6 | N/A |
| Liberal Democrats | Sue Curzon | 88 | 4.8 | −8.1 |

### North Middleton

North Middleton :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Kallum Nolan | 1,113 | 52.3 | −6.5 |
| Independent | Keely O'Mara | 343 | 16.1 | N/A |
| UKIP | Thomas Barnes | 304 | 14.3 | −16.2 |
| Conservative | Oliver Bleasdale | 295 | 13.8 | +3.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | John Wilkins | 75 | 3.5 | N/A |

### Smallbridge & Firgrove

Smallbridge & Firgrove :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | John Blundell | 1,528 | 70.1 | +14.7 |
| Conservative | Leonard Branton | 348 | 16.0 | +5.7 |
| Liberal Democrats | Eleanor Kelly | 304 | 13.9 | +3.4 |

### South Middleton

South Middleton :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Patricia Dale | 1,275 | 47.9 | +1.3 |
| Conservative | Andy Dale | 1020 | 38.3 | +16.2 |
| UKIP | Richard Whitaker | 222 | 8.3 | −17.1 |
| Liberal Democrats | Emma Griffin | 146 | 5.5 | +1.8 |

### Spotland & Falinge

Spotland & Falinge :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Faisal Rana | 1,777 | 56.0 | +7.5 |
| Independent | Carl Faulkner | 852 | 26.9 | +3.7 |
| Conservative | Steven Scholes | 303 | 9.5 | +1.1 |
| Liberal Democrats | James Earnshaw | 241 | 7.6 | −6.4 |

### Wardle & West Littleborough

Wardle & West Littleborough :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | John Taylor | 1,666 | 66.0 | +6.4 |
| Labour | Julian Farnell | 614 | 24.3 | +4.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | Lynn Butterworth | 243 | 9.6 | +4.6 |

### West Heywood

West Heywood :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Alan McCarthy | 1,065 | 53.5 | −4.0 |
| Conservative | Rachel McLachlan | 416 | 20.9 | +10.1 |
| UKIP | Michael O'Brien | 293 | 14.7 | −17.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | Harry Mills | 215 | 10.8 | N/A |

### West Middleton

West Middleton :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Neil Emmott | 1,292 | 63.6 | −0.5 |
| Conservative | Daniel Davidson | 399 | 19.6 | +12.7 |
| UKIP | Lee Seville | 340 | 16.7 | −12.3 |

## By-elections and other changes

Kathleen Nickson of Balderstone and Kirkholt ward defected from Labour to the Liberal Democrats in January 2019, saying that the Labour leadership "told [me] what to do, what to say and how to vote."