# 2007 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the Council was up for election.
The Labour Party lost overall control of the Council.
After the election, the composition of the council was
* Labour 30
* Liberal Democrat 26
* Conservative 3
* Independent (politician) 1

## Election result

Oldham Local Election Result 2007 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Liberal Democrats | 9 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 36.3 | 20,876 | +2.3 |
| Labour | 9 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 34.6 | 19,863 | +5.1 |
| Conservative | 2 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 21.1 | 12,147 | +0.1 |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 2.9 | 1,683 | -2.1 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 2.4 | 1,367 | -3.4 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 1.7 | 967 | -3.0 |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.9 | 541 | +0.9 |

## Ward results
### Alexandra ward

Alexandra ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Glynis Shaw | 906 | 44.1 | +0.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Dinoff | 765 | 37.2 | +7.6 |
| | Conservative | Paul Stephenson | 244 | 11.9 | +0.4 |
| | Green | Kay Roney | 139 | 6.8 | −0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 141 | 6.9 | −7.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,054 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Chadderton Central ward

Chadderton Central ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Eileen Hulme | 1,218 | 51.2 | +19.2 |
| | Labour | Tony Brownridge | 997 | 41.9 | +3.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mohammed Ali | 164 | 6.9 | −8.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 221 | 9.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,379 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Chadderton North ward

Chadderton North ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Len Quinn | 1,266 | 44.0 | −4.1 |
| | Labour | Susan Dean | 983 | 34.2 | −2.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nazia Raja | 317 | 11.0 | +1.0 |
| | Independent | Eric Trigg | 160 | 5.6 | +5.6 |
| | UKIP | David Short | 150 | 5.2 | +5.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 293 | 9.8 | −2.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,876 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Chadderton South ward

Chadderton South ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David Jones | 1,080 | 44.4 | +0.3 |
| | Conservative | John Berry | 602 | 24.7 | −5.0 |
| | BNP | Martin Brierley | 483 | 19.8 | +19.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pat Lord | 170 | 11.1 | +0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 478 | 20.5 | +6.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,335 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Coldhurst ward

Coldhurst ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jilad Miah | 1,753 | 43.2 | −6.5 |
| | Labour | Mohammed Islam | 1,378 | 33.5 | +10.8 |
| | Conservative | Abu Choudhury | 654 | 16.1 | −11.5 |
| | Independent | Nuruz Zaman | 220 | 5.4 | +5.4 |
| | Independent | Giash Uddin | 55 | 1.4 | +1.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 375 | 9.2 | −12.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,060 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Crompton ward

Crompton ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Dillon | 1,550 | 55.6 | +1.5 |
| | Conservative | David Dunning | 606 | 21.7 | −4.2 |
| | Labour | Wyn Dillon | 476 | 17.1 | +5.0 |
| | Green | Fiona Southall | 157 | 5.6 | −2.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 944 | 33.8 | +5.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,789 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Failsworth East ward

Failsworth East ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jim McMahon | 1,476 | 57.9 | +9.8 |
| | Conservative | Paul Martin | 825 | 32.3 | +0.7 |
| | Green | John Parker | 154 | 6.0 | −8.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dorothy Shaw | 96 | 3.8 | −2.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 651 | 25.5 | +9.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,551 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Failsworth West ward

Failsworth West ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Glenys Butterworth | 881 | 36.2 | −13.2 |
| | Conservative | Ian Barker | 735 | 30.2 | +9.3 |
| | Green | Warren Bates | 691 | 28.4 | +5.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Taylor | 124 | 5.1 | −2.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 146 | 6.0 | −20.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,431 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Hollinwood ward

Hollinwood ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Pendlebury | 943 | 42.3 | +1.4 |
| | Labour | Steve Williams | 905 | 40.6 | +3.9 |
| | Conservative | David McDonald | 285 | 12.8 | −1.5 |
| | Green | David Roney | 94 | 4.2 | −4.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 38 | 1.7 | −2.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,227 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Medlock Vale ward

Medlock Vale ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ged Ball | 1,284 | 58.2 | +23.7 |
| | Conservative | Ken Heeks | 490 | 22.2 | +15.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philip Bagley | 431 | 19.5 | −14.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 794 | 36.0 | +35.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,205 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Royton North ward

Royton North ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Tony Larkin | 1,207 | 40.3 | +2.2 |
| | Conservative | Joseph Farquhar | 905 | 30.2 | +5.0 |
| | BNP | Anita Corbett | 486 | 16.2 | −8.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philip Renold | 268 | 9.0 | −2.7 |
| | UKIP | Trevor Hilton | 126 | 4.2 | +4.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 302 | 10.1 | −2.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,992 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Royton South ward

Royton South ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Steven Bashforth | 1,079 | 37.1 | +9.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sue Barratt | 968 | 33.3 | +0.1 |
| | Conservative | Allan Fish | 598 | 20.5 | +2.2 |
| | UKIP | Chris Shyne | 265 | 9.1 | +9.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 129 | 4.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,910 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Saddleworth North ward

Saddleworth North ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Derek Heffernan | 1,813 | 55.7 | +0.0 |
| | Conservative | Barbara Jackson | 794 | 24.4 | −0.3 |
| | Labour | Ken Hulme | 650 | 20.0 | +6.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,019 | 31.3 | +1.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,257 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Saddleworth South ward

Saddleworth South ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Wheeler | 2,079 | 55.1 | +2.4 |
| | Conservative | John Hudson | 1,211 | 32.1 | −1.6 |
| | Labour | Brian Ames | 265 | 7.0 | +0.0 |
| | Independent | Christine Beaumont-Rydings | 220 | 5.8 | +5.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 868 | 23.0 | +4.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,775 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Saddleworth West and Lees ward

Saddleworth West and Lees ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Lord | 1,571 | 55.0 | +12.5 |
| | Conservative | Graham Sheldon | 747 | 26.2 | +1.6 |
| | Labour | Paul Hickling | 537 | 18.8 | −2.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 824 | 28.9 | +9.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,855 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### St James ward

St James ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | James McArdle | 1,014 | 52.5 | +15.4 |
| | Labour | Adrian Alexander | 636 | 30.0 | +6.6 |
| | BNP | Craig Lawton | 371 | 17.5 | −2.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 378 | 18.7 | +5.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,021 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### St Marys ward

St Marys ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Shadab Qumer | 2,236 | 52.2 | +32.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mohammed Masud | 2,044 | 47.8 | +21.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 192 | 4.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,280 | | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### Shaw ward

Shaw ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mark Alcock | 1,472 | 55.9 | +15.0 |
| | Labour | Dilys Fletcher | 350 | 13.3 | −0.3 |
| | BNP | Alwyn Stott | 343 | 13.0 | −3.0 |
| | Conservative | Kevin Howard | 337 | 12.8 | +3.1 |
| | Independent | David Bentley | 131 | 5.0 | −13.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,122 | 42.6 | +20.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,633 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Waterhead ward

Waterhead ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kay Knox | 1,556 | 62.0 | +13.2 |
| | Labour | Jennifer Harrison | 642 | 25.6 | −5.8 |
| | Independent | Stuart Allsopp | 181 | 7.2 | −1.2 |
| | Green | Stuart Fielding | 132 | 5.3 | −1.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 914 | 36.4 | +19.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,511 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Werneth ward

Werneth ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Javid Iqbal | 1,895 | 46.2 | −2.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Khurshid Ahmed | 1,578 | 38.5 | −4.5 |
| | Conservative | Mohammed Jahan | 630 | 15.4 | +7.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 317 | 7.7 | +2.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,103 | | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |