# 2004 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 10 June 2004. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2003. The Labour Party retained overall control of the Council.
After the election, the composition of the council was
* Labour 32
* Liberal Democrat 25
* Conservative 2
* Independent (politician) 1

## Election result

Oldham Local Election Result 2004 :
| Party | Seats | Votes % | Votes |
| Labour | 32 | 32.7 | 27,092 |
| Liberal Democrats | 25 | 28.1 | 23,276 |
| Conservative | 2 | 19.1 | 15,825 |
| Green | 0 | 8.1 | 6,670 |
| BNP | 0 | 5.7 | 4,754 |
| Independent | 0 | 4.8 | 3,999 |
| UKIP | 0 | 1.5 | 1,202 |

## Ward results
### Alexandra ward

Alexandra ward (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Hugh McDonald | 982 | 16.8 |
| | Labour | Glynis Shaw | 951 | 16.3 |
| | Labour | Asaf Ali | 874 | 15.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Aftab Hussain | 619 | 10.6 |
| | Green | John Roney | 518 | 8.9 |
| | Independent | Chris Wright | 458 | 7.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sakindar Mehmood | 457 | 7.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Dinoff | 422 | 7.2 |
| | Conservative | Sarfraz Khan | 359 | 6.1 |
| | Conservative | Harun Miah | 203 | 3.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,843 | |

### Chadderton Central ward

Chadderton Central ward (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | James Greenwood | 1,523 | 21.6 |
| | Labour | Tony Brownridge | 1,315 | 18.6 |
| | Independent | Sidney Jacobs | 1,268 | 18.0 |
| | Green | Philip Stevens | 849 | 12.0 |
| | Labour | Elizabeth Wrigglesworth | 791 | 11.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Ward | 449 | 6.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alma McInnes | 431 | 6.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John McCann | 427 | 6.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,053 | |

### Chadderton North ward

Chadderton North ward (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Jeremy Sutcliffe | 1,782 | 22.0 |
| | Labour | Susan Dean | 1,403 | 17.3 |
| | Conservative | Philip Rogers | 1,372 | 16.9 |
| | Labour | Joseph Fitzpatrick | 1,293 | 15.9 |
| | Conservative | Ruman Choudhury | 1,006 | 12.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Barbara Beeley | 637 | 7.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Taylor | 620 | 7.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,113 | |

### Chadderton South ward

Chadderton South ward (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | David Hibbert | 1,493 | 24.3 |
| | Labour | David Jones | 1,457 | 23.7 |
| | Labour | Dilys Fletcher | 1,089 | 17.7 |
| | Conservative | Margaret Owens | 828 | 13.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dorothy Shaw | 467 | 7.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philip Renold | 403 | 6.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philip Bagley | 401 | 6.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,138 | |

### Coldhurst ward

Coldhurst ward (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Abdul Jabbar | 2,328 | 16.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jilad Miah | 2,108 | 14.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Muhammad Uddin | 2,059 | 14.4 |
| | Labour | John Battye | 1,966 | 13.8 |
| | Labour | Wahidur Rahman | 1,882 | 13.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Israk Miah | 1,382 | 9.7 |
| | Conservative | Aklaque Hussain | 795 | 5.6 |
| | Conservative | Chondon Miah | 596 | 4.2 |
| | Conservative | Abdul Malik | 574 | 4.0 |
| | Green | Susannah Stevens | 562 | 3.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 14,252 | |

### Crompton ward

Crompton ward (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ann Wingate | 1,637 | 15.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Allan Dillon | 1,552 | 14.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philomena Dillon | 1,434 | 13.2 |
| | Conservative | Valerie Pemberton | 1,307 | 12.0 |
| | Conservative | David Dunning | 1,279 | 11.8 |
| | Conservative | Jack Hulme | 918 | 8.4 |
| | Labour | Duncan Davies | 750 | 6.9 |
| | Independent | Michael Hambley | 715 | 6.6 |
| | Labour | Steven Webb | 688 | 6.3 |
| | Labour | Helen Smith | 579 | 5.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,859 | |

### Failsworth East ward

Failsworth East ward (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Barbara Dawson | 1,780 | 25.9 |
| | Labour | James McMahon | 1,779 | 25.9 |
| | Labour | Peter Dean | 1,351 | 19.7 |
| | Conservative | Paul Martin | 760 | 11.1 |
| | Green | Warren Bates | 561 | 8.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Barratt | 221 | 3.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dorothy Fennell | 209 | 3.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Derek Clayton | 206 | 3.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,867 | |

### Failsworth West ward

Failsworth West ward (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | John Johnson | 1,712 | 21.8 |
| | Labour | Alan Harrison | 1,690 | 21.5 |
| | Labour | Aileen Bell | 1,670 | 21.2 |
| | BNP | Charles Styles | 675 | 8.6 |
| | Conservative | David Crankshaw | 628 | 8.0 |
| | Green | Joan Spencer | 548 | 7.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Ward | 449 | 5.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jill Barrow | 285 | 3.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lesley Schofield | 209 | 2.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,866 | |

### Hollinwood ward

Hollinwood ward (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Jean Stretton | 1,138 | 15.8 |
| | Labour | Stephen Williams | 1,107 | 15.3 |
| | Labour | Brian Ames | 1,066 | 14.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Joynes | 989 | 13.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Barrow | 837 | 11.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Longley | 720 | 10.0 |
| | Conservative | John Berry | 551 | 7.6 |
| | Conservative | Christopher Shyne | 451 | 6.2 |
| | Green | Peter Robbie | 356 | 4.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,215 | |

### Medlock Vale ward

Medlock Vale ward (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Ur Rehman Ateeque | 1,526 | 18.8 |
| | Labour | Gerald Ball | 1,379 | 17.0 |
| | Labour | Jean Jones | 1,297 | 16.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Zahid Hussain | 723 | 8.9 |
| | Green | Ian Payne | 673 | 8.3 |
| | Green | Maureen McGuin | 578 | 7.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jason Robinson | 556 | 6.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bronwyn Thackeray | 552 | 6.8 |
| | Independent | Neelofar Rafiq | 451 | 5.6 |
| | Conservative | Hizzur Rahman | 369 | 4.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,104 | |

### Royton North ward

Royton North ward (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Bernard Judge | 1,740 | 18.4 |
| | Labour | John Larkin | 1,479 | 15.7 |
| | Labour | Olwen Chadderton | 1,370 | 14.5 |
| | Conservative | Jack Lees | 975 | 10.3 |
| | BNP | Norman Corbett | 953 | 10.1 |
| | Conservative | Kenneth Heeks | 728 | 7.7 |
| | UKIP | David Short | 665 | 7.0 |
| | Green | Margaret Kelly | 597 | 6.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tony Farrell | 356 | 3.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Annie Lord | 319 | 3.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | George Womack | 252 | 2.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,434 | |

### Royton South ward

Royton South ward (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Steven Bashforth | 1,438 | 15.5 |
| | Labour | Philip Harrison | 1,438 | 15.5 |
| | Labour | Jill Read | 1,112 | 12.0 |
| | BNP | Anita Corbett | 964 | 10.4 |
| | Conservative | Joseph Farquhar | 865 | 9.3 |
| | Conservative | Allan Fish | 745 | 8.0 |
| | Conservative | Sarah Farquhar | 701 | 7.5 |
| | UKIP | Trevor Hilton | 537 | 5.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Shaw | 522 | 5.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Marjorie Solan | 345 | 3.7 |
| | Green | Ben McCarthy | 326 | 3.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Wingate | 288 | 3.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,281 | |

### Saddleworth North ward

Saddleworth North ward (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Buckley | 1,700 | 15.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Derek Heffernan | 1,526 | 14.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian McInnes | 1,429 | 13.3 |
| | Conservative | Barbara Jackson | 1,124 | 10.5 |
| | Conservative | Graham Sheldon | 1,089 | 10.1 |
| | Conservative | Ann Gee | 1,050 | 9.8 |
| | Labour | Kenneth Hulme | 865 | 8.0 |
| | Labour | Paul Hickling | 738 | 6.9 |
| | Labour | Paul Fryer | 633 | 5.9 |
| | Green | Andrew Threlfall | 587 | 5.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,741 | |

### Saddleworth South ward

Saddleworth South ward (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Knowles | 1,988 | 16.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Wheeler | 1,977 | 16.5 |
| | Conservative | John Hudson | 1,843 | 15.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Valerie Knowles | 1,483 | 12.4 |
| | Conservative | Patricia Byrne | 1,473 | 12.3 |
| | Conservative | Richard Postle | 1,288 | 10.7 |
| | Green | Kay Roney | 521 | 4.3 |
| | Labour | Alastair McGregor | 520 | 4.3 |
| | Labour | Annette Battye | 492 | 4.1 |
| | Labour | Cathryn Ball | 390 | 3.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,975 | |

### Saddleworth West and Lees ward

Saddleworth West and Lees ward (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Valerie Sedgwick | 1,430 | 14.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Lord | 1,239 | 12.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Thomas Beeley | 1,143 | 11.7 |
| | Conservative | Elizabeth Boon | 946 | 9.7 |
| | Labour | John McArdle | 934 | 9.5 |
| | Conservative | George Buston | 900 | 9.2 |
| | Labour | Norman Bennett | 803 | 8.2 |
| | Conservative | John Caddick | 780 | 8.0 |
| | Labour | Ann Buscema | 678 | 6.9 |
| | Green | Mark Lees | 572 | 5.8 |
| | Independent | Robert Allsopp | 369 | 3.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,794 | |

### St James ward

St James ward (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jaqueline Stanton | 1,354 | 18.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | James McArdle | 1,259 | 17.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roger Hindle | 1,146 | 15.5 |
| | Labour | Adrian Alexander | 808 | 11.0 |
| | BNP | Michael Treacy | 797 | 10.8 |
| | Labour | Raymond Mallinson | 590 | 8.0 |
| | Labour | Brian Hurst | 588 | 8.0 |
| | Independent | Paul Andrew | 440 | 6.0 |
| | Conservative | Eileen Hulme | 388 | 5.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,370 | |

### St Marys ward

St Marys ward (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Riaz Ahmed | 1,966 | 16.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mohammed Masud | 1,938 | 16.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Aqeel Salamat | 1,711 | 14.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mohammed Sharif | 1,675 | 13.9 |
| | Labour | Abdul Shah | 1,653 | 13.8 |
| | Labour | Mohammed Azam | 1,348 | 11.2 |
| | Conservative | Nadeem Hussain | 1,067 | 8.9 |
| | Conservative | David Atherton | 653 | 5.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,011 | |

### Shaw ward

Shaw ward (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Howard Sykes | 1,952 | 20.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Angie Farrell | 1,773 | 18.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roderick Blyth | 1,694 | 18.1 |
| | Conservative | David Bentley | 716 | 7.6 |
| | BNP | Alwyn Stott | 705 | 7.5 |
| | Conservative | Kevin Howard | 605 | 6.5 |
| | Conservative | Carole Masters | 596 | 6.4 |
| | Labour | Michael Connolly | 476 | 5.1 |
| | Labour | David Faulkner | 476 | 5.1 |
| | Labour | Lester Chattein | 374 | 4.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,367 | |

### Waterhead ward

Waterhead ward (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Anchor | 1,643 | 19.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kay Knox | 1,608 | 18.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lynn Thompson | 1,316 | 15.2 |
| | Labour | James Leyden | 981 | 11.4 |
| | Labour | Christopher Jones | 879 | 10.2 |
| | Labour | Shadab Qumer | 877 | 10.2 |
| | BNP | Martin Brierley | 660 | 7.6 |
| | Conservative | Edna Wolstenhulme | 365 | 4.2 |
| | Independent | Stuart Allsopp | 298 | 3.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,627 | |

### Werneth ward

Werneth ward (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Fida Hussain | 2,350 | 20.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Khurshid Ahmed | 2,094 | 18.4 |
| | Labour | Shoab Akhtar | 1,872 | 16.4 |
| | Labour | Kamran Ghafoor | 1,698 | 14.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Faisal Khan | 1,546 | 13.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Pendlebury | 1,232 | 10.8 |
| | Conservative | Paul Stephenson | 567 | 5.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,395 | |