# 2019 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2019 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council in England. The election took place on the same day as other local elections in England.

## Overall results

Vote share changes compared to 2018.
Oldham 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 | 15 | 1 | 75.0 | 30 | 45 | 75.0 | 21,717 | 40.59 | 15.37 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 3 | | 15.0 | 5 | 8 | 13.3 | 7,308 | 13.66 | 1.71 |
| | Independent | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 2 | 3 | 5.0 | 8,792 | 16.43 | 13.08 |
| | Conservative | 1 | | 5.0 | 3 | 4 | 6.7 | 6,456 | 12.07 | 9.96 |
| | UKIP | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5,339 | 9.98 | n/a |
| | Green | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2,081 | 3.89 | 0.60 |
| | Saddleworth First! | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,806 | 3.38 | n/a |

## Ward results

Councillors seeking re-election are marked with an asterisk; they were last elected in 2015 and changes are compared to that year's election.

### Alexandra

Alexandra :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jenny Harrison* | 1,255 | 57.9 | +5.9 |
| | Independent | Muhammad Imran Sarwar | 417 | 19.2 | n/a |
| | UKIP | Carl Sinderby | 263 | 12.1 | −9.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Dinoff | 128 | 5.9 | +1.4 |
| | Conservative | Jawaad Hussain | 106 | 4.9 | −17.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 838 | 38.6 | +8.4 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,169 | 28.51 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -6.65 | |

### Chadderton Central

Chadderton Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Eddie Moores* | 1,180 | 50.8 | +5.8 |
| | UKIP | Marian Goodwin | 435 | 18.7 | n/a |
| | Conservative | Mohammed Shah Jahan | 325 | 14.0 | −7.1 |
| | Green | Jess Mahoney | 256 | 11.0 | +6.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Barbara Ann Beeley | 129 | 5.5 | +2.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 745 | 32.0 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,325 | 29.61 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -6.45 | |

### Chadderton North

Chadderton North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mohon Ali* | 1,388 | 44.3 | −0.7 |
| | Independent | Tracy Woodward | 936 | 29.9 | n/a |
| | Conservative | Mohammed Alom | 468 | 14.9 | −10.3 |
| | Green | Chris Parr | 188 | 6.0 | +2.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Hall | 153 | 4.9 | +0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 452 | 14.4 | −5.5 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,133 | 37.34 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -15.3 | |

### Chadderton South

Chadderton South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Graham Shuttleworth* | 964 | 47.4 | +4.6 |
| | UKIP | Jack Dickenson | 482 | 23.7 | −12.2 |
| | Conservative | Robert Barnes | 390 | 19.2 | +3.6 |
| | Green | Melodey Walker | 123 | 6.0 | +2.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tabirul Islam | 76 | 3.7 | +1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 482 | 23.7 | +16.8 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,035 | 25.74 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +8.4 | |

### Coldhurst

Montaz Azad was elected for Labour in 2015 but was suspended from the party. They stood as an independent; their individual change and Labour's change are based on the same 2015 result.
Coldhurst :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ruji Sapna Surjan | 2,031 | 43.7 | −21.0 |
| | Independent | Montaz Azad* | 1,700 | 36.6 | −28.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kutub Uddin | 537 | 11.5 | −8.1 |
| | Green | Jean Betteridge | 229 | 4.9 | n/a |
| | Conservative | Md Shahid Miah | 153 | 3.3 | −2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 331 | 7.1 | −38.0 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,650 | 53.61 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Crompton

Crompton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Louie Hamblett | 1,233 | 47.2 | +18.5 |
| | UKIP | Colin Francis Jones | 523 | 20.0 | −1.3 |
| | Conservative | Phelyp Bennett | 463 | 17.7 | −5.1 |
| | Labour | Alex Jones-Casey | 391 | 15.0 | −9.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 710 | 27.2 | +23.0 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,610 | 32.20 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +9.9 | |

### Failsworth East

Failsworth East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Brian Hobin | 1,347 | 53.6 | n/a |
| | Labour | Paul Jean Jacques* | 826 | 32.9 | −21.5 |
| | Conservative | Antony Cahill | 295 | 11.7 | −5.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Belmore | 46 | 1.8 | +0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 521 | 20.7 | −10.0 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,514 | 32.08 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing | +37.55 | |

### Failsworth West

Failsworth West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Elaine Garry* | 855 | 36.8 | −9.7 |
| | Independent | Warren Bates | 711 | 30.6 | n/a |
| | UKIP | Annette Evans | 325 | 14.0 | −16.7 |
| | Conservative | Michele Stockton | 192 | 8.3 | −8.7 |
| | Green | Andy Hunter-Rossall | 191 | 8.2 | n/a |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Darlington | 52 | 2.2 | +0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 144 | 6.2 | −10.5 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,326 | 30.42 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -20.15 | |

### Hollinwood

Hollinwood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Steve Williams* | 990 | 56.1 | +2.1 |
| | UKIP | Matthew Woods | 457 | 25.9 | −3.0 |
| | Conservative | Sajjad Hussain | 123 | 7.0 | −3.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Barrow | 118 | 6.7 | +3.2 |
| | Green | David Maybury | 76 | 4.3 | +1.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 533 | 30.2 | +5.1 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,764 | 22.71 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +2.55 | |

### Medlock Vale

Kaiser Rehman was elected for Labour in 2015 but left the party. They stood as an independent; their individual change and Labour's change are based on the same 2015 result.
Medlock Vale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mohammed Alyas | 1,346 | 44.4 | −10.2 |
| | Independent | Kaiser Rehman* | 992 | 32.7 | −21.9 |
| | UKIP | Marcus Esbach | 231 | 7.6 | −17.4 |
| | Independent | Philip Howarth | 186 | 6.1 | n/a |
| | Conservative | Neil Allsopp | 128 | 4.2 | −8.3 |
| | Green | Daniel Clayton | 83 | 2.7 | −1.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rachel Pendlebury | 64 | 2.1 | −0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 354 | 11.7 | −17.9 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,030 | 34.67 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Royton North

Royton North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Clint Phythian* | 840 | 34.0 | −11.1 |
| | Conservative | Allan Fish | 674 | 27.2 | +4.9 |
| | UKIP | Paul Goldring | 573 | 23.2 | −1.6 |
| | Green | Lina Shaw | 219 | 8.9 | +5.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Russell Gosling | 168 | 6.8 | +2.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 166 | 6.7 | −13.7 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,474 | 32.31 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -8.0 | |

### Royton South

Royton South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Steven Bashforth* | 1,014 | 46.4 | +0.4 |
| | UKIP | Anthony Prince | 549 | 25.1 | −0.2 |
| | Conservative | Ian Bond | 289 | 13.2 | −8.2 |
| | Green | Jim Stidworthy | 189 | 8.7 | +5.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ken Berry | 143 | 6.5 | +2.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 465 | 21.3 | +0.6 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,184 | 26.39 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +0.3 | |

### Saddleworth North

Saddleworth North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | George Hulme | 704 | 23.8 | +8.4 |
| | Saddleworth First! | Car Roberts | 650 | 22.0 | n/a |
| | Conservative | Luke Lancaster | 592 | 20.0 | −0.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Eccles | 567 | 19.2 | −6.9 |
| | UKIP | Chris Green | 255 | 8.6 | −7.4 |
| | Independent | Phil Sewell | 188 | 6.4 | n/a |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 54 | 1.8 | −3.4 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,956 | 38.03 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | -7.65 | |

### Saddleworth South

Saddleworth South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Graham Sheldon* | 1,068 | 31.3 | −10.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Lord | 649 | 19.0 | −6.2 |
| | Saddleworth First! | Duncan Goodman | 496 | 14.5 | n/a |
| | Labour | Connor Green | 466 | 13.7 | −8.2 |
| | Independent | Helen Bishop | 435 | 12.8 | n/a |
| | UKIP | Harry Moore | 244 | 7.2 | −3.8 |
| | Independent | Alec Crook | 51 | 1.5 | n/a |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 419 | 11.3 | −5.5 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,409 | 37.15 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -2.2 | |

### Saddleworth West & Lees

Saddleworth West & Lees :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sam Al-Hamdani | 953 | 33.8 | +18.2 |
| | Labour | Adrian Alexander* | 670 | 23.8 | −8.1 |
| | Saddleworth First! | "Boots" Errock | 660 | 23.4 | n/a |
| | UKIP | Paul Taylor | 280 | 9.9 | −12.8 |
| | Conservative | Tom Lord | 254 | 9.0 | −13.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 283 | 10.0 | +0.9 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,817 | 33.63 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +13.15 | |

### Shaw

Shaw :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Chris Gloster* | 1,121 | 50.1 | +18.8 |
| | Labour Co-op | Ken Rustidge | 428 | 19.1 | −7.4 |
| | UKIP | Rob Vance | 318 | 14.2 | −9.0 |
| | Conservative | Lisa Smirk | 259 | 11.6 | −3.9 |
| | Green | Catherine Hunter-Rossall | 112 | 5.0 | +1.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 693 | 31.0 | +25.2 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,238 | 29.54 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +13.1 | |

### St. James

St. James :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Angela Cosgrove* | 634 | 31.9 | −11.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tony Martin | 522 | 26.2 | +15.6 |
| | UKIP | Colin Burrows | 404 | 20.3 | −10.1 |
| | Independent | Amoy Lindo-Crooks | 219 | 11.0 | n/a |
| | Conservative | Atif Ali | 124 | 6.2 | −6.1 |
| | Green | Roger Pakeman | 87 | 4.4 | +1.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 112 | 5.6 | −7.3 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,990 | 25.33 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -13.45 | |

### St. Mary's

St. Mary's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Nyla Ibrahim | 2,625 | 85.2 | +25.7 |
| | Green | Miranda Meadowcroft | 177 | 5.7 | +3.3 |
| | Conservative | Sean Curley | 148 | 4.8 | −1.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pat Lord | 132 | 4.3 | +0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,448 | 79.4 | +36.5 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,082 | 34.67 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +11.2 | |

### Waterhead

Waterhead :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Peter Dean* | 1,233 | 62.2 | +16.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Linda Dawson | 431 | 21.7 | +10.3 |
| | Conservative | Max Woodvine | 319 | 16.1 | +5.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 802 | 40.4 | +23.4 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,983 | 24.62 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +2.85 | |

### Werneth

Werneth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Javid Iqbal* | 1,877 | 49.3 | −31.1 |
| | Independent | Asghar Ali | 1,610 | 42.3 | n/a |
| | Green | Irfat Ahmed Shajahan | 151 | 4.0 | +1.6 |
| | Conservative | Heath Fletcher | 86 | 2.3 | −4.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Pendlebury | 86 | 2.3 | −2.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 267 | 7.0 | −67.0 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,810 | 46.33 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -36.7 | |