# 2010 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Oldham Council were held on 6 May 2010, on the same day as the UK General Election. One third of the council was up for election. The council remained in no overall control..
After the election, the composition of the council was
* Labour 27
* Liberal Democrat 27
* Conservative 6

## Election result

Oldham Local Election Result 2010 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 13 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 38.3 | 37,297 | +6.8 |
| Liberal Democrats | 7 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 30.5 | 29,753 | -7.1 |
| Conservative | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 25.5 | 24,883 | +1.1 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4.3 | 4,153 | +2.2 |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.5 | 516 | -1.3 |
| England First | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.4 | 425 | -0.9 |
| Respect | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.4 | 387 | +0.4 |

## Ward results
### Alexandra ward

Alexandra ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Hugh McDonald | 1,337 | 34.4 | +5.3 |
| | Conservative | Raja Iqbal | 923 | 23.7 | −6.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pat Lord | 815 | 21.0 | −12.8 |
| | Independent | Asaf Ali | 631 | 16.2 | +16.2 |
| | Independent | Phil Howarth | 181 | 4.7 | −1.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 414 | 10.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,887 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Chadderton Central ward

Chadderton Central ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Colin McLaren | 2,430 | 50.6 | +18.6 |
| | Conservative | Robert Barnes | 1,450 | 30.2 | −5.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kevin Dawson | 858 | 17.9 | +10.1 |
| | Respect | Ikram Ali | 66 | 1.4 | +1.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 980 | 20.4 | +16.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,804 | 60.68 | +25.81 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Chadderton North ward

Chadderton North ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Barbara Brownridge | 2,244 | 43.2 | +12.8 |
| | Conservative | Phil Rogers | 1,969 | 37.9 | −17.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Taylor | 816 | 15.7 | +1.9 |
| | Respect | Ibrahim Ali | 166 | 3.2 | +3.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 275 | 5.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,195 | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Chadderton South ward

Chadderton South ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Joy Wrigglesworth | 2,362 | 53.1 | +12.4 |
| | Conservative | Lewis Quigg | 1,480 | 33.3 | +2.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Fazal Fazal | 608 | 13.7 | +3.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 882 | 19.8 | +10.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,450 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Coldhurst ward

Coldhurst ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Abdul Malik | 2,678 | 49.9 | −2.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mohib Uddin | 2,100 | 39.1 | +0.3 |
| | Conservative | Sharif Miah | 593 | 11.0 | +2.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 578 | 10.8 | −3.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,371 | | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### Crompton ward

Crompton ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philomena Dillon | 2,458 | 44.7 | −14.1 |
| | Conservative | David Dunning | 1,413 | 25.7 | −3.1 |
| | Labour | Gareth Jones | 1,107 | 20.1 | +7.7 |
| | BNP | Alwyn Stott | 516 | 9.4 | +9.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,045 | 19.0 | −11.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,494 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Failsworth East ward

Failsworth East ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Barbara Dawson | 2,492 | 52.9 | +9.6 |
| | Conservative | David McDonald | 1,438 | 30.5 | −13.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dorothy Shaw | 546 | 11.6 | +5.9 |
| | Independent | John Parker | 235 | 22.4 | +24.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,054 | 22.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,711 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Failsworth West ward

Failsworth West ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Battye | 2,062 | 45.3 | +12.2 |
| | Conservative | Neil Cartridge | 1,285 | 28.2 | −9.5 |
| | Independent | Warren Bates | 640 | 14.1 | +14.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Phil Renold | 564 | 12.4 | +7.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 777 | 17.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,551 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Hollinwood ward

Hollinwood ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jean Stretton | 1,653 | 43.8 | +3.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Barrow | 1,281 | 34.0 | −17.4 |
| | Conservative | Ann Heeks | 568 | 15.1 | +6.7 |
| | Independent | John Berry | 269 | 7.1 | +7.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 372 | 9.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,771 | | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### Medlock Vale ward

Medlock Vale ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Yasmin Toor | 1,877 | 42.1 | +2.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rafiq Pazeer | 1,606 | 36.0 | +3.5 |
| | Conservative | Ken Heeks | 886 | 18.9 | +11.0 |
| | Respect | Habibur Rahman | 94 | 2.1 | +2.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 271 | 6.1 | −1.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,463 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Royton North ward

Royton North ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Olwen Chadderton | 2,539 | 48.5 | +12.3 |
| | Conservative | Joseph Farquhar | 1,684 | 32.1 | +5.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Fairbrother | 1,016 | 19.4 | −5.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 855 | 16.3 | +7.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,239 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Royton South ward

Royton South ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Phil Harrison | 2,047 | 40.9 | +10.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mari Wiswell | 1,484 | 29.6 | −13.2 |
| | Conservative | Allan Fish | 1,416 | 28.3 | +1.6 |
| | Respect | Zaki Mostufa | 61 | 1.2 | +1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 563 | 11.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,008 | | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### Saddleworth North ward

Saddleworth North ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Roughley | 1,879 | 33.9 | −20.0 |
| | Independent | Ken Hulme | 1,628 | 29.4 | +29.4 |
| | Conservative | Pam Byrne | 1,223 | 22.1 | −6.2 |
| | Labour | Aileen Bell | 816 | 14.7 | −10.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 251 | 4.5 | −26.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,546 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Saddleworth South ward

Saddleworth South ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | John McCann | 2,731 | 47.0 | −1.5 |
| | Conservative | Graham Sheldon | 2,396 | 41.2 | −2.0 |
| | Labour | Kaiser Rehman | 685 | 5.8 | −6.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 335 | 5.2 | −17.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,812 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Saddleworth West and Lees ward

Saddleworth West and Lees ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Barbara Beeley | 2,625 | 48.7 | −7.1 |
| | Labour | Paul Fryer | 1,438 | 26.5 | +8.9 |
| | Conservative | Derek Chadderton | 1,340 | 22.0 | −2.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,187 | 29.1 | +0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,403 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### St James ward

St James ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roger Hindle | 1,595 | 39.4 | −5.4 |
| | Labour | Nigel Newton | 1,332 | 32.9 | +10.9 |
| | Conservative | David Atherton | 697 | 17.2 | −0.9 |
| | England First | Andrew Clayton | 425 | 10.5 | −4.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 263 | 6.5 | +16.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,049 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### St Marys ward

St Marys ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ali Salamat | 2,649 | 49.1 | +12.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ajawat Hussain | 2,229 | 41.3 | −14.7 |
| | Conservative | David Caddick | 520 | 9.6 | +2.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 420 | 7.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,398 | | |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | | |

### Shaw ward

Shaw ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rod Blyth | 2,233 | 47.5 | −9.8 |
| | Conservative | Phelyp Bennet | 1,454 | 30.9 | +14.7 |
| | Labour | Dilys Fletcher | 1,014 | 21.6 | +10.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 779 | 16.6 | −24.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,701 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Waterhead ward

Waterhead ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lynne Thompson | 1,774 | 39.4 | −17.9 |
| | Labour | Joseph Fitzpatrick | 1,582 | 35.1 | +13.5 |
| | Conservative | Edna Wolstenhulme | 655 | 14.5 | +1.0 |
| | Independent | Stuart Allsopp | 496 | 11.0 | +3.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 192 | 4.3 | −31.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,507 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Werneth ward

Werneth ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Shoab Akhtar | 2,963 | 58.5 | +1.0 |
| | Conservative | Basit Shah | 1,493 | 29.5 | +20.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Begley | 535 | 10.6 | −22.9 |
| | Independent | Koddus Ali | 73 | 1.4 | +1.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,470 | 29.0 | +5.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,064 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |