# 2010 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Rochdale Council in Greater Manchester, England were held on 6 May 2010, the same day as the General Election, with one-third of the council facing the voters. The Liberal Democrats lost control of the council.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
* Liberal Democrat 26
* Labour 22
* Conservative 11

## Election result

Rochdale Local Election Result 2010 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 9 | 3 | 0 | +3 | | 36.9 | 34,014 | +5.6 |
| Liberal Democrats | 7 | 0 | 5 | -5 | | 31.6 | 29,155 | -4.5 |
| Conservative | 4 | 2 | 0 | +2 | | 25.9 | 23,925 | -0.6 |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.9 | 1,723 | +1.1 |
| Respect | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 1,152 | +1.2 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 467 | +0.5 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 1,839 | +0.8 |

## Ward Results
### Balderstone and Kirkholt ward

Balderstone and Kirkholt ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dale Mulgrew | 1,400 | 37.2 | +0.5 |
| | Labour | Stefan Cholewka | 1094 | 29.1 | −12.0 |
| | Conservative | Michael Butler | 755 | 20.1 | −9.3 |
| | Independent | Darren Pedley | 515 | 13.7 | +13.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 306 | 8.1 | +5.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,764 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Bamford ward

Bamford ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ian Duckworth | 2,269 | 43.5 | −12.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | William Hobhouse | 1,934 | 37.1 | +5.7 |
| | Labour | James Brown | 1,010 | 19.4 | +7.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 335 | 6.4 | −5.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,213 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### Castleton ward

Castleton ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter John Davison | 1,360 | 29.8 | −25.9 |
| | Labour | Jean Hornby | 1305 | 28.6 | +3.0 |
| | Independent | Francis Wilford Salt | 763 | 16.7 | +16.7 |
| | Conservative | Ronnie Crossley | 737 | 16.1 | −2.7 |
| | BNP | Allan Howard Jones | 400 | 8.8 | +8.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 55 | 1.2 | −28.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,565 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Central Rochdale ward

Central Rochdale ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Sultan Ali | 2,334 | 51.2 | +11.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Khalid Mahmood | 1676 | 36.8 | −15.1 |
| | Conservative | Roger Howarth | 550 | 12.1 | +3.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 658 | 14.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,560 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### East Middleton ward

East Middleton ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | June West | 2,180 | 46.9 | +1.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Terrance William Smith | 1298 | 28.0 | +5.1 |
| | Conservative | David Harris | 1166 | 25.1 | −4.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 882 | 19.0 | +0.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,644 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Healey ward

Healey ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hilary Josephine Rogers | 1,718 | 33.5 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Neilson | 1,546 | 30.1 |
| | Labour | Jim Moran | 1,529 | 29.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Taylor | 1,355 | 26.4 |
| | Conservative | Keith Taylor | 1,046 | 20.4 |
| | Labour | Margret Taylor | 1,001 | 19.5 |
| | Green | Ian Andrews | 467 | 9.1 |
| | Green | Samir Chatterjee | 260 | 5.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5128 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Hopwood Hall ward

Hopwood Hall ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Carol Elizabeth Wardle | 2,301 | 49.3 | −4.4 |
| | Conservative | Peter Burt | 1130 | 24.2 | −6.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Anthony MacSparran | 744 | 15.9 | −0.4 |
| | BNP | Donald Ford | 496 | 10.6 | +10.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,171 | 25.1 | +2.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,671 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Kingsway ward

Kingsway ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Daalat Ali | 2,245 | 49.4 | +7.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Doreen Morton | 1,690 | 37.0 | −9.5 |
| | Conservative | Mudassar Razzaq | 624 | 13.7 | +2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 555 | 12.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,559 | | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### Littleborough Lakeside ward

Littleborough Lakeside ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Stephanie Mills | 1,928 | 40.2 | −1.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pauline Maguire | 1,594 | 33.2 | −11.6 |
| | Labour | John Hartley | 1,277 | 26.6 | +12.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 334 | 7.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,799 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### Milkstone and Deeplish ward

Milkstone and Deeplish ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Shah Wazir | 1,774 | 37.2 | −16.5 |
| | Labour | Mohammed Zaman | 1704 | 35.7 | +12.8 |
| | Respect | Javed Iqbal | 999 | 20.9 | +20.9 |
| | Conservative | John Kershaw | 293 | 6.1 | +1.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 70 | 1.5 | −29.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,770 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Milnrow and Newhey ward

Milnrow and Newhey ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew John Kelly | 1,905 | 38.3 | −9.9 |
| | Labour | Martin Eric Rodgers | 1557 | 31.3 | +6.3 |
| | Conservative | Catherine Marie Merrick | 1364 | 27.4 | +0.6 |
| | Respect | Joyce Kathleen Burden | 153 | 3.1 | +3.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 193 | 3.9 | −17.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,979 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Norden ward

Norden ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Wera Hobhouse | 2,240 | 42.1 | +13.2 |
| | Conservative | Maureen Patricia Sullivan | 1927 | 36.2 | −11.8 |
| | Labour | Ann Marie Courtney | 839 | 15.8 | +6.6 |
| | BNP | Arthur Hughes | 319 | 6.0 | −7.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 313 | 5.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,325 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### North Heywood ward

North Heywood ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Rush | 2,028 | 51.7 | +6.9 |
| | Labour | Mervyn Clive Simpson | 1328 | 33.8 | −4.5 |
| | Conservative | David Garnett | 568 | 14.5 | −2.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 700 | 17.8 | +11.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,924 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### North Middleton ward

North Middleton ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jonathan Paul Burns | 2,237 | 51.5 | +9.2 |
| | Conservative | Bernard Thomas Braiden | 1069 | 24.6 | −5.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Frank Cooper | 1040 | 23.9 | −3.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,168 | 26.9 | +15.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,346 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Smallbridge and Firgrove ward

Smallbridge and Firgrove ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Bernard Martin Burke | 1,702 | 42.4 | +5.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Akram | 1381 | 34.4 | −11.3 |
| | Conservative | Len Branton | 934 | 23.3 | +5.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 321 | 8.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,017 | | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### South Middleton ward

South Middleton ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Michael Charles Holly | 2,103 | 41.4 | −17.0 |
| | Labour | Michael Gary Burke | 1977 | 39.0 | +5.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jane Al-Attar | 995 | 19.6 | +11.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 126 | 2.5 | −22.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,075 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Spotland and Falinge ward

Spotland and Falinge ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Surinder Biant | 1,883 | 40.5 | +0.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Clegg | 1483 | 31.9 | −13.0 |
| | Conservative | Steven Scholes | 718 | 15.5 | +0.0 |
| | Independent | Carl Faulkner | 561 | 12.1 | +12.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 400 | 8.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,645 | | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### Wardle and West Littleborough ward

Wardle and West Littleborough ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Robert Clegg | 2,545 | 54.3 | −26.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Reginald James Lane | 1074 | 22.9 | +13.0 |
| | Labour | David Finlay | 1067 | 22.8 | +13.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,471 | 31.4 | −39.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,686 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### West Heywood ward

West Heywood ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Alan Michael McCarthy | 2,203 | 50.3 | −3.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Simon Paul Steward | 1109 | 25.3 | +5.2 |
| | Conservative | Darren Philip Bayman | 1069 | 24.4 | −1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,094 | 25.0 | −1.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,381 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### West Middleton ward

West Middleton ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Neil Patrick Emmott | 2,232 | 54.7 | +2.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Neil Proctor | 712 | 17.4 | −7.6 |
| | Conservative | Robert Alexander Herd | 630 | 15.4 | −7.0 |
| | BNP | Peter Greenwood | 508 | 12.4 | +12.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,520 | 37.2 | +9.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,082 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |