# 2006 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Rochdale Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. Overall turnout was 32.98%.
After the election, the composition of the council was
* Liberal Democrat 30
* Labour 20
* Conservative 10

## Election result

Rochdale Local Election Result 2006 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Liberal Democrats | 12 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 60.0 | 41.6 | 21,065 | +3.2% |
| Labour | 6 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 30.0 | 33.4 | 16,877 | +1.1% |
| Conservative | 2 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 10.0 | 23.5 | 11,881 | -3.8% |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 660 | +0.1% |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 122 | New |

## Ward results

Balderstone & Kirkholt :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dale Mulgrew | 957 | 46.5 | +25.1 |
| | Labour | Steven Burke | 660 | 32.1 | −14.6 |
| | Conservative | Linda Butler | 439 | 21.4 | −10.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 297 | 14.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,056 | 28.8 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Bamford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | William Hobhouse | 1,593 | 50.7 | +14.1 |
| | Labour | Sylvia Diggle | 1,193 | 37.9 | +23.7 |
| | Conservative | Valerie Godson | 359 | 11.4 | −38.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 400 | 12.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,145 | 41.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Castleton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Davison | 1,399 | 57.6 | −2.8 |
| | Labour | Colin Thompson | 646 | 26.6 | +5.0 |
| | Conservative | Ronald Crossley | 384 | 15.8 | −2.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 753 | 31.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,429 | 32.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Central Rochdale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ibrar Khan | 1,763 | 49.1 | +16.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Shah Wazir | 1,472 | 41.0 | −13.0 |
| | Conservative | Roger Howarth | 354 | 9.9 | −3.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 291 | 8.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,589 | 47.2 | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
East Middleton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David Murphy | 900 | 41.2 | −7.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mark Brady | 845 | 38.7 | −12.2 |
| | Conservative | Susan Pawson | 438 | 20.1 | +20.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 55 | 2.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,183 | 28.3 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Healey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Taylor | 1,250 | 39.0 | −15.1 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Neilson | 738 | 23.0 | −7.3 |
| | BNP | Donald Mooney | 660 | 20.6 | +20.6 |
| | Labour | Abdul Chowdry | 434 | 13.5 | −2.1 |
| | Green | Samir Chatterjee | 122 | 3.8 | +3.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 512 | 16.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,204 | 41.1 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Hopwood Hall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Carol Wardle | 1,267 | 53.2 | +9.0 |
| | Conservative | Peter Burt | 761 | 31.9 | −3.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Malcome Heard | 355 | 14.9 | −6.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 506 | 21.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,383 | 29.7 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Kingsway :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mark Birkett | 1,218 | 45.3 | +6.6 |
| | Labour | Tom Stott | 1,158 | 43.0 | +5.9 |
| | Conservative | Philip Grantham | 314 | 11.7 | −12.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 60 | 2.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,690 | 34.2 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Littleborough Lakeside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pauline Maguire | 1,293 | 53.5 | +2.3 |
| | Conservative | Frank Mills | 785 | 32.5 | −2.0 |
| | Labour | Derek Snowden | 339 | 14.0 | −0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 508 | 21.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,417 | 30.8 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Milkstone & Deeplish :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Angela Coric | 1,931 | 54.0 | −10.9 |
| | Labour | Imtiaz Ahmed | 1,379 | 38.6 | +8.8 |
| | Conservative | Mudassar Razzaq | 266 | 7.4 | +2.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 552 | 15.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,576 | 47.6 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Milnrow & Newhey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Denis Whittle | 1,298 | 55.2 | +2.1 |
| | Conservative | Michael Butler | 581 | 24.7 | +5.4 |
| | Labour | Geoffrey Coady | 472 | 20.1 | −7.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 717 | 30.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,351 | 30.3 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Norden :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Wera Hobhouse | 1,327 | 49.2 | +16.3 |
| | Conservative | Paul Chadwick | 1,109 | 41.1 | −11.5 |
| | Labour | Muhammad Malik | 263 | 9.7 | −4.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 218 | 8.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,699 | 36.1 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
North Heywood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Rush | 1,034 | 50.0 | +19.5 |
| | Labour | Nick Maher | 748 | 36.2 | −10.1 |
| | Conservative | Norman Warwick | 285 | 13.8 | −9.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 286 | 13.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,067 | 28.2 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |
North Middleton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ian Robertson | 811 | 43.8 | +4.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Neil Lever | 564 | 30.5 | −1.1 |
| | Conservative | David Harris | 475 | 25.7 | −3.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 247 | 13.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,850 | 23.4 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Smallbridge & Firgrove :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Akram | 817 | 40.8 | −2.5 |
| | Labour | Lorraine Butterworth | 769 | 38.4 | +4.2 |
| | Conservative | Keith Taylor | 417 | 20.8 | −1.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 48 | 2.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,003 | 26.7 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |
South Middleton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Michael Holly | 1,261 | 42.9 | +2.0 |
| | Labour | Peter Williams | 1,242 | 42.2 | +2.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Guisbourne-Hilton | 439 | 14.9 | −4.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 19 | 0.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,942 | 37.6 | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Spotland & Falinge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Clegg | 1,713 | 63.5 | +2.4 |
| | Labour | James Brown | 592 | 22.0 | +0.1 |
| | Conservative | Steven Scholes | 391 | 14.5 | −2.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,121 | 41.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,696 | 33.9 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Wardle & West Littleborough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Robert Clegg | 1,652 | 68.0 | +5.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hilary Rodgers | 477 | 19.6 | −3.9 |
| | Labour | Pauline Mann | 299 | 12.3 | −1.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,175 | 48.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,428 | 34.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
West Heywood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Alan McCarthy | 954 | 47.2 | +1.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Doreen Brophy-Lee | 585 | 28.9 | +28.9 |
| | Conservative | Kathryn Burt | 484 | 23.9 | −4.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 369 | 18.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,023 | 23.9 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
West Middleton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Robin Parker | 988 | 54.2 | −0.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Barbara Guisbourne-Hilton | 498 | 27.3 | +27.3 |
| | Conservative | David Pawson | 388 | 21.3 | −2.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 490 | 26.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,824 | 23.7 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |