2007 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the Council was up for election.

The Labour Party lost overall control of the Council.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Labour 30
• Liberal Democrat 26
• Conservative 3
• Independent (politician) 1

Election result

Oldham Local Election Result 2007

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	9	1	2	-1		36.3	20,876	+2.3
	Labour	9	2	3	-1		34.6	19,863	+5.1
	Conservative	2	2	0	+2		21.1	12,147	+0.1
	BNP	0	0	0			2.9	1,683	-2.1
	Green	0	0	0			2.4	1,367	-3.4
	Independent	0	0	0			1.7	967	-3.0
	UKIP	0	0	0			0.9	541	+0.9

Ward results

Alexandra ward

Alexandra ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Glynis Shaw	906	44.1	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Dinoff	765	37.2	+7.6
	Conservative	Paul Stephenson	244	11.9	+0.4
	Green	Kay Roney	139	6.8	-0.2
Majority			141	6.9	-7.4
Turnout			2,054
	Labour hold		Swing

Chadderton Central ward

Chadderton Central ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eileen Hulme	1,218	51.2	+19.2
	Labour	Tony Brownridge	997	41.9	+3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Ali	164	6.9	-8.7
Majority			221	9.3
Turnout			2,379
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Chadderton North ward

Chadderton North ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Len Quinn	1,266	44.0	-4.1
	Labour	Susan Dean	983	34.2	-2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Nazia Raja	317	11.0	+1.0
	Independent	Eric Trigg	160	5.6	+5.6
	UKIP	David Short	150	5.2	+5.2
Majority			293	9.8	-2.0
Turnout			2,876
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Chadderton South ward

Chadderton South ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Jones	1,080	44.4	+0.3
	Conservative	John Berry	602	24.7	-5.0
	BNP	Martin Brierley	483	19.8	+19.8
	Liberal Democrats	Pat Lord	170	11.1	+0.6
Majority			478	20.5	+6.1
Turnout			2,335
	Labour hold		Swing

Coldhurst ward

Coldhurst ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jilad Miah	1,753	43.2	-6.5
	Labour	Mohammed Islam	1,378	33.5	+10.8
	Conservative	Abu Choudhury	654	16.1	-11.5
	Independent	Nuruz Zaman	220	5.4	+5.4
	Independent	Giash Uddin	55	1.4	+1.4
Majority			375	9.2	-12.9
Turnout			4,060
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Crompton ward

Crompton ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Dillon	1,550	55.6	+1.5
	Conservative	David Dunning	606	21.7	-4.2
	Labour	Wyn Dillon	476	17.1	+5.0
	Green	Fiona Southall	157	5.6	-2.3
Majority			944	33.8	+5.7
Turnout			2,789
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Failsworth East ward

Failsworth East ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jim McMahon	1,476	57.9	+9.8
	Conservative	Paul Martin	825	32.3	+0.7
	Green	John Parker	154	6.0	-8.0
	Liberal Democrats	Dorothy Shaw	96	3.8	-2.5
Majority			651	25.5	+9.0
Turnout			2,551
	Labour hold		Swing

Failsworth West ward

Failsworth West ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Glenys Butterworth	881	36.2	-13.2
	Conservative	Ian Barker	735	30.2	+9.3
	Green	Warren Bates	691	28.4	+5.9
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Taylor	124	5.1	-2.1
Majority			146	6.0	-20.9
Turnout			2,431
	Labour hold		Swing

Hollinwood ward

Hollinwood ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Pendlebury	943	42.3	+1.4
	Labour	Steve Williams	905	40.6	+3.9
	Conservative	David McDonald	285	12.8	-1.5
	Green	David Roney	94	4.2	-4.0
Majority			38	1.7	-2.5
Turnout			2,227
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Medlock Vale ward

Medlock Vale ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ged Ball	1,284	58.2	+23.7
	Conservative	Ken Heeks	490	22.2	+15.6
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Bagley	431	19.5	-14.5
Majority			794	36.0	+35.5
Turnout			2,205
	Labour hold		Swing

Royton North ward

Royton North ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Larkin	1,207	40.3	+2.2
	Conservative	Joseph Farquhar	905	30.2	+5.0
	BNP	Anita Corbett	486	16.2	-8.8
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Renold	268	9.0	-2.7
	UKIP	Trevor Hilton	126	4.2	+4.2
Majority			302	10.1	-2.8
Turnout			2,992
	Labour hold		Swing

Royton South ward

Royton South ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steven Bashforth	1,079	37.1	+9.6
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Barratt	968	33.3	+0.1
	Conservative	Allan Fish	598	20.5	+2.2
	UKIP	Chris Shyne	265	9.1	+9.1
Majority			129	4.8
Turnout			2,910
	Labour hold		Swing

Saddleworth North ward

Saddleworth North ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Heffernan	1,813	55.7	+0.0
	Conservative	Barbara Jackson	794	24.4	-0.3
	Labour	Ken Hulme	650	20.0	+6.8
Majority			1,019	31.3	+1.2
Turnout			3,257
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Saddleworth South ward

Saddleworth South ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Wheeler	2,079	55.1	+2.4
	Conservative	John Hudson	1,211	32.1	-1.6
	Labour	Brian Ames	265	7.0	+0.0
	Independent	Christine Beaumont-Rydings	220	5.8	+5.8
Majority			868	23.0	+4.0
Turnout			3,775
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Saddleworth West and Lees ward

Saddleworth West and Lees ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Lord	1,571	55.0	+12.5
	Conservative	Graham Sheldon	747	26.2	+1.6
	Labour	Paul Hickling	537	18.8	-2.5
Majority			824	28.9	+9.6
Turnout			2,855
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St James ward

St James ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	James McArdle	1,014	52.5	+15.4
	Labour	Adrian Alexander	636	30.0	+6.6
	BNP	Craig Lawton	371	17.5	-2.9
Majority			378	18.7	+5.0
Turnout			2,021
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St Marys ward

St Marys ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shadab Qumer	2,236	52.2	+32.6
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Masud	2,044	47.8	+21.2
Majority			192	4.5
Turnout			4,280
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Shaw ward

Shaw ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Alcock	1,472	55.9	+15.0
	Labour	Dilys Fletcher	350	13.3	-0.3
	BNP	Alwyn Stott	343	13.0	-3.0
	Conservative	Kevin Howard	337	12.8	+3.1
	Independent	David Bentley	131	5.0	-13.6
Majority			1,122	42.6	+20.3
Turnout			2,633
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Waterhead ward

Waterhead ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kay Knox	1,556	62.0	+13.2
	Labour	Jennifer Harrison	642	25.6	-5.8
	Independent	Stuart Allsopp	181	7.2	-1.2
	Green	Stuart Fielding	132	5.3	-1.9
Majority			914	36.4	+19.0
Turnout			2,511
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Werneth ward

Werneth ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Javid Iqbal	1,895	46.2	-2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Khurshid Ahmed	1,578	38.5	-4.5
	Conservative	Mohammed Jahan	630	15.4	+7.0
Majority			317	7.7	+2.1
Turnout			4,103
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

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