2018 local election in England, UK
Map showing the results of the 2018 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election The 2018 Rochdale Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Rochdale Borough Council in England.[1] [2] This was on the same day as other local elections .
Overall result Vote share changes compared to 2016 .
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council Party This election Full council This election Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/− Labour 16 80.0% 31 47 78.3% 26,250 52.09% Conservative 3 15.0% 7 10 16.7% 13,590 26.97% Liberal Democrats 1 5.0% 2 3 5.0% 6,558 13.01% UKIP 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 1,989 3.95% Independent 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 1,350 2.68% Green 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 656 1.30%
Ward results Balderstone & Kirkholt Balderstone & Kirkholt Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Kathleen Nickson 938 51.5 -8.7 Conservative John Kershaw 427 23.5 +14.4 Liberal Democrats Mark Alcock 368 20.2 +9.5 Green Abdus Mir 87 4.8 +2.3
Bamford Bamford Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Angela Smith 1,713 52.1 +3.2 Labour Martin Ayers 1357 41.3 +10.1 Liberal Democrats Roy Thornsby 215 6.5 +0.7
Castleton Castleton Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Aasim Rashid 1,008 41.3 -19.3 Conservative Michael James Cullen 967 39.7 +30.8 Green Jonathan Kershaw 158 6.5 +2.3 Independent Brian Bamford 155 6.4 N/A Liberal Democrats Tony Hughes 150 6.2 N/A
Central Rochdale Central Rochdale Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Sultan Ali 2,171 63.8 -16.2 Liberal Democrats Zulfiqar Ali 974 28.6 +22.7 Conservative Roger Howarth 185 5.4 +1.1 Green Adam Mir 72 2.1 -1.3
East Middleton East Middleton Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour June West 1,303 61.7 +4.3 Conservative Rebecca Howard 511 24.2 +10.9 UKIP Robert Mudd 299 14.2 -15.2
Healey Healey Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Kieran Heakin 1,252 44.8 +1.6 Conservative Andrew Neilson 926 33.2 +4.6 Liberal Democrats Robert McLean 486 17.4 +10.8 Green AJ Rennie 128 4.6 +0.3
Hopwood Hall Hopwood Hall Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Carol Wardle 1,185 55.3 +2.9 Conservative Paul Ellison 659 30.8 +7.7 UKIP Angela Gardner 299 14.0 -10.4
Kingsway Kingsway Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Daalat Ali 1,911 64.0 -7.2 Liberal Democrats David Clayton 730 24.5 +13.3 Conservative Richard Duckworth 254 8.5 -1.9 Green Firuz Ali 90 3.0 -4.3
Littleborough Lakeside Littleborough Lakeside Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Janet Emsley 1,149 46.2 -1.0 Conservative Keith Taylor 843 33.9 +9.2 Liberal Democrats Zoe Attwood 496 19.9 +15.8
Mikstone & Deeplish Mikstone & Deeplish Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Sameena Zaheer 2,402 86.6 +9.2 Liberal Democrats Richard Eden-Maughan 209 7.5 -6.3 Conservative Jacqueline Holt 162 5.8 +1.3
Milnrow & Newhey Milnrow & Newhey Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats David Bamford 1,468 49.5 -1.2 Labour Neil Butterworth 984 33.2 +6.7 Conservative Edward Carpenter 511 17.2 +14.1
Norden Norden Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Mike Holly 1,646 62.0 +6.2 Labour Anthony Bennett 738 27.8 +7.7 Liberal Democrats John Farrington 150 5.6 +1.8 Green Mick Coats 121 4.6 -0.9
North Heywood North Heywood Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Peter Rush 1,188 64.3 -6.5 Conservative Stephen Pritchard 339 18.4 +2.1 UKIP Stephen Sanderson 232 12.6 N/A Liberal Democrats Sue Curzon 88 4.8 -8.1
North Middleton North Middleton Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Kallum Nolan 1,113 52.3 -6.5 Independent Keely O'Mara 343 16.1 N/A UKIP Thomas Barnes 304 14.3 -16.2 Conservative Oliver Bleasdale 295 13.8 +3.0 Liberal Democrats John Wilkins 75 3.5 N/A
Smallbridge & Firgrove Smallbridge & Firgrove Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour John Blundell 1,528 70.1 +14.7 Conservative Leonard Branton 348 16.0 +5.7 Liberal Democrats Eleanor Kelly 304 13.9 +3.4
South Middleton South Middleton Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Patricia Dale 1,275 47.9 +1.3 Conservative Andy Dale 1020 38.3 +16.2 UKIP Richard Whitaker 222 8.3 -17.1 Liberal Democrats Emma Griffin 146 5.5 +1.8
Spotland & Falinge Spotland & Falinge Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Faisal Rana 1,777 56.0 +7.5 Independent Carl Faulkner 852 26.9 +3.7 Conservative Steven Scholes 303 9.5 +1.1 Liberal Democrats James Earnshaw 241 7.6 -6.4
Wardle & West Littleborough Wardle & West Littleborough Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative John Taylor 1,666 66.0 +6.4 Labour Julian Farnell 614 24.3 +4.0 Liberal Democrats Lynn Butterworth 243 9.6 +4.6
West Heywood West Heywood Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Alan McCarthy 1,065 53.5 -4.0 Conservative Rachel McLachlan 416 20.9 +10.1 UKIP Michael O'Brien 293 14.7 -17.0 Liberal Democrats Harry Mills 215 10.8 N/A
West Middleton West Middleton Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Neil Emmott 1,292 63.6 -0.5 Conservative Daniel Davidson 399 19.6 +12.7 UKIP Lee Seville 340 16.7 -12.3
By-elections and other changes Kathleen Nickson of Balderstone and Kirkholt ward defected from Labour to the Liberal Democrats in January 2019, saying that the Labour leadership "told [me] what to do, what to say and how to vote."[3]
References ^ "Your next election or referendum". rochdale.gov.uk . Rochdale Borough Council. Retrieved 23 April 2018 . ^ "Election results by wards". rochdale.gov.uk . Rochdale Borough Council. Retrieved 7 May 2018 . ^ Statham, Nick. "Labour councillor defects after claiming she was being 'blocked' from doing her job". Manchester Evening News . Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 1 July 2019 .