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2023 Rochdale Council election
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20 out of 60 seats of Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council
31 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
  Blank Blank
Leader Neil Emmott John Taylor
Party Labour Conservative
Last election 42 seats, 50.8% 10 seats, 20.3%
Seats won 16 3
Seats after 46 9
Seat change Increase 3 Decrease 1
Popular vote 27,837 9667
Percentage 56.5% 19.6%
Swing Increase 5.7 Decrease 0.9
  Third party Fourth party
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Leader Andy Kelly Lee Wolf
Party Liberal Democrats Middleton Ind.
Last election 3 seats, 17.3% 5 seats, 9.1%
Seats won 1 0
Seats after 3 3
Seat change Steady 0 Decrease 2
Popular vote 5865 2461
Percentage 11.9% 5.0%
Swing Decrease 5.4 Decrease 4.1
The winner of each seat in the 2023 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council Election
Leader before election

Neil Emmott
Labour

Leader after election

Neil Emmott
Labour

The 2023 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council elections took place on 4 May 2023 alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom. One third of seats (20) on Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council were contested.

Labour retained its majority on the council.[1][2]

Background

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The Local Government Act 1972 created a two-tier system of metropolitan counties and districts covering Greater Manchester, Merseyside, South Yorkshire, Tyne and Wear, the West Midlands, and West Yorkshire starting in 1974. Rochdale was a district of the Greater Manchester metropolitan county.[3] The Local Government Act 1985 abolished the metropolitan counties, with metropolitan districts taking on most of their powers as metropolitan boroughs. The Greater Manchester Combined Authority was created in 2011 and began electing the mayor of Greater Manchester from 2017, which was given strategic powers covering a region coterminous with the former Greater Manchester metropolitan county.[4]

Since its formation, Rochdale has variously been under Labour control, Liberal Democrat control, Conservative control and no overall control. Councillors have predominantly been elected from the Labour Party, Liberal Democrats and the Conservative Party, with some independent councillors also serving. The council has had an overall Labour majority since the 2011.

In the most recent election in 2022, where all 60 seats on the council were up for election, Labour won 42 seats with 50% of the vote, the Conservatives won ten seats with 20% of the vote, the Middleton Independents Party won five seats with 9% of the vote and the Liberal Democrats won three seats with 17% of the vote.[5]

Electoral process

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The council generally elects its councillors in thirds, with a third being up for election every year for three years, with no election in the fourth year.[6][7] The election will be conducted using the first-past-the-post voting system, with each ward electing one councillor.

All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in Rochdale aged 18 or over were entitled to vote in the election. People who lived at two addresses in different councils, such as university students with different term-time and holiday addresses, were entitled to be registered for and vote in elections in both local authorities. Voting in-person at polling stations took place from 07:00 to 22:00 on election day, and voters were able to apply for postal votes or proxy votes in advance of the election.

Results

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2023 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 16 3 Increase 80 30 46 76.7 26,198 51.2
  Conservative 3 1 Decrease 15 6 9 15.0 11,306 22.1
  Liberal Democrats 1 0 Steady 5 2 3 5.0 5,865 11.5
  Green 0 0 Steady 0 0 0 3,664 7.2
  Middleton Ind. 0 2 Decrease 0 2 2 3.3 3,368 6.6
  Independent 0 0 Steady 0 0 0 607 1.2
  Freedom Alliance 0 0 Steady 0 0 0 197 0.4

Asterisks denote incumbent councillors seeking re-election.

Balderstone & Kirkholt

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Balderstone & Kirkholt[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Elsie Blundell 1,124 58.4 +8.9
Conservative Mudassar Razzaq 451 23.4 −0.1
Green Jordan Eves 185 9.6 −5.5
Independent Laura Grabowska 164 8.5 +1.9
Majority 673 35.0
Turnout 1,924
Labour hold

Bamford

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Bamford[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Steve Anstee 1,580 53.8 +6.2
Labour Rosie Choudhury 1,033 35.2 +2.5
Liberal Democrats Siobhain Cunnane 324 11.0 −1.5
Majority 547 18.6
Turnout 2,937
Conservative hold

Castleton

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Castleton[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Aasim Rashid 882 39.4 −5.4
Conservative Malcolm Bywater 473 21.1 −6.1
Independent David Jones 443 19.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats John Swarbrick 227 10.1 −6.3
Green Jonathan Kershaw 213 9.5 N/A
Majority 409
Turnout 2,238
Labour hold

Central Rochdale

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Central Rochdale[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sameena Zaheer 2,487 72.9 +20.9
Liberal Democrats Abdul Ghafoor 601 17.6 −18.0
Conservative Shajan Ali 323 9.5 +5.5
Majority 1,886 55.3
Turnout 3,411
Labour hold

East Middleton

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East Middleton[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Terry Smith 1,588 61.7 +19.5
Middleton Ind. Bernard Wynne 697 27.1 −17.9
Conservative Aaron Slack 289 11.2 N/A
Majority 891 34.6
Turnout 2,574
Labour gain from Middleton Ind.

Healey

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Healey[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tricia Ayrton 1,789 68.9 +17.9
Conservative Sajid Mahmood 587 22.6 −9.4
Liberal Democrats Safina Kauser 221 8.5 −3.6
Majority 1,202 46.3
Turnout 2,597
Labour hold

Hopwood Hall

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Hopwood Hall[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Hodgkinson 1,415 64.9 +18.1
Conservative Claudius Chonzi 408 18.7 −10.5
Middleton Ind. Matthew Glaysher 257 11.8 −5.5
Liberal Democrats Iain Donaldson 100 4.6 N/A
Majority 1,007 46.2
Turnout 2,180
Labour hold

Kingsway

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Kingsway[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rachel Massey 1,650 68.6 +12.4
Conservative Ibrahim Khalil 384 16.0 −7.8
Liberal Democrats Sharon Taylor 200 8.3 −4.6
Green Mark Hollinrake 172 7.1 −5.0
Majority 1,266 52.6
Turnout 2,406
Labour hold

Littleborough Lakeside

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Littleborough Lakeside[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard Jackson 1,103 44.1 +12.6
Conservative John Hartley 1,096 43.9 +2.0
Green Guy Otten 239 9.6 −5.8
Liberal Democrats Zarah Kauser 64 2.6 −12.8
Majority 7 0.2
Turnout 2,502
Labour gain from Conservative

Milkstone & Deeplish

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Milkstone & Deeplish[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Aiza Rashid 1,898 80.0 +32.0
Liberal Democrats Naveed Akhtar 232 9.8 −27.4
Conservative Raja Miah 148 6.2 +1.8
Green Feruz Ali 94 4.0 N/A
Majority 1,666 70.2
Turnout 2,372
Labour hold

Milnrow & Newhey

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Milnrow & Newhey[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Dave Bamford 1,297 47.2 −7.7
Labour Avis Gilmore 935 34.0 +9.5
Conservative Aiden Forshaw 349 12.7 −3.4
Green Stephen Sharp 167 6.1 N/A
Majority 362 13.2
Turnout 2,748
Liberal Democrats hold

Norden

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Norden[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mike Holly 1,462 53.9 +4.5
Labour Farhat Kazmi 638 23.5 +2.7
Liberal Democrats Stephanie Robertson 382 14.1 −4.5
Green Sarah Croke 229 8.4 N/A
Majority 824 30.4
Turnout 2,711
Conservative hold

North Heywood

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North Heywood[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Beverley Place 1,268 78.6 +15.2
Conservative Nigel Morrell 346 21.4 N/A
Majority 922 57.2
Turnout 1,614
Labour hold

North Middleton

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North Middleton[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Elizabeth Atewologun 1,236 50.0 +12.3
Middleton Ind. Lee Wolf 1,006 40.7 +1.9
Conservative Darren Bayman 228 9.2 −4.8
Majority 230 9.3
Turnout 2,470
Labour gain from Middleton Ind.

Smallbridge & Firgrove

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Smallbridge & Firgrove[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Amna Mir 1,153 51.2 +2.8
Liberal Democrats Fezan Khalid 606 26.9 −4.1
Conservative Saliah Begum 294 13.1 −5.1
Freedom Alliance Paul Ashton 197 8.8 N/A
Majority 547 24.3
Turnout 2,250
Labour hold

South Middleton

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South Middleton[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Patricia Dale 1,527 51.8 +9.9
Middleton Ind. Emma Hezelgrave-Whitworth 937 31.8 +0.6
Conservative Bernard Braiden 486 16.5 −7.6
Majority 590 20.0
Turnout 2,950
Labour hold

Spotland & Falinge

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Spotland & Falinge[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Amber Nisa 1,479 49.3 +0.4
Liberal Democrats Rabina Asghar 1,143 38.1 +7.5
Conservative Annmarie Conway 198 6.6 −4.2
Green Mick Coats 179 6.0 −5.3
Majority 336 11.2
Turnout 2,999
Labour hold

Wardle, Shore & West Littleborough

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Wardle, Shore & West Littleborough[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Taylor 1,504 59.6 +6.3
Labour Julian Farnell 689 27.3 +3.9
Green Hannah MacGuire 186 7.4 −1.7
Liberal Democrats Eleanor Kelly 146 5.8 −4.1
Majority 815 32.3
Turnout 2,525
Conservative hold

West Heywood

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West Heywood[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Linda Robinson 1,184 60.4 +10.5
Conservative Jordan Tarrant-Short 543 27.7 −6.8
Liberal Democrats Tom Shaw 232 11.8 N/A
Majority 641 32.7
Turnout 1,959
Labour hold

West Middleton

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West Middleton[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Neil Emmott 1,120 60.9 +16.6
Middleton Ind. Peter Shore 471 25.6 −6.3
Conservative Matt Roughsedge 157 8.5 −2.7
Liberal Democrats Nikki Edwards 90 4.9 +0.7
Majority 649 35.3
Turnout 1,838
Labour hold

References

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  1. ^ Scheerhout, John; Tweed, Lyell (4 May 2023). "Rochdale council local elections 2023 results in full". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Local elections 2023: Labour replace Tories as Bolton's biggest party". BBC News. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  3. ^ Local Government in England and Wales: A Guide to the New System. London: HMSO. 1974. p. 7. ISBN 0-11-750847-0.
  4. ^ "The Greater Manchester Combined Authority Order 2011". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  5. ^ "Election results by party, 5 May 2022". www.rochdale.gov.uk. 5 May 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  6. ^ "Local government structure and elections". GOV.UK. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Election Timetable in England" (PDF).
  8. ^ "Election results for Balderstone and Kirkholt". Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  9. ^ "Election results for Bamford". Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  10. ^ "Election results for Castleton". Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  11. ^ "Election results for Central Rochdale". Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  12. ^ "Election results for East Middleton". Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  13. ^ "Election results for Healey". Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  14. ^ "Election results for Hopwood Hall". Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  15. ^ "Election results for Kingsway". Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  16. ^ "Election results for Littleborough Lakeside". Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  17. ^ "Election results for Milkstone and Deeplish". Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  18. ^ "Election results for Milnrow and Newhey". Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  19. ^ "Election results for Norden". Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  20. ^ "Election results for North Heywood". Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  21. ^ "Election results for North Middleton". Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  22. ^ "Election results for Smallbridge and Firgrove". Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  23. ^ "Election results for South Middleton". Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  24. ^ "Election results for Spotland and Falinge". Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  25. ^ "Election results for Wardle Shore and West Littleborough". Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  26. ^ "Election results for West Heywood". Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  27. ^ "Election results for West Middleton". Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
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