2024 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election

2024 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election
← 2023 2 May 2024 2026 →
20 out of 60 seats to Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council; 31 seats needed for a majority
	Winner of each seat at the 2024 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election
Leader before election; Arooj Shah; Labour	Leader after election ; Arooj Shah; Labour; No overall control

The 2024 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside other local elections in the United Kingdom. One third of the 60 members of Oldham Council in Greater Manchester were elected. The election resulted in Labour losing overall control of the council, with a net loss of 4 seats. Despite this, Labour maintains the largest share of seats, with 27 of the 60 councillors, and managed to form a minority administration after the election.

The local Labour Party leader, Arooj Shah, denied that the conflict in Gaza was a major reason for Labour's loss, saying that "we've asked for an immediate ceasefire right from the start".^[1] Despite Shah's claim, The Guardian reported that Labour's stance on the conflict could sway many Muslim voters.^[2] This could explain Labour's poor performance in Oldham, where a quarter of the population identify as Muslim,^[3] compared to just 6.5% nationally.^[4]

Following the election, the Liberal Democrats, Conservatives and some of the other councillors attempted to remove the Labour leader and administration from office. They failed to do so by one vote, after two independents voted with Labour and three others abstained. Labour therefore continued to run the council, but as a minority administration.^[5]

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After 2023 election			Before 2024 election^[9]			After 2024 election
Party		Seats	Party		Seats	Party		Seats
	Labour	32		Labour	31		Labour	27
	Liberal Democrats	10		Liberal Democrats	10		Liberal Democrats	9
	Conservative	11		Conservative	8		Conservative	8
	Failsworth Independent Party	3		Failsworth Independent Party	3		Failsworth Independent Party	2
	Independent	4		Independent	8		Independent	14

2024 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	7	5	35.0	20	27	45.0	17,178	29.1	–17.4
	Independent	8	8	40.0	6	14	23.3	22,698	38.4	+24.1
	Liberal Democrats	3	1	15.0	6	9	15.0	8,401	14.2	–3.5
	Conservative	2	1	10.0	6	8	13.3	7,731	13.1	–4.5
	Failsworth Independent Party	0	1	0.0	2	2	3.3	1,005	1.7	–0.4
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,024	1.7	N/A
	Reform	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	639	1.1	N/A
	Northern Heart	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	212	0.4	–0.8
	National Housing Party	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	173	0.3	+0.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Zaheer Ali	1,494	50.5	*N/A*
	Labour	Ghazala Rana	903	30.5	−29.2
	Independent	Carol Hardie	157	5.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Dinoff	135	4.6	−6.6
	Northern Heart	Anne Taylor	94	3.2	−7.1
	Green	Andrea Chaverra Valencia	93	3.1	N/A
	Conservative	Md Nazrul Chowdhury	84	2.8	−3.2
Majority
Turnout			2,960	38.99
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elaine Taylor*	954	33.6	−19.7
	Conservative	Mohammed Razon	935	33.0	+6.7
	Independent	Lisa Roddy	243	8.6	N/A
	Independent	Irfat Shajahan	221	7.8	N/A
	Independent	Peter Brown	213	7.5	N/A
	Green	Daniel Clayton	165	5.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Malik Abdul	81	2.9	−2.7
	Northern Heart	Rob Vance	25	0.9	−7.4
Majority
Turnout			2,837	35.76
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Eddie Moores*	1,383	48.9	+2.3
	Conservative	Moudud Ahmed	824	29.2	−8.7
	Liberal Democrats	Dominic Cadman	401	14.2	+2.0
	Independent	Mohammed Alam	218	7.7	N/A
Majority
Turnout			2,826	33.81
	Labour hold		Swing

2024 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election

Previous council composition

Results

Ward results

Alexandra

Chadderton Central

Chadderton North

Chadderton South

Coldhurst

Crompton

Failsworth East

Failsworth West

Hollinwood

Medlock Vale

Royton North

Royton South

Saddleworth North

Saddleworth South

Saddleworth West and Lees

Shaw

St James'

St Mary's

Waterhead

Werneth

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Holly Harrison*	1,127	45.3	−9.9
	Conservative	Karl Bardsley	597	24.0	+7.0
	Reform	Andy Clare	359	14.4	N/A
	Independent	Mohammed Ali	272	10.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Scholes	132	5.3	−6.1
Majority
Turnout			2,487	28.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Montaz Azad	2,304	54.7	+12.9
	Labour	Ruji Surjan*	1,329	31.5	−14.0
	Liberal Democrats	Rachel Pendlebury	193	4.6	−1.1
	Independent	Mustafa Mustak	139	3.3	+0.5
	Green	Sheraz Gondal	136	3.2	N/A
	Conservative	Muhammed Dara	113	2.7	−0.9
Majority
Turnout			4,214	43.49
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Diane Williamson*	1,180	44.0	+0.2
	Independent	Lee Navesey	895	33.4	+3.8
	Labour	David Barker	431	16.1	−3.6
	Conservative	Michele Stockton	173	6.5	−6.7
Majority
Turnout			2,679	34.41
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Ken Rustidge	731	33.1	−10.3
	Failsworth Independent Party	Lucia Rea*	712	32.2	−12.1
	Independent	Catherine Charnock	620	28.1	N/A
	Conservative	Foysal Chowdhury	104	4.7	−7.9
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Beeley	42	1.9	−9.7
Majority
Turnout			2,209	28.07
	Labour Co-op gain from Failsworth Independent Party		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mark Wilkinson	1,104	47.9	+13.2
	Labour Co-op	Kyle Phythian	774	33.6	−5.8
	Failsworth Independent Party	Jane Cashinella-Vaughan	293	12.7	−6.2
	Conservative	Md Mostakim Chaudhary	70	3.0	−5.8
	Liberal Democrats	Lynne Thompson	37	1.6	−3.3
	Independent	Majid Khan	26	1.1	N/A
Majority
Turnout			2,304	29.46
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Naseem Aslam	846	33.4	−4.2
	Independent	Muhammad Irfan*	812	32.1	−6.3
	National Housing Party	John Lawrence	173	6.8	−1.4
	Conservative	Muhammed Alom	172	6.8	−31.6
	Independent	Ewan Edge	146	5.8	N/A
	Independent	Ian Whitehead	139	5.5	−3.3
	Green	Jason Bromley	132	5.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Blackmore	113	4.5	−3.5
Majority
Turnout			2,533	29.37
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Umar Nasheen*	1,374	44.9	−18.6
	Independent	Shamas Altaf	987	32.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Shona Farnworth	300	9.8	−0.2
	Independent	Muhammad Yasir	226	7.4	N/A
	Conservative	Akhtar Hussain	172	5.6	−0.2
Majority
Turnout			3,059	35.68
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lewis Quigg*	1,458	50.3	+8.4
	Labour	Clint Phythian	1,037	35.8	−1.3
	Green	Miranda Meadowcroft	231	8.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Jeffrey Garner	174	6.0	±0.0
Majority
Turnout			2,900	34.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jade Hughes	1,200	50.4	+14.3
	Labour	Steven Bashforth*	877	36.8	−3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Penketh	155	6.5	−2.1
	Green	Jim Stidworthy	151	6.3	N/A
Majority
Turnout			2,383	31.44
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Garth Harkness*	1,279	41.7	+6.8
	Labour	Hannah Roberts	779	25.4	−3.1
	Conservative	Stuart Pyefinch	630	20.6	−4.9
	Independent	Christopher Marshall	376	12.3	N/A
Majority
Turnout			3,064	39.72
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

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Saddleworth South^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Max Woodvine*	1,107	31.7	−4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Amy Wrigley	821	23.5	−8.0
	Labour Co-op	Dominic Wall	809	23.1	−3.4
	Independent	Paul Errock	642	18.4	N/A
	Green	Fesl Reza-Khan	116	3.3	N/A
Majority
Turnout			3,495	41.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Saddleworth West and Lees^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Kenyon*	1,603	55.5	+3.9
	Independent	Paul Shilton	675	23.4	+0.5
	Labour	Dave Barter	468	16.2	+0.7
	Conservative	Mujibur Rahman	141	4.9	+1.1
Majority
Turnout			2,887	35.08
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Shaw^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Lisa Navesey	1,011	42.1	+4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Hazel Gloster*	961	40.0	+1.0
	Labour	Stephen Hewitt	356	14.8	−1.5
	Conservative	Md Yahhia Qurashi	76	3.2	+0.3
Majority			50
Turnout			2,404	32.66
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

St James'^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Josh Charters*	757	36.3	+1.7
	Conservative	Christopher McManus	628	30.1	−2.9
	Independent	Amoy Lindo	554	26.5	+2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Hindle	149	7.1	+1.6
Majority			129	6.2
Turnout			2,088	26.35
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Aisha Kouser	2,769	66.7	+27.7
	Labour	Ali Aqeel Salamat*	1,367	32.9	−12.4
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Hussain	120	2.9	−2.0
	Conservative	Khaled Ahmed	104	2.5	−0.8
Majority
Turnout			4,152	48.20
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Naveed Chowhan	1,221	38.9	*N/A*
	Labour Co-op	Ros Birch*	876	27.9	−17.8
	Liberal Democrats	Joe Beeston	298	9.5	−4.9
	Reform	Jack Davies	280	8.9	N/A
	Independent	Stuart Allsopp	201	6.4	−6.2
	Conservative	Ruhid Chowdhury	168	5.4	−25.6
	Northern Heart	Paul Taylor	93	3.0	−9.0
Majority
Turnout			3,137	35.31
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Nyla Ibrahim*	2,362	55.8	+0.6
	Independent	Amjad Ali	1,471	34.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Hamza Uddin	227	5.4	−29.0
	Conservative	Mohammed Miah	175	4.1	−5.5
Majority
Turnout			4,235	45.62
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

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