Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council elections

One third of Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council in Greater Manchester, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, 60 councillors have been elected from 20 wards.[1]

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2]

Party in controlYears
Labour1973–1975
No overall control1975–1976
Conservative1976–1979
No overall control1979–1980
Labour1980–1982
No overall control1982–1986
Labour1986–1992
No overall control1996–1996
Labour1996–2003
No overall control2003–2007
Liberal Democrats2007–2010
No overall control2010–2011
Labour2011–present

Council elections
  1. Whole council elected after boundary changes[3]

Borough result maps
  • 2004 results map
  • 2006 results map
  • 2007 results map
  • 2008 results map
  • 2010 results map
  • 2011 results map
  • 2012 results map
  • 2014 results map
  • 2015 results map
  • 2016 results map
  • 2018 results map
  • 2019 results map

By-election results

1993-1997
Littleborough By-Election 11 July 1996
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats 2,015 56.6
Labour 1,109 31.7
Conservative 413 11.6
Independent 22 0.6
Majority 906 24.9
Turnout 3,559
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

1997-2001
Milnrow By-Election 10 June 1999
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats 1,347 52.2 +18.7
Labour 716 27.8 -3.2
Conservative 432 16.8 -5.6
Independent 84 3.3 +3.3
Majority 631 24.4
Turnout 2,579 29.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2005-2010
Middleton North By-Election 29 November 2007[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jonathan Burns 603 41.6 -9.8
Liberal Democrats Rhoda Morley 566 39.1 +21.3
Conservative David Harris 280 19.3 -11.5
Majority 37 2.5
Turnout 1,449 18.2
Labour hold Swing

2010-2015
Norden Ward By-Election, 25th April 2013[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anthony Joseph William Bennett 627 29.7% +3.0%
Liberal Democrats Patricia Ann Colclough 246 11.7% -4.4%
National Front Peter Greenwood[6] 156 7.4% +7.4%
Conservative Peter Nicholas Winkler 1,081 51.2% -6.0%
Majority 460 21.8% -8.7%
Turnout 2,110 27.1% -12.9%

References
  1. "Elections". Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council. Archived from the original on 2 May 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
  2. "Rochdale". BBC News Online. 19 April 2009. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
  3. "Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council". BBC News Online. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
  4. "Labour hold on in by-election". Middleton Guardian. 30 November 2007. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
  5. http://www.rochdale.gov.uk/the_council/elections/election_-_norden_ward.aspx
  6. http://www.national-front.org.uk/?p=1781
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