2019 local election in England, UK
The 2019 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council in England.[1][2] This was on the same day as other local elections.
Overall Results
Vote share changes compared to 2018.
| Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Party | This election | Full council | This election |
| Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− |
| | Labour | 16 |  1 | 80.0 | 31 | 47 | 78.3 | 23,461 | 49.36 | -2.73 |
| | Conservative | 3 |  1 | 15.0 | 6 | 9 | 15.0 | 10,110 | 21.27 | -5.70 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 1 |  | 5.0 | 3 | 4 | 6.7 | 5,156 | 10.85 | -2.17 |
| | UKIP | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7,069 | 14.87 | +10.93 |
| | Green | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,731 | 3.64 | +2.34 |
Ward results
Councillors seeking re-election are marked with an asterisk; they were last elected in 2015 and changes are compared to that year's election.[3]
Balderstone & Kirkholt
Balderstone & Kirkholt | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Daniel Joseph Meredith* | 880 | 45.0 | -1.4 |
| | UKIP | Guy Bradley | 380 | 19.4 | -5.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patricia Ann Colclough | 369 | 18.9 | +9.1 |
| | Conservative | John Kershaw | 204 | 10.4 | -4.6 |
| | Green | James O'Meara | 124 | 6.3 | +2.7 |
| Majority | 500 | 25.5 | +4.5 |
| Turnout | 1,957 | 25 | |
| | Labour hold | Swing | +2.15 | |
Bamford
Bamford | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Patricia Sullivan* | 1,499 | 47.8 | +7.5 |
| | Labour | Mohammad Arshad | 1,048 | 33.4 | +1.9 |
| | UKIP | Stephen Sanderson | 251 | 8.0 | -12.2 |
| | Green | Sarah Croke | 199 | 6.3 | n/a |
| | Liberal Democrats | Barrie Nicholson | 140 | 4.5 | -3.5 |
| Majority | 451 | 14.4 | +5.6 |
| Turnout | 3,137 | 41 | |
| | Conservative hold | Swing | +2.8 | |
Castleton
Castleton | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jean Gladys Hornby* | 1,035 | 47.5 | +3.9 |
| | Conservative | Michael Cullen | 481 | 22.1 | +7.7 |
| | UKIP | Mark Izzo | 375 | 17.2 | -13.9 |
| | Green | Jonathan Kershaw | 197 | 9.0 | +5.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Thornley | 91 | 4.2 | -3.1 |
| Majority | 554 | 25.4 | +12.9 |
| Turnout | 2,179 | 28 | |
| | Labour hold | Swing | -1.9 | |
Central Rochdale
Central Rochdale | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ali Ahmed* | 2,292 | 78.7 | +35.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rifat Mahmood | 422 | 14.5 | n/a |
| | Conservative | Roger Howarth | 200 | 6.9 | +2.4 |
| Majority | 1,870 | 64.2 | +29.3 |
| Turnout | 2,914 | 39 | |
| | Labour hold | Swing | +10.3 | |
East Middleton
East Middleton | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Donna Martin* | 1,162 | 57.4 | +7.5 |
| | UKIP | Robert Mudd | 520 | 25.7 | -4.0 |
| | Conservative | Jacqueline Holt | 342 | 16.9 | -0.6 |
| Majority | 642 | 31.7 | +11.4 |
| Turnout | 2,143 | 26 | |
| | Labour hold | Swing | +5.75 | |
Healey
Healey | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Shah Wazir* | 1,190 | 46.2 | +14.6 |
| | Conservative | Robert McLean | 582 | 22.6 | -6.2 |
| | UKIP | Fredrick Willis | 440 | 17.1 | -8.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Rogers | 365 | 14.2 | +5.2 |
| Majority | 608 | 23.6 | +20.7 |
| Turnout | 2,577 | 33 | |
| | Labour hold | Swing | +10.4 | |
Hopwood Hall
Hopwood Hall | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Susan Emmott* | 1,095 | 51.5 | +6.8 |
| | UKIP | Angela Gardner | 572 | 26.9 | -8.0 |
| | Conservative | Paul Ellison | 460 | 21.6 | +7.2 |
| Majority | 523 | 24.6 | +14.8 |
| Turnout | 2,127 | 25 | |
| | Labour hold | Swing | +7.4 | |
Kingsway
Kingsway | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Elsie Wraighte | 1,778 | 70.2 | +11.7 |
| | Green | Mark Hollinrake | 268 | 10.6 | +6.9 |
| | Conservative | Richard Duckworth | 267 | 10.5 | +3.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anthony Hughes | 221 | 8.7 | +0.7 |
| Majority | 1,510 | 59.6 | +20.6 |
| Turnout | 2,534 | 29 | |
| | Labour hold | Swing | +2.4 | |
Littleborough Lakeside
Littleborough Lakeside | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Tom Besford | 879 | 34.7 | +2.3 |
| | Conservative | Ann Stott* | 687 | 27.1 | -7.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kathryn Clegg | 433 | 17.1 | n/a |
| | UKIP | Stephen Mitchell | 336 | 13.3 | -11.1 |
| | Green | Stuart Howard-Cofield | 196 | 7.7 | +1.2 |
| Majority | 192 | 7.6 | |
| Turnout | 2,532 | 32 | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +5.1 | |
Mikstone & Deeplish
Milkstone & Deeplish | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mohammed Zaman* | 2,142 | 83.8 | +6.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Eden-Maughan | 145 | 5.7 | -0.4 |
| | Green | Feruz Ali | 134 | 5.2 | +2.4 |
| | Conservative | Keith Taylor | 134 | 5.2 | +0.3 |
| Majority | 1,997 | 78.2 | +9.0 |
| Turnout | 2,555 | 33 | |
| | Labour hold | Swing | +3.25 | |
Milnrow & Newhey
Milnrow & Newhey | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andy Kelly* | 1,714 | 60.0 | +21.2 |
| | Labour | Neil Butterworth | 595 | 20.8 | -4.1 |
| | UKIP | Hillary Smith | 362 | 12.7 | -6.3 |
| | Conservative | George Carpenter | 184 | 6.4 | -7.2 |
| Majority | 1,119 | 39.2 | +25.3 |
| Turnout | 2,855 | 36 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +12.65 | |
Norden
Norden | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Peter Winkler* | 1,428 | 55.2 | +8.7 |
| | Labour | Shaukat Ali | 483 | 18.7 | -1.7 |
| | UKIP | Beverley Taylor-King | 270 | 10.4 | -13.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nigel Sarbutts | 218 | 8.4 | +3.4 |
| | Green | Adam Mir | 187 | 7.2 | +3.2 |
| Majority | 945 | 36.5 | +14.0 |
| Turnout | 2,586 | 33 | |
| | Conservative hold | Swing | +5.2 | |
North Heywood
North Heywood | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ray Dutton* | 968 | 54.8 | +16.7 |
| | UKIP | Bernard Akin | 526 | 29.8 | -1.6 |
| | Conservative | Adrian Coan | 274 | 15.5 | +7.0 |
| Majority | 442 | 25.0 | +18.3 |
| Turnout | 17.68 | 23 | |
| | Labour hold | Swing | +9.15 | |
North Middleton
North Middleton | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Sara Louise Rowbotham* | 1,061 | 54.8 | +3.8 |
| | UKIP | Thomas Barnes | 592 | 30.6 | -2.4 |
| | Conservative | Rachel McLachlan | 284 | 14.7 | +1.9 |
| Majority | 469 | 24.2 | +6.3 |
| Turnout | 1,937 | 25 | |
| | Labour hold | Swing | +3.1 | |
Smallbridge & Firgrove
Smallbridge & Firgrove | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Aftab Hussain* | 1,335 | 58.7 | +11.9 |
| | UKIP | Laurent Baudry | 410 | 18.0 | -12.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Eleanor Kelly | 294 | 12.9 | +9.2 |
| | Conservative | Keith Branton | 234 | 10.3 | +0.1 |
| Majority | 925 | 40.7 | +23.5 |
| Turnout | 2,273 | 28 | |
| | Labour hold | Swing | +11.95 | |
South Middleton
South Middleton | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Peter Williams* | 1,184 | 47.7 | +5.6 |
| | Conservative | Stephen Anstee | 648 | 26.1 | +2.8 |
| | UKIP | Philip Partington | 440 | 17.7 | -9.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sue Curzon | 212 | 8.5 | +5.0 |
| Majority | 536 | 21.6 | +6.7 |
| Turnout | 2,484 | 32 | |
| | Labour hold | Swing | +1.4 | |
Spotland & Falinge
Spotland & Falinge | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Rachel Massey | 1,692 | 61.7 | +14.4 |
| | Conservative | Steven Scholes | 429 | 15.6 | +1.8 |
| | Green | Mick Coats | 426 | 15.5 | +10.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joseph Marsden | 196 | 7.1 | -1.7 |
| Majority | 1,263 | 46.0 | +20.5 |
| Turnout | 2,743 | 33 | |
| | Labour hold | Swing | +6.3 | |
Wardle & West Littleborough
Wardle & West Littleborough | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Rina Paolucci-Escobar* | 1,213 | 49.2 | +3.6 |
| | Labour | Julian Farnell | 595 | 24.1 | +0.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Clegg | 336 | 13.6 | +7.4 |
| | UKIP | Robert Neave | 320 | 13.0 | -7.6 |
| Majority | 618 | 25.1 | +2.7 |
| Turnout | 2,464 | 31 | |
| | Conservative hold | Swing | +1.35 | |
West Heywood
West Heywood | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jacqui Beswick* | 958 | 49.3 | +1.1 |
| | UKIP | Michael O'Brien | 699 | 36.0 | +1.7 |
| | Conservative | Darren Bayman | 287 | 14.8 | +2.9 |
| Majority | 259 | 13.3 | -0.6 |
| Turnout | 1,944 | 22 | |
| | Labour hold | Swing | -0.3 | |
West Middleton
West Middleton | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Philip Burke* | 1,089 | 56.2 | -1.0 |
| | UKIP | Lee Seville | 576 | 29.7 | +1.1 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Neilson | 273 | 14.1 | +4.6 |
| Majority | 513 | 26.5 | -2.1 |
| Turnout | 1,938 | 21 | |
| | Labour hold | Swing | -1.05 | |
By-elections and other changes
Councillor Alan McCarthy (elected 2018 for Labour in the West Heywood ward) defected from Labour to the Brexit Party on 4 July 2019.[4] Joined Conservative Party June 2021
Councillor Jacqui Beswick (elected 2019 for Labour in the West Heywood ward) resigned from the Labour party on 4 July 2019 to sit as an independent.[4] Joined Conservative Party June 2021
Councillor Kath Nickson (elected 2018 for Labour in the Balderstone & Kirkholt ward) defected from the Liberal Democrats to the Brexit Party on 10 July 2019.[5] Now sits as Conservative
Former council leader Richard Farnell (elected 2016 for Labour in the Balderstone & Kirkholt ward) resigned from the Labour Party on 18 July 2019 to sit as an independent. He had been suspended since April 2018 after a national child abuse inquiry found he lied under oath. In a statement he said he had "no confidence" he would receive a fair disciplinary hearing and could "no longer support a party led by Jeremy Corbyn".[6]
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.
- ^ "Local Election 2019 - Thursday, 2nd May, 2019". Rochdale Borough Council. Rochdale Borough Council. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- ^ a b Statham, Nick (4 July 2019). "Heywood councillors leave Labour Party for independence and Brexit Party". Rochdale Online. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
- ^ Statham, Nick (10 July 2019). "Liberal Democrat councillor stuns colleagues by quitting to join The Brexit Party - just six months after defecting to them from Labour". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
- ^ Wilkinson, Damon (18 July 2019). "Former Rochdale council leader Richard Farnell has quit the Labour Party - and taken a swipe at Jeremy Corbyn". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
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