
Elections toOldham Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election. The council remained in no overall control with theLiberal Democrats overtaking theLabour Party as the largest party.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | 11 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 37.6 | 22,558 | +1.3 | ||
| Labour | 5 | 0 | 8 | -8 | 31.5 | 18,866 | -4.1 | ||
| Conservative | 4 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 24.4 | 14,646 | +3.3 | ||
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 1,282 | +0.4 | |||
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.8 | 1,051 | -1.1 | |||
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 762 | -1.1 | |||
| England First | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 752 | +1.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Martin Dinoff | 932 | 33.8 | −3.4 | |
| Conservative | Khamran Ghafoor | 841 | 30.5 | +18.6 | |
| Labour | Hugh McDonald | 801 | 29.1 | −15.0 | |
| Independent | Phil Howarth | 183 | 6.6 | +6.6 | |
| Majority | 91 | 3.3 | |||
| Turnout | 2,757 | ||||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromLabour | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Hudson | 966 | 35.7 | −15.5 | |
| Labour | Tony Brownridge | 866 | 32.0 | −9.9 | |
| BNP | Roy Goodwin | 660 | 24.4 | +24.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Pat Lord | 212 | 7.8 | +0.9 | |
| Majority | 100 | 3.7 | −5.6 | ||
| Turnout | 2,704 | ||||
| Conservativegain fromLabour | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jack Hulme | 1,699 | 55.8 | +11.8 | |
| Labour | Julie Kirkham | 927 | 30.4 | −3.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Nilu Uddin | 419 | 13.8 | +2.8 | |
| Majority | 772 | 25.3 | +15.5 | ||
| Turnout | 3,045 | ||||
| Conservativegain fromLabour | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Dave Hibbert | 959 | 40.7 | −3.7 | |
| Conservative | John Berry | 735 | 31.2 | +6.5 | |
| England First | Martin Brierley | 425 | 18.0 | +18.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Kevin Dawson | 236 | 10.0 | −1.1 | |
| Majority | 224 | 9.5 | −11.0 | ||
| Turnout | 2,355 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Abdul Jabbar | 2,296 | 52.8 | +19.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mujibur Rahman | 1,684 | 38.8 | −4.4 | |
| Conservative | Muhammed Dara | 365 | 8.4 | −7.7 | |
| Majority | 612 | 14.0 | |||
| Turnout | 4,354 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Ann Wingate | 1,672 | 58.8 | +3.2 | |
| Conservative | Chris Shyne | 819 | 28.8 | +7.1 | |
| Labour | David Bibby | 351 | 12.4 | −4.7 | |
| Majority | 853 | 30.0 | −3.8 | ||
| Turnout | 2,842 | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Paul Martin | 1,036 | 43.7 | +11.4 | |
| Labour | Barbara Dawson | 1,028 | 43.3 | −14.6 | |
| Green | John Parker | 173 | 7.3 | +1.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Phil Renold | 136 | 5.7 | +1.9 | |
| Majority | 8 | 0.4 | |||
| Turnout | 2,373 | ||||
| Conservativegain fromLabour | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Ian Barker | 963 | 37.7 | +7.5 | |
| Labour | John Johnson | 871 | 34.1 | −2.1 | |
| Green | Warren Bates | 589 | 23.1 | −5.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ken Wilson | 132 | 5.2 | +0.1 | |
| Majority | 92 | 3.6 | |||
| Turnout | 2,555 | ||||
| Conservativegain fromLabour | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Ken Wilson | 1,268 | 51.4 | +9.1 | |
| Labour | Jean Stretton | 992 | 40.2 | −0.4 | |
| Conservative | Abdul Malik | 208 | 8.4 | −4.4 | |
| Majority | 276 | 11.2 | +9.5 | ||
| Turnout | 2,468 | ||||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromLabour | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ur-Rahman Ateeque | 1,136 | 39.9 | −18.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Rafiq Pazeer | 925 | 32.5 | +13.0 | |
| Independent | Gary Dalloway | 534 | 18.7 | +18.7 | |
| Conservative | Tahir Iqbal | 254 | 8.9 | −13.3 | |
| Majority | 211 | 7.4 | −28.6 | ||
| Turnout | 2,849 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Bernard Judge | 1,093 | 36.2 | −4.1 | |
| Conservative | Joseph Farquhar | 811 | 26.8 | −3.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Nazia Raja | 742 | 24.6 | +15.6 | |
| Independent | Anita Corbett | 376 | 12.4 | +12.4 | |
| Majority | 282 | 9.3 | −0.8 | ||
| Turnout | 3,022 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Diane Williamson | 1,333 | 42.8 | +9.5 | |
| Labour | Phil Harrison | 953 | 30.6 | −6.5 | |
| Conservative | Allan Fish | 832 | 26.7 | +6.2 | |
| Majority | 380 | 12.8 | |||
| Turnout | 3,118 | ||||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromLabour | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Mike Buckley | 1,744 | 53.9 | −1.8 | |
| Conservative | Barbara Jackson | 916 | 28.3 | +3.9 | |
| Labour | Ken Hulme | 575 | 25.6 | +7.8 | |
| Majority | 828 | 31.3 | +1.2 | ||
| Turnout | 3,235 | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Knowles | 1,774 | 48.5 | −6.6 | |
| Conservative | Graham Sheldon | 1,582 | 43.2 | +11.2 | |
| Labour | Paul Fryer | 301 | 8.2 | +1.2 | |
| Majority | 192 | 5.2 | −17.8 | ||
| Turnout | 3,657 | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Val Sedgewick | 1,673 | 55.8 | +0.8 | |
| Conservative | Pam Byrne | 799 | 26.6 | +0.4 | |
| Labour | John Battye | 527 | 17.6 | −0.8 | |
| Majority | 874 | 29.1 | +0.2 | ||
| Turnout | 2,999 | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Jackie Stanton | 968 | 44.8 | −7.7 | |
| Labour | Joseph Fitzpatrick | 476 | 22.0 | −8.0 | |
| Conservative | David Atherton | 392 | 18.1 | +18.1 | |
| England First | Andrew Clayton | 327 | 15.1 | +15.1 | |
| Majority | 492 | 22.7 | +4.0 | ||
| Turnout | 2,163 | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Mohammed Masud | 2,483 | 56.0 | +8.2 | |
| Labour | Mohammed Sharif | 1,632 | 36.8 | −15.4 | |
| Conservative | Paul Stephenson | 320 | 7.2 | +7.2 | |
| Majority | 851 | 19.2 | |||
| Turnout | 4,434 | ||||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromLabour | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Howard Sykes | 1,496 | 57.3 | +1.4 | |
| Conservative | Michael Canning | 422 | 16.2 | +3.4 | |
| BNP | Alwyn Stott | 391 | 15.0 | +2.0 | |
| Labour | Dilys Fletcher | 303 | 11.6 | −1.7 | |
| Majority | 1,074 | 41.1 | −1.5 | ||
| Turnout | 2,612 | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Linda Dawson | 1,421 | 57.3 | −4.7 | |
| Labour | Arooj Shah | 535 | 21.6 | −4.0 | |
| Conservative | David Caddick | 335 | 13.5 | +13.5 | |
| Independent | Stuart Allsopp | 189 | 7.6 | +0.4 | |
| Majority | 886 | 35.7 | −0.7 | ||
| Turnout | 2,480 | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Fida Hussain | 2,244 | 57.5 | +11.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ashazar Mahmood | 1,308 | 33.5 | −5.0 | |
| Conservative | Mohammed Irfan | 351 | 9.0 | −6.4 | |
| Majority | 936 | 24.0 | +16.3 | ||
| Turnout | 3,903 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||