Local Election Results 2016
Rochdale
One-third of council up for election.
Other results for Rochdale:20022003200420062007200820102011201220142015201820192021202220232024
By-elections for Rochdale (may be incomplete): 29th November 2007 (North Middleton) — 25th April 2013 (Norden) — 31st October 2024 (North Middleton) — 1st May 2025 (Balderstone & Kirkholt)
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party | Votes | Percent | Seats |
|---|
| Labour | 28892 | 51.9% | 16 |
| Conservative | 10754 | 19.3% | 3 |
| UK Independence Party | 8976 | 16.1% | 0 |
| Liberal Democrat | 4670 | 8.4% | 1 |
| Green Party | 1460 | 2.6% | 0 |
| Independent | 856 | 1.5% | 0 |
| Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 69 | 0.1% | 0 |
| Richard Farnell | Lab | 1413 | 60.2% |
|---|
| William Candlin | UKIP | 411 | 17.5% |
|---|
| Liz Thirsk | LD | 252 | 10.7% |
|---|
| George Carpenter | C | 214 | 9.1% |
|---|
| James O'Meara | Grn | 59 | 2.5% |
|---|
| Jane Howard | C | 1698 | 48.9% |
|---|
| Mohammed Arshad | Lab | 1082 | 31.2% |
|---|
| Michael Foster | UKIP | 391 | 11.3% |
|---|
| Peter Clegg | LD | 203 | 5.8% |
|---|
| Sarah Croke | Grn | 98 | 2.8% |
|---|
| Billy Sheerin | Lab | 1713 | 60.6% |
|---|
| Stephen Sanderson | UKIP | 744 | 26.3% |
|---|
| Karen Winkler | C | 252 | 8.9% |
|---|
| Jonathan Kershaw | Grn | 118 | 4.2% |
|---|
| Iftikhar Ahmed | Lab | 2585 | 80.0% |
|---|
| Rifat Mahmood | LD | 192 | 5.9% |
|---|
| Roger Howarth | C | 139 | 4.3% |
|---|
| Andy Littlewood | Ind | 135 | 4.2% |
|---|
| Neil Rutter | Grn | 110 | 3.4% |
|---|
| David Fenwick-Finn | TUSC | 69 | 2.1% |
|---|
| Malcolm Boriss | Lab | 1469 | 57.4% |
|---|
| Robert Mudd | UKIP | 752 | 29.4% |
|---|
| Rebecca Howard | C | 340 | 13.3% |
|---|
| Shaun O'Neill | Lab | 1293 | 43.2% |
|---|
| Andrew Neilson | C | 856 | 28.6% |
|---|
| Maureen Kershaw | UKIP | 516 | 17.3% |
|---|
| John Rodgers | LD | 197 | 6.6% |
|---|
| Thomas Butterworth | Grn | 129 | 4.3% |
|---|
| Linda Robinson | Lab | 1323 | 52.4% |
|---|
| Angela Gardner | UKIP | 617 | 24.4% |
|---|
| Paul Ellison | C | 584 | 23.1% |
|---|
| Shakil Ahmed | Lab | 2098 | 71.2% |
|---|
| David Clayton | LD | 329 | 11.2% |
|---|
| Richard Duckworth | C | 306 | 10.4% |
|---|
| Mark Hollinrake | Grn | 215 | 7.3% |
|---|
| John Hartley | Lab | 1333 | 47.2% |
|---|
| Robert McLean | C | 697 | 24.7% |
|---|
| Ed Aadahl | UKIP | 578 | 20.5% |
|---|
| John Swarbrick | LD | 116 | 4.1% |
|---|
| A J Rennie | Grn | 101 | 3.6% |
|---|
| Allen Brett | Lab | 2357 | 77.4% |
|---|
| Angela Coric | LD | 421 | 13.8% |
|---|
| Jacqueline Holt | C | 137 | 4.5% |
|---|
| Abdus Mir | Grn | 129 | 4.2% |
|---|
| Irene Davidson | LD | 1622 | 50.7% |
|---|
| Duncan Hannant | Lab | 847 | 26.5% |
|---|
| Michael O'Brien | UKIP | 537 | 16.8% |
|---|
| Ahmed Orakzai | C | 100 | 3.1% |
|---|
| Alan Ashworth | Grn | 92 | 2.9% |
|---|
| James Gartside | C | 1601 | 55.8% |
|---|
| Dobir Miah | Lab | 575 | 20.1% |
|---|
| Stephen Mitchell | UKIP | 424 | 14.8% |
|---|
| Susan Campbell | Grn | 159 | 5.5% |
|---|
| Keith Swift | LD | 108 | 3.8% |
|---|
| Liam O'Rourke | Lab | 1534 | 70.8% |
|---|
| Anne Shorrock | C | 353 | 16.3% |
|---|
| Derrick Drysdale | LD | 280 | 12.9% |
|---|
| Donna Williams | Lab | 1371 | 58.8% |
|---|
| David Winder | UKIP | 711 | 30.5% |
|---|
| John Kershaw | C | 251 | 10.8% |
|---|
| Amna Mir | Lab | 1412 | 55.4% |
|---|
| Neville Westerman | UKIP | 607 | 23.8% |
|---|
| Kitt Budd | LD | 268 | 10.5% |
|---|
| Leonard Branton | C | 264 | 10.3% |
|---|
| Peter Joinson | Lab | 1454 | 46.6% |
|---|
| Richard Whitaker | UKIP | 792 | 25.4% |
|---|
| Bernard Braiden | C | 688 | 22.1% |
|---|
| John Wilkins | LD | 116 | 3.7% |
|---|
| Peter Cloran | Grn | 67 | 2.1% |
|---|
| Wendy Cocks | Lab | 1505 | 48.5% |
|---|
| Carl Faulkner | Ind | 721 | 23.2% |
|---|
| Matthew Allen | LD | 434 | 14.0% |
|---|
| Steven Scholes | C | 261 | 8.4% |
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| Mick Coats | Grn | 183 | 5.9% |
|---|
| Ashley Dearnley | C | 1576 | 59.6% |
|---|
| Stefan Cholewka | Lab | 537 | 20.3% |
|---|
| Cathie Cox | UKIP | 401 | 15.2% |
|---|
| Joe Kelly | LD | 132 | 5.0% |
|---|
| Peter Malcolm | Lab | 1443 | 57.5% |
|---|
| Lee Seville | UKIP | 796 | 31.7% |
|---|
| Keith Taylor | C | 270 | 10.8% |
|---|
| Susan Smith | Lab | 1548 | 64.1% |
|---|
| Warren Mitchell | UKIP | 699 | 29.0% |
|---|
| Rachel McLachlan | C | 167 | 6.9% |
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