Local elections 2024: Full Oldham Council results as Labour loses overall control amid 'Gaza backlash' claims

Labour has lost overall control of Oldham Council amid claims of a ‘Gaza backlash’.

Going into the polls with a majority of just one, they lost seven seats and gained two with the war, and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer’s stance on it, understood to be a major issue for many voters. Nyla Ibrahim won standing as an Independent in Werneth having quit Labour over the issue in the run up to the polls.

The council is now in no overall control and Labour will need to make a deal with smaller parties to stay in power or risk being ousted. Overall the council is now made up of 27 Labour councillors, nine Liberal Democrats, eight Conservatives and 16 Independents. More than 100 candidates were vying for votes on Thursday with a third of seats up for grabs this time around.

Labour party national campaigner Pat McFadden told BBC Breakfast: “I do think that’s (Gaza) been a factor in some places, I don’t think there’s any point in denying that. It does get raised, and I understand why people have strong feelings about that.”

But he added: “In addition to the Middle East issue which you mentioned there are specific very local factors in Oldham which have knocked it out of line with the Labour gains we’ve been seeing in local elections.”

Full Oldham Council results for 2024 local elections

Alexandra 

• Zaheer Ali (IND) - 1,494
• Andrea Chaverra Valencia (GREEN) - 93
• Nazrul Chowdhury (CON) - 84 
• Martin Dinoff (LIB DEM) - 135 
• Carol Hardie (IND) - 157
• Gazala Rhana (LAB) - 903 
• Anne Taylor (NORTHERN HEART) - 94 

Chadderton Central 

• Malik Rahman Abdul (LIB DEM)  - 81
• Peter Brown (IND) - 213 
• Daniel Clayton (GREEN) - 165 
• Mohammed Razon (CON) - 935
• Lisa Roddy (IND) - 243  
• Irfat Ahmed Shajahan (IND) - 221 
• Elaine Taylor (LAB) - 954 
• Rob Vance (NORTHERN HEART) - 25

Chadderton North 

• Moudud Ahmed (CON) - 824
• Mohammed Shah Alam (IND) - 218 
• Dominic Cadman (LIB DEM) - 401 
• Eddie Moores (LAB and CO-OP) -1,383 

Chadderton South 

• Mohammed Ali (IND) - 272
• Karl Bardsley (CON) - 597 
• Andy Clare (REFORM) - 359  
• Holly Harrison (LAB and CO-OP) - 1,127 
• Michael Scholes (LIB DEM) - 132 

Coldhurst 

• Montaz Ali Azad (IND) - 2,304
• Rahman Dara (CON) - 113  
• Sheraz Gondal (GREEN) - 136 
• Mustafa Ahmed Mustak (IND) - 139 
• Rachel Pendlebury (LIB DEM) - 193
• Ruji Surjan (LAB) - 1,329

Crompton 

• David Barker (LAB) - 431
• Lee Navesey (IND) - 895 
• Michele Stockton (CON) - 173
• Diane Williamson (LIB DEM) - 1,180

Failsworth East 

• Barbara Beeley (LIB DEM) - 42
• Catherine Charnock (IND) - 620
• Foysal Chowdhury (CON) - 104
• Lucia Rea (FAILSWORTH IND) - 712
• Ken Rustidge (LAB and CO-OP) - 731

Failsworth West 

• Jane Cashinella-Vaughan (FAILSWORTH IND) - 293
• Mostakim Chaudhary (CON) - 70
• Majid Khan (IND) - 26
• Kyle Phythian (LAB and CO-OP) - 774 
• Lynne Thompson (LIB DEM) - 37
• Mark Wilkinson (IND) - 1,104

Hollinwood 

• Muhammed Riaj Alom (CON) - 172
• Naseem Aslam (LAB) - 846
• Roger Malham Blackmore (LIB DEM) - 113
• Jason Bromley (GREEN) - 132
• Ewan Edge (IND) - 146
• Muhammad Irfan (IND) - 812
• John Lawrence (NATIONAL HOUSING) - 173 
• Ian Whitehead (IND) - 139

Medlock Vale

• Shamas Altaf (IND) - 987
• Shona Farnworth (LIB DEM) - 300 
• Akhtar Hussain (CON) - 172
• Umar Nasheen (LAB and CO-OP) - 1,374 
• Muhammad Yasir (IND) - 226

Royton North 

• Jeffrey Garner (LIB DEM) - 174
• Miranda Meadowcroft (GREEN) - 231 
• Clint Phythian (LAB) - 1,037
• Lewis Quigg (CON) - 1,458

Royton South 

• Steven Bashforth (LAB) - 877
• Jade Hughes (IND) - 1,200
• Tom Penketh (LIB DEM) - 155 
• Jim Stidworthy (GREEN) - 151

Saddleworth North 

• Garth Harness (LIB DEM) - 1,279
• Christopher Marshall (IND) - 376
• Stuart Pyefinch (CON) - 630
• Hannah Roberts (LAB) - 770

Saddleworth South 

• Paul Boots (IND) - 642
• Fesi Reza-Khan (GREEN) - 116 
• Dominic Wall (LAB and CO-OP) - 809 
• Max Woodvine (CON) - 1,107
• Amy Wrigley (LIB DEM) - 821

Saddleworth West & Lees

• Dave Barter (LAB) - 468
• Mark Kenyon (LIB DEM) - 1,603 
• Mujibur Rahman (CON) - 141
• Paul Shilton (IND) - 675

Shaw

• Hazel Gloster (LIB DEM) - 961
• Stephen Hewitt (LAB) - 356
• Lisa Navesey (IND) - 1,011
• Yahhia Qureshi (CON) - 76

St James 

• Josh Charters (LAB and CO-OP) - 757
• Roger Hindle (LIB DEM) - 149
• Amoy Lindo (IND) - 554
• Christopher McManus (CON) - 628

St Mary’s 

• Khaled Ahmed (CON) - 104
• Mohammed Hussain (LIB DEM) - 120
• Aisha Kouser (IND) - 2,769
• Ali Aqeel Salamat (LAB) - 1,367

Waterhead

• Stuart Allsop (IND) - 201
• Joe Beeston (LIB DEM) - 298
• Ros Birch (LAB and CO-OP) - 876
• Ruhis Miah Chowdhury (CON) - 168
• Naveed Tariq Chowhan (IND) - 1,221
• Jack Davies (REFORM) - 280
• Paul Taylor (NORTHERN HEART) - 93

Werneth 

• Amjad Ali (IND) - 1,471
• Nyla Ibrahim (IND) - 2,362
• Mohammed Salik Miah (CON) - 175
• Hamza Uddin (LIB DEM) - 227

Election results in every Greater Manchester borough as they come in

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