Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2008

Elections to Rochdale Council in Greater Manchester, England were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election. The Liberal Democrats stayed in control of the council after gaining seats in Balderstone and Kirkholt, and North Heywood from the Labour party but losing East Middleton back to Labour.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Liberal Democrat 33
• Labour 19
• Conservative 8

Candidates

Healey ward

Healey ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Tom Bailey	1,214	45.7%	-13.3%
	Conservative	Andrew Neilson	920	34.6%	11.2%
	Labour	Phillip Bethell	525	19.7%	-8.1%
Majority			294	11.1%	-45.9%
Turnout			2,659	34.1%	-4.7%
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	12.25%

Kingsway ward

Kingsway ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	David Clayton	1,245	46.5%	5.1%
	Labour	Tom Stott	1,116	41.7%	1.4%
	Conservative	Phil Grantham	314	11.7%	-13.0%
Majority			98	3.7%	15.6%
Turnout			2,675	34.1%	2.4%

Milkstone and Deeplish ward

Milkstone and Deeplish ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Javed Iqbal
	Conservative	Sue Pawson
	Labour	Ghulam Shahzad
	Liberal Democrat	Mohammed Sharif

Balderstone and Kirkholt ward

Balderstone and Kirkholt ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Pat Colclough	821	36.7%	-12.5%
	Labour	Darren Pedley	760	33.9%	-8.1%
	Conservative	Ian Duckworth	658	29.4%	120.1%
Majority			61	2.7%	-45.0%
Turnout			2,239	30.1%	8.8%

Castleton ward

Castleton ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ronnie Crossley
	Liberal Democrat	Pat Flynn
	Labour	Jean Hornby

Spotland and Falinge ward

Spotland and Falinge ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Surinder Biant
	Conservative	Steven Scholes
	Liberal Democrat	Barbara Todd

Central Rochdale ward

Central Rochdale ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Daalat Ali			{{{change}}}
	Liberal Democrat	Zulfiqar Ali
	Conservative	Roger Howarth

Bamford ward

Bamford ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jane Gartside	1766		+27%
	Labour	Ben "Timmy Howard" Robertson	388		+29%
	Liberal Democrat	Mohammed Shafiq	988		-28%

Smallbridge and Firgrove ward

Smallbridge and Firgrove ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Jean Ashworth
	Conservative	Len Branton
	Labour	Amna Mir

Norden ward

Norden ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Gartside	1,450
	Liberal Democrat	Hilary Rodgers	874
	BNP	Peter Greenwood	421
	Labour	Anthony Bennett	278

West Heywood ward

West Heywood ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Kershaw
	Liberal Democrat	George Kinder
	Labour	Colin Lambert

North Heywood ward

North Heywood ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Darren Bayman
	Liberal Democrat	Malcolm Bruce
	Labour	Susan Coates

Hopwood Hall ward

Hopwood Hall ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Harry Boota
	Labour	Linda Robinson
	Conservative	Keith Taylor

East Middleton ward

East Middleton ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Malcolm Boriss
	Conservative	John Cardus
	Liberal Democrat	Irene Cooper

South Middleton ward

South Middleton ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Teresa Fitzsimons
	Liberal Democrat	Neil Lever
	Labour	John Orford

West Middleton ward

West Middleton ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lil Murphy
	Conservative	Dave Pawson
	Liberal Democrat	Terry Smith

North Middleton ward

North Middleton ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Harris
	Liberal Democrat	Rhoda Morley
	Labour	Maureen Rowbotham

Littleborough Lakeside ward

Littleborough Lakeside ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Evans	1086
	Labour	John Hartley	335
	Conservative	Andrew Jones	1001

Milnrow and Newhey ward

Milnrow and Newhey ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Debbie Abrahams
	Conservative	Michael Butler
	Liberal Democrat	Irene Davidson

Wardle and West Littleborough ward

Wardle and West Littleborough ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ashley Dearnley
	Liberal Democrat	Andy Kelly
	Labour	Mike Radanovic

References

• BBC 2008 Rochdale election result
• Rochdale Council election, 2008 - nominations
• Rochdale Councillor information
• 2008 - local election results
• Rochdale Borough Local Election 2008
• Night of joy for Lib Dems

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