Local election results 7 May 2026

Overall turnout: 46.6%

Alexandra

Turn out: 45.01%

Name of candidate	Party	Number of votes
Susan Brown	Reform UK	689
Andrea Chaverra Valencia	Green Party	228
Martin Alexander Dinoff	Liberal Democrats	85
Carol Hardie	Independent	46
Shabir Hussain	The Oldham Group Party	1552 Elected
Shaid Mushtaq	Labour and Co-operative Party	989
Anne Taylor	Independent Northern Heart Oldham	29

Reason for rejection	Number of ballot papers
Want of an official mark	0
Voting for more candidates than voter was entitled to	5
Writing or mark by which voter could be identified	0
Being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty	9
Total	14

Chadderton Central

Turn out: 44.72%

Name of candidate	Party	Number of votes
Katie Helen Gloster	Liberal Democrats	149
Suleman Hussain	Green Party	456
Nazrul Islam	Labour Party	1215 Elected
Iryna Kantorova	Conservative Party Candidate	88
Alexander David William Lomas	Reform UK	1015
Mohammed Razon	Independent	892

Reason for rejection	Number of ballot papers
Want of an official mark	0
Voting for more candidates than voter was entitled to	9
Writing or mark by which voter could be identified	0
Being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty	11
Total	20

Chadderton North

Turn out: 47.27%

Name of candidate	Party	Number of votes
Jon Ford	Reform UK	2107 Elected
Darren Lyon	Conservative Party Candidate	285
Colin McLaren	Labour Party Candidate	948
Prem Raghvani	Liberal Democrats	141
Paul Alexander Singleton	Green Party	502

Reason for rejection	Number of ballot papers
Want of an official mark	0
Voting for more candidates than voter was entitled to	4
Writing or mark by which voter could be identified	0
Being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty	8
Total	12

Chadderton South

Turn out: 41.8%

Name of candidate	Party	Number of votes
Stephanie Anne Beverley	Green Party	539
Stephen Davenport	Conservative Party Candidate	256
Muhammad Irfan	The Oldham Group Party	351
Rob Jackson	Reform UK	1833 Elected
Kyle Phythian	Labour and Co-operative Party	709
Brian Witt	Liberal Democrats	103

Reason for rejection	Number of ballot papers
Want of an official mark	0
Voting for more candidates than voter was entitled to	4
Writing or mark by which voter could be identified	1
Being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty	7
Total	12

Coldhurst

Turn out: 45.92%

Name of candidate	Party	Number of votes
Mohammed Mohib Abu Taleb	Independent	1892 Elected
Mohammed Ali	Independent	133
Abdul Malik	Labour Party	1471
Tayba Nazir	Green Party	464
Keith Pendlebury	Liberal Democrats	128
Elaine Whittingham	Reform UK	473

Reason for rejection	Number of ballot papers
Want of an official mark	0
Voting for more candidates than voter was entitled to	25
Writing or mark by which voter could be identified	0
Being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty	8
Total	33

Crompton

Turn out: 47.76%

Name of candidate	Party	Number of votes
Latif Choudhary	Labour Party Candidate	227
Shaun Michael Duffy	Independent	79
Alicia Dunne	Independent	232
Hazel Gloster	Liberal Democrats	1036
Peter Hanlon	Reform UK	1773 Elected
Darren Lord	Conservative Party Candidate	153
Chris Mills	Green Party	250

Reason for rejection	Number of ballot papers
Want of an official mark	0
Voting for more candidates than voter was entitled to	1
Writing or mark by which voter could be identified	0
Being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty	4
Total	5

Failsworth East

Turn out: 44.16%

Name of candidate	Party	Number of votes
Barbara Ann Beeley	Liberal Democrats	60
Andrew Barry Brooks	Reform UK	2050 Elected
Laurraine DeMelchor	Green Party	369
Jane Dronsfield	The Conservative Party Candidate	101
Chris Goodwin	Labour and Co-operative Party	474
Neil Hindle	Failsworth Independent Party	430

Reason for rejection	Number of ballot papers
Want of an official mark	0
Voting for more candidates than voter was entitled to	1
Writing or mark by which voter could be identified	1
Being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty	5
Total	7

Failsworth West

Turn out: 42.61%

Name of candidate	Party	Number of votes
Bernard Akin	The Conservative Party Candidate	88
Roger Blackmore	Liberal Democrats	95
Peter Davis	Labour and Co-operative Party	584
Andrew Kevin Jones	Green Party	507
Natalie Parren	Failsworth Independent Party	205
Mark Christopher Ruthven	Reform UK	1878 Elected

Reason for rejection	Number of ballot papers
Want of an official mark	0
Voting for more candidates than voter was entitled to	1
Writing or mark by which voter could be identified	0
Being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty	9
Total	10

Hollinwood

Turn out: 41.8%

Name of candidate	Party	Number of votes
Saniya Abid	Labour Party	866
Elizabeth Adamson	Liberal Democrats	164
Robert Barnes	Reform UK	1472 Elected
Callum Holt	Green Party	359
John Lawrence	National Housing Party Oldham People First	58
Abdul Wahid	The Oldham Group Party	772

Reason for rejection	Number of ballot papers
Want of an official mark	0
Voting for more candidates than voter was entitled to	3
Writing or mark by which voter could be identified	0
Being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty	11
Total	14

Medlock Vale

Turn out: 40.47%

Name of candidate	Party	Number of votes
Shona Farnworth	Liberal Democrats	198
Victor Flowers	Reform UK	983
Cameron Lee Gates	Green Party	432
Junaid Hussain	Labour and Co-operative Party	1283 Elected
Sharoon Zaman	The Oldham Group Party	777

Reason for rejection	Number of ballot papers
Want of an official mark	0
Voting for more candidates than voter was entitled to	9
Writing or mark by which voter could be identified	0
Being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty	8
Total	17

Royton North

Turn out: 50.14%

Name of candidate	Party	Number of votes
Christine Adams	Conservative Party Candidate	569
Lewis Farnworth	Liberal Democrats	169
Clint Phythian	Labour Party	586
Paul Robinson	Reform UK	2502 Elected
Emily Walker	Green Party	412

Reason for rejection	Number of ballot papers
Want of an official mark	0
Voting for more candidates than voter was entitled to	2
Writing or mark by which voter could be identified	0
Being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty	10
Total	12

Royton South

Turn out: 44.8%

Name of candidate	Party	Number of votes
Kathryn Jane England	Labour Party	645
William Hingston	Conservative Party Candidate	267
Miranda Meadowcroft	Green Party	368
Tony Pinder	Reform UK	1922 Elected
Anthony Prince	Independent	143
Lynne Christine Thompson	Liberal Democrats	144

Reason for rejection	Number of ballot papers
Want of an official mark	0
Voting for more candidates than voter was entitled to	3
Writing or mark by which voter could be identified	0
Being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty	7
Total	10

Saddleworth North

Turn out: 54.48%

Name of candidate	Party	Number of votes
Luke Bywater	Conservative Party Candidate	488
Chris Fielding	Green Party	330
Samuel Jacob Hollis	Labour and Co-operative Party	432
Michael Robert Thomas Powell	Liberal Democrats	1289
Ioan Williams	Reform UK	1752 Elected

Reason for rejection	Number of ballot papers
Want of an official mark	0
Voting for more candidates than voter was entitled to	0
Writing or mark by which voter could be identified	0
Being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty	6
Total	6

Saddleworth South

Turn out: 54.77%

Name of candidate	Party	Number of votes
George Simon Atkinson	Green Party	344
Helen Louise Bishop	Liberal Democrats	1594 Elected
Archie Ross Duncan	Labour Party	602
David Hartington	Conservative Party Candidate	417
Christopher John McManus	Reform UK	1592

Reason for rejection	Number of ballot papers
Want of an official mark	0
Voting for more candidates than voter was entitled to	0
Writing or mark by which voter could be identified	1
Being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty	0
Total	1

Saddleworth West & Lees

Turn out: 49.43%

Name of candidate	Party	Number of votes
Joe Bardsley	Green Party	238
Dave Barter	Labour Party	279
Lisa Hartington	Conservative Party Candidate	143
Peter Klonowski	Reform UK	1808 Elected
Alicia Claire Marland	Liberal Democrats	1636

Reason for rejection	Number of ballot papers
Want of an official mark	0
Voting for more candidates than voter was entitled to	0
Writing or mark by which voter could be identified	0
Being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty	6
Total	6

Shaw

Turn out: 47.11%

Name of candidate	Party	Number of votes
Hamid Ali	Labour Party	336
Steve Eyre	Reform UK	1555 Elected
Sarah Howarth	Independent	177
Ben Jack Ingham	Green Party	253
Adi Kohli	Conservative Party Candidate	53
Lee Navesey	Independent	175
Tom Penketh	Liberal Democrats	955

Reason for rejection	Number of ballot papers
Want of an official mark	0
Voting for more candidates than voter was entitled to	2
Writing or mark by which voter could be identified	0
Being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty	3
Total	5

St James'

Turn out: 39.51%

Name of candidate	Party	Number of votes
Angela Carol Cosgrove	Labour Party	576
Roger Hindle	Liberal Democrats	158
Maqsood Hussain	The Oldham Group Party	22
Amir Jhandad	Green Party	284
Tom Noble	Conservative Party Candidate	209
Gary Tarbuck	Reform UK	1938 Elected

Reason for rejection	Number of ballot papers
Want of an official mark	0
Voting for more candidates than voter was entitled to	3
Writing or mark by which voter could be identified	0
Being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty	12
Total	15

St Mary's

Turn out: 51.84%

Name of candidate	Party	Number of votes
Sonny Shah Arstan	The Oldham Group Party	2554 Elected
Ivan Burnley-Davies	Reform UK	368
Joe Gloster	Liberal Democrats	110
Aftab Hussain	Labour Party	1465
Lina Maria Valencia	Green Party	321

Reason for rejection	Number of ballot papers
Want of an official mark	0
Voting for more candidates than voter was entitled to	11
Writing or mark by which voter could be identified	0
Being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty	5
Total	16

Waterhead

Turn out: 46.09%

Name of candidate	Party	Number of votes
Mir Ajawat	The Oldham Group Party	980
Stuart Allsopp	Independent	132
Alison Caroline Bishop	Liberal Democrats	266
Majid Khan	Independent	54
Ali Aqeel Salamat	Labour Party Candidate	954
Andrew Peter Sinclair	Green Party	394
Paul Taylor	Reform UK	1459 Elected

Reason for rejection	Number of ballot papers
Want of an official mark	0
Voting for more candidates than voter was entitled to	5
Writing or mark by which voter could be identified	0
Being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty	7
Total	12

Werneth

Turn out: 51.28%

Name of candidate	Party	Number of votes
Mohammed Imran Ali	Independent	864
Fida Hussain	Labour and Co-operative Party	1748 Elected
Stuart Illingworth	Reform UK	247
Rangzib Nazir	Workers Party - Oldham Group	1602
Rachel Pendlebury	Liberal Democrats	102
Mycul Trelore	Green Party	364

Reason for rejection	Number of ballot papers
Want of an official mark	0
Voting for more candidates than voter was entitled to	6
Writing or mark by which voter could be identified	1
Being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty	13
Total	20