From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Rochdale Council election, 2008
Rochdale Council election, 2008
Elections to Rochdale Council in Greater Manchester, Labour Ghulam Shahzad
England were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the coun-
Liberal Democ- Mohammed
cil was up for election. The Liberal Democrats stayed in
rat Sharif
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] Balderstone and Kirkholt ward
After the election, the composition of the council Balderstone and Kirkholt ward
was: Party Candidate Votes % ±%
• Liberal Democrat 33
• Labour 19 Liberal Demo- Pat Col- 821 36.7% -12.5%
• Conservative 8 crat clough
Labour Darren Ped- 760 33.9% -8.1%
ley
Candidates
Conservative Ian Duck- 658 29.4% 120.1%
worth
Healey ward
Majority 61 2.7% -45.0%
Healey ward
Turnout 2,239 30.1% 8.8%
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal De- Tom Bailey 1,214 45.7% -13.3% Castleton ward
mocrat
Castleton ward
Conservative Andrew 920 34.6% 11.2%
Neilson Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Phillip 525 19.7% -8.1% Conservative Ronnie Crossley
Bethell Liberal Democrat Pat Flynn
Majority 294 11.1% -45.9% Labour Jean Hornby
Turnout 2,659 34.1% -4.7%
Liberal Democrat hold Swing 12.25% Spotland and Falinge ward
Spotland and Falinge ward
Kingsway ward Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Kingsway ward Labour Surinder Biant
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Steven Scholes
Liberal Demo- David Clay- 1,245 46.5% 5.1% Liberal Democrat Barbara Todd
crat ton
Labour Tom Stott 1,116 41.7% 1.4% Central Rochdale ward
Conservative Phil Gran- 314 11.7% -13.0% Central Rochdale ward
tham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Majority 98 3.7% 15.6%
Labour Daalat Ali {{{change}}}
Turnout 2,675 34.1% 2.4%
Liberal De- Zulfiqar Ali
mocrat
Milkstone and Deeplish ward Conservative Roger
Milkstone and Deeplish ward Howarth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Javed Iqbal Bamford ward
Conservative Sue Pawson Bamford ward
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Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jane Gartside 1766 +27% Labour Malcolm Boriss
Labour Ben "Timmy 388 +29% Conservative John Cardus
Howard" Robertson Liberal Democrat Irene Cooper
Liberal De- Mohammed Shafiq 988 -28%
mocrat South Middleton ward
South Middleton ward
Smallbridge and Firgrove ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Smallbridge and Firgrove ward
Conservative Teresa Fitzsimons
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Neil Lever
Liberal Democrat Jean Ashworth
Labour John Orford
Conservative Len Branton
Labour Amna Mir West Middleton ward
West Middleton ward
Norden ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Norden ward
Labour Lil Murphy
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dave Pawson
Labour Anthony Bennett
Liberal Democrat Terry Smith
Conservative James Gartside
BNP Peter Greenwood North Middleton ward
Liberal Democrat Hilary Rodgers North Middleton ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
West Heywood ward
Conservative David Harris
West Heywood ward
Liberal Democ- Rhoda Morley
Party Candidate Votes % ±% rat
Conservative John Kershaw Labour Maureen Rowboth-
Liberal Democrat George Kinder am
Labour Colin Lambert
Littleborough Lakeside ward
North Heywood ward Littleborough Lakeside ward
North Heywood ward Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Peter Evans 1086
Conservative Darren Bayman Labour John Hartley 335
Liberal Democrat Malcolm Bruce Conservative Andrew Jones 1001
Labour Susan Coates
Milnrow and Newhey ward
Hopwood Hall ward Milnrow and Newhey ward
Hopwood Hall ward Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Debbie Abrahams
Liberal Democrat Harry Boota Conservative Michael Butler
Labour Linda Robinson Liberal Democrat Irene Davidson
Conservative Keith Taylor
Wardle and West Littleborough ward
East Middleton ward Wardle and West Littleborough ward
East Middleton ward Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Rochdale Council election, 2008
Preceded by Rochdale local elections Succeeded by
Rochdale Council election, 2007 Rochdale Council election, 2010
Conservative Ashley Dearnley http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/news/s/
1047416_night_of_joy_for_lib_dems. Retrieved
Liberal Democrat Andy Kelly
2008-07-08.
Labour Mike Radanovic • BBC 2008 Rochdale election result
• Rochdale Council election, 2008 - nominations
References •
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Rochdale Councillor information
2008 - local election results
[1] "Night of joy for Lib Dems". Rochdale Observer. • Rochdale Borough Local Election 2008
2008-05-02. Archived from the original on • Night of joy for Lib Dems
2008-06-11. http://web.archive.org/web/
20080611150328/
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• Local government in Rochdale
• Council elections in Greater Manchester
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