2007 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Rochdale Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats gained control of the council from no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Liberal Democrat 32
• Labour 20
• Conservative 8

Election result

Rochdale Local Election Result 2007

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	10	4	1	+3	50.0	38.5	19,551	-3.1%
	Labour	8	2	3	-1	40.0	35.7	18,116	+2.3%
	Conservative	2	0	2	-2	10.0	25.3	12,857	+1.8%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	241	+0.5%

Ward results

Balderstone & Kirkholt

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Thirsk	938	45.4	−1.1
	Labour	Darren Pedley	827	40.1	+8.0
	Conservative	Darren Bayman	299	14.5	−6.9
Majority			111	5.3
Turnout			2,064	27.7	−1.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Bamford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Abbott	1,390	45.2	−5.5
	Conservative	Ian Duckworth	1,380	44.9	+33.5
	Labour	John Orford	302	9.8	−28.1
Majority			10	0.3
Turnout			3,072	40.2	−1.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Castleton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ted Flynn	1,254	53.5	−4.1
	Labour	Marie Williams	519	22.1	−4.5
	Conservative	Ronald Crossley	332	14.2	−1.6
	Independent	Frank Salt	241	10.3	+10.3
Majority			735	31.4	+0.4
Turnout			2,346	30.4	−1.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Central Rochdale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Farooq Ahmed	1,875	51.1	+2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Khalid Mahmood	1,466	40.0	−1.0
	Conservative	Roger Howarth	325	8.9	−1.0
Majority			409	11.1
Turnout			3,666	47.7	+0.5
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

East Middleton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Donna Martin	1,051	46.9	+5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Rhoda Morley	765	34.1	−4.6
	Conservative	Cecelia Crossley	426	19.0	−1.1
Majority			286	12.9	+10.4
Turnout			2,242	28.6	+0.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Healey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Elwyn Watkins	1,401	50.1	+11.1
	Conservative	Andrew Neilson	827	29.5	+6.5
	Labour	Jim Moran	571	20.4	+6.9
Majority			574	20.6	+4.6
Turnout			2,799	35.8	−5.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hopwood Hall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Emmott	1,583	61.4	+8.2
	Conservative	Conal Brophy	724	28.1	−3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Malcome Heard	272	10.5	−4.4
Majority			859	33.3	+12.0
Turnout			2,579	31.4	+1.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Kingsway

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Naim Mahmud	1,185	44.7	−0.6
	Labour	Tom Stott	1,101	41.5	−1.5
	Conservative	Philip Grantham	364	13.7	+2.0
Majority			84	3.2
Turnout			2,650	33.3	−0.9
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Littleborough Lakeside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Rosemary Jones	962	41.4	−12.1
	Conservative	Frank Mills	894	38.5	+6.0
	Labour	John Hartley	467	20.1	+6.1
Majority			68	2.9	−18.1
Turnout			2,323	29.7	−1.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Milkstone and Deeplish

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Imtiaz Ahmed	1,794	48.5	+9.9
	Liberal Democrats	Javed Iqbal	1,719	46.4	−7.6
	Conservative	Mudassar Razzaq	188	5.1	−2.3
Majority			75	2.1
Turnout			3,701	48.7	+1.1
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Milnrow & Newhey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Swift	1,326	57.6	+2.4
	Conservative	Michael Butler	633	27.5	+2.8
	Labour	Geoffrey Coady	342	14.9	−5.2
Majority			693	30.1	−0.4
Turnout			2,301	29.6	−0.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Norden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ann Metcalfe	1,234	46.1	+5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Joanne Payne	1,153	43.0	−6.2
	Labour	Anthony Bennett	292	10.9	+1.2
Majority			81	3.1	−5.0
Turnout			2,679	35.6	−0.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Heywood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Dorren Brophy-Lee	847	43.5	−6.5
	Labour	Jean Hornby	791	40.7	+4.5
	Conservative	Stephen Jones	307	15.8	+2.0
Majority			56	2.8
Turnout			1,945	26.1	−2.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

North Middleton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Godson	921	51.4	+7.6
	Conservative	David Harris	552	30.8	+5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Lever	319	17.8	−12.7
Majority			369	20.6	+7.3
Turnout			1,792	22.6	−0.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Smallbridge & Firgrove

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Brenda Kerslake	903	43.8	+3.0
	Labour	Sultan Ali	785	38.1	−0.3
	Conservative	Leonard Branton	373	18.1	−2.7
Majority			118	5.7	+3.3
Turnout			2,061	27.2	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

South Middleton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Williams	1,320	44.8	+2.6
	Conservative	Sue Pawson	1,266	43.0	+0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Hilary Murray	358	12.2	−2.7
Majority			54	1.8
Turnout			2,944	37.8	+0.2
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Spotland & Falinge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gregory Couzens	1,672	55.0	−8.5
	Labour	Surinder Biant	1,003	33.0	+11.0
	Conservative	Steven Scholes	363	11.9	−2.6
Majority			669	22.0	−19.5
Turnout			3,038	37.9	+4.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Wardle & West Littleborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Janet Darnbrough	1,591	67.8	−0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Hilary Rodgers	450	19.2	−0.4
	Labour	Mike Radanovic	305	13.0	+0.7
Majority			1,141	48.6	+0.2
Turnout			2,346	32.3	−1.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

West Heywood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jacqueline Beswick	1,142	56.0	+8.8
	Conservative	John Kershaw	454	22.3	−1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Harry Boota	443	21.7	−7.2
Majority			688	33.7	+15.4
Turnout			2,039	23.7	−0.2
	Labour hold		Swing

West Middleton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terry Linden	1,125	51.7	−2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Terry Smith	728	33.4	+6.1
	Conservative	Dave Pawson	325	14.9	−6.4
Majority			397	18.3	−8.6
Turnout			2,178	27.1	+3.4
	Labour hold		Swing

External links

• Rochdale election results