Audenshaw (ward)

Audenshaw (Tameside)
Audenshaw (Tameside)
Electoral ward
	Audenshaw within Tameside
	Coat of arms
	Motto(s): Industry and Integrity
	Coordinates: 53°28′20″N 2°07′47″W / 53.4721°N 2.1298°W
Country	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	North West England
County	Greater Manchester
Metropolitan borough	Tameside
Created	2004
Named for	Denton and Reddish
Government UK Parliament constituency: Denton and Reddish
• Type	Unicameral
• Body	Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
• Leader of the Council	Brenda Warrington (Labour)
• Councillor	Oliver Ryan (Labour)
• Councillor	Maria Bailey (Labour)
• Councillor	Teresa Smith (Labour)

Audenshaw is an electoral ward of Tameside, England.^[1] It is represented in Westminster by Andrew Gwynne Labour MP for Denton and Reddish.^[2]

Councillors

The ward is represented by three councillors: Oliver Ryan (Lab),^[3] Maria Bailey (Lab),^[4] and Teresa Smith (Lab).^[5]

Election	Councillor		Councillor		Councillor
2004	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" \|	Allison Seabourne (Lib Dem)	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" \|	Peter Wright (Lib Dem)	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" \|	Karen Wright (Lib Dem)
2006	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Colin White (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" \|	Peter Wright (Lib Dem)	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" \|	Karen Wright (Lib Dem)
2007	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Colin White (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Wendy Brelsford (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" \|	Karen Wright (Lib Dem)
2008	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Colin White (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Wendy Brelsford (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Jean Brazil (Lab)
2010	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Colin White (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Wendy Brelsford (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Jean Brazil (Lab)
2011	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Colin White (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Maria Bailey (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Jean Brazil (Lab)
2012	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Colin White (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Maria Bailey (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Teresa Smith (Lab)
2014	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Oliver Ryan (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Maria Bailey (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Teresa Smith (Lab)
2015	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Oliver Ryan (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Maria Bailey (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Teresa Smith (Lab)
2016	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Oliver Ryan (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Maria Bailey (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Teresa Smith (Lab)
2018	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Oliver Ryan (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Maria Bailey (Lab)	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Teresa Smith (Lab)

indicates seat up for re-election.

Elections in 2010s

May 2018

2018^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Oliver Ryan*	1,581
	Conservative	Danny Mather	922
	UKIP	Peter Harris	195
	Green	Georgia Blakeney	161
Turnout			2,865	30
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2016

2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Teresa Smith	1,465	45.31
	Conservative	David Johnson	858	26.54
	UKIP	Maurice Jackson	725	22.42
	Green	Joe Henthorn	167	5.17
	Community Party of Great Britain	Paul Ward	18	0.56
Majority			607	18.78
Turnout			3,233	35
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2015

2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Maria Bailey	2,832	52.15
	UKIP	Maurice Jackson	1,988	36.61
	Green	Mark Stanley	526	9.69
	Communist	Paul Ward	84	1.55
Majority			844	15.54
Turnout			5,430	60
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2014

2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Oliver Ryan	1,284	42.32
	UKIP	David Turner	1,162	38.30
	Conservative	Colin White	429	14.14
	Green	Nancy Jaegar	159	5.24
Majority			122	4.02
Turnout			3,034	33
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2012

2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Teresa Smith	1,530	58.78	+17.78
	Conservative	Gaynor Paterson	440	16.90	−15.24
	UKIP	Tracy Radcliffe	416	15.98	N/A
	Green	Stuart Bennett	217	8.34	N/A
Majority			1,090	41.87
Turnout			2,612	29.4	−7.5
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2011

2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Maria Bailey	1,750	55.86
	Conservative	Stacey Knighton	795	25.38
	BNP	Robert Booth	239	7.63
	UKIP	Joanna Herod	198	6.32
	Green	Stuart Bennett	151	4.82
Majority			955	30.48
Turnout			3,133	36
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2010

2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Colin White	2,714	51.68
	Conservative	Sharon Knighton	1,710	32.56
	BNP	Anthony Jones	828	15.77
Majority			1,004	19.12
Turnout			5,252	62
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in 2000s

May 2008

2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jean Brazil	1,292	41.00
	Conservative	Stacey Knighton	1,013	32.15
	BNP	David Gough	846	26.85
Majority			279	8.85
Turnout			3,151	37
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

May 2007

2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Wendy Brelsford	1,286	47.9
	Conservative	Elizabeth Dawn Charlesworth	899	33.5
	Liberal Democrats	Allison Kay Seabourne	502	18.7
Majority			387	14.4
Turnout			2,687	31.6
	Labour hold		Swing

May 2006

2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Colin White	1,102	40.77
	Liberal Democrats	Allison Seabourne	955	35.33
	Conservative	Georgina Greenwood	646	23.90
Majority			2,703	32
Turnout			147	5.44
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

June 2004

2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Wright	1,680	45.4
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Wright	1,587
	Liberal Democrats	Allison Seabourne	1,257
	Labour	Patricia Haslam	1,185	32.0
	Labour	Katie Cruickshank	962
	Labour	Colin White	930
	Conservative	Alurie O'Sullivan	834	22.5
Majority
Turnout				38.5

References

^ "Your Councillors by Ward". tameside.moderngov.co.uk. Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
^ "Andrew Gwynne MP". parliament.uk. UK Parliament. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
^ "Councillor Oliver Ryan". tameside.moderngov.co.uk. Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
^ "Councillor Maria Bailey". tameside.moderngov.co.uk. Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
^ "Councillor Teresa Smith". tameside.moderngov.co.uk. Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
^ Staff writer (4 May 2018). "Tameside Council Local Election Results 2018". Tameside Reporter. Archived from the original on 13 May 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.

[1] "Your Councillors by Ward". tameside.moderngov.co.uk. Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 3 January 2018.

[2] "Andrew Gwynne MP". parliament.uk. UK Parliament. Retrieved 3 January 2018.

[3] "Councillor Oliver Ryan". tameside.moderngov.co.uk. Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 3 January 2018.

[4] "Councillor Maria Bailey". tameside.moderngov.co.uk. Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 3 January 2018.

[5] "Councillor Teresa Smith". tameside.moderngov.co.uk. Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 3 January 2018.

[6] Staff writer (4 May 2018). "Tameside Council Local Election Results 2018". Tameside Reporter. Archived from the original on 13 May 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.

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