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LIB DEM leader Alan Taylor shows his delight at the Town Hall as the results come in
Local elections 2007 - results
4/ 5/2007
A NIGHT of drama at the Town Hall saw history made as the Liberal Democrats took overall control of Rochdale Council for the first time.
They increased their number of seats to 32, giving them an overall majority.
Among the casualties as they swept to power were the mayor, Labour’s Jean Hornby and Conservative deputy leader Ian Duckworth.
Delighted Lib Dem leader Alan Taylor said: “In the last 12 months we have laid the foundations for our good work.
“We are determined that local people will see a difference.”
It was a mixed night for Labour, who recovered from several losses with three gains which kept their tally at 20 seats.
Leader Allen Brett said: “I do feel there has been a lot of campaigning done on national issues.”
It was a bad night for the Conservatives, who saw their number of seats fall to eight.
Ashley Dearnley, their leader, said: “We came so close in places.”
In Heywood, aside from the Mayor's defeat, Labour's Jacqui Beswick and Susan Emmott kept their seats comfortably.
And in West Middleton Terry Smith who defected from Labour to the Lib Dems, failed to win the seat against Labour's Terry Linden
For complete coverage of a dramatic night, see Saturday's Rochdale Observer and next week's Heywood Advertiser and Middleton Guardian.
RESULTS
|
HEALEY |
||
|
JIM MORAN |
LABOUR |
571 |
|
ANDREW NEILSON |
CONSERVATIVE |
827 |
|
ELWYN WATKINS |
LIB DEM |
1401 |
|
KINGSWAY |
||
|
PHILIP GRANTHAM |
CONSERVATIVE |
364 |
|
NAIM MAHMUD |
LIB DEM |
1185 |
|
TOM STOTT |
LABOUR |
1101 |
|
MILKSTONE & DEEPLISH |
|
|
|
IMTIAZ AHMED |
LABOUR |
1794 |
|
JAVED IQBAL |
LIB DEM |
1719 |
|
MUDASSAR RAZZAQ |
CONSERVATIVE |
188 |
|
BALDERSTONE & KIRKHOLT
|
||
|
DARREN PHILIP BAYMAN
|
CONSERVATIVE
|
299
|
|
DARREN GEOFFREY PEDLEY
|
LABOUR
|
827
|
|
LIZ THIRSK
|
LIB DEM
|
938
|
|
CASTLETON
|
|
|
|
RONALD CROSSLEY
|
CONSERVATIVE
|
332
|
|
TED FLYNN
|
LIB DEM
|
1254
|
|
FRANK SALT
|
INDEPENDENT
|
241
|
|
MARIE WILLIAMS
|
LABOUR
|
519
|
|
SPOTLAND & FALINGE
|
||
|
SURINDER BIANT
|
LABOUR
|
1003
|
|
GREGORY DAVID COUZENS
|
LIB DEM
|
1672
|
|
STEVEN SCHOLES
|
CONSERVATIVE
|
363
|
|
CENTRAL ROCHDALE
|
||
|
FAROOQ AHMED
|
LABOUR
|
1875
|
|
ROGER HOWARTH
|
CONSERVATIVE
|
325
|
|
KHALID MAHMOOD
|
LIB DEM
|
1466
|
|
BAMFORD
|
|
|
|
ANDREW ABBOTT
|
LIB DEM
|
1390
|
|
IAN DUCKWORTH
|
CONSERVATIVE
|
1380
|
|
JOHN MICHAEL ORFORD
|
LABOUR
|
302
|
|
SMALLBRIDGE & FIRGROVE
|
||
|
SULTAN ALI
|
LABOUR
|
785
|
|
LEONARD KEITH BRANTON
|
CONSERVATIVE
|
373
|
|
BRENDA KERSLAKE
|
LIB DEM
|
903
|
|
NORDEN
|
|
|
|
ANTHONY JOSEPH BENNETT
|
LABOUR
|
292
|
|
ANN METCALFE
|
CONSERVATIVE
|
1234
|
|
JOANNE PAYNE
|
LIB DEM
|
1153
|
|
WEST HEYWOOD
|
|
|
|
JACQUELINE BESWICK
|
LABOUR
|
1142
|
|
HARRY BOOTA
|
LIB DEM
|
443
|
|
JOHN KERSHAW
|
CONSERVATIVE
|
454
|
|
NORTH HEYWOOD
|
|
|
|
DOREEN BROPHY-LEE
|
LIB DEM
|
847
|
|
JEAN GLADYS HORNBY
|
LABOUR
|
791
|
|
STEPHEN IVOR JONES
|
CONSERVATIVE
|
307
|
|
HOPWOOD HALL
|
|
|
|
CONAL BROPHY
|
CONSERVATIVE
|
724
|
|
SUSAN EMMOTT
|
LABOUR
|
1583
|
|
MALCOLM HEARD
|
LIB DEM
|
272
|
|
EAST MIDDLETON
|
|
|
|
CECELIA CROSSLEY
|
CONSERVATIVE
|
426
|
|
DONNA ELIZABETH MARTIN
|
LABOUR
|
1051
|
|
RHODA MORLEY
|
LIB DEM
|
765
|
|
SOUTH MIDDLETON
|
|
|
|
HILARY ANNE MURRAY
|
LIB DEM
|
358
|
|
SUE PAWSON
|
CONSERVATIVE
|
1266
|
|
PETER JAMES WILLIAMS
|
LABOUR
|
1320
|
|
WEST MIDDLETON
|
|
|
|
TERRY LINDEN
|
LABOUR
|
1125
|
|
DAVE PAWSON
|
CONSERVATIVE
|
325
|
|
TERRY SMITH
|
LIB DEM
|
729
|
|
NORTH MIDDLETON
|
|
|
|
ALAN JAMES GODSON
|
LABOUR
|
921
|
|
DAVID HARRIS
|
CONSERVATIVE
|
552
|
|
NEIL LEVER
|
LIB DEM
|
319
|
|
LITTLEBOROUGH LAKESIDE
|
||
|
JOHN HARTLEY
|
LABOUR
|
467
|
|
ROSEMARY ANNE JONES
|
LIB DEM
|
962
|
|
FRANK MILLS
|
CONSERVATIVE
|
894
|
|
MILNROW & NEWHEY
|
|
|
|
MICHAEL FRANK BUTLER
|
CONSERVATIVE
|
633
|
|
GEOFFREY JOHN COADY
|
LABOUR
|
342
|
|
JOHN KEITH SWIFT
|
LIB DEM
|
1327
|
|
WARDLE & WEST LITTLEBOROUGH
|
||
|
JANET DARNBROUGH
|
CONSERVATIVE
|
1591
|
|
MIKE RADANOVIC
|
LABOUR
|
305
|
|
HILARY JOSEPHINE RODGERS
|
LIB DEM
|
450
|
OLDHAM COUNCIL:
|
ROYTON NORTH
|
||
|
Anita Corbett
|
British National Party
|
486
|
|
Joseph Farquhar
|
Conservative
|
905
|
|
Trevor Hilton
|
UK Independence Party
|
126
|
|
Tony Larkin
|
Labour
|
1207
|
|
Philip Renold
|
Liberal Democrats
|
268
|
|
ROYTON SOUTH
|
||
|
Sue Barratt
|
Liberal Democrats
|
986
|
|
Steven Bashforth
|
Labour
|
1079
|
|
Allan Fish
|
Conservative
|
598
|
|
Tony Larkin
|
UK Independence Party
|
265
|
|
CROMPTON
|
||
|
John Dillon
|
Liberal Democrats
|
1550
|
|
Wyn Dillon
|
Labour
|
476
|
|
David Dunning
|
Conservative
|
606
|
|
Fiona Southall
|
Labour
|
157
|
ROSSENDALE COUNCIL:
|
HEALEY AND WHITWORTH
|
||
|
David Barnes
|
Conservative
|
318
|
|
Michael Crossley
|
British National Party
|
220
|
|
Joanne Karoo
|
Liberal Democrats
|
98
|
|
Roger Wilson
|
Labour
|
344
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