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2007 - local election results

Results from the local election on Thursday 3 May 2007.

Make-up of the council.

  • Liberal Democrat 32
  • Labour 20
  • Conservative 8

Results by ward

Name of Candidate Description Votes Percentage of votes cast
Healey

Liberal Democrat hold
Turnout: 35.8 per cent
Jim Moran Labour 571 20%
Andrew Neilson Conservative  827 30%
Elwyn Watkins Liberal Democrat 1401 50%
Kingsway

Liberal Democrat gain from Labour
Turnout: 33.3 per cent
Philip Grantham Conservative 364 14%
Naim Mahmud Liberal Democrat 1185 45%
Tom Stott Labour 1101 42%
Milkstone and Deeplish

Labour gain from Liberal Democrat
Turnout: 48.7 per cent
Imtiaz Ahmed Labour 1794 48%
Javed Iqbal Liberal Democrat 1719 46%
Mudassar Razzaq Conservative 188 5%
Balderstone and Kirkholt

Liberal Democrat gain from Labour
Turnout: 27.7 per cent
Darren Philip Bayman Conservative 299 14%
Darren Geoffrey Pedley Labour 827 40%
Liz Thirsk Liberal Democrat 938 45%
Castleton

Liberal Democrat hold
Turnout: 30.4 per cent
Ronald Crossley Conservative 332 14%
Ted Flynn Liberal Democrat 1254 53%
Frank Salt Independent 241 10%
Marie Williams Labour 519 22%
Spotland and Falinge

Liberal Democrat hold
Turnout: 37.9 per cent
Surinder Biant Labour 1003 33%
Gregory David Couzens Liberal Democrat 1672 55%
Steven Scholes Conservative 363 12%
Central Rochdale

Labour gain from Liberal Democrat
Turnout: 47.7 per cent
Farooq Ahmed Labour 1875 51%
Roger Howarth Conservative 325 9%
Khalid Mahmood Liberal Democrat 1466 40%
Bamford

Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative
Turnout: 40.2 per cent
Andrew Abbott Liberal Democrat 1390 45%
Ian Duckworth Conservative 1380 45%
John Michael Orford Labour 302 10%
Smallbridge and Firgrove

Liberal Democrat hold
Turnout: 27.2 per cent
Sultan Ali Labour 785 38%
Leonard Keith Branton Conservative 373 18%
Brenda Kerslake Liberal Democrat 903 44%
Norden

Conservative hold
Turnout: 35.6 per cent
Anthony Joseph Bennett Labour 292 11%
Ann Metcalfe Conservative 1234 46%
Joanne Payne Liberal Democrat 1153 43%
West Heywood

Labour hold
Turnout: 23.7 per cent
Jacqueline Beswick Labour 1142 56%
Harry Boota Liberal Democrat 443 22%
John Kershaw Conservative 454 22%
North Heywood

Liberal Democrat gain from Labour
Turnout: 26.1 per cent
Doreen Brophy-Lee Liberal Democrat 847 44%
Jean Gladys Hornby Labour 791 41%
Stephen Ivor Jones Conservative 307 16%
Hopwood Hall

Labour hold
Turnout: 31.4 per cent
Conal Brophy Conservative 724 28%
Susan Emmott Labour 1583 61%
Malcolm Heard Liberal Democrat 272 11%
East Middleton

Labour hold
Turnout: 28.6 per cent
Cecelia Crossley Conservative 426 19%
Donna Elizabeth Martin Labour 1051 47%
Rhoda Morley Liberal Democrat 765 34%
South Middleton

Labour gain from Conservative
Turnout: 37.8 per cent
Hilary Anne Murray Liberal Democrat 358 12%
Sue Pawson Conservative 1266 43%
Peter James Williams Labour 1320 45%
West Middleton

Labour hold
Turnout: 27.1 per cent
Terry Linden Labour 1125 52%
Dave Pawson Conservative 325 15%
Terry Smith Liberal Democrat 728 33%
North Middleton

Labour hold
Turnout: 22.6 per cent
Alan James Godson Labour 921 51%
David Harris Conservative 552 31%
Neil Lever Liberal Democrat 319 18%
Littleborough Lakeside

Liberal Democrat hold
Turnout: 29.7 per cent
John Hartley Labour 467 20%
Rosemary Anne Jones Liberal Democrat 962 41%
Frank Mills Conservative 894 38%
Milnrow and Newhey

Liberal Democrat hold
Turnout: 29.6 per cent
Michael Frank Butler Conservative 633 28%
Geoffrey John Coady Labour 342 15%
John Keith Swift Liberal Democrat 1326 58%
Wardle and West Littleborough

Conservative hold
Turnout: 32.3 per cent
Janet Darnbrough Conservative 1591 68%
Mike Radanovic Labour 305 13%
Hilary Josephine Rodgers Liberal Democrat 450 19%