2022 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election
The 2022 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election will take place on 5 May 2022 to elect members of Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council. This is on the same day as other local elections. 19 of the 57 seats will be up for election.[1]
Background
Since its creation in 1974, Tameside has always been under Labour control, aside from 1978 to 1982 when the Conservatives held a majority.[2] In the most recent election in 2021, Labour lost one seat to the Conservatives, but increased their vote share by 4.6%, winning a total of 16 seats, with the Conservatives gaining 10.7% and winning 3 seats. The Green Party of England and Wales did not gain any seats, despite winning their first seat in 2019.[3]
The positions up for election in 2021 were last elected in 2018. In that election, Labour achieved 53.8% of the vote, and won 17 seats with 1 gained from the Conservatives, while the Conservatives won 2 with 1 gain from Labour.[4]
Previous council composition
| After 2021 election | Before 2022 election[5] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Party | Seats | ||
| Labour | 50 | Labour | 50 | ||
| Conservative | 6 | Conservative | 6 | ||
| Green | 1 | Green | 1 | ||
Results
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| Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
| Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
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| Reform UK | ||||||||||
| Women's Equality | ||||||||||
Results by ward
An asterisk indicates an incumbent councillor.
Ashton Hurst
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Dolores Lewis* | ||||
| Conservative | Lucy Turner | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
Ashton St. Michael's
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Bill Fairfoull* | ||||
| Conservative | Victoria Golas | ||||
| Green | Keith Whitehead | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
Ashton Waterloo
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Vimal Choksi* | ||||
| Conservative | Pamela Daniels | ||||
| Green | Lorraine Whitehead | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
Audenshaw
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Danny Mather | ||||
| Green | Luke Robinson | ||||
| Labour | Oliver Ryan* | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
Denton North East
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | John Bradley | ||||
| Conservative | Dawn Cobb | ||||
| Reform UK | Barbara Mitchison | ||||
| Labour | Vincent Ricci* | ||||
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| Turnout | |||||
Denton South
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Timothy Cho | ||||
| Labour | Claire Reid* | ||||
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| Turnout | |||||
Denton West
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Matt Allen | ||||
| Green | Jean Smee | ||||
| Labour | Mike Smith* | ||||
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| Turnout | |||||
Droylsden East
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Louise Axon | ||||
| Labour | Sue Quinn* | ||||
| Conservative | Harrison Roden | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
Droylsden West
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Barrie Holland* | ||||
| Conservative | Matthew Stevenson | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
Dukinfield
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | James Cooper | ||||
| Labour | Jacqueline Lane* | ||||
| Green | Julie Wood | ||||
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| Turnout | |||||
Dukinfield Stalybridge
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Linda Freeman | ||||
| Conservative | Kurt McPartland | ||||
| Labour | Eleanor Wills* | ||||
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| Turnout | |||||
Hyde Godley
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Andrea Colbourne | ||||
| Labour | David McAllister | ||||
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| Turnout | |||||
Hyde Newton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Melissa Molloy | ||||
| Labour | Hugh Roderick | ||||
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| Turnout | |||||
Hyde Werneth
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Phil Chadwick* | ||||
| Green | Alex Cooper | ||||
| Labour | John Mercer | ||||
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| Turnout | |||||
Longdendale
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Janet Cooper* | ||||
| Conservative | Lavlu Kader | ||||
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| Turnout | |||||
Mossley
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Christine Clark | ||||
| Conservative | Andrew Hay | ||||
| Labour | Stephen Homer* | ||||
| Women's Equality | Hattie Thomas | ||||
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| Turnout | |||||
St. Peters
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Joyce Bowerman* | ||||
| Green | Trevor Clarke | ||||
| Conservative | David Rose | ||||
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| Turnout | |||||
Stalybridge North
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Sam Gosling* | ||||
| Green | Alice Mason-Power | ||||
| Conservative | David Tilbrook | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
Stalybridge South
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Nick Axford | ||||
| Conservative | Liam Billington* | ||||
| Green | Amanda Hickling | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
References
- "Election timetable in England". GOV.UK. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
- "Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. p. 22. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
- "Local Elections Archive Project - 2019 - Tameside". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
- "Local Elections Archive Project - 2018 - Tameside". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
- "Your Councillors". tameside.moderngov.co.uk. 7 April 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
- "STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED" (PDF). Tameside Metropolitan Borough District Council. Retrieved 7 April 2022.