Local Election 2026: Results

For residents of Rochdale, this May has brought a crucial opportunity to shape local governance and a list of election results is now available. This roster includes individuals representing various political parties and platforms. Each were vying for the chance to serve the community across the borough's wards, and as Reform UK have made a breakthrough across the country, they have done so in Rochdale.

Balderstone and Kirkholt

Reform UK Win

Party	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrats	Rob Chilton	129 (5%)
Reform UK	Ashley-Louise Gilbert	1205 (42%) - Elected
Conservative & Unionist Party	John Kershaw	160 (6%)
Labour and Co-operative Party	Philip Thomas Massey	722 (25%)
Green Party of England and Wales	Sami Mir	349 (12%)
Workers Party of Britain	Nadeem Altaf	275 (10%)

 

Bamford

Conservative & Unionist Party Win

Party	Candidate	Votes
Reform UK	Christopher Birchenough	1009 (28%)
Labour Party	Duncan Hannant	466 (13%)
Green Party of England and Wales	George Hilton	566 (16%)
Workers Party of Britain	Bahadur Kamran	293 (8%)
Conservative & Unionist Party	Angela Jennifer Smith	1230 (35%) - Elected

 

Castleton

Reform UK Win

Party	Candidate	Votes
Conservative & Unionist Party	Malcolm Thomas Bywater	197 (6%)
Liberal Democrats	Sharon L. Harrison	150 (5%)
Reform UK	Dave Jones	1379 (45%) - Elected
Green Party of England and Wales	Jonathan Edward Kershaw	638 (21%)
Labour and Co-operative Party	Billy Sheerin	719 (23%)

 

Central Rochdale

Workers Party of Britain Win

Party	Candidate	Votes
Labour Party	Iftikhar Ahmed	1424 (35%)
Green Party of England and Wales	Peter Cloran	395 (10%)
Workers Party of Britain	Waqar Khan	1944 (47%) - Elected
Conservative & Unionist Party	Catherine Leach	77 (2%)
Reform UK	Samantha Payne	269 (7%)

 

East Middleton

Labour Win

Party	Candidate	Votes
Middleton Independents	Paul Beswick	337 (10%)
Labour Party	Gina Jacques	1315 (40%) - Elected
Reform UK	Mervyn Simpson	1215 (37%)
Conservative & Unionist Party	Michael Smith	149 (5%)
Green Party of England and Wales	Clare Wood	265 (8%)

 

Healey

Reform UK Win

Party	Candidate	Votes
Green Party of England and Wales	Umar Ali	441 (13%)
Liberal Democrats	Andy Lord	528 (15%)
Conservative & Unionist Party	Robert James Mclean	190 (5%)
Workers Party of Britain	Raja Miah	237 (7%)
Labour and Co-operative Party	Shaun O'Neill	772 (22%)
Reform UK	Mark Stephens	1300 (37%) - Elected

 

Hopwood Hall

Reform UK Win

Party	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrats	Iain Donaldson	157 (5%)
Labour Party	Susan Emmott	856 (27%)
Green Party of England and Wales	Robert Lewis King	290 (9%)
Reform UK	Steve Potter	1536 (48%) - Elected
Advance UK	Alan Shaw	52 (2%)
Conservative & Unionist Party	Stephen Spencer-Jones	319 (10%)

 

Kingsway

Labour Win

Party	Candidate	Votes
Labour Party	Shakil Ahmed	1176 (34%) - Elected
Conservative & Unionist Party	Stephen John Edgar	132 (4%)
Reform UK	Denise Harrison	812 (24%)
Green Party of England and Wales	Mark Hollinrake	364 (11%)
Liberal Democrats	Jenny Kelly	117 (3%)
Workers Party of Britain	Mohammed Saleem	820 (24%)

 

Littleborough Lakeside

Reform UK Win

Party	Candidate	Votes
Labour and Co-operative Party	Janet Ann Emsley	1170 (34%)
Liberal Democrats	Emma Jane Griffin	125 (4%)
Reform UK	Victoria Howard	1391 (41%) - Elected
Conservative & Unionist Party	Ian Jackson	454 (13%)
Green Party of England and Wales	Paul Michael Wooten	274 (8%)

 

Milkstone and Deeplish

Workers Party of Britain Win

Party	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrats	Majdi Khalil Aldimashqi	64 (2%)
Labour and Co-operative Party	Mohammad Arshad	1017 (32%)
Conservative & Unionist Party	Len Branton	454 (13%)
Reform UK	Stuart Mather	161 (5%)
Green Party of England and Wales	Neil Gavin Rutter	296 (9%)
Workers Party of Britain	Mohammed Shafiq	1560 (50%) - Elected

 

Milnrow and Newhey

Reform UK Win

Party	Candidate	Votes
Conservative & Unionist Party	Milton Danczuk	128 (4%)
Liberal Democrats	Irene Davidson	1306 (36%)
Reform UK	Anthony Gilbert	1400 (39%) - Elected
Labour and Co-operative Party	Avis Kay Gilmore	519 (14%)
Green Party of England and Wales	Jack Freddie Gower	217 (6%)
Workers Party of Britain	Mohammed Shafiq	13 (0.36%)

 

Norden

Conservative & Unionist Party Win

Party	Candidate	Votes
Green Party of England and Wales	Sarah Louise Croke	431 (11%)
Conservative & Unionist Party	Paul Ellison	1662 (42%) - Elected
Reform UK	Kevin Lane	1193 (30%)
Labour Party	Sue Moore-Holmes	495 (13%)
Liberal Democrats	Stephanie Robertson	154 (4%)

 

North Heywood

Reform UK Win

Party	Candidate	Votes
Conservative & Unionist Party	Sam Bancroft	144 (6%)
Green Party of England and Wales	Naomi Charlotte Brown	310 (12%)
Liberal Democrats	Steve Gillan	123 (5%)
Reform UK	Michael Howard	1365 (54%) - Elected
Labour and Co-operative Party	Lewis Chadwick Woodall	597 (24%)

 

North Middleton

Reform UK Win

Party	Candidate	Votes
Green Party of England and Wales	James Luckham	410 (13%)
Middleton Independents	Keeley O'Mara	-
Liberal Democrats	Chariss Peacock	73 (2%)
Labour and Co-operative Party	Connor Stanisauskis	562 (17%)
Conservative & Unionist Party	Eileen Taylor	141 (4%)
Reform UK	Lee Wolf	1450 (45%) - Elected

 

Smallbridge and Firgrove

Liberal Democrats Win

Party	Candidate	Votes
Green Party of England and Wales	Feruz Ali	332 (11%)
Reform UK	Cole Brierley	850 (28%)
Independent	Billy Howarth	160 (5%)
Labour Party	Aftab Hussain	683 (22%)
Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Khizer	917 (30%) - Elected
Conservative & Unionist Party	Charlotte Jayne Taylor	126 (4%)

 

South Middleton

Reform UK Win

Party	Candidate	Votes
Conservative & Unionist Party	Stacey Bancroft	308 (8%)
Liberal Democrats	Sam Ellis	176 (5%)
Green Party of England and Wales	Sunday Stephen Onabanjo	392 (10%)
Reform UK	Matthew Pilkington	1674 (44%) - Elected
Labour Party	Peter James Williams	1238 (33%)

 

Spotland and Falinge

Reform UK Win

Party	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrats	Rabina Asghar	689 (21%)
Workers Party of Britain	Benita Blessing	151 (5%)
Independent	Stefan Cholewka	35 (1%)
Green Party of England and Wales	Mick Coats	307 (9%)
Conservative & Unionist Party	Ann Marie Conway	134 (4%)
Labour Party	Iram Faisal	1009 (30%)
Reform UK	Carl Faulkner	1018 (30%) - Elected

 

Wardle, Shore and West Littleborough

Reform UK Win

Party	Candidate	Votes
Reform UK	Philip Barrett	1466 (40%) - Elected
Conservative & Unionist Party	Matthew Frederick Hargreaves	1209 (33%)
Liberal Democrats	Kim Ho	169 (5%)
Labour and Co-operative Party	Joshua James McCarron	451 (12%)
Green Party of England and Wales	Adam Mir	328 (9%)
Workers Party of Britain	Laura Pugh	39 (1%)

 

West Heywood

Reform UK Win

Party	Candidate	Votes
Conservative & Unionist Party	Adele Allison Anstee	151 (5%)
Labour and Co-operative Party	Angela Brown	921 (31%)
Reform UK	Stuart Crawford	1474 (50%) - Elected
Liberal Democrats	Tom Shaw	213 (7%)
Green Party of England and Wales	Ethan Towers	215 (7%)

 

West Middleton

Reform UK Win

Party	Candidate	Votes
Labour Party	Phil Burke	791 (34%)
Green Party	Caitlin Furlong	388 (17%)
Conservative & Unionist Party	Matthew Steven Roughsedge	229 (10%)
Reform UK	Trevor Taylor	936 (40%) - Elected