Local Election Results 2012
Rochdale
One-third of council up for election.
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By-elections for Rochdale (may be incomplete): 29th November 2007 (North Middleton)
— 25th April 2013 (Norden)
— 31st October 2024 (North Middleton)
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Labour |
26265 |
53.3% |
17 |
| Conservative |
13140 |
26.6% |
3 |
| Liberal Democrat |
7572 |
15.4% |
0 |
| Independent |
1596 |
3.2% |
0 |
| UK Independence Party |
302 |
0.6% |
0 |
| National Front |
216 |
0.4% |
0 |
| English Democrats Party |
215 |
0.4% |
0 |
| Richard Farnell |
Lab |
1582 |
65.8% |
| Pat Colclough |
LD |
638 |
26.6% |
| Christine Akram |
C |
183 |
7.6% |
| Jane Gartside |
C |
1253 |
41.5% |
| William Hobhouse |
LD |
1057 |
35.0% |
| Daniel Meredith |
Lab |
708 |
23.5% |
| Billy Sheerin |
Lab |
1728 |
75.1% |
| Ronald Crossley |
C |
313 |
13.6% |
| Anthony Smith |
LD |
259 |
11.3% |
| Iftikhar Ahmed |
Lab |
2337 |
71.2% |
| Mohammed Miah |
LD |
665 |
20.3% |
| Nauman Hayee |
C |
280 |
8.5% |
| Malcolm Boriss |
Lab |
1439 |
72.9% |
| David Smith |
C |
372 |
18.9% |
| Clarice Cooper |
LD |
162 |
8.2% |
| Shaun O'Neill |
Lab |
1251 |
45.3% |
| Lee Durrant |
C |
1137 |
41.1% |
| Tom Bailey |
LD |
376 |
13.6% |
| Linda Robinson |
Lab |
1227 |
59.5% |
| Peter Winkler |
C |
498 |
24.1% |
| Peter Greenwood |
NF |
216 |
10.5% |
| Georgina Whitaker |
LD |
122 |
5.9% |
| Shakil Ahmed |
Lab |
1724 |
63.2% |
| David Clayton |
LD |
474 |
17.4% |
| Rifat Mahmood |
C |
316 |
11.6% |
| Ricky Akehurst |
EDP |
215 |
7.9% |
| John Hartley |
Lab |
1081 |
50.7% |
| Peter Evans |
C |
1050 |
49.3% |
| Terence Linden |
Lab |
1840 |
56.9% |
| Mohammad Sharif |
C |
1224 |
37.9% |
| Liz Thirsk |
LD |
169 |
5.2% |
| Allen Brett |
Lab |
1200 |
45.3% |
| Irene Davidson |
LD |
1046 |
39.5% |
| Keith Taylor |
C |
402 |
15.2% |
| James Gartside |
C |
1624 |
67.6% |
| Dobir Miah |
Lab |
604 |
25.1% |
| Natasha Akhtar |
LD |
175 |
7.3% |
| Liam O'Rourke |
Lab |
1193 |
55.4% |
| Tony MacSparran |
LD |
785 |
36.5% |
| David Garnett |
C |
174 |
8.1% |
| Pat Greenall |
Lab |
883 |
44.4% |
| Maureen Rowbotham |
Ind |
694 |
34.9% |
| David Harris |
C |
251 |
12.6% |
| Neil Proctor |
LD |
162 |
8.1% |
| Amna Mir |
Lab |
1509 |
63.8% |
| Jean Ashworth |
C |
654 |
27.7% |
| Peter Clegg |
LD |
201 |
8.5% |
| Peter Joinson |
Lab |
1375 |
54.1% |
| Teresa Fitzsimons |
C |
1049 |
41.3% |
| John Wilkins |
LD |
119 |
4.7% |
| Shefali Begum |
Lab |
1123 |
35.8% |
| Carl Faulkner |
Ind |
902 |
28.8% |
| Mohammed Sajid |
LD |
803 |
25.6% |
| James Oldham |
C |
309 |
9.9% |
| Ashley Dearnley |
C |
1569 |
69.5% |
| James Brown |
Lab |
536 |
23.7% |
| Rosemary Jones |
LD |
153 |
6.8% |
| Colin Lambert |
Lab |
1319 |
67.2% |
| Warren Mitchell |
UKIP |
302 |
15.4% |
| Jane Howard |
C |
215 |
11.0% |
| James Ridley |
LD |
126 |
6.4% |
| Lil Murphy |
Lab |
1606 |
82.2% |
| Christopher Chapman |
C |
267 |
13.7% |
| Frank Cooper |
LD |
80 |
4.1% |
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