All the candidates standing in local elections in Oldham

A third of the whole council is up for election on Thursday, May 2, with 102 candidates standing across the borough.

One seat in each of the 20 wards is being contested.

Of the seats up for election, 14 are currently held by Labour, three by Liberal Democrat, one Conservative and two by independents.

In Coldhurst and Medlock Vale, Labour are putting forward new candidates to challenge their former members.

Councillors Montaz Ali Azad and Kaiser Rehman have both been suspended by the Labour party and sit in the chamber as independents.

But they are both attempting to retain their seats as independents.

This year UKip are putting forward 14 candidates – in a shift from last year when they didn’t contest a single seat.

In the previous local elections in 2018, Oldham members had been encouraged to support Rochdale candidates, who they thought were in more ‘achievable’ seats.

The Green Party are standing in 13 seats, while the Lib Dems, Labour and Conservatives are contesting every seat.

Grassroots party Saddleworth First! are fielding candidates in the three Saddleworth wards.

And 12 independent candidates are seeking to challenge the major parties across the borough.

Long-serving Liberal Democrat councillor Derek Heffernan is not standing again in Saddleworth North.

He was first elected to the council in May 1995 and served as Mayor in 2016.

In a tearful speech at his last full council meeting, Coun Heffernan said he had previously confirmed these four years in office would be his last.

He said it was not related to dementia, adding his ‘marbles are all in place and well polished’.

“It is time to pass the torch to somebody else,” he said. “But believe me friends, it is a wrench.”

Another former Mayor Shadab Qumer is also not seeking re-election in St Mary’s ward.

He has served on the council for 12 years but said he is stepping down to spend more ‘quality time’ with his four children – something he feels he has been missing out on.

And Liberal Democrat councillor Julia Turner, who was elected in 2015, is not standing again in Crompton ward.

Full list of candidates standing in Oldham elections:

Alexandra Ward

Martin Dinoff, Liberal Democrats

Jenny Harrison, Labour (Incumbent)

Jawaad Hussain, Conservative

Muhammad Imran Sarwar, Independent

Carl Douglas Sinderby, UKIP

Chadderton Central Ward

Barbara Ann Beeley, Liberal Democrats

Marian Goodwin, UKIP

Mohammed Shah Jahan, Conservative

Jess Mahoney, Green

Eddie Moores, Labour (Incumbent)

Chadderton North Ward

Mohon Ali, Labour (Incumbent)

Mohammad Riaj Alom, Conservative

John Hall, Liberal Democrats

Chris Parr, Green

Tracy Samantha Woodward, Independent

Chadderton South Ward

Robert Barnes, Conservative

Jack Dickenson, UKIP

Tabirul Islam, Liberal Democrats

Graham Shuttleworth, Labour (Incumbent)

Melodey Walker, Green

Coldhurst Ward

Montaz Ali Azad, Independent (Incumbent)

Jean Betteridge, Green

Md Shahid Miah, Conservative

Ruji Sapna Surjan, Labour

Kutub Uddin, Liberal Democrats

Crompton Ward

Phelyp Bennett, Conservative

Louie Hamblett, Liberal Democrats

Colin Francis Jones, UKIP

Alex Jones-Casey, Labour

Failsworth East Ward

Alan Belmore, Liberal Democrats

Antony Cahill, Conservative

Brian Hobin, Independent

Paul Jean Jacques, Labour (Incumbent)

Failsworth West Ward

Warren William Bates, Independent

Richard Neville Darlington, Liberal Democrats

Annette Louise Evans, UKIP

Elaine Garry, Labour (Incumbent) 

Andy Hunter-Rossall, Green

Michele Stockton, Conservative

Hollinwood Ward

Stephen Barrow, Liberal Democrats

Sajjad Hussain, Conservative

David William Maybury, Green

Steve Williams, Labour (Incumbent)

Matthew James Woods, UKIP

Medlock Vale Ward

Neil Allsopp, Conservative

Mohammed Alyas, Labour

Daniel Clayton, Green

Marcus Esbach, UKIP

Philip Edward Howarth, Independent

Rachel Pendlebury, Liberal Democrats

Kaiser Rehman, Independent (Incumbent)

Royton North Ward

Allan Fish, Conservative

Paul Francis Goldring, UKIP

Russell Gosling, Liberal Democrats

Clint Phythian, Labour (Incumbent)

Lina Shaw, Green

Royton South Ward

Steven Bashforth, Labour (Incumbent)

Ken Berry, Liberal Democrats

Ian James Bond, Conservative

Anthony Joseph Prince, UKIP

Jim Stidworthy, Green

Saddleworth North Ward

John Douglas Eccles, Liberal Democrats

Chris Green, UKIP

George Hulme, Labour

Luke Lancaster, Conservative

Carl Roberts, Saddleworth First!

Phil Sewell, Independent

Saddleworth South Ward

Helen Louise Bishop, Independent

Alec Crook, Independent

Duncan Clive Goodman, Saddleworth First!

Connor Daniel Green, Labour

Brian Lord, Liberal Democrats

Harry Moore, UKIP

Graham Sheldon, Conservative (Incumbent)

Saddleworth West & Lees Ward

Sam Al-Hamdani, Liberal Democrats

Adrian Clive Alexander, Labour (Incumbent)

“Boots” Errock, Saddleworth First!

Tom Lord, Conservative

Paul Taylor, UKIP

Shaw Ward

Chris Gloster, Liberal Democrats (Incumbent)

Catherine Hunter-Rossall, Green

Ken Rustidge, Labour and Co-operative

Lisa Smirk, Conservative

Rob Vance, UKIP

St James Ward

Atif Ali, Conservative

Colin Herbert Burrows, UKIP

Angela Carol Cosgrove, Labour (Incumbent)

Amoy Lindo-Crooks, Independent

Tony Martin, Liberal Democrats

Roger Pakeman, Green

St. Marys Ward

Sean Raymond Curley, Conservative

Nyla Ibrahim, Labour

Pat Lord, Liberal Democrats

Miranda Meadowcroft, Green

Waterhead Ward

Linda Dawson, Liberal Democrats

Peter Dean, Labour (Incumbent)

Max Joseph Woodvine, Conservative

Werneth Ward

Asghar Ali, Independent

Heath Fletcher, Conservative

Javid Iqbal, Labour (Incumbent)

Keith Pendlebury, Liberal Democrats

Irfat Ahmed Shajahan, Green

 

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