Find your local election candidates

There are 84 candidates standing in Oldham’s local elections in May when at least one seat will be up for grabs in each of the 20 wards across the borough.

Labour currently have 40 councillors with eight Conservatives, eight Lib Dems and four independents including three from the Failsworth Independent Party.

Former council leader Sean Fielding lost his seat in Failsworth West to the newly formed hyper-local group in a surprise result at the last election in May.

This will be the first local election under the leadership of the council leader Arooj Shah who will also be seeking re-election herself in Chadderton South.

There are two seats up for grabs in Medlock Vale due to the shock resignation of Conservative councillor Sahr Abid who was only voted in at the last election.

Labour and the Lib Dems have candidates standing in all 21 seats with the Tories contesting all but three wards and the Green Party running in seven.

There are seven candidates standing for Proud of Oldham and Saddleworth, four for Northern Heart (UK) Oldham and two for the Failsworth Independent Party with a further two independent candidates not representing a party.

There is also one candidate standing for National Housing Party Our People First party and another for the Alliance for Democracy and Freedom party.

Polls open on May 5, but people must be registered to vote by Thursday, April 14 with all applications for a postal vote due by 5pm on Tuesday, April 19.

A full list of candidates standing in Oldham has now been published.

Alexandra

    CHAVERRA VALENCIA, Andrea – Green Party
    DINOFF, Martin Alexander – Liberal Democrats
    MUSHTAQ, Shaid – Labour and Cooperative Party

Chadderton Central

    BEELEY, Barbara – Liberal Democrats
    JACKSON, Cath – Northern Heart (UK) Oldham
    MAHONEY, Jess – Green Party
    MCLAREN, Colin – Labour Party
    MIAH, Sharif – Conservative Party

Chadderton North

    AHMED, Moudud – Conservative Party
    BROWNRIDGE, Barbara Susan – The Labour Party
    CLAYTON, Daniel – Green Party
    GLOSTER, Katie – Liberal Democrats

Chadderton South

    BARNES, Robert – Conservative Party
    BEESTON, Joe – Liberal Democrats
    SHAH, Arooj – Labour Party

Coldhurst

    AZAD, Montaz Ali – Independent
    HALL, John – Liberal Democrats
    MALIK, Abdul – Labour Party
    STOCKTON, Michele – Conservative Party

Crompton

    ALI, Syed Maruf – Labour Party
    BENNETT, Phelyp – Conservative Party
    MOORE, Chelle – Proud of Oldham and Saddleworth
    MURPHY, Dave – Liberal Democrats

Failsworth East

    BABAKARKHAIL, Marzia – Labour Party
    REA, Lucia – Failsworth Independent Party
    THOMPSON, Lynne Christine – Liberal Democrats

Failsworth West

    BALL, Sandra – Failsworth Independent Party
    DAVIS, Peter – Labour and Cooperative Party
    PENDLEBURY, Keith – Liberal Democrats

Hollinwood

    BARTON, Karen – Liberal Democrats
    HUSSAIN, Maqsood – Conservative Party
    LAWRENCE, John – National Housing Party Our People First
    STRETTON, Jean Mary – Labour Party
    VANCE, Rob – Northern Heart (UK) Oldham

Medlock Vale

    BIRCHALL, Mark Douglas – Proud of Oldham and Saddleworth
    FARNWORTH, Lewis – Liberal Democrats
    HUSSAIN, Sajed – Labour Party
    LORD, Brian – Liberal Democrats
    NASHEEN, Umar – Labour Party
    RAHMAN, Tuhin – Conservative Party
    REHMAN, Kaiser – Conservative Party

Royton North

    GOLDRING, Paul Francis – Alliance for Democracy and Freedom
    QUIGG, Lewis – Conservative Party
    ROBERTS, Hannah Jane – Labour Party
    SWIFT, John Keith – Liberal Democrats
    VALENCIA SHAW, Lina – Green Party

Royton South

    BASHFORTH, Marie Ann – Labour Party
    FIANDERTAYLOR, Anne Margaret – Northern Heart (UK) Oldham
    GARNER, Jeff – Liberal Democrats
    PRINCE, Anthony Joseph – Independent
    STIDWORTHY, Jim – Green Party
    TARBUCK, Gary – Conservative Party

Saddleworth North

    BYRNE, Pam – The Conservative Party
    CHARTERS, Joshua James – Labour and Cooperative Party
    KERSHAW, Gary John – Proud of Oldham and Saddleworth
    SCHOLES, Mick – Liberal Democrats

Saddleworth South

    BISHOP, Helen Louise – Independent
    DAWSON, Kevin – Liberal Democrats
    FAY, John Douglas – Labour Party
    HODGSON, Simon – Proud of Oldham and Saddleworth
    MCMANUS, Chris – Conservative Party

Saddleworth West & Lees

    FORD, Jonathan Hesketh – Conservative Party
    MARLAND, Alicia Claire – Liberal Democrats
    RANA, Ghazala – Labour Party
    SHILTON, Paul – Proud of Oldham and Saddleworth

Shaw

    GLOSTER, Hazel – Liberal Democrats
    HINCE, Marc James – Proud of Oldham and Saddleworth
    LINTON, Dion Antony Terence Joseph – Labour and Cooperative Party

St. James

    GLOSTER, Joe – Liberal Democrats
    LINDO CROOKS, Amoy – Proud of Oldham and Saddleworth
    LORD, Tom – Conservative Party
    MUNROE, Leanne Joy – Labour Party
    PAKEMAN, Roger – Green Party

St.Mary’s

    BLACKMORE, Roger – Liberal Democrats
    MEADOWCROFT, Miranda – Green Party
    MIAH, Shefur – Conservative Party
    SALAMAT, Ali Umar Aqeel – Labour Party

Waterhead

    AHMAD, Riaz – Labour and Cooperative Party
    DAWSON, Linda – Liberal Democrats
    KOVACS, Lynne – Conservative Party
    TAYLOR, Paul – Northern Heart (UK) Oldham

Werneth

    AKHTAR, Shoab – Labour Party
    ALOM, Mohammad Riaj – Conservative Party
    LORD, Pat – Liberal Democrats

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