All the candidates standing in the Oldham council local elections 2023

More than 200 candidates are competing for residents’ votes in this years’ local elections in Oldham – which sees every seat up for grabs.

Following a review by the Boundary Commission for England, every council seat in the chamber is up for election, with three council roles being contested in each of the borough’s 20 wards.

It is the first all-out election to be held in Oldham since 2004.

Currently the town hall is made up of 35 Labour members, nine Conservatives, nine Liberal Democrats, five Failsworth Independent Party members and two independents.

The all-out election will likely prove to be more dramatic than previous years, in which just a third of the council seats went to the ballot box.

Crucially Labour will be aiming not to lose more ground to the Failsworth Independents and Conservatives, which both picked won seats from the ruling party in the May 2022 election.

The council leader, Amanda Chadderton will also be fighting to retain her seat in Royton South, following the defeat by her leadership predecessors Arooj Shah and Sean Fielding at the previous two local elections.

Ms Shah is standing in St Mary’s ward hoping to win back a seat on the council, after being ousted from Chadderton South ward by Tory candidate Robert Barnes last year.

In this year’s election, which is being held on Thursday, May 4, there are 50 candidates standing for the Conservative Party, 57 for Labour, 49 for the Liberal Democrats and 52 for smaller parties or independents.

Voter registration closes on at midnight on Monday, April 17. Under new government legislation, voters must also now show photo ID when voting in person, as you will be turned away without this.

If you do not currently have an accepted form of photo ID such as a passport or driving license, you can apply for a Voter Authority Certificate before 5pm on April 25.

The deadline to register to vote by post is 5pm on Tuesday, April 18 while the deadline to register online for a proxy vote is 5pm on Tuesday, April 25.

The full list of candidates has now been published by Oldham council:

Alexandra

•     Jubel Ahmed – The Conservative Party
•     Sheila Brophy – Northern Heart UK Oldham
•     Zahid Chauhan  – Labour Party
•     Md Nazrul Chowdhury – The Conservative Party
•     Martin Dinoff – Liberal Democrats
•     Jenny Harrison – Labour Party
•     Shaid Mushtaq – Labour Party
•     Rory Thompson – Liberal Democrats
•     Muhammad Yasir – Independent

Chadderton Central

•     Mohon Ali – Labour Party
•     Abdul Basit – Northern Heart UK Oldham
•     Christine Cator – Liberal Democrats
•     Jackie Gartside – Northern Heart UK Oldham
•     Mohammed Islam – Labour Party
•     Cath Jackson – Northern Heart UK Oldham
•     Sue Mayall – Liberal Democrats
•     Toklis Miah – The Conservative Party
•     Md Yahhia Qurashi – The Conservative Party
•     Fazal Rahim – Liberal Democrats
•     Mohammed Razon – The Conservative Party
•     Elaine Taylor – Labour Party

Chadderton North

•     Moudud Ahmed – The Conservative Party
•     Karl Bardsley – The Conservative Party
•     Barbara Brownridge – Labour Party
•     Dominic Cadman – Liberal Democrats
•     Jonathan Ford – The Conservative Party
•     Katie Gloster – Liberal Democrats
•     Colin McLaren – Labour Party
•     Eddie Moores – Labour Party
•     Mick Scholes – Liberal Democrats

Chadderton South

•     Mohammed Alom – The Conservative Party
•     Warren Bates – Independent
•     Chris Goodwin – Labour Party
•     Muhammad Habib – Liberal Democrats
•     Holly Harrison – Labour Party
•     Jawaad Hussain – The Conservative Party
•     Annie Lord – Liberal Democrats
•     Mohammed Miah – The Conservative Party
•     Graham Shuttleworth – Labour Party

Coldhurst

•     Mohammed Abu Taleb – Independent
•     Saira Ahmed – The Conservative Party
•     Noor Akmol – Independent
•     Samsul Alam – The Conservative Party
•     Ahmed Ali – Independent
•     Mohammed Ali – Independent
•     Badrul Amin – Liberal Democrats
•     Montaz Azad – Independent
•     Mahmud Hannah – The Conservative Party
•     Abdul Jabbar – Labour Party
•     Abdul Malik – Labour Party
•     Abdul Malik – Independent
•     Mustafa Mustak – Independent
•     Rachel Pendlebury – Liberal Democrats
•     Ruji Surjan – Labour Party
•     Amir Uddin – Independent
•     Hamza Uddin – Liberal Democrats

Crompton

•     Masuma Ahmed – The Conservative Party
•     David Barker – Labour Party
•     Latif Choudhary – Labour Party
•     Mohammed Chowdhury – The Conservative Party
•     Louie Hamblett – Liberal Democrats
•     Dave Murphy – Liberal Democrats
•     Lee Navesey – Independent
•     Ken Rustidge – Labour Party
•     Michele Stockton – The Conservative Party
•     Diane Williamson – Liberal Democrats

Failsworth East

•     Barbara Beeley – Liberal Democrats
•     Aileen Fryer – Labour Party
•     Fazlul Haque – Labour Party
•     Neil Hindle – Failsworth Independents
•     Brian Hobin – Failsworth Independents
•     Bradley Holt – The Conservative Party
•     Lucia Rea – Failsworth Independents

Failsworth West

•     Sandra Ball – Independent
•     Alan Brady – Independent
•     Jane Cashinella-Vaughan – Failsworth Independents
•     Peter Davis – Labour Party
•     Paul Fryer – Labour Party
•     Andrew Hurley – The Conservative Party
•     Dion Linton – Labour Party
•     Elizabeth Powell – Liberal Democrats
•     Mark Wilkinson – Independent

Hollinwood

•     Karen Barton – Liberal Democrats
•     Kamran Ghafoor – The Conservative Party
•     Muhammad Irfan – The Conservative Party
•     John Lawrence (National Housing Party Putting UK First)
•     Kyle Phythian – Labour Party
•     Hannah Roberts – Labour Party
•     Abdul Wahid – The Conservative Party
•     Barbara Whitehead – Independent
•     Ian Whitehead – Independent
•     Steve Williams – Labour Party

Medlock Vale

•     Tanie Akhtar – The Conservative Party
•     Mark Birchall – Independent
•     Lewis Farnworth – Liberal Democrats
•     Shona Farnworth – Liberal Democrats
•     Akthar Hussain – The Conservative Party
•     Junaid Hussain – Labour Party
•     Sajed Hussain – Labour Party
•     Umar Nasheen – Labour Party
•     Mohammod Rahman – The Conservative Party
•     Waqar Raza – Independent

Royton North

•     Christine Adams – The Conservative Party
•     Dave Arnott – The Conservative Party
•     Colin Burrows (Alliance for Democracy and Freedom)
•     Enrique Flores – Liberal Democrats
•     Paul Goldring (Alliance for Democracy and Freedom)
•     Mick Harwood – Labour Party
•     Brian Lord – Liberal Democrats
•     Joan Mills (Alliance for Democracy and Freedom)
•     Clint Phythian – Labour Party
•     Lewis Quigg – The Conservative Party
•     Stephanie Shuttleworth – Labour Party
•     Keith Swift – Liberal Democrats

Royton South

•     Marie Bashforth – Labour Party
•     Steven Bashforth – Labour Party
•     Amanda Chadderton – Labour Party
•     Jeffrey Garner – Liberal Democrats
•     Russell Gosling – Liberal Democrats
•     Jade Hughes – Independent
•     Maggie Hurley – Independent
•     Alexander Omeltschenko – For Future’s Sake – Freedom Alliance
•     Tom Penketh – Liberal Democrats
•     Anthony Prince – Independent
•     Darren Ratcliffe – Independent

Saddleworth North

•     Pam Byrne – The Conservative Party
•     Glyn Ford – Labour Party
•     Garth Harkness – Liberal Democrats
•     Simon Hodgson – Independent
•     Gary Kershaw – Independent
•     Luke Lancaster – The Conservative Party
•     Michael Powell – Liberal Democrats
•     Stuart Pyefinch – The Conservative Party
•     Pillida Shipp – Labour Party
•     Paul Stevenson – Independent
•     Lynne Thompson – Liberal Democrats

Saddleworth South

•     Joseph Beeston – Liberal Democrats
•     Helen Bishop – Liberal Democrats
•     Roger Blackmore – Liberal Democrats
•     Tahra Javed – Labour Party
•     Christopher McManus – The Conservative Party
•     Graham Sheldon – The Conservative Party
•     Gary Tarbuck – Independent
•     Dominic Wall – Labour Party
•     Max Woodvine – The Conservative Party

Saddleworth West and Lees

•     Sam Al-Hamdani – Liberal Democrats
•     Dave Barter – Labour Party
•     John Battye – Labour Party
•     Terence Hopkinson – The Conservative Party
•     Sophie Johnson – Independent
•     Mark Kenyon – Liberal Democrats
•     Valerie Leach – Labour Party
•     Alicia Marland – Liberal Democrats
•     Christopher Marshall – Independent
•     Mujibur Rahman – The Conservative Party
•     Paul Shilton – Independent
•     Gibson Walker – The Conservative Party

Shaw

•     Syed Ali – Labour Party
•     Meg Birchall – Labour Party
•     Chris Gloster – Liberal Democrats
•     Hazel Gloster – Liberal Democrats
•     Marc Hince – Independent
•     Mohammed Kayum – The Conservative Party
•     Lisa Navesey – Independent
•     Md Mujibur Rahman – The Conservative Party
•     Shuabur Rahman – The Conservative Party
•     Dhanyaal Rashid – Labour Party
•     Howard Sykes – Liberal Democrats

St James’

•     Josh Charters – Labour Party
•     Angela Cosgrove – Labour Party
•     Jeremy Craig-Weston – The Conservative Party
•     Kevin Dawson – Liberal Democrats
•     Joe Gloster – Liberal Democrats
•     Roger Hindle – Liberal Democrats
•     Amoy Lindo – Independent
•     Leanne Munroe – Labour Party
•     Beth Sharp – The Conservative Party
•     Jacob Sharp – The Conservative Party

St Mary’s

•     Hussain Aftab – Independent
•     Maria Ahmed – The Conservative Party
•     Asma Begum – The Conservative Party
•     Mohammed Hussain – Liberal Democrats
•     Husna Khatun – The Conservative Party
•     Aisha Kouser – Independent
•     Ghazala Rana – Labour Party
•     Zoe Rowlinson – Liberal Democrats
•     Ali Salamat – Labour Party
•     Arooj Shah – Labour Party

Waterhead

•     Stuart Allsopp – Independent
•     Ros Birch – Labour Party
•     Linda Dawson – Liberal Democrats
•     Peter Dean – Labour Party
•     Anne Fiander-Taylor – Northern Heart (UK) Oldham
•     Sajjad Hussain – The Conservative Party
•     Nadeem Iqbal – Labour Party
•     Israk Miah – Independent
•     Paul Taylor – Northern Heart (UK) Oldham
•     Rob Vance – Northern Heart (UK) Oldham
•     Richard Wild – Liberal Democrats

Werneth

•     Malik Abdul – Liberal Democrats
•     Shoab Akhtar – Labour Party
•     Asghar Ali – Liberal Democrats
•     Foysal Chowdhury – The Conservative Party
•     Fida Hussein – Labour Party
•     Nyla Ibrahim – Labour Party
•     Sobbir Khan – The Conservative Party
•     Mohammed Miah – The Conservative Party
•     Keith Pendlebury – Liberal Democrats

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