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Greater Manchester

1.1 Bolton

Astley Bridge Great Lever [Lab gain from C] Stuart Lever C 1,989 Madeline Murray Lab 1,601 Joe Hayes Lab 822 Mohammad Idrees C 1,276 Clive Atty LD 639 Wendy Connor LD 306 Alan Johnson Grn 219 Bradshaw Diana Brierley C 2,334 Halliwell Jim Cottam Lab 618 Linda Thomas Lab 1,802 Steve Howarth LD 446 Martin Grindrod C 517 Anne Mumberson Grn 167 Martin McLoughlin LD 463

Breightmet Harper Green John Byrne Lab 1,691 Arthur Norris C 1,431 Margaret Clare Lab 1,182 Edward Hill LD 241 Robert Tyler C 719 Lynne Hyland Grn 140 Dave Connor LD 419

Bromley Cross Heaton and Lostock Norman Critchley C 2,784 Bob Allen C 3,199 Anthony Muscat Terribile Lab 677 John Gillatt Lab 908 Christine MacPherson LD 362 Jonathon Evans LD 538 Liz Spencer Grn 350

Horwich and Blackrod [C gain Crompton [Lab gain from LD] from LD] Emma Scowcroft Lab 1,662 John Barrow C 1,325 Don Fairclough C 1,035 Isabel Seddon Lab 1,162 Anne Warren LD 482 Peter McGeehan LD 713

Farnworth Horwich North East Jean Cottam Lab 1,107 Tariq Aziz LD 920 Robert Ronson LD 1,807 Ruth Kenny C 399 Stephen Wallan C 1,038 Ria Greenhalgh Grn 179 Kevan Jones Lab 787

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Consolidated Results — Bolton Conservative ...... 26,637 39.8% 7 councillors Labour ...... 24,426 36.5% 10 councillors Liberal Democrat ...... 13,169 19.7% 3 councillors Green Party ...... 2,148 3.2% British National Party ...... 524 0.8% Veritas ...... 74 0.1%

Hulton Tonge with The Haulgh Philip Ashcroft C 1,692 Elaine Sherrington Lab 1,463 Michael Francis Lab 1,088 Nigel Ford C 831 Linden Greensitt LD 441 David Wood BNP 524 Rosalind Harasiwka LD 236 Kearsley James Tomkinson Grn 133 Anthony Backhouse Veritas 74 Margaret Rothwell LD 1,215 Guy Harkin Lab 1,188 Diane Bamber C 463

Little Lever and Darcy Lever Westhoughton North and Chew Anthony Connell Lab 1,667 Moor [C gain from LD] Rees Gibbon C 1,596 June Allen C 1,482 Eric Hyde LD 323 Arthur Price Lab 1,219 Alwynne Cartmell Grn 275 Ronald Halliwell LD 651 Laura Spencer Grn 188 Rumworth Ebrahim Adia Lab 2,079 Jack Heyes C 668 Sandra Bridger LD 480 Westhoughton South [Lab gain Smithills from LD] Carole Swarbrick LD 1,763 David Chadwick Lab 1,023 Dennis Bray C 1,044 Christine Wild C 815 James Shaw Lab 680 Pamela Rigby LD 724 Rachel Mann Grn 218 Eric Hyland Grn 279

1.2 Bury

Besses East Alan Matthews Lab 1,138 Michael Connolly Lab 1,216 Valerie Morris C 829 Azmat Hussain C 753 Fiona Davison LD 431 Nissa Finney LD 296 Ron Miles Ind 180 Church Jack Walton C 2,032 Elton Ben Shatliff Lab 898 Denise Bigg C 1,555 Gaynor Clarkson LD 386 Steven Treadgold Lab 936 Julia Kay BNP 359 Robert Sloss LD 485 8 LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS 2007

Bromley Cross Astley Bridge Bradshaw Horwich N.E.

Smithills Crompton Horwich & Blackrod

Halliwell

Heaton & Lostock Tonge with The Haulgh Breightmet Rum− worth Great Westhoughton N. Lever Little Lever & & Chew Moor Darcy Lever

Harper Farnworth Green Hulton Westhoughton S. Kearsley

Figure 1.1: Bolton 2007

Holyrood Radcliffe West Wlif Davison LD 1,661 Tony Cummings Lab 1,299 Alan Quinn Lab 698 Bernard Slingsby C 582 Marilyn Vincent C 681 Jean Purdy BNP 503 Mary D’Albert LD 196

Moorside Ramsbottom Keith Rothwell Lab 1,230 Sheila Magnall C 1,766 Angela Cane C 1,077 Val Robinson Lab 1,007 Victor Hagen LD 505 Janet Turner LD 398 Philip Sedman BNP 336 Redvales North Manor John Smith Lab 1,172 Ijaz Ahmed C 1,074 David Higgin C 2,411 Bill Brison LD 545 Roy Hardy Lab 753 Eric Marshall BNP 372 Ewan Arthur LD 498 Jonathan Barbour BNP 184 St Mary’s [LD gain from Lab] Pilkington Park Richard Baum LD 1,424 Keith Grime Lab 1,102 Peter Redstone C 1,828 Stephen Morris C 789 Steve Perkins Lab 793 Maureen Davison LD 362 Sedgley [LD gain from Lab] Steven Wright LD 1,402 Radcliffe East Jonathan Grosskopf C 1,148 Siobhan Costello Lab 1,077 Gill Campbell Lab 1,124 Matt Hague C 972 Tom Rosser BNP 586 Tottington Michael Halsall LD 377 Yvonne Wright C 1,565 Jane Lewis Lab 726 Radcliffe North [C gain from Lab] David Foss LD 354 Stewart Clough BNP 345 Stuart Penketh C 1,452 Daisy Johnston Lab 1,373 Unsworth Peter Hallows BNP 477 Emma Davison LD 259 Joan Grimshaw Lab 1,568 Nicola Arnold C 1,564 Theodor Tymczyna LD 235 1.3. MANCHESTER 9

Consolidated Results — Bury Conservative ...... 22,078 41.4% 7 councillors Labour ...... 18,110 33.9% 7 councillors Liberal Democrat ...... 9,814 18.4% 3 councillors British National Party ...... 3,162 5.9% Independent ...... 180 0.3%

1.3 Manchester

Tusp = The United Socialist Party

Ancoats and Clayton Charlestown

Mick Loughman Lab 1,518 Basil Curley Lab 1,542 Daniel Valentine LD 473 Kim Glasspole C 419 Victoria Album Grn 148 Ann Rodgers LD 268 David Hopps C 135 Andrea Ritchie UKIP 238 John Hulse Ind 76 Helen Dolan Grn 148

Ardwick Cheetham Bernard Priest Lab 1,219 Mohammed Khan Lab 2,340 Jawaid Chaudhry LD 526 Sham Raja LD 571 Justine Hall Grn 224 Wajid Ali C 380 Kashif Ali C 155 Jackie Smith Grn 332

Baguley Chorlton Paul Andrews Lab 1,268 Paul Ankers LD 1,823 John Leaning C 481 Angela Gallagher Lab 1,781 Lynn Worthington Soc Alt 251 Brian Candeland Grn 544 William Fisher LD 233 Claire McLauchlin C 264 Karen Duffy Grn 176

Chorlton Park Bradford Tony Bethell LD 1,751 Rosa Battle Lab 1,476 John Hacking Lab 739 James Guise LD 288 Kathryn Brownbridge Grn 394 Rodney Keller C 190 Robert Chilton C 279 Christopher Waldon Grn 131

City Centre Brooklands Sue Cooley Lab 1,460 Kenneth Dobson LD 498 Marie Raynor C 958 Kathy Crotty Lab 391 David Kierman LD 342 Rob Adlard C 343 Tamisin MacCarthy-Mor- Grn 140 Birgit Vollm Grn 171 rogh Kin Cheng Ind 114

Burnage Crumpsall

Iain Donaldson LD 1,825 Con Keegan Lab 1,832 Frank Duffy Lab 1,209 Adrian Glasspole C 564 Peter Schofield C 194 Muhammad Shahbaz LD 398 Joseph Gair Grn 132 John Cummings Grn 254 10 LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS 2007

Ramsbottom

North Manor

Tottington Moorside Elton

East Church

Radcliffe N. Redvales

Radcliffe E. Unsworth

Radcliffe W. Besses

Pilkington Park Holyrood

St Mary’s Sedgley

Figure 1.2: Bury 2007 1.3. MANCHESTER 11

Didsbury East Levenshulme Helen Fisher LD 1,856 John Commons LD 1,388 Geoff Bridson Lab 1,301 Dermot Zafar Lab 742 David Fairclough C 526 Peter Thompson Grn 334 Gerry Gee Grn 359 Anne Carroll C 248

Didsbury West Longsight [LD gain from Lab]

Neil Trafford LD 1,328 Abid Chohan LD 1,506 David Ellison Lab 712 Sajjid Hussain Lab 1,188 Peter Caddick C 414 Spencer Fitzgibbon Grn 320 James Alden Grn 389 Jane I’Anson C 157 Robert Gutfreund-Walms- UKIP 61 ley Miles Platting and Newton Heath

Fallowfield June Hitchin Lab 1,331 Peter Morrison Lab 1,215 Damien O’Connor LD 1,270 John-Paul Wilkins LD 478 Derek Adams BNP 256 Rachel Sills Grn 251 Heather Grant C 124 Ashton Cull C 230 Anthony Quinn Grn 75 Lisa Duffy UKIP 69 Gorton North Wendy Helsby LD 1,753 Moss Side John Hughes Lab 1,365 Sameen Ali Lab 1,660 Joyce Kaye C 126 Zeke Ukairo LD 384 Rachel Wilson Grn 107 George Czernuska Grn 222 Peter Young C 204 Gorton South Simon Ashley LD 1,600 Moston Julie Reid Lab 1,150 Henry Cooper Lab 1,760 Barnaby Wolfram Grn 134 Tony Pinder C 637 Lawrie Clapham C 130 Peter Reeve UKIP 327 Sabrina Jones Tusp 56 Timothy Hartley LD 314 Robin Goater Grn 132 Harpurhey Joanne Green Lab 1,497 Northenden Robert Brettle LD 355 Sandra Bracegirdle Lab 1,458 Harriet Holder C 294 Martin Eakins LD 1,352 Roger Bullock UKIP 264 Nathan Cruddas C 279 Katherine Smith Grn 133 Lance Crookes Grn 182

Higher Blackley Old Moat Harold Lyons Lab 1,449 Joseph Finnon BNP 716 Jeffrey Smith Lab 1,382 Vivienne Clarke C 372 Richard Wilson LD 748 Brian Newton LD 268 Alice Coren Grn 230 Michael Shaw Grn 108 Andrew Perfect C 215 Shirley Reeve UKIP 82 Rusholme Hulme Abu Chowdhury LD 1,241 Mary Murphy Lab 969 Atiha Chaudry Lab 746 Steven Durrant Grn 630 Nahella Ashraf Respect 535 Oliver West LD 213 Penny Collins Grn 224 Andrew Binns C 122 Daniel Valentine C 190 12 LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS 2007

Consolidated Results — Manchester Labour ...... 41,213 45.4% 19 councillors Liberal Democrat ...... 28,898 31.8% 13 councillors Conservative ...... 9,975 11.0% Green Party ...... 7,623 8.4% UK Independence Party ...... 1,041 1.1% British National Party ...... 972 1.1% Respect...... 535 0.6% Socialist Alternative ...... 251 0.3% Independents...... 190 0.2% The United Socialist Party ...... 56 0.1%

Sharston Withington Joyce Keller Lab 1,242 Alison Firth LD 1,346 Jimmy McCullough C 604 Andrew Simcock Lab 499 Tina Dunican LD 290 Felicity Paris Grn 216 Amanda Collins Grn 229 Adele Douglas C 157

Whalley Range Woodhouse Park Faraz Bhatti LD 2,030 Barbara O’Neil Lab 1,354 Kath Fry Lab 1,418 Stephen Heath C 378 Mary Candeland Grn 393 Joseph Podbylski LD 182 Tim Langley C 206 Jody Bradford Grn 161

1.4 Oldham

Alexandra Chadderton South Glynis Shaw Lab 906 David Jones Lab 1,080 Martin Dinoff LD 765 John Berry C 602 Paul Stephenson C 244 Martin Brierley BNP 483 Kay Roney Grn 139 Pat Lord LD 270

Coldhurst Jilad Miah LD 1,753 Chadderton Central [C gain from Mohammed Islam Lab 1,378 Lab] Abu Choudhury C 654 Nuruz Zaman Ind 220 Eileen Hulme C 1,218 Giash Uddin Ind 55 Tony Brownridge Lab 997 Mohammed Ali LD 164 Crompton John Dillon LD 1,550 David Dunning C 606 Wyn Dillon Lab 476 Chadderton North [C gain from Fiona Southall Grn 157 Lab] Len Quinn C 1,266 Failsworth East Susan Dean Lab 983 Jim McMahon Lab 1,476 Nazia Raja LD 317 Paul Martin C 825 Eric Trigg Ind 160 John Parker Grn 154 David Short UKIP 150 Dorothy Shaw LD 96 1.4. OLDHAM 13

Higher Blackley

Charlestown Crumpsall Moston Miles Platting & Newton Heath

Harpurhey

Cheetham Ancoats & Clayton City Centre Bradford

Hulme Ardwick Gorton N. Moss Side Whalley Range Rusholme Gorton S.

Fallowfield Longsight Levenshulme Chorlton Old Withington Chorlton Moat Park

Didsbury Burnage W.

Brooklands

Didsbury E.

Northenden

Baguley

Sharston

Woodhouse Park

Figure 1.3: Manchester 2007 14 LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS 2007

Consolidated Results — Oldham Liberal Democrat ...... 20,876 36.3% 9 councillors Labour ...... 19,863 34.6% 9 councillors Conservative ...... 12,147 21.1% 2 councillors British National Party ...... 1,683 2.9% Green Party ...... 1,367 2.4% Independents...... 967 1.7% UK Independence Party ...... 541 0.9%

Failsworth West Saddleworth South Glenys Butterworth Lab 881 Christine Wheeler LD 2,079 Ian Barker C 735 John Hudson C 1,211 Warren Bates Grn 691 Brian Ames Lab 265 Keith Taylor LD 124 Christine Beaumont-Ryd- Ind 220 ings

Hollinwood [LD gain from Lab] Saddleworth West and Lees Keith Pendlebury LD 943 Brian Lord LD 1,571 Steve Williams Lab 905 Graham Sheldon C 747 David McDonald C 285 Paul Hickling Lab 537 David Roney Grn 94 St James’ James McArdle LD 1,114 Medlock Vale Adrian Alexander Lab 636 Ged Ball Lab 1,284 Craig Lawton BNP 371 Ken Heeks C 490 Philip Bagley LD 431 St Mary’s [Lab gain from LD] Shadab Qumer Lab 2,236 Royton North Mohammed Masud LD 2,044

Tony Larkin Lab 1,207 Shaw Joseph Farquhar C 905 Anita Corbett BNP 486 Mark Alcock LD 1,472 Philip Renold LD 268 Dilys Fetcher Lab 350 Trevor Hilton UKIP 126 Alwyn Stott BNP 343 Kevin Howard C 337 David Bentley Ind 131 Royton South Waterhead Steven Bashforth Lab 1,079 Sue Barratt LD 968 Kay Knox LD 1,556 Allan Fish C 598 Jennifer Harrison Lab 642 Chris Shyne UKIP 265 Stuart Allsopp Ind 181 Stuart Fielding Grn 132

Saddleworth North Werneth [Lab gain from LD] Derek Heffernan LD 1,813 Javid Iqbal Lab 1,895 Barbara Jackson C 794 Khurshid Ahmed LD 1,578 Ken Hulme Lab 650 Mohammed Jahan C 630 1.5. ROCHDALE 15

Crompton Shaw

Royton Saddleworth N. N. St James’ Royton S. Chadderton N. Cold− St Mary’s hurst Chadderton Waterhead C. Werneth Alexandra Saddleworth S.

Hollin− Chadderton wood Saddleworth W. S. & Lees

W. E. Medlock Vale

Failsworth

Figure 1.4: Oldham 2007

1.5 Rochdale

Balderstone and Kirkholt [LD gain Healey from Lab] Elwyn Watkins LD 1,401 Liz Thirsk LD 938 Andrew Neilson C 827 Darren Pedley Lab 827 Jim Moran Lab 571 Darren Bayman C 299

Hopwood Hall Bamford [LD gain from C] Susan Emmott Lab 1,583 Andrew Abbott LD 1,390 Conal Brophy C 724 Ian Duckworth C 1,380 Malcolm Heard LD 272 John Orford Lab 302

Castleton Kingsway [LD gain from Lab] Ted Flynn LD 1,254 Naim Mahmud LD 1,185 Marie Williams Lab 519 Tom Stott Lab 1,101 Ronald Crossley C 332 Philip Grantham C 364 Frank Salt Ind 241

Littleborough Lakeside Central Rochdale [Lab gain from LD] Rosemary Jones LD 962 Frank Mills C 894 Farooq Ahmed Lab 1,875 John Hartley Lab 467 Khalid Mahmood LD 1,466 Roger Howarth C 325 Milkstone and Deeplish [Lab gain East Middleton from LD] Donna Martin Lab 1,051 Imtiaz Ahmed Lab 1,794 Rhoda Morley LD 765 Javed Iqbal LD 1,719 Cecelia Crossley C 426 Mudassar Razzaq C 188 16 LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS 2007

Consolidated Results — Rochdale Liberal Democrat ...... 19,551 38.5% 10 councillors Labour ...... 18,116 35.7% 8 councillors Conservative ...... 12,857 25.3% 2 councillors Independent ...... 241 0.5%

Milnrow and Newhey South Middleton [Lab gain from John Swift LD 1,326 C] Michael Butler C 633 Peter Williams Lab 1,320 Geoffrey Coady Lab 342 Sue Pawson C 1,266 Hilary Murray LD 358 Norden Ann Metcalfe C 1,234 Spotland and Falinge Joanne Payne LD 1,153 Gregory Couzens LD 1,672 Anthony Bennett Lab 292 Surinder Biant Lab 1,003 Steven Scholes C 363 North Heywood [LD gain from Lab] Wardle and West Littleborough Doreen Brophy-Lee LD 847 Janet Darnborough C 1,591 Jean Hornby Lab 791 Hilary Rogers LD 450 Stephen Jones C 307 Mike Radanovic Lab 305

North Middleton West Heywood Alan Godson Lab 921 Jacqueline Beswick Lab 1,142 David Harris C 552 John Kershaw C 454 Neil Lever LD 319 Harry Boota LD 443

Smallbridge and Firgrove West Middleton Brenda Kerslake LD 903 Terry Linden Lab 1,125 Sultan Ali Lab 785 Terry Smith LD 728 Leonard Branton C 373 Dave Pawson C 325

1.6 Salford

CA = Community Action EDP = English Democrats Party

Barton Broughton Norbert Potter Lab 1,026 Charles McIntyre Lab 1,196 Abdul Mannan C 498 Bernard Carson LD 471 Ronald Benjamin LD 453 Colin Moore C 266 Alan Valentine UKIP 345

Boothstown and Ellenbrook Cadishead [C gain from Lab] Robin Garrido C 1,520 Elizabeth Hill C 895 Philip Cusack Lab 518 Christine Hudson Lab 888 Matthew Drake LD 404 Chris Dickenson CA 496 Roy Battersby Grn 137 Linda Fernley LD 155 1.6. SALFORD 17

Wardle & West Littleborough Littleborough Lakeside

Smallbridge & Firgrove Norden Healey

Central Spotland Rochdale & Falinge

Bamford Milnrow & Newhey Milkstone Kingsway & Deeplish

North Heywood Balderstone West & Kirkholt Heywood Castleton

Hopwood Hall

West North

South East

MIDDLETON

Figure 1.5: Rochdale 2007

Claremont Langworthy Janice Taylor LD 995 Gina Loveday Lab 1,038 Peter Wheeler Lab 845 Lynn Drake LD 830 Tim Perkins C 492 Helen Vernon C 288 Edward O’Sullivan BNP 316 Little Hulton Eccles [C gain from Lab] Alice Smyth Lab 1,050 Ann Davies C 1,303 David Cowpe LD 337 Eddie Sheehy Lab 1,180 Andrew Cheetham C 321 Mariska Jones LD 489 Vinnie Coleman BNP 275

Irlam Ordsall Joseph Kean Lab 846 Peter Dobbs Lab 688 Rick Houlton CA 689 Stephen Plaister LD 242 Joyce Collins C 482 Yan Cockayne C 207 Melanie Owen LD 159 Duran O’Dwyer UKIP 110

Irwell Riverside Pendlebury Joseph Murphy Lab 1,051 Maureen Lea Lab 1,167 Kenneth McKelvey LD 399 Peter Allcock C 592 Anthony Healey BNP 212 Katherine Ferrer LD 429 Nicolette Turner C 202 Wayne Taylor BNP 344

Kersal Swinton North George Wilson Lab 1,059 James Dawson Lab 1,295 Shneur Odze C 1,025 Michael Edwards C 652 Harold Kershner LD 426 Tamara Cooke LD 629 18 LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS 2007

Consolidated Results — Salford Labour ...... 19,067 40.1% 12 councillors Conservative ...... 14,163 29.8% 5 councillors Liberal Democrat ...... 10,484 22.1% 3 councillors British National Party ...... 1,372 2.9% Community Action ...... 1,185 2.5% UK Independence Party ...... 708 1.5% Green Party ...... 517 1.1% Independent ...... 234 0.5% English Democrats Party ...... 210 0.4%

Swinton South [LD gain from Lab] Weaste and Seedley

Steve Cooke LD 1,114 Geoffrey Ainsworth LD 1,086 John Cullen Lab 750 Stephen Race Lab 997 Christine Allcock C 372 Hilary Brunyee C 328 Dave Kelly Ind 234 Chris Roscoe EDP 210

Walkden North Winton [Lab gain from LD] William Pennington Lab 1,123 Paula Boshell Lab 941 Judith Tope C 609 John Pooley LD 886 Pauline Ogden LD 279 Gary Green C 447 Bernard Gill UKIP 253

Walkden South Worsley Iain Lindley C 1,578 Adrian Brocklehurst Lab 839 Ian MacDonald C 2,086 Susan Carson LD 274 Warren Coates Lab 570 Tommy Cavanagh BNP 225 Christine Corry LD 427 Simon Battersby Grn 179 Diana Battersby Grn 201

1.7 Stockport

Bramhall North [LD gain from C] Bredbury Green and Romiley H Foster-Grime LD 2,525 M McLay LD 1,993 R McCarron C 2,457 J Rogers C 1,902 D Gordon BNP 186 P Bray Lab 366 K Priestly Lab 143

Bramhall South Brinnington and Central PJ Bellis C 2,713 C Murphy Lab 1,233 L Grice LD 1,787 C Walker LD 998 D Perry UKIP 155 J Heginbotham C 257 B Dykes Lab 151

Bredbury and Woodley Cheadle and Gatley M Wilson LD 2,018 P King LD 2,416 K Gibbons C 695 J Rankin C 1,762 C Stanway Lab 354 C Owen Lab 409 1.7. STOCKPORT 19

Little Hulton Walkden N.

Pendlebury Walkden S. Swinton N. Kersal

Swinton Worsley S. Claremont Irwell Riverside Broughton Boothstown Langworthy & Ellenbrook Eccles Weaste & Seedley Winton Barton Ordsall

Irlam

Cadishead

Figure 1.6: Salford 2007

Cheadle Hulme North Heald Green P Porgess LD 2,086 S Humphreys Ind 2,370 C Radmore C 1,010 D Roberts-Jones LD 524 B Harrop Lab 275 R Stevenson C 406 H Peake UKIP 174 R Skill BNP 263 M Junejo Lab 214 Cheadle Hulme South Heatons North S Wyatt LD 2,350 J Jones C 1,939 M Roscoe C 1,714 M Pollard Lab 1,124 K Sinclair Lab 160 P Moss LD 448 D Leaver Grn 137 J Cuff Grn 381 C Peake UKIP 136

Heatons South Davenport and Cale Green O Breen Lab 1,647 R Driver LD 1,235 B Lees C 1,624 B Hendley Lab 1,070 M Mustafa LD 423 C Holgate C 500 T Hardman Grn 391 P Stansfield BNP 323 M Crossley UKIP 100 Manor J Humphreys LD 1,324 Edgeley and Cheadle Heath B Lechner Lab 808 Barry Charlesworth C 412 R Coaton Lab 1,558 D Warner BNP 380 A Rawling LD 1,139 B Russell Ind 94 Beryl Charlesworth C 444 R Chadfield BNP 285 Marple North A Bispham LD 2,089 Hazel Grove C Walsh C 1,226 C Corris LD 2,265 M Preston Grn 376 J Lewis-Booth C 1,647 S Townsend Lab 268 Y Bradley Lab 298 L Russell Ind 88 20 LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS 2007

Consolidated Results — Stockport Liberal Democrat ...... 32,126 40.4% 13 councillors Conservative ...... 25,335 31.8% 2 councillors Labour ...... 13,960 17.5% 5 councillors British National Party ...... 2,287 2.9% Independents...... 2,915 3.7% 1 councillor Green Party ...... 1,730 2.2% UK Independence Party ...... 1,207 1.5%

Reddish N.

Bredbury Reddish & Woodley S. Heatons N.

Bredbury Green Heatons S. & Romiley Brinnington & Central Manor Edgeley & Marple N. Cheadle HulmeCheadle N. Heath

Offerton Cheadle Davenport & & Gatley Cale Green Stepping Hill

Bramhall Marple S. N. Heald Cheadle Hazel Grove Green Hulme S.

Bramhall S.

Figure 1.7: Stockport 2007

Marple South Reddish North D Owen Lab 1,522 C Baker LD 2,099 A Hannay C 564 K Labrey C 1,215 P Bennett BNP 420 G Reid Grn 225 A Davenport LD 323 D Rowbottom Lab 205 A Moore UKIP 188 Reddish South W Brett Lab 1,415 S Burt C 545 D Langley LD 486 G Price UKIP 454 Offerton Stepping Hill W Meikle LD 1,582 N Lewis-Booth C 552 B Alexander LD 2,016 S Maher BNP 430 L Holt C 1,751 S Ball Lab 371 J Rothwell Lab 369 K Ryan Ind 363 K Pease Grn 220 1.8. TAMESIDE 21

1.8 Tameside

Ashton Hurst Droylsden West Alan Whitehead Lab 1,337 Ann Holland Lab 1,977 Kate Scott C 1,323 Paul Hindley BNP 546 Bev Jones BNP 267 Charles Fletcher C 456 Cerudwen Lawe LD 219 Nigel Rolland Grn 124 Paul Littlewood UKIP 86 Dukinfield John Taylor Lab 1,364 Roy West BNP 520 Ashton St Michael’s Stacey Knighton C 455 Martine Marshall Grn 340 Bill Harrison Lab 993 Joseph Schofield C 773 Paul Daly LD 252 Dukinfield Stalybridge Elizabeth Blyth Grn 175 Richard Harrison UKIP 150 David Sweeton Lab 1,299 Brian Dean C 1,039 Paul Kidd UKIP 283 Ashton Waterloo Michael Smee Grn 272 Mike Whitley Lab 1,238 Hyde Godley Gareth Quinn C 723 David Jones BNP 509 John Sullivan Lab 1,414 John Bartley LD 257 Ali Reza C 658 Andrew Threlfall Grn 163 Hyde Newton Audenshaw [Lab gain from LD] Helen Bowden Lab 1,252 Nigel Byrne BNP 719 Wendy Brelsford Lab 1,286 Thomas Welsby C 544 Elizabeth Charlesworth C 899 Peter Ball-Foster LD 329 Allison Seabourne LD 502 Michelle Valentine Grn 137

Denton North East Hyde Werneth Allison Gwynne Lab 1,395 John Bell C 1,735 Georgina Greenwood C 719 Raja Miah Lab 1,285 Shaun O’Rourke LD 419 Rosalind Gauci BNP 286 John Cooke UKIP 235

Denton South Longdendale Andrew Doubleday Lab 1,427 Jonathan Reynolds Lab 1,500 Thomas Jones C 672 Dorothy Cartwright C 783 David Lomas BNP 384 Melanie Roberts Grn 250 Kevin Misell UKIP 231 Denton West Mossley [Ind gain from Lab] Brenda Warrington Lab 1,888 Joan Howarth C 1,217 Valerie Carter Ind 1,267 Idu Miah Lab 1,036 Christine Clark Grn 475 Droylsden East

Kieran Quinn Lab 1,582 St Peter’s David Gough BNP 665 Jack Davis Lab 1,349 Emlyn Davis C 411 John Piper LD 532 Ian Dunlop LD 287 David Afshar C 374 22 LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS 2007

Consolidated Results — Tameside Labour ...... 25,554 48.8% 16 councillors Conservative ...... 15,126 28.9% 2 councillors British National Party ...... 3,896 7.4% Liberal Democrat ...... 2,797 5.3% Green Party ...... 2,633 5.0% Independent ...... 1,267 2.4% 1 councillor UK Independence Party ...... 1,128 2.2%

Mossley

Ashton Hurst

Ashton Waterloo Stalybridge N.

Ashton Stalybridge S.

St Michael’s DroylsdenW. Droylsden E.

St Peter’s Dukinfield Stalybridge Dukinfield

Audenshaw

Hyde Newton Denton Longdendale N.E.

Denton W. Hyde Godley

Denton S.

Hyde Werneth

Figure 1.8: Tameside 2007

Stalybridge North Stalybridge South David Buckley C 1,425 George Roberts Lab 1,190 Eleanor Ballagher Lab 742 Clive Patrick C 920 Jacintha Manchester Grn 271 Jean Smee Grn 426 Angela McManus UKIP 143

1.9 Trafford

Altrincham Ashton upon Mersey Alex Williams C 1,618 Mike Whetton C 1,646 Graham Crean Lab 651 Sophie Taylor Lab 631 Mark Kelly LD 413 Duncan Irving LD 376 Liz O’Neill Grn 209 Marian Sudbury Grn 324 1.9. TRAFFORD 23

Bowdon Hale Barns Stephanie Poole C 2,132 Bernard Sharp C 2,177 Ian Chappell LD 351 Sandra Taylor LD 511 Thomas Hague Lab 297 Andrew Western Lab 284 Bridget Green Grn 222 Jane Smith Grn 148

Broadheath Ken Weston C 1,530 Hale Central Peter Baugh Lab 834 Patricia Young C 1,813 Pauline Cliff LD 397 Beverly Harrison Lab 395 Martin Bate Grn 226 Samuel Little Grn 364 Armaan Chohan LD 299 Brooklands David Higgins C 1,769 Kenneth Clarke LD 614 Longford David Hampson Lab 536 Pauleen Lane Lab 1,313 Nicola Campling Grn 229 Rod Allan C 868 Bernard Kelly Grn 388 Bucklow-St Martins Simon Wright LD 317 John Smith Lab 1,106 Anne Cavanagh C 517 Andrew Harris BNP 297 Priory William Gradwell Grn 181 Roland Griffin Lab 1,225 Sean Anstee C 927 Clifford James Eisen LD 412 Ejaz Malik Lab 1,364 Zoe Power Grn 348 Sarah Bailey Grn 352 Matthew Adams LD 297 Eleanor Heaton C 292 St Mary’s

Davyhulme East Dan Bunting C 1,642 Tom Ross Lab 783 Gary Brockbanks C 1,679 Diane Webster LD 332 Nigel Roberts Lab 902 Simon Campling Grn 134 Jennie Gander Grn 202 Stephen Farndon UKIP 100 James Flannery Soc Lab 92

Davyhulme West Sale Moor John Reilly C 1,784 Joanne Bennett Lab 1,175 Philip Morgan Lab 891 Brian Shaw C 1,013 Margaret Westbrook Grn 267 Margaret Clarke LD 306 Craig Healey EDP 252 Bridget Battye Grn 150 Flixton Jonathan Coupe C 1,652 Dolores O’Sullivan Lab 1,054 Stretford Martin Elliott LD 330 Anne Power Grn 220 Steve Adshead Lab 1,398 Colin Hooley C 849 John O’Connor LD 263 Gorse Hill (2) Joe Ryan Grn 237 Mike Cordingley Lab 1,211 Laurence Walsh Lab 1,125 Colin Levenston C 502 Timperley Graeme Levenston C 431 Francis Beswick LD 290 Matthew Colledge C 1,955 Sarah King Grn 264 Jane Brophy LD 1,924 Philip Leape Grn 208 Jadwiga Leigh Grn 168 24 LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS 2007

Consolidated Results — Trafford Conservative ...... 28,940 47.0% 13 councillors Labour ...... 17,657 28.6% 8 councillors Liberal Democrat ...... 9,238 15.0% 1 councillor Green Party ...... 5,059 8.2% British National Party ...... 297 0.5% English Democrats Party ...... 252 0.4% UK Independence Party ...... 100 0.2% Socialist Labour Party ...... 92 0.1%

Clifford Davyhulme Gorse Hill E.

Davyhulme W. Longford

Flixton Urmston Stretford

Ashton upon Priory Mersey Bucklow−St Martins

St Mary’s Sale Moor Brooklands

Broadheath

Bowdon Timperley Village

Altrincham

Hale C. Hale Barns

Figure 1.9: Trafford 2007

Urmston Village Eddie Kelson C 1,450 Hazel Bowker LD 1,534 Bill Clarke Lab 1,308 Chris Candish C 1,125 Helen Jocys Grn 296 Leon Thomas Lab 299 Graham Rogers LD 272 Michael Leigh Grn 130

1.10 Wigan

CA = Community Action CPF = Community Performance First

Abram Ashton Eunice Smethurst Lab 1,403 Walter Carney CA 1,423 John Shale CA 567 Ann Rampling Lab 1,258 Dennis Shambley BNP 309 Marie Winstanley C 256 Marion Green C 264 Violet Haslam BNP 195 1.10. WIGAN 25

Aspull New Springs Whelley Ince Chris Ready Lab 1,888 Joan Hurst Lab 1,348 Alan Robinson LD 1,017 Yvonne Maddison CA 458 Jim Waterworth C 463 Anthony Hinds C 210 Norma Stout Grn 174 Leigh East Astley Mosley Common [Lab gain Christine Cottam Lab 1,204 from LD] Gordon Jackson LD 778 Brendan Bowen Lab 1,048 Andrew Oxley C 501 Sean Ell C 821 Peter Bowdler LD 665 Ian Davies Grn 218 Leigh South John O’Brien Lab 1,408 Atherleigh Ian Franzen CA 774 Rosina Oxley C 762 Mark Aldred Lab 1,104 Richard Close BNP 293 Kevin Jones LD 640 Dorothy Angell C 366 Leigh West Atherton [Lab gain from LD] Myra Whiteside Lab 1,380 Mandy Cooper Ind 600 Norman Bradbury Lab 1,456 Denise Young C 289 David Higginbottom LD 1,211 Stephen Ellison CA 280 Lee Kendrick-Walker C 352 Nicolas Redmond Grn 183 Lowton East Bryn [Ind gain from CA] Jonathan Miller CA 1,418 Susan Greensmith Lab 1,085 Gary Wilkes Ind 1,667 Jeanette Leigh C 782 George Harrison Lab 1,030 Kenneth Haslam BNP 307 Jonathan Cartwright C 179 Orrell Michael Winstanley C 1,686 Douglas Mike Barnes Lab 1,328 Charles Mather BNP 534 Mike Dewhurst Lab 1,338 Peter Solinas CA 165 James Carmichael-Price CA 586 Jean Peet C 374 Pemberton Golborne and Lowton West [Lab Barbara Bourne Lab 1,421 gain from CA] Michael Leyland CA 409 Chris Hilton BNP 333 Mark Kleive Lab 1,520 Stuart Foy C 295 Kevin Williams CA 777 James Grundy C 388 Shevington with Lower Ground [C Hindley [Lab gain from CA] gain from Lab] James Eccles-Churton Lab 1,191 Debbie Fairhurst C 1,377 Jim Ellis CA 1,142 Dave Brown Lab 1,248 William Winstanley C 289 John Atherton UKIP 337 Darren Atherton LD 311 Hindley Green Standish with Langtree Louise Fagan CA 741 Martin Long Lab 710 George Fairhurst C 2,016 Bob Brierley CPF 654 Mike Crosby Lab 996 Margaret Winstanley C 245 June Garner LD 451 26 LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS 2007

Consolidated Results — Wigan Labour ...... 30,854 43.3% 16 councillors Conservative ...... 15,023 21.1% 4 councillors Community Action ...... 11,265 15.8% 3 councillors Liberal Democrat ...... 7,211 10.1% 1 councillor British National Party ...... 2,572 3.6% Independents...... 2,267 3.2% 1 councillor Community Performance First...... 837 1.2% Green Party ...... 835 1.2% UK Independence Party ...... 337 0.5%

Standish with Langtree Aspull New Springs Shevington with Whelley Lower Ground Wigan W. Wigan Pemberton C.

Douglas Ince Hindley

Worsley Atherton Mesnes Hindley Green Orrell Winstanley Atherleigh Tyldesley Abram

Bryn Leigh W. Leigh E.

Ashton Golborne & Leigh S. Lowton W. Astley Mosley Common Lowton E.

Figure 1.10: Wigan 2007

Tyldesley Wigan West

Keith McManus LD 1,838 Mike Baines Lab 1,388 Pamela Stewart Lab 447 Keith Jones C 563 Hilary Hayden C 370 Philip Parkes CA 560 Craig Cohen Grn 260 Susan Mather BNP 402

Winstanley Rona Winkworth Lab 1,224 Leanne Brotherton CA 1,109 David Bowker C 482 Wigan Central Worsley Mesnes Jim Davies C 1,406 John Ball Lab 1,050 Billy Rotherham Lab 1,381 Martin Sutton LD 300 William Barnes CA 638 Ronnie Barnes CA 218 Thomas Sutton C 287 Gary Chadwick BNP 199 Anthony Unsworth CPF 183