2015 local election in England, UK
The 2015 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect one third of the members of Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This took place on the same day as the 2015 General Election and other local elections.[1]
The Labour Party retained control of the council.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Election result
Rochdale Local Election Result 2014
Party
|
Seats
|
Gains
|
Losses
|
Net gain/loss
|
Seats %
|
Votes %
|
Votes
|
+/−
|
|
Labour
|
15
|
2
|
1
|
+1
|
|
42.6
|
40,304
|
-3.4
|
|
UKIP
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
25.4
|
24,060
|
+8.3
|
|
Conservative
|
4
|
0
|
1
|
-1
|
|
19.6
|
18,518
|
-1.1
|
|
Liberal Democrats
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
+1
|
|
7.5
|
7,077
|
-2.6
|
|
Green
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3.0
|
2,860
|
+0.2
|
|
TUSC
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0.1
|
69
|
+0.1
|
|
Independent
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
-1
|
0
|
1.8
|
1,684
|
-1.5
|
Ward results
The electoral division results listed below[2] are based on the changes from the 2014 elections,[3] not taking into account any mid-term by-elections or party defections.
Balderstone & Kirkholt ward
Bamford ward
Castleton ward
Central Rochdale ward
East Middleton ward
Healey ward
Hopwood Hall ward
Kingsway ward
Littleborough Lakeside ward
Milkstone & Deeplish ward
Milnrow & Newhey ward
Norden ward
North Heywood ward
North Middleton ward
Smallbridge & Firgrove ward
South Middleton ward
Spotland & Falinge ward
Wardle & West Littleborough ward
West Heywood ward
West Middleton ward
References