2018 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election explained

The 2018 Rochdale Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Rochdale Borough Council in England.[1] [2] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Overall result

Vote share changes compared to 2016.

Ward results

West Middleton

By-elections and other changes

Kathleen Nickson of Balderstone and Kirkholt ward defected from Labour to the Liberal Democrats in January 2019, saying that the Labour leadership "told [me] what to do, what to say and how to vote."[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Your next election or referendum . rochdale.gov.uk . . 23 April 2018 . dmy-all.
  2. Web site: Election results by wards . rochdale.gov.uk . Rochdale Borough Council . 7 May 2018 . dmy-all.
  3. Web site: Statham . Nick . Labour councillor defects after claiming she was being 'blocked' from doing her job . Manchester Evening News . Manchester Evening News . 1 July 2019.

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