The 2019 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council in England.^[1][2] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Vote share changes compared to 2018.

Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	16	1	80.0	31	47	78.3	23,461	49.36	-2.73
	Conservative	3	1	15.0	6	9	15.0	10,110	21.27	-5.70
	Liberal Democrats	1		5.0	3	4	6.7	5,156	10.85	-2.17
	UKIP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	7,069	14.87	+10.93
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,731	3.64	+2.34

Councillors seeking re-election are marked with an asterisk; they were last elected in 2015 and changes are compared to that year's election.^[3]

Balderstone & Kirkholt

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Daniel Joseph Meredith*	880	45.0	−1.4
	UKIP	Guy Bradley	380	19.4	−5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Ann Colclough	369	18.9	+9.1
	Conservative	John Kershaw	204	10.4	−4.6
	Green	James O'Meara	124	6.3	+2.7
Majority			500	25.5	+4.5
Turnout			1,957	25
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.15

Bamford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patricia Sullivan*	1,499	47.8	+7.5
	Labour	Mohammad Arshad	1,048	33.4	+1.9
	UKIP	Stephen Sanderson	251	8.0	−12.2
	Green	Sarah Croke	199	6.3	n/a
	Liberal Democrats	Barrie Nicholson	140	4.5	−3.5
Majority			451	14.4	+5.6
Turnout			3,137	41
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.8

Castleton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jean Gladys Hornby*	1,035	47.5	+3.9
	Conservative	Michael Cullen	481	22.1	+7.7
	UKIP	Mark Izzo	375	17.2	−13.9
	Green	Jonathan Kershaw	197	9.0	+5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Thornley	91	4.2	−3.1
Majority			554	25.4	+12.9
Turnout			2,179	28
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.9

Central Rochdale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ali Ahmed*	2,292	78.7	+35.1
	Liberal Democrats	Rifat Mahmood	422	14.5	n/a
	Conservative	Roger Howarth	200	6.9	+2.4
Majority			1,870	64.2	+29.3
Turnout			2,914	39
	Labour hold		Swing	+10.3

East Middleton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Donna Martin*	1,162	57.4	+7.5
	UKIP	Robert Mudd	520	25.7	−4.0
	Conservative	Jacqueline Holt	342	16.9	−0.6
Majority			642	31.7	+11.4
Turnout			2,143	26
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.75

Healey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shah Wazir*	1,190	46.2	+14.6
	Conservative	Robert McLean	582	22.6	−6.2
	UKIP	Fredrick Willis	440	17.1	−8.9
	Liberal Democrats	John Rogers	365	14.2	+5.2
Majority			608	23.6	+20.7
Turnout			2,577	33
	Labour hold		Swing	+10.4

Hopwood Hall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Emmott*	1,095	51.5	+6.8
	UKIP	Angela Gardner	572	26.9	−8.0
	Conservative	Paul Ellison	460	21.6	+7.2
Majority			523	24.6	+14.8
Turnout			2,127	25
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.4

Kingsway

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elsie Wraighte	1,778	70.2	+11.7
	Green	Mark Hollinrake	268	10.6	+6.9
	Conservative	Richard Duckworth	267	10.5	+3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Hughes	221	8.7	+0.7
Majority			1,510	59.6	+20.6
Turnout			2,534	29
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.4

Littleborough Lakeside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Besford	879	34.7	+2.3
	Conservative	Ann Stott*	687	27.1	−7.9
	Liberal Democrats	Kathryn Clegg	433	17.1	n/a
	UKIP	Stephen Mitchell	336	13.3	−11.1
	Green	Stuart Howard-Cofield	196	7.7	+1.2
Majority			192	7.6
Turnout			2,532	32
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+5.1

Milkstone & Deeplish

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mohammed Zaman*	2,142	83.8	+6.1
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Eden-Maughan	145	5.7	−0.4
	Green	Feruz Ali	134	5.2	+2.4
	Conservative	Keith Taylor	134	5.2	+0.3
Majority			1,997	78.2	+9.0
Turnout			2,555	33
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.25

Milnrow & Newhey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andy Kelly*	1,714	60.0	+21.2
	Labour	Neil Butterworth	595	20.8	−4.1
	UKIP	Hillary Smith	362	12.7	−6.3
	Conservative	George Carpenter	184	6.4	−7.2
Majority			1,119	39.2	+25.3
Turnout			2,855	36
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+12.65

Norden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Winkler*	1,428	55.2	+8.7
	Labour	Shaukat Ali	483	18.7	−1.7
	UKIP	Beverley Taylor-King	270	10.4	−13.6
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Sarbutts	218	8.4	+3.4
	Green	Adam Mir	187	7.2	+3.2
Majority			945	36.5	+14.0
Turnout			2,586	33
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.2

North Heywood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ray Dutton*	968	54.8	+16.7
	UKIP	Bernard Akin	526	29.8	−1.6
	Conservative	Adrian Coan	274	15.5	+7.0
Majority			442	25.0	+18.3
Turnout			17.68	23
	Labour hold		Swing	+9.15

North Middleton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sara Louise Rowbotham*	1,061	54.8	+3.8
	UKIP	Thomas Barnes	592	30.6	−2.4
	Conservative	Rachel McLachlan	284	14.7	+1.9
Majority			469	24.2	+6.3
Turnout			1,937	25
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.1

Smallbridge & Firgrove

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Aftab Hussain*	1,335	58.7	+11.9
	UKIP	Laurent Baudry	410	18.0	−12.0
	Liberal Democrats	Eleanor Kelly	294	12.9	+9.2
	Conservative	Keith Branton	234	10.3	+0.1
Majority			925	40.7	+23.5
Turnout			2,273	28
	Labour hold		Swing	+11.95

South Middleton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Williams*	1,184	47.7	+5.6
	Conservative	Stephen Anstee	648	26.1	+2.8
	UKIP	Philip Partington	440	17.7	−9.5
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Curzon	212	8.5	+5.0
Majority			536	21.6	+6.7
Turnout			2,484	32
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.4

Spotland & Falinge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rachel Massey	1,692	61.7	+14.4
	Conservative	Steven Scholes	429	15.6	+1.8
	Green	Mick Coats	426	15.5	+10.5
	Liberal Democrats	Joseph Marsden	196	7.1	−1.7
Majority			1,263	46.0	+20.5
Turnout			2,743	33
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.3

Wardle & West Littleborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rina Paolucci-Escobar*	1,213	49.2	+3.6
	Labour	Julian Farnell	595	24.1	+0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Clegg	336	13.6	+7.4
	UKIP	Robert Neave	320	13.0	−7.6
Majority			618	25.1	+2.7
Turnout			2,464	31
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.35

West Heywood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jacqui Beswick*	958	49.3	+1.1
	UKIP	Michael O'Brien	699	36.0	+1.7
	Conservative	Darren Bayman	287	14.8	+2.9
Majority			259	13.3	−0.6
Turnout			1,944	22
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.3

West Middleton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Philip Burke*	1,089	56.2	−1.0
	UKIP	Lee Seville	576	29.7	+1.1
	Conservative	Andrew Neilson	273	14.1	+4.6
Majority			513	26.5	−2.1
Turnout			1,938	21
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.05

Councillor Alan McCarthy (elected 2018 for Labour in the West Heywood ward) defected from Labour to the Brexit Party on 4 July 2019.^[4] Joined Conservative Party June 2021

Councillor Jacqui Beswick (elected 2019 for Labour in the West Heywood ward) resigned from the Labour party on 4 July 2019 to sit as an independent.^[4] Joined Conservative Party June 2021

Councillor Kath Nickson (elected 2018 for Labour in the Balderstone & Kirkholt ward) defected from the Liberal Democrats to the Brexit Party on 10 July 2019.^[5] Now sits as Conservative

Former council leader Richard Farnell (elected 2016 for Labour in the Balderstone & Kirkholt ward) resigned from the Labour Party on 18 July 2019 to sit as an independent. He had been suspended since April 2018 after a national child abuse inquiry found he lied under oath. In a statement he said he had "no confidence" he would receive a fair disciplinary hearing and could "no longer support a party led by Jeremy Corbyn".^[6]