2010 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election
{{Short description|2010 local election in England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2017}}
Elections to Tameside Council were held on 6 May 2010. One- third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2014. The Labour Party retained overall control of the council.{{cite web | title = Results for Election of a Borough Councillor: 6th May 2010 | url = https://www.tameside.gov.uk/elections/results/local10 | website = tameside.gov.uk | publisher = Tameside MBC | date = 6 May 2010 | access-date = 31 December 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171231103839/https://www.tameside.gov.uk/elections/results/local10 | archive-date = 31 December 2017 | url-status = dead }}
Results
= Ashton Hurst ward =
{{Election box begin | title=Ashton Hurst}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Pauline Harrison
|votes = 2,396
|percentage = 46.08
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Kelly
|votes = 1,930
|percentage = 37.12
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British National Party
|candidate = Karen Lomas
|votes = 400
|percentage = 7.69
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = United Kingdom Independence Party
|candidate = Peter Taylor
|votes = 241
|percentage = 4.63
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Nigel Rolland
|votes = 233
|percentage = 4.48
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 466
|percentage = 8.96
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,200
|percentage = 59
|change =
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{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
= Ashton St. Michael's ward =
{{Election box begin | title=Ashton St. Michael's}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Bill Fairfoull
|votes = 2,284
|percentage = 50.12
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Paul Buckley
|votes = 1,562
|percentage = 34.28
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = United Kingdom Independence Party
|candidate = Andrew Gee
|votes = 416
|percentage = 9.13
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Rochelle Rolland
|votes = 295
|percentage = 6.47
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 722
|percentage = 15.84
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,557
|percentage = 54
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
= Ashton Waterloo ward =
{{Election box begin | title=Ashton Waterloo}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Co-operative
|candidate = Lynn Travis
|votes = 2,583
|percentage = 52.68
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Stacey Knighton
|votes = 1,377
|percentage = 28.08
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British National Party
|candidate = David Gough
|votes = 526
|percentage = 10.73
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = United Kingdom Independence Party
|candidate = Colette Barlow
|votes = 417
|percentage = 8.50
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,206
|percentage = 24.60
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,903
|percentage = 59
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Co-operative
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
= Audenshaw ward =
{{Election box begin | title=Audenshaw}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Colin White
|votes = 2,714
|percentage = 51.68
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Sharon Knighton
|votes = 1,710
|percentage = 32.56
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British National Party
|candidate = Anthony Jones
|votes = 828
|percentage = 15.77
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,004
|percentage = 19.12
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,252
|percentage = 62
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
= Denton North East ward =
{{Election box begin | title=Denton North East}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Vincent Ricci
|votes = 2,656
|percentage = 53.07
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = David Southward
|votes = 1,336
|percentage = 26.69
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British National Party
|candidate = Rosalind Gauci
|votes = 434
|percentage = 8.67
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = United Kingdom Independence Party
|candidate = Michelle Harrison
|votes = 334
|percentage = 6.67
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Gerard Boyd
|votes = 245
|percentage = 4.90
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,320
|percentage = 26.37
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,005
|percentage = 60
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
= Denton South ward =
{{Election box begin | title=Denton South}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Claire Francis
|votes = 2,671
|percentage = 56.73
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Steve Roden
|votes = 1,476
|percentage = 31.35
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British National Party
|candidate = Stephen Taylor
|votes = 561
|percentage = 11.92
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,195
|percentage = 25.38
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,708
|percentage = 57
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
= Denton West ward =
{{Election box begin | title=Denton West}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Michael Smith
|votes = 3,301
|percentage = 56.49
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Floyd Paterson
|votes = 1,758
|percentage = 30.09
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British National Party
|candidate = Stephen Booth
|votes = 431
|percentage = 7.38
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Geoffrey Howard
|votes = 353
|percentage = 6.04
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,543
|percentage = 26.41
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,843
|percentage = 64
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
= Droylsden East ward =
{{Election box begin | title=Droylsden East}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Co-operative
|candidate = Susan Quinn
|votes = 2,761
|percentage = 51.46
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British National Party
|candidate = David Lomas
|votes = 840
|percentage = 15.66
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Lee Robinson
|votes = 824
|percentage = 15.36
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Charles Turner
|votes = 671
|percentage = 12.51
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = United Kingdom Independence Party
|candidate = Ted Salmon
|votes = 269
|percentage = 5.01
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,921
|percentage = 35.81
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,365
|percentage = 62
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Co-operative
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
= Droylsden West ward =
{{Election box begin | title=Droylsden West}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Barrie Holland
|votes = 3,174
|percentage = 59.84
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = David Westhead
|votes = 961
|percentage = 18.12
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British National Party
|candidate = Paul Martin
|votes = 766
|percentage = 14.44
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = United Kingdom Independence Party
|candidate = Denis McGlone
|votes = 403
|percentage = 7.60
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,213
|percentage = 41.72
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,304
|percentage = 60
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
= Dukinfield ward =
{{Election box begin | title=Dukinfield}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Jacqueline Lane
|votes = 2,778
|percentage = 55.56
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Gaynor Paterson
|votes = 1,147
|percentage = 22.94
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British National Party
|candidate = Roy West
|votes = 693
|percentage = 13.86
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Dylan Lancaster
|votes = 382
|percentage = 7.64
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,631
|percentage = 32.62
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,000
|percentage = 54
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
= Dukinfield / Stalybridge ward =
{{Election box begin | title=Dukinfield / Stalybridge}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Eileen Shorrock
|votes = 2,304
|percentage = 44.84
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Amanda Buckley
|votes = 1,762
|percentage = 34.29
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British National Party
|candidate = Gregory Shorrock
|votes = 549
|percentage = 10.69
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = United Kingdom Independence Party
|candidate = Jacqueline Misell
|votes = 277
|percentage = 5.39
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Michael Smee
|votes = 246
|percentage = 4.79
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 542
|percentage = 10.55
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,138
|percentage = 60
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
= Hyde Godley ward =
{{Election box begin | title=Hyde Godley}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Co-operative
|candidate = Jim Fitzpatrick
|votes = 2,310
|percentage = 51.21
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Thomas Welsby
|votes = 1,279
|percentage = 28.35
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British National Party
|candidate = Robert Booth
|votes = 424
|percentage = 9.40
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = United Kingdom Independence Party
|candidate = Duran O'Dwyer
|votes = 267
|percentage = 5.92
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Glennis Sharpe
|votes = 231
|percentage = 5.12
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,031
|percentage = 22.86
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,511
|percentage = 55
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Co-operative
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
= Hyde Newton ward =
{{Election box begin | title=Hyde Newton}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Philip Fitzpatrick
|votes = 2,230
|percentage = 41.50
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = James Gradwell-Spencer
|votes = 1,275
|percentage = 23.73
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Maria Turner
|votes = 864
|percentage = 16.08
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British National Party
|candidate = Nigel Byrne
|votes = 722
|percentage = 13.44
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = United Kingdom Independence Party
|candidate = Janette Durward
|votes = 174
|percentage = 3.24
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Jacintha Manchester
|votes = 108
|percentage = 2.01
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 955
|percentage = 17.77
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,373
|percentage = 56
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
= Hyde Werneth ward =
{{Election box begin | title=Hyde Werneth}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Ruth Welsh
|votes = 2,538
|percentage = 43.64
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Raja Miah
|votes = 2,241
|percentage = 38.53
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British National Party
|candidate = John Wimpenny
|votes = 424
|percentage = 7.29
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = United Kingdom Independence Party
|candidate = John Cooke
|votes = 318
|percentage = 5.47
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = June Gill
|votes = 295
|percentage = 5.07
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 297
|percentage = 5.11
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,816
|percentage = 67
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
= Longdendale ward =
Councillor Roy Oldham died later the same year.{{cite news | last = Pleasant | first = Steven | title = Roy Oldham obituary | url = https://www.theguardian.com/society/2010/jul/22/roy-oldham-obituary | work = The Guardian | date = 22 July 2010 | access-date = 5 January 2018}} The seat was retained for Labour by Janet Cooper in a by-election on 30 September 2010.{{cite web | title = By-Election Results, Longdendale: Thursday, 30 September 2010 | url = https://www.tameside.gov.uk/CouncillorsandDemocracy/Elections/Longdendale-By-Election-30-September-2010 | website = tameside.moderngov.co.uk | publisher = Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council | date = 30 September 2010 | access-date = 5 January 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180103133805/https://www.tameside.gov.uk/CouncillorsandDemocracy/Elections/Longdendale-By-Election-30-September-2010 | archive-date = 3 January 2018 | url-status = dead }}
{{Election box begin | title=Longdendale}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Roy Oldham
|votes = 2,084
|percentage = 43.72
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Peter Hayes
|votes = 1,812
|percentage = 38.01
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = United Kingdom Independence Party
|candidate = Kevin Misell
|votes = 445
|percentage = 9.34
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Melanie Roberts
|votes = 426
|percentage = 8.94
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 272
|percentage = 5.71
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,767
|percentage = 62
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
= Mossley ward =
{{Election box begin | title=Mossley}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Paul Dowthwaite
|votes = 1,918
|percentage = 36.52
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Ann Etchells
|votes = 1,602
|percentage = 30.50
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Kevin Hartley
|votes = 1,233
|percentage = 23.48
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Christine Clark
|votes = 499
|percentage = 9.50
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 316
|percentage = 6.02
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,252
|percentage = 63
|change =
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{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Independent (politician)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
= St Peter's ward =
{{Election box begin | title=St Peter's}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Joyce Bowerman
|votes = 2,800
|percentage = 36.52
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Dorothy Buckley
|votes = 880
|percentage = 30.50
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Trevor Clarke
|votes = 440
|percentage = 23.48
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = United Kingdom Independence Party
|candidate = Richard Harrison
|votes = 413
|percentage = 9.50
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 316
|percentage = 6.02
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,252
|percentage = 51
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
= Stalybridge North ward =
{{Election box begin | title=Stalybridge North}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Kevin Welsh
|votes = 2,565
|percentage = 47.96
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Dominic Johnson
|votes = 1,730
|percentage = 32.35
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British National Party
|candidate = Jeffrey Clayton
|votes = 452
|percentage = 8.45
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Jean Smee
|votes = 335
|percentage = 6.26
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = United Kingdom Independence Party
|candidate = Tracy Radcliffe
|votes = 266
|percentage = 4.97
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 835
|percentage = 15.61
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,348
|percentage = 57
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
= Stalybridge South ward =
{{Election box begin | title=Stalybridge South}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Basil Beeley
|votes = 2,552
|percentage = 48.74
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Ky Marland
|votes = 1,864
|percentage = 35.60
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = John Spiller
|votes = 325
|percentage = 6.21
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British National Party
|candidate = Paul Hindley
|votes = 276
|percentage = 5.27
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = United Kingdom Independence Party
|candidate = Angela McManus
|votes = 219
|percentage = 4.18
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 688
|percentage = 13.14
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,236
|percentage = 62
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Greater Manchester elections}}
{{United Kingdom local elections, 2010}}