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Arooj Shah is a British Labour politician and since May 2023 is the leader of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council in Greater Manchester, a position she also previously held between 2021 and 2022. As leader she is a member of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority and is the combined authority's portfolio lead for Equalities and Communities. [2]
Amanda Chadderton is a British Labour politician and former leader of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council. [1] Prior to becoming leader, she was the deputy leader and cabinet member with responsibilities for neighbourhoods. [2] First elected to the council in 2012, she was the councillor for the Royton South ward.
The 2024 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside other local elections in the United Kingdom. One third of the 60 members of Oldham Council in Greater Manchester were elected. The election resulted in Labour losing overall control of the council, with a net loss of 4 seats.
A "rainbow alliance" of Lib Dems, Tories and others fails to oust Oldham Council's Labour leader.
The council styles itself Oldham Council rather than its full formal name of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council. [10] From 1974 until 1986 the council was a lower-tier authority, with upper-tier functions provided by the Greater Manchester County Council. The county council was abolished in 1986 and its functions passed to Greater Manchester's ...
The 2023 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council elections took place on 4 May 2023 alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom. Due to boundary changes all 60 seats on Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council were contested. Labour lost seats, including that of the leader of the council, Amanda Chadderton, but retained a majority on the ...
The council leader Sean Fielding lost his seat to the Failsworth Independent Party in the most recent council election in 2021, in which Labour won nine of the twenty seats up for election, with the Conservatives winning five, the Liberal Democrats winning three and the Failsworth Independent Party winning two. [3]
New developments and businesses keep popping up in Oldham County, including an addition to a popular bridal boutique, a new library, and more.