2022 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council Election
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The 2022 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect members of
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council, also known as Tameside Council, is the local authority of the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside in Greater Manchester, England. It is a metropolitan borough council and provides the majority of local govern ...
. This was on the same day as other local elections. 19 of the 57 seats were up for election.


Background

Since its creation in 1974, Tameside has always been under Labour control, aside from 1978 to 1982 when the
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held a majority. In the most recent election in
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, Labour lost one seat to the Conservatives, but increased their vote share by 4.6%, winning a total of 16 seats, with the Conservatives gaining 10.7% and winning 3 seats. The
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did not gain any seats, despite winning their first seat in 2019. The positions up for election in 2021 were last elected in
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. In that election, Labour achieved 53.8% of the vote, and won 17 seats with 1 gained from the Conservatives, while the Conservatives won 2 with 1 gain from Labour.


Previous council composition


Results


Results by ward

An asterisk indicates an incumbent councillor.


Ashton Hurst


Ashton St. Michael's


Ashton Waterloo


Audenshaw


Denton North East


Denton South


Denton West


Droylsden East


Droylsden West


Dukinfield


Dukinfield Stalybridge


Hyde Godley


Hyde Newton


Hyde Werneth


Longdendale


Mossley


St. Peters


Stalybridge North


Stalybridge South


References

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Tameside Tameside is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England, named after the River Tame, Greater Manchester, River Tame, which flows through it, and includes the towns of Ashton-under-Lyne, Audenshaw, Denton, Greater Manchester, Denton, D ...
Tameside Council elections