Local elections 2 May – are you ready?

Elections will be held in Oldham on Thursday 2 May; so now is the time to make sure you are registered to vote and also have your Voter ID ready. 

If you live in one of Oldham’s 20 wards, when you vote, you will be electing a ward councillor to represent the area you live in.

Each ward has three councillors and one of these three seats will be contested in each ward.

If you are not already registered to vote, or have moved house, you need to register by Tuesday 16 April online at www.gov.uk/register-to-vote or by calling the Council’s Elections team on 0161 770 4718. 

If you are already registered to vote, you will receive your poll card through the post by Tuesday 2 April. Please read your poll card carefully, as your polling station may have changed.

To be able to vote at a polling station you will need photo ID such as:

  • A passport issued by the UK, any of the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, a British Overseas Territory, an EEA state or a Commonwealth country
  • A driving licence issued by the UK, any of the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, or an EEA state (this includes a provisional driving licence)
  • A Blue Badge  
  • A Proof of Age Standards Scheme card (PASS)
  • Other government-issued ID such as Biometric Immigration Document, Defence Identity Card, National Identity Card
  • Certain concessionary cards for local travel  

Not able to vote at a polling station?

To vote by post, you will need to complete a postal vote application online at www.gov.uk/apply-postal-vote before 5pm on Wednesday 17 April. You will receive your ballot paper in the post by Friday 26 April.

Buckstones Road – closed from Tuesday 2 April for two weeks

Buckstones Road – closed from Tuesday 2 April for two weeks

The closure is made to allow Cadent gas connect works and will be in force from Tuesday 2 April for two weeks or until the works are completed.

These works have been delayed from when first requested to be undertaken during the school holidays.

It will prohibit vehicles from proceeding along that part of Buckstones Road B6197 from Milnrow Road for 15 metres south easterly.

Alternative route (see map below)

Southbound– Milnrow Road, Crompton Way, Oldham Road, Heyside, Higginshaw Lane, Shaw Road, Huddersfield Road and Ripponden Road.

Northbound – Milnrow Road, Newhey Road and turn back at the roundabout to approach Buckstones Road to then follow the southbound diversion.

Holiday activities and food

Keeping your children occupied this Easter

There are lots of exciting events taking place across the Borough during the Easter school holidays as part of Oldham Council’s Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme.

Free places are available on the programme to children aged between 5 and 16 who are in receipt of benefits-related free school meals with activities including karate, yoga and archery, soft play sessions, craft workshops and coding classes. For more information on our HAF programme and how you can book your sessions today, please visit www.oldham.gov.uk/HAF