Council by-election · Oldham Metropolitan Borough: Failsworth West ward · Thursday, 12 November 2026
This is where politics meets your life.
Before anyone asks for your vote: what the official record says about the area around this area, from planning to local statistics, and who represents you now.
Life in Oldham Metropolitan Borough: Failsworth West ward: the official facts
Official open data about the area. It describes the place, not you, and it favours no candidate.
People claiming unemployment-related benefits
345 people in Failsworth West ward, 4.8% of residents aged 16–64, against 4% across England (August 2026).
Claimant count, Office for National Statistics via Nomis (Open Government Licence). It counts people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance or Universal Credit while required to seek work; it is not the same as the unemployment rate.
House prices in Oldham
Average price £217,171, up 4.7% on a year earlier (July 2026).
Flats and maisonettes: £132,493
Detached houses: £381,798
Source: HM Land Registry UK House Price Index for the local authority (Open Government Licence). A local-authority average; prices within it vary widely.
Recorded crime nearby, August 2026
0 street-level crimes recorded within about a mile of the area's centre.
Source: data.police.uk (Open Government Licence). Centroid of the ONS 2024 boundary. Statistics near this point describe the area, not any household. Recorded crime reflects reporting and policing as well as offending; see the ONS guidance in further reading.
Who represents you now
At the last full election here, the ward elected: Mark Christopher Ruthven (Reform UK).
