Amanda Chadderton

Amanda Chadderton
Leader of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
In office
25 May 2021 – 4 May 2023
Preceded byArooj Shah
Succeeded byArooj Shah
Member of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council for Royton South
In office
3 May 2012 – 4 May 2023
Personal details
Political partyLabour

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. Chadderton was elected as council leader on 25 May 2022,[3] becoming the town's third leader in just over a year after her predecessor Arooj Shah lost her seat in that year's election after just one year in post.[4]

At the 2023 election Chadderton was defeated, becoming the third deposed leader in three sequential elections.[5]

  1. ^ "Oldham: Amanda Chadderton to become new council leader". BBC News. 10 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022. Ms Chadderton, who served as the council's deputy leader, was elected as the new Labour group leader on Monday. She will be formally appointed as council leader on 25 May.
  2. ^ "Executive post Cabinet Member - Neighbourhoods". Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council. Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  3. ^ "'There is work to do – and I am ready to do it': Oldham council's leader-elect makes a vow to residents after landing role". Oldham Chronicle. 11 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  4. ^ Statham, Nick (10 May 2022). "Former deputy to become new leader of Oldham council after shock election result". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Big Tory losses and another Oldham leader deposed: your essential local elections briefing". The Mill. 6 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.