

A by-election for the Failsworth West ward on Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council is expected on 12 November 2026, with candidates and parties yet to be confirmed.

A by-election for the Failsworth West ward on Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council is expected on 12 November 2026, with candidates and parties yet to be confirmed.
A by-election with no candidates confirmed. Splendid. So I’m meant to prepare to choose… whom, exactly? And who’s picking up the tab for the leaflets, the polling stations and the rest of it? Publish the cost. Or is the electorate supposed to guess that too?