Councillor Amanda Chadderton is set to become the new leader of Oldham council. Previously deputy to Arooj Shah, she was elected as the new Labour group leader at an AGM on Monday night.
Her position as new council leader will be ratified at the authority’s annual meeting later this month. It comes days after Ms Shah became the second Labour council leader in consecutive years to lose her seat at the local elections - following Sean Fielding’s shock ousting in 2021.
It is understood Coun Chadderton defeated Coun Shaid Mushtaq in a vote of Labour councillors to take the leadership. The Royton South councillor has expressed her delight over landing the top job on social media.
