Aisha Kouser is a Councillor for St Mary’s ward and Deputy Leader of the Oldham Group. Since September 2026 she has been the Council’s interim Deputy Lead Member for Health and Adult Care.
10 entries from 10 Jul 2024 – 16 Sep 2026, drawn from Oldham Council minutes and papers, council recordings and news reports. Each one links to its source. The tag shows which group Aisha belonged to at the time.
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Appointed interim Deputy Lead Member for Health and Adult Care alongside Cllr Kamran Ghafoor.
Source: Oldham Council news, 17 Sep 2026
Seconded Cllr Ghafoor’s nominations of Cllr Sam Al-Hamdani and then Cllr Mark Kenyon as Leader of the Council. She also seconded his proposals to suspend procedure rules so that more Deputy Mayor and Leader nominations could be made, and to allow other ways of electing a Leader. All were lost and the item was adjourned.
Source: Council minutes, 15 Jul 2026 (items 10–11, pp.3–4)
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At the reconvened Annual Council, paid tribute to the work of Cllr Abdul Wahid during his time on the Council.
Source: Council minutes, 20 May 2026 with adjourned sessions (item 8, p.5)
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At Annual Council, adjourned to 15 June and 1 July 2026, seconded nominations of Cllr Helen Bishop as Deputy Mayor (moved first by Cllr Maggie Hurley, then by Cllr Hughes) and of Cllr Zaheer Ali (moved by Cllr Ghafoor). She also seconded Cllr Ghafoor’s amendments nominating Cllr Mark Kenyon and then Cllr Shoab Akhtar as Leader of the Council. All were lost. An amendment she was due to second, moved by Cllr Sam Al-Hamdani to elect Cllr Ghafoor as Leader, was withdrawn.
Source: Council minutes, 20 May 2026 with adjourned sessions (items 4, 10, 21, 22; pp.3–10)
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Seconded Cllr Wahid’s amendment to the Labour motion ‘Tackling Fly-Tipping, Waste Crime and Litter in Oldham’. It asked the Council to publish quarterly ward-by-ward fly-tipping and litter enforcement figures, set a 24-hour standard for removing dangerous fly-tips, report the yearly clean-up cost and the amount recovered from offenders, and draw up action plans for repeat hotspots. The amendment was lost; the motion was carried.
Annual Council noted the Oldham Group’s Shadow Cabinet, in which Aisha holds the Adults, Health and Wellbeing portfolio.
Source: Council minutes, 21 May 2025 (item 11, p.8)
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Moved the motion calling on the Greater Manchester Pension Fund to divest from fossil fuels and arms. Council agreed an amended motion asking GMPF to develop a divestment plan within 12 months and to report annually.
Source: Council minutes, 18 Dec 2024 (reconvened 20 Jan 2025), p.32
Asked where the Council was with the tendering process for the former Marlborough Community Centre (formerly the Pakistan Community Centre), and whether details shared on social media by Cllr Aftab Hussain should have been made public early. The Leader, Cllr Arooj Shah, undertook to write to Cllrs Kouser and Ghafoor to clarify the position.
Asked the Cabinet Member for Transport and Highways why repairs to Waterloo Bridge, Oldham were taking so long. Cllr Chris Goodwin thanked her for the question and undertook to send her a detailed written answer.
The published Council agenda listed the Oldham Group motion ‘Extend Burial Times in Oldham Cemeteries’ as to be moved by Cllr Zaheer Ali and seconded by Cllr Kouser. On the night, the minutes record that Cllr Ghafoor moved it and Cllr Wahid seconded it. Council passed the administration’s amendment by 30 votes to 27, agreeing a pilot of longer cemetery hours and a fee based on the pilot.
Source: Council agenda (p.7) and minutes (p.12), 10 Jul 2024
Moved amendments nominating Cllr Sam Al-Hamdani and then Cllr Mark Kenyon as Leader, and proposals to change procedure rules to allow other ways of electing a Leader and further nominations.
With no group holding a majority, the Oldham Group moved amendments nominating Cllr Mark Kenyon and then Cllr Shoab Akhtar as Leader of the Council.
Annual Council was adjourned and reconvened on 15 June and 1 July 2026.
Proposed publishing quarterly ward-by-ward fly-tipping enforcement figures, a 24-hour removal standard for dangerous fly-tips, annual cost reporting and hotspot action plans.
Asked the Council to urge the Greater Manchester Pension Fund to stop investing in fossil fuels and arms companies, report transparently and reinvest ethically.
Timestamps point to the chapter of the council meeting where the item was debated, or to the full meeting where no chapter is available.
Election results listed by Oldham Council: 4 May 2023, 2 May 2024.
Source: Oldham Council councillor page, checked 22 October 2026.
