Rochdale Borough Council

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Rochdale Borough Council
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Coat of arms
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Corporate logo
Type
Type
History
Founded1 April 1974
Leadership
Shakil Ahmed,
Labour
since 15 May 2024 [1]
Neil Emmott,
Labour
since 19 May 2021
Steve Rumbelow
since 15 December 2014
Structure
Seats60 councillors [2]
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Political groups
Administration (44)
  Labour (44)
Other parties (16)
  Conservative (9)
  Liberal Democrat (3)
  Middleton Ind. (2)
  Workers Party (2)
Joint committees
Greater Manchester Combined Authority
Greater Manchester Police, Fire and Crime Panel
Elections
Last election
2 May 2024
Next election
7 May 2026
Meeting place
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Number One Riverside, Smith Street, Rochdale, OL16 1XU
Website
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Rochdale Borough Council is the local authority of the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale in Greater Manchester, England. It is a metropolitan district council, one of ten in Greater Manchester and one of 36 in the metropolitan counties of England, and provides the majority of local government services in Rochdale and the towns and villages that make up the borough.

Contents

The council's civic offices and customer service centre are located in Number One Riverside. [3] [4]

Wards and councillors

Each ward of the council's 20 wards is represented by three councillors. [5]

Parliamentary constituencyWardCouncillorPartyTerm of office
Heywood & Middleton
constituency
Bamford Stephen Anstee Conservative 2021–27
Angela Smith Conservative 2018–26
Philip Beal Conservative 2024-28
Castleton Aisling-Blaise Gallagher Labour 2024-28
Aasim Rashid Labour 2018–27
Billy Sheerin Labour 2021–26
East Middleton Paul BeswickMiddleton Ind.2022–26
Terry Smith Labour 2023–27
Dylan James Williams Labour 2024–28
Hopwood Hall Susan Emmott Labour 2019–24
Peter Hodgkinson Labour 2022–27
Carol Wardle Labour 2018–24
Norden James Gartside Conservative 2021–26
Michael Holly Conservative 2018–27
Peter Winkler Conservative 2024-2028
North Heywood Liam O'Rourke Labour 2021–26
Bev Place Labour 2022–27
Paul O'Neill Labour 2024-28
North Middleton Peter AllonbyMiddleton Ind.2022–26
Elizabeth Atewologun Labour 2023–27
Kath Bromfield Labour 2024-28
South Middleton Patricia Mary Dale Labour 2018–27
June West Labour 2024-28
Peter Williams Labour 2019–26
West Heywood Angela Brown Labour 2022–26
Peter Joinson Labour 2022-28
Linda Robinson Labour 2023–27
West Middleton Phil Burke Labour 2019–26
Neil Emmott Labour 2018–27
Susan Smith Labour 2024-28
Rochdale
constituency
Balderstone and Kirkholt Elsie Blundell Labour 2019–27
Phillip Massey Labour 2021–26
Daniel Meredith Labour 2024-28
Central Rochdale Farooq Ahmed Workers Party 2024-28
Iftikhar Ahmed Labour 2021–26
Sameena Zaheer Labour 2023–27
Healey Tricia Ayrton Labour 2022–27
Shaun O'Neill Labour 2021–26
Shah Wazir Labour 2024-28
Kingsway Shakil Ahmed Labour 2021–26
Daalat Ali Labour 2024-28
Rachel Massey Labour 2019–27
Littleborough Lakeside Tom Besford Labour 2024-28
Janet Emsley Labour 2018–26
Richard Jackson Labour 2023–27
Milkstone and Deeplish Mohammad Arshad Labour 2022–26
Minaam Ellahi Workers Party 2024-28
Aiza Rashid Labour 2022–27
Milnrow and Newhey David Bamford Liberal Democrats 2018–27
Irene Davidson Liberal Democrats 2021–26
Andy Kelly Liberal Democrats 2024-28
Smallbridge and Firgrove John Blundell Labour 2024-28
Aftab Hussain Labour 2019–26
Amna Mir Labour 2021–23
Spotland and Falinge Iram Faisal Labour 2021–26
Amber Nisa Labour 2022–27
Faisal Rana Labour 2024-28
Wardle, Shore & West Littleborough Ashley Dearnley Conservative 2021–26
Adam Branton Conservative 2024-28
John Taylor Conservative 2018–27

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References

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