The Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in England. Its largest town is Rochdale and the wider borough covers other outlying towns and villages,including Middleton,Heywood,Milnrow and Littleborough. It is the ninth-largest district by population in Greater Manchester with a population of 226,992 in 2022.
James Dobbin was a British Labour Co-operative politician and microbiologist who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Heywood and Middleton from 1997 until his death in 2014.
Sir Anthony Joseph Lloyd was a British Labour politician. He served as a member of Parliament (MP) for 36 years,making him one of the longest-serving MPs in recent history. He served as MP for Stretford from 1983 to 1997,Manchester Central from 1997 to 2012,and represented Rochdale from 2017 until his death in 2024. He was Greater Manchester Police and Crime Commissioner between 2012 and 2017 and served as the interim Mayor of Greater Manchester in his last two years in the role.
Heywood is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale,Greater Manchester,England,in the historic county of Lancashire. It had a population of 28,205 at the 2011 Census. The town lies on the south bank of the River Roch,2 miles (3.2 km) east of Bury,4 miles (6.4 km) southwest of Rochdale,and 8 miles (12.9 km) north of Manchester. Middleton lies to the south,whilst to the north is the Cheesden Valley,open moorland,and the Pennines. Heywood's nickname is Monkey Town.
Heywood and Middleton is a constituency in Greater Manchester represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Elsie Blundell of the Labour Party.
Rochdale is a constituency,which is currently represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom by Paul Waugh of the Labour Party since 2024. Rochdale has elected one Member of Parliament (MP) since its creation in 1832.
Stratford-on-Avon is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Manuela Perteghella. The constituency is in Warwickshire;as its name suggests,it is centred on the town of Stratford-upon-Avon,birthplace of William Shakespeare,but also takes in the surrounding areas,including the towns of Alcester and Henley-in-Arden.
Norden is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale,in Greater Manchester,England. It was historically part of Lancashire until 1974. It is situated on the western outskirts of the town of Rochdale.
Blackley and Broughton is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Graham Stringer. He was first elected in 1997 for the former Manchester Blackley and prior to this was Leader of Manchester City Council. The constituency covers north Manchester and east Salford.
Middleton and Prestwich was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Middleton and Prestwich districts of Greater Manchester. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Angela Rayner is a British politician who has served as Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Secretary of State for Levelling Up,Housing and Communities since July 2024. She has been Deputy Leader of the Labour Party since 2020 and Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashton-under-Lyne since 2015. Ideologically she identifies as a socialist and as being part of Labour's soft left,and has made a political point of her working-class roots.
Elizabeth Anne McInnes is a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Heywood and Middleton from 2014 to 2019. A member of the Labour Party,she was a Shadow Minister for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs from 2016 to 2019 and Communities and Local Government from 2015 to 2016.
This is a list of confirmed or proposed future developments of the Manchester Metrolink light rail system in Greater Manchester,England.
Wera Benedicta Hobhouse is a British-German politician. A member of the Liberal Democrats,she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bath since 2017 and serves as the Liberal Democrat Shadow Leader of the House of Commons and Spokesperson for Energy and Climate Change and Transport under Ed Davey.
Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH) is a social housing provider established in 2012 to receive the transfer of housing stock from Rochdale Borough Council in Greater Manchester,England. It has a subsidiary,RBH Limited. It owns and manages about 12,700 properties. In March 2020,it employed 545 full time equivalent staff.
Blackley and Middleton South is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. Created as a result of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies,it will first be contested at the 2024 general election. The constituency is based in northern Greater Manchester.
Manuela Perteghella is an Italian-born British Liberal Democrat politician who has served as MP for Stratford-on-Avon since 2024.
