Rochdale

From 23 June to 31 August 2020, we are accepting opinions and comments (submissions) from the public on where you believe ward boundaries should be in Rochdale Borough Council.  

The Commission is minded to recommend that Rochdale Borough Council should have 60 councillors in the future. This is no change from the current number of councillors. 

The Commission now needs information from people and groups across Rochdale to help it to produce new ward boundaries to accommodate 60 councillors. 

For more information, see our: 

• News release
• Letter to the Chief Executive of Rochdale Borough Council
• Electoral figures
• Promotional posters: [1] [2]
• Rochdale polling district map (Please note, polling district mapping data has been supplied by Rochdale Borough Council and may contain boundary errors.) 

To view an interactive map of the existing ward boundaries, visit our consultation area. You can search by area or postcode, and have your say. A non-interactive image of the current ward boundaries is also available here.  

You can make a submission to the Rochdale electoral review: 

1. through our consultation area,  

2. by e-mailing [email protected], or  

3. writing to the following address: 

LGBCE c/o Cleardata

Innovation House 

Coniston Court 

Riverside Business Park 

Blyth 

NE24 4RP  

Information on how reviews work is available on our How Reviews Work Page.  

For a quick guide on how to propose a pattern of wards click here. 

You may also wish to read our document Electoral Reviews: Technical Guidance, which contains guidance on the review process and information on the legislation reviews are carried out under. 

As part of the initial stages of the review, we consulted with Rochdale Borough Council on the most appropriate number of councillors to be elected to the council in future.  

We received two submission(s) on council size: 

• Rochdale Borough Council
• Rochdale Borough Council - Liberal Democrat group 

The Commission is minded to recommend that 60 councillors should serve Rochdale Borough Council in the future. This is no change from the current number of councillors. 

The Boundary Committee for England (BCFE) began reviewing the electoral arrangements for Rochdale on 14 May 2002.

The Order implementing The Electoral Commission's decision on the final recommendations of this review can be viewed on Her Majesty's Stationery Office's website, as can the Amendment Order. The current boundaries of the electoral wards and divisions can be viewed on Ordnance Survey's election maps website. Parish warding is not shown on the election maps website. It can be seen on the mapping from the Committee's final recommendations below; any modifications are listed in the Explanatory Note at the back of the Order.

Final recommendations, These have been published on 27 August 2003.

Map 1 Existing wards in Rochdale;

Map 2 Our final recommendations for Rochdale;

Map A1 Illustrates the proposed ward boundaries and indicates ares shown in more detail on the large maps;

Large map 1, large map 2, large map 3 and large map 4 illustrate existing and proposed warding arrangements for Rochdale.

Draft recommendations, published on 25 February 2003

Map 1 Existing wards in Rochdale

Map 2 Our draft recommendations for Rochdale

Map A1 Illustrates the proposed ward boundaries and indicates the areas which are shown in more detail on the large maps

Large map 1, large map 2, large map 3, and large map 4, illustrate the existing and proposed warding arrangements for Rochdale