Editing Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale

{{Short description|Borough of Greater Manchester, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2019}}
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| established_date   = [[Local Government Act 1972|1 April 1974]]
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| named_for          = [[Rochdale]]
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| seat               = [[Number One Riverside]]
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| government_footnotes = <ref name="Council leadership">{{cite web |url=https://www.rochdale.gov.uk/councillors-elections |title=Councillors and elections |website=Rochdale Borough Council |access-date=7 January 2024}}</ref>
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| leader_name2       = [[Neil Emmott]] ([[Labour Party (UK)|L]])
| leader_title3      = [[Mayors in England|Mayor]]
| leader_name3       = Shakil Ahmed
| leader_title4      = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MPs]]
| leader_name4       = {{Collapsible list | title = 2 MPs
 | [[Elsie Blundell]] ([[Labour Party (UK)|L]])
 | [[Paul Waugh]] (L)
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| population_demonym = Rochdalian
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 | 74.0% [[White people in the United Kingdom|White]]
 | 18.5% [[British Asians|Asian]]
 | 3.5% [[Black British people|Black]]
 | 2.4% [[Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category)|Mixed]]
 | 1.6% [[Ethnic groups in the United Kingdom|other]]
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 | 46.9% [[Religion in England#Christianity|Christianity]]
 | 28.8% [[Irreligion in the United Kingdom|no religion]]
 | 18.8% [[Islam in England|Islam]]
 | 0.3% [[Hinduism in England|Hinduism]]
 | 0.2% [[Buddhism in England|Buddhism]]
 | 0.1% [[History of the Jews in England|Judaism]]
 | 0.1% [[Sikhism in England|Sikhism]]
 | 0.3% [[Religion in England|other]]
 | 4.6% not stated
 }}
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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 [[Heywood, Greater Manchester|Heywood]], [[Littleborough, Greater Manchester|Littleborough]], [[Middleton, Greater Manchester|Middleton]] & [[Milnrow]]. It is the ninth-largest district by population in Greater Manchester with a population of {{English district population|GSS=E08000005}} in {{English statistics year}}.<ref name ="popstats" />

==History==
Within the boundaries of the [[Historic counties of England|historic county]] of [[Lancashire]], the borough was formed in 1974 as part of the provisions of the [[Local Government Act 1972]] and is an [[Amalgamation (politics)|amalgamation]] of six former local government districts. 

It was originally proposed that the borough include the neighbouring town of [[Bury, Greater Manchester|Bury]] and disclude Middleton; Bury however went on to form the administrative centre for the adjacent [[Metropolitan Borough of Bury]]. The borough was formed by a merger of the former [[county borough]] of Rochdale and from the [[Administrative counties of England|administrative county]] of [[Lancashire]], the [[municipal borough]]s of Heywood and Middleton, along with the [[Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)|urban districts]] of Littleborough, Milnrow and Wardle. 

The borough lies mostly within the historic county of [[Lancashire]] but a small part lies in the former [[West Riding of Yorkshire]]. Prior to its creation, it was suggested that the metropolitan borough be named Chadwick (with reference to [[Edwin Chadwick|Sir Edwin Chadwick]]), but this was rejected in favour of Rochdale.<ref>{{Harvnb|Clark|1973|p=101}}.</ref>
[[File:Milnrow.jpg|thumb|[[Milnrow]] skyline]]

[[File:Saint Luke's Parish Church, Heywood - geograph.org.uk - 1743290.jpg|thumb|upright=0.65|Saint Luke's Parish Church, Heywood]]

==Premises==
[[File:Number One Riverside, cropped.jpg|thumb|[[Number One Riverside]], the headquarters of Rochdale Borough Council]]
The council is based at [[Number One Riverside]] in Rochdale town centre, which was opened in 2014. It serves as a public library, includes a café, private meeting areas, a conference centre and a workplace. It merged 33 buildings into one and won the award for the best workplace of 2014.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-29526427 |title=Is your office as trendy as this? |work=BBC News |date=7 October 2014}}</ref>

===Electoral arrangements===
The borough of Rochdale is divided into 20 wards, each ward having three councillors for a total of 60 councillors. Councillors serve four-year terms, with one-third of the council elected every year except every fourth year when no councilors are elected.

===Current political make-up===
The council has been controlled by [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] since 2011.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="2"|Party Affiliation
!councillors
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|Labour 
|43
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|Conservative 
|9
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" |
|Liberal Democrats 
|3
|-
|style="background-color: {{Grey}}" |
|Independent 
|2
|-
|
|Workers Party of Britain 
|2
|-
|
|Reform
|1
|}

==Geography==
[[File:Blackstone Edge Fold - geograph.org.uk - 2372338.jpg|thumb|[[Blackstone Edge]] Fold, Rochdale]]
The borough lies directly north-northeast of the [[Manchester|City of Manchester]], to the east of the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, to the north of the [[Metropolitan Borough of Oldham]] and partly to the east of the county of [[West Yorkshire]] bordering near to the [[Calderdale|Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale]] and the Lancashire borough of [[Borough of Rossendale|Rossendale]] is to the northwest. There are some rural parts and urban parts of the district including [[Blackstone Edge]] and the [[Pennines|Pennine hills]] which form part of the rural areas of the borough. The more urban areas centre around the town and neighbouring boroughs of Bury, Oldham and Manchester. The town of Middleton is contiguous with the northeastern suburbs of Manchester and the towns of [[Chadderton]], [[Failsworth]] and Oldham. The towns of Heywood, Littleborough and Milnrow form an urban area with Rochdale.

==Demography==
[[File:St Chad's Church, Rochdale (4).JPG|thumb|St Chad's Church, Rochdale's parish church]]

=== Ethnicity===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! rowspan="3" |Ethnic Group
! colspan="6" |Year
|-
! colspan="2" |1981 estimations<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/ethnicityin1991c0000unse |title=Ethnicity in the 1991 census: Vol 3 - Social geography and ethnicity in Britain, geographical spread, spatial concentration and internal migration |date=1996 |publisher=London : HMSO |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-11-691655-6}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1991 census<ref name=":02">{{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/ethnicityin1991c0000unse |title=Ethnicity in the 1991 census: Vol 3 - Social geography and ethnicity in Britain, geographical spread, spatial concentration and internal migration |date=1996 |publisher=London : HMSO |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-11-691655-6}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=1991 census – theme tables |url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/query/asv2htm.aspx |access-date=20 January 2017 |publisher=NOMIS}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2021 census<ref>{{cite web |title=Ethnicity - Ethnicity by local authorities, ONS |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/datasets/TS021/editions/2021/versions/1}}</ref>
|-
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
|-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
![[White people in the United Kingdom|White]]: Total
!196,512
!94.8%
!188,428
!92%
!165,485
!74.0%
|-
|White: [[White British|British]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|156,669
|70.0
|-
|White: [[White Irish|Irish]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|1,735
|0.8
|-
|White: [[Romani people in the United Kingdom|Roma]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|163
|
|-
|White: [[White Gypsy or Irish Traveller|Gypsy or Irish Traveller]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|194
|
|-
|White: [[Other White|Other]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|6,724
|3.0
|-
![[British Asian|Asian or Asian British]]: Total
!9,534
!4.6%
!14,806
!7.2%
!41,406
!18.4%
|-
|Asian or Asian British: [[British Indians|Indian]]
|556
|
|821
|
|1,190
|0.5
|-
|Asian or Asian British: [[British Pakistanis|Pakistani]]
|7,505
|3.6%
|11,402
|5.6%
|30,525
|13.6
|-
|Asian or Asian British: [[British Bangladeshis|Bangladeshi]]
|863
|
|1693
|
|5,170
|2.3
|-
|Asian or Asian British: [[British Chinese|Chinese]]
|285
|
|404
|
|867
|0.4
|-
|Asian or Asian British: Other Asian
|325
|
|486
|
|3,654
|1.6
|-
!Black or Black British: Total
!700
!
!951
!
!7,927
!
|-
|Black or Black British: African
|111
|
|145
|
|6,476
|
|-
|Black or Black British: [[British African-Caribbean people|Caribbean]]
|281
|
|374
|
|440
|
|-
|Other Black
|308
|
|432
|
|1,011
|
|-
!Mixed or British Mixed: Total
!–
!–
!–
!–
!5,284
!2.4%
|-
|Mixed: White and Black Caribbean
|–
|–
|–
|–
|1,303
|
|-
|Mixed: White and Black African
|–
|–
|–
|–
|1,210
|
|-
|Mixed: White and Asian
|–
|–
|–
|–
|1,736
|
|-
|Mixed: Other Mixed
|–
|–
|–
|–
|1,035
|
|-
!Other: Total
!437
!
!613
!
!3,669
!
|-
|Other: [[British Arab|Arab]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|815
|
|-
|Other: Any other ethnic group
|–
|–
|–
|–
|2,854
|
|-
!Ethnic minority: Total
!10,671
!5.2%
!16,370
!8%
!58,286
!26%
|-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!Total
!207,183
!100%
!204,798
!100%
!223,773
!100%
|}

===Religion===

The following table shows the religious identity of residents residing in Rochdale.

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Religion
!colspan="2"|2021<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/datasets/TS030/editions/2021/versions/1|title=Religion - Religion by local authorities, ONS}}</ref>
|-
!Number
!%
|-
|style="text-align:left" | [[Christianity|Christian]] || 104,841 || 46.9
|-
|style="text-align:left" | [[Islam|Muslim]] || 42,121 || 18.8
|-
|style="text-align:left" | [[Judaism|Jewish]] || 218|| 0.1
|-
|style="text-align:left" | [[Hinduism|Hindu]] || 613 || 0.3
|-
|style="text-align:left" | [[Sikhism|Sikh]] || 191 || 0.1
|-
|style="text-align:left" | [[Buddhist|Buddhism]] || 398 || 0.2
|-
|style="text-align:left" | Other religion || 675 || 0.3
|-
|style="text-align:left" | [[Irreligion|No religion]] || 64,349 || 28.8
|-
|style="text-align:left" | Religion not stated || 10,366 || 4.6
|- style="font-weight:bold;"
|style="text-align:left" | Total || 295,963 || 100.0 
|}


[[File:Milkstone Mosque, Rochdale (2).JPG|thumb|upright=0.65|Milkstone Mosque, Rochdale]]

===Population change===
The table below details the population change since 1801, including the percentage change since the last available census data. Although the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale has only existed 1974, figures have been generated by combining data from the towns, villages, and [[civil parishes in England|civil parish]]es that would later be constituent parts of the borough.

{| class="wikitable" style="border:0px;text-align:center;line-height:120%;"
|+[[Population growth]] in Rochdale since 1801
|-
! Year
! 1801
! 1811
! 1821
! 1831
! 1841
! 1851
! 1861
! 1871
! 1881
! 1891
! 1901
! 1911
! 1921
! 1931
! 1941
! 1951
! 1961
! 1971
! 1981
! 1991
! 2001
|- Align="center"
! Population
| 28,689
| 36,815
| 46,440
| 57,377
| 69,956
| 80,317
| 102,247
| 124,177
| 146,107
| 151,490
| 165,617
| 181,061
| 181,227
| 181,395
| 177,574
| 173,833
| 188,316
| 204,071
| 206,351
| 204,802
| 205,233
|-
! % change
| &ndash;
| +28.3
| +26.1
| +23.6
| +21.9
| +14.8
| +27.3
| +21.4
| +17.7
| +3.7
| +9.3
| +9.3
| +0.1
| +0.1
| &minus;2.1
| &minus;2.1
| +8.3
| +8.4
| +1.1
| &minus;0.8
| +0.2
|-
| colspan="22" style="text-align:center;"|Source: ''Vision of Britain''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_table_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TPop&u_id=10076780&c_id=10001043&add=N |title=Rochdale District: total population |publisher=Vision of Britain}} Retrieved on 20&nbsp;December 2008.</ref>
|}

==Twin towns==
The Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale has formal [[twin towns|twinning arrangements]] with six places. Three were originally twinned with a place within the Metropolitan Borough boundaries prior to its creation in 1974.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rochdale.gov.uk/leisure_and_culture/tourism_and_travel/town_twinning.aspx |title=Town twinning |publisher=rochdale.gov.uk |access-date=18 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071029173635/http://www.rochdale.gov.uk/leisure_and_culture/libraries/town_twinning.aspx |archive-date=29 October 2007}}</ref>

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|-
!  height="17" width="120" | Country
!  !  width="100" | Place
!  !  width="130" | County / District / Region / State
!  !  width="130" | Originally twinned with
!  !  width="40" | Date
|-
|!  !  | France
|! !  | [[Tourcoing]]
|!  !  | [[Nord-Pas de Calais]]
|!  !  | [[County Borough of Rochdale]]
|!  !  | 1956
|-
|!  !  | Germany
|! !  | [[Peine]]
|!  !  | [[Lower Saxony|Niedersachsen
]]''
|!  !  | [[Heywood, Greater Manchester|Municipal Borough of Heywood]]
|!  !  |  1967
|-
|!  !  | Germany
|! !  | [[Bielefeld]]
|!  !  | [[North Rhine-Westphalia|Nordrhein-Westfalen]]
|!  !  | [[County Borough of Rochdale]]
|!  !  | 1953
|-
|!  !  | Pakistan
|! !  | [[Sahiwal]]
|!  !  | [[Punjab (Pakistan)|Punjab]]
|!  !  | Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale
|!  !  | 1988
|-
|!  !  | Ukraine
|! !  | [[Lviv]]
|!  !  | [[Lviv Oblast|Lviv]]
|!  !  | Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale
|!  !  | 1992
|-
|!  !  | Bangladesh
|! !  | [[Sylhet]]
|!  !  |[[Sylhet Division]]
|!  !  | Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale
|!  !  | 2009
|}

==Freedom of the Borough==
The following people and military units have received the [[Freedom of the City|Freedom of the Borough]] of Rochdale.
 
{{Expand list|date=May 2019}}

===Individuals===
* [[Gracie Fields|Dame Gracie Fields]]: 6 May 1937.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://graciefields.org/wordpress/receiving-the-freedom-of-rochdale/|title = Receiving the Freedom of Rochdale &#124; the Official Gracie Fields}}</ref>
* [[Cyril Smith|Sir Cyril Smith]]: November 1992. (This honour was revoked by a unanimous vote of the [[Rochdale Borough Council]] on 18 October 2018).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/news-features/2/news-headlines/123143/cyril-smith-stripped-of-the-freedom-of-borough|title = Cyril Smith stripped of the freedom of borough}}</ref>
* [[Jim Callaghan (Lancashire politician)|Jim Callaghan]]: 3 April 1996.
* [[Lance Corporal]] Stephen Shaw: 26 May 2013.<ref>{{cite web |title='True hero' unveils L/Cpl Stephen Shaw MC Way in Heywood |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-22680842 |website=BBC News Manchester |date=27 May 2013 |access-date=9 October 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/local-news/battle-hero-stephen-shaw-given-3818234 |title=Battle hero Stephen Shaw to be given freedom on his day of honour |last=Gray |first=Lisa |date=16 May 2014 |website=The Manchester Evening News |access-date=9 October 2022}}</ref>
* [[Joel Barnett|Lord Barnett]]: 23 April 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/local-news/death-former-mp-influential-minister-8040581 |title=Death of former MP and influential minister Joel Barnett |last=Selby |first=Alan |date=3 November 2017 |website=The Manchester Evening News |access-date=9 October 2022}}</ref>
* [[Julie Goodyear]]: 5 October 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/coronation-street-legend-julie-goodyear-13543594 |title=Coronation Street legend Julie Goodyear is to be given the freedom of Rochdale |last=Wilkinson |first=Damon |date=29 August 2017 |website=The Manchester Evening News |access-date=9 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/coronation-street-legend-julie-goodyear-13723436 |title=Coronation Street legend Julie Goodyear 'truly humbled' as she is awarded freedom of Rochdale |last=Wilkinson |first=Damon |date=5 October 2017 |website=The Manchester Evening News |access-date=9 October 2022}}</ref>
* [[Keira Walsh]]: 7 October 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=Freedom of the Borough honour for Rochdale's England hero Keira Walsh |url=https://www.rochdale.gov.uk/news/article/117/freedom-of-the-borough-honour-for-rochdales-england-hero-keira-walsh |website=Rochdale Borough Council |date=7 October 2022 |access-date=9 October 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
* Shelia Acton: 7 October 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=Honorary Freemen, Aldermen and Alderwomen
 |url=https://www.rochdale.gov.uk/mayors/honorary-aldermen-honorary-alderwomen-freemen |website=Rochdale Borough Council |language=en}}</ref>
* David Kilpatrick <ref>{{cite web |title=Honorary Freemen, Aldermen and Alderwomen
 |url=https://www.rochdale.gov.uk/mayors/honorary-aldermen-honorary-alderwomen-freemen |website=Rochdale Borough Council |language=en}}</ref>
* Major Edmund Gartside<ref>{{cite web |title=Honorary Freemen, Aldermen and Alderwomen
 |url=https://www.rochdale.gov.uk/mayors/honorary-aldermen-honorary-alderwomen-freemen |website=Rochdale Borough Council |language=en}}</ref>
* Dr Musharraf Hussain<ref>{{cite web |title=Honorary Freemen, Aldermen and Alderwomen
 |url=https://www.rochdale.gov.uk/mayors/honorary-aldermen-honorary-alderwomen-freemen |website=Rochdale Borough Council |language=en}}</ref>
*John Kay<ref>{{cite web |title=Honorary Freemen, Aldermen and Alderwomen
 |url=https://www.rochdale.gov.uk/mayors/honorary-aldermen-honorary-alderwomen-freemen |website=Rochdale Borough Council |language=en}}</ref>
*Saeed Dar<ref>{{cite web |title=Honorary Freemen, Aldermen and Alderwomen
 |url=https://www.rochdale.gov.uk/mayors/honorary-aldermen-honorary-alderwomen-freemen |website=Rochdale Borough Council |language=en}}</ref>
*Razia Shamim<ref>{{cite web |title=Honorary Freemen, Aldermen and Alderwomen
 |url=https://www.rochdale.gov.uk/mayors/honorary-aldermen-honorary-alderwomen-freemen |website=Rochdale Borough Council |language=en}}</ref>

===Military units===
* The [[Lancashire Fusiliers]]: 5 June 1947.
* The [[Royal Regiment of Fusiliers]]: 4 March 1978.
* [[HMS Middleton (M34)|HMS Middleton]], [[Royal Navy|RN]]: 20 May 1992.
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==See also==
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*[[Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council elections]]
*[[List of people from Rochdale]]
*[[List of schools in Rochdale]]

==References==
===Notes===
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===Bibliography===
*{{cite book |last=Clark |first=David Michael |author-link= |date=1973 |title=Greater Manchester Votes: A Guide to the New Metropolitan Authorities |url= |location= |publisher=Redrose |isbn=978-0950293202}}

==External links==
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*[http://www.investinrochdale.co.uk/ www.investinrochdale.co.uk/], Rochdale Development Agency - information on the borough, its economy and regeneration.

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