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mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BB_(%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%89%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0)" title="Рочдейл (община) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Рочдейл (община)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochdale" title="Rochdale – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Rochdale" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borough_of_Rochdale" title="Borough of Rochdale – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Borough of Rochdale" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" 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lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%E2%80%8C%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1_%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%82%D9%84_%D8%B1%D9%88%DA%86%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%84" title="کلان‌شهر مستقل روچدیل – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کلان‌شهر مستقل روچدیل" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_m%C3%A9tropolitain_de_Rochdale" title="District métropolitain de Rochdale – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="District métropolitain de Rochdale" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" 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href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Rochdale" title="Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BB_(%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BE%D0%BD)" title="Рочдейл (район) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Рочдейл (район)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochdale_(borough)" title="Rochdale (borough) – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Rochdale (borough)" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" 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class="category"><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_borough" title="Metropolitan borough">Metropolitan borough</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Town_Hall_14.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Rochdale Town Hall"><img alt="Rochdale Town Hall" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Town_Hall_14.jpg/250px-Town_Hall_14.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Town_Hall_14.jpg/375px-Town_Hall_14.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Town_Hall_14.jpg/500px-Town_Hall_14.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2100" data-file-height="1400" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption"><a href="/wiki/Rochdale_Town_Hall" title="Rochdale Town Hall">Rochdale Town Hall</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style 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text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Metropolitan_Borough_of_Rochdale&params=53_37_00_N_2_09_24_W_region:GB_type:adm2nd"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">53°37′00″N</span> <span class="longitude">2°09′24″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">53.61667°N 2.15667°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">53.61667; -2.15667</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Sovereign_state" title="Sovereign state">Sovereign state</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Countries_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Countries of the United Kingdom">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_England" title="Regions of England">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/North_West_England" title="North West England">North West</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ceremonial_counties_of_England" title="Ceremonial counties of England">Ceremonial county</a> and <a href="/wiki/City_region_(United_Kingdom)" title="City region (United Kingdom)">city region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Greater_Manchester" title="Greater Manchester">Greater Manchester</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Incorporated</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Act_1972" title="Local Government Act 1972">1 April 1974</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Namesake" title="Namesake">Named for</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rochdale" title="Rochdale">Rochdale</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Administrative HQ</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Number_One_Riverside" title="Number One Riverside">Number One Riverside</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-Council_leadership_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Council_leadership-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_borough" title="Metropolitan borough">Metropolitan<span class="nowrap"> </span>borough</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Body</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Rochdale_Borough_Council" title="Rochdale Borough Council">Rochdale Borough Council</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Executive_arrangements" title="Executive arrangements">Executive</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Executive_arrangements#Leader_and_cabinet" title="Executive arrangements">Leader and cabinet</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Political_make-up_of_local_councils_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Political make-up of local councils in the United Kingdom">Control</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Executive_arrangements#Leader_and_cabinet" title="Executive arrangements">Leader</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Neil_Emmott" title="Neil Emmott">Neil Emmott</a> (<a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">L</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Mayors_in_England" title="Mayors in England">Mayor</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Shakil Ahmed</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">MPs</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>2 MPs</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Elsie_Blundell" title="Elsie Blundell">Elsie Blundell</a> (<a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">L</a>) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Paul_Waugh" title="Paul Waugh">Paul Waugh</a> (L) </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">61 sq mi (158 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_English_districts_by_area" title="List of English districts by area">163rd</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2022)<sup id="cite_ref-popstats_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-popstats-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">226,992</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_English_districts_by_population" title="List of English districts by population">82nd</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">3,720/sq mi (1,435/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Rochdalian</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Ethnicity <span style="font-weight:normal;">(<a href="/wiki/2021_United_Kingdom_census" title="2021 United Kingdom census">2021</a>)</span><div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-2021_Nomis_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2021_Nomis-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Ethnic groups in the United Kingdom">Ethnic groups</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>List</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 74.0% <a href="/wiki/White_people_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="White people in the United Kingdom">White</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 18.5% <a href="/wiki/British_Asians" title="British Asians">Asian</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 3.5% <a href="/wiki/Black_British_people" title="Black British people">Black</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 2.4% <a href="/wiki/Mixed_(United_Kingdom_ethnicity_category)" title="Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category)">Mixed</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 1.6% <a href="/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Ethnic groups in the United Kingdom">other</a> </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Religion <span style="font-weight:normal;">(2021)</span><div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-2021_Nomis_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2021_Nomis-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Religion_in_England" title="Religion in England">Religion</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>List</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 46.9% <a href="/wiki/Religion_in_England#Christianity" title="Religion in England">Christianity</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 28.8% <a href="/wiki/Irreligion_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Irreligion in the United Kingdom">no religion</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 18.8% <a href="/wiki/Islam_in_England" title="Islam in England">Islam</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 0.3% <a href="/wiki/Hinduism_in_England" title="Hinduism in England">Hinduism</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 0.2% <a href="/wiki/Buddhism_in_England" title="Buddhism in England">Buddhism</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 0.1% <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_England" title="History of the Jews in England">Judaism</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 0.1% <a href="/wiki/Sikhism_in_England" title="Sikhism in England">Sikhism</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 0.3% <a href="/wiki/Religion_in_England" title="Religion in England">other</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 4.6% not stated </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B0" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+0">UTC+0</a> (<a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Mean_Time" title="Greenwich Mean Time">GMT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B1" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+1">UTC+1</a> (<a href="/wiki/British_Summer_Time" title="British Summer Time">BST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postcodes_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Postcodes in the United Kingdom">Postcode area</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output 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class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://rochdale.gov.uk">rochdale<wbr />.gov<wbr />.uk</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_borough" title="Metropolitan borough">metropolitan borough</a> of <a href="/wiki/Greater_Manchester" title="Greater Manchester">Greater Manchester</a> in England. Its largest town is <a href="/wiki/Rochdale" title="Rochdale">Rochdale</a> and the wider borough covers other outlying towns and villages, including <a href="/wiki/Heywood,_Greater_Manchester" title="Heywood, Greater Manchester">Heywood</a>, <a href="/wiki/Littleborough,_Greater_Manchester" title="Littleborough, Greater Manchester">Littleborough</a>, <a href="/wiki/Middleton,_Greater_Manchester" title="Middleton, Greater Manchester">Middleton</a> & <a href="/wiki/Milnrow" title="Milnrow">Milnrow</a>. It is the ninth-largest district by population in Greater Manchester with a population of 226,992 in 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-popstats_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-popstats-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Borough_of_Rochdale&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Within the boundaries of the <a href="/wiki/Historic_counties_of_England" title="Historic counties of England">historic county</a> of <a href="/wiki/Lancashire" title="Lancashire">Lancashire</a>, the borough was formed in 1974 as part of the provisions of the <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Act_1972" title="Local Government Act 1972">Local Government Act 1972</a> and is an <a href="/wiki/Amalgamation_(politics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Amalgamation (politics)">amalgamation</a> of six former local government districts. It was originally proposed that the borough include the neighbouring town of <a href="/wiki/Bury,_Greater_Manchester" title="Bury, Greater Manchester">Bury</a> and disclude Middleton; Bury however went on to form the administrative centre for the adjacent <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Bury" title="Metropolitan Borough of Bury">Metropolitan Borough of Bury</a>. The borough was formed by a merger of the former <a href="/wiki/County_borough" title="County borough">county borough</a> of Rochdale and from the <a href="/wiki/Administrative_counties_of_England" title="Administrative counties of England">administrative county</a> of <a href="/wiki/Lancashire" title="Lancashire">Lancashire</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Municipal_borough" title="Municipal borough">municipal boroughs</a> of Heywood and Middleton, along with the <a href="/wiki/Urban_district_(Great_Britain_and_Ireland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)">urban districts</a> of Littleborough, Milnrow and Wardle.The borough lies mostly within the historic county of <a href="/wiki/Lancashire" title="Lancashire">Lancashire</a> but a small part lies in the former <a href="/wiki/West_Riding_of_Yorkshire" title="West Riding of Yorkshire">West Riding of Yorkshire</a>. Prior to its creation, it was suggested that the metropolitan borough be named Chadwick (with reference to <a href="/wiki/Edwin_Chadwick" title="Edwin Chadwick">Sir Edwin Chadwick</a>), but this was rejected in favour of Rochdale.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Milnrow.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Milnrow.jpg/220px-Milnrow.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Milnrow.jpg/330px-Milnrow.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Milnrow.jpg/440px-Milnrow.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1347" data-file-height="1035" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Milnrow" title="Milnrow">Milnrow</a> skyline</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Saint_Luke%27s_Parish_Church,_Heywood_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1743290.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Saint_Luke%27s_Parish_Church%2C_Heywood_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1743290.jpg/140px-Saint_Luke%27s_Parish_Church%2C_Heywood_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1743290.jpg" decoding="async" width="140" height="187" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Saint_Luke%27s_Parish_Church%2C_Heywood_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1743290.jpg/210px-Saint_Luke%27s_Parish_Church%2C_Heywood_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1743290.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Saint_Luke%27s_Parish_Church%2C_Heywood_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1743290.jpg/280px-Saint_Luke%27s_Parish_Church%2C_Heywood_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1743290.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1535" data-file-height="2046" /></a><figcaption>Saint Luke's Parish Church, Heywood</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Premises">Premises</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Borough_of_Rochdale&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Premises"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Number_One_Riverside,_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Number_One_Riverside%2C_cropped.jpg/220px-Number_One_Riverside%2C_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Number_One_Riverside%2C_cropped.jpg/330px-Number_One_Riverside%2C_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Number_One_Riverside%2C_cropped.jpg/440px-Number_One_Riverside%2C_cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="511" data-file-height="320" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Number_One_Riverside" title="Number One Riverside">Number One Riverside</a>, the headquarters of Rochdale Borough Council</figcaption></figure> <p>The council is based at <a href="/wiki/Number_One_Riverside" title="Number One Riverside">Number One Riverside</a> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Electoral_arrangements">Electoral arrangements</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Borough_of_Rochdale&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Electoral arrangements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>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. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current_political_make-up">Current political make-up</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Borough_of_Rochdale&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Current political make-up"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The council has been controlled by <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> since 2011. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Party Affiliation </th> <th>councillors </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td>Labour </td> <td>44 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td>Conservative </td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #FAA61A"> </td> <td>Liberal Democrats </td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: <span style="> </td> <td>Independent </td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>Workers Party of Britain </td> <td>2 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Borough_of_Rochdale&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Blackstone_Edge_Fold_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2372338.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Blackstone_Edge_Fold_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2372338.jpg/220px-Blackstone_Edge_Fold_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2372338.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Blackstone_Edge_Fold_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2372338.jpg/330px-Blackstone_Edge_Fold_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2372338.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Blackstone_Edge_Fold_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2372338.jpg/440px-Blackstone_Edge_Fold_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2372338.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Blackstone_Edge" title="Blackstone Edge">Blackstone Edge</a> Fold, Rochdale</figcaption></figure> <p>The borough lies directly north-northeast of the <a href="/wiki/Manchester" title="Manchester">City of Manchester</a>, to the east of the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, to the north of the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Oldham" title="Metropolitan Borough of Oldham">Metropolitan Borough of Oldham</a> and partly to the east of the county of <a href="/wiki/West_Yorkshire" title="West Yorkshire">West Yorkshire</a> bordering near to the <a href="/wiki/Calderdale" title="Calderdale">Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale</a> and the Lancashire borough of <a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Rossendale" title="Borough of Rossendale">Rossendale</a> is to the northwest. There are some rural parts and urban parts of the district including <a href="/wiki/Blackstone_Edge" title="Blackstone Edge">Blackstone Edge</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Pennines" title="Pennines">Pennine hills</a> 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 <a href="/wiki/Chadderton" title="Chadderton">Chadderton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Failsworth" title="Failsworth">Failsworth</a> and Oldham. The towns of Heywood, Littleborough and Milnrow form an urban area with Rochdale. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demography">Demography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Borough_of_Rochdale&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Demography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:St_Chad%27s_Church,_Rochdale_(4).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/St_Chad%27s_Church%2C_Rochdale_%284%29.JPG/220px-St_Chad%27s_Church%2C_Rochdale_%284%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/St_Chad%27s_Church%2C_Rochdale_%284%29.JPG/330px-St_Chad%27s_Church%2C_Rochdale_%284%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/St_Chad%27s_Church%2C_Rochdale_%284%29.JPG/440px-St_Chad%27s_Church%2C_Rochdale_%284%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4320" data-file-height="3240" /></a><figcaption>St Chad's Church, Rochdale's parish church</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ethnicity">Ethnicity</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Borough_of_Rochdale&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Ethnicity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="3">Ethnic Group </th> <th colspan="6">Year </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">1981 estimations<sup id="cite_ref-:0_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="2">1991 census<sup id="cite_ref-:02_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:02-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="2">2021 census<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/White_people_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="White people in the United Kingdom">White</a>: Total </th> <th>196,512 </th> <th>94.8% </th> <th>188,428 </th> <th>92% </th> <th>165,485 </th> <th>74.0% </th></tr> <tr> <td>White: <a href="/wiki/White_British" title="White British">British</a> </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>156,669 </td> <td>70.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>White: <a href="/wiki/White_Irish" title="White Irish">Irish</a> </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>1,735 </td> <td>0.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td>White: <a href="/wiki/Romani_people_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Romani people in the United Kingdom">Roma</a> </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>163 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>White: <a href="/wiki/White_Gypsy_or_Irish_Traveller" class="mw-redirect" title="White Gypsy or Irish Traveller">Gypsy or Irish Traveller</a> </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>194 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>White: <a href="/wiki/Other_White" title="Other White">Other</a> </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>6,724 </td> <td>3.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/British_Asian" class="mw-redirect" title="British Asian">Asian or Asian British</a>: Total </th> <th>9,534 </th> <th>4.6% </th> <th>14,806 </th> <th>7.2% </th> <th>41,406 </th> <th>18.4% </th></tr> <tr> <td>Asian or Asian British: <a href="/wiki/British_Indians" title="British Indians">Indian</a> </td> <td>556 </td> <td> </td> <td>821 </td> <td> </td> <td>1,190 </td> <td>0.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Asian or Asian British: <a href="/wiki/British_Pakistanis" title="British Pakistanis">Pakistani</a> </td> <td>7,505 </td> <td>3.6% </td> <td>11,402 </td> <td>5.6% </td> <td>30,525 </td> <td>13.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Asian or Asian British: <a href="/wiki/British_Bangladeshis" title="British Bangladeshis">Bangladeshi</a> </td> <td>863 </td> <td> </td> <td>1693 </td> <td> </td> <td>5,170 </td> <td>2.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Asian or Asian British: <a href="/wiki/British_Chinese" title="British Chinese">Chinese</a> </td> <td>285 </td> <td> </td> <td>404 </td> <td> </td> <td>867 </td> <td>0.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Asian or Asian British: Other Asian </td> <td>325 </td> <td> </td> <td>486 </td> <td> </td> <td>3,654 </td> <td>1.6 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Black or Black British: Total </th> <th>700 </th> <th> </th> <th>951 </th> <th> </th> <th>7,927 </th> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <td>Black or Black British: African </td> <td>111 </td> <td> </td> <td>145 </td> <td> </td> <td>6,476 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Black or Black British: <a href="/wiki/British_African-Caribbean_people" title="British African-Caribbean people">Caribbean</a> </td> <td>281 </td> <td> </td> <td>374 </td> <td> </td> <td>440 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Other Black </td> <td>308 </td> <td> </td> <td>432 </td> <td> </td> <td>1,011 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Mixed or British Mixed: Total </th> <th>– </th> <th>– </th> <th>– </th> <th>– </th> <th>5,284 </th> <th>2.4% </th></tr> <tr> <td>Mixed: White and Black Caribbean </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>1,303 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mixed: White and Black African </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>1,210 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mixed: White and Asian </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>1,736 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mixed: Other Mixed </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>1,035 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Other: Total </th> <th>437 </th> <th> </th> <th>613 </th> <th> </th> <th>3,669 </th> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <td>Other: <a href="/wiki/British_Arab" class="mw-redirect" title="British Arab">Arab</a> </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>815 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Other: Any other ethnic group </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>– </td> <td>2,854 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Ethnic minority: Total </th> <th>10,671 </th> <th>5.2% </th> <th>16,370 </th> <th>8% </th> <th>58,286 </th> <th>26% </th></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Total </th> <th>207,183 </th> <th>100% </th> <th>204,798 </th> <th>100% </th> <th>223,773 </th> <th>100% </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religion">Religion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Borough_of_Rochdale&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following table shows the religious identity of residents residing in Rochdale. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Religion </th> <th colspan="2">2021<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christian</a></td> <td>104,841</td> <td>46.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Muslim</a></td> <td>42,121</td> <td>18.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Judaism" title="Judaism">Jewish</a></td> <td>218</td> <td>0.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hindu</a></td> <td>613</td> <td>0.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Sikhism" title="Sikhism">Sikh</a></td> <td>191</td> <td>0.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Buddhist" class="mw-redirect" title="Buddhist">Buddhism</a></td> <td>398</td> <td>0.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left">Other religion</td> <td>675</td> <td>0.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Irreligion" title="Irreligion">No religion</a></td> <td>64,349</td> <td>28.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left">Religion not stated</td> <td>10,366</td> <td>4.6 </td></tr> <tr style="font-weight:bold;"> <td style="text-align:left">Total</td> <td>295,963</td> <td>100.0 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Milkstone_Mosque,_Rochdale_(2).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Milkstone_Mosque%2C_Rochdale_%282%29.JPG/140px-Milkstone_Mosque%2C_Rochdale_%282%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="140" height="187" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Milkstone_Mosque%2C_Rochdale_%282%29.JPG/210px-Milkstone_Mosque%2C_Rochdale_%282%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Milkstone_Mosque%2C_Rochdale_%282%29.JPG/280px-Milkstone_Mosque%2C_Rochdale_%282%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3240" data-file-height="4320" /></a><figcaption>Milkstone Mosque, Rochdale</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Population_change">Population change</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Borough_of_Rochdale&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Population change"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>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 <a href="/wiki/Civil_parishes_in_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil parishes in England">civil parishes</a> that would later be constituent parts of the borough. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="width:70%;border:0px;text-align:center;line-height:120%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="22" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Population_growth" title="Population growth">Population growth</a> in Rochdale since 1801 </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background: #99CCCC; color: #000080" height="17">Year </th> <th style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;">1801 </th> <th style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;">1811 </th> <th style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;">1821 </th> <th style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;">1831 </th> <th style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;">1841 </th> <th style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;">1851 </th> <th style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;">1861 </th> <th style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;">1871 </th> <th style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;">1881 </th> <th style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;">1891 </th> <th style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;">1901 </th> <th style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;">1911 </th> <th style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;">1921 </th> <th style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;">1931 </th> <th style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;">1941 </th> <th style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;">1951 </th> <th style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;">1961 </th> <th style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;">1971 </th> <th style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;">1981 </th> <th style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;">1991 </th> <th style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;">2001 </th></tr> <tr align="center"> <th style="background: #99CCCC; color: #000080" height="17">Population </th> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;">28,689 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;">36,815 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;">46,440 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;">57,377 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;">69,956 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;">80,317 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;">102,247 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;">124,177 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;">146,107 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;">151,490 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;">165,617 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;">181,061 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;">181,227 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;">181,395 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;">177,574 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;">173,833 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;">188,316 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;">204,071 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;">206,351 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;">204,802 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;">205,233 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background: #99CCCC; color: #000080" height="17">% change </th> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;">– </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;">+28.3 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;">+26.1 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;">+23.6 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;">+21.9 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;">+14.8 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;">+27.3 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;">+21.4 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;">+17.7 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;">+3.7 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;">+9.3 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;">+9.3 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;">+0.1 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;">+0.1 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;">−2.1 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;">−2.1 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;">+8.3 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;">+8.4 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;">+1.1 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;">−0.8 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;">+0.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="22" style="text-align:center;"><small>Source: <i>Vision of Britain</i><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></small> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Twin_towns">Twin towns</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Borough_of_Rochdale&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Twin towns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale has formal <a href="/wiki/Twin_towns" class="mw-redirect" title="Twin towns">twinning arrangements</a> with six places. Three were originally twinned with a place within the Metropolitan Borough boundaries prior to its creation in 1974.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th height="17" width="120">Country </th> <th width="100">Place </th> <th width="130">County / District / Region / State </th> <th width="130">Originally twinned with </th> <th width="40">Date </th></tr> <tr> <td>France </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tourcoing" title="Tourcoing">Tourcoing</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nord-Pas_de_Calais" class="mw-redirect" title="Nord-Pas de Calais">Nord-Pas de Calais</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Borough_of_Rochdale" title="County Borough of Rochdale">County Borough of Rochdale</a> </td> <td>1956 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Germany </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peine" title="Peine">Peine</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lower_Saxony" title="Lower Saxony">Niedersachsen </a><i></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Heywood,_Greater_Manchester" title="Heywood, Greater Manchester">Municipal Borough of Heywood</a> </td> <td>1967 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Germany </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bielefeld" title="Bielefeld">Bielefeld</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Rhine-Westphalia" title="North Rhine-Westphalia">Nordrhein-Westfalen</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Borough_of_Rochdale" title="County Borough of Rochdale">County Borough of Rochdale</a> </td> <td>1953 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Pakistan </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sahiwal" title="Sahiwal">Sahiwal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Punjab_(Pakistan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Punjab (Pakistan)">Punjab</a> </td> <td>Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale </td> <td>1988 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ukraine </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lviv" title="Lviv">Lviv</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lviv_Oblast" title="Lviv Oblast">Lviv</a> </td> <td>Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale </td> <td>1992 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Bangladesh </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sylhet" title="Sylhet">Sylhet</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sylhet_Division" title="Sylhet Division">Sylhet Division</a> </td> <td>Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale </td> <td>2009 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Freedom_of_the_Borough">Freedom of the Borough</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Borough_of_Rochdale&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Freedom of the Borough"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following people and military units have received the <a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_the_City" title="Freedom of the City">Freedom of the Borough</a> of Rochdale. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output 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data-file-height="620" /></span></span></td><td class="mbox-text" style="width: auto;"><div class="mbox-text-span">This list is <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Lists#Incomplete_lists" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Lists">incomplete</a>; you can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Borough_of_Rochdale&action=edit">adding missing items</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">May 2019</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Individuals">Individuals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Borough_of_Rochdale&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Individuals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gracie_Fields" title="Gracie Fields">Dame Gracie Fields</a>: 6 May 1937.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyril_Smith" title="Cyril Smith">Sir Cyril Smith</a>: November 1992. (This honour was revoked by a unanimous vote of the <a href="/wiki/Rochdale_Borough_Council" title="Rochdale Borough Council">Rochdale Borough Council</a> on 18 October 2018).<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Callaghan_(Lancashire_politician)" title="Jim Callaghan (Lancashire politician)">Jim Callaghan</a>: 3 April 1996.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lance_Corporal" class="mw-redirect" title="Lance Corporal">Lance Corporal</a> Stephen Shaw: 26 May 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joel_Barnett" title="Joel Barnett">Lord Barnett</a>: 23 April 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julie_Goodyear" title="Julie Goodyear">Julie Goodyear</a>: 5 October 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keira_Walsh" title="Keira Walsh">Keira Walsh</a>: 7 October 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Shelia Acton: 7 October 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>David Kilpatrick <sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Major Edmund Gartside<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Dr Musharraf Hussain<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>John Kay<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Saeed Dar<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Razia Shamim<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Military_units">Military units</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Borough_of_Rochdale&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Military units"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Lancashire_Fusiliers" title="Lancashire Fusiliers">Lancashire Fusiliers</a>: 5 June 1947.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Regiment_of_Fusiliers" title="Royal Regiment of Fusiliers">Royal Regiment of Fusiliers</a>: 4 March 1978.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Middleton_(M34)" title="HMS Middleton (M34)">HMS Middleton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">RN</a>: 20 May 1992.</li></ul> <p><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See 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