The
Cabinet comprises of the leader and 9 cabinet members who each has
responsibility for a portfolio. The Cabinet discusses and takes
decisions on the most significant issues facing the
council.
Cabinet members and portfolio holders

Cabinet member and portfolio holder:
Councillor Neil Emmott
Portfolio: Leader of the
Council
Portfolio responsibilities:
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Corporate Policy
•
ICT and Digital
•
Special Projects
•
Communications

Cabinet member and portfolio holder:
Councillor Daalat Ali
Portfolio: Deputy Leader and Cabinet
Member for Health
Portfolio responsibilities:
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Public Health
•
Public Health Commissioning
•
Health and Wellbeing Board
•
Locality Board Chair
•
Greater Manchester Health and Social Care
Devolution
•
Drugs and Alcohol Commissioning
•
Integrated Mental Health and Learning Disability
Services Commissioning
•
Local Care Organisation
•
STAR Procurement
•
Anti-Poverty Strategy

Cabinet member and portfolio holder:
Councillor
Janet Emsley
Portfolio: Deputy Leader and Cabinet
Member for Equity, Safety and Reform
Portfolio responsibilities:
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Libraries
•
Armed Forces
•
Community Safety
•
Equalities
•
Community Cohesion
•
Events
•
Tourism
•
Social Value
•
Town Hall Redevelopment
•
Public Service Reform

Cabinet
member and portfolio holder: Councillor
Daniel Meredith
Portfolio: Regeneration and
Housing
Portfolio responsibilities:
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Jobs
•
Skills
•
Businesses
•
Planning
•
Rochdale Development Agency (RDA)
•
Planning and building control
•
Strategic estates and assets
•
Strategic housing

Cabinet member and portfolio holder:
Councillor Carol Wardle
Portfolio: Finance and
Corporate
Portfolio responsibilities:
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Finance
•
Legal
•
Audit
•
Governance
•
Human Resources
•
Payroll
•
Health and Safety
•
Transformation

Cabinet member and portfolio holder:
Councillor Iftikhar Ahmed
Portfolio: Adult Care and
Wellbeing
Portfolio responsibilities:
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Adult safeguarding
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Adult social care
•
Joint Commissioning and Care Strategy
•
Accommodation Strategy
•
Adult care commissioning
•
Integrated mental health and learning disability
services commissioning
•
Commissioning for all vulnerable and disabled groups
within Care Act
•
Commissioning Ageing Well Strategy

Cabinet member and portfolio holder:
Councillor Rachel Massey
Portfolio: Children’s Services
and Education
Portfolio responsibilities:
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Education
•
Children’s social care
•
Children’s safeguarding
•
Schools and Joint Commissioning –
Children

Cabinet member and portfolio holder:
Councillor Susan Smith
Portfolio: Communities and
Co-operation
Portfolio responsibilities:
•
Townships
•
Voluntary sector
•
Community centres
•
Culture
•
Integrated place work
•
Engagement
•
Cooperatives
•
Relationship Manager for Your Trust

Cabinet member and portfolio holder: Councillor
Shah Wazir
Portfolio: Highways and
Facilities
Portfolio responsibilities:
•
Highways
•
Walking and Cycling strategy
•
Facilities management
•
Street lighting client

Cabinet member and portfolio holder:
Councillor Liam O’Rourke
Portfolio: Climate Change and
Environment
Portfolio responsibilities:
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Environmental management
•
Property services
•
Delivering on the council’s Climate Change
strategy to achieve social, economic and environmental
sustainability
•
Public protection
•
Low carbon
Assistant portfolio holders

Assistant portfolio holder: Councillor
Dylan Williams
Portfolio: Assistant to Leader of the
Council
Portfolio responsibilities:
•
Corporate Policy
•
ICT and Digital
•
Special Projects
•
Communications

Assistant portfolio holder: Councillor
Shahid Mohammed
Portfolio: Health
Portfolio responsibilities:
•
Public Health
•
Public Health Commissioning
•
Health and Wellbeing Board
•
Locality Board Chair
•
Greater Manchester Health and Social Care
Devolution
•
Drugs and Alcohol Commissioning
•
Integrated Mental Health and Learning Disability
Services Commissioning
•
Local Care Organisation
•
STAR Procurement
•
Anti-Poverty Strategy

Assistant portfolio holder: Councillor
Terry Smith
Portfolio: Equity, Safety and
Reform
Portfolio responsibilities:
•
Libraries
•
Armed Forces
•
Community Safety
•
Equalities
•
Community Cohesion
•
Events
•
Tourism
•
Social Value
•
Town Hall Redevelopment
•
Public Service Reform

Assistant portfolio
holder: Councillor
Peter Williams
Portfolio: Regeneration and
Housing
Portfolio responsibilities:
•
Jobs
•
Skills
•
Businesses
•
Planning
•
Rochdale Development Agency (RDA)
•
Planning and building control
•
Strategic estates and assets
•
Strategic housing
•
Rochdale Borough Housing (RBH) client

Assistant portfolio holder: Councillor
Peter Hodgkinson
Portfolio: Finance and
Corporate
Portfolio responsibilities:
•
Finance
•
Legal
•
Audit
•
Governance
•
Human Resources
•
Payroll
•
Health and Safety
•
Transformation

Assistant portfolio holder:
Councillor Billy Sheerin
Portfolio: Adult Care and
Wellbeing
Portfolio responsibilities:
•
Adult safeguarding
•
Adult social care
•
Joint Commissioning and Care Strategy
•
Accommodation Strategy
•
Adult care commissioning
•
Integrated mental health and learning disability
services commissioning
•
Commissioning for all vulnerable and disabled groups
within Care Act
•
Commissioning Ageing Well Strategy

Assistant portfolio holder: Councillor
Bev Place
Portfolio: Children’s Services
and Education
Portfolio responsibilities:
•
Education
•
Children’s social care
•
Children’s safeguarding
•
Schools and Joint Commissioning –
Children

Assistant portfolio holder: Councillor
Amber Nisa
Portfolio: Communities and
Co-operation
Portfolio responsibilities:
•
Townships
•
Voluntary sector
•
Community centres
•
Culture
•
Integrated place work
•
Engagement
•
Cooperatives
•
Relationship Manager for Your Trust

Assistant portfolio holder: Councillor
Aftab Hussain
Portfolio: Highways and
Facilities
Portfolio responsibilities:
•
Highways
•
Walking and Cycling strategy
•
Facilities management
•
Street lighting client

Assistant portfolio holder: Councillor
Tricia Ayrton
Portfolio: Climate Change and
Environment
Portfolio responsibilities:
•
Environmental management
•
Property services
•
Delivering on the council’s Climate Change
strategy to achieve social, economic and environmental
sustainability
•
Public protection
•
Low carbon
Assistant portfolio holder: Councillor Phil Burke
•
Portfolio: Highways and
Facilities
•
Portfolio
responsibilities:
•
Highways
•
Walking and Cycling
strategy
•
Transport