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:

•              Corporate Policy

•              Social Value

•              ICT and Digital

•              Public Service Reform

•              Special Projects

 

Cabinet member and portfolio holder: Councillor Daalat Ali

Portfolio: Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Health

Portfolio responsibilities:

•              Public Health

•              Public Health Commissioning

•              Health and Wellbeing Board

•              Integrated Commissioning Board Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Devolution

•              Relationship Manager for Your Trust

•              Drugs and Alcohol Commissioning

•              Integrated Mental Health and Learning Disability Services Commissioning

•              Local Care Organisation

•              COVID-19 recovery

•              STAR Procurement

 

Cabinet member and portfolio holder:  Councillor Janet Emsley

Portfolio: Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Equalities, Safety and Reform

Portfolio responsibilities:

•              Libraries

•              Armed Forces

•              Community Safety

•              Equalities

•              Community Cohesion

•              Events

•              Tourism

•              Social Value

•              Town Hall Redevelopment

Cabinet member and portfolio holder: Councillor John Blundell

Portfolio: Economy and Regeneration

Portfolio responsibilities:

•              Jobs

•              Skills

•              Businesses

•              Planning

•              Rochdale Development Agency (RDA)

•              Planning and building control

•              Strategic estates and assets

•              Communications

 

Cabinet member and portfolio holder: Councillor Carol Wardle

Portfolio: Finance and Corporate

Portfolio responsibilities:

•              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:

•              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

 

Cabinet member and portfolio holder: Councillor Rachel Massey

Portfolio: Children’s Services and Education

Portfolio responsibilities:

•              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

 

Cabinet member and portfolio holder: Councillor Daniel Meredith

Portfolio: Highways and Housing

Portfolio responsibilities:

•              Highways

•              Strategic housing

•              Rochdale Borough Housing (RBH) client

•              Walking and Cycling strategy

 

 

 

Cabinet member and portfolio holder: Councillor Liam O’Rourke

Portfolio: Climate Change and Environment

Portfolio responsibilities:

•              Environmental management

•              Street lighting client

•              Facilities 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 Linda Robinson

Portfolio: Assistant to Leader of the Council

Portfolio responsibilities:

•              Corporate Policy

•              Social Value

•              ICT and Digital

•              Public Service Reform

•              Special Projects

 

 

Assistant portfolio holder: Councillor Bev Place

Portfolio: Health

Portfolio responsibilities:

•              Public Health

•              Public Health Commissioning

•              Health and Wellbeing Board

•              Integrated Commissioning Board Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Devolution

•              Relationship Manager for Your Trust

•              Culture Strategy Drugs and Alcohol Commissioning

•              Integrated Mental Health and Learning Disability Services Commissioning

•              Local Care Organisation

•              COVID-19 recovery

•              STAR Procurement

 

Assistant portfolio holder: Councillor Elsie Blundell

Portfolio: Equalities, Safety and Reform

Portfolio responsibilities:

•              Libraries

•              Armed Forces

•              Community Safety

•              Equalities

•              Community Cohesion

•              Events

•              Tourism

•              Social Value

•              Town Hall Redevelopment

 

Assistant portfolio holder: Councillor Peter Williams

Portfolio: Economy and Regeneration

Portfolio responsibilities:

•              Jobs

•              Skills

•              Businesses

•              Planning

•              Town centre regeneration

•              Rochdale Development Agency (RDA)

•              Planning and building control

•              Strategic estates and assets

•              Communications

 

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 Shah Wazir

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 Susan Emmott

Portfolio: Communities and Co-operation

Portfolio responsibilities:

•              Townships

•              Voluntary sector

•              Community centres

•              Culture

•              Integrated place work

•              Engagement

•              Cooperatives

 

Assistant portfolio holder: Councillor Aftab Hussain

Portfolio: Highways and Housing

Portfolio responsibilities:

•              Highways

•              Property services

•              Rochdale Borough Housing (RBH) client

•              Walking and cycling strategy

 

Assistant portfolio holder: Councillor Tricia Ayrton

Portfolio: Climate Change and Environment

Portfolio responsibilities:

•              Environmental management

•              Street lighting client

•              Facilities management

•              Property services

•              Delivering on the council’s Climate Change strategy to achieve social, economic and environmental sustainability

•              Public protection

•              Low carbon