Cabinet

Purpose of committee

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

 

 

 

Title: Councillor Daalat Ali - Description: Title: Daalat Ali.
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

 

 

Title: Councillor Carol Wardle - Description: Councillor Carol Wardle
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

 

 

 

Title: Councillor Susan Smith - Description: Councillor Susan Smith
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

 

 

Title: Councillor Billy Sheerin - Description: Councillor Billy Sheerin
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

 

 

 

 

Membership

Contact information

Support officer: Michael Garraway / Alison James / Janine Jenkinson. Head of Governance / Senior Committee Services Officer

Postal address:
Governance & Committee Services
Number One Riverside
Smith Street
Rochdale
OL16 1XU

Phone: 01706 924711/924715

Email: alison.james@Rochdale.Gov.UK