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
• ICT and Digital
• Special Projects
• Communications
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
• Locality Board
• Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Devolution
• Drugs and Alcohol Commissioning
• Integrated Mental Health and Learning Disability Services Commissioning
• Local Care Organisation
• COVID-19 recovery
• STAR Procurement
• Anti-Poverty Strategy
• Community Safety
• Community Cohesion
Cabinet member and portfolio holder:
Councillor
Tricia Ayrton
Portfolio: Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for 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
• Green and sustainable transport infrastructure
Cabinet member and portfolio holder: Councillor Daniel Meredith
Portfolio: Regeneration and Housing
Portfolio responsibilities:
• Planning
• Rochdale Development Agency (RDA)
• Planning and building control
• Strategic estates and assets
• Strategic housing
•
Registered Social Housing
Cabinet member and portfolio holder:
Councillor Liam O’Rourke
Portfolio: Corporate, Governance and Transformation
Portfolio responsibilities:
• Governance
• Democracy
• Human Resources
• Payroll
• Health and Safety
• Transformation
• Legal
•
Public Service Reform
Cabinet member and portfolio holder:
Councillor Carol Wardle
Portfolio: Finance and Growth
Portfolio responsibilities:
• Finance
• Audit
• Jobs
• Skills
• Business
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
• Cooperatives
• Relationship Manager for Your Trust
• Town Hall
• Libraries
• Equalities
• Events
• Social Value
• Tourism
Cabinet member and portfolio holder:
Councillor Shah Wazir
Portfolio: Highways and Facilities
Portfolio responsibilities:
• Highways
• Walking and Cycling strategy
• Facilities management
• Street lighting client
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 Faisal Rana
Portfolio: Health
Portfolio responsibilities:
• Public Health
• Public Health Commissioning
• Health and Wellbeing Board
• Locality Board
• Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Devolution
• Drugs and Alcohol Commissioning
• Integrated Mental Health and Learning Disability Services Commissioning
• Local Care Organisation
• COVID-19 recovery
• STAR Procurement
• Anti-Poverty Strategy
• Community Safety
• Community Cohesion
Assistant portfolio holder:
Councillor Amber Nisa
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
• Green and sustainable transport infrastructure
Assistant portfolio holder: Councillor Peter Williams
Portfolio: Regeneration and Housing
Portfolio responsibilities:
• Planning
• Rochdale Development Agency (RDA)
• Planning and building control
• Strategic estates and assets
• Strategic housing
• Registered Social Housing
Assistant portfolio holder:
Councillor Terry Smith
Portfolio: Corporate, Governance and Transformation
Portfolio responsibilities:
• Governance
• Democracy
• Human Resources
• Payroll
• Health and Safety
• Transformation
• Legal
• Public Service Reform
Assistant portfolio holder:
Councillor Peter Hodgkinson
Portfolio: Finance and Growth
Portfolio responsibilities:
• Finance
• Audit
• Jobs
• Skills
• Business
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 Susan Emmott
Portfolio: Communities and Co-operation
Portfolio responsibilities:
• Townships
• Voluntary sector
• Community centres
• Culture
• Integrated place work
• Cooperatives
• Relationship Manager for Your Trust
• Town Hall
• Libraries
• Equalities
• Events
• Social Value
• Tourism
Assistant portfolio holder:
Councillor Aiza Rashid
Portfolio: Highways and Facilities
Portfolio responsibilities:
• Highways
• Walking and Cycling strategy
• Facilities management
• Street lighting client
Assistant portfolio holder:
Councillor Phil Burke
Portfolio: Highways and Facilities
Portfolio responsibilities:
• Highways
• Walking and Cycling strategy
• Transport
Support officer: Governance and Committee Services.
Postal address:
Governance & Committee Services
Number One Riverside
Smith Street
Rochdale
OL16 1XU
Phone: 01706 924872
Email: Governance.Committees@rochdale.gov.uk