Rochdale.
Labour Party-controlled metropolitan_borough. £287m net revenue. 20 wards across 2 parliamentary constituencies.
31 May 2026
Labour Party chamber, Labour Party MPs.
Rochdale is a metropolitan_borough controlled by Labour Party (32 of 60 seats). Net revenue is £287m for 2025-26. It covers 20 wards spanning 2 parliamentary constituencies.
Who sits in the chamber.
Labour Party 53% · last contested 7 May 2026
Councillors — the people.
| Councillor | Ward | Elected | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashley-Louise Gilbert | Ref | Balderstone Kirkholt | 2026 |
| Daniel Joseph Meredith | Lab | Balderstone Kirkholt | 2024 |
| Elsie Blundell | Lab | Balderstone Kirkholt | 2023 |
| Angela Jennifer Smith | Con | Bamford | 2026 |
| Philip Michael Beal | Con | Bamford | 2024 |
| Steve Anstee | Con | Bamford | 2023 |
| Dave Jones | Ref | Castleton | 2026 |
| Aisling Gallagher | Lab | Castleton | 2024 |
| Aasim Rashid | Lab | Castleton | 2023 |
| Waqar Khan | Ind | Central Rochdale | 2026 |
| Farooq Ahmed | Ind | Central Rochdale | 2024 |
| Sameena Akhtar Zaheer | Lab | Central Rochdale | 2023 |
Where revenue comes from.
Revenue mix is close to the councils (metropolitan_borough) median: 42% council tax, 42% central grants.
Source · MHCLG — Final LGFS 2025-26 Core Spending Power table · derived (CT exact; grants/rates split from SFA baseline)
Band-D bill.
| Council slice | £2,059 |
| County / upper-tier | £0 |
| Police | £270 |
| Fire & rescue | £0 |
| GLA precept | £129 |
| Total Band-D | £2,458 |
Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish
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How does Rochdale split its revenue across services, compared with peer councils (metropolitan_borough)-class councils? Each row is one of the ten standard service buckets. The vertical line at the centre is the cohort median share; the coloured square is where this council sits. Squares to the right of centre mean a bigger share of revenue than the median peer; to the left, a smaller share.
The subtitle on each row (“X% of net spend”) is what share of this council’s revenue goes to that service. The rank (“15 of 61”) is where this council sits within the cohort, sorted by that share descending. The delta (“+26% vs median”) is a relative reading: the council allocates 26% more of its revenue to that service than the median peer would. A small absolute difference can still be a big relative one.
Higher share doesn’t mean waste — it can reflect demographic need (more older residents), rurality, or a policy choice (e.g. keeping a service in-house). Lower share doesn’t mean efficiency — some councils move costs to fees, ringfenced accounts, or grants. £-per-head would be sharper than share-of-revenue; LAD population is pending ingest. Comparisons are within the same council type only.
Every invoice over £500, published under the Local Government Transparency Code. Best-effort, not statutory — counts and totals net negatives (refunds/reversals).
Top by total — last 180 days
| Supplier | Paid | Share | Pmts |
|---|---|---|---|
| REDACTED - PERSONAL DATA | £5.99m | 7.7% | 6,827 |
| GMCA | £5.90m | 7.5% | 16 |
| G M WASTE DISPOSAL AUTHORITY | £2.75m | 3.5% | 2 |
| ENVIRONMENT AGENCY | £2.25m | 2.9% | 1 |
| AXIOM EDUCATION ROCHDALE LIMITED | £1.93m | 2.5% | 29 |
| WILSON BOWDEN DEVELOPMENTS LTD | £1.24m | 1.6% | 2 |
| NORTHERN CARE ALLIANCE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | £1.13m | 1.4% | 21 |
| POSSABILITIES CIC ISF | £1.12m | 1.4% | 527 |
| CONLON CONTRUCTION LTD | £1.09m | 1.4% | 5 |
| POSSABILITIES CIC TRADING | £1.06m | 1.4% | 420 |
By service area · top supplier
| Service | Top supplier | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Corporate And Central | GMCA | £4.19m |
| Waste And Recycling | G M WASTE DISPOSAL AUTHORITY | £2.75m |
| Adult Social Care | REDACTED - PERSONAL DATA | £2.32m |
| Planning And Economic | ENVIRONMENT AGENCY | £2.25m |
| Education | AXIOM EDUCATION ROCHDALE LIMITED | £1.93m |
| Childrens Services | REDACTED - PERSONAL DATA | £1.88m |
| Public Health | NORTHERN CARE ALLIANCE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | £1.04m |
| Highways And Transport | COMMUNITY LIGHTING PARTNERSHIP ROCHDALE LTD | £0.76m |
| Constituency | Wards | % of council | Current MP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rochdale | 11 | 55% | Paul Waugh | Ind |
| Heywood and Middleton North | 9 | 45% | Elsie Blundell | Lab |
Sources, methods & last update
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (historic)
Core Spending Power table · 2025-26
vs 35 other councils (metropolitan_borough)
Police, Fire, Parish on top
36,115 payments · 2 Jan 2026 – 27 Feb 2026
2023 boundaries
Pending ingest at LAD level