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The town of Rochdale had been governed by improvement commissioners from 1825. [3] In 1856 the town was incorporated as a municipal borough, governed by a body formally called the 'mayor, aldermen and burgesses of the borough of Rochdale', generally known as the corporation, town council or borough council. [4]
Sir James Duckworth (14 February 1840 – 1 January 1915) [1] was a self-made English businessman from Rochdale, Lancashire who rose from poverty to start a large chain a grocery shops known popularly as "Jimmy Duck's" and entered politics as a Liberal. He served three times as Mayor of Rochdale, and was elected twice as a Member of Parliament ...
Pages in category "Mayors of Rochdale" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Zulfiqar Ali (mayor) B.
The Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in England. Its largest town is Rochdale and the wider borough covers other outlying towns and villages, including Heywood, Littleborough, Middleton & Milnrow. It is the ninth-largest district by population in Greater Manchester with a population of 226,992 in ...
Duckworth remained involved in Rochdale municipal politics. In November 1937 he was elected Mayor of Rochdale. He died the following month, and in an unprecedented move, the council chose his wife Mary to succeed him, even though she was not a Councillor or Alderman. She was Rochdale's first ever female mayor.
The 2021 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of Rochdale Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. [ 1 ] One-third of the seats were up for election.
Rochdale (/ ˈ r ɒ tʃ d eɪ l / ROTCH-dayl) is a town in Greater Manchester, England, and the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale. [2] In the 2021 Census, the town had a population of 111,261, compared to 223,773 for the wider borough.
Mayors of Rochdale (6 P) Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Heywood and Middleton (3 P) ... Heywood and Middleton North (UK Parliament constituency)