Rochdale Council local elections 2021: All the candidates standing in your ward Date published: 14 April 2021
Rochdale Town Hall - Election Count 2017
The borough of Rochdale was hit by a ‘political earthquake’ at the 2019 general election when Chris Clarkson became Heywood and Middleton’s first ever Conservative MP.
But will voters deliver another shock at next month’s local elections, which were cancelled last year because of the coronavirus pandemic?
A third of the council is up for election on Thursday 6 May, with 78 candidates standing across the borough’s 20 wards.
Rochdale Council is currently dominated by Labour, who account for 44 of the 60 elected members. The Conservatives are the second largest group with nine councillors, followed by the Lib Dems with three.