Notice of Poll - Central Rochdale

Election of a councillor for Central Rochdale

Notice is hereby given that:

  1. A poll for the election of a councillor for Central Rochdale will be held on 7 May 2026, between the hours of 7am and 10pm.
  2. The number of councillors to be elected is one.
  3. The names, home addresses and descriptions of the candidates remaining validly nominated for election and the names of all persons signing the candidates nomination paper are as follows:
Notice of Poll
Name of candidate Home address Description (if any) Names of Signatories (Proposers) Names of Signatories (Seconders)
AHMED Iftikhar (address in Rochdale) Labour Party Sibtain Hussain Shah Dilshad Miah
CLORAN Peter (address in Rochdale) Green Party Candidate Hamza U Ali Umar F Ali
KHAN Waqar (address in Rochdale) Workers Party Afzal Khan Mirza A Baig
LEACH Catherine (address in Rochdale) The Conservative Party Candidate Mohammed Aziz Jabeen Akhtar
PAYNE Samantha (address in Rochdale) Reform UK-Change Politics for Good Michael G Dann Anne-Marie Strath

The situation of polling stations and the description of persons entitled to vote thereat are as follows:

Polling Stations
Situation of polling station Station number Ranges of electoral register numbers of persons entitled to vote thereat
JD Dance Club, Whitehall Street, Rochdale 35 R-GA-1 to R-GA-1796
Rugby Road Recreation and Bowling Club, Rugby Road, Rochdale 36 R-GB-1 to R-GB-1094
KYP Unity House (Community and Conference Centre), Belfield Road, Rochdale 37

R-GC-1 to R-GC-2834

Castlemere Community Centre, Tweedale Street, Rochdale 38 R-GD-1 to R-GD-677
Bangladesh Association and Community Project, 108 Ramsay Street, Rochdale 39 R-GE-1 to - R-GE-866
Wardleworth Community Centre, Tweedale Street, Rochdale 40 R-GF-1 to R-GF-1193
Belfield Family Hub, Belfield Community School Campus, Samson Street, Rochdale 41 R-GG-1 to R-GG-758
JD Dance Club, Whitehall Street, Rochdale 42 R-GH-1 to R-GH-19

Dated: Tuesday, 28 April 2026

Julie Murphy, Returning Officer, Floor 2, Number One Riverside, Smith Street, Rochdale OL16 1XU

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Rochdale OL16 1XU

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