3 Wards of the borough of Rochdale
1 The existing wards of the borough shall be abolished.
See the Borough of Rochdale (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979 (S.I.1979/1341).
2 The borough shall be divided into twenty wards which shall bear the names set out in the Schedule.
3 Each ward shall comprise the area designated on the map by reference to the name of the ward and demarcated by red lines; and the number of councillors to be elected for each ward shall be three.
4 Where a boundary is shown on the map as running along a road, railway line, footway, watercourse or similar geographical feature, it shall be treated as running along the centre line of the feature.