Councillors not seeking re-election:
- Conservative – Peter Reed (Littleborough Lakeside)
Councillors seeking re-election in existing division:
- Labour – Tricia Ayrton (Healey), Elsie Blundell (Balderstone and Kirkholt), Patricia Dale (South Middleton), Neil Emmott (West Middleton), Peter Hodgkinson (Hopwood Hall), Rachel Massey (Kingsway), Amna Mir (Smallbridge and Firgrove), Amber Nisa (Spotland and Falinge), Bev Place (North Heywood), Aasim Rashid (Castleton), Aiza Rashid (Milkstone and Deeplish), Linda Robinson (West Heywood), Sameena Zaheer (Central Rochdale)
- Conservative – Steve Anstee (Bamford), Mike Holly (Norden), John Taylor (Wardle, Shore and West Littleborough)
- Middleton Independents – Lee Wolf (North Middleton), Bernard Wynne (East Middleton)
- Liberal Democrat – Dave Bamford (Milnrow and Newhey)
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