Councillor Neil Emmott
Neil Emmott
Culture
Contact Details
Email: neil.emmott@rochdale.gov.uk
Telephone: 01706 364 247
About
Councillor Neil Emmott (external website) leads Rochdale Council and is the Greater Manchester Combined Authority portfolio lead for Culture.
The 58-year-old West Middleton councillor was born in Heywood and attended St Joseph’s RC Primary School in Heywood and Cardinal Langley before going on to study modern languages at Swansea University. Councillor Emmott also studied at the University of Valencia and the Sorbonne in Paris and is fluent in five languages.
He was first elected to the council in 1986 at the age of 23 and served for 8 years before leaving to pursue work opportunities in other parts of the country. The former competitive figure skater returned as a councillor in 2010 for his second spell which continues to this day.
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