Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is a democratic organisation. It currently comprises 59 Councillors who are responsible for agreeing policies about provision of services and how the Council's money is spent. The Council employs officers who are responsible for its day to day management.
Councillors decide which policies the Council should pursue, ensure that those policies are carried out and monitor services provided to ensure that they are delivered in the most efficient and effective way.
The local Councillor is there to represent the views and opinions of individuals and groups. It is also his or her responsibility to help those with difficulties which the Council could help solve. Councillors decide how the Council should carry out its many important functions.
Local Councillors are elected by the community to decide how the Council should carry out its various activities. They represent public interest as well as individuals living within the ward in which he or she has been elected to serve a term of office. To do this they have regular contact with the general public through either Council meetings, telephone calls or surgeries. Surgeries provide an opportunity for any ward resident to go and talk their Councillor face to face and these take place on a regular basis. Your Councillor will discuss any concerns or problems relating to Council services and listen to your views on issues that you feel are important.
Councillors are not paid a salary for their work, but they do receive allowances. By law, all Members of the Council are required to complete a Declaration of Interest form, the details of which are published on each individual Councillor's webpage.
Rother Vale
Labour
Rotherham East
Labour
Boston Castle
Labour
Cabinet Member for Finance & Safe and Clean Communities
Aston & Todwick
Labour
Cabinet Member for Housing
Aston & Todwick
Conservative
Deputy Leader of the Opposition and Vice Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Management Board
Rother Vale
Labour
Vice Chair of Audit Committee
Rawmarsh West
Labour
Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and Health
Hellaby & Maltby West
Conservative
Anston & Woodsetts
Conservative
Wales
Independent
Dalton & Thrybergh
Independent
Greasbrough
Labour
Vice Chair of Licensing
Anston & Woodsetts
Conservative
Sitwell
Independent
Hoober
Labour
Brinsworth
Liberal Democrat
Brinsworth
Liberal Democrat
Dinnington
Conservative
Dinnington
Labour
Vice Chair of Standards and Ethics Committee
Thurcroft & Wickersley South
Conservative
Thurcroft & Wickersley South
Conservative
Leader of the Opposition
Wath
Labour
Mayor
Keppel
Independent
Kilnhurst & Swinton East
Labour and Co-operative Party
Cabinet Member for Children and Young People
Bramley & Ravenfield
Labour
Greasbrough
Independent
Sitwell
Conservative
Keppel
Labour and Co-operative Party
Keppel
Labour
Dinnington
Conservative
Kilnhurst & Swinton East
Labour
Wales
Independent
Rawmarsh East
Labour
Chair of Licensing
Boston Castle
Independent
Rotherham East
Labour
Deputy Mayor
Wath
Labour
Rotherham West
Independent
Rotherham West
Labour and Co-operative Party
Chair of Health Select Commission
Wickersley North
Labour
Vice Chair of Improving Lives Select Commission
Hoober
Labour
Wickersley North
Labour
Chair of Audit Committee
Wickersley North
Labour
Vice Chair of Planning Board
Rotherham West
Labour
Chair of Improving Places Select Commission
Swinton Rockingham
Labour and Co-operative Party
Chair of Standards and Ethics Committee
Aughton & Swallownest
Labour
Chair of Improving Lives Select Commission
Rotherham East
Labour
Swinton Rockingham
Labour
Leader of the Council
Bramley & Ravenfield
Conservative
Dalton & Thrybergh
Independent
Rawmarsh East
Labour
Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Social Inclusion & Neighbourhood Working
Hellaby & Maltby West
Conservative
Rawmarsh West
Labour
Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Management Board
Maltby East
Labour
Anston & Woodsetts
Liberal Democrat
Aughton & Swallownest
Labour
Cabinet Member for Transport, Jobs and the Local Economy
Sitwell
Conservative
Maltby East
Conservative
Vice Char of Improving Places Select Commission
Hoober
Labour
Chair of Planning Board
Boston Castle
Independent
Vice Chair of Health Select Commission