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.
| Councillor | Role | Political party | Ward |
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Rotherham Town Hall, The Crofts, Moorgate Street, ROTHERHAM, S60 2TH Work: 01709 255943 |
Labour (Labour) |
Rother Vale | |
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Rotherham Town Hall, The Crofts, Moorgate Street, ROTHERHAM, S60 2TH Work: 01709 247493 |
Labour (Labour) |
Rotherham East | |
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Rotherham Town Hall, The Crofts, Moorgate Street, ROTHERHAM, S60 2TH Work: 01709 255959 |
Cabinet Member for Finance and Community Safety | Labour (Labour) |
Boston Castle |
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Rotherham Town Hall, The Crofts, Moorgate Street, ROTHERHAM, S60 2TH Work: 01709 255821 |
Vice Chair of Audit Committee | Labour (Labour) |
Aston & Todwick |
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Rotherham Town Hall, The Crofts, Moorgate Street, ROTHERHAM, S60 2TH Work: 01709 807937 |
Deputy Leader of the Opposition and Vice Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Management Board | Conservative (Conservative) |
Aston & Todwick |
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Rotherham Town Hall, The Crofts, Moorgate Street, ROTHERHAM, S60 2TH Work: 01709 807960 |
Chair of Audit Committee | Labour (Labour) |
Rother Vale |
Councillor Joanna Baker-Rogers Rotherham Town Hall, The Crofts, Moorgate Street, ROTHERHAM, S60 2TH Work: 01709 807943 |
Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and Health | Labour (Labour) |
Rawmarsh West |
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Rotherham Town Hall, The Crofts, Moorgate Street, ROTHERHAM, S60 2TH |
Conservative (Conservative) |
Hellaby & Maltby West | |
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Rotherham Town Hall, The Crofts, Moorgate Street, ROTHERHAM, S60 2TH Home: 01709 807934 |
Conservative (Conservative) |
Anston & Woodsetts | |
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Rotherham Town Hall, The Crofts, Moorgate Street, ROTHERHAM, S60 2TH Work: 01709 255910 Work mobile: 07881 268115 |
Independent (Non-aligned) |
Wales | |
Councillor Michael Bennett-Sylvester 24 Garbroads Crescent, Thrybergh, Rotherham, S65 4AW Home: 01709 807944 Home mobile: 07432 509987 |
Independent (Non-aligned) |
Dalton & Thrybergh | |
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Rotherham Town Hall, The Crofts, Moorgate Street, ROTHERHAM, S60 2TH Work: 01709 822422 |
Cabinet Member for Housing | Labour (Labour) |
Greasbrough |
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Rotherham Town Hall, The Crofts, Moorgate Street, ROTHERHAM, S60 2TH Work: 01709 807936 |
Conservative (Conservative) |
Anston & Woodsetts | |
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41 Sandringham Avenue, Rotherham, S60 4DS |
Green Party (Non-aligned) |
Sitwell | |
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Rotherham Town Hall, The Crofts, Moorgate Street, ROTHERHAM., S60 2TH Work: 01709 255958 |
Vice Chair of Improving Lives Select Commission | Labour (Labour) |
Hoober |
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Rotherham Town Hall, The Crofts, Moorgate Street, ROTHERHAM, S60 2TH Work: 01709 255924 |
Leader of the Liberal Democrat Group | Liberal Democrat (Liberal Democrats) |
Brinsworth |
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Rotherham Town Hall, The Crofts, Moorgate Street, ROTHERHAM, S60 2TH Work: 01709 807942 |
Liberal Democrat (Liberal Democrats) |
Brinsworth | |
Councillor Sophie Castledine-Dack Rotherham Town Hall, The Crofts, Moorgate Street, ROTHERHAM, S60 2TH |
Conservative (Conservative) |
Dinnington | |
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Rotherham Town Hall, The Crofts, Moorgate Street, Rotherham, S60 2TH |
Chair of Standards and Ethics Committee | Labour (Labour) |
Dinnington |
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Rotherham Town Hall, The Crofts, Moorgate Street, ROTHERHAM, S60 2TH Home: 01709 807957 |
Conservative (Conservative) |
Thurcroft & Wickersley South | |
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Rotherham Town Hall, The Crofts, Moorgate Street, ROTHERHAM, S60 2TH Home: 01709 807956 |
Leader of the Opposition | Conservative (Conservative) |
Thurcroft & Wickersley South |
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Rotherham Town Hall, The Crofts, Moorgate Street, ROTHERHAM, S60 2TH Home: 01709 807958 Home mobile: 07702 312154 |
Labour (Labour) |
Wath | |
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Rotherham Town Hall, The Crofts, Moorgate Street, ROTHERHAM, S60 2TH Work: 01709 807969 |
Independent (Non-aligned) |
Keppel | |
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Rotherham Town Hall, The Crofts, Moorgate Street, ROTHERHAM, S60 2TH Work: 07716328856 |
Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Children and Young People | Labour and Co-operative Party (Labour) |
Kilnhurst & Swinton East |
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Rotherham Town Hall, The Crofts, Moorgate Street, ROTHERHAM., S60 2TH Work: 01709 807939 |
Labour (Labour) |
Bramley & Ravenfield | |
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135 Scrooby Street, Greasbrough, Rotherham, S61 4PF Work: 01709 255709 Home mobile: 07963 514628 |
Independent (Non-aligned) |
Greasbrough | |
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Rotherham Town Hall, The Crofts, Moorgate Street, ROTHERHAM, S60 2TH Home: 01709 807953 |
Conservative (Conservative) |
Sitwell | |
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34 Sellars Road, ROTHERHAM, S61 3QZ Work: 01709 247471 |
Vice Chair of Licensing and Armed Forces Champion | Labour (Labour) |
Keppel |
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Rotherham Town Hall, The Crofts, Moorgate St, Rotherham, S60 2TH |
Conservative (Conservative) |
Dinnington | |
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40 Sandalwood Rise, Swinton, Mexborough, S64 8PN Work: 01709 808877 |
Labour (Labour) |
Kilnhurst & Swinton East | |
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Rotherham Town Hall, The Crofts, Moorgate Street, Rotherham, S60 2TH Work: 01709 254870 |
Reform UK (Non-aligned) |
Keppel | |
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4 De Sutton Place, Harthill, Rotherham, S26 7XG Home mobile: 07523 657273 |
Independent (Non-aligned) |
Wales | |
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Rotherham Town Hall, The Crofts,, Moorgate Street,, Rotherham, S602TH Home: 01709 807962 Home mobile: 07503398648 |
Chair of Licensing | Labour (Labour) |
Rawmarsh East |
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Town Hall, The Crofts, Moorgate Street, ROTHERHAM., S60 2TH |
Independent (Non-aligned) |
Boston Castle | |
The Mayor of Rotherham (Councillor Rukhsana Ismail) Rotherham Town Hall, The Crofts, Moorgate Street, ROTHERHAM, S60 2TH Home: 01709 807950 |
Mayor | Labour (Labour) |
Rotherham East |
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Rotherham Town Hall, The Crofts, Moorgate Street, ROTHERHAM, S60 2TH Work mobile: 01709 247435 |
Vice Chair of Planning Board | Labour (Labour) |
Wath |
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39 Sopewell Road, Richmond Park, Rotherham, S61 2JJ Home: 01709 516238 |
Independent (Non-aligned) |
Rotherham West | |
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Rotherham Town Hall, The Crofts, Moorgate Street, ROTHERHAM, S60 2TH Home: 01709 255739 |
Chair of Health Select Commission | Labour and Co-operative Party (Labour) |
Rotherham West |
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Rotherham Town Hall, The Crofts, Moorgate Street, ROTHERHAM, S60 2TH Work: 01709 247489 |
Labour (Labour) |
Wickersley North | |
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17 Knollbeck Lane,, Brampton Bierlow, ROTHERHAM., S73 OTR Home mobile: 07931 260825 |
Vice Chair of Standards and Ethics Committee | Labour (Labour) |
Hoober |
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Rotherham Town Hall, The Crofts, Moorgate Street, ROTHERHAM, S60 2TH Work: 01709 822465 |
Cabinet Member for Street Scene and Green Spaces | Labour (Labour) |
Wickersley North |
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Rotherham Town Hall, The Crofts, Moorgate Street, ROTHERHAM, S60 2TH Work: 01709 807867 |
Chair of Planning Board | Labour (Labour) |
Wickersley North |
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Rotherham Town Hall, The Crofts, Moorgate Street, ROTHERHAM, S60 2TH Work: 01709 807951 |
Chair of Improving Places Select Commission | Labour (Labour) |
Rotherham West |
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Rotherham Town Hall, The Crofts, Moorgate Street, ROTHERHAM, S60 2TH Home: 01709 807955 |
Chair of Improving LIves Select Commission | Labour and Co-operative Party (Labour) |
Swinton Rockingham |
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Rotherham Town Hall, The Crofts, Moorgate Street, ROTHERHAM, S60 2TH |
Labour (Labour) |
Aughton & Swallownest | |
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Rotherham Town Hall, The Crofts, Moorgate Street, ROTHERHAM, S60 2TH Work: 01709 255725 |
Deputy Mayor | Labour (Labour) |
Rotherham East |
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72 Rockingham Road, Swinton, Rotherham, S64 8ED Work: 01709 822700 Home: 01709 762687 |
Leader of the Council | Labour (Labour) |
Swinton Rockingham |
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Rotherham Town Hall, The Crofts, Moorgate Street, ROTHERHAM, S60 2TH Work: 01709 807941 Home mobile: 07757 791881 |
Conservative (Conservative) |
Bramley & Ravenfield | |
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7 Creswick Road, ROTHERHAM, S65 3QW Work: 01709 807209 |
Independent (Non-aligned) |
Dalton & Thrybergh | |
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6 Netherfield Lane, Parkgate, Rotherham, S62 6AW Work: 01709 255948 Home mobile: 07503 654938 |
Independent (Non-aligned) |
Rawmarsh East | |
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Rotherham Town Hall, The Crofts, Moorgate Street, ROTHERHAM, S60 2TH Work: 01709 255930 |
Conservative (Conservative) |
Hellaby & Maltby West | |
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Rotherham Town Hall, The Crofts, Moorgate Street, ROTHERHAM, S60 2TH Work: 01709 807961 |
Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Management Board | Labour and Co-operative Party (Labour) |
Rawmarsh West |
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Rotherham Town Hall, The Crofts, Moorgate Street, Rotherham, S60 2TH Work: 01709 807968 |
Labour (Labour) |
Maltby East | |
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2 Limekilns, North Anston, Sheffield, S25 4FB Home mobile: 07472 712249 |
Liberal Democrat (Liberal Democrats) |
Anston & Woodsetts | |
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Rotherham Town Hall, The Crofts, Moorgate Street, ROTHERHAM, S60 2TH Work: 01709 255718 |
Labour (Labour) |
Aughton & Swallownest | |
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Rotherham Town Hall, The Crofts, Moorgate Street, ROTHERHAM, S60 2TH Work: 01709 807952 Home mobile: 07778764181 |
Conservative (Conservative) |
Sitwell | |
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Rotherham Town Hall, The Crofts, Moorgate Street, ROTHERHAM, S60 2TH Home: 01709 807963 |
Vice Char of Improving Places Select Commission | Conservative (Conservative) |
Maltby East |
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Rotherham Town Hall, The Crofts, Moorgate Street, ROTHERHAM, S60 2TH Work: 01709 807949 |
Cabinet Member for Transport, Jobs and the Local Economy | Labour (Labour) |
Hoober |
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Rotherham Town Hall, The Crofts, Moorgate Street, ROTHERHAM, S60 2TH Work: 01709 255715 |
Vice Chair of Health Select Commission | Independent (Non-aligned) |
Boston Castle |