Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is a democratic organisation. It currently comprises 60 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.
Boston Castle
Labour
Cabinet Member - Corporate Services and Finance
Wingfield
Labour
Cabinet Member - Cleaner, Greener Communities
Hellaby
Labour
The Mayor of Rotherham
Wath
Labour
Maltby
Labour
Vice-Chair, Licensing Board
Wales
Labour
Cabinet Member - Housing
Rawmarsh
Labour
Rother Vale
Labour
Brinsworth and Catcliffe
Labour
Keppel
Labour
Vice-Chair, Standards and Ethics Committee
Rotherham East
Labour
Swinton
Labour
Chair, Improving Lives Select Commission
Wath
Labour
Wickersley
Labour
Chair, Licensing Board
Rotherham East
Labour
Wickersley
Labour
Cabinet Member for Waste, Roads and Community Safety
Anston and Woodsetts
Labour
Rotherham West
Labour
Vice-Chair, Improving Lives Select Commission
Rotherham West
Labour
Chair, Health Select Commission
Rotherham East
Labour
Hoober
Labour
Cabinet Member - Jobs and the Local Economy
Dinnington
Labour
Chair, Improving Places Select Commission
Silverwood
Labour
Boston Castle
Labour
Chair, Standards and Ethics Committee
Holderness
Labour
Wickersley
Labour
Leader of the Council
Hoober
Labour
Cabinet Member - Adult Social Care and Health
Maltby
Labour
Silverwood
Labour
Swinton
Labour
Valley
Labour
Rawmarsh
Labour
Chair, Planning Board
Hoober
Labour
Chair, Overview and Scrutiny Management Board
Holderness
Labour
Dinnington
Labour
Vice-Chair, Improving Places Select Commission
Dinnington
Labour
Rother Vale
Labour
Vice-Chair, Audit Committee
Wales
Labour
Deputy Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Children's Services & Neighbourhood Working
Wales
Labour
Wingfield
Labour
Vice-Chair, Planning Board
Swinton
Labour
Chair, Audit Committee
Boston Castle
Labour
Sitwell
Rotherham Democratic Party
Leader of Rotherham Democratic Party Group
Hellaby
Rotherham Democratic Party
Keppel
Rotherham Democratic Party
Holderness
Rotherham Democratic Party
Wingfield
Rotherham Democratic Party
Keppel
Rotherham Democratic Party
Rotherham West
Rotherham Democratic Party
Deputy Mayor
Rawmarsh
Rotherham Democratic Party
Silverwood
Rotherham Democratic Party
Vice-Chair of Overview & Scrutiny Management Board
Valley
Rotherham Democratic Party
Hellaby
Rotherham Democratic Party
Sitwell
Rotherham Democratic Party
Valley
Independent
Brinsworth and Catcliffe
Liberal Democrat
Wath
Non-Aligned
Anston and Woodsetts
Non-Aligned
Sitwell
Non-Aligned
Brinsworth and Catcliffe
Non-Aligned