Your Councillors
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.
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Councillor Saghir AlamBoston Castle
Labour
Cabinet Member for Corporate Services, Community Safety and Finance
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Councillor Sarah Ann AllenGreasbrough
Labour
Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Housing and Neighbourhood Working
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Councillor Jenny AndrewsHellaby & Maltby West
Labour
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Councillor Alan AtkinWath
Labour
Chair, Planning Board
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Councillor Ben AveyardRotherham West
Labour
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Councillor Joshua BaconAston & Todwick
Conservative
Vice-Chair, Overview and Scrutiny Management Board
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Councillor Joanna Baker-RogersDalton & Thrybergh
Labour
Chair, Audit Committee
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Councillor Simon BallHellaby & Maltby West
Conservative
Leader of the Opposition
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Councillor Aaron BarkerAston & Todwick
Conservative
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Councillor Emily BarleyHoober
Independent Conservative
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Councillor Tim Baum-DixonAnston & Woodsetts
Conservative
Vice-Chair, Health Select Commission
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Councillor Dominic BeckWales
Independent
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Councillor Michael Bennett-SylvesterDalton & Thrybergh
Independent
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Councillor Robert BirdRawmarsh West
Labour
Vice-Chair, Planning Board
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Councillor Amy BrookesRother Vale
Labour
Cabinet Member for Housing
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Councillor Tony BrowneKeppel
Labour
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Councillor Simon BurnettSitwell
Conservative
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Councillor Adam CarterBrinsworth
Liberal Democrat
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Councillor Charlotte CarterBrinsworth
Liberal Democrat
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Councillor Sophie Castledine-DackDinnington
Conservative
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Councillor Maggi ClarkKeppel
Labour
Chair, Overview and Scrutiny Management Board
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Councillor Tom CollinghamThurcroft & Wickersley South
Conservative
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Councillor Zachary CollinghamThurcroft & Wickersley South
Conservative
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Councillor Wendy CookseyRotherham East
Labour
Vice-Chair, Improving Lives Select Commission
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Councillor Sheila CowenWath
Labour
Deputy Mayor
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Councillor Victoria CusworthKilnhurst & Swinton East
Labour and Co-operative Party
Cabinet Member for Children and Young People
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Councillor Robert ElliottGreasbrough
Independent
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Councillor Sue EllisWickersley North
Labour
Chair, Licensing Board
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Councillor David FisherSitwell
Conservative
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Councillor Carole FosterKeppel
Labour
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Councillor Tony GriffinSitwell
Labour
Vice Chair - Standards and Ethics Committee
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Councillor Rukhsana HaleemRotherham East
Labour
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Councillor Julia HallDinnington
Conservative
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Councillor Nigel HarperKilnhurst & Swinton East
Labour
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Councillor Marnie HavardWales
Independent
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Councillor Emma HoddinottWickersley North
Labour and Co-operative Party
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Councillor Rachel HughesRawmarsh East
Labour
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Councillor Lee HunterMaltby East
Conservative
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Councillor Ian JonesRotherham West
Independent
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Councillor Eve Rose KeenanRotherham West
Labour and Co-operative Party
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Councillor Tajamal KhanRotherham East
Labour
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Councillor Denise LelliottHoober
Labour
Cabinet Member for Jobs and the Local Economy
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Councillor Rose McNeelyBoston Castle
Labour
Chair, Standards and Ethics Committee
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Councillor Lewis MillsBramley & Ravenfield
Conservative
Deputy Leader of the Opposition
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Councillor Firas MiroRother Vale
Liberal Democrat
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Councillor Gina MonkSwinton Rockingham
Labour and Co-operative Party
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Councillor Lyndsay PitchleyAughton & Swallownest
Labour
Chair, Improving Lives Select Commission
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Councillor Chris ReadWickersley North
Labour
Leader of the Council
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Councillor Greg ReynoldsBramley & Ravenfield
Conservative
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Councillor David RocheHoober
Labour
Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and Health
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Councillor David SheppardRawmarsh East
Labour
Cabinet Member for Social Inclusion and Environment
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Councillor Drew TarmeyAnston & Woodsetts
Liberal Democrat
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Councillor Robert TaylorAughton & Swallownest
Labour
Mayor
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Councillor Jill ThompsonRawmarsh West
Independent Conservative
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Councillor Adam TinsleyMaltby East
Conservative
Vice-Chair, Improving Places Select Commission
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Councillor Ben WhomersleyDinnington
Conservative
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Councillor Tracey WilsonAnston & Woodsetts
Independent
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Councillor Ken WyattSwinton Rockingham
Labour
Chair, Improving Places Select Commission
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Councillor Taiba YasseenBoston Castle
Labour
Chair, Health Select Commission