Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is a democratic organisation. It currently comprises 58 Councillors and one vacany 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 for Corporate Services, Community Safety and Finance
Greasbrough
Labour
Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Housing and Neighbourhood Working
Hellaby & Maltby West
Labour
Wath
Labour
Chair, Planning Board
Rotherham West
Labour
Aston & Todwick
Conservative
Vice-Chair, Overview and Scrutiny Management Board
Dalton & Thrybergh
Labour
Chair, Audit Committee
Hellaby & Maltby West
Conservative
Leader of the Opposition
Aston & Todwick
Conservative
Hoober
Independent Conservative
Anston & Woodsetts
Conservative
Vice-Chair, Health Select Commission
Wales
Labour
Cabinet Member for Transport and Environment
Dalton & Thrybergh
Independent
Rawmarsh West
Labour
Vice-Chair, Planning Board
Rother Vale
Labour
Cabinet Member for Housing (on maternity leave from August 2023)
Keppel
Labour
Sitwell
Conservative
Brinsworth
Liberal Democrat
Brinsworth
Liberal Democrat
Dinnington
Conservative
Keppel
Labour
Chair, Overview and Scrutiny Management Board
Thurcroft & Wickersley South
Conservative
Thurcroft & Wickersley South
Conservative
Rotherham East
Labour
Vice-Chair, Improving Lives Select Commission
Wath
Labour
Deputy Mayor
Kilnhurst & Swinton East
Labour and Co-operative Party
Cabinet Member for Children and Young People
Greasbrough
Independent
Wickersley North
Labour
Chair, Licensing Board
Sitwell
Conservative
Keppel
Labour
Sitwell
Labour
Vice Chair - Standards and Ethics Committee
Rotherham East
Labour
Dinnington
Conservative
Wales
Labour
Wickersley North
Labour and Co-operative Party
Rawmarsh East
Labour
Maltby East
Conservative
Rotherham West
Independent
Rotherham West
Labour and Co-operative Party
Rotherham East
Labour
Hoober
Labour
Cabinet Member for Jobs and the Local Economy
Boston Castle
Labour
Chair, Standards and Ethics Committee
Bramley & Ravenfield
Conservative
Deputy Leader of the Opposition
Rother Vale
Liberal Democrat
Swinton Rockingham
Labour and Co-operative Party
Aughton & Swallownest
Labour
Chair, Improving Lives Select Commission
Wickersley North
Labour
Leader of the Council
Bramley & Ravenfield
Conservative
Hoober
Labour
Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and Health
Rawmarsh East
Labour
Cabinet Member for Social Inclusion
Anston & Woodsetts
Liberal Democrat
Aughton & Swallownest
Labour
Mayor
Rawmarsh West
Independent Conservative
Maltby East
Conservative
Vice-Chair, Improving Places Select Commission
Dinnington
Conservative
Anston & Woodsetts
Independent
Swinton Rockingham
Labour
Chair, Improving Places Select Commission
Boston Castle
Labour
Chair, Health Select Commission