Councillor Chris Read
Title: Leader of the Council
Party: Labour
Political grouping: Labour
Ward: Wickersley North
Other councillors representing this Ward:
Parish: Wickersley Parish Council
More information about this councillor
PDF 143 KBSurgery details
From April 2022 Surgeries will be held every month:-
Third Tuesday at Sunnyside Community Centre at 2pm
First Saturday at Wickersley Library at 10am
Please note that due to the borough’s all out elections in May, Tuesday the 16th of April, will be my final surgery taking place during my current term of office. The new term of office following the elections is from May 2024 to May 2028 and any future surgeries will be advertised in due course.
Contact information
Home address:
72 Rockingham Road
Swinton
Rotherham
S64 8ED
Phone: 01709 762687
Mobile:
Email: chris.read@rotherham.gov.uk
Bus. phone: 01709 822700
Responsibilities
Committee appointments
- Cabinet (Chair)
- Cabinet and Commissioners' Decision Making Meeting (during Government Intervention - 18 January 2016 to 23 September 2018) (Chairman)
- Council Meeting
- Senior Officer Appointments Panel
- Staffing Committee
- Transportation Advisory Group
Terms of Office
- 04/05/2011 - 07/05/2015
- 08/05/2015 - 05/05/2016
- 06/05/2016 - 06/05/2021
- 06/05/2021 -
Appointments to outside bodies
- Local Government Association - General Assembly
- Rotherham Together Partnership - Board
- South Yorkshire Leaders Meeting
- South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority Board
- South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority Local Enterprise Partnership Board
- South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority Transport and Environment Board
Additional Information
Leader – Councillor Chris Read
Councillor Read was elected on 5th May 2011 and he was elected Leader of the Council on 4th March 2015 in the wake of Louise Casey’s corporate governance inspection report. As Leader, he has taken personal responsibility for leading the drive towards corporate improvement, organisational and cultural change, and is responsible for the Council’s governance and ethical framework.
Councillor Read is the Chair of the Rotherham Together Partnership. He is the Vice-Chair of the Sheffield City Region Combined Authority, appointed chair of the SCR Transport and Environment Board and a member of the SCR LEP. Councillor Read is also chair of South Yorkshire Leader’s Meeting which rotates on a 4-yearly cycle.
He was born and raised in Rotherham and is a councillor for Rotherham’s Wickersley North ward.
Previously he worked for a Member of the European Parliament and the leadership of another local authority.
Areas of responsibility include:
· Overall Leadership of the Council
· Overall responsibility for ensuring that the council sets and delivers a balanced budget
· Oversight of the Council’s response to Child Sexual Exploitation
· Leads on Standards and Governance
· Member of the Rotherham Together Partnership Board
· Member of Sheffield City Region Combined Authority
· Customer Services
· Community Cohesion
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ROTHERHAM METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL |
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SUMMARY OF MEMBERS' ALLOWANCES AND |
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EXPENSES FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 |
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Councillor |
Basic |
Special Responsibility Allowance |
Travel |
Co-optees Allowance |
Total |
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£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
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Read C. |
11,471.04 |
25,851.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
37,322.04 |
News
Working with you to help build communities that we can all take pride in has always been a priority for the Council.
We value the contributions that people make within their local area, through volunteering and getting involved in decision making, to really make a difference for everyone who lives there. By building on the work we've already done together we can continue to find new ways to meet the challenges facing Rotherham.
Further information regarding the Wickersley North ward can be found on the Council’s website.