Councillor Chris Read
Title: Leader of the Council
Party: Labour
Political grouping: Labour
Ward: Wickersley
Other councillors representing this Ward:
Parish: Wickersley Parish Council
More information about this councillor
PDF 50 KBSurgery details
No surgeries in August or on bank holidays, otherwise:
Wickersley Community Centre/Library - first Saturday of the month - 10 am to 11 am
Bramley Parish Hall - second Thursday of the month - 6.30 pm to 7.30 pm
Mark Grove Community Centre - third Tuesday of the month - 9.30 am to 10.30 am
Please note: November and December at Mark Grove Community Centre - surgery will take place as follows:
12th November at 9.30 am and 10th December at 9.30 a.m. (will revert back to third Tuesday in January 2020.
Sunnyside Community Centre - fourth Monday of the month - 6 pm to 7 pm
Contact information
Home address:
219 Wickersley Road
Rotherham
S60 4JP
Phone: 01709 546204
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
Terms of Office
- 04/05/2011 - 07/05/2015
- 08/05/2015 - 05/05/2016
- 06/05/2016 -
Appointments to outside bodies
- Local Government Association - General Assembly
- Local Government Yorkshire and Humber - Sheffield City Region
- Rotherham Together Partnership - Board
- Sheffield City Housing Board
- Sheffield City Region - Combined Authority
- Sheffield City Region Local Enterprise Partnership
- Sheffield City Region Transport Board
- South Yorkshire Leaders Meeting
Additional Information
Councillor Read was elected on 5th May, 2011, and he was elected Leader of the Council on Wednesday, 4th March, 2015. He is the Chair of the Rotherham Together Partnership and represents the Council on the Sheffield City Region Combined Authority. He is also Vice-Chair of Governors at a Rotherham Primary School.
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.
View our Ward Plan to find out more about what we have planned for Wickersley ward.