Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

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Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
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Coat of arms
Rotherham MBC logo.svg
Type
Type
History
Founded1 April 1974
Leadership
Sheila Cowen,
Labour
since 17 May 2024 [1]
Chris Read,
Labour
since 4 March 2015 [2]
Sharon Kemp
since February 2016 [3]
Structure
Seats59 councillors
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Political groups
Administration (33)
  Labour (33)
Other parties (26)
  Conservative (13)
  Independent (10)
  Liberal Democrats (3)
Joint committees
 South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority
South Yorkshire Police and Crime Panel
Elections
Last election
 2 May 2024
Next election
4 May 2028
Meeting place
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Town Hall, The Crofts, Moorgate Street, Rotherham, S60 2TH
Website
www.rotherham.gov.uk

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is the local authority of the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham in South Yorkshire, England. It is a metropolitan borough council and provides the majority of local government services in the borough.

Contents

The council has been under Labour majority control since the modern borough was created in 1974. Council meetings are held at Rotherham Town Hall and the council's main offices are at Riverside House.

History

The town of Rotherham had been a municipal borough from 1871. In 1902 it was elevated to become a county borough, taking over county-level functions from West Riding County Council. [4]

The county borough was abolished in 1974 and replaced by the larger Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, which also took in the areas of the abolished urban districts of Maltby, Rawmarsh, Swinton, and Wath upon Dearne, plus the Kiveton Park Rural District and Rotherham Rural District. [5] The enlarged district was named Rotherham after its largest town. [6] The new district was awarded borough status from its creation, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor, continuing Rotherham's series of mayors dating back to 1871. [7]

Until 1986 the council provided district-level services, with county-level services provided by South Yorkshire County Council. Following the abolition of the county council in 1986, Rotherham also took on county-level services, with some functions provided in joint arrangements with the other South Yorkshire boroughs. [8] [9]

In February 2015 the council had certain decision-making powers suspended and transferred to commissioners appointed by the government after the council was severely criticised by the Casey report into the Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal. [10] [11] The commissioners were wound up in September 2018, when normal powers were restored to the council. [12] [13]

Governance

The local authority derives its powers and functions from the Local Government Act 1972 and subsequent legislation. For the purposes of local government, Rotherham is within a metropolitan area of England. It provides the majority of local government services in Rotherham, including Council Tax billing, libraries, social services, processing planning applications, waste collection and disposal, and it is a local education authority. The council appoints members to South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority, the South Yorkshire Police and Crime Panel and it is a constituent council of the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority. Parts of the borough are covered by civil parishes, which form a second tier of local government for their areas.

Political control

The council has been under Labour majority control since the creation of the metropolitan borough in 1974. [14]

Party in controlYears
Labour 1974–present

Leadership

The role of mayor is largely ceremonial in Rotherham. Political leadership is instead provided by the leader of the council. The leaders since 1990 have been: [15]

CouncillorPartyFromTo
Mark Edgell Labour 199012 Sep 2003
Roger Stone [16] Labour 24 Sep 200326 Aug 2014
Paul Lakin [17] Labour 10 Sep 20144 Feb 2015
Chris Read Labour 4 Mar 2015

Composition

Following the 2024 election, the composition of the council was:

PartyCouncillors
Labour 33
Conservative 13
Independent 10
Liberal Democrats 3
Total59

The next election is due in May 2028.

Elections

Since the last boundary changes in 2020 the council has comprised 59 councillors representing 25 wards, with each ward electing two or three councillors. Elections are held every four years. [18] [19]

Premises

The council meets at Rotherham Town Hall on The Crofts in the centre of Rotherham, which had been built as a courthouse in 1929 and was bought by the council in 1985 to use as a town hall. [20]

Riverside House, Main Street, Rotherham, S60 1AE: Council's main offices Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council, Riverside House, 17 October 2014 (2).jpg
Riverside House, Main Street, Rotherham, S60 1AE: Council's main offices
Civic Building: Council's former headquarters, since demolished. Civic Building, Rotherham - geograph.org.uk - 2250328.jpg
Civic Building: Council's former headquarters, since demolished.

The council has its main offices at a modern building called Riverside House on Main Street, which it moved to in 2011. [21] Prior to moving to Riverside House the main offices were at the Civic Building on Walker Place, a 1970s building which was subsequently demolished to make way for a supermarket.

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