About the Council
Alongside partners, we play an important role in working with other providers of public services across Rotherham for approximately 265,000 residents and 100,000 people who work in Rotherham (37,000 from outside the borough).
Regionally, the Council has a key role to play as one of the four constituent authorities that make up the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (SYMCA). Focused on economic growth and regeneration, the Council works with the SYMCA across a number of issues including the economy, skills, transport and infrastructure. In 2020, our Devolution Deal was signed into law, and since then the Council has worked with the other members of SYMCA to deliver a stronger, greener and fairer South Yorkshire.
The Council’s constitution sets out how the Council operates, how decisions are made and the procedures that are followed to ensure that this is efficient, transparent and accountable to local people.
The Council has is led by a Labour Cabinet, has 59 councillors representing 25 wards inside the Rotherham Borough geographical boundary, with wards having a mixture of 2 and 3 elected members.
There are a number of committees and panels which are responsible for decision making within the organisation, including Council, Cabinet, Audit Committee, Standards and Ethics Committee and Scrutiny.
Details of all these, as well as copies of agendas, papers and official minutes of proceedings can be found on the Council’s website.
