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Rotherham: what’s happening where you live
What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council: Metropolitan district (unitary), England, Yorkshire and The Humber; part of the SCR combined authority. GOV.UK lists it as a unitary council.
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- Household waste collection: Providing information
- Household waste collection: Reporting
- Bulky household waste collections: Applications for service
- Household garden waste: Providing information
- Recycling bags and containers: Providing information
- Flytipping: Reporting
- Road maintenance: Reporting
- Street lighting: Reporting
- Noise pollution: Reporting
- Council tax annual notification: Providing information
- Council tax annual notification: Collecting revenue
- Council tax discount: Applications for service
- Council tax benefit new claim: Applications for service
- Housing benefit new claim: Providing information
- Electoral register: Providing information
- Electoral register: Applications for service
- Primary school places: Applications for service
- Secondary school places: Applications for service
- Library facilities: Providing information
- Parking permits: Providing information
- Planning decision notices: Providing information
- Councillors directory: Providing information
- Complaints procedure: Providing information
Housing
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Transport
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Council tax
Band D set by Rotherham for 2026–27: £1,944.52 of a £2,381.53 total bill in the area.
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Environment
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Education
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Changes to schools in this area recorded by the Department for Education Updated automatically
No school here is currently recorded as proposed to open or close.
In the last twelve months: 1 opened (1 new provision), 0 closed
- River Valley — open; reason recorded: new provision, 24 March 2026
What the council plans to spend, 2026–27
| Service | Budget |
|---|---|
| Education services | £162.7 million |
| Highways and transport services | £9.9 million |
| Children's social care | £93.7 million |
| Adult social care | £146.3 million |
| Public health | £22.7 million |
| Housing services (general fund only) | £7.5 million |
| Cultural and related services | £15.1 million |
| Environmental and regulatory services | £26.6 million |
| Planning and development services | £7.5 million |
| Police services | none budgeted |
| Fire and rescue services | none budgeted |
| Central services | £10.2 million |
| Other services | none budgeted |
| Total service expenditure | £502.2 million |
Life in Rotherham: the official facts
- People living here
- 279,161 people
- Typical age
- 41 years
- Money to live on, per person, per year
- £20,481
- Typical weekly pay, before tax
- £576
- Children growing up in poverty
- 30.6%
- People claiming unemployment-related benefits
- 3.9%
- Average price of a home
- £191,052
- How many years of pay a home costs
- 5.5 times yearly pay
- Years in good health: women
- 55.1 years
- Years in good health: men
- 55.6 years
- Greenhouse gases, per person
- 4.7 tonnes per person
- Homes and businesses that can get the fastest broadband
- 96.7%
- Public chargers for electric cars
- 131.6 per 100,000 people
- Businesses trading here
- 8,200 businesses
Who runs the council
This council’s area is covered by South Yorkshire combined authority, with its elected mayor.
59 seats in 2026. Run by: Labour, with a majority.
Councillors by party: Labour Party 31, Conservative and Unionist 13, Independent / Other 10, Liberal Democrats 3, Reform UK 1, Green Party (E&W) 1.
Next scheduled council election: 4 May 2028.
Elections here now: Anston & Woodsetts ward (19 November 2026).
All 59 councillors, by ward
- Drew Tarmey (Liberal Democrats) — Anston & Woodsetts
- John Blackham (Conservative and Unionist) — Anston & Woodsetts
- Tim Baum-Dixon (Conservative and Unionist) — Anston & Woodsetts
- Joshua Bacon (Conservative and Unionist) — Aston & Todwick
- Sarah Allen (Labour Party) — Aston & Todwick
- Lyndsay Robinson (Labour Party) — Aughton & Swallownest
- Robert Taylor (Labour Party) — Aughton & Swallownest
- Ashiq Hussain (Independent / Other) — Boston Castle
- Saghir Alam (Labour Party) — Boston Castle
- Taiba Yasseen (Independent / Other) — Boston Castle
- Greg Reynolds (Conservative and Unionist) — Bramley & Ravenfield
- Liz Duncan (Labour Party) — Bramley & Ravenfield
- Adam Carter (Liberal Democrats) — Brinsworth
- Charlotte Carter (Liberal Democrats) — Brinsworth
- Jodie Ryalls (Independent / Other) — Dalton & Thrybergh
- Michael Bennett-Sylvester (Independent / Other) — Dalton & Thrybergh
- Amanda Clarke (Labour Party) — Dinnington
- Julia Hall (Conservative and Unionist) — Dinnington
- Sophie Castledine-Dack (Conservative and Unionist) — Dinnington
- Linda Beresford (Labour Party) — Greasbrough
- Rob Elliott (Independent / Other) — Greasbrough
- Lynda Stables (Conservative and Unionist) — Hellaby & Maltby West
- Simon Ball (Conservative and Unionist) — Hellaby & Maltby West
- Denise Lelliott (Labour Party) — Hoober
- John Williams (Labour Party) — Hoober
- Rajmund Brent (Labour Party) — Hoober
- Gillian Garnett (Labour Party) — Keppel
- Simon Currie (Independent / Other) — Keppel
- Tony Harrison (Reform UK) — Keppel
- Nigel Harper (Labour Party) — Kilnhurst & Swinton East
- Victoria Cusworth (Labour Party) — Kilnhurst & Swinton East
- Adam Tinsley (Conservative and Unionist) — Maltby East
- Donna Sutton (Labour Party) — Maltby East
- Dave Sheppard (Independent / Other) — Rawmarsh East
- Rachel Hughes (Labour Party) — Rawmarsh East
- Brian Steele (Labour Party) — Rawmarsh West
- Joanna Baker-Rogers (Labour Party) — Rawmarsh West
- Jamie Baggaley (Labour Party) — Rother Vale
- Terry Adair (Labour Party) — Rother Vale
- Angham Ahmed (Labour Party) — Rotherham East
- Haroon Rashid (Labour Party) — Rotherham East
- Rukhsana Ismail (Labour Party) — Rotherham East
- Cameron McKiernan (Labour Party) — Rotherham West
- Eve Keenan (Labour Party) — Rotherham West
- Ian Jones (Independent / Other) — Rotherham West
- David Fisher (Conservative and Unionist) — Sitwell
- Mick Bower (Green Party (E&W)) — Sitwell
- Paul Thorp (Conservative and Unionist) — Sitwell
- Chris Read (Labour Party) — Swinton Rockingham
- Gina Monk (Labour Party) — Swinton Rockingham
- Tom Collingham (Conservative and Unionist) — Thurcroft & Wickersley South
- Zachary Collingham (Conservative and Unionist) — Thurcroft & Wickersley South
- Dominic Beck (Independent / Other) — Wales
- Marnie Havard (Independent / Other) — Wales
- Dave Jackson (Labour Party) — Wath
- Sheila Cowen (Labour Party) — Wath
- James Mault (Labour Party) — Wickersley North
- Lynda Marshall (Labour Party) — Wickersley North
- Stuart Knight (Labour Party) — Wickersley North