Rotherham.
Labour Party-controlled metropolitan_borough. £320m net revenue. 25 wards across 3 parliamentary constituencies.
31 May 2026
Labour Party chamber, Labour Party MPs.
Rotherham is a metropolitan_borough controlled by Labour Party (35 of 62 seats). Net revenue is £320m for 2025-26. It covers 25 wards spanning 3 parliamentary constituencies.
Who sits in the chamber.
Labour Party 56% · last contested 2 May 2024
Councillors — the people.
| Councillor | Ward | Elected | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Tarmey | LD | Anston Woodsetts | 2024 |
| John Michael Blackham | Con | Anston Woodsetts | 2024 |
| Timothy James Baum-Dixon | Con | Anston Woodsetts | 2024 |
| Joshua Bacon | Con | Aston Todwick | 2024 |
| Sarah Ann Allen | Lab | Aston Todwick | 2024 |
| Lyndsay Pitchley | Lab | Aughton Swallownest | 2024 |
| Robert Paul Taylor | Lab | Aughton Swallownest | 2024 |
| Ashiq Hussain | Ind | Boston Castle | 2024 |
| Saghir Alam | Lab | Boston Castle | 2024 |
| Taiba Yasseen | Ind | Boston Castle | 2024 |
| Gregory Reynolds | Con | Bramley Ravenfield | 2024 |
| Liz Duncan | Lab | Bramley Ravenfield | 2024 |
Where revenue comes from.
Revenue mix is close to the councils (metropolitan_borough) median: 44% council tax, 42% central grants.
Source · MHCLG — Final LGFS 2025-26 Core Spending Power table · derived (CT exact; grants/rates split from SFA baseline)
Band-D bill.
| Council slice | £1,871 |
| County / upper-tier | £0 |
| Police | £265 |
| Fire & rescue | £90 |
| GLA precept | £0 |
| Parish average | £58 |
| Total Band-D | £2,283 |
Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish
Use the income slider on My place to see income tax, NI, VAT and council tax against your earnings.
How does Rotherham split its revenue across services, compared with peer councils (metropolitan_borough)-class councils? Each row is one of the ten standard service buckets. The vertical line at the centre is the cohort median share; the coloured square is where this council sits. Squares to the right of centre mean a bigger share of revenue than the median peer; to the left, a smaller share.
The subtitle on each row (“X% of net spend”) is what share of this council’s revenue goes to that service. The rank (“15 of 61”) is where this council sits within the cohort, sorted by that share descending. The delta (“+26% vs median”) is a relative reading: the council allocates 26% more of its revenue to that service than the median peer would. A small absolute difference can still be a big relative one.
Higher share doesn’t mean waste — it can reflect demographic need (more older residents), rurality, or a policy choice (e.g. keeping a service in-house). Lower share doesn’t mean efficiency — some councils move costs to fees, ringfenced accounts, or grants. £-per-head would be sharper than share-of-revenue; LAD population is pending ingest. Comparisons are within the same council type only.
Every invoice over £500, published under the Local Government Transparency Code. Best-effort, not statutory — counts and totals net negatives (refunds/reversals).
Top by total — last 180 days
| Supplier | Paid | Share | Pmts |
|---|---|---|---|
| MEARS LTD | £2.88m | 5.8% | 109 |
| BIFFA BDR LTD | £2.47m | 5.0% | 1 |
| EQUANS REGENERATION LTD | £2.01m | 4.1% | 118 |
| REDACTED | £1.97m | 4.0% | 1,692 |
| SOUTH YORKSHIRE MCA - POLICE | £1.68m | 3.4% | 3 |
| TRANSFORM SCHOOLS (ROTHERHAM) LTD | £1.63m | 3.3% | 8 |
| RAMSDENS SO | £1.09m | 2.2% | 1 |
| SOUTH YORKSHIRE MAYORAL | £0.99m | 2.0% | 2 |
| HENRY BOOT CONSTRUCTION LTD | £0.80m | 1.6% | 1 |
| VOYAGE 1 LTD | £0.70m | 1.4% | 54 |
By service area · top supplier
| Service | Top supplier | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Adult Social Care | MEARS LTD | £2.88m |
| Planning And Economic | BIFFA BDR LTD | £2.47m |
| Corporate And Central | SOUTH YORKSHIRE MCA - POLICE | £1.67m |
| Childrens Services | REDACTED | £0.86m |
| Constituency | Wards | % of council | Current MP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rotherham | 9 | 36% | Sarah Champion | Lab |
| Rother Valley | 9 | 36% | Jake Richards | Lab |
| Rawmarsh and Conisbrough | 7 | 28% | John Healey | Lab |
Sources, methods & last update
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (historic)
Core Spending Power table · 2025-26
vs 35 other councils (metropolitan_borough)
Police, Fire, Parish on top
13,212 payments · 5 Dec 2025 – 4 Feb 2026
2023 boundaries
Pending ingest at LAD level