Rother District Council

The District is served by 38 Councillors representing 20 Wards and elections of the Council are held every four years. The last District and Parish elections were held in May 2011.

The current political composition of the Council is as follows:

Details of all the Councillors can be found from the list on the left.  A Councillor list showing all the contact details and political affiliation can be found under the related downloads column on the left together with Councillor Attendance Statistics for the current civic year.  If you do not know who your local Councillor(s) is/are then you may care to use the locator map accessed by clicking on Wards from the 'Related Pages' menu to the right where you will also find links to the current Chairman, Leader of the Council and the Leaders of the minority Groups.

• Charter for Member Development (CfMD)
• Councillor Surgeries
• Councillors' Registrable Interests

Charter for Member Development (CfMD)

Rother District Council is committed to developing its elected Members in order to assist the Council in achieving its aims and priorities in accordance with the Corporate Plan.  Member development and training is a joint commitment between officers and elected Members and by working in partnership, appropriate investment in relevant training and development will be identified and resourced.

•  Member Development and Training Policy - Statement of Intent [WORD] [112kb]
•  Member Training and Development Strategy [WORD] [122kb]

At Rother we value our elected Members and ensure that they are all given equal opportunity to develop their knowledge and learn new skills.  This enables them to promote partnership working and community engagement in order to become effective Ward Councillors and lead a modern and progressive District Council of the future.

The Council has received recognition of its' commitment and work in this area by being awarded the South East Employers' Charter for Member Development for a second time in September 2011.  We have a dedicated budget for Member training and development and identify training and development needs of Members through a needs assessment process, conducted bi-annually.  Following this a Member Training and Development Programme is put in place to meet the identified needs.

Members who are elected to serve Rother District Council have confidence that they are elected to a Council that values them as individuals and is actively encouraging a partnership approach to training and development.  This ensures that the Council continues to provide high quality services to the residents of Rother and the successful delivery of the Corporate Plan.

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Councillor Surgeries

A number of Councillors hold regular surgeries, which amongst other things, enables Councillors to meet their constituents, help solve people's problems, discuss the impact of Council policies on the area and be an effective advocate for the people and communities they represent.  To find out when and where your local Ward Councillor holds their surgery please contact them direct by using the list on the left of this page, if you already know your Ward Councillor.  If you are not aware of your Ward Councillor please use the locator map accessed by clicking on Wards from the 'Related Pages' menu to the right of this text.

If you would like to have a meeting with your Local Ward Councillor please use the link to the right of this page to complete and return on line or alternatively you can download, complete and send to Democratic Services, Rother District Council, Town Hall, Bexhill on Sea, East Sussex TN39 3JX.

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Councillors' Registrable Interests

Councillors are required to register their financial and other interests within 28 days of their election or appointment to office. These details are held on a register maintained by the Council's Monitoring Officer.

Information they are required to provide includes:

• membership of bodies on which they have a position of general control or management and to which they have been appointed or nominated by the Authority;
• employment or business carried on by them;
• any person or body who employs or has appointed them;
• any person, other than a relevant Authority (e.g. a County, District, Parish or Town Council or Police or Fire Authority) who has made a payment to them in respect of their election or any expenses incurred by them in carrying out their duties;
• any contract for goods, services or works made between the Authority, the Member or a firm in which they are a partner, a company of which they are a remunerated director, or a person or body of the description specified in paragraph 6;
• any person from whom they have received a gift or hospitality with an estimated value of at least £25 in the last three years;
• land in the Authority's area in which they have a beneficial interest.

Within 28 days of becoming aware of any change to the interests registered, Councillors are also required to provide written notification to the Council's Monitoring Officer of the change.

A full list of registrable interests is available to read in the Members' Code of Conduct contained within the Constitution.

• View a Councillor's registrable interests - see under 'Related Pages' (right).

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