Standards committee

The Standards Committee exists to ensure that Members of the Borough, Town and Parish Councils maintain the high standard of conduct that is expected of them. The Committee is made up of eight Independent Members (including the Chairman and Vice-Chairman), four Borough Councillors and three parish council representatives.

The current Standards Committee membership is:

Independent members

Mr M. Andrew (Chairman)

Mr Andrew has extensive experience of local government, including with the Borough Council for whom he worked until 16 years ago. He is a former Member of the Standards Committees at both the British Standards Institute and the National House Building Council. He was formerly a School Governor, and was a member of the Yorkshire Electricity Consultative Council. He is a Magistrate on the Rotherham bench.

Mrs A. Bingham (Vice-Chairman)

Mrs Bingham currently works as a self-employed research/management consultant and is a former higher executive officer at the Telephone Managers Office in Sheffield. She has previously served on the Parochial Church Council at All Saints, Rotherham, was a Trustee of Rotherham Crossroads and until recently acted in a voluntary capacity as a Director of Rotherham Community Resource Programme and formerly represented the voluntary sector on Rotherham's Children and Young People's Board. From November 2006 - 2009 she served as Chair of the Steering Committee of Risky Business. She is currently an Independent Member of the Standards Committees of West Yorkshire Police Authority and South Yorkshire Police Authority, South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority and South Yorkshire Integrated Transport Authority.

Mr I. Daines

Mr Daines was an Assistant Chief Constable with South Yorkshire Police and retired in December 2006. As well as membership of this committee, he is a member of the General Social Care Council (GSCC); he chairs hearings into allegations of misconduct by social workers. The Standards Committee and the GSCC absorb about 35 days a year, leaving plenty of time to enjoy retirement.

Mr P. E. Edler

Mr Edler has recently retired from BT, where he was Clerk of Works, having worked there for 30 years. He served on the Post Office Engineering Unions Sheffield Committee from 1982 to 1992. For four of those years he was the union's welfare officer and three years as the union's magazine editor. He was a representative for the Sheffield POEU at two POEU Conferences. Mr Edler now works as a teaching assistant in Sheffield schools.

Mr D. Foster

Mr Foster is currently a business consultant specialising in all aspects of learning and development. He works with a number of organisations in the public and private sectors, to develop assessment and feedback practice against a variety of standards. Prior to this he served as a police officer for almost 31 years reaching the rank of Inspector. He has considerable committee experience including membership of the Yorkshire and Humberside Crimestoppers Committee.

Dr G. Musson

Dr Musson is a senior research and teaching academic in Human Resource Management at Sheffield University Management School. She was formerly employed as an officer of the Council in a variety of roles, and as Clerk to Brinsworth Parish Council for ten years. She is a former member of Wickersley Comprehensive School Governing Body and former Non-Executive Member of Rotherham Health Authority.

Ms J. Porter

Ms Porter was born and brought up in Rotherham and has recently retired, having worked in Rotherham hospitals for the previous 30 years. During that time she was a member of working groups on nursing procedures and the hospital's Standards Committee, in which role she helped to develop that service from the beginning. She is currently working in her local hospice shop part-time.

Mr N. Sykes

Mr Sykes was a research scientist and worked for some years for British Rail, he then became a founder director of a private sector company developing software products in the field of mechanical engineering. He is a magistrate, a lay member of the GMC and NMC Fitness to Practice Panels, Deputy Chair of the Consumer Council for Water Northern Committee and a member of the North Sheffield NHS Research Ethics Committee.

Please Note: If you wish to contact any of the Independent Members, please send your correspondence to the Principal Business Support Officer at the Town Hall, Rotherham, and this will be passed on accordingly.

Elected members

Councillor John Gilding

Councillor Alan Buckley

Councillor Christopher Middleton

Parish council representatives

Councillor D. Bates - Thrybergh Parish Council

Councillor Bates is a member of Thrybergh Parish Council. He is also a Lay Member of the Sheffield Employment Tribunal and a retired school teacher.

Councillor J. Sharman - Aston-cum-Aughton Parish Council

Parish Council representatives are chosen by ballot among the Town and Parish Councils within the Borough.

One Vacancy

Rotherham Parish and Town Councils website

Last update: 11/07/2011