2011 Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2011 Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council election was held on Thursday 5 May 2011 to elect 21 members to the Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council, the same day as other local elections in the United Kingdom. It elected one-third of the council's 63 members to a four-year term. Labour held control of the council after the election.^[1]

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2011 Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council election^[2]^[3]^[4]
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	20	3	95.2	33	53	84.1	39,823	54.2	9.8
	Conservative	1	2	4.8	7	8	12.7	15,798	21.5	1.3
	UKIP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	10,065	13.7	1.3
	Independent	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	3,604	4.9	4.9
	BNP	0		0.0	2	2	3.2	2,647	3.6	3.6
	Liberal Democrats	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,100	1.5	1.7
	TUSC	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	211	0.3	New
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	164	0.2	0.1
	John Lilburne Democratic Party	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	128	0.2	New

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Judith Dalton	1,562	40.2	4.7
	Conservative	Simon Edmundson	965	24.8	9.8
	Independent	Clive Jepson	462	11.9	New
	Independent	Stuart Thornton	406	10.5	New
	UKIP	Denise Hickson	326	8.4	12.1
	Green	Charles Foulstone	164	4.2	New
Majority			597	15.4	5.1
Total valid votes			3,885	43.6
Turnout				43.9
Registered electors			8,910
	Labour hold		Swing	2.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Wootton*	1,836	44.6	5.2
	Conservative	Ashiq Hussain	1,156	28.1	2.5
	UKIP	Harry Woffenden	606	14.7	6.5
	Liberal Democrats	Eric Shaw	303	7.4	10.2
	TUSC	Chris Bingham	211	5.1	New
Majority			680	16.5	2.7
Total valid votes			4,112	44.0
Turnout				44.3
Registered electors			9,347
	Labour hold		Swing	1.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Roddison	2,147	63.2	16.9
	Conservative	Michael Cooke	668	19.7	1.1
	BNP	Terry Fieldhouse	581	17.1	18.0
Majority			1,479	43.6	32.4
Total valid votes			3,396	37.7
Turnout				37.9
Registered electors			9,019
	Labour hold		Swing	7.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jane Havenhand*	1,725	52.7	5.5
	Conservative	Patricia Beighton	761	23.2	7.4
	Independent	David Smith	465	14.2	New
	UKIP	Martin Hickson	324	9.9	12.2
Majority			964	29.4	12.8
Total valid votes			3,275	35.2
Turnout				35.6
Registered electors			9,299
	Labour hold		Swing	6.5

2011 Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council election

Ward results

Anston and Woodsetts

Boston Castle

Brinsworth and Catcliffe

Dinnington

Hellaby

Holderness

Hoober

Keppel

Maltby

Rawmarsh

Rother Vale

Rotherham East

Rotherham West

Silverwood

Sitwell

Swinton

Valley

Wales

Wath

Wickersley

Wingfield

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jennifer Andrews	1,638	42.5	17.3
	Conservative	Brian Cutts*	1,550	40.2	6.5
	UKIP	Douglas Fairfax	664	17.2	2.7
Majority			88	2.3	N/A
Total valid votes			3,852	42.1
Turnout				42.7
Registered electors			9,153
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	11.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lyndsay Pitchley	2,450	69.2	6.9
	Conservative	Keith Hunter	1,089	30.8	6.9
Majority			1,361	38.5	13.9
Total valid votes			3,539	37.4
Turnout				38.2
Registered electors			9,453
	Labour hold		Swing	6.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jane Hamilton*	1,948	60.4	2.1
	UKIP	Michael Pallant	572	17.7	New
	Conservative	Brian Taylor	549	17.0	20.5
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Scutt	155	4.8	New
Majority			1,376	42.7	17.7
Total valid votes			3,224	36.0
Turnout				36.3
Registered electors			8,962
	Labour hold		Swing	9.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barry Kaye*	1,812	49.1	13.4
	UKIP	David Cutts	866	23.5	New
	Conservative	Michael Robinson	699	18.9	2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Janice Middleton	314	8.5	11.1
Majority			946	25.6	18.4
Total valid votes			3,691	39.8
Turnout				40.0
Registered electors			9,275
	Labour hold		Swing	5.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine Beaumont	1,881	59.2	30.3
	BNP	Michael Burke	388	12.2	10.1
	Independent	John Kirk	370	11.6	New
	Conservative	Derek Johnson	322	10.1	2.0
	Independent	Michael Conlon	215	6.8	New
Majority			1,493	47.0	N/A
Total valid votes			3,176	35.3
Turnout				35.7
Registered electors			8,994
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing	20.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Neil Hamilton*	1,911	60.6	3.9
	UKIP	Matthew Nichols	470	14.9	New
	Conservative	Matthew Nichols	446	14.1	21.4
	BNP	William Baldwin	327	10.4	New
Majority			1,441	45.7	16.7
Total valid votes			3,154	33.3
Turnout				33.5
Registered electors			9,461
	Labour hold		Swing	9.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Swift*	1,884	61.3	2.8
	Independent	David Ridgeway	628	20.4	New
	Conservative	Doris Hunter	562	18.3	3.5
Majority			1,256	40.9	4.2
Total valid votes			3,074	34.0
Turnout				34.4
Registered electors			9,039
	Labour hold		Swing	8.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barry Dodson*	1,951	64.1	10.2
	BNP	Matthew Stevenson	369	12.1	New
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Ilyas	328	10.8	9.2
	Conservative	Christian Kramer	269	8.8	3.8
	John Lilburne Democratic Party	Barry Ross	128	4.2	New
Majority			1,582	52.0	18.1
Total valid votes			3,045	33.9
Turnout				34.0
Registered electors			8,988
	Labour hold		Swing	1.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Foden*	2,130	61.9	16.6
	UKIP	Caven Vines	941	27.4	15.0
	Conservative	Anne Middleton	368	10.7	0.9
Majority			1,189	34.6	21.8
Total valid votes			3,439	37.4
Turnout				37.7
Registered electors			9,204
	Labour hold		Swing	0.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roger Stone*	1,700	48.2	12.4
	UKIP	John Wilkinson	1,079	30.6	New
	Conservative	Stephen Jones	750	21.3	7.3
Majority			621	17.6	10.4
Total valid votes			3,529	37.1
Turnout				37.4
Registered electors			9,502
	Labour hold		Swing	9.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Gilding*	1,899	43.3	7.8
	Labour	Tajamal Khan	1,545	35.3	10.2
	UKIP	Valerie Wilkinson	938	21.4	New
Majority			354	8.1	17.9
Total valid votes			4,382	46.5
Turnout				46.8
Registered electors			9,427
	Conservative hold		Swing	9.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Doyle*	2,135	62.4	10.3
	UKIP	Shaun O'Dell	823	24.1	1.5
	Conservative	Beryl Brown	463	13.5	8.8
Majority			1,312	38.4	11.9
Total valid votes			3,421	38.3
Turnout				38.4
Registered electors			8,939
	Labour hold		Swing	5.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Lakin*	2,034	64.8	19.6
	Conservative	Valerie Todd	639	20.3	1.2
	BNP	Jason Pearson	468	14.9	2.6
Majority			1,395	44.4	20.7
Total valid votes			3,141	35.0
Turnout				35.2
Registered electors			8,978
	Labour hold		Swing	10.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dominic Beck	2,089	54.3	29.0
	Conservative	Gillian Shaw	1,160	30.1	6.5
	UKIP	Dennis Flynn	600	15.6	New
Majority			929	24.1	N/A
Total valid votes			3,849	44.7
Turnout				45.0
Registered electors			8,613
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	17.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Sangster	2,080	59.1	4.9
	UKIP	Brian Bailey	917	26.0	New
	Conservative	Linda Higgins	524	14.9	21.1
Majority			1,163	33.0	5.0
Total valid votes			3,521	38.5
Turnout				38.9
Registered electors			9,135
	Labour hold		Swing	15.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher Read	1,717	44.8	4.7
	Independent	Robert Foulds	1,058	27.6	New
	Conservative	Donald Ross	596	15.6	17.5
	UKIP	Tina Dowdall	458	12.0	3.5
Majority			659	17.1	10.1
Total valid votes			3,829	41.6
Turnout				42.0
Registered electors			9,205
	Labour hold		Swing	11.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terence Sharman*	1,648	54.8	4.6
	BNP	Marlene Guest	514	17.1	13.7
	UKIP	Maureen Vines	481	16.0	New
	Conservative	Basil Hammond	363	12.1	6.9
Majority			1,134	37.7	18.3
Total valid votes			3,006	33.4
Turnout				33.6
Registered electors			8,993
	Labour hold		Swing	9.2

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