2021 Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election

2021 Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election
All 55 seats to Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council; 28 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of the 2021 Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election.
Council control before election; Labour;	Council control after election ; Labour;

The 2021 Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2021 as part of the 2021 local elections in the United Kingdom.^[1] All 55 councillors were elected from 21 wards which return either two or three councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office.

The election of the Mayor of Doncaster also took place on the same day.

[1]

	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	40	0	3	3	72.7	40.2	26,986	2.7
Conservative	11	4	0	4	20.0	31.3	21,015	6.7
Green	0	0	0		0.0	13.0	8,712	9.1
Independent	0	0	2	2	0.0	6.3	4,255	1.5
Mexborough First	3	0	0		5.5	2.5	1,673	0.5
Liberal Democrats	0	0	0		0.0	2.3	1,548	1.3
Yorkshire	0	0	0		0.0	2.1	1,382	3.2
Edlington and Warmsworth First	1	1	0	1	1.8	1.2	778	1.2
TUSC	0	0	0		0.0	0.7	461	0.4
Reform UK	0	0	0		0.0	0.3	207	0.3
SDP	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	100	0.1
UKIP	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	–	14.3

43	7	3	2
Labour	Conservative	MF	I

40	11	3	1
Labour	Conservative	MF	E

Ward	Councillors	Prior to election
Adwick-Le-Street and Carcroft	3	3x Labour
Armthorpe	3	3x Labour
Balby South	2	2x Labour
Bentley	3	3x Labour
Bessacarr	3	2x Conservative, 1x Labour
Conisbrough	3	3x Labour
Edenthorpe & Kirk Sandall	2	2x Labour
Edlington & Warmsworth	2	2x Labour
Finningley	3	3x Conservative
Hatfield	3	3x Labour
Hexthorpe & Balby North	2	2x Labour
Mexborough	3	3x Mexborough First
Norton & Askern	3	2x Labour, 1x Conservative
Roman Ridge	2	2x Labour
Rossington & Bawtry	3	2x Labour, 1x Independent
Sprotbrough	2	2x Conservative
Stainforth & Barnby Dun	2	1x Labour, 1x Conservative
Thorne & Moorends	3	3x Labour
Tickhill & Wadworth	2	1x Independent, 1x Conservative
Town	3	3x Labour
Wheatley Hills & Intake	3	3x Labour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sarah Diane Smith	1,467	54.3	−0.1
	Labour	Debbie Hutchinson	1,457	53.9	+6.9
	Labour	John Mounsey*	1,379	51.0	−2.6
	Conservative	Peter John Ransome	586	21.7	+5.4
	Conservative	Charles Terence John Bluff	532	19.7	New
	Conservative	Kevin Kerrigan	472	17.5	New
	Green	Vanessa Aradia Myatt	304	11.2	New
Turnout			2,703	22.98	−2.22
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2021 Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election

Council composition

Wards

Results by ward

Adwick-Le-Street and Carcroft

Armthorpe

Balby South

Bentley

Bessacarr

Conisbrough

Edenthorpe & Kirk Sandall

Edlington & Warmsworth

Finningley

Hatfield

Hexthorpe & Balby North

Mexborough

Norton & Askern

Roman Ridge

Rossington & Bawtry

Sprotbrough

Stainforth & Barnby Dun

Thorne & Moorends

Tickhill & Wadworth

Town

Wheatley Hills & Intake

By-elections

Wheatley Hills & Intake

Rossington & Bawtry

References

Related Articles

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Aimee Louise Dickson	1,306	46.1	−5.3
	Labour	Tim Needham	1,219	43.1	−3.3
	Labour	Sue Knowles	1,216	43.0	−2.6
	Conservative	Kathleen Margaret Beard	1,026	36.2	+8.9
	Conservative	Ann Nadin Martin	878	31.0	New
	Green	Mark Gray	507	17.9	+6.5
	Conservative	Janet Sanderson	427	15.1	New
Turnout			2,831	26.01	−0.59
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Patrick Joseph Healy*	895	47.1	+8.7
	Labour	Tracey Ann Moran	811	42.6	−6.2
	Conservative	Susan Davies	693	36.4	New
	Conservative	John Thomas Papworth	431	22.7	−10.1
	Green	Lynette Chipp	228	12.0	+1.9
Turnout			1,902	26.63	−1.47
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Vernon Church	1,461	49.2	−0.2
	Labour	Charlie Hogarth*	1,327	44.7	−6.1
	Labour	Jane Nightingale*	1,265	42.6	−3.5
	Conservative	Louise Margaret Emery	744	25.0	−0.4
	Conservative	Peter Anthony Ellison	741	24.9	+0.4
	Conservative	Dave Glover	713	24.0	New
	Green	Dawn Longley	454	15.3	+7.1
	Green	Michelle Elise Newton-Carline	291	9.8	−2.3
	TUSC	Scott Middleton	210	7.1	+1.9
Turnout			2,972	23.03	−2.97
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nick Allen*	1,808	43.6	+6.7
	Conservative	Laura Samantha Bluff	1,615	39.0	+11.1
	Labour	Majid Khan*	1,583	38.2	+8.4
	Conservative	James Paul Goff	1,437	34.7	+8.2
	Labour	Neil Gethin*	1,380	33.3	+2.3
	Labour	Lauren Barbara Hogg	1,199	28.9	−0.7
	Green	Monty Cuthbert	885	21.4	+16.0
	Green	Veronica Jane Maxwell	386	9.3	+5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Giulia Savini	263	6.3	−3.5
Turnout			4,143	35.44	+1.04
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lani-Mae Ball*	2,126	69.3	+19.1
	Labour	Nigel Ball*	2,102	68.5	+13.0
	Labour	Ian Pearson*	1,560	50.8	−0.1
	Conservative	Christine Yvonne Allen	610	19.9	−2.4
	Conservative	Jacqueline Isaacs	403	13.1	New
	Green	Matthew Grant Wood	256	8.3	New
	TUSC	Lee Trow	251	8.2	New
	Conservative	Doreen Woodhouse	167	5.4	New
Turnout			3,069	25.23	−0.07
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Andrew Nevett*	1,078	43.4	−0.2
	Labour	Andrea Robinson*	1,065	42.8	+3.6
	Conservative	Jason Colin Carruthers	848	34.1	+7.8
	Conservative	Julia Elizabeth Gibbons	810	32.6	+7.7
	Green	Fiona Wilson	355	14.3	New
	Liberal Democrats	Kieron Anthony Franks	149	6.0	New
Turnout			2,486	31.66	−2.04
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Phil Cole*	1,002	41.3	−9.5
	Edlington and Warmsworth First	Rob Reid	778	32.0	*New*
	Labour	Kirsty Lenham	739	30.4	−25.8
	Edlinton and Warmsworth First	Keri Anderson	666	27.4	New
	Conservative	Joe George	583	24.0	−5.5
	Conservative	Carol Greenhalgh	386	15.9	New
	Green	Toby William Crane	137	5.6	New
Turnout			2,429	27.75	+0.35
	Labour hold		Swing
	Edlington and Warmsworth First gain from Labour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Allan Jones*	2,458	52.0	−3.9
	Conservative	Jane Margaret Cox*	2,188	46.3	−15.0
	Conservative	Steve Cox*	2,056	43.5	−13.2
	Labour	Sue Lister	1,267	26.8	−1.4
	Labour	Paul Stephen Caunce	990	20.9	−7.0
	Labour	Rob Dennis	849	18.0	−6.8
	Green	Harrison Balme	780	16.5	New
	Liberal Democrats	Joshua Brignall-Morley	351	7.4	New
Turnout			4,729	34.27	+1.27
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Linda Mary Curran*	1,197	36.0	−1.7
	Labour	Duncan Charles John Anderson*	1,100	33.1	−1.6
	Labour	Glynis Smith	1,091	32.8	+0.9
	Conservative	Emma Adams	1,064	32.0	+6.5
	Independent	Mick Glynn	826	24.9	−5.7
	Independent	Jessie Jamieson Credland	825	24.8	−0.3
	Conservative	Olivia Essem	777	23.4	New
	Independent	Mark Steven Broadhurst	685	20.6	New
	Conservative	Neil Saran Srivastava	641	19.3	New
	Green	Rob Nicholas	216	6.5	New
Turnout			3,322	28.87	− 1.03
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Glyn Allen Jones*	951	53.6	−5.9
	Labour	Sophie Liu	535	30.1	−15.4
	Conservative	Liz Jones	503	28.3	+5.7
	Independent	Chris Nowak	332	18.7	New
	Green	Angela Curtis	277	15.6	New
	Independent	Tina Reid	126	7.1	New
Turnout			1,775	22.05	−2.85
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Mexborough (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Mexborough First	Sean Michael Gibbons*	1,673	60.2	−9.7
	Mexborough First	Bev Chapman*	1,639	59.0	−5.7
	Mexborough First	Andy Pickering*	1,611	57.9	−14.1
	Labour	Malcolm Gamble	797	28.7	+6.3
	Labour	Tony Rawlings	426	15.3	−5.9
	Labour	Mick Muddiman	418	15.0	+2.7
	Conservative	Rory Francis Wood Forester	197	7.1	+2.0
	Conservative	Teresa Mary Robson Glynn	191	6.9	New
	Conservative	Colin Matthew Pinder	188	6.8	New
	Green	Ann Jackson Gilbert	110	4.0	New
Turnout			2,780	23.89	−3.71
	Mexborough First hold		Swing
	Mexborough First hold		Swing
	Mexborough First hold		Swing

Norton & Askern (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Austen William White*	1,502	41.5	−3.3
	Labour	Iris Beech*	1,467	40.6	−6.0
	Conservative	Thomas Michael Noon	1,459	40.3	+9.6
	Labour	Harry James Fisher	915	25.3	−16.2
	Conservative	Sean Poulter	896	24.8	New
	Conservative	John Whiteside	847	23.4	New
	Independent	Frank Jackson	658	18.2	−3.3
	Green	Alison Mary Briggs	603	16.7	New
	No Description	Simon Epton	495	13.7	New
Turnout			3,616	31.30	−0.50
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Roman Ridge (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leanne Hempshall	1,055	42.4	−11.5
	Labour	Julie Grace	899	36.1	−11.1
	Conservative	David Edward Clayton	647	26.0	−5.9
	Green	Tony Nicholson	506	20.3	+5.1
	Green	Kate Needham	489	19.6	+4.6
	Conservative	Danielle Jo Smith	378	15.2	New
	Reform UK	Howard Bruce Rimmer	207	8.3	New
Turnout			2,490	29.17	−1.03
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Rossington & Bawtry (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rachael Blake*	1,999	50.8	+2.1
	Labour	Bob Anderson	1,794	45.6	+5.6
	Labour	Barry Johnson	1,414	35.9	−0.6
	Independent	John Nolan Cooke*	1,147	29.1	−14.8
	Conservative	Julie Anne Kong	878	22.3	−5.5
	Conservative	Mike Angus	877	22.3	New
	Independent	Clive Graham Stone	573	14.6	−10.4
	Conservative	Patrick Musami	564	14.3	New
	Green	Han Haydn	335	8.5	New
Turnout			3,935	28.95	+0.35
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cynthia Anne Ransome*	1,521	46.8	−6.9
	Conservative	Glenn Karl Bluff	1,124	34.6	−8.8
	Labour	David Holland	1,008	31.0	−5.0
	Green	Jonathan Blundell Wood*	710	21.8	New
	Labour	Philip Allan Doherty	651	20.0	−4.3
	Green	Fiona Dorothy Patricia Cahill	552	17.0	+0.9
	SDP	Laura Jane McHardy	100	3.1	New
Turnout			3,252	36.75	+1.05
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sue Farmer	678	32.3	−18.1
	Conservative	Gary Stapleton	663	31.5	−4.1
	Conservative	Steven James Ratcliffe	619	29.4	New
	Labour	Lee Michael Pitcher	486	23.1	−13.4
	No Description	Ken Keegan*	374	17.8	−32.6
	Independent	Anne Lesley Sylvester	272	12.9	New
	Yorkshire	Rosemarie Squires	208	9.9	New
	Yorkshire	George Derx*	202	9.6	−26.9
	Green	Richard Needham	157	7.5	New
	No Description	Neil James Wood	47	2.2	New
Turnout			2,102	28.71	+0.91
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Jane Durant*	1,649	49.7	−3.2
	Labour	Mark Stuart Houlbrook*	1,534	46.2	−3.3
	Labour	Joe Blackham*	1,238	37.3	−9.8
	Conservative	Paul David Tonge	970	29.2	+16.9
	No Description	Martin Williams	918	27.7	−2.4
	Conservative	James Norman Aitken	674	20.3	New
	Conservative	Tracey Wheeler	611	19.6	New
	Green	Gwyn Ap Harri	537	16.2	New
Turnout			3,318	24.89	−4.91
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Cannings*	2,032	64.9	+20.3
	Conservative	Martin Damian Greenhalgh*	1,332	42.5	+11.0
	Labour	Phyllis Cowden	740	23.6	−0.3
	Labour	Louis Joseph Jackson	633	20.2	−1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Michael Smith	277	8.8	−2.8
	Green	Helen Hopkins	253	8.1	New
	Green	Kay Goddard	226	7.2	−3.0
Turnout			3,131	35.60	N/C
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gemma Louise Cobby	1,768	50.2	+0.4
	Labour	Dave Shaw*	1,430	40.6	−3.3
	Labour	Jake David Kearsley	1,340	38.1	−7.5
	Conservative	Molly Whiteside	793	22.5	−4.9
	Conservative	Dene Anthony Flannigan	783	22.2	New
	Conservative	Reuben Glynn	726	20.6	New
	Green	Julie Buckley	725	20.6	+3.2
	Yorkshire	Chris Whitwood	521	14.8	−27.9
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Paul Snelling	276	7.8	New
Turnout			3,520	25.86	−3.84
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Daniel Steven Barwell	1,457	43.8	−10.8
	Labour	Jane Kidd*	1,445	43.5	−7.3
	Labour	Emma Michelle Muddiman-Rawlins	1,287	38.7	−5.3
	Conservative	Roy John Penketh	932	28.0	+2.5
	Conservative	Mark Parkinson	727	21.9	−4.5
	Conservative	Nic Davison	660	19.8	New
	Yorkshire	Andy Budden	653	19.6	−1.3
	Green	Julie Margaret Blount	377	11.3	New
	Green	Jennifer Joanne Rozenfelds	305	9.2	New
	Liberal Democrats	Dean Peter Southall	232	7.0	New
Turnout			3,325	25.96	−1.24
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Yetunde Elebuibon	827	46.0	+2.2
Conservative	Angus Michael Lindsay	419	23.3	−4.7
Yorkshire	Andy Budden	356	19.8	+0.2
Green	Jennifer Joanne Rozenfelds	135	7.5	−3.8
Liberal Democrats	Dean Peter Southall	60	3.3	−3.7
Labour hold		Swing

	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Ken Guest	1,467	56.7	+5.9
Conservative	Carol Greenhalgh	492	19.0	−3.3
Independent	John Nolan Cooke	461	17.8	−11.3
Reform UK	Surjit Singh Duhre	168	6.5	New
Labour hold		Swing

v t e Council elections in South Yorkshire
Barnsley	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Doncaster	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2017 2021 2025
Rotherham	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2021 2024
Sheffield	1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1945 1946 1947 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
South Yorkshire CC	1973 1977 1981 Abolished
West Riding CC	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 Abolished
Metro Mayor	2018 2022 2024
See also: Wards Boundary changes