Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council elections

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is the local authority for Rotherham in South Yorkshire, England. The council is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, 63 councillors have been elected from 21 wards.^[1]

As part of the government's response to the Rotherham sexual abuses scandal, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Eric Pickles made an order under the Local Government Act 2000 to switch Rotherham council to holding all-out elections in 2016 and then every fourth year after (the boundaries were not changed).^[2] Until then, Rotherham was elected 'in thirds' like other Metropolitan Boroughs, with a third of the council being elected in 3 years out of every 4-year cycle.

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Party		Votes	%
	Labour	1,015	90.7
	Conservative	104	9.3
Majority		911	81.4
Turnout		1,019
	Labour hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	894	70.8	−12.7
	Independent	213	16.9	+16.9
	Conservative	155	12.3	+12.3
Majority		681	53.9
Turnout		1,262	10.8
	Labour hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%
	Labour	818	77.8
	Conservative	233	22.2
Majority		585	55.6
Turnout		1,051
	Labour hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	774	81.7	+13.9
	Liberal Democrats	94	9.9	−7.9
	Conservative	67	7.1	−4.7
	Independent	12	1.3	−1.2
Majority		680	71.8
Turnout		947	13.5
	Labour hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	759	48.0	−8.7
	Conservative	349	22.1	+1.5
	Liberal Democrats	331	20.9	+6.0
	Socialist	107	6.8	−1.0
	Democrat Party	35	2.2	+2.2
Majority		410	25.9
Turnout		1,581
	Labour hold	Swing

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council elections

Council elections

Results maps

By-election results

1994-1998

1998-2002

2002-2006

2006-2010

2010-2014

2016-2021

2021-2024

2024-2028

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Daniel Evans	323	32.8	−11.3
	Liberal Democrats		272	27.6	+7.1
	Conservative		196	19.9	+7.6
	Independent		193	19.6	+19.6
Majority			51	5.2
Turnout			984	24.0
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	554	44.5	−8.1
	Liberal Democrats	538	43.2	+11.9
	Conservative	102	8.2	−7.9
	Independent	51	4.1	+4.1
Majority		16	1.3
Turnout		1,245	15.7
	Labour hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	575	64.0	−6.1
	Liberal Democrats	100	11.1	+1.7
	Conservative	89	9.9	−1.2
	Independent	78	8.7	+8.7
	Green	57	6.3	−3.1
Majority		475	52.9
Turnout		899	14.8
	Labour hold	Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Foden	1,024	44.3	+3.8
	BNP	Marlene Guest	606	26.2	+26.2
	Independent	Caven Vines	538	23.2	−15.0
	Conservative	Christopher Middleton	146	6.3	+6.3
Majority			418	18.1
Turnout			2,314	26.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Simon Currie	781	43.8	−1.5
	BNP	Carol Myers	348	19.5	+2.0
	Independent	James Wilson	308	17.3	+17.3
	Conservative	Connor Swift	197	11.0	−10.4
	Liberal Democrats	Eric Shaw	150	8.4	−7.4
Majority			433	24.3
Turnout			1,784	19.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chris McMahon	871	31.1	−4.8
	Conservative	Donald Ross	824	29.5	−9.4
	BNP	Jon Round	538	19.2	+19.2
	UKIP	Tina Dowdall	373	13.3	−11.9
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Scutt	191	6.8	+6.8
Majority			47	1.6
Turnout			2,797	30.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UKIP	Caven Vines	1,143	46.5
	Labour	Lisa Marie Wright	1,039	42.3
	Conservative	Martyn Lawton Parker	107	4.4
	BNP	William George Baldwin	80	3.3
	TUSC	Andrew Tony Gray	61	2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Meharban	28	1.1
Majority			104	4.2
Turnout			2,458	25.7
	UKIP gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Vjestica	670	36.1	3.9
	UKIP	Lee Hunter	303	16.3	14.1
	Conservative	Christopher Middleton	238	12.8	12.8
	Independent	David Smith	232	12.5	12.8
	Independent	Jean Hart	180	9.7	9.7
	Independent	Scott Steven	81	4.4	4.4
	Green	Charles Foulstone	78	4.2	7.9
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Thornley	75	4.0	4.0
Majority			367	19.8
Turnout			1,857
	Labour gain from UKIP		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Carter	2,000	66.0	50.4
	Labour	Shabana Ahmed	519	17.1	26.2
	UKIP	Steven Webster	389	12.8	16.4
	Conservative	John Oliver	91	3.0	3.0
	Green	Rebecca Whyman	30	1.0	1.0
Majority			1,481	48.9
Turnout			3,029
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Drew Simon Tarmey	1,016	38.6	+11.1
	Conservative	Adrian John Knight	686	26.1	−1.8
	Labour	Simon Andrew Tweed	533	20.3	−0.1
	Independent	Clive Robert Jepson	189	7.2	−13.0
	Independent	Jonathan Charles Ireland	118	4.5	−10.2
	Green	Charles David Dowsing Foulstone	63	2.4	−7.9
	Yorkshire	Christopher Michael Whitwood	20	0.8	New
	Rotherham Democratic Party	Allen Cowles	6	0.2	New
Majority			330	12.5	N/A
Turnout			2,634	28.02	−10.41
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Aughton and Swallownest by-election 9 December 2021^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Paul Taylor	645	50.8	+22.8
	Conservative	Julia Helen Mitchell	496	39.1	+2.0
	Green	Louisa Kathryn Barker	59	4.6	New
	Yorkshire	Jack Bannan	35	2.8	New
	TUSC	Paul Marshall	32	2.5	New
	Rotherham Democratic Party	Gavin Peter Shawcroft	15	1.2	−17.8
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Lambert	14	1.1	−4.9
Majority			149	11.7	N/A
Turnout			1,299	19.94	−7.22
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Keppel by-election 27 January 2023
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carole Ann Foster	745	36.1	+10.8
	Liberal Democrats	Khoulod Ghanem	445	21.6	+12.7
	Independent	Sid Currie	381	18.5	New
	Yorkshire	Peter Robert Key	314	15.2	+0.2
	Conservative	Mohammed Osman Suleman	119	5.8	−25.0
	Green	Paul Neville Martin	59	2.9	New
Majority
Turnout			2,067	19.94	−8.44
	Labour gain from Rotherham Democratic Party		Swing

Dinnington by-election 13 July 2023^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julz Hall	1,064	42.7	+6.5
	Labour	John Vjestica	820	32.9	+7.4
	Liberal Democrats	Matt Mears	262	10.5	+1.4
	Independent	Dave Smith	196	7.9	−11.3
	Reform	Tony Harrison	61	2.4	+2.4
	Green	Paul Martin	59	2.4	−7.7
	Yorkshire	Peter Key	28	1.1	+1.1
Majority			244	9.8
Turnout			2,490
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kilnhurst and Swinton East by-election 2 November 2023^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nigel Harper	810	64.6	+7.1
	Conservative	Patricia Collins	293	23.4	−7.3
	Reform	Adam Wood	58	4.6	+4.6
	Yorkshire	Peter Key	38	3.0	+3.0
	Liberal Democrats	John Gelder	30	2.4	−4.1
	Green	Paul Martin	25	2.0	+2.0
Majority			517	41.2
Turnout			1,254
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Reform	Tony Harrison	1,160	40.3
	Independent	Neil Collett	801	27.8
	Labour	Kieran Bold	558	19.4
	Conservative	Lewis Mills	105	3.6
	Yorkshire	Peter Key	100	3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Khoulod Ghanem	80	2.8
	Green	Tony Mabbott	77	2.7
Majority			359	12.5
Turnout			2,881
	Reform gain from Labour		Swing