2024 Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council election

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2024 Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council election

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All 59 Seats to Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
30 seats needed for a majority
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Leader Chris Read Simon Ball None[a]
Party Labour Conservative Independent
Leader's seat Wickersley North Hellaby & Maltby
Last election 32 seats, 41.4% 20 seats, 28.4% 1 seat, 5.2%
Current seats 32 15 9
Seats needed Steady Increase 15 Increase 24

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Leader Adam Carter
Party Liberal Democrats
Last election 3 seats, 7.9%
Current seats 4
Seats needed Increase 26

Incumbent Leader

Chris Read
Labour



The 2024 Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council election will be held on Thursday 2 May 2024,[1] alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom, which are being held on the same day. It will elect all 59 councillors to the Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council for a four-year term, ending in 2028.[1]

Only 42 of the 59 sitting councillors are to contest the election. Of this number, 5 Labour councillors are contesting different seats to the ones they hold, with 1 Liberal Democrat incumbent also moving seats. In addition, 3 councillors elected for Labour at the last election are contesting their current seats as independents. This means that a maximum of 33 councillors can be returned at the election representing the same ward and party as previous.

Electoral process[edit]

The council elects its councillors every four years[2][3] The election will take place by first-past-the-post voting, with wards being represented by two or three councillors.

All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in Rotherham Borough aged 18 or over will be entitled to vote in the election. People who live at two addresses in different councils, such as university students with different term-time and holiday addresses, are entitled to be registered for and vote in elections in both local authorities. Voting in-person at polling stations will take place from 07:00 to 22:00 on election day, and voters will be able to apply for postal votes or proxy votes in advance of the election.

Previous council composition[edit]

After 2021 election Before 2024 election
Party Seats Party Seats
Labour 32 Labour 32
Conservative 20 Conservative 15
Independent 1 Independent 8
Liberal Democrats 3 Liberal Democrats 4
Rotherham Democratic Party 3 Rotherham Democratic Party 0

Ward Results[edit]

Source:[4][5]

Anston & Woodsetts[edit]

Anston & Woodsetts
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Timothy James Baum-Dixon* 1,325 39.6 -1.2
Liberal Democrats Drew Tarmey* 1,227 36.7 +9.2
Conservative John Michael Blackham 1,217 36.4 -0.3
Conservative Karen Smallwood 1,142 34.1 +6.2
Liberal Democrats Bev Thornley 1,023 30.6 +9.1
Labour Carol Stringer 745 22.3 -2.5
Liberal Democrats David Edward Wilson 743 22.2 +7.9
Labour Neelam Alam 712 21.3 +0.9
Labour Keith Stringer 681 20.4 +7.8
Independent Clive Robert Jepson 469 14.0 -6.2
Majority
Rejected ballots 9
Registered electors 9,361
Turnout 3,346 35.84
Conservative hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Aston & Todwick[edit]

Aston & Todwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joshua Bacon* 1,234 50.0 +4.4
Labour Sarah Ann Allen** 1,090 44.2 +6.8
Conservative Patricia Anita Collins 990 40.1 -2.3
Labour Geoff Frost 809 32.8 +0.4
Liberal Democrats Mark Lambert 259 10.5 +4.7
Majority
Rejected ballots 19
Registered electors 7,024
Turnout 2,466 35.38
Conservative hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Sarah Ann Allen was a sitting councillor for Greasbrough.

Aughton & Swallownest[edit]

Aughton & Swallownest
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lyndsay Pitchley* 879 45.9 +0.4
Labour Robert Paul Taylor* 730 38.2 +10.2
Conservative Caden James Ben Lunness 587 30.7 -6.4
Independent Nigel Short 435 22.7 N/A
Reform UK Linda Denise Elsey 285 14.9 N/A
Green George Robinson 185 9.7 N/A
Liberal Democrats Paul Stephen Lindley 106 5.5 -0.5
TUSC Paul Marshall 56 2.9 N/A
Majority
Rejected ballots 5
Registered electors 6,556
Turnout 1,913 29.26
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Boston Castle[edit]

Boston Castle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Taiba Yasseen* 1,389 37.3 -4.8
Independent Ashiq Hussain 1,166 31.3 N/A
Labour Saghir Alam* 1,126 30.2 -18.1
Labour Jeanette Mallinder 986 26.5 -21.8
Labour Fakhri Saleh 729 19.6 -22.5
Green Aaliya Malik 693 18.6 N/A
Green Tony Mabbott 656 17.6 N/A
Conservative Tina Kumar 477 12.8 -15.5
Independent Sam Lilleker 449 12.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Cheryl Lynn Jones 365 9.8 -2.7
Conservative Piyush Satyawadi 341 9.2 N/A
Conservative Anurag Singh 341 9.2 N/A
Independent Mohammed Ramzan 328 8.8 N/A
Independent Phil Potholes 328 8.8 N/A
TUSC Chris Bingham 221 5.9 -0.7
Majority
Rejected ballots 25
Registered electors 10,252
Turnout 3,723 36.56
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing

Bramley & Ravenfield[edit]

Bramley & Ravenfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gregory Reynolds* 910 41.6 -8.7
Labour Liz Duncan 875 40.0 +16.5
Conservative Lewis Lennard Henry Malcolm Mills* 844 38.5 -1.2
Labour John Stewart Woodland 703 32.1 +8.8
Green Russell Fred Oxley 269 12.3 -3.4
Liberal Democrats Frances Jane Taylor 233 10.6 +4.8
Majority
Turnout 2,190 31.12
Conservative hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Brinsworth[edit]

Brinsworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Adam Jonathon Carter* 1,190 55.8 -0.1
Liberal Democrats Charlotte Rachel Carter* 1,114 52.3 +6.3
Labour Samuel David Jackson 667 31.3 -0.9
Labour David John Roche** 369 17.3 -0.3
Green James Ian Crowe 267 12.5 N/A
Conservative Alexander Neal Hall 161 7.6 -7.0
Conservative Graham Frederick Penn 148 6.9 N/A
Majority
Turnout 2,131 28.72
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

David John Roche was a sitting councillor for Hoober

Dalton & Thrybergh[edit]

Dalton & Thrybergh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Michael Bennett-Sylvester* 830 50.1 -12.4
Independent Jodie Ryalls 628 37.9 N/A
Labour Cora Lancashire 527 31.8 +2.8
Labour Carol Spencer 491 29.6 +5.1
Conservative Penny Kay 116 7.0 -15.5
Conservative Paul Stables 77 4.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Jane Watson 69 4.2 -2.4
Majority
Turnout 1,657 23.97
Independent hold Swing
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Dinnington[edit]

Dinnington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Julz Hall* 1,397 44.9 +3.5
Conservative Sophie Dack* 1,252 40.2 +9.6
Labour Amanda Marie Clarke 1,196 38.4 +9.3
Labour Marshall Anthony Mellor 1,131 36.3 +10.4
Conservative Benjamin John Whomersley* 1,120 36.0 +2.7
Labour John Vjestica 1,009 32.4 +5.5
Green Ian David Barkley 372 12.0 +0.5
Independent Simon Andrew Tweed 306 9.8 N/A
Reform UK Tony Harrison 305 9.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Matt Mears 190 6.1 -4.2
Majority
Turnout 3,112 33.30
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Greasbrough[edit]

Greasbrough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Linda Beresford 636 47.4 +11.2
Independent Rob Elliott* 616 45.9 +10.3
Labour Sonia Blake 508 37.9 +11.4
Conservative Julia Helen Mitchell 138 10.3 -19.3
Conservative Wendy Singleton 128 9.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats Donna Moseley 85 6.3 +1.6
Majority
Turnout 1,341 22.94
Labour hold Swing
Independent gain from Rotherham Democratic Party Swing

Hellaby & Maltby West[edit]

Hellaby & Maltby West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Simon Ashley Ball* 994 47.4 -8.1
Conservative Lynda Jayne Stables 911 43.5 +5.2
Labour Jenny Andrews* 863 41.2 +1.3
Labour Fiona Ozyer-Key 697 33.3 +6.6
Reform UK Daviyd Franckeiss 232 11.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Ken Barber 113 5.4 +1.0
Majority
Turnout 2,096 33.91
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Hoober[edit]

Hoober
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Denise Lelliott* 1,347 66.0 +20.9
Labour John Williams 1,240 60.8 +18.8
Labour Rajmund Edwin Brent 980 48.0 +11.7
Conservative Charles Ball 350 17.1 -19.2
Green Thomas Walter Hill 343 16.8 +6.2
Conservative Val Ball 341 16.7 -15.9
Conservative Michael Edwin Dennis 298 14.6 -15.4
Liberal Democrats Steve Scutt 259 12.7 +7.0
Majority
Turnout 2,041 21.49
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Keppel[edit]

Keppel
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gill Garnett 1,179 42.6 +2.2
Labour Carole Foster* 1,092 39.4 +1.9
Independent Sid Currie 1,068 38.6 N/A
Labour Richard Hall 892 32.2 +6.9
Independent Neil Mark Collett 634 22.9 N/A
Yorkshire Peter Robert Key 406 14.7 -0.3
Conservative Elizabeth Millicent Currey 378 13.7 -17.1
Conservative Nicholas Charles Townrow 352 12.7 N/A
Green Sylvia June Williams 352 12.7 N/A
Conservative Kim Lesley Rodgers 331 12.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Khoulod Ghanem 151 5.5 -3.4
TUSC Tom Lynn 67 2.4 N/A
Majority
Turnout 2,769 26.50
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Independent gain from Rotherham Democratic Party Swing

Kilnhurst & Swinton East[edit]

Kilnhurst & Swinton East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Victoria Cusworth* 1,046 67.1 +6.9
Labour Nigel Harper* 957 61.4 +8.2
Conservative Aaron Barker 294 18.9 -13.2
Conservative Anthony Paul Wiseman 244 15.7 N/A
Liberal Democrats John Richard Gelder 150 9.6 +2.8
Majority
Turnout 1,559 24.98
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Maltby East[edit]

Maltby East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Donna Sutton 796 47.6 +15.5
Conservative Adam James Tinsley* 751 44.9 +7.0
Labour John Andrew Webster 698 41.8 +18.8
Conservative Lee James Hunter* 664 39.7 +2.9
Liberal Democrats Margaret Eileen Towler 85 5.1 +2.6
Majority
Turnout 1,671 26.06
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Rawmarsh East[edit]

Rawmarsh East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dave Sheppard* 825 59.7 +11.8
Labour Rachel Hughes* 707 51.1 +10.0
Yorkshire David Atkinson 343 24.8 N/A
Conservative Wendy Susan Birch 186 13.4 -17.8
Conservative Valerie Michele Wightman 126 9.1 N/A
Green Emily Rose West 118 8.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats Elaine Dawson 72 5.2 -2.6
Majority
Turnout 1,383 20.45
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Rawmarsh West[edit]

Rawmarsh West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joanna Baker-Rogers 945 65.0 +19.7
Labour Brian Steele 742 51.0 +18.4
Conservative Natalie Thomas Stafford 323 22.2 -14.3
Conservative Robert Race 293 20.2 N/A
TUSC William Mark Price 184 12.7 +10.3
Liberal Democrats Tom Sturgess 120 8.3 +0.5
Majority
Turnout 1,454 21.89
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Rotherham East[edit]

Rotherham East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Angham Ahmed 1,072 44.1 -10.6
Labour Haroon Rashid 1,037 42.7 -1.2
Labour Rukhsana Bibi Haleem* 1,001 41.2 +0.2
Green Richard Penycate 725 29.8 +11.5
Independent Kath Reeder 507 20.9 +6.7
Conservative Donna Marie Green 400 16.5 -9.2
Conservative Geoffrey Mark Downs 380 15.6 N/A
Conservative Nadia Meharban 227 9.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Aaban Mudassir Shah 262 10.8 -0.6
Majority
Turnout 2,430 23.84
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Rotherham West[edit]

Rotherham West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Ian Paul Jones* 1,495 50.9 +11.2
Labour Eve Rose Keenan* 939 32.0 -0.2
Labour Cameron McKiernan 779 26.5 -9.7
Labour Tajamal Khan** 693 23.6 -8.4
Green Richard Mills 571 19.4 N/A
Independent Mohammad Ashiq 562 19.1 N/A
Independent Ishtiaq Ahmed 454 15.5 +7.6
Conservative Barrie Marsh 268 9.1 N/A
Conservative Pamela Ethel Freeman-Keel 248 8.4 N/A
Conservative Ruth Pauline Marsh 234 8.0 -11.7
Liberal Democrats Firas Miro** 227 7.7 +1.5
Majority
Turnout 2,936 30.31
Independent gain from Rotherham Democratic Party Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Tajamal Khan was a sitting councillor for Rotherham East

Firas Miro was a sitting councillor for Rother Vale

Rother Vale[edit]

Rother Vale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Terry Adair 841 45.1 +11.3
Labour Jamie Baggaley 840 45.1 +16.8
Liberal Democrats Tony Hoult 617 33.1 -4.9
Liberal Democrats Liam O'Sullivan 553 29.7 +0.9
Conservative Julie Thorp 208 11.2 -11.3
Conservative Suman Thullimalli 153 8.2 -12.4
TUSC Neil Adshead 146 7.8 +3.8
Majority
Turnout 1,864 26.52
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour hold Swing

Sitwell[edit]

Sitwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Frank Fisher* 1,357 36.1 +0.7
Conservative Paul Stewart Thorp 1,186 31.6 -4.9
Independent Mick Bower 1,145 30.5 +4.3
Conservative Paul Jonathan Freeman-Keel 1,023 27.2 +1.2
Labour Mike Calton 1,019 27.1 +0.5
Labour David Neil Spence 971 25.8 +1.8
Labour Sachin Tammewar 765 20.4 -3.0
Green Mahmood Hussain 588 15.6 +4.3
Reform UK Allen Cowles 519 13.8 -4.7
Reform UK John Turner 461 12.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Colin David Taylor 443 11.8 ±0.0
Reform UK Gavin Shawcroft 307 8.2 -0.8
Majority
Turnout 3,759 38.96
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Swinton Rockingham[edit]

Swinton Rockingham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gina Monk* 1,028 67.4 +6.5
Labour Chris Read** 1,018 66.8 +11.9
Conservative David Leslie Harrison Le Neve 264 17.3 -15.1
Conservative Simon Anthony Webb 234 15.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Linda Read 125 8.2 +1.8
Majority
Turnout 1,525 25.19
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Chris Read was a sitting councillor for Wickersley North

Thurcroft & Wickersley South[edit]

Thurcroft & Wickersley South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Ryan Collingham* 1,300 58.6 +12.7
Conservative Zachary Aron Collingham* 1,163 52.4 +6.9
Labour Jean Marion Akid 742 33.5 +7.6
Labour Abdul Rashid 414 18.7 -3.3
Liberal Democrats Pat Tarmey 223 10.1 +4.8
Majority
Turnout 2,218 29.59
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Wales[edit]

Wales
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Dominic Edward Beck* 1,184 49.8 +0.9
Independent Marnie Anne Havard* 873 36.7 +2.4
Conservative Cheryl Terese Barton 671 28.2 -4.4
Conservative Jodie Leigh Nicholson 547 23.0 -9.3
Labour Janet Law 533 22.4 -26.5
Labour Bob Walsh 397 16.7 -17.6
Green Paul Neville Martin 177 7.4 -10.3
Liberal Democrats Oliver Boddye 84 3.5 +0.2
Majority
Turnout 2,376 33.60
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Wath[edit]

Wath
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sheila Cowen* 928 58.1 +10.8
Labour Dave Jackson 814 51.0 -0.9
SDP Michael Chambers 345 21.6 +6.2
Liberal Democrats Ingrid Mary Frances House 218 13.7 +3.3
Conservative Louise Fiona Burnett 201 12.6 -16.3
Conservative Simon Lee Burnett 189 11.8 N/A
Majority
Turnout 1,596 24.11
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Wickersley North[edit]

Wickersley North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Jonathon Mault 1,273 51.9 +8.6
Labour Lynda Marshall 1,177 48.0 +8.5
Labour Stuart Knight 1,116 45.5 +7.2
Conservative Andrew Matthew Gorman 493 20.1 -10.7
Green Shelagh Mary Garside 485 19.8 N/A
Conservative Kenneth Rooney Marshall 478 19.5 +3.3
Independent Alan Derek Napper 472 19.2 N/A
Conservative Marilyn Marshall 470 19.2 N/A
Liberal Democrats Julie Elizabeth Read 244 9.9 +1.6
Majority
Turnout 2,454 26.85
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ 6 councillors sit as Independents and 2 councillors sit as Independent Conservatives.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Elections in Rotherham". Rotherham Council. Archived from the original on 30 December 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Local government structure and elections". GOV.UK. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Election Timetable in England" (PDF).
  4. ^ "ELECTIONS NOTICES - STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED". Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  5. ^ Mitchell, Adam. "Borough Election Results: 3 May 2024". Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 5 May 2024.