Rotherham council election, 2024

02/05/2024 · 25 wards · 59 seats contested

Most seats
33
Labour Party
Seats contested
59
across 25 wards
Turnout
28.4%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour Party 33 +1 51,002 42.8% +1.5
Conservative and Unionist Party 13 -7 32,475 27.3% -1.2
Independent 10 +9 15,438 13.0% +7.8
Liberal Democrats 3 +0 10,550 8.9% +1.0
Green Party 0 +0 5,801 4.9% +1.5
Reform UK 0 +0 2,109 1.8% —
Yorkshire Party 0 +0 749 0.6% -0.1
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 0 +0 674 0.6% +0.1
Social Democratic Party 0 +0 345 0.3% -0.3
Rotherham Democratic Party 0 -3 0 — —

Changes are against the previous council election on 06/05/2021. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 59
Labour Party 59
Conservative and Unionist Party 58
Liberal Democrats 29
Independent 21
Green Party 14
Reform UK 6
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 5
Yorkshire Party 2
Social Democratic Party 1

A party standing a full slate could field 59 candidates, one per seat.

Results by ward

Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.

Anston & Woodsetts 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Timothy James Baum-Dixon Elected 1,325 39.6% +13.5
Liberal Democrats Drew Tarmey Elected 1,227 36.7% -1.9
Conservative and Unionist Party John Michael Blackham Elected 1,217 36.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Karen Smallwood 1,142 34.1% —
Liberal Democrats Bev Thornley 1,023 30.6% —
Labour Party Carol Stringer 745 22.3% +2.0
Liberal Democrats David Edward Wilson 743 22.2% —
Labour Party Neelam Alam 712 21.3% —
Labour Party Keith Stringer 681 20.4% —
Independent Clive Robert Jepson 469 14.0% +6.8
Majority75
Turnout36.0%
Registered electors9,319
Ballots cast3,346

Conservative and Unionist Party hold · Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Aston & Todwick 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Joshua Bacon Elected 1,234 50.0% +4.2
Labour Party Sarah Ann Allen Elected 1,090 44.2% +6.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Patricia Anita Collins 990 40.1% —
Labour Party Geoff Frost 809 32.8% —
Liberal Democrats Mark Lambert 259 10.5% +4.6
Majority100
Turnout35.0%
Registered electors7,100
Ballots cast2,466

Conservative and Unionist Party hold · Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Aughton & Swallownest 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Lyndsay Pitchley Elected 879 45.9% -3.8
Labour Party Robert Paul Taylor Elected 730 38.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Caden James Ben Lunness 587 30.7% -7.6
Independent Nigel Short 435 22.7% —
Reform UK Linda Denise Elsey 285 14.9% —
Green Party George Robinson 185 9.7% +5.1
Liberal Democrats Paul Stephen Lindley 106 5.5% +4.5
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Paul Marshall 56 2.9% +0.5
Majority143
Turnout29.0%
Registered electors6,614
Ballots cast1,913

Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Labour Party hold

Boston Castle 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Taiba Yasseen Elected 1,389 37.3% —
Independent Ashiq Hussain Elected 1,166 31.3% —
Labour Party Saghir Alam Elected 1,126 30.2% -18.4
Labour Party Jeanette Mallinder 986 26.5% —
Labour Party Fakhri Saleh 729 19.6% —
Green Party Aaliya Malik 693 18.6% —
Green Party Tony Mabbott 656 17.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Tina Kumar 477 12.8% -15.6
Independent Sam Lilleker 449 12.1% —
Liberal Democrats Cheryl Lynn Jones 365 9.8% -2.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Anurag Singh 341 9.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Piyush Satyawadi 341 9.2% —
Independent Mohammed Ramzan 328 8.8% —
Independent Phil Potholes 328 8.8% —
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Chris Bingham 221 5.9% -0.7
Majority140
Turnout37.0%
Registered electors10,130
Ballots cast3,723

Independent gain from Labour Party · Independent gain from Labour Party · Labour Party hold

Bramley & Ravenfield 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Gregory Reynolds Elected 910 41.6% -7.9
Labour Party Liz Duncan Elected 875 40.0% +16.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Lewis Lennard Henrey Malcolm Mills 844 38.5% —
Labour Party John Stewart Woodland 703 32.1% —
Green Party Russell Fred Oxley 269 12.3% -3.5
Liberal Democrats Frances Jane Taylor 233 10.6% +4.8
Majority31
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors7,094
Ballots cast2,190

Conservative and Unionist Party hold · Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Brinsworth 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Adam Jonathon Carter Elected 1,190 55.8% -0.3
Liberal Democrats Charlotte Rachel Carter Elected 1,114 52.3% —
Labour Party Samuel David Jackson 667 31.3% -1.0
Labour Party David John Roche 369 17.3% —
Green Party James Ian Crowe 267 12.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Alexander Neal Hall 161 7.6% -7.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Graham Frederick Penn 148 6.9% —
Majority447
Turnout29.0%
Registered electors7,403
Ballots cast2,131

Liberal Democrats hold

Dalton & Thrybergh 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Michael Bennett-Sylvester Elected 930 56.1% -6.5
Independent Jodie Ryalls Elected 628 37.9% —
Labour Party Cora Lancashire 527 31.8% +2.7
Labour Party Carol Spencer 491 29.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Penny Kay 116 7.0% -15.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul Stables 77 4.6% —
Liberal Democrats Jane Watson 69 4.2% -2.5
Majority101
Turnout24.0%
Registered electors6,933
Ballots cast1,657

Independent gain from Labour Party · Independent hold

Dinnington 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Julz Hall Elected 1,397 44.9% +2.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Sophie Dack Elected 1,252 40.2% —
Labour Party Amanda Marie Clarke Elected 1,196 38.4% +5.5
Labour Party Marshall Anthony Mellor 1,131 36.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Benjamin John Whomersley 1,120 36.0% —
Labour Party John Vjestica 1,009 32.4% —
Green Party Ian Barkley 372 12.0% +9.6
Independent Simon Andrew Tweed 306 9.8% +2.0
Reform UK Tony Harrison 305 9.8% +7.4
Liberal Democrats Matt Mears 190 6.1% -4.4
Majority65
Turnout33.0%
Registered electors9,458
Ballots cast3,112

Conservative and Unionist Party hold · Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Greasbrough 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Linda Beresford Elected 636 47.4% +11.1
Independent Rob Elliott Elected 616 45.9% —
Labour Party Sonia Blake 508 37.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Julia Helen Mitchell 138 10.3% -19.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Wendy Singleton 128 9.5% —
Liberal Democrats Donna Moseley 85 6.3% +1.6
Majority108
Turnout23.0%
Registered electors5,870
Ballots cast1,341

Labour Party hold · Independent gain from Rotherham Democratic Party

Hellaby & Maltby West 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Simon Ashley Ball Elected 994 47.4% -8.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Lynda Jayne Stables Elected 911 43.5% —
Labour Party Jenny Andrews 863 41.2% +1.1
Labour Party Fiona Ozyer-Key 697 33.3% —
Reform UK Daviyd Franckeiss 232 11.1% —
Liberal Democrats Ken Barber 113 5.4% +1.0
Majority48
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors6,194
Ballots cast2,096

Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Labour Party · Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Hoober 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Denise Lelliott Elected 1,347 66.0% +20.6
Labour Party John Williams Elected 1,240 60.8% —
Labour Party Rajmund Edwin Brent Elected 980 48.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Charles Ball 350 17.1% -19.4
Green Party Tom Hill 343 16.8% +6.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Val Ball 341 16.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Michael Edwin Dennis 298 14.6% —
Liberal Democrats Steve Scutt 259 12.7% +6.9
Majority630
Turnout21.0%
Registered electors9,810
Ballots cast2,041

Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Labour Party hold

Keppel 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Gill Garnett Elected 1,179 42.6% +6.5
Labour Party Carole Foster Elected 1,092 39.4% —
Independent Sid Currie Elected 1,068 38.6% +20.1
Labour Party Richard Hall 892 32.2% —
Independent Neil Mark Collett 634 22.9% —
Yorkshire Party Peter Key 406 14.7% -0.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Elizabeth Millicent Currey 378 13.7% +7.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Nicholas Charles Townrow 352 12.7% —
Green Party Sylvia June Williams 352 12.7% +9.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Kim Lesley Rodgers 331 12.0% —
Liberal Democrats Khoulod Ghanem 151 5.5% -16.1
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Tom Lynn 67 2.4% —
Majority176
Turnout26.0%
Registered electors10,700
Ballots cast2,769

Labour Party hold · Independent gain from Rotherham Democratic Party

Kilnhurst & Swinton East 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Victoria Cusworth Elected 1,046 67.1% +2.5
Labour Party Nigel Harper Elected 957 61.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Aaron Barker 294 18.9% -4.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Anthony Paul Wiseman 244 15.7% —
Liberal Democrats John Richard Gelder 150 9.6% +7.2
Majority663
Turnout25.0%
Registered electors6,304
Ballots cast1,559

Labour Party hold

Maltby East 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Donna Sutton Elected 796 47.6% +15.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Adam James Tinsley Elected 751 44.9% +6.9
Labour Party John Andrew Webster 698 41.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Lee James Hunter 664 39.7% —
Liberal Democrats Margaret Eileen Towler 85 5.1% +2.6
Majority53
Turnout26.0%
Registered electors6,485
Ballots cast1,671

Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Rawmarsh East 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Dave Sheppard Elected 825 59.7% +11.6
Labour Party Rachel Hughes Elected 707 51.1% —
Yorkshire Party David Atkinson 343 24.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Wendy Susan Birch 186 13.4% -17.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Valerie Michele Wightman 126 9.1% —
Green Party Emily Rose West 118 8.5% —
Liberal Democrats Elaine Dawson 72 5.2% -2.7
Majority364
Turnout20.0%
Registered electors6,985
Ballots cast1,383

Labour Party hold

Rawmarsh West 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Joanna Baker-Rogers Elected 945 65.0% +19.3
Labour Party Brian Steele Elected 742 51.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Natalie Thomas Stafford 323 22.2% -14.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Robert Race 293 20.2% —
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition William Mark Price 184 12.7% +10.3
Liberal Democrats Tom Sturgess 120 8.3% +0.4
Majority419
Turnout22.0%
Registered electors6,727
Ballots cast1,454

Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Labour Party hold

Rother Vale 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Terry Adair Elected 841 45.1% +11.2
Labour Party Jamie Baggaley Elected 840 45.1% —
Liberal Democrats Tony Hoult 617 33.1% -5.0
Liberal Democrats Liam O'Sullivan 553 29.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Julie Thorp 208 11.2% -11.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Suman Thullimalli 153 8.2% —
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Neil Adshead 146 7.8% +3.8
Majority223
Turnout27.0%
Registered electors6,967
Ballots cast1,864

Labour Party gain from Liberal Democrats · Labour Party hold

Rotherham East 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Angham Ahmed Elected 1,072 44.1% -11.2
Labour Party Haroon Rashid Elected 1,037 42.7% —
Labour Party Rukhsana Bibi Haleem Elected 1,001 41.2% —
Green Party Richard Penycate 725 29.8% +11.3
Independent Kath Reeder 507 20.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Donna Marie Green 400 16.5% -9.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Geoffrey Mark Downs 380 15.6% —
Liberal Democrats Aaban Mudassir Shah 262 10.8% -0.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Nadia Meharban 227 9.3% —
Majority276
Turnout24.0%
Registered electors10,208
Ballots cast2,430

Labour Party hold

Rotherham West 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Ian Paul Jones Elected 1,495 50.9% +25.4
Labour Party Eve Rose Keenan Elected 939 32.0% -4.5
Labour Party Cameron McKiernan Elected 779 26.5% —
Labour Party Tajamal Khan 693 23.6% —
Green Party Richard Mills 571 19.4% —
Independent Mohammad Ashiq 562 19.1% —
Independent Ishtiaq Ahmad 454 15.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Barrie Marsh 268 9.1% -10.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Pamela Ethel Freeman-Keel 248 8.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ruth Pauline Marsh 234 8.0% —
Liberal Democrats Firas Miro 227 7.7% +1.5
Majority86
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors9,837
Ballots cast2,936

Labour Party hold · Independent gain from Rotherham Democratic Party

Sitwell 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party David Frank Fisher Elected 1,357 36.1% -0.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul Stewart Thorp Elected 1,186 31.6% —
Independent Mick Bower Elected 1,145 30.5% +4.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul Jonathan Freeman-Keel 1,023 27.2% —
Labour Party Mike Calton 1,019 27.1% +0.3
Labour Party David Neil Spence 971 25.8% —
Labour Party Sachin Tammewar 765 20.4% —
Green Party Mahmood Hussain 588 15.6% +4.3
Reform UK Allen Cowles 519 13.8% —
Reform UK John Turner 461 12.3% —
Liberal Democrats Colin David Taylor 443 11.8% -0.1
Reform UK Gavin Shawcroft 307 8.2% —
Majority122
Turnout39.0%
Registered electors9,649
Ballots cast3,759

Conservative and Unionist Party hold · Independent gain from Labour Party

Swinton Rockingham 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Gina Monk Elected 1,028 67.5% +6.4
Labour Party Chris Read Elected 1,018 66.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party David Leslie Harrison le Neve 264 17.3% -15.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Simon Anthony Webb 234 15.4% —
Liberal Democrats Linda Read 125 8.2% +1.8
Majority754
Turnout25.0%
Registered electors6,184
Ballots cast1,522

Labour Party hold

Thurcroft & Wickersley South 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Thomas Ryan Collingham Elected 1,300 58.6% +12.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Zachary Aron Collingham Elected 1,163 52.4% —
Labour Party Jean Marion Akid 742 33.5% +7.5
Labour Party Abdul Rashid 414 18.7% —
Liberal Democrats Pat Tarmey 223 10.1% +4.7
Majority421
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors7,453
Ballots cast2,218

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Wales 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Dominic Edward Beck Elected 1,184 49.8% +44.7
Independent Marnie Anne Havard Elected 873 36.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Cheryl Terese Barton 671 28.2% -4.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Jodie Leigh Nicholson 547 23.0% —
Labour Party Janet Law 533 22.4% -26.7
Labour Party Bob Walsh 397 16.7% —
Green Party Paul Neville Martin 177 7.4% -10.4
Liberal Democrats Oliver Boddye 84 3.5% +0.2
Majority202
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors7,021
Ballots cast2,376

Independent gain from Labour Party · Independent gain from Labour Party

Wath 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Sheila Cowen Elected 928 58.1% +5.8
Labour Party Dave Jackson Elected 814 51.0% —
Social Democratic Party Michael Chambers 345 21.6% +6.1
Liberal Democrats Ingrid Mary Frances House 218 13.7% +3.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Louise Fiona Burnett 201 12.6% -16.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Simon Lee Burnett 189 11.8% —
Majority469
Turnout24.0%
Registered electors6,708
Ballots cast1,596

Labour Party hold

Wickersley North 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party James Jonathon Mault Elected 1,273 51.9% +2.8
Labour Party Lynda Marshall Elected 1,177 48.0% —
Labour Party Stuart Knight Elected 1,116 45.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Andrew Matthew Gorman 493 20.1% -14.8
Green Party Shelagh Mary Garside 485 19.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Kenneth Rooney Marshall 478 19.5% —
Independent Alan Derek Napper 472 19.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Marilyn Marshall 470 19.2% —
Liberal Democrats Julie Elizabeth Read 244 9.9% +0.5
Majority623
Turnout27.0%
Registered electors9,152
Ballots cast2,454

Labour Party hold

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