2024 Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council election

2024 Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council election
All 59 Seats to Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council; 30 seats needed for a majority
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]

Anston & Woodsetts[edit]

Anston & Woodsetts
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Neelam Alam
	Conservative	Timothy James Baum-Dixon*
	Conservative	John Michael Blackham
	Independent	Clive Robert Jepson
	Conservative	Karen Smallwood
	Labour	Carol Stringer
	Labour	Keith Stringer
	Liberal Democrats	Drew Tarmey*
	Liberal Democrats	Bev Thornley
	Liberal Democrats	David Edward Wilson
Majority
Turnout
			Swing
			Swing
			Swing

Aston & Todwick[edit]

Aston & Todwick
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Sarah Ann Allen**
	Conservative	Joshua Bacon*
	Conservative	Patricia Anita Collins
	Labour	Geoff Frost
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Lambert
Majority
Turnout
			Swing
			Swing

Sarah Ann Allen was a sitting councillor for Greasbrough.

Aughton & Swallownest[edit]

Aughton & Swallownest
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Reform UK	Linda Denise Elsey
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Stephen Lindley
	Conservative	Caden James Ben Lunness
	TUSC	Paul Marshall
	Labour	Lyndsay Pitchley*
	Green	George Robinson
	Independent	Nigel Short
	Labour	Robert Paul Taylor*
Majority
Turnout
			Swing
			Swing

Boston Castle[edit]

Boston Castle
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Saghir Alam*
	TUSC	Chris Bingham
	Independent	Ashiq Hussain
	Liberal Democrats	Cheryl Lynn Jones
	Conservative	Tina Kumar
	Independent	Sam Lilleker
	Green	Tony Mabbott
	Green	Aaliya Malik
	Labour	Jeanette Mallinder
	Independent	Phil Potholes
	Independent	Mohammed Ramzan
	Labour	Fakhri Saleh
	Conservative	Piyush Satyawadi
	Conservative	Anurag Singh
	Independent	Taiba Yasseen*
Majority
Turnout
			Swing
			Swing
			Swing

Bramley & Ravenfield[edit]

Bramley & Ravenfield
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Liz Duncan
	Conservative	Lewis Lennard Henry Malcolm Mills*
	Green	Russell Fred Oxley
	Conservative	Gregory Reynolds*
	Liberal Democrats	Frances Jane Taylor
	Labour	John Stewart Woodland
Majority
Turnout
			Swing
			Swing

Brinsworth[edit]

Brinsworth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Jonathon Carter*
	Liberal Democrats	Charlotte Rachel Carter*
	Green	James Ian Crowe
	Conservative	Alexander Neal Hall
	Labour	Samuel David Jackson
	Conservative	Graham Frederick Penn
	Labour	David John Roche**
Majority
Turnout
			Swing
			Swing

David John Roche was a sitting councillor for Hoober

Dalton & Thrybergh[edit]

Dalton & Thrybergh
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Michael Bennett-Sylvester*
	Conservative	Penny Kay
	Labour	Cora Lancashire
	Independent	Jodie Ryalls
	Labour	Carol Spencer
	Conservative	Paul Stables
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Watson
Majority
Turnout
			Swing
			Swing

Dinnington[edit]

Dinnington
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Green	Ian David Barkley
	Labour	Amanda Marie Clarke
	Conservative	Sophie Dack*
	Conservative	Julz Hall*
	Reform UK	Tony Harrison
	Liberal Democrats	Matt Mears
	Labour	Marshall Anthony Mellor
	Independent	Simon Andrew Tweed
	Labour	John Vjestica
	Conservative	Benjamin John Whomersley*
Majority
Turnout
			Swing
			Swing
			Swing

Greasbrough[edit]

Greasbrough
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Linda Beresford
	Labour	Sonia Blake
	Independent	Rob Elliott*
	Conservative	Julia Helen Mitchell
	Liberal Democrats	Donna Moseley
	Conservative	Wendy Singleton
Majority
Turnout
			Swing
			Swing

Hellaby & Maltby West[edit]

Hellaby & Maltby West
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Jenny Andrews*
	Conservative	Simon Ashley Ball*
	Liberal Democrats	Ken Barber
	Reform UK	Daviyd Franckeiss
	Labour	Fiona Ozyer-Key
	Conservative	Lynda Jayne Stables
Majority
Turnout
			Swing
			Swing

Hoober[edit]

Hoober
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles Ball
	Conservative	Val Ball
	Labour	Rajmund Edwin Brent
	Conservative	Michael Edwin Dennis
	Green	Thomas Walter Hill
	Labour	Denise Lelliott*
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Scutt
	Labour	John Williams
Majority
Turnout
			Swing
			Swing
			Swing

Keppel[edit]

Keppel
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Neil Mark Collett
	Conservative	Elizabeth Millicent Currey
	Independent	Sid Currie
	Labour	Carole Foster*
	Labour	Gill Garnett
	Liberal Democrats	Khoulod Ghanem
	Labour	Richard Hall
	Yorkshire	Peter Robert Key
	TUSC	Tom Lynn
	Conservative	Kim Lesley Rodgers
	Conservative	Nicholas Charles Townrow
	Green	Sylvia June Williams
Majority
Turnout
			Swing
			Swing
			Swing

Kilnhurst & Swinton East[edit]

Kilnhurst & Swinton East
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Aaron Barker
	Labour	Victoria Cusworth*
	Liberal Democrats	John Richard Gelder
	Labour	Nigel Harper*
	Conservative	Anthony Paul Wiseman
Majority
Turnout
			Swing
			Swing

Maltby East[edit]

Maltby East
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Lee James Hunter*
	Labour	Donna Sutton
	Conservative	Adam James Tinsley*
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Eileen Towler
	Labour	John Andrew Webster
Majority
Turnout
			Swing
			Swing

Rawmarsh East[edit]

Rawmarsh East
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Yorkshire	David Atkinson
	Conservative	Wendy Susan Birch
	Liberal Democrats	Elaine Dawson
	Labour	Rachel Hughes*
	Labour	Dave Sheppard*
	Green	Emily Rose West
	Conservative	Valerie Michele Wightman
Majority
Turnout
			Swing
			Swing

Rawmarsh West[edit]

Rawmarsh West
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Joanna Baker-Rogers
	TUSC	William Mark Price
	Conservative	Robert Race
	Conservative	Natalie Thomas Stafford
	Labour	Brian Steele
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Sturgess
Majority
Turnout
			Swing
			Swing

Rotherham East[edit]

Rotherham East
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Angham Ahmed
	Conservative	Geoffrey Mark Downs
	Conservative	Donna Marie Green
	Labour	Rukhsana Bibi Haleem*
	Conservative	Nadia Meharban
	Green	Richard Penycate
	Labour	Haroon Rashid
	Independent	Kath Reeder
	Liberal Democrats	Aaban Mudassir Shah
Majority
Turnout
			Swing
			Swing
			Swing

Rotherham West[edit]

Rotherham West
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Ishtiaq Ahmed
	Independent	Mohammad Ashiq
	Conservative	Pamela Ethel Freeman-Keel
	Independent	Ian Paul Jones*
	Labour	Eve Rose Keenan*
	Labour	Tajamal Khan**
	Conservative	Barrie Marsh
	Conservative	Ruth Pauline Marsh
	Labour	Cameron McKiernan
	Green	Richard Mills
	Liberal Democrats	Firas Miro**
Majority
Turnout
			Swing
			Swing
			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
	TUSC	Neil Adshead
	Labour	Jamie Baggaley
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Hoult
	Liberal Democrats	Liam O'Sullivan
	Conservative	Julie Thorp
	Conservative	Suman Thullimalli
Majority
Turnout
			Swing
			Swing

Sitwell[edit]

Sitwell
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Mick Bower
	Labour	Mike Calton
	Reform UK	Allen Cowles
	Conservative	David Frank Fisher*
	Conservative	Paul Jonathan Freeman-Keel
	Green	Mahmood Hussain
	Reform UK	Gavin Shawcroft
	Labour	David Neil Spence
	Labour	Sachin Tammewar
	Liberal Democrats	Colin David Taylor
	Conservative	Paul Stewart Thorp
	Reform UK	John Turner
Majority
Turnout
			Swing
			Swing
			Swing

Swinton Rockingham[edit]

Swinton Rockingham
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	David Leslie Harrison Le Neve
	Labour	Gina Monk*
	Labour	Chris Read**
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Read
	Conservative	Simon Anthony Webb
Majority
Turnout
			Swing
			Swing

Chris Read was a sitting councillor for Wickersley North

Thurcroft & Wickersley South[edit]

Thurcroft & Wickersley South
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Jean Marion Akid
	Conservative	Thomas Ryan Collingham*
	Conservative	Zachary Aron Collingham*
	Labour	Abdul Rashid
	Liberal Democrats	Pat Tarmey
Majority
Turnout
			Swing
			Swing

Wales[edit]

Wales
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Cheryl Terese Barton
	Independent	Dominic Edward Beck*
	Liberal Democrats	Oliver Boddye
	Independent	Marnie Anne Havard*
	Labour	Janet Law
	Green	Paul Neville Martin
	Conservative	Jodie Leigh Nicholson
	Labour	Bob Walsh
Majority
Turnout
			Swing
			Swing

Wath[edit]

Wath
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Louise Fiona Burnett
	Conservative	Simon Lee Burnett
	SDP	Michael Chambers
	Labour	Sheila Cowen*
	Liberal Democrats	Ingrid Mary Frances House
	Labour	Dave Jackson
Majority
Turnout
			Swing
			Swing

Wickersley North[edit]

Wickersley North
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Green	Shelagh Mary Garside
	Conservative	Andrew Matthew Gorman
	Labour	Stuart Knight
	Conservative	Kenneth Rooney Marshall
	Labour	Lynda Marshall
	Conservative	Marilyn Marshall
	Labour	James Jonathon Mault
	Independent	Alan Derek Napper
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Elizabeth Read
Majority
Turnout
			Swing
			Swing
			Swing

Notes[edit]

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

References[edit]

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

[1] 6 councillors sit as Independents and 2 councillors sit as Independent Conservatives.

[:0-2] "Elections in Rotherham". Rotherham Council. Archived from the original on 30 December 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2023.

[3] "Local government structure and elections". GOV.UK. Retrieved 27 April 2018.

[4] "Election Timetable in England" (PDF).

[5] "ELECTIONS NOTICES - STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED". Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 9 April 2024.

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