Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council elections

One third of Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council in South Yorkshire, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. The council also has a directly elected mayor since 2001.

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[1]

Party in control	Years
Labour	1973 - 2004
No overall control	2004 - 2010
Labour	2010–present

Council elections

Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1998
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1999
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2000
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2002
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2003
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2004 (whole council elected after boundary changes)^[2]
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2006
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2007
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2008
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2010
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2011
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2012
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2014
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2015

Elected mayor

Main article: Directly elected mayor of Doncaster

Mayoral referendum

On 20 September 2001 Doncaster held a referendum on introducing a directly elected mayor. The result saw 35,453 (65%) vote in favour, while 19,398 (35%) opposed, on a turnout of 25%.^[3]

Elected Mayor

Labour 2001 - 2008
Independent 2008
English Democrats 2009 - 2013
Independent 2013
Labour 2013-

Mayoral elections

Doncaster Council mayoral election, 2001
Doncaster Council mayoral election, 2005
Doncaster Council mayoral election, 2009

By-election results

1998-2003

Stainforth By-Election 12 February 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		1,330	55.9	+45.2
	Labour		1,048	44.1	-27.3
Majority			282	11.8
Turnout			2,378	19.7
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Rossington By-Election 27 August 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Rossington Independent		538	30.2	+11.4
	Labour		533	30.0	+3.5
	Independent		456	25.6	-17.8
	Conservative		129	7.3	+0.1
	Independent		80	4.5	+4.5
	Liberal Democrat		43	2.4	+2.4
Majority			5	0.2
Turnout			1,779	18.0
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Adwick By-Election 3 September 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,071	51.6
	Liberal Democrat		614	29.5
	Conservative		390	18.7
Majority			457	22.1
Turnout			2,075	17.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Wheatley By-Election 3 September 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		941	45.0
	Liberal Democrat		859	41.1
	Conservative		290	13.8
Majority			82	3.9
Turnout			2,090	24.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Adwick By-Election 12 August 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		742	38.1	-19.6
	Liberal Democrat		620	31.8	-0.1
	Ratepayers against Landfill		523	26.8	+26.8
	Conservative		122	3.3	-7.1
Majority			122	6.3
Turnout			2,007
	Labour hold		Swing

Conisbrough By-Election 18 November 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		938	53.5	-9.1
	Independent Labour		532	30.3	+6.8
	Independent		140	8.0	+8.0
	Liberal Democrat		76	4.3	-3.0
	Conservative		68	3.9	-1.9
Majority			406	23.2
Turnout			1,754	16.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Balby By-Election 5 October 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		763	53.2	-5.0
	Liberal Democrat		404	28.2	+10.5
	Conservative		266	18.6	-5.6
Majority			359	25.0
Turnout			1,433	13.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Stainforth By-Election 20 June 2002^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nora Troops	1,170	56.7	+8.1
	Liberal Democrat	Kevin Abell	444	21.5	-1.5
	Conservative	Kathleen Fletcher	238	11.5	+0.0
	BNP	David Owen	210	10.2	-1.8
Majority			726	35.2
Turnout			2,062	17.0
	Labour hold		Swing

2003-2010

Armthorpe By-Election 19 December 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Corden	940	49.7	+9.0
	Independent		822	43.5	-6.8
	Conservative		95	5.0	-4.0
	Independent		33	1.7	+1.7
Majority			118	6.2
Turnout			1,890	14.1
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Mexborough By-Election 19 February 2004^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Phillips	2,670	56.8	+6.6
	Labour		1,866	39.7	-2.9
	Conservative		163	3.5	-0.3
Majority			804	17.1
Turnout			4,699	45.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Central By-Election 5 May 2005^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John McHale	2,903	58.0	+17.1
	Liberal Democrat	Jonathan Snelling	2,107	42.0	+7.7
Majority			796	16.0
Turnout			5,010	47.8
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Rossington By-Election 19 November 2009^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Cooper-Holmes	637	26.9	+1.1
	English Democrats	Mick Cooper	551	23.3
	Independent	John Cooke	506	21.4
	Independent	Terry Wilde	420	17.7
	BNP	Dave Owen	101	4.3	+4.3
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Mitchell	78	3.3	+3.3
	Independent	George Sheldon	76	3.2
Majority			86	3.6
Turnout			2,369	24.6
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

References

↑ "Doncaster". BBC News Online. 19 April 2009. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
↑ "Doncaster council". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-11-20.
↑ Parker, Simon (2001-09-21). "Doncaster votes for a mayor". London: guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 2009-11-20.
↑ "Stainforth By-election Result". Doncaster Council. Retrieved 2009-11-20.
↑ "Tories take two steps forward in byelections". London: guardian.co.uk. 2004-02-20. Retrieved 2009-11-20.
↑ "Lib Dems in town hope to 'do a Sheffield'". Yorkshire Post. 2004-02-25. p. 1. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Doncaster Central Ward Election 2005". Doncaster Council. Retrieved 2009-11-20.
↑ "New Rossington Councillor elected". Doncaster Council. 2009-11-20. Retrieved 2009-11-20.

By-election results

External links

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Council elections in South Yorkshire

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council	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

Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council	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

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council	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

Sheffield City Council	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

South Yorkshire County Council	1973 1977 1981 Abolished

West Riding County Council	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

See also: Wards Boundary changes

Metropolitan districts of England

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