Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2015

7 May 2015

One third of seats (22 of 63) to Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council 32 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Party	Labour	UKIP
Seats won	19	3
Seat change	2	3

	Third party	Fourth party

Party	Conservative	Independent
Seats won	0	0
Seat change	1	0

Majority party before election

Labour

Majority party after election

Labour

The by-thirds 2015 Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on Thursday 7 May 2015, to elect approximately one third of the members of the Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council in England as part of the United Kingdom local elections, 2015 held on the same day as the general election.^[1] All seats contested at this election were last contested in 2011, and of these, 20 were held be Labour Party councillors.^[2]

Following the premature resignation of former Cabinet member Cllr. Mahroof Hussain (L) elected in Boston Castle at a more recent election, his seat (for the Boston Castle ward) was also contested in the 2015 election. As the election is held by thirds, a Labour Party majority would fall if the party failed to win more than 2 of the 22 seats that were up for election in 2015.

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council Election Result 2015
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	19			2	86.4	44.3	54,638	3.4
	UKIP	3			3	13.6	35.3	43,569	9.0
	Conservative	0			1	0.0	15.3	18,848	5.8
	Independent	0			0	0.0	2.1	2,571	0.7
	Green	0			0	0.0	1.7	2,079	1.2
	Liberal Democrat	0			0	0.0	1.0	1,194	0.8
	TUSC	0			0	0.0	0.4	492	0.2

Council Composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

↓
50	10	2	1
Labour	UKIP	C	I

After the election the composition of the council is:

↓
48	13	1	1
Labour	UKIP	C	I

C - Conservative Party
I - Independent

Summary

Affiliation and year of election of Councillors before election
Party		Year of election			Total
Party		2011	2012	2014	Total
	Labour	20	19	11	50
	UKIP	0	0	10	10
	Conservative	1	1	0	2
	Independent (Clive Jepson)	0	1	0	1
	Green	0	0	0	0
	Liberal Democrat	0	0	0	0
	TUSC	0	0	0	0

Result of election ^[3]
Party				Change	After
Party		Not up	Won	±	2015 Council make-up
	Labour	29	19	-2	48
	UKIP	10	3	+3	13
	Conservative	1	0	-1	1
	Independent	1	0	±0	1

The governing group of councillors, holding a majority of 16, remained councillors of the Labour Party, with two fewer members within this group (now standing at 48 councillors) and one fewer within the smaller local party opposition group of councillors (Conservatives) as these three seats fell to UKIP affiliated candidates, bringing the official opposition group to 13 councillors. An Independent and a Conservative, who complete the Council Chamber, seek re-election in 2016.

Election result

Rotherham Council Election Result 2014
Party	Candidates	Seats	Seats ±	Votes	Votes %	Next Council
Labour	21	11	– 8	27,793	43.40%	50
UKIP	21	10	+ 10	26,158	40.84%	10
Conservative	15	0	– 2	6,482	10.12%	2
Independents	4	0	unch.	1,886	2.94%	0
Green	2	0	unch.	487	0.76%	0
Respect	2	0	unch.	484	0.76%	0
TUSC	3	0	unch.	395	0.62%	0
PNP	1	0	unch.	223	0.35%	0
Liberal Democrats	1	0	unch.	136	0.21%	0
Total	70	21	—	64,044	100%	63
Rejected ballots				508	0.79%

Candidates in each ward

Ward					Incumbent
Ward	Labour	UKIP	Conservative	Other	Incumbent
1. Anston and Woodsetts	Robert Taylor	Bernard Froggatt	Nichola Richardson	David Foulstone (Green) John Ireland (Ind.)	Dalton
2. Boston Castle (two seats)	Saghir Alam	Lisa Raby	Christian Kramer	Mohammed Ilyas (LibDem) Bingham Christopher (TUSAC)	Wooton
2. Boston Castle (two seats)	Taiba Yaseen	Peter Short	Christian Kramer	Mohammed Ilyas (LibDem) Bingham Christopher (TUSAC)	Hussain (resigned)
3. Brinsworth and Catcliffe	Andy Roddison	Ian Saunderson	Omar Mehban		Roddison
4. Dinnington	Jeanette Mallinder	Shaun Grice	Peter Higgins	Wendy Hamilton (Green) Dave Smith (Ind.)	Havenhand
5. Hellaby	Jenny Andrews	Richard Fleming	Anne Middleton	Shaun Barratt (Ind.)	Andrews
6. Holderness	Lyndsay Pitchley	John Jenkins	Michael Naughton	Helen Greer-Waring (Green) Michael Senior (Ind.)	Pitchley
7. Hoober	Jane Hamilton	Sandra Horridge	Brian Taylor	Steven Scutt (LibDem)	Hamilton
8. Keppel	Barry Kaye	Paul Hague	Kenneth Marshall	Neil Adshead (TUSAC) Janice Middleton (LibDem)	Kaye
9. Maltby	Christine Beaumont	Roger Jarvis	Jane Salt	Michael Conlon (Ind.)	Beaumont
10. Rawmarsh	Simon Evans	Alan Napper	Jo Taylor		Hamilton
11. Rother Vale	Darren Hughes	Robert Webster	William Salt		Swift
12. Rotherham East	Tajamal Khan	Leah Webster	Marilyn Marshall	Richard Penycate (Green)	Dodson
13. Rotherham West	Ian Jones	Steve Webster	Ruth Highfield		Foden
14. Silverwood	Jon Rosling	Melissa Owen	Denise Hall		Stone
15. Sitwell	Haroon Rashid	Julie Turner	Adam Walker		Gilding
16. Swinton	Eve Rose	Darren Corbett	Stephen Jones		Doyle
17. Valley	Dave Pickering	Brian Cutts	Anthony Kavanagh		Lakin
18. Wales	Dominic Beck	Dennis Flynn	John Cox	Paul Martin (Green)	Beck
19. Wath	Jayne Elliott	Brian Bailey	Lissa Higgins	Ann Roche (Green) Keith Roper (Ind.)	Sangster
20. Wickersley	Chris Read	Les Hince	Thomas Angel		Read
21. Wingfield	Richard Price	Rob Elliott	Ben Waters		Sharman
Total	19 seats (–2)	3 seats (+3)	0 seat (–1)

Results by Ward

Asterix indicates incumbent in the Ward, and Bold names highlight winning candidate.

Anston and Woodsetts

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council — Anston and Woodsetts Ward 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Taylor	1,873
	UKIP	Bernard Froggatt	1,819
	Conservative	Nichola Richardson	1,303
	Independent	John Ireland	523
	Green	David Foulstone	391
Rejected ballots			26
Turnout			5,935	66.52
Registered electors			8,922
	Labour hold		Swing
Majority			54

Boston Castle

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council — Boston Castle Ward 2015 (two seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Saghir Alam	2,703
	Labour	Taiba Yaseen	2,273
	UKIP	Peter Short	1,733
	UKIP	Lisa Raby	1,704
	Conservative	Christian Kramer	909
	Liberal Democrat	Mohammed Ilyas	448
	Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts	Bingham Christophe	336
Rejected ballots			48
Turnout			5,826	61.42
Registered electors			9,486
	Labour hold		Swing
Majority			540

Brinsworth and Catcliffe

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council — Brinsworth and Catcliffe Ward 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andy Roddison*	2,744
	UKIP	Ian Saunderson	2,318
	Conservative	Omar Mehban	684
Rejected ballots			24
Turnout			5,770	61.09
Registered electors			9,444
	Labour hold		Swing
Majority			426

Dinnington

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council — Dinnington Ward 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeanette Mallinder	2,037
	UKIP	Shaun Grice	1,746
	Conservative	Peter Higgins	1,106
	Independent	Dave Smith	515
	Green	Wendy Hamilton	351
Rejected ballots			30
Turnout			5,785	58.73
Registered electors			9,850
	Labour hold		Swing
Majority			291

Hellaby

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council — Hellaby Ward 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Richard Fleming	2,317
	Labour	Jenny Andrews*	2,199
	Conservative	Anne Middleton	1,418
	Independent	Shaun Barratt	303
Rejected ballots			36
Turnout			6,273	66.24
Registered electors			9,469
	UKIP gain from Labour		Swing
Majority			118

Holderness

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council — Holderness Ward 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lyndsay Pitchley*	2,570
	UKIP	John Jenkins	1,978
	Conservative	Michael Naughton	1,049
	Green	Helen Greer-Waring	266
	Independent	Michael Senior	257
Rejected ballots			36
Turnout			6,156	63.70
Registered electors			9,663
	Labour hold		Swing
Majority			592

Hoober

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council — Hoober Ward 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jane Hamilton*	2,751
	UKIP	Sandra Horridge	1,642
	Conservative	Brian Taylor	860
	Liberal Democrat	Steven Scutt	320
Rejected ballots			30
Turnout			5,603	57.58
Registered electors			9,731
	Labour hold		Swing
Majority			1109

Keppel

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council — Keppel Ward 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Paul Hague	2,487
	Labour	Barry Kaye*	2,143
	Conservative	Kenneth Marshall	816
	Liberal Democrat	Janice Middleton	426
	Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts	Neil Adshead	156
Rejected ballots			30
Turnout			6,058	65.32
Registered electors			9,274
	UKIP gain from Labour		Swing
Majority			344

Maltby

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council — Maltby Ward 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine Beaumont*	2,298
	UKIP	Roger Jarvis	1,658
	Independent	Michael Conlon	547
	Conservative	Jane Salt	432
Rejected ballots			21
Turnout			4,956	55.77
Registered electors			8,886
	Labour hold		Swing
Majority			640

Rawmarsh

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council — Rawmarsh Ward 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Simon Evans	2,702
	UKIP	Alan Napper	1,959
	Conservative	Jo Taylor	548
Rejected ballots			33
Turnout			5,242	54.54
Registered electors			9,611
	Labour hold		Swing
Majority			743

Rother Vale

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council — Rother Vale Ward 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Darren Hughes	2,529
	UKIP	Robert Webster	2,014
	Conservative	William Salt	1,112
Rejected ballots			33
Turnout			5,713	59.90
Registered electors			9,537
	Labour hold		Swing
Majority			515

Rotherham East

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council — Rotherham East Ward 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tajamal Khan	2,527
	UKIP	Leah Webster	1,625
	Green	Richard Penycate	314
	Conservative	Marilyn Marshall	287
Rejected ballots			35
Turnout			4,788	52.57
Registered electors			9,108
	Labour hold		Swing
Majority			902

Rotherham West

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council — Rotherham West Ward 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Jones	2,873
	UKIP	Steve Webster	1,964
	Conservative	Ruth Highfield	572
Rejected ballots			33
Turnout			5,442	56.85
Registered electors			9,572
	Labour hold		Swing
Majority			909

Silverwood

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council — Silverwood Ward 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jon Rosling	2,527
	UKIP	Melissa Owen	2,251
	Conservative	Denise Hall	902
	Independent
Rejected ballots			33
Turnout			5,713	59.79
Registered electors			9,554
	Labour hold		Swing
Majority			276

Sitwell

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council — Sitwell Ward 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Julie Turner	2,716
	Labour	Haroon Rashid	2,056
	Conservative	Adam Walker	1,742
Rejected ballots			58
Turnout			6,572	69.11
Registered electors			9,509
	UKIP gain from Conservative		Swing
Majority			660

Swinton

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council — Swinton Ward 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eve Rose	3,005
	UKIP	Darren Corbett	1,917
	Conservative	Stephen Jones	697
Rejected ballots			27
Turnout			5,646	61.12
Registered electors			9,230
	Labour hold		Swing
Majority			1,088

Valley

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council — Valley Ward 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dave Pickering	2,566
	UKIP	Brian Cutts	2,066
	Conservative	Anthony Kavanagh	623
Rejected ballots			45
Turnout			5,300	56.25
Registered electors			9,422
	Labour hold		Swing
Majority			500

Wales

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council — Wales Ward 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dominic Beck*	2,531
	Conservative	John Cox	1,615
	UKIP	Dennis Flynn	1,533
	Green	Paul Martin	337
Rejected ballots			16
Turnout			5,852	66.58
Registered electors			8,789
	Labour hold		Swing
Majority			916

Wath

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council — Wath Ward 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jayne Elliott	2,834
	UKIP	Brian Bailey	1,733
	Conservative	Lissa Higgins	750
	Independent	Keith Roper	426
	Green	Ann Roche	420
Rejected ballots			30
Turnout			6,193	59.65
Registered electors			10,382
	Labour hold		Swing
Majority			1,101

Wickersley

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council — Wickersley Ward 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chris Read*	2,786
	UKIP	Les Hince	2,186
	Conservative	Thomas Angel	976
Rejected ballots			30
Turnout			5,978	63.99
Registered electors			9,342
	Labour hold		Swing
Majority			600

Wingfield

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council — Wingfield Ward 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Price	2,291
	UKIP	Rob Elliott	2,203
	Conservative	Ben Waters	447
Rejected ballots			32
Turnout			4,973	55.38
Registered electors			8,980
	Labour hold		Swing
Majority			88

References

↑ "England council results". BBC News. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
↑ "Borough Council Elections 2011 Results". Rotherham Politics.
↑ "Councillors by Political Party". rotherham.gov.uk.

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