2015 Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council election

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 2015 United Kingdom local elections held on the same day as the general election. All seats contested at this election were last contested in 2011, and of these, 20 were held by Labour Party councillors.

2015 Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council election

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 18 3 Seat change 3 3   Third party Fourth party   Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Seats won 0 1 Seat change 1 1
Majority party before election Labour Majority party after election Labour

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 Democrats	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:

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50	10	2	1
Labour	UKIP	C	I

After the election the composition of the council is:

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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
		2011	2012	2014
	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 Democrats	0	0	0	0
	TUSC	0	0	0	0

Result of election

Party				Change	After
		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	Candidates									Incumbent
		Labour		UKIP		Conservative		Other
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
		Taiba Yaseen		Peter Short						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		Alex 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

In these results an asterisk 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	31.7
	UKIP	Bernard Froggatt	1,819	30.8
	Conservative	Nichola Richardson	1,303	22.1
	Independent	John Ireland	523	8.9
	Green	David Foulstone	391	6.6
Rejected ballots			26
Turnout			5,935	66.5
Registered electors			8,922
	Labour hold		Swing
Majority			54	0.9

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 Democrats	Mohammed Ilyas	448
	TUSC	Bingham Christophe	336
Rejected ballots			48
Turnout			5,826	61.42
Registered electors			9,486
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Brinsworth and Catcliffe

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council — Brinsworth and Catcliffe Ward 2015

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andy Roddison*	2,744	47.8
	UKIP	Ian Saunderson	2,318	40.3
	Conservative	Omar Mehban	684	11.9
Rejected ballots			24
Turnout			5,770	61.1
Registered electors			9,444
	Labour hold		Swing
Majority			426	7.5

Dinnington

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council — Dinnington Ward 2015

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeanette Mallinder	2,037	35.4
	UKIP	Shaun Grice	1,746	30.3
	Conservative	Peter Higgins	1,106	19.2
	Independent	Dave Smith	515	8.9
	Green	Wendy Hamilton	351	6.1
Rejected ballots			30
Turnout			5,785	58.7
Registered electors			9,850
	Labour hold		Swing
Majority			291	5.1

Hellaby

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council — Hellaby Ward 2015

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Richard Fleming	2,317	37.1
	Labour	Jenny Andrews*	2,199	35.3
	Conservative	Anne Middleton	1,418	22.7
	Independent	Shaun Barratt	303	4.9
Rejected ballots			36
Turnout			6,273	66.2
Registered electors			9,469
	UKIP gain from Labour		Swing
Majority			118	1.8

Holderness

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council — Holderness Ward 2015

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lyndsay Pitchley*	2,570	42.0
	UKIP	John Jenkins	1,978	32.3
	Conservative	Michael Naughton	1,049	17.1
	Green	Helen Greer-Waring	266	4.3
	Independent	Michael Senior	257	4.2
Rejected ballots			36
Turnout			6,156	63.7
Registered electors			9,663
	Labour hold		Swing
Majority			592	9.7

Hoober

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council — Hoober Ward 2015

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jane Hamilton*	2,751	49.4
	UKIP	Sandra Horridge	1,642	29.5
	Conservative	Brian Taylor	860	15.4
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Scutt	320	5.7
Rejected ballots			30
Turnout			5,603	57.6
Registered electors			9,731
	Labour hold		Swing
Majority			1,109	19.9

Keppel

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council — Keppel Ward 2015

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Paul Hague	2,487	41.3
	Labour	Barry Kaye*	2,143	35.6
	Conservative	Kenneth Marshall	816	13.5
	Liberal Democrats	Janice Middleton	426	7.1
	TUSC	Neil Adshead	156	2.6
Rejected ballots			30
Turnout			6,058	65.3
Registered electors			9,274
	UKIP gain from Labour		Swing
Majority			344	5.7

Maltby

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council — Maltby Ward 2015

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine Beaumont*	2,298	46.6
	UKIP	Roger Jarvis	1,658	33.6
	Independent	Michael Conlon	547	11.1
	Conservative	Jane Salt	432	8.8
Rejected ballots			21
Turnout			4,956	55.8
Registered electors			8,886
	Labour hold		Swing
Majority			640	13.0

Rawmarsh

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council — Rawmarsh Ward 2015

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Simon Evans	2,702	51.9
	UKIP	Alan Napper	1,959	37.6
	Conservative	Jo Taylor	548	10.5
Rejected ballots			33
Turnout			5,242	54.5
Registered electors			9,611
	Labour hold		Swing
Majority			743	14.3

Rother Vale

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council — Rother Vale Ward 2015

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Darren Hughes	2,529	44.7
	UKIP	Robert Webster	2,014	35.6
	Conservative	William Salt	1,112	19.7
Rejected ballots			33
Turnout			5,713	59.9
Registered electors			9,537
	Labour hold		Swing
Majority			515	9.1

Rotherham East

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council — Rotherham East Ward 2015

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tajamal Khan	2,527	53.2
	UKIP	Leah Webster	1,625	34.2
	Green	Richard Penycate	314	6.6
	Conservative	Marilyn Marshall	287	6.0
Rejected ballots			35
Turnout			4,788	52.6
Registered electors			9,108
	Labour hold		Swing
Majority			902	19.0

Rotherham West

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council — Rotherham West Ward 2015

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Jones	2,873	53.1
	UKIP	Steve Webster	1,964	36.3
	Conservative	Ruth Highfield	572	10.6
Rejected ballots			33
Turnout			5,442	56.9
Registered electors			9,572
	Labour hold		Swing
Majority			909	16.8

Silverwood

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council — Silverwood Ward 2015

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jon Rosling	2,527	44.5
	UKIP	Melissa Owen	2,251	39.6
	Conservative	Denise Hall	902	15.9
Rejected ballots			33
Turnout			5,713	59.8
Registered electors			9,554
	Labour hold		Swing
Majority			276	4.9

Sitwell

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council — Sitwell Ward 2015

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Julie Turner	2,716	41.7
	Labour	Haroon Rashid	2,056	31.6
	Conservative	Adam Walker	1,742	26.7
Rejected ballots			58
Turnout			6,572	69.1
Registered electors			9,509
	UKIP gain from Conservative		Swing
Majority			660	10.1

Swinton

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council — Swinton Ward 2015

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eve Rose	3,005	53.5
	UKIP	Darren Corbett	1,917	34.1
	Conservative	Stephen Jones	697	12.4
Rejected ballots			27
Turnout			5,646	61.1
Registered electors			9,230
	Labour hold		Swing
Majority			1,088	19.4

Valley

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council — Valley Ward 2015

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dave Pickering	2,566	48.8
	UKIP	Brian Cutts	2,066	39.3
	Conservative	Anthony Kavanagh	623	11.9
Rejected ballots			45
Turnout			5,300	56.3
Registered electors			9,422
	Labour hold		Swing
Majority			500	9.5

Wales

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council — Wales Ward 2015

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dominic Beck*	2,531	42.1
	Conservative	John Cox	1,615	26.8
	UKIP	Dennis Flynn	1,533	25.5
	Green	Paul Martin	337	5.6
Rejected ballots			16
Turnout			5,852	66.6
Registered electors			8,789
	Labour hold		Swing
Majority			916	15.3

Wath

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council — Wath Ward 2015

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jayne Elliott	2,834	46.0
	UKIP	Brian Bailey	1,733	28.1
	Conservative	Lissa Higgins	750	12.2
	Independent	Keith Roper	426	6.9
	Green	Ann Roche	420	6.8
Rejected ballots			30
Turnout			6,193	59.7
Registered electors			10,382
	Labour hold		Swing
Majority			1,101	17.9

Wickersley

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council — Wickersley Ward 2015

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chris Read*	2,786	46.8
	UKIP	Les Hince	2,186	36.8
	Conservative	Thomas Angel	976	16.4
Rejected ballots			30
Turnout			5,978	64.0
Registered electors			9,342
	Labour hold		Swing
Majority			600	10.0

Wingfield

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council — Wingfield Ward 2015

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Price	2,291	46.4
	UKIP	Rob Elliott	2,203	44.6
	Conservative	Ben Waters	447	9.0
Rejected ballots			32
Turnout			4,973	55.4
Registered electors			8,980
	Labour hold		Swing
Majority			88	1.8