Rotherham Council - Wards and Councillors

Metropolitan borough · Yorkshire and the Humber · 59 seats in 25 wards · All seats elected every four years · Next election 4 May 2028

Labour have a majority on Rotherham Council. The council has 59 councillors in 25 wards. Seats by party: Labour 31, Conservative 12, Other 10, Lib Dem 3, Reform 1, Green 1. The next election is on 4 May 2028.

Control

Seats by party

Labour (Majority)

59 seats - 30 for a majority

Reform 1Labour 31Conservative 12Lib Dem 3Green 1Other 10Vacant 1

Seat changes since the 2 May 2024 election Reform +1 Green +1 Conservative −1 Labour −2 1 vacant

Vote share at the 2 May 2024 election (59 seats, all wards)

ShareSeats won

Labour33.6%33

Other25.0%10

Conservative21.5%13

Lib Dem10.4%3

Green7.5%0

Reform2.0%0

Next election

4 May 2028

all 59 seats up, then every four years

Largest party

Labour 31

majority of 3; 30 needed

Closest result

Bramley & Ravenfield

Labour won the last seat by 31 votes over Conservative, 2 May 2024

Latest by-election

Keppel

Reform gain from Labour, 10 July 2025 (4 since 2021)

Constituencies

3 overlap

2024Now

Voted Leave in 2016

68%

GB 52%

Wards

Who holds each ward

LabourConservativeLib DemIndependent

Coloured by the party holding most of the ward's seats today; where seats are split evenly, by the party with the higher share at the last election.

All 25 wards

Councillors and last results

Select a ward for its full results, candidates and last by-election.

Ward and councillors	Last election
Anston & Woodsetts Tim Baum-Dixon, Vacant, Drew Tarmey	2 May 2024 Conservative 35.2% lead 2.6 pts
Aston & Todwick Sarah Allen, Joshua Bacon	2 May 2024 Conservative 47.8% lead 5.6 pts
Aughton & Swallownest Lyndsay Robinson, Robert Taylor	2 May 2024 Labour 34.7% lead 11.5 pts
Boston Castle Saghir Alam, Ashiq Hussain, Taiba Yasseen	2 May 2024 Independent 21.2% lead 3.4 pts
Bramley & Ravenfield Liz Duncan, Greg Reynolds	2 May 2024 Conservative 39.8% lead 1.5 pts
Brinsworth Adam Carter, Charlotte Carter	2 May 2024 Lib Dem 52.1% lead 22.9 pts
Dalton & Thrybergh Michael Bennett-Sylvester, Jodie Ryalls	2 May 2024 Independent 41.0% lead 13.3 pts
Dinnington Sophie Castledine-Dack, Amanda Clarke, Julia Hall	2 May 2024 Conservative 37.1% lead 5.3 pts
Greasbrough Linda Beresford, Rob Elliott	2 May 2024 Labour 43.1% lead 1.3 pts
Hellaby & Maltby West Simon Ball, Lynda Stables	2 May 2024 Conservative 45.1% lead 5.9 pts
Hoober Rajmund Brent, Denise Lelliott, John Williams	2 May 2024 Labour 58.6% lead 43.4 pts
Keppel Simon Currie, Tony Harrison, Gillian Garnett	2 May 2024 Labour 27.8% lead 2.6 pts
Kilnhurst & Swinton East Victoria Cusworth, Nigel Harper	2 May 2024 Labour 70.2% lead 50.5 pts
Maltby East Donna Sutton, Adam Tinsley	2 May 2024 Labour 48.8% lead 2.8 pts
Rawmarsh East Rachel Hughes, Dave Sheppard	2 May 2024 Labour 53.4% lead 31.2 pts
Rawmarsh West Joanna Baker-Rogers, Brian Steele	2 May 2024 Labour 60.1% lead 39.6 pts
Rother Vale Terry Adair, Jamie Baggaley	2 May 2024 Labour 46.4% lead 12.3 pts
Rotherham East Angham Ahmed, Rukhsana Ismail, Haroon Rashid	2 May 2024 Labour 36.1% lead 11.7 pts
Rotherham West Ian Jones, Eve Keenan, Cameron McKiernan	2 May 2024 Independent 33.1% lead 12.3 pts
Sitwell Mick Bower, David Fisher, Paul Thorp	2 May 2024 Conservative 26.8% lead 4.2 pts
Swinton Rockingham Gina Monk, Chris Read	2 May 2024 Labour 72.5% lead 53.9 pts
Thurcroft & Wickersley South Tom Collingham, Zachary Collingham	2 May 2024 Conservative 57.4% lead 24.6 pts
Wales Dominic Beck, Marnie Havard	2 May 2024 Independent 33.6% lead 8.8 pts
Wath Sheila Cowen, Dave Jackson	2 May 2024 Labour 54.8% lead 34.4 pts
Wickersley North Stuart Knight, Lynda Marshall, James Mault	2 May 2024 Labour 42.9% lead 26.3 pts

Anston & Woodsetts

Drew Tarmey Lib DemTim Baum-Dixon ConservativeVacant Vacant

Last scheduled election, 2 May 2024 (3 seats)

Conservative35.2%

Lib Dem32.6%

Labour19.8%

Independent12.5%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Timothy James Baum-Dixon Elected	Conservative	1,325
Drew Tarmey Elected	Lib Dem	1,227
John Michael Blackham Elected	Conservative	1,217
Karen Smallwood	Conservative	1,142
Bev Thornley	Lib Dem	1,023
Carol Stringer	Labour	745
David Edward Wilson	Lib Dem	743
Neelam Alam	Labour	712
Keith Stringer	Labour	681
Clive Robert Jepson	Independent	469

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Aston & Todwick

Joshua Bacon ConservativeSarah Allen Labour

Last scheduled election, 2 May 2024 (2 seats)

Conservative47.8%

Labour42.2%

Lib Dem10.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Joshua Bacon Elected	Conservative	1,234
Sarah Ann Allen Elected	Labour	1,090
Patricia Anita Collins	Conservative	990
Geoff Frost	Labour	809
Mark Lambert	Lib Dem	259

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Aughton & Swallownest

Lyndsay Robinson LabourRobert Taylor Labour

Last scheduled election, 2 May 2024 (2 seats)

Labour34.7%

Conservative23.2%

Independent17.2%

Reform11.3%

Green7.3%

Lib Dem4.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Lyndsay Pitchley Elected	Labour	879
Robert Paul Taylor Elected	Labour	730
Caden James Ben Lunness	Conservative	587
Nigel Short	Independent	435
Linda Denise Elsey	Reform	285
George Robinson	Green	185
Paul Stephen Lindley	Lib Dem	106
Paul Marshall	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	56

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Boston Castle

Ashiq Hussain IndependentSaghir Alam LabourTaiba Yasseen Independent

Last scheduled election, 2 May 2024 (3 seats)

Independent21.2%

Independent17.8%

Labour17.2%

Green10.6%

Conservative7.3%

Independent6.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Taiba Yasseen Elected	Independent	1,389
Ashiq Hussain Elected	Independent	1,166
Saghir Alam Elected	Labour	1,126
Jeanette Mallinder	Labour	986
Fakhri Saleh	Labour	729
Aaliya Malik	Green	693
Tony Mabbott	Green	656
Tina Kumar	Conservative	477
Sam Lilleker	Independent	449
Cheryl Lynn Jones	Lib Dem	365
Anurag Singh	Conservative	341
Piyush Satyawadi	Conservative	341
Mohammed Ramzan	Independent	328
Phil Potholes	Independent	328
Chris Bingham	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	221

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Bramley & Ravenfield

Greg Reynolds ConservativeLiz Duncan Labour

Last scheduled election, 2 May 2024 (2 seats)

Conservative39.8%

Labour38.3%

Green11.8%

Lib Dem10.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Gregory Reynolds Elected	Conservative	910
Liz Duncan Elected	Labour	875
Lewis Lennard Henrey Malcolm Mills	Conservative	844
John Stewart Woodland	Labour	703
Russell Fred Oxley	Green	269
Frances Jane Taylor	Lib Dem	233

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Brinsworth

Adam Carter Lib DemCharlotte Carter Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 2 May 2024 (2 seats)

Lib Dem52.1%

Labour29.2%

Green11.7%

Conservative7.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Adam Jonathon Carter Elected	Lib Dem	1,190
Charlotte Rachel Carter Elected	Lib Dem	1,114
Samuel David Jackson	Labour	667
David John Roche	Labour	369
James Ian Crowe	Green	267
Alexander Neal Hall	Conservative	161
Graham Frederick Penn	Conservative	148

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Dalton & Thrybergh

Jodie Ryalls IndependentMichael Bennett-Sylvester Independent

Last scheduled election, 2 May 2024 (2 seats)

Independent41.0%

Independent27.7%

Labour23.2%

Conservative5.1%

Lib Dem3.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Michael Bennett-Sylvester Elected	Independent	930
Jodie Ryalls Elected	Independent	628
Cora Lancashire	Labour	527
Carol Spencer	Labour	491
Penny Kay	Conservative	116
Paul Stables	Conservative	77
Jane Watson	Lib Dem	69

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Dinnington

Amanda Clarke LabourJulia Hall ConservativeSophie Castledine-Dack Conservative

Last scheduled election, 2 May 2024 (3 seats)

Conservative37.1%

Labour31.8%

Green9.9%

Independent8.1%

Reform8.1%

Lib Dem5.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Julz Hall Elected	Conservative	1,397
Sophie Dack Elected	Conservative	1,252
Amanda Marie Clarke Elected	Labour	1,196
Marshall Anthony Mellor	Labour	1,131
Benjamin John Whomersley	Conservative	1,120
John Vjestica	Labour	1,009
Ian Barkley	Green	372
Simon Andrew Tweed	Independent	306
Tony Harrison	Reform	305
Matt Mears	Lib Dem	190

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Greasbrough

Linda Beresford LabourRob Elliott Independent

Last scheduled election, 2 May 2024 (2 seats)

Labour43.1%

Independent41.8%

Conservative9.4%

Lib Dem5.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Linda Beresford Elected	Labour	636
Rob Elliott Elected	Independent	616
Sonia Blake	Labour	508
Julia Helen Mitchell	Conservative	138
Wendy Singleton	Conservative	128
Donna Moseley	Lib Dem	85

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Hellaby & Maltby West

Lynda Stables ConservativeSimon Ball Conservative

Last scheduled election, 2 May 2024 (2 seats)

Conservative45.1%

Labour39.2%

Reform10.5%

Lib Dem5.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Simon Ashley Ball Elected	Conservative	994
Lynda Jayne Stables Elected	Conservative	911
Jenny Andrews	Labour	863
Fiona Ozyer-Key	Labour	697
Daviyd Franckeiss	Reform	232
Ken Barber	Lib Dem	113

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Hoober

Denise Lelliott LabourJohn Williams LabourRajmund Brent Labour

Last scheduled election, 2 May 2024 (3 seats)

Labour58.6%

Conservative15.2%

Green14.9%

Lib Dem11.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Denise Lelliott Elected	Labour	1,347
John Williams Elected	Labour	1,240
Rajmund Edwin Brent Elected	Labour	980
Charles Ball	Conservative	350
Tom Hill	Green	343
Val Ball	Conservative	341
Michael Edwin Dennis	Conservative	298
Steve Scutt	Lib Dem	259

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Keppel

Gillian Garnett LabourSimon Currie IndependentTony Harrison Reform

Last scheduled election, 2 May 2024 (3 seats)

Labour27.8%

Independent25.2%

Independent15.0%

Yorkshire Party9.6%

Conservative8.9%

Green8.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Gill Garnett Elected	Labour	1,179
Carole Foster Elected	Labour	1,092
Sid Currie Elected	Independent	1,068
Richard Hall	Labour	892
Neil Mark Collett	Independent	634
Peter Key	Yorkshire Party	406
Elizabeth Millicent Currey	Conservative	378
Nicholas Charles Townrow	Conservative	352
Sylvia June Williams	Green	352
Kim Lesley Rodgers	Conservative	331
Khoulod Ghanem	Lib Dem	151
Tom Lynn	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	67

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Last by-election, 10 July 2025

Reform40.3%

Independent27.8%

Labour19.4%

Conservative3.6%

Yorkshire Party3.5%

Lib Dem2.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Tony Harrison Elected	Reform	1,160	40.3%
Neil Mark Collett	Independent	801	27.8%
Kieran Bold	Labour	558	19.4%
Lewis Lennard Henrey Malcolm Mills	Conservative	105	3.6%
Peter Key	Yorkshire Party	100	3.5%
Khoulod Ghanem	Lib Dem	80	2.8%
Tony Mabbott	Green	77	2.7%

Kilnhurst & Swinton East

Nigel Harper LabourVictoria Cusworth Labour

Last scheduled election, 2 May 2024 (2 seats)

Labour70.2%

Conservative19.7%

Lib Dem10.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Victoria Cusworth Elected	Labour	1,046
Nigel Harper Elected	Labour	957
Aaron Barker	Conservative	294
Anthony Paul Wiseman	Conservative	244
John Richard Gelder	Lib Dem	150

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Maltby East

Adam Tinsley ConservativeDonna Sutton Labour

Last scheduled election, 2 May 2024 (2 seats)

Labour48.8%

Conservative46.0%

Lib Dem5.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Donna Sutton Elected	Labour	796
Adam James Tinsley Elected	Conservative	751
John Andrew Webster	Labour	698
Lee James Hunter	Conservative	664
Margaret Eileen Towler	Lib Dem	85

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Rawmarsh East

Dave Sheppard IndependentRachel Hughes Labour

Last scheduled election, 2 May 2024 (2 seats)

Labour53.4%

Yorkshire Party22.2%

Conservative12.0%

Green7.6%

Lib Dem4.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Dave Sheppard Elected	Labour	825
Rachel Hughes Elected	Labour	707
David Atkinson	Yorkshire Party	343
Wendy Susan Birch	Conservative	186
Valerie Michele Wightman	Conservative	126
Emily Rose West	Green	118
Elaine Dawson	Lib Dem	72

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Rawmarsh West

Brian Steele LabourJoanna Baker-Rogers Labour

Last scheduled election, 2 May 2024 (2 seats)

Labour60.1%

Conservative20.5%

Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition11.7%

Lib Dem7.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Joanna Baker-Rogers Elected	Labour	945
Brian Steele Elected	Labour	742
Natalie Thomas Stafford	Conservative	323
Robert Race	Conservative	293
William Mark Price	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	184
Tom Sturgess	Lib Dem	120

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Rother Vale

Jamie Baggaley LabourTerry Adair Labour

Last scheduled election, 2 May 2024 (2 seats)

Labour46.4%

Lib Dem34.1%

Conservative11.5%

Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition8.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Terry Adair Elected	Labour	841
Jamie Baggaley Elected	Labour	840
Tony Hoult	Lib Dem	617
Liam O'Sullivan	Lib Dem	553
Julie Thorp	Conservative	208
Suman Thullimalli	Conservative	153
Neil Adshead	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	146

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Rotherham East

Angham Ahmed LabourHaroon Rashid LabourRukhsana Ismail Labour

Last scheduled election, 2 May 2024 (3 seats)

Labour36.1%

Green24.4%

Independent17.1%

Conservative13.5%

Lib Dem8.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Angham Ahmed Elected	Labour	1,072
Haroon Rashid Elected	Labour	1,037
Rukhsana Bibi Haleem Elected	Labour	1,001
Richard Penycate	Green	725
Kath Reeder	Independent	507
Donna Marie Green	Conservative	400
Geoffrey Mark Downs	Conservative	380
Aaban Mudassir Shah	Lib Dem	262
Nadia Meharban	Conservative	227

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Rotherham West

Cameron McKiernan LabourEve Keenan LabourIan Jones Independent

Last scheduled election, 2 May 2024 (3 seats)

Independent33.1%

Labour20.8%

Green12.6%

Independent12.4%

Independent10.1%

Conservative5.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Ian Paul Jones Elected	Independent	1,495
Eve Rose Keenan Elected	Labour	939
Cameron McKiernan Elected	Labour	779
Tajamal Khan	Labour	693
Richard Mills	Green	571
Mohammad Ashiq	Independent	562
Ishtiaq Ahmad	Independent	454
Barrie Marsh	Conservative	268
Pamela Ethel Freeman-Keel	Conservative	248
Ruth Pauline Marsh	Conservative	234
Firas Miro	Lib Dem	227

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Sitwell

David Fisher ConservativeMick Bower GreenPaul Thorp Conservative

Last scheduled election, 2 May 2024 (3 seats)

Conservative26.8%

Independent22.6%

Labour20.1%

Green11.6%

Reform10.2%

Lib Dem8.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes
David Frank Fisher Elected	Conservative	1,357
Paul Stewart Thorp Elected	Conservative	1,186
Mick Bower Elected	Independent	1,145
Paul Jonathan Freeman-Keel	Conservative	1,023
Mike Calton	Labour	1,019
David Neil Spence	Labour	971
Sachin Tammewar	Labour	765
Mahmood Hussain	Green	588
Allen Cowles	Reform	519
John Turner	Reform	461
Colin David Taylor	Lib Dem	443
Gavin Shawcroft	Reform	307

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Swinton Rockingham

Chris Read LabourGina Monk Labour

Last scheduled election, 2 May 2024 (2 seats)

Labour72.5%

Conservative18.6%

Lib Dem8.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Gina Monk Elected	Labour	1,028
Chris Read Elected	Labour	1,018
David Leslie Harrison le Neve	Conservative	264
Simon Anthony Webb	Conservative	234
Linda Read	Lib Dem	125

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Thurcroft & Wickersley South

Tom Collingham ConservativeZachary Collingham Conservative

Last scheduled election, 2 May 2024 (2 seats)

Conservative57.4%

Labour32.8%

Lib Dem9.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Thomas Ryan Collingham Elected	Conservative	1,300
Zachary Aron Collingham Elected	Conservative	1,163
Jean Marion Akid	Labour	742
Abdul Rashid	Labour	414
Pat Tarmey	Lib Dem	223

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Wales

Dominic Beck IndependentMarnie Havard Independent

Last scheduled election, 2 May 2024 (2 seats)

Independent33.6%

Independent24.8%

Conservative19.1%

Labour15.1%

Green5.0%

Lib Dem2.4%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Dominic Edward Beck Elected	Independent	1,184
Marnie Anne Havard Elected	Independent	873
Cheryl Terese Barton	Conservative	671
Jodie Leigh Nicholson	Conservative	547
Janet Law	Labour	533
Bob Walsh	Labour	397
Paul Neville Martin	Green	177
Oliver Boddye	Lib Dem	84

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Wath

Dave Jackson LabourSheila Cowen Labour

Last scheduled election, 2 May 2024 (2 seats)

Labour54.8%

Social Democratic Party20.4%

Lib Dem12.9%

Conservative11.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Sheila Cowen Elected	Labour	928
Dave Jackson Elected	Labour	814
Michael Chambers	Social Democratic Party	345
Ingrid Mary Frances House	Lib Dem	218
Louise Fiona Burnett	Conservative	201
Simon Lee Burnett	Conservative	189

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Wickersley North

James Mault LabourLynda Marshall LabourStuart Knight Labour

Last scheduled election, 2 May 2024 (3 seats)

Labour42.9%

Conservative16.6%

Green16.3%

Independent15.9%

Lib Dem8.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes
James Jonathon Mault Elected	Labour	1,273
Lynda Marshall Elected	Labour	1,177
Stuart Knight Elected	Labour	1,116
Andrew Matthew Gorman	Conservative	493
Shelagh Mary Garside	Green	485
Kenneth Rooney Marshall	Conservative	478
Alan Derek Napper	Independent	472
Marilyn Marshall	Conservative	470
Julie Elizabeth Read	Lib Dem	244

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Councillors

Changed party since the election

2 councillors now sit for a different party from the one they were elected for.

Ward	Councillor	Elected as	Now
Rawmarsh East	Dave Sheppard	Labour 2024	Independent
Sitwell	Mick Bower	Independent 2024	Green

By-elections

Every council by-election since 2021

4 by-elections since July 2021, 2 of them gains.

Date	Ward	Result	Winner's share
10 July 2025	Keppel	Reform gain from Labour	40.3%
6 November 2023	Kilnhurst	Labour hold
13 July 2023	Dinnington	Conservative hold
26 January 2023	Keppel	Labour gain from Local party

Parliament

Parliamentary constituencies

Constituency	Share of council	2024 winner	Projected now
Rotherham	41%	Labour	Labour 44%
Rother Valley	35%	Labour	Labour 30%
Rawmarsh and Conisbrough	25%	Labour	Labour 42%

Share of the council: the proportion of its census neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs) in each seat. The projection is PollCheck's demographic model at current polling, not a forecast.

People

Who lives in Rotherham

265,798 residents in 113,923 households

Voted Leave in 2016

68% 16 above GB

Degree or higher

23% 11 below GB

No qualifications

23% 5 above GB

Own their home

64% 3 above GB

Rent from a council or housing association

21% 4 above GB

Rent privately

15% 5 below GB

Aged 15 to 34

29% 2 below GB

Aged 65 and over

24% 2 above GB

GB figure. 2021 Census (Scotland: 2022): age as a share of residents aged 15 and over, qualifications of residents aged 16 and over, housing as a share of households. Leave: 2016 EU referendum, Electoral Commission results by counting area.

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Closest on the measures above: the 2016 Leave vote, age, qualifications and housing. Maps show which party holds each ward.

Sources

Sources and method

Seat totals and control: PollCheck council control tracker. Councillors: Open Council Data (CC BY-SA 4.0). Election results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), with some vote counts from DCLEAPIL, Leman (2025) (CC BY-SA 4.0), and corrections checked against councils' official declarations. Ward boundaries: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Census: Office for National Statistics and National Records of Scotland.

Councillor lists and DCLEAPIL-derived vote counts on this page are available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

In wards electing more than one councillor, a party's share counts only its leading candidate (the Rallings and Thrasher method). Independents count individually. The lead is the gap between the top two parties' shares.