2021 Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 6 May 2021.

2021 Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council election

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All 59 seats up for election to Rotherham Metropolitan Council 30 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	30.1%
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Conservative Rotherham Democratic Party Seats won 32 20 3 Seat change 16 20 3 Popular vote 50,681 34,833 14,659 Percentage 41.4 28.4 12.0 Swing 9.6 20.5 New   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Liberal Democrats Independent Seats won 3 1 Seat change 3 Popular vote 9,636 6,326 Percentage 7.9 5.2 Swing 6.5
Map of the results
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Labour

Although Labour retained control of the council, the Conservatives went from zero to 20 seats at this election.^[1]

Results summary

2021 Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council election

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	32			16	54.2	41.4	50,681	9.6
	Conservative	20			20	33.9	28.4	34,833	20.5
	Rotherham Democratic Party	3			3	5.1	12.0	14,659	New
	Liberal Democrats	3			3	5.1	7.9	9,636	6.5
	Independent	1				1.7	5.2	6,326
	Green	0				0.0	3.3	4,091	0.3
	Yorkshire	0				0.0	0.8	945	0.1
	SDP	0				0.0	0.5	667	New
	TUSC	0				0.0	0.4	540	0.2
	Workers Party	0				0.0	0.1	183	New

Ward Results

Source:^[2]

Anston & Woodsetts

Anston & Woodsetts

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Timothy James Baum-Dixon	1,491	40.8
	Conservative	Tracey Helen Wilson	1,341	36.7
	Conservative	Emma Jane McClure	1,020	27.9
	Liberal Democrats	Drew Simon Tarmey	1,005	27.5
	Labour	Joanne Helen Carr	906	24.8
	Liberal Democrats	Bev Thornley	786	21.5
	Labour	Simon Andrew Tweed*	744	20.4
	Independent	Clive Robert Jepson*	737	20.2
	Independent	Jonathan Charles Ireland*	535	14.7
	Liberal Democrats	Matt Mears	522	14.3
	Labour	Steve Marles*	461	12.6
	Green	David Foulstone	375	10.3
	Workers Party	Thomas Lang Darksen	47	1.3
Majority
Turnout			3,661	38.43
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Aston & Todwick

Aston & Todwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joshua Bacon	1,103	45.6
	Conservative	Aaron Barker	1,025	42.4
	Labour	Robert Paul Taylor*	905	37.4
	Labour	Amanda Marie Clarke	783	32.4
	Green	Louisa Kathryn Barker	250	10.3
	Rotherham Democratic Party	Harry Ratcliffe	143	5.9
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Hallam-Wall	141	5.8
	TUSC	Joshua Lennon Fields	68	2.8
Majority
Turnout			2,430	34.43
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Aughton & Swallownest

Aughton & Swallownest

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lyndsay Pitchley*	817	45.5
	Conservative	Jack Christopher Austin	666	37.1
	Conservative	Alexander William Dean	625	34.8
	Labour	David Neil Spence	503	28.0
	Rotherham Democratic Party	Mick Elliot*	341	19.0
	Workers Party	David James Tillery	136	7.6
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Lambert	107	6.0
Majority
Turnout			1,810	27.16
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Boston Castle

Boston Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Saghir Alam*	1,567	48.3
	Labour	Rose Margaret McNeely*	1,567	48.3
	Labour	Taiba Khatoon Yaseen*	1,366	42.1
	Conservative	Ryan Alan Carney	917	28.3
	Yorkshire	Dennis Chad Bannan	497	15.3
	Rotherham Democratic Party	Gary Hardwick	487	15.0
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Shaw	405	12.5
	Rotherham Democratic Party	Martin David Howells	386	11.9
	Rotherham Democratic Party	Adam James Rodgers	286	8.8
	TUSC	Lauren Jane Howie	214	6.6
Majority
Turnout			3,253	32.68
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Bramley & Ravenfield

Bramley & Ravenfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gregory Reynolds	1,155	49.3
	Conservative	Lewis Lennard Henry Malcolm Mills	931	39.7
	Labour	Andrew James Fenwick-Green	551	23.5
	Labour	Deborah Fenwick-Green*	546	23.3
	Green	Paul David Garrett	369	15.7
	Rotherham Democratic Party	Alan Derek Napper*	277	11.8
	Rotherham Democratic Party	Nigel Gelder	227	9.7
	Liberal Democrats	John Richard Gelder	137	5.8
	TUSC	Luke David Johnson	47	2.0
Majority
Turnout			2,354	32.88
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Brinsworth

Brinsworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Jonathon Carter*	1,345	55.9
	Liberal Democrats	Charlotte Rachel Carter	1,108	46.0
	Labour	Alan Buckley*	774	32.2
	Labour	Philippa Wildin	424	17.6
	Conservative	Andrew Matthew Gorman	351	14.6
	Independent	Nigel Gary Simpson*	229	9.5
	Rotherham Democratic Party	Royce Skelding	80	3.3
Majority
Turnout			2,419	32.06
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Dalton & Thrybergh

Dalton & Thrybergh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Michael Donald Paul Sylvester	1,103	62.5
	Labour	Joanna Baker-Rogers	512	29.0
	Labour	Dianne Caster	432	24.5
	Conservative	Jane Rosemary Salt	397	22.5
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Simmons	117	6.6
Majority
Turnout			1,771	26.30
	Independent win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Dinnington

Dinnington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charlie Andrew Wooding	1,137	41.4
	Conservative	Benjamin John Whomersley	916	33.3
	Conservative	Sophie Castledine-Dack	841	30.6
	Labour	Jeanette Mallinder*	799	29.1
	Labour	John Vjestica*	738	26.9
	Labour	Gordon Watson*	712	25.9
	Independent	Dave Smith	601	21.9
	Independent	Jean Hart	389	14.2
	Green	Ian David Barkley	316	11.5
	Green	Wendy Hamilton	308	11.2
	Liberal Democrats	Phil Bowers	284	10.3
Majority
Turnout			2,758	29.77
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Greasbrough

Greasbrough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sarah Ann Allen*	526	36.2
	Rotherham Democratic Party	Robert William Elliott*	518	35.6
	Conservative	Josephine Margaret Taylor	430	29.6
	Labour	John Richard Henry Williams*	385	26.5
	Green	Keith Gordon Cooper	210	14.4
	Rotherham Democratic Party	Brian Leng	147	10.1
	Green	Tony Mabbott	74	5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Hannan	68	4.7
Majority
Turnout			1,461	24.24
	Labour win (new seat)
	Rotherham Democratic Party win (new seat)

Hellaby & Maltby West

Hellaby & Maltby West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Ashley Ball	1,158	55.5
	Labour	Jenny Andrews*	833	39.9
	Conservative	Davey Glynn Stewart Hamilton	798	38.3
	Labour	Richard John Thomas Hunter	558	26.7
	Green	Mark Bennett Scott	178	8.5
	Liberal Democrats	Frances Jane Taylor	92	4.4
	Rotherham Democratic Party	Craig Wathall	85	4.1
Majority
Turnout			2,092	33.10
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Hoober

Hoober

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Denise Lelliott*	1,084	45.1
	Labour	David John Roche*	1,008	42.0
	Conservative	Emily Jill Barley	873	36.3
	Labour	Brian Steele*	872	36.3
	Conservative	Martin Needham	784	32.6
	Conservative	Daniel Thompson	720	30.0
	Green	Thomas Walter Hill	254	10.6
	Rotherham Democratic Party	Sue Fletcher	231	9.6
	Rotherham Democratic Party	Amanda Sales-McHale	198	8.2
	Rotherham Democratic Party	Pat Schwalbe	140	5.8
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Scutt	137	5.7
Majority
Turnout			2,411	24.95
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Keppel

Keppel

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maggi Clark*	1,204	40.4
	Labour	Tony Browne	1,117	37.5
	Rotherham Democratic Party	Paul Hague*	993	33.3
	Conservative	Alan William Sherriff	917	30.8
	Labour	Eddie Coates-Madden	754	25.3
	Rotherham Democratic Party	Lisa Sally Silcock	681	22.8
	Rotherham Democratic Party	Sandra Marriott*	642	21.5
	Yorkshire	Peter Robert Key	448	15.0
	Liberal Democrats	Sam Reddington	264	8.9
Majority
Turnout			2,996	28.38
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Rotherham Democratic Party win (new seat)

Kilnhurst & Swinton East

Kilnhurst & Swinton East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Victoria Cusworth*	1,119	60.2
	Labour	Stuart James Sansome*	989	53.2
	Conservative	Denise Helen Hall	597	32.1
	Liberal Democrats	Luke Anthony Binney	126	6.8
	SDP	Karly Buffon	103	5.5
	SDP	David Taylor	84	4.5
Majority
Turnout			1,876	29.82
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Maltby East

Maltby East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Adam James Tinsley	648	37.9
	Conservative	Lee James Hunter	630	36.8
	Labour	Diann Bernadette Fitzgibbons	549	32.1
	Independent	Shaz Biggin	510	29.8
	Labour	Janet Law	393	23.0
	Rotherham Democratic Party	Brett Harrison Meese	115	6.7
	Rotherham Democratic Party	Harrison James Meese	73	4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Darren Hallam-Wall	43	2.5
Majority
Turnout			1,717	25.75
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Rawmarsh East

Rawmarsh East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dave Sheppard*	703	47.9
	Labour	Rachel Elizabeth Margaret Hughes	604	41.1
	Conservative	William Salt	458	31.2
	Rotherham Democratic Party	Ben Wayne Eyre	280	19.1
	Rotherham Democratic Party	Sophie Louise Shaw	138	9.4
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Eileen Towler	115	7.8
Majority
Turnout			1,476	21.42
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Rawmarsh West

Rawmarsh West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bob Bird*	724	45.3
	Conservative	Jill Thompson	583	36.5
	Labour	Beth Marles	522	32.6
	Rotherham Democratic Party	Thomas Sawford	218	13.6
	Rotherham Democratic Party	Sean Anthony Ardron	209	13.1
	Green	James John Cleary	174	10.9
	Liberal Democrats	Phil Aisthorpe	124	7.8
	TUSC	William Mark Price	38	2.4
Majority
Turnout			1,612	23.53
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Rother Vale

Rother Vale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Firas Miro	551	38.0
	Labour	Amy Caroline Brookes*	491	33.8
	Liberal Democrats	David Edward Wilson	418	28.8
	Labour	Bob Walsh*	411	28.3
	Conservative	William Guy David Morgan	326	22.5
	Conservative	Natalie Thomas Stafford	299	20.6
	Rotherham Democratic Party	David Haythorne	88	6.1
	TUSC	Neil Adshead	58	4.0
	Rotherham Democratic Party	Carlie Louise Stanley	37	2.5
	Rotherham Democratic Party	John Walker	17	1.2
Majority
Turnout			1,456	24.04
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Rotherham East

Rotherham East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wendy Cooksey*	1,366	54.7
	Labour	Tajamal Khan*	1,097	43.9
	Labour	Rukhsana Bibi Haleem	1,024	41.0
	Conservative	Barrie Marsh	641	25.7
	Green	Richard William Penycate	457	18.3
	Rotherham Democratic Party	Kath Reeder*	354	14.2
	Rotherham Democratic Party	Sheila Marriott	296	11.8
	Liberal Democrats	Cheryl Lynn Jones	284	11.4
	Rotherham Democratic Party	Harry David McKenzie	269	10.8
Majority
Turnout			2,512	24.13
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Rotherham West

Rotherham West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Rotherham Democratic Party	Ian Paul Jones*	1,246	39.7
	Labour	Ben Aveyard	1,136	36.2
	Labour	Eve Keenan*	1,012	32.2
	Labour	Carole Ann Foster	1,004	32.0
	Independent	Simon Currie	795	25.3
	Rotherham Democratic Party	Roger Wainwright	769	24.5
	Rotherham Democratic Party	Kelly Marie Bramley	673	21.4
	Conservative	Ruth Pauline Marsh	619	19.7
	Independent	Ishtiaq Ahmad	248	7.9
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Elizabeth Read	195	6.2
Majority
Turnout			3,155	31.37
	Rotherham Democratic Party win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Sitwell

Sitwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Lee Burnett	1,471	36.5
	Conservative	David Frank Fisher	1,425	35.4
	Labour	Tony Griffin	1,071	26.6
	Independent	Mick Bower	1,054	26.2
	Conservative	Mohammed Osman Suleman	1,045	26.0
	Labour	Barbara Carol Brookes	967	24.0
	Labour	Haroon Rashid	941	23.4
	Rotherham Democratic Party	Allen Cowles*	746	18.5
	Liberal Democrats	Colin David Taylor	476	11.8
	Green	Tanya Veronica Cleary	453	11.3
	Rotherham Democratic Party	Peter Gerard John Short*	372	9.2
	Rotherham Democratic Party	Gavin Peter Shawcroft	364	9.0
Majority
Turnout			4,041	40.88
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Swinton Rockingham

Swinton Rockingham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ken Wyatt*	1,118	60.9
	Labour	Gina Monk	1,009	54.9
	Conservative	Patricia Anita Collins	596	32.4
	Liberal Democrats	Kay Lesley Hollis	117	6.4
	TUSC	Christopher James Edward Bingham	115	6.3
	SDP	Duran Rowen Bath	59	3.2
	SDP	Toni Garnett	50	2.7
Majority
Turnout			1,845	29.48
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Thurcroft & Wickersley South

Thurcroft & Wickersley South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Ryan Singleton	1,125	45.9
	Conservative	Zachary Aron Collingham	1,116	45.5
	Labour	James Jonathon Mault	634	25.9
	Labour	Angham Saleh Taher Ahmed	540	22.0
	Rotherham Democratic Party	John Turner*	510	20.8
	Rotherham Democratic Party	Brian Cutts*	450	18.4
	Liberal Democrats	Pat Tarmey	131	5.3
Majority
Turnout			2,459	32.68
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Wales

Wales

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dominic Edward Beck*	1,190	48.9
	Labour	Marnie Anne Havard	835	34.3
	Conservative	Barbara Mary Morris	793	32.6
	Conservative	Gary Smith	786	32.3
	Green	Paul Neville Martin	432	17.7
	Green	Emily Rose West	241	9.9
	Independent	Steve Webster	125	5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Oliver Tatton Boddye	81	3.3
Majority
Turnout			2,447	34.05
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Wath

Wath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Atkin*	882	51.9
	Labour	Sheila Anne Cowen	804	47.3
	Conservative	Tyrrell Jane Bingham	490	28.9
	SDP	Micky Newman	261	15.4
	Liberal Democrats	Ingrid Mary Frances House	176	10.4
	SDP	Wayne Anthony Roger Pike	110	6.5
Majority
Turnout			1,711	25.41
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Wickersley North

Wickersley North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sue Ellis*	1,466	43.3
	Labour	Emma Elizabeth Hoddinott*	1,337	39.5
	Labour	Chris Read*	1,295	38.3
	Conservative	Martyn Lawton Parker	1,042	30.8
	Rotherham Democratic Party	Rob Felstead	726	21.5
	Conservative	Mohammed Suleman	547	16.2
	Rotherham Democratic Party	Tracy Louise Green	486	14.4
	Rotherham Democratic Party	Leslie James Hince	361	10.7
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Read	281	8.3
Majority
Turnout			3,401	32.26
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Changes 2021–2024

Anston & Woodsetts

A by-election was held on 9 December 2021 after the resignation of Cllr Emma McClure

Anston & Woodsetts

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Drew Simon Tarmey	1,016	38.6	+11.1
	Conservative	Adrian John Knight	686	26.1	−1.8
	Labour	Simon Andrew Tweed	533	20.3	−0.1
	Independent	Clive Robert Jepson	189	7.2	−13.0
	Independent	Jonathan Charles Ireland	118	4.5	−10.2
	Green	Charles David Dowsing Foulstone	63	2.4	−7.9
	Yorkshire	Christopher Michael Whitwood	20	0.8	New
	Rotherham Democratic Party	Allen Cowles	6	0.2	New
Majority			330	12.5	N/A
Turnout			2,634	28.02	−10.41
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Aughton & Swallownest

A by-election was held on 9 December 2021 after the resignation of Cllr Jack Austin

Aughton & Swallownest

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Paul Taylor	645	50.8	+22.8
	Conservative	Julia Helen Mitchell	496	39.1	+2.0
	Green	Louisa Kathryn Barker	59	4.6	New
	Yorkshire	Jack Bannan	35	2.8	New
	TUSC	Paul Marshall	32	2.5	New
	Rotherham Democratic Party	Gavin Peter Shawcroft	15	1.2	−17.8
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Lambert	14	1.1	−4.9
Majority			149	11.7	N/A
Turnout			1,299	19.94	−7.22
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Keppel

A by-election was held on 27 January 2023 after the resignation of Cllr Paul Hague

Keppel

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carole Ann Foster	745	36.1	+10.8
	Liberal Democrats	Khoulod Ghanem	445	21.6	+12.7
	Independent	Sid Currie	381	18.5	New
	Yorkshire	Peter Robert Key	314	15.2	+0.2
	Conservative	Mohammed Osman Suleman	119	5.8	−25.0
	Green	Paul Neville Martin	59	2.9	New
Majority
Turnout			2,067	19.94	−8.44
	Labour gain from Rotherham Democratic Party		Swing

Dinnington

Dinnington: 13 July 2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julz Hall	1,064	42.7	+6.5
	Labour	John Vjestica	820	32.9	+7.4
	Liberal Democrats	Matt Mears	262	10.5	+1.4
	Independent	Dave Smith	196	7.9	–11.3
	Reform UK	Tony Harrison	61	2.4	N/A
	Green	Paul Martin	59	2.4	–7.7
	Yorkshire	Peter Kay	28	1.1	N/A
Majority			244	9.8
Turnout			2,496	27.4
Registered electors			9,117
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.5

In July 2023, following the resignation of a Dinnington Ward councillor, the Conservatives successfully defended the seat. The by-election was labelled as ‘crucial’ as it was seen as a 'red wall' area. The Conservatives increased their vote share.^[3]

Kilnhurst and Swinton East

Kilnhurst and Swinton East: 2 November 2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nigel Harper	810	64.6	+7.1
	Conservative	Patricia Collins	293	23.4	–7.3
	Reform UK	Adam Wood	58	4.6	N/A
	Yorkshire	Peter Key	38	3.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	John Gelder	30	2.4	–4.1
	Green	Paul Martin	25	2.0	N/A
Majority			517	41.2
Turnout			1,254	20.0
Registered electors			6,270
	Labour hold		Swing	7.2

Changes of allegiance

In May 2023, Councillors Emily Barley and Jill Thompson resigned from the Conservative Group and formed the 'Independent Conservative' Group. Councillor Charlie Wooding was suspended from the Conservative Group whilst an investigation took place regarding his attendance, and he subsequently resigned triggering a by-election. ^[4][5]

The Rotherham Democratic Party disbanded in 2022, with its councillors thereafter sitting as independents.^[6]