City of Doncaster Council elections

The City of Doncaster Council is the local authority for Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England. The council is elected every four years. Since 2002 the council has been led by a directly elected mayor.

From 1973 to 2014, the council was elected by thirds every year except the year in which country council elections took place in other parts of England. In 2015, the whole council was elected due to boundary changes to the wards and it was decided that the whole council would be elected every four years in future from 2017, so that the council elections would coincide with the election of the Mayor of Doncaster in future.^[1]

Council elections

• 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 Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election (whole council elected after boundary changes)^[2]
• 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 Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election (boundary changes)
• 2017 Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election
• 2021 Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election
• 2025 City of Doncaster Council election

Results maps

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  2004 results map
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  2006 results map
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  2007 results map
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  2008 results map
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  2010 results map
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  2011 results map
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  2012 results map
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  2014 results map
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  2015 results map
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  2017 results map
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  2021 results map
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  2025 results map

By-election results

1994–1998

Stainforth By-Election 12 February 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		1,330	55.9	+45.2
	Labour		1,048	44.1	−27.3
Majority			282	11.8
Turnout			2,378	19.7
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

1998–2002

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 Democrats		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 Democrats		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 Democrats		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 Democrats		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 Democrats		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 Democrats		404	28.2	+10.5
	Conservative		266	18.6	−5.6
Majority			359	25.0
Turnout			1,433	13.9
	Labour hold		Swing

2002–2006

Stainforth By-Election 20 June 2002^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nora Troops	1,170	56.7	+8.1
	Liberal Democrats	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

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^[4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats hold		Swing

Central By-Election 5 May 2005^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John McHale	2,903	58.0	+17.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Snelling	2,107	42.0	+7.7
Majority			796	16.0
Turnout			5,010	47.8
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

2006–2010

Rossington By-Election 19 November 2009^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Cooper-Holmes	637	26.9	+1.1
	English Democrat	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 Democrats	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

2010–2015

Askern Spa By-Election 22 August 2013^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Iris Beech	1,165	54.0	−16.4
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian McLeay	261	12.1	+12.1
	UKIP	Frank Calladine	231	10.7	+10.7
	Conservative	Martin Greenhalgh	225	10.4	−19.2
	Independent	Martyn Bev	106	4.9	+4.9
	English Democrat	David Allen	98	4.5	+4.5
	TUSC	Mary Jackson	72	3.3	+3.3
Majority			904	41.9
Turnout			2,158
	Labour hold		Swing

Edenthorpe, Kirk Sandall and Barnby Dun By-Election 24 July 2014^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Paul Bissett	1,203	40.8	+4.1
	Labour	David Nevett	1,109	37.6	+1.9
	Conservative	Nick Allen	479	16.2	−3.0
	Green	Pete Kennedy	160	5.4	+5.4
Majority			94	3.2
Turnout			2,951
	UKIP gain from Labour		Swing

2015–2017

Edenthorpe and Kirk Sandall By-Election 5 May 2016^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrea Robinson	1,148	44.5	+7.4
	UKIP	Paul Bissett	960	37.2	+5.8
	Conservative	Martin Greenhalgh	268	10.4	−8.1
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Porter	202	7.8	+7.8
Majority			188	7.3
Turnout			2,578
	Labour hold		Swing

2017–2021

Armthorpe By-Election 5 February 2018^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Tyas	1,431	75.4	+34.8
	Independent	Martin Williams	466	24.6	+24.6
Majority			965	50.9
Turnout			1,897
	Labour hold		Swing

Town By-Election 14 June 2018^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tosh McDonald	1,084	46.8	+7.7
	Yorkshire	Chris Whitwood	570	24.6	−1.1
	Green	Julie Buckley	294	12.7	−1.0
	Conservative	Carol Greenhalgh	260	11.2	−10.4
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Smith	66	2.8	+2.8
	Independent	Gareth Pendry	43	1.9	+1.9
Majority			514	22.2
Turnout			2,317
	Labour hold		Swing

2021–2025

Wheatley Hills and Intake By-Election 31 March 2022^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Yetunde Elebuibon	827	46.0	+6.1
	Conservative	Michael Angus	419	23.3	−2.2
	Yorkshire	Andy Budden	356	19.8	+1.9
	Green	Jennifer Rozenfelds	135	7.5	−2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Dean Southall	60	3.3	−3.1
Majority			408	22.7
Turnout			1,797
	Labour hold		Swing

Rossington and Bawtry By-Election 16 November 2023^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ken Guest	1,467	56.7	+10.8
	Conservative	Carol Greenhalgh	492	19.0	−1.1
	Independent	John Cooke	461	17.8	−8.5
	Reform UK	Surjit Singh Duhre	168	6.5	+6.5
Majority			975	37.7
Turnout			2,588
	Labour hold		Swing

Town By-Election 4 July 2024^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rob Dennis	2,770	49.8	+6.5
	Reform UK	Surjit Singh Duhre	892	16.0	+16.0
	Green	Julie Buckley	805	14.5	−3.3
	Conservative	Dene Flannigan	723	13.0	−6.4
	Independent	Nikki McDonald	373	6.7	+6.7
Majority			1,878	33.8
Turnout			5,563
	Labour hold		Swing