2010 Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council election

Last updated July 19, 2025

The 2010 Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Rotherham Council in South Yorkshire, England as part of the 2010 United Kingdom local elections. One third of the council was up for election.

Election result

Rotherham Council Election Result 2010
Party	Seats	Seats %	Votes	Votes %
Labour	19	90.48%	51,013	44.38%
Conservative	2	9.52%	26,158	22.76%
UKIP	0	0.00%	14,215	12.37%
Independents	0	0.00%	11,285	9.82%
British National Party	0	0.00%	8,322	7.24%
Liberal Democrats	0	0.00%	3,657	3.18%
Green	0	0.00%	292	0.25%

Ward Results

^[2]

Anston and Woodsetts

Anston and Woodsetts
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	BURTON, Josephine Anne	2,369	39.56
	Conservative	EDMUNDSON, Simon Paul	2,146	35.84
	Independent	JEPSON, Clive Robert	801	13.38
	UKIP	TAWN, Colin Edward	672	11.22
Turnout			5,988	67.6

Boston Castle

Boston Castle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	MCNEELY, Rose Margaret	2,342	40.96
	Conservative	HUSSAIN, Ashiq	1,191	20.83
	Liberal Democrats	RAZAQ, Abdul	892	15.60
	UKIP	MURDOCK, Peter Frederick	762	13.33
	Independent	THOMPSON, Catherine Diane	531	9.29
Turnout			5,718	61.0

Brinsworth and Catcliffe

Brinsworth and Catcliffe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	BUCKLEY, Alan	2,610	46.85
	BNP	FIELDHOUSE, Terry Robert	982	17.63
	Conservative	HUGHES, Shaun Richard	974	17.48
	Independent	LOCKLEY, Keith	594	10.66
	UKIP	WALSH, Margaret Rose	411	7.38
Turnout			5,571	61.6

Dinnington

Dinnington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	FALVEY, Jacqueline Margaret	2,713	49.75
	Conservative	DENMAN, Kristian	1,584	29.05
	UKIP	HICKSON, Denise Margaret	1,156	21.20
Turnout			5,453	58.7

Hellaby

Hellaby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	DONALDSON, Lynda	2,254	37.97
	Labour	ROBINSON, Glyn Barry	1,970	33.18
	UKIP	FAIRFAX, Douglas	861	14.50
	Independent	FOSTER, Andrew David	852	14.35
Turnout			5,937	65.2

Holderness

Holderness
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	SMITH, Gerald	2,891	48.59
	Conservative	MARIC, Jovan	1,234	20.74
	BNP	HOLMES, Thomas David	715	12.02
	Independent	MARTIN, Paul Neville	632	10.62
	UKIP	HICKSON, Martin	478	8.03
Turnout			5,950	62.9

Hoober

Hoober
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	STEELE, Brian	2,653	51.24
	Conservative	JONES, Stephen Handel	1,150	22.21
	UKIP	PALLANT, Michael John	862	16.65
	Independent	NEWTON, Andrew	513	9.91
Turnout			5,178	57.9

Keppel

Keppel
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	BARRON, Ian Colin	2,077	35.13
	Liberal Democrats	MIDDLETON, Janice	1,314	22.23
	Conservative	WELLS, Russell James	1,287	21.77
	BNP	KIRBY, Joanna Margaret	641	10.84
	UKIP	CUTTS, David	593	10.03
Turnout			5,912	63.0

Maltby

Maltby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	RUSHFORTH, Amy Louise	1,992	39.81
	BNP	BURKE, Michael John	810	16.19
	Independent	MILLWARD, Edward	787	15.73
	Conservative	HUNTER, Keith	610	12.19
	UKIP	BROWN, Gordon Hugh	433	8.65
	Independent	CONLON, Michael James	372	7.43
Turnout			5,004	55.5

Rawmarsh

Rawmarsh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	WRIGHT, Shaun	2,656	51.22
	Conservative	TIPTAFT, David Howard Palmer	772	14.89
	BNP	BALDWIN, William George	744	14.35
	UKIP	STINSON, Douglas	721	13.91
	Green	PENYCATE, Richard William	292	5.63
Turnout			5,185	54.1

Rother Vale

Rother Vale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	RUSSELL, Richard Scott	2,468	47.33
	Independent	FOULDS, Robert	1,588	30.45
	Conservative	LEE, Nigel Haywood Wilton	1,159	22.22
Turnout			5,215	58.2

Rotherham East

Rotherham East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	ALI, Shaukat	2,199	48.62
	Liberal Democrats	ILYAS, Mohd	714	15.79
	BNP	STEVENSON, Matthew	663	14.66
	UKIP	GRIFFITH, Peter Crichton	421	9.31
	Conservative	KRAMER, Christian Carl Backer	396	8.76
	Independent	ARMESON, David	130	2.87
Turnout			4,523	49.7

Rotherham West

Rotherham West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	AKHTAR, Jahangir	2,403	44.71
	BNP	JESSOP, Brian	775	14.42
	UKIP	VINES, Caven	767	14.27
	Liberal Democrats	DAD, Basharat	737	13.71
	Conservative	COOKE, Michael	693	12.89
Turnout			5,375	57.2

Silverwood

Silverwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	RUSSELL, Patricia Anne	2,359	42.00
	Conservative	PARKER, Melissa	1,237	22.03
	Independent	OUTRAM, Geoffrey	735	13.09
	BNP	MITCHELL, John William	687	12.23
	UKIP	WILKINSON, John	598	10.65
Turnout			5,616	59.1

Sitwell

Sitwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	MANNION, Anthony Martin	2,684	41.51
	Labour	DALTON, Judith Oliver	2,238	34.61
	UKIP	WILKINSON, Valerie Irene	793	12.26
	Independent	THIRLWALL, Jean	751	11.61
Turnout			6,466	68.7

Swinton

Swinton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	LICENSE, Neil	2,902	54.98
	UKIP	O'DELL, Shaun	1,402	26.56
	Conservative	TAYLOR, Brian Eastwood	974	18.45
Turnout			5,278	58.7

Valley

Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	PICKERING, Dave	2,188	44.70
	BNP	PEARSON, Jason Paul	943	19.26
	Conservative	BRITTAIN, Lucie Helen	936	19.12
	Independent	RIDGWAY, David	828	16.92
Turnout			4,895	54.0

Wales

Wales
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	WHYSALL, Jennifer	2,320	41.33
	Conservative	BLENCOWE, Charlotte Alicia	1,837	32.72
	UKIP	FLYNN, Dennis	753	13.41
	Independent	BLANKSBY, Peter Harold	704	12.54
Turnout			5,614	66.0

Wath

Wath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	ATKIN, Alan	2,901	55.05
	UKIP	BAILEY, Brian Albert	1,344	25.50
	Conservative	TAYLOR, Josephine Margaret	1,025	19.45
Turnout			5,270	59.0

Wickersley

Wickersley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	ELLIS, Susan	2,814	48.48
	Conservative	ROSS, Donald Bruce	1,517	26.14
	UKIP	DOWDALL, Tina Charisse	881	15.18
	BNP	TURNBULL, Alan Norman	592	10.20
Turnout			5,804	62.9

Wingfield

Wingfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	GOULTY, Keith	1,948	39.04
	Independent	SYLVESTER, Michael Donald Paul	1,467	29.40
	BNP	GUEST, Marlene	770	15.43
	Conservative	MIDDLETON, Christopher Norman	498	9.98
	UKIP	VINES, Maureen	307	6.15
Turnout			4,990	55.0

References

↑ BBC Election 2010 Results,
↑ "Rotherham Council Election Results 2010". Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2011.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[BBC_Election_2010_Results-1] BBC Election 2010 Results,

[Rotherham_Council_Election_Results_2010-2] "Rotherham Council Election Results 2010". Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2011.

[1]

[2]

v t e Council elections in South Yorkshire
Barnsley	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Doncaster	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2017 2021 2025
Rotherham	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2021 2024
Sheffield	1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1945 1946 1947 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
South Yorkshire CC	1973 1977 1981 Abolished
West Riding CC	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 Abolished
Metro Mayor	2018 2022 2024
See also: Wards Boundary changes

v t e (2009 ←) 2010 United Kingdom local elections (→ 2011)
London boroughs	Barking and Dagenham Barnet Bexley Brent Bromley Camden Croydon Ealing Enfield Greenwich Hackney Hammersmith and Fulham Haringey Harrow Havering Hillingdon Hounslow Islington Kensington and Chelsea Kingston upon Thames Lambeth Lewisham Merton Newham Redbridge Richmond upon Thames Southwark Sutton Tower Hamlets Waltham Forest Wandsworth Westminster
Metropolitan boroughs	Barnsley Birmingham Bolton Bradford Bury Calderdale Coventry Doncaster Dudley Gateshead Kirklees Knowsley Leeds Liverpool Manchester Newcastle upon Tyne North Tyneside Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Salford Sandwell Sefton Sheffield Solihull South Tyneside St Helens Stockport Sunderland Tameside Trafford Wakefield Walsall Wigan Wirral Wolverhampton
Unitary authorities	Blackburn with Darwen Bristol Derby Halton Hartlepool Kingston upon Hull Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Reading Slough Southampton Southend-on-Sea Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Thurrock Warrington Wokingham
District councils (England)	Adur Amber Valley Barrow-in-Furness Basildon Basingstoke and Deane Bassetlaw Brentwood Broxbourne Burnley Cambridge Cannock Chase Carlisle Castle Point Cheltenham Cherwell Chorley Colchester Craven Crawley Daventry Eastleigh Elmbridge Epping Forest Fareham Gloucester Gosport Great Yarmouth Harlow Harrogate Hart Hastings Havant Hertsmere Huntingdonshire Hyndburn Ipswich Lincoln Maidstone Mole Valley Newcastle-under-Lyme North Hertfordshire Nuneaton and Bedworth Oxford Pendle Preston Purbeck Redditch Reigate and Banstead Rochford Rossendale Rugby Runnymede Rushmoor South Cambridgeshire South Lakeland St Albans Stevenage Stratford-on-Avon Stroud Swale Tamworth Tandridge Three Rivers Tunbridge Wells Watford Waveney Welwyn Hatfield West Lancashire West Lindsey West Oxfordshire Weymouth and Portland Winchester Woking Worcester Worthing Wyre Forest
See also: UK General election