2014 Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council election

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2014 Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council election
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  2012 22 May 2014 2015  

One third of seats (21 of 63) to Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
32 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
Party Labour UKIP
Seats won1110
Seat changeDecrease2.svg8Increase2.svg10

 Third partyFourth party
 
Party Conservative Independent
Seats won00
Seat changeDecrease2.svg2Steady2.svg0

Majority party before election

Labour

Majority party after election

Labour

Election result

Rotherham Council Election Result 2014
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  UKIP 10100Increase2.svg1048.044.330,084Increase2.svg28.5
  Labour 1108Decrease2.svg852.040.927,793Decrease2.svg0.9
  Conservative 002Decrease2.svg20.09.56,482Decrease2.svg12.6
 Independents00000.02.81,886Decrease2.svg6.8
  Green 00000.00.7487Increase2.svg0.5
  Respect 00000.00.7484Increase2.svg0.7
  TUSC 00000.00.6395Increase2.svg0.6
 PNP00000.00.3223Increase2.svg0.3
  Liberal Democrats 00000.00.2136Decrease2.svg3.0

A total of 67,970 votes were cast. There were 508 spoiled ballots. The turnout was 34.79% The 2014 Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council in England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Contents

A third of the seats was in play. The Councillors in this class were previously elected during the 2010 Rotherham Council election, in which Labour swept 19 out of 21 wards with 44% of the votes, thanks to the very divided opposition (Conservative, UKIP, BNP as well as Independents).

This was the first election since the Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal broke. Turnout declined to about half of its 2010 figure (down to 34.79%). UKIP made huge gains, taking 10 of the 21 seats in play, their first ever at the Council.

Opposition to Labour was roughly equivalent to the levels of 2007, but Labour's majority on the Council was still safe despite being reduced from 58 to 50 (out of 63).

Council Composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

5841
LabourConInd

After the election the composition of the council was:

501021
LabourUKIPConInd
Anston and Woodsetts
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Josephine Anne Burton*1,33938.8-0.8
UKIP Bernard Froggatt1,30837.9+26.7
Conservative Josephine Margaret Taylor55516.1-19.7
Green Charles David Foulstone2517.2New
Majority310.9
Turnout 3,45338.9-28.7
Labour hold Swing
Boston Castle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rose Margaret McNeely*1,42839.2-1.8
UKIP Peter Gerard John Short1,26734.8+21.5
Conservative Christian Carl Backer Kramer42411.7-9.1
Respect Raisah Jan Mahmood2677.3N/A
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Meharban1363.8-11.8
TUSC Christopher James Edward Bingham1183.2N/A
Majority1614.4
Turnout 3,64038.8-22.7
Labour hold Swing
Brinsworth and Catcliffe
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan Buckley*1,65150.6+3.7
UKIP Julie Turner1,61149.4+42.0
Majority400.8
Turnout 3,26235.2-26.4
Labour hold Swing
Dinnington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Ian Kenneth Finnie1,29342.1+20.9
Labour Jacqueline Margaret Falvey*1,19539.0-10.8
Independent David Smith57918.9N/A
Majority983.1
Turnout 3,06731.8-26.9
UKIP gain from Labour Swing
Hellaby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Richard Arthur John Turner1,82551.7+20.0
Labour Janet Martin Mallinder1,15032.6-10.2
Conservative Omar Mehban55215.7-5.3
Majority20119.1
Turnout 3,52737.9-27.3
UKIP gain from Conservative Swing
Holderness
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gerald Smith*1,06431.6-1.4
UKIP John Wilkinson1,06131.5+27.4
Independent Hilda Landells Jack55716.5N/A
Conservative Michael James Naughton36110.7+3.3
Independent David Henry Gee2266.7N/A
TUSC Paul Marshall1003.0N/A
Majority30.1
Turnout 3,36935.1-27.8
Labour hold Swing
Hoober
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brian Steele*1,36247.1-4.1
UKIP Michael John Pallant1,15139.8+23.1
Conservative Brian Eastwood Taylor37713.1-9.1
Majority2117.3
Turnout 2,89030.6-27.3
Labour hold Swing
Keppel
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP David Cutts1,65849.6+23.8
Labour Ian Colin Barron*1,25837.6-9.3
Conservative Michael Robinson42612.8-1.3
Majority40012.0
Turnout 3,34236.3-26.7
UKIP gain from Labour Swing
Maltby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Amy Louise Rushforth*1,18341.9+2.1
UKIP Roger Jarvis1,12039.6+30.9
Independent Michael Conlon52418.5+11.1
Majority632.3
Turnout 2,82731.9-23.6
Labour hold Swing
Rawmarsh
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Caven Vines1,56352.0+35.6
Labour Jayne Christine Elliot1,22040.5-14.5
Conservative Beryl Charlotte Brown2277.5-9.5
Majority34311.5
Turnout 3,01031.5-22.6
UKIP gain from Labour Swing
Rother Vale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Gregory Reynolds1,44453.1+22.0
Labour Richard Scott Russell*1,09740.4-15.8
TUSC Neil Adshead1776.5N/A
Majority34712.7
Turnout 2,71830.2-28.0
UKIP gain from Labour Swing
Rotherham East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Shaukat Ali1,46049.7-15.8
UKIP Timothy Michael Jones1,24042.2+22.0
Green Richard William Penycate2368.1N/A
Majority2207.5
Turnout 2,93632.2-17.5
Labour hold Swing
Rotherham West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Maureen Vines1,56744.0+29.7
Labour Jahangir Akhtar1,52842.9-1.8
Conservative Marilyn Marshall2487.0-5.9
Respect Sarah Kiran Mahmood2176.1N/A
Majority391.1
Turnout 3,56037.5-19.7
UKIP gain from Labour Swing
Silverwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Martyn Lawton Parker1,67251.8+17.1
Labour Patricia Anne Russell*1,13335.1-14.3
Conservative James Gedler42513.1+0.7
Majority53916.7
Turnout 3,23033.8-25.3
UKIP gain from Labour Swing
Sitwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Allen Cowles1,77642.5+30.2
Conservative Anne Middleton1,10126.3-15.2
Labour Tajamal Khan1,08425.9-8.7
Patients not ProfitsNaveen Judah2235.3N/A
Majority67516.2
Turnout 4,18444.3-24.4
UKIP gain from Conservative Swing
Swinton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stuart James Sansome1,46446.4-9.0
UKIP Robert Eric Sanderson1,40544.5+17.9
Conservative Stephen Handel Jones2869.1-9.4
Majority591.9
Turnout 3,15534.5-24.2
Labour hold Swing
Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Kathleen Ann Reeder1,57253.1New
Labour Dave Pickering*1,38746.9+2.2
Majority1856.2N/A
Turnout 2,95932.0+22.0
UKIP gain from Labour Swing
Wales
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jennifer Whysall*1,38644.8+3.5
UKIP Dennis Flynn1,10835.8+22.4
Conservative Lucie Helen Brittain60119.4-13.3
Majority2789.0
Turnout 3,09535.4-30.6
Labour hold Swing
Wath
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan Atkin*1,55847.6-7.5
UKIP Brian Albert Bailey1,40943.1+17.6
Conservative Linda Elizabeth Higgins3039.3-10.2
Majority1494.5
Turnout 3,27032.5-26.5
Labour hold Swing
Wickersley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Susan Ellis*1,68547.3-1.2
UKIP Brian Cutts1,48241.7+26.5
Conservative Alex Alan John Walker39211.0-15.1
Majority2035.6
Turnout 3,55938.4-24.5
Labour hold Swing
Wingfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Lee James Hunter1,55253.2+47.0
Labour Keith Goulty*1,16139.8+0.8
Conservative Kenneth Rodney Marshall2047.0-3.0
Majority39113.4N/A
Turnout 2,91732.2-22.8
UKIP gain from Labour Swing

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