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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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UKIP | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 48.0 | 44.3 | 30,084 | 28.5 | |
Labour | 11 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 52.0 | 40.9 | 27,793 | 0.9 | |
Conservative | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 9.5 | 6,482 | 12.6 | |
Independents | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 1,886 | 6.8 | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 487 | 0.5 | |
Respect | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 484 | 0.7 | |
TUSC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 395 | 0.6 | |
PNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 223 | 0.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 136 | 3.0 | |
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.
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).
Prior to the election the composition of the council was:
58 | 4 | 1 |
Labour | Con | Ind |
After the election the composition of the council was:
50 | 10 | 2 | 1 |
Labour | UKIP | Con | Ind |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Josephine Anne Burton* | 1,339 | 38.8 | -0.8 | |
UKIP | Bernard Froggatt | 1,308 | 37.9 | +26.7 | |
Conservative | Josephine Margaret Taylor | 555 | 16.1 | -19.7 | |
Green | Charles David Foulstone | 251 | 7.2 | New | |
Majority | 31 | 0.9 | |||
Turnout | 3,453 | 38.9 | -28.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Rose Margaret McNeely* | 1,428 | 39.2 | -1.8 | |
UKIP | Peter Gerard John Short | 1,267 | 34.8 | +21.5 | |
Conservative | Christian Carl Backer Kramer | 424 | 11.7 | -9.1 | |
Respect | Raisah Jan Mahmood | 267 | 7.3 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Mohammed Meharban | 136 | 3.8 | -11.8 | |
TUSC | Christopher James Edward Bingham | 118 | 3.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 161 | 4.4 | |||
Turnout | 3,640 | 38.8 | -22.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Alan Buckley* | 1,651 | 50.6 | +3.7 | |
UKIP | Julie Turner | 1,611 | 49.4 | +42.0 | |
Majority | 40 | 0.8 | |||
Turnout | 3,262 | 35.2 | -26.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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UKIP | Ian Kenneth Finnie | 1,293 | 42.1 | +20.9 | |
Labour | Jacqueline Margaret Falvey* | 1,195 | 39.0 | -10.8 | |
Independent | David Smith | 579 | 18.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 98 | 3.1 | |||
Turnout | 3,067 | 31.8 | -26.9 | ||
UKIP gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UKIP | Richard Arthur John Turner | 1,825 | 51.7 | +20.0 | |
Labour | Janet Martin Mallinder | 1,150 | 32.6 | -10.2 | |
Conservative | Omar Mehban | 552 | 15.7 | -5.3 | |
Majority | 201 | 19.1 | |||
Turnout | 3,527 | 37.9 | -27.3 | ||
UKIP gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gerald Smith* | 1,064 | 31.6 | -1.4 | |
UKIP | John Wilkinson | 1,061 | 31.5 | +27.4 | |
Independent | Hilda Landells Jack | 557 | 16.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | Michael James Naughton | 361 | 10.7 | +3.3 | |
Independent | David Henry Gee | 226 | 6.7 | N/A | |
TUSC | Paul Marshall | 100 | 3.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 3 | 0.1 | |||
Turnout | 3,369 | 35.1 | -27.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Brian Steele* | 1,362 | 47.1 | -4.1 | |
UKIP | Michael John Pallant | 1,151 | 39.8 | +23.1 | |
Conservative | Brian Eastwood Taylor | 377 | 13.1 | -9.1 | |
Majority | 211 | 7.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,890 | 30.6 | -27.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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UKIP | David Cutts | 1,658 | 49.6 | +23.8 | |
Labour | Ian Colin Barron* | 1,258 | 37.6 | -9.3 | |
Conservative | Michael Robinson | 426 | 12.8 | -1.3 | |
Majority | 400 | 12.0 | |||
Turnout | 3,342 | 36.3 | -26.7 | ||
UKIP gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Amy Louise Rushforth* | 1,183 | 41.9 | +2.1 | |
UKIP | Roger Jarvis | 1,120 | 39.6 | +30.9 | |
Independent | Michael Conlon | 524 | 18.5 | +11.1 | |
Majority | 63 | 2.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,827 | 31.9 | -23.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UKIP | Caven Vines | 1,563 | 52.0 | +35.6 | |
Labour | Jayne Christine Elliot | 1,220 | 40.5 | -14.5 | |
Conservative | Beryl Charlotte Brown | 227 | 7.5 | -9.5 | |
Majority | 343 | 11.5 | |||
Turnout | 3,010 | 31.5 | -22.6 | ||
UKIP gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UKIP | Gregory Reynolds | 1,444 | 53.1 | +22.0 | |
Labour | Richard Scott Russell* | 1,097 | 40.4 | -15.8 | |
TUSC | Neil Adshead | 177 | 6.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 347 | 12.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,718 | 30.2 | -28.0 | ||
UKIP gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Shaukat Ali | 1,460 | 49.7 | -15.8 | |
UKIP | Timothy Michael Jones | 1,240 | 42.2 | +22.0 | |
Green | Richard William Penycate | 236 | 8.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 220 | 7.5 | |||
Turnout | 2,936 | 32.2 | -17.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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UKIP | Maureen Vines | 1,567 | 44.0 | +29.7 | |
Labour | Jahangir Akhtar | 1,528 | 42.9 | -1.8 | |
Conservative | Marilyn Marshall | 248 | 7.0 | -5.9 | |
Respect | Sarah Kiran Mahmood | 217 | 6.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 39 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 3,560 | 37.5 | -19.7 | ||
UKIP gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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UKIP | Martyn Lawton Parker | 1,672 | 51.8 | +17.1 | |
Labour | Patricia Anne Russell* | 1,133 | 35.1 | -14.3 | |
Conservative | James Gedler | 425 | 13.1 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 539 | 16.7 | |||
Turnout | 3,230 | 33.8 | -25.3 | ||
UKIP gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UKIP | Allen Cowles | 1,776 | 42.5 | +30.2 | |
Conservative | Anne Middleton | 1,101 | 26.3 | -15.2 | |
Labour | Tajamal Khan | 1,084 | 25.9 | -8.7 | |
Patients not Profits | Naveen Judah | 223 | 5.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 675 | 16.2 | |||
Turnout | 4,184 | 44.3 | -24.4 | ||
UKIP gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stuart James Sansome | 1,464 | 46.4 | -9.0 | |
UKIP | Robert Eric Sanderson | 1,405 | 44.5 | +17.9 | |
Conservative | Stephen Handel Jones | 286 | 9.1 | -9.4 | |
Majority | 59 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 3,155 | 34.5 | -24.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UKIP | Kathleen Ann Reeder | 1,572 | 53.1 | New | |
Labour | Dave Pickering* | 1,387 | 46.9 | +2.2 | |
Majority | 185 | 6.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,959 | 32.0 | +22.0 | ||
UKIP gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jennifer Whysall* | 1,386 | 44.8 | +3.5 | |
UKIP | Dennis Flynn | 1,108 | 35.8 | +22.4 | |
Conservative | Lucie Helen Brittain | 601 | 19.4 | -13.3 | |
Majority | 278 | 9.0 | |||
Turnout | 3,095 | 35.4 | -30.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan Atkin* | 1,558 | 47.6 | -7.5 | |
UKIP | Brian Albert Bailey | 1,409 | 43.1 | +17.6 | |
Conservative | Linda Elizabeth Higgins | 303 | 9.3 | -10.2 | |
Majority | 149 | 4.5 | |||
Turnout | 3,270 | 32.5 | -26.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Susan Ellis* | 1,685 | 47.3 | -1.2 | |
UKIP | Brian Cutts | 1,482 | 41.7 | +26.5 | |
Conservative | Alex Alan John Walker | 392 | 11.0 | -15.1 | |
Majority | 203 | 5.6 | |||
Turnout | 3,559 | 38.4 | -24.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UKIP | Lee James Hunter | 1,552 | 53.2 | +47.0 | |
Labour | Keith Goulty* | 1,161 | 39.8 | +0.8 | |
Conservative | Kenneth Rodney Marshall | 204 | 7.0 | -3.0 | |
Majority | 391 | 13.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,917 | 32.2 | -22.8 | ||
UKIP gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
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