2016 Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council election

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2016 Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council election
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  2015 5 May 2016 2021  

All 63 seats to Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
32 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
Party Labour UKIP
Seats won4814
Seat changeSteady2.svgIncrease2.svg2

Majority party before election

Labour

Majority party after election

Labour

2016 local election results in Rotherham Rotherham wards 2016.svg
2016 local election results in Rotherham

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council elections took place on Thursday 5 May 2016, alongside nationwide local elections. All 63 seats were up for election, 3 seats from each of the 21 wards. [1]

Contents

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council Election Result 2016
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 4844076.251.077,016Increase2.svg6.7
  UKIP 1431Increase2.svg222.229.544,563Decrease2.svg5.8
  Conservative 001Decrease2.svg107.911,871Decrease2.svg7.4
  Independent 101Decrease2.svg11.65.27,885Increase2.svg3.1
  Green 000003.65,426Increase2.svg1.9
  Liberal Democrats 000001.42,178Increase2.svg0.4
  Yorkshire First 000000.71,095Increase2.svg0.7
  TUSC 000000.6960Increase2.svg0.2

This result has the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:

PartyPrevious councilNew council+/-
Labour4848Steady2.svg0
UKIP1214Increase2.svg2
Independent21Decrease2.svg1
Conservatives10Decrease2.svg1
Total6363
Working majority 16  16 

Ward results

Incumbent*

Anston and Woodsetts

Anston and Woodsetts 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Clive Robert Jepson* 1,240 15.6
Labour Jonathan Charles Ireland 1,183 14.9
Labour Katherine Wilson 1,038 13.1
UKIP Bernard Froggatt1,00312.6
UKIP Phillip John Clarke97412.2
Labour Lauren Amy Edith Astbury*82710.4
Independent Christine Sadler7249.1
Conservative Anthony John Kavanagh5827.3
Green Charles David Foulstone3824.8
Majority
Independent hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Boston Castle

Boston Castle 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rose McNeely* 1,843 24.1
Labour Saghir Alam* 1,662 21.7
Labour Taiba Yasseen* 1,626 21.2
UKIP Lisa Michelle Raby1,20115.7
Conservative Christian Carl Backer Kramer84411.0
TUSC Christopher James Edward Bingham4776.2
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Brinsworth and Catcliffe

Brinsworth and Catcliffe 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan Buckley* 1,764 27.4
Labour Andrew Scott Roddison* 1,288 20.0
UKIP Nigel Gary Simpson 1,190 18.5
Labour Shabana Ahmed*1,07016.6
Liberal Democrats Adam Jonathon Carter6379.9
Conservative Ruth Pauline Marsh4807.5
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
UKIP gain from Labour Swing

Dinnington

Dinnington 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Simon Andrew Tweed* 1,012 15.1
UKIP Ian Kenneth Finnie* 954 14.3
Labour Jeanette Martin Mallinder* 913 13.6
UKIP Shaun Grice87113.0
Independent Dave Smith79511.9
Independent Jean Hart6579.8
Independent Les Clarke6209.3
Conservative Thomas Joseph Angel4927.3
Green Wendy Hamilton3805.7
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
UKIP hold Swing

Hellaby

Hellaby 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP John Turner* 1,406 16.7
UKIP Brian Cutts 1,324 15.7
Labour Jenny Andrews 1,233 14.6
UKIP Richard Fleming*1,17814.0
Labour Janet Law1,14713.6
Labour Andrew James Fenwick-Green85510.1
Conservative Anne Middleton7799.2
Green Rebecca Louise Whyman5206.2
Majority
UKIP hold Swing
UKIP hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Holderness

Holderness 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lyndsay Pitchley* 1,679 21.8
Labour Robert Paul Taylor* 1,382 17.9
UKIP Michael Elliott 1,208 15.7
UKIP John Jenkins1,18815.4
Labour Darren Jason Louis Hughes*1,17715.3
Conservative Michael James Naughton6288.1
Green Ian Barkley4535.9
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
UKIP hold Swing

Hoober

Hoober 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Denise Lelliott* 1,363 23.8
Labour David John Roche* 1,204 21.0
Labour Brian Steele* 1,185 20.7
UKIP Amanda Cowles99217.3
Conservative Tyrrell Jane Bingham5479.5
Liberal Democrats Steven Scutt4457.8
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Keppel

Keppel 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Maggi Clark* 1,270 15.6
UKIP David Cutts* 1,227 15.1
UKIP Paul Hague* 1,153 14.2
Labour John Foden1,11013.7
UKIP Christine Houghton1,08213.3
Labour Jo Baker-Rogers88310.9
Liberal Democrats Janice Middleton3664.5
Conservative Kenneth Rodney Marshall3574.4
Yorkshire First Peter Robert Key2683.3
Green Thomas Walter Hill2663.3
TUSC Neil Adshead1351.7
Majority
Labour hold Swing
UKIP hold Swing
UKIP hold Swing

Maltby

Maltby 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christine Beaumont* 1,181 18.1
Labour Amy Rushforth* 1,037 15.9
Labour Richard Price* 984 15.0
UKIP Roger Jarvis94814.5
Independent Jon Carratt75011.5
Independent Shaz Biggin5558.5
Independent Simon Ashley Ball4526.9
Independent Joy Bradford4446.8
Conservative Jane Rosemary Salt1882.9
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Rawmarsh

Rawmarsh 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bob Bird 1,387 21.0
Labour David Roy Sheppard 1,234 18.7
UKIP Sandra Marriott 1,100 16.7
UKIP Caven Vines*1,06316.1
Labour Emma Wallis*1,03615.7
Green Emily West4426.7
Conservative Josephine Margaret Taylor3435.2
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
UKIP hold Swing

Rother Vale

Rother Vale 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Amy Caroline Brookes 1,240 18.2
Labour Bob Walsh 1,146 16.9
Labour Leon Allcock 996 14.6
UKIP Robert Donald Webster91913.5
UKIP Matthew Eyre91613.5
UKIP Greg Reynolds*85512.6
Conservative William Salt4196.2
Green Martin Brown3084.5
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from UKIP Swing

Rotherham East

Rotherham East 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Wendy Cooksey 1,336 23.0
Labour Tajamal Khan* 1,301 22.4
Labour Deborah Fenwick-Green 1,053 18.1
UKIP Courtney Lea Webster99917.2
Independent Barry Dodson4638.0
Green Richard William Penycate4207.2
Conservative Marilyn Marshall2414.1
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Rotherham West

Rotherham West 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ian Paul Jones* 1,589 24.3
Labour Pat Jarvis 1,552 23.8
Labour Eve Rose Keenan* 1,387 21.2
UKIP Maureen Vines*1,23218.9
Conservative Keith Hunter4236.5
TUSC Pat McLaughlin3485.3
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from UKIP Swing

Silverwood

Silverwood 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ann Russell* 1,200 15.8
UKIP Alan Derek Napper 1,170 15.4
Labour Steve Marles 1,157 15.2
UKIP David Fleming1,09514.4
UKIP John Wilkinson1,04113.7
Labour Fakhary Saleh81710.7
Conservative Denise Helen Hall4235.6
Independent Martyn Lawton Parker*3714.9
Green Grant Thomas Morement3274.3
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
UKIP gain from Independent Swing

Sitwell

Sitwell 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Allen Cowles* 1,466 15.0
UKIP Peter Short 1,304 13.3
UKIP Julie Turner* 1,277 13.0
Conservative Christopher Norman Middleton*1,12811.5
Labour Jacquie Falvey1,02410.5
Conservative John Lester Oliver1,00010.2
Labour Neil Rushforth98810.1
Yorkshire First Mick Bower8278.4
Labour Abdul Rashid7798.0
Majority
UKIP hold Swing
UKIP hold Swing
UKIP gain from Conservative Swing

Swinton

Swinton 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Victoria Cusworth 1,621 23.4
Labour Ken Wyatt* 1,619 23.4
Labour Stuart James Sansome* 1,510 21.8
UKIP Ruby Collins99714.4
UKIP Cassie Collins74010.7
Conservative Stephen Handel Jones4266.2
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Valley

Valley 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kerry Albiston 1,227 18.0
Labour Jayne Senior 1,115 16.3
UKIP Kath Reeder* 1,087 15.9
Labour Haroon Rashid87812.8
UKIP Leah Dawn Webster77611.4
UKIP Steven Benjamin Webster71410.4
Independent Dave Pickering*4496.6
Independent Simon Currie*3655.3
Conservative Omar Mehban2223.2
Majority
Labour gain from Independent Swing
Labour gain from Independent Swing
UKIP hold Swing

Wales

Wales 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dominic Edward Beck* 1,584 22.3
Labour Jenny Whysall* 1,450 20.4
Labour Gordon Watson* 1,189 16.8
UKIP Dennis Flynn1,06515.0
Conservative John Cox90412.7
Green Paul Neville Martin4937.0
Liberal Democrats Alan Vincent Marshall4085.8
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Wath

Wath 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan Atkin* 1,639 23.2
Labour Jayne Elliot* 1,496 21.2
Labour Simon Evans* 1,182 16.7
UKIP Brian Albert Bailey1,09515.5
UKIP Jeffrey Cowles97513.8
Green Mykel Hedge3645.1
Liberal Democrats Abe Staples-McCall3224.6
Conservative Lissa Higgins3164.5
Conservative Beryl Brown3074.3
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Wickersley

Wickersley 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sue Ellis* 1,814 22.0
Labour Chris Read* 1,426 17.3
Labour Emma Hoddinott* 1,424 17.2
UKIP Dennis Harry Hardwick1,30515.8
UKIP Leslie James Hince1,22414.8
Conservative Peter Michael Higgins5366.5
Green Jo Baker5316.4
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Wingfield

Wingfield 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Robert William Elliott 1,361 23.6
Labour Sarah Ann Allen 1,162 20.1
Labour John Williams 898 15.5
UKIP Lee James Hunter*88815.4
Labour Mahroof Rashid64411.1
Green Keith Cooper5409.3
Conservative Barrie Marsh2864.9
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
UKIP hold Swing

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  1. "May 2016 election notices". Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 24 April 2016.[ permanent dead link ]