2017 Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election

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2017 Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election
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All 55 seats to Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council
28 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
Party Labour Conservative
Last election418
Seats won437
Seat changeIncrease2.svg2Decrease2.svg1
Popular vote28,87318,993
Percentage37.5%24.7%
 Third partyFourth party
 
Party Mexborough First Independent
Last election31
Seats won32
Seat changeSteady2.svgIncrease2.svg1
Popular vote2,3206,039
Percentage3.0%7.8%
Doncaster Council election, 2017.svg
Map showing the results of the 2017 Doncaster Council elections.
Council control before election

Labour

Council control after election

Labour

The 2017 Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom. The election of the Mayor of Doncaster also took place on the same day. [1] All 55 councillors were elected from 21 wards which returned either two or three councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. [2]

Contents

The election resulted in the Labour Party retaining control of the Council, with an increased majority after gaining two seats from UKIP. [3]

Result

Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2017
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 4320Increase2.svg237.528,873
  Conservative 701Decrease2.svg124.718,993
  Mexborough First 30003.02,320
  Independent 210Increase2.svg17.86,039
  UKIP 002Decrease2.svg214.311,008
  Yorkshire 00005.34,102
  Green 00003.92,988
  Community Group 00001.51,147
  TUSC 00001.1848
  Liberal Democrats 00001.0736

Council composition

Following the last election in 2015, the composition of the council was:

↓
418321
LabourConservativeMFUI

After the election, the composition of the council was:

43732
LabourConservativeMFI

MF - Mexborough First
I - Independent
U - UKIP

Mayoral election

Doncaster Mayoral Election 2017 [4]
PartyCandidate1st round2nd round1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
TotalOf roundTransfersTotalOf round
Labour Ros Jones 32,63150.9%
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Conservative George Jabbour13,57521.2%
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UKIP Brian Whitmore7,76412.1%
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Independent Eddie Todd5,3448.3%
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Yorkshire Chris Whitwood 3,2355.0%
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TUSC Steve Williams1,5312.4%
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Majority
Turnout 64,080
Labour hold

Ward results

Map of electoral wards in Doncaster. Doncaster wards.png
Map of electoral wards in Doncaster.

Adwick-Le-Street and Carcroft

Adwick-Le-Street and Carcroft (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Hughes 1,574 54.4 +9.7
Labour John Mounsey 1,553 53.6 +6.1
Labour Rachel Hodson 1,361 47.0 +11.6
Yorkshire Charles Bridges67823.4New
UKIP Frank Calladine65522.6-6.4
Conservative Terry Taylor47216.3+4.6
Turnout 25.2%

Armthorpe

Armthorpe (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tony Corden 1,479 51.4 +4.6
Labour Chris McGuinness 1,336 46.4 +3.3
Labour Sue McGuinness 1,314 45.6 +4.4
UKIP Nigel Berry1,04536.3-1.9
Conservative Margaret Beard78727.3+6.2
UKIP Kevin Michael Abell76726.6New
Green Mark Gray32811.4+1.2
Turnout 26.6%

Balby South

Balby South (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nuala Mary Fennelly 1,007 48.8 +12.1
Labour John Patrick Joseph Healy 792 38.4 -9.8
Conservative John Thomas Papworth67832.8+9.4
UKIP James Anthony Cotterill53025.7-10.1
Green Ash Ingram20810.1+2.9
Turnout 28.1%

Bentley

Bentley (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charlie Hogarth 1,665 50.8 +6.5
Labour Bill Mordue 1,618 49.4 +2.4
Labour Jane Nightingale 1,511 46.1 +2.9
UKIP Louise Margaret Emery83225.4-6.6
Conservative Brian Woodhouse80324.5+6.3
Green Amy Louise Baker39812.1+1.2
Green Tony Nicholson3009.2New
Green Dawn Longley2678.2New
TUSC Jordan James Lucas1695.2New
TUSC Steven Flint1675.1-1.9
Turnout 7,73026.0%

Bessacarr

Bessacarr (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nick Allen 1,448 36.9 +10.8
Labour Neil Gethin 1,217 31.0 +2.6
Labour Majid Khan 1,172 29.8 +3.1
Labour Diane Jones1,16129.6+4.6
Conservative Carol Greenhalgh1,09727.9New
Independent Monty Cuthbert1,04426.6+7.7
Conservative Leon Sean French1,04026.5+6.1
Independent Paul Coddington83821.3-3.5
UKIP Paul Alexander Carr Pickering54213.8-7.8
Liberal Democrats Roger Leonard Long3869.8-3.4
Liberal Democrats Matthew Thomas Hague2957.5-4.9
Green James Michael Chatterley2125.4-3.4
Green Veronica Jane Maxwell1564.0New
Turnout 10,60834.4%

Conisbrough

Conisbrough (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nigel Ball 1,685 55.5 +0.3
Labour Ian Pearson 1,545 50.9 +5.7
Labour Lani-Mae Ball 1,523 50.2 +12.7
UKIP William Brooke Shaw75024.7+2.3
Yorkshire Stevie Manion71623.6New
Conservative Rachel French67622.3+10.4
Turnout 6,89525.3%

Edenthorpe & Kirk Sandall

Edenthorpe & Kirk Sandall (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Andrew Nevett 1,156 43.6 +3.3
Labour Andrea Robinson 1,039 39.2 +2.6
UKIP Paul Bissett71326.9-7.2
Conservative Cliff Hampson69826.3+6.2
Conservative Karen Hampson66024.9+13.3
UKIP Harry Palmer54420.5-8.6
Turnout 4,81033.7%

Edlington & Warmsworth

Edlington & Warmsworth (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tina Reid 1,292 56.2 +8.3
Labour Phil Cole 1,168 50.8 -1.0
Conservative Liz Jones67929.5+13.1
UKIP Robert Noel Middleton53423.2-5.5
Turnout 3,67327.4%

Finningley

Finningley (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jane Margaret Cox 2,579 61.3 +25.6
Conservative Stephen Leslie Cox 2,385 56.7 +24.0
Conservative Allan Jones 2,351 55.9 +22.5
Labour Tony Bryan1,18528.2+0.6
Labour Sandra Mary Holland1,17327.9+0.9
Labour Phil Docherty1,04224.8+4.2
TUSC Owen Harris-Evans3157.5+4.3
Turnout 11,03033.0%

Hatfield

Hatfield (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Linda Mary Curran 1,297 37.7 -3.2
Labour Duncan Charles Anderson 1,195 34.7 -1.5
Labour Derek William Smith 1,097 31.9 +2.8
UKIP Mick Glynn1,05330.6-5.4
Conservative James Vincent Hart87825.5+4.1
Independent Jessie Jamieson Credland86425.1-11.0
UKIP Keith Jacques68820.0-16.1
Independent Bill Morrison63118.3New
UKIP Deborah Cotterill51815.0-11.5
Independent Anne Frances Rutherford39211.4-15.1
Turnout 8,61329.9%

Hexthorpe & Balby North

Hexthorpe & Balby North (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Glyn Allen Jones 1,141 59.5 +5.9
Labour Sue Wilkinson 873 45.5 -0.3
UKIP John David Cotterill53227.7-11.3
Conservative Ann Nadin Martin43322.6New
Turnout 2,97924.9%

Mexborough

Mexborough (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Mexborough First Andy Pickering 2,320 72.0 +24.6
Mexborough First Sean Michael Gibbons 2,252 69.9 +22.6
Mexborough First Bev Chapman 2,083 64.7 +26.6
Labour Sue Phillips72222.4-6.4
Labour Tracey Joan Leyland-Jepson68221.2-5.4
Labour Rob Reid39712.3-9.2
Conservative Barbara Fletcher1635.1New
Turnout 8,61927.6%

Norton & Askern

Norton & Askern (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Iris Beech 1,651 46.6 +7.3
Labour Austen William White 1,586 44.8 +7.4
Labour John Anthony Gilliver 1,470 41.5 +0.7
Conservative Carolyn Taylor1,08830.7+2.3
Yorkshire Jacob Barker78522.2New
Independent Frank Jackson76321.5New
UKIP Charles Roger Morris74220.9-12.3
Turnout 8,08531.8%

Roman Ridge

Roman Ridge (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Pat Haith 1,376 53.9 +13.7
Labour Kevin Terence Rodgers 1,205 47.2 +7.0
Conservative Doreen Woodhouse81431.9+13.8
Green Christine Florence Platt38715.2+9.4
Green Stephen Platt38215.0+5.1
Turnout 4,16430.2%

Rossington & Bawtry

Rossington & Bawtry (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rachael Blake 1,823 48.7 +12.7
Independent John Nolan Cooke 1,645 43.9 +13.6
Labour Mick Cooper 1,497 40.0 +16.4
Labour Kevin Robert Fennelly1,36836.5+14.7
Conservative Ross Lawrence David Atkinson1,03927.8+4.5
UKIP Clive Graham Stone93725.0-0.6
TUSC Luke Michael Jones1594.2New
Turnout 8,46828.6%

Sprotbrough

Sprotbrough (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Cynthia Anne Ransome 1,704 53.7 +15.3
Conservative Jonathan Blundell Wood 1,376 43.4 +7.4
Labour David Holland1,14136.0+4.6
Labour Craig Bernard Sahman77224.3-2.9
Green Fiona Dorothy Patricia Cahill51016.1+4.4
Turnout 5,50335.7%

Stainforth & Barnby Dun

Stainforth & Barnby Dun (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ken Keegan 1,004 50.4 +6.8
Labour George Derx 728 36.5 +4.2
Conservative Christine Yvonne Allen71035.6+15.1
UKIP John Waggitt67333.8+7.4
Turnout 3,11527.8%

Thorne & Moorends

Thorne & Moorends (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Susan Jane Durant 2,019 52.9 +16.6
Labour Mark Stuart Houlbrook 1,890 49.5 +15.6
Labour Joe Blackham 1,797 47.1 +12.6
Community Group Martin Williams1,14730.1+0.5
Community Group Tony Brookes98225.7+8.7
Community Group Lee Dudgeon73519.3+6.0
UKIP Kim Parkinson58315.3-11.5
Conservative Keith Oades46912.3-2.3
Independent Karen Lesley Mundin3749.8New
TUSC Mary Jackson2055.4+2.0
Turnout 10,20129.8%

Tickhill & Wadworth

Tickhill & Wadworth (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Nigel John Cannings 1,349 44.6 +19.2
Conservative Martin Damian Greenhalgh 954 31.5 +1.6
Conservative Alan Smith82127.1-3.5
Labour Sue Farmer72223.9-3.2
Labour Bob Johnson64121.2-3.8
Liberal Democrats Ian Michael Smith35011.6New
Green Kay Goddard30810.2New
Turnout 5,14535.6%

Town

Town (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John McHale 1,818 49.8 +6.6
Labour Nikki McDonald 1,667 45.6 +2.8
Labour Dave Shaw 1,603 43.9 +1.8
Yorkshire Chris Whitwood 1,19532.7New
Conservative Guy Aston1,00327.4+6.2
Green Laura Jane Vieira63717.4+1.6
Majority40811.2
Turnout 29.7-22.1
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Wheatley Hills & Intake

Wheatley Hills & Intake (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Eva Theresa Hughes 1,899 54.6 +11.5
Labour Jane Kidd 1,767 50.8 +9.1
Labour Paul Wray 1,531 44.0 +4.4
Conservative Neil Saran Srivastava91826.4+9.9
UKIP Roy John Penketh88725.5-4.1
Yorkshire Gareth Shanks72820.9New
Turnout 7,73027.2%

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