2025 Doncaster mayoral election

2025 Doncaster mayoral election

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Mayor of Doncaster
First party Second party Third party   Ref Candidate Ros Jones Alexander Jones Nick Fletcher Party Labour Reform UK Conservative Popular vote 23,805 23,107 18,982 Percentage 32.4% 31.5% 26.0% Swing 10.9 pp 29.9 pp 2.2 pp
Mayor before election Ros Jones Labour Elected mayor Ros Jones Labour

The 2025 Doncaster mayoral election was held on the 1 May 2025 to elect the Mayor of Doncaster. Incumbent mayor Ros Jones won re-election for a fourth term, albeit with a slender majority of 698 voters. ^[1] At the separate election for councillors on City of Doncaster Council on the same day, Labour lost its majority and Reform UK won an overall majority. ^[2]

Results

2025 Doncaster mayoral election ^{[3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ros Jones	23,805	32.4	−10.9
	Reform UK	Alexander Jones	23,107	31.5	+29.9
	Conservative	Nick Fletcher	18,982	26.0	−2.2
	Green	Julie Buckley	2,449	3.3	−2.0
	Yorkshire	Andrew Walmsley	1,164	1.6	−4.8
	SDP	David Bettney	929	1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Mihai Melenciuc	895	1.2
	British Democrats	Frank Calladine	448	0.6
	Workers Party	Ahsan Jamil	434	0.6
	TUSC	Andy Hiles	393	0.5
	Independent	Richie Vallance	245	0.3
	Independent	Doug Wright	157	0.2
Majority			698		−19.1
Rejected ballots			398	0.5
Registered electors			227,496
Turnout			73,406	32.27	+4.22

References

1. Burke, Darren (2 May 2025). "Labour's Ros Jones wins fourth term as mayor of Doncaster by narrow margin". Doncaster Free Press. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
2. "Doncaster election result - Local Elections 2025". BBC News. Retrieved 2025-05-02.
3. Council, Doncaster. "Statement of Persons Nominated - Election of the Mayor of Doncaster - Doncaster Council" (PDF). www.doncaster.gov.uk. Retrieved 2025-04-19.
4. Council, Doncaster. "Mayoral election results 2025". www.doncaster.gov.uk.