Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council elections

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Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council is the local authority for Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England. The council is elected every four years. Since 2002 the council has been led by a directly elected mayor.

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From 1973 to 2014, the council was elected by thirds every year except the year in which county council elections took place in other parts of England. In 2015, the whole council was elected due to boundary changes to the wards and it was decided that the whole council would be elected every four years in future from 2017, so that the council elections would coincide with the election of the Mayor of Doncaster in future. [1]

Political control

From 1927 to 1974 Doncaster was a county borough, independent of any county council. [2] Under the Local Government Act 1972 it had its territory enlarged and became a metropolitan borough, with South Yorkshire County Council providing county-level services. The first election to the reconstituted borough council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority before coming into its revised powers on 1 April 1974. South Yorkshire County Council was abolished in 1986 and Doncaster became a unitary authority. Political control of the council since 1973 has been held by the following parties: [3] [4]

Party in controlYears
Labour 1973–2004
No overall control 2004–2010
Labour 2010–present

Leadership

Prior to 2002, political leadership was provided by the leader of the council. Since 2002, political leadership has been provided instead by a directly elected Mayor of Doncaster. The council separately appoints a civic mayor each year, who is largely ceremonial.

The leaders from 1997 to 2002 were: [5]

CouncillorPartyFromTo
Gordon Gallimore [6] Labour 1994
Peter Welsh Labour 19941997
Malcolm Glover Labour 19971998
Colin Wedd Labour 19982001
Martin Winter Labour 20015 May 2002

The directly elected mayors since 2002 have been:

MayorPartyFromTo
Martin Winter Labour 6 May 200229 May 2008
Independent 29 May 20087 Jun 2009
Peter Davies English Democrat 8 Jun 20095 Feb 2013
Independent 5 Feb 20135 May 2013
Ros Jones Labour 6 May 2013

Council elections

Results maps

By-election results

1994–1998

Stainforth By-Election 12 February 1998
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 1,33055.9+45.2
Labour 1,04844.1-27.3
Majority28211.8
Turnout 2,37819.7
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

1998–2002

Rossington By-Election 27 August 1998
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Rossington Independent53830.2+11.4
Labour 53330.0+3.5
Independent 45625.6-17.8
Conservative 1297.3+0.1
Independent 804.5+4.5
Liberal Democrats 432.4+2.4
Majority50.2
Turnout 1,77918.0
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Adwick By-Election 3 September 1998
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 1,07151.6
Liberal Democrats 61429.5
Conservative 39018.7
Majority45722.1
Turnout 2,07517.0
Labour hold Swing
Wheatley By-Election 3 September 1998
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 94145.0
Liberal Democrats 85941.1
Conservative 29013.8
Majority823.9
Turnout 2,09024.5
Labour hold Swing
Adwick By-Election 12 August 1999
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 74238.1-19.6
Liberal Democrats 62031.8-0.1
Ratepayers against Landfill52326.8+26.8
Conservative 1223.3-7.1
Majority1226.3
Turnout 2,007
Labour hold Swing
Conisbrough By-Election 18 November 1999
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 93853.5-9.1
Independent Labour53230.3+6.8
Independent 1408.0+8.0
Liberal Democrats 764.3-3.0
Conservative 683.9-1.9
Majority40623.2
Turnout 1,75416.1
Labour hold Swing
Balby By-Election 5 October 2000
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 76353.2-5.0
Liberal Democrats 40428.2+10.5
Conservative 26618.6-5.6
Majority35925.0
Turnout 1,43313.9
Labour hold Swing

2002–2006

Stainforth By-Election 20 June 2002 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nora Troops1,17056.7+8.1
Liberal Democrats Kevin Abell44421.5-1.5
Conservative Kathleen Fletcher23811.5+0.0
BNP David Owen21010.2-1.8
Majority72635.2
Turnout 2,06217.0
Labour hold Swing
Armthorpe By-Election 19 December 2003
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tony Corden94049.7+9.0
Independent 82243.5-6.8
Conservative 955.0-4.0
Independent 331.7+1.7
Majority1186.2
Turnout 1,89014.1
Labour gain from Independent Swing
Mexborough By-Election 19 February 2004 [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Susan Phillips2,67056.8+6.6
Labour 1,86639.7-2.9
Conservative 1633.5-0.3
Majority80417.1
Turnout 4,69945.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Central By-Election 5 May 2005 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John McHale2,90358.0+17.1
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Snelling2,10742.0+7.7
Majority79616.0
Turnout 5,01047.8
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

2006–2010

Rossington By-Election 19 November 2009 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Cooper-Holmes63726.9+1.1
English Democrat Mick Cooper55123.3
Independent John Cooke50621.4
Independent Terry Wilde42017.7
BNP Dave Owen1014.3+4.3
Liberal Democrats Robert Mitchell783.3+3.3
Independent George Sheldon763.2
Majority863.6
Turnout 2,36924.6
Labour gain from Independent Swing

2010–2015

Askern Spa By-Election 22 August 2013 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Iris Beech1,16554.0-16.4
Liberal Democrats Adrian McLeay26112.1+12.1
UKIP Frank Calladine23110.7+10.7
Conservative Martin Greenhalgh22510.4-19.2
Independent Martyn Bev1064.9+4.9
English Democrat David Allen984.5+4.5
TUSC Mary Jackson723.3+3.3
Majority90441.9
Turnout 2,158
Labour hold Swing
Edenthorpe, Kirk Sandall and Barnby Dun By-Election 24 July 2014 [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Paul Bissett1,20340.8+4.1
Labour David Nevett1,10937.6+1.9
Conservative Nick Allen47916.2-3.0
Green Pete Kennedy1605.4+5.4
Majority943.2
Turnout 2,951
UKIP gain from Labour Swing

2015–2017

Edenthorpe and Kirk Sandall By-Election 5 May 2016 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andrea Robinson1,14844.5+7.4
UKIP Paul Bissett96037.2+5.8
Conservative Martin Greenhalgh26810.4-8.1
Liberal Democrats Stephen Porter2027.8+7.8
Majority1887.3
Turnout 2,578
Labour hold Swing

2017–2021

Armthorpe By-Election 5 February 2018 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frank Tyas1,43175.4+34.8
Independent Martin Williams46624.6+24.6
Majority96550.9
Turnout 1,897
Labour hold Swing
Town By-Election 14 June 2018 [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tosh McDonald1,08446.8+7.7
Yorkshire Chris Whitwood57024.6-1.1
Green Julie Buckley29412.7-1.0
Conservative Carol Greenhalgh26011.2-10.4
Liberal Democrats Ian Smith662.8+2.8
Independent Gareth Pendry431.9+1.9
Majority51422.2
Turnout 2,317
Labour hold Swing

2021–2025

Wheatley Hills and Intake By-Election 31 March 2022 [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Yetunde Elebuibon82746.0
Conservative Michael Angus41923.3
Yorkshire Andy Budden35619.8
Green Jennifer Rozenfelds1357.5
Liberal Democrats Dean Southall603.3
Majority40822.7
Turnout 1,797
Labour hold Swing
Rossington and Bawtry By-Election 16 November 2023 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ken Guest1,46756.7
Conservative Carol Greenhalgh49219.0
Independent John Cooke46117.8
Reform UK Surjit Singh Duhre1686.5
Majority97537.7
Turnout 2,588
Labour hold Swing

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