Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham

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Borough of Rotherham
Metropolitan borough
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Rotherham town centre, September 2016.jpg
Dinnington Colliery Band.jpg
The town centre, Wath upon Dearne - geograph.org.uk - 4008703.jpg
Church of St. Margaret, Swinton - geograph.org.uk - 6028521.jpg
St. Mary's Church, Rawmarsh - geograph.org.uk - 2677337.jpg
Red lorry on the A57 near South Anston - geograph.org.uk - 4087413.jpg
Coat of arms of Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council.png
Coat of arms of the Borough Council
Nickname: 
The Heart of SY
Motto: 
Where everyone matters
Rotherham UK locator map.svg
Rotherham shown within South Yorkshire
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Constituent country England
Region Yorkshire and the Humber
Ceremonial county South Yorkshire
Founded1974
Admin. HQ Rotherham
Government
 • Type Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
 •  Leadership:Leader & Cabinet
 • Executive: Labour
 •  MPs: Jake Richards (Lab),
John Healey (Lab),
Sarah Champion (Lab)
Area
 • Total
111 sq mi (287 km2)
 • Rank 122nd
Population
 (2022)
 • Total
268,354
 • Rank Ranked 64th
 • Density2,400/sq mi (940/km2)
Ethnicity (2021)
[1]
 •  Ethnic groups
List
Religion (2021)
[1]
 •  Religion
List
Time zone UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
ISO 3166-2 GB-ROT
ONS code 00CF (ONS)
E08000018 (GSS)
Website rotherham.gov.uk

The Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham is a metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. It is named after its main settlement of Rotherham. The wider borough spans a larger area and covers the outlying towns of Maltby, Swinton, Wath-upon-Dearne, Dinnington. As well as the villages of Rawmarsh and Laughton. A large valley spans the entire borough and is referred to as the "Rother Valley".

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The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the County Borough of Rotherham, with Maltby, Rawmarsh, Swinton and Wath-upon-Dearne urban districts along with Rotherham Rural District and Kiveton Park Rural District.

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is one of the safest Labour councils in the United Kingdom, although the number of Labour council seats dropped from 92% to 79% in 2014 following the Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal. [2]

Geography

Settlements in the borough of Rotherham include:

Anston, Aston, Aughton
Bramley, Brampton, Brampton-en-le-Morthen, Brinsworth, Brecks, Brookhouse, Broom
Canklow, Carr, Catcliffe, Clifton
Dinnington
East Dene, East Herringthorpe, Eastwood
Firbeck, Flanderwell
Gildingwells, Greasbrough
Harthill, Harley, Hellaby, Herringthorpe
Kimberworth, Kimberworth Park, Kiveton Park
Laughton-en-le-Morthen, Letwell
Maltby, Manvers, Masbrough, Moorgate, Morthen
Parkgate
Ravenfield, Rawmarsh, Ryecroft
Scholes, Slade Hooton, Stone Swallownest, Swinton, Sunnyside
Templeborough, Thorpe Hesley, Thorpe Salvin, Thrybergh, Thurcroft, Todwick, Treeton
Ulley
Wales, Wath-upon-Dearne, Waverley, Wellgate, Wentworth, West Melton, Whiston, Wickersley, Woodsetts

The borough borders City of Sheffield, Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, City of Doncaster, Bassetlaw District in Nottinghamshire and North East Derbyshire and Bolsover District in Derbyshire. The borough is also close to the cities of Sheffield, Doncaster, Lincoln, Hull, Leeds, Bradford, Wakefield, Nottingham, Manchester and Derby.

Demographics

Ethnicity

Ethnic GroupYear
1991 census [3] [4] 2001 census [5] 2011 census [6] 2021 census [7]
Number%Number%Number%Number%
White: Total246,63798%240,46396.9%240,75893.6%241,95491%
White: British --238,09595.9%236,43891.9%234,61388.3%
White: Irish 1,2560.49%1,063776655
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller [note 1] --126227
White: Roma699
White: Other --1,3053,4185,760
Asian or Asian British: Total4,1311.64%5,8332.4%10,5514.1%14,1765.3%
Asian or Asian British: Indian 4894979611,312
Asian or Asian British: Pakistani 3,2441.28%4,7047,60910,0013.8%
Asian or Asian British: Bangladeshi 3226109123
Asian or Asian British: Chinese [note 2] 218303592756
Asian or Asian British: Other Asian1483031,2801,984
Black or Black British: Total3940.15%4002,1120.8%3,0161.1%
Black or Black British: Caribbean 144180283336
Black or Black British: African 851801,6722,260
Black or Black British: Other Black 16540157420
Mixed: Total--1,2102,5513,854
Mixed: White and Black Caribbean--3527871,183
Mixed: White and Black African--104301583
Mixed: White and Asian--4888651,300
Mixed: Other Mixed--266598788
Other: Total4750.18%2691,3082,806
Other: Arab [note 3] --581778
Other: Any other ethnic group4757272,028
Total251,637100%248,175100%257,280100%265,806100%


As of 2021, the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham's population was enumerated at 265,807, and its ethnic makeup was 91% White, 5.3% Asian, 1.4% Mixed, 1.1% Black, 0.8% Other and 0.3% Arab. [8] The Borough's religious makeup was 51.6% Christian, 42% No Religion, 5.3% Muslim, and has small Hindu and Sikh communities. [9]

Council elections

The Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham was founded in 1974, and Labour have been in control of the council since the first election.

Year Labour UKIP Conservative Others BNP
2016 election [10] 4814010
2014 election [11] 5010210
2012 election [12] 580410
2011 election [13] 540711
2010 election [14] 5001021
2008 election [2] 5001012
2007 election [15] 540720

Arms

Coat of arms of Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham
Notes
Granted 19 December 1977. [16]
Crest
On a wreath of colours a demi-horse Sable resting its dexter hoof upon a cogwheel Proper.
Escutcheon
Vert on a fess wavy between in chief a mitre between two Argent roses barbed and seeded Proper and in base a cogwheel Argent a bar wavy Sable.
Supporters
On the dexter a buck and on the sinister a griffin Or each charged upon the neck with a bar wavy Sable.
Motto
By Industry And Honour
Badge
Lozenge enclosed by horseshoe inverted Sable winged Or.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ New category created for the 2011 census
  2. ↑ In 2001, listed under the 'Chinese or other ethnic group' heading.
  3. ↑ New category created for the 2011 census

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  2. 1 2 "Election Results 2008, Rotherham council". BBC News. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
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  11. ↑ Election 2014 | Rotherham Council, BBC News
  12. ↑ Election 2012 | Rotherham Council, BBC News
  13. ↑ Election 2011 | Rotherham Council, BBC News
  14. ↑ Election 2010 | Rotherham Council, BBC News
  15. ↑ Election 2007 | Rotherham Council, BBC News
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