Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is the local authority for

Rotherham Rotherham ( ) is a market town in South Yorkshire, England. It lies at the confluence of the River Rother, South Yorkshire, River Rother, from which the town gets its name, and the River Don, Yorkshire, River Don. It is the largest settlement ...

South Yorkshire South Yorkshire is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It borders North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire to the north, the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north-east, Lincolnshire ...

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. The council is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, 63

councillor A councillor, alternatively councilman, councilwoman, councilperson, or council member, is someone who sits on, votes in, or is a member of, a council. This is typically an elected representative of an electoral district in a municipal or re ...

s have been elected from 21 wards. As part of the government's response to the Rotherham sexual abuses scandal, the

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Eric Pickles Eric Jack Pickles, Baron Pickles, (born 20 April 1952) is a British Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for Brentwood and Ongar from 1992 United ...

made an order under the Local Government Act 2000 to switch Rotherham council to holding all-out elections in 2016 and then every fourth year after (the boundaries were not changed). Until then, Rotherham was elected 'in thirds' like other Metropolitan Boroughs, with a third of the council being elected in 3 years out of every 4-year cycle.

Council elections

Results maps

File:Rotherham wards 2016.svg, 2016 results map File:Rotherham wards 2021.svg, 2021 results map File:Rotherham wards 2024.svg, 2024 results map

By-election results

1994-1998

1998-2002

2002-2006

2006-2010

2010-2014

2016-2021

The 50% vote increase for the Liberal Democrats marked the highest ever swing in their favour since the creation of the council.

2021-2024

References

Rotherham election results

External links

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
{{Metropolitan districts of England Elections in Rotherham Council elections in South Yorkshire