Rotherham local elections

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One third of Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council in South Yorkshire, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, 63 councillors have been elected from 21 wards.^[1]

Political control

Party in control	Years
Labour	1973–present

Council elections

Rotherham Council election, 1998
Rotherham Council election, 1999
Rotherham Council election, 2000
Rotherham Council election, 2002
Rotherham Council election, 2003
Rotherham Council election, 2004 (whole council elected after boundary changes)^[2]
Rotherham Council election, 2006
Rotherham Council election, 2007
Rotherham Council election, 2008
Rotherham Council election, 2010
Rotherham Council election, 2011
Rotherham Council election, 2012

By-election results

1993-1997

Herringthorpe By-Election 20 March 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,015	90.7
	Conservative		104	9.3
Majority			911	81.4
Turnout			1,019
	Labour hold		Swing

1997-2001

Aston, Orgreave & Ulley By-Election 31 July 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		894	70.8	-12.7
	Independent		213	16.9	+16.9
	Conservative		155	12.3	+12.3
Majority			681	53.9
Turnout			1,262	10.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Brampton, Melton and Wentworth By-Election 10 September 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		818	77.8
	Conservative		233	22.2
Majority			585	55.6
Turnout			1,051
	Labour hold		Swing

Greasbrough By-Election 2 December 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		774	81.7	+13.9
	Liberal Democrat		94	9.9	-7.9
	Conservative		67	7.1	-4.7
	Independent		12	1.3	-1.2
Majority			680	71.8
Turnout			947	13.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Aston, Orgreave & Ulley By-Election 21 September 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		759	48.0	-8.7
	Conservative		349	22.1	+1.5
	Liberal Democrat		331	20.9	+6.0
	Socialist		107	6.8	-1.0
	Democrat Party		35	2.2	+2.2
Majority			410	25.9
Turnout			1,581
	Labour hold		Swing

2001-2005

Thurcroft and Whiston By-Election 4 April 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Daniel Evans	323	32.8	-11.3
	Liberal Democrat		272	27.6	+7.1
	Conservative		196	19.9	+7.6
	Independent		193	19.6	+19.6
Majority			51	5.2
Turnout			984	24.0
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Thurcroft and Whiston By-Election 18 July 2002^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		554	44.5	-8.1
	Liberal Democrat		538	43.2	+11.9
	Conservative		102	8.2	-7.9
	Independent		51	4.1	+4.1
Majority			16	1.3
Turnout			1,245	15.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Herringthorpe By-Election 27 November 2003^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		575	64.0	-6.1
	Liberal Democrat		100	11.1	+1.7
	Conservative		89	9.9	-1.2
	Independent		78	8.7	+8.7
	Green		57	6.3	-3.1
Majority			475	52.9
Turnout			899	14.8
	Labour hold		Swing

2005-2009

Rotherham West By-Election 26 October 2006^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Foden	1,024	44.3	+3.8
	BNP	Marlene Guest	606	26.2	+26.2
	Independent	Caven Vines	538	23.2	-15.0
	Conservative	Christopher Middleton	146	6.3	+6.3
Majority			418	18.1
Turnout			2,314	26.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Valley By-Election 12 July 2007^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Simon Currie	781	43.8	-1.5
	BNP	Carol Myers	348	19.5	+2.0
	Independent	James Wilson	308	17.3	+17.3
	Conservative	Connor Swift	197	11.0	-10.4
	Liberal Democrat	Eric Shaw	150	8.4	-7.4
Majority			433	24.3
Turnout			1,784	19.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Wickersley By-Election 28 August 2008^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chris McMahon	871	31.1	-4.8
	Conservative	Donald Ross	824	29.5	-9.4
	BNP	Jon Round	538	19.2	+19.2
	UKIP	Tina Dowdall	373	13.3	-11.9
	Liberal Democrat	Steven Scutt	191	6.8	+6.8
Majority			47	1.6
Turnout			2,797	30.0
	Labour hold		Swing

References

↑ "More About Elections". Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
↑ "Rotherham council". BBC Online. Retrieved 2008-09-06.
↑ "Boost for Labour in byelection". guardian.co.uk. 2002-07-19. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
↑ "Small byelection gain for Lib Dems". guardian.co.uk. 2003-11-28. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
↑ "Labour holds on to marginal council seats". guardian.co.uk. 2006-10-27. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
↑ "Declaration of result of poll". Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
↑ "Wickersley ward: Declaration of result of poll". Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 2008-09-06.

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