2011 Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council election
The 2011 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election was held on Thursday 5 May 2011 to elect 21 members to the Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council, the same day as other local elections in the United Kingdom. It elected one-third of the council's 63 members to a four-year term. Labour held control of the council after the election.[1]
Results summary
[edit]2011 Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council election[2][3][4] | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Labour | 20 | ![]() | 95.2 | 33 | 53 | 84.1 | 39,823 | 54.2 | ![]() | |
Conservative | 1 | ![]() | 4.8 | 7 | 8 | 12.7 | 15,798 | 21.5 | ![]() | |
UKIP | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10,065 | 13.7 | ![]() | |
Independent | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3,604 | 4.9 | ![]() | |
BNP | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 3.2 | 2,647 | 3.6 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,100 | 1.5 | ![]() | |
TUSC | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 211 | 0.3 | New | |
Green | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 164 | 0.2 | ![]() | |
John Lilburne Democratic Party | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 128 | 0.2 | New |
Ward results
[edit]Anston and Woodsetts
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Judith Dalton | 1,562 | 40.2 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Simon Edmundson | 965 | 24.8 | ![]() | |
Independent | Clive Jepson | 462 | 11.9 | New | |
Independent | Stuart Thornton | 406 | 10.5 | New | |
UKIP | Denise Hickson | 326 | 8.4 | ![]() | |
Green | Charles Foulstone | 164 | 4.2 | New | |
Majority | 597 | 15.4 | ![]() | ||
Total valid votes | 3,885 | 43.6 | |||
Turnout | 43.9 | ||||
Registered electors | 8,910 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Boston Castle
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Peter Wootton* | 1,836 | 44.6 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Ashiq Hussain | 1,156 | 28.1 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Harry Woffenden | 606 | 14.7 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Eric Shaw | 303 | 7.4 | ![]() | |
TUSC | Chris Bingham | 211 | 5.1 | New | |
Majority | 680 | 16.5 | ![]() | ||
Total valid votes | 4,112 | 44.0 | |||
Turnout | 44.3 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,347 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Brinsworth and Catcliffe
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Andrew Roddison | 2,147 | 63.2 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Michael Cooke | 668 | 19.7 | ![]() | |
BNP | Terry Fieldhouse | 581 | 17.1 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,479 | 43.6 | ![]() | ||
Total valid votes | 3,396 | 37.7 | |||
Turnout | 37.9 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,019 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Dinnington
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jane Havenhand* | 1,725 | 52.7 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Patricia Beighton | 761 | 23.2 | ![]() | |
Independent | David Smith | 465 | 14.2 | New | |
UKIP | Martin Hickson | 324 | 9.9 | ![]() | |
Majority | 964 | 29.4 | ![]() | ||
Total valid votes | 3,275 | 35.2 | |||
Turnout | 35.6 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,299 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Hellaby
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jennifer Andrews | 1,638 | 42.5 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Brian Cutts* | 1,550 | 40.2 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Douglas Fairfax | 664 | 17.2 | ![]() | |
Majority | 88 | 2.3 | N/A | ||
Total valid votes | 3,852 | 42.1 | |||
Turnout | 42.7 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,153 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ![]() |
Holderness
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Lyndsay Pitchley | 2,450 | 69.2 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Keith Hunter | 1,089 | 30.8 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,361 | 38.5 | ![]() | ||
Total valid votes | 3,539 | 37.4 | |||
Turnout | 38.2 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,453 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Hoober
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jane Hamilton* | 1,948 | 60.4 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Michael Pallant | 572 | 17.7 | New | |
Conservative | Brian Taylor | 549 | 17.0 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Steven Scutt | 155 | 4.8 | New | |
Majority | 1,376 | 42.7 | ![]() | ||
Total valid votes | 3,224 | 36.0 | |||
Turnout | 36.3 | ||||
Registered electors | 8,962 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Keppel
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Barry Kaye* | 1,812 | 49.1 | ![]() | |
UKIP | David Cutts | 866 | 23.5 | New | |
Conservative | Michael Robinson | 699 | 18.9 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Janice Middleton | 314 | 8.5 | ![]() | |
Majority | 946 | 25.6 | ![]() | ||
Total valid votes | 3,691 | 39.8 | |||
Turnout | 40.0 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,275 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Maltby
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Christine Beaumont | 1,881 | 59.2 | ![]() | |
BNP | Michael Burke | 388 | 12.2 | ![]() | |
Independent | John Kirk | 370 | 11.6 | New | |
Conservative | Derek Johnson | 322 | 10.1 | ![]() | |
Independent | Michael Conlon | 215 | 6.8 | New | |
Majority | 1,493 | 47.0 | N/A | ||
Total valid votes | 3,176 | 35.3 | |||
Turnout | 35.7 | ||||
Registered electors | 8,994 | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ![]() |
Rawmarsh
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Neil Hamilton* | 1,911 | 60.6 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Matthew Nichols | 470 | 14.9 | New | |
Conservative | Matthew Nichols | 446 | 14.1 | ![]() | |
BNP | William Baldwin | 327 | 10.4 | New | |
Majority | 1,441 | 45.7 | ![]() | ||
Total valid votes | 3,154 | 33.3 | |||
Turnout | 33.5 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,461 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Rother Vale
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Swift* | 1,884 | 61.3 | ![]() | |
Independent | David Ridgeway | 628 | 20.4 | New | |
Conservative | Doris Hunter | 562 | 18.3 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,256 | 40.9 | ![]() | ||
Total valid votes | 3,074 | 34.0 | |||
Turnout | 34.4 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,039 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Rotherham East
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Barry Dodson* | 1,951 | 64.1 | ![]() | |
BNP | Matthew Stevenson | 369 | 12.1 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Mohammed Ilyas | 328 | 10.8 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Christian Kramer | 269 | 8.8 | ![]() | |
John Lilburne Democratic Party | Barry Ross | 128 | 4.2 | New | |
Majority | 1,582 | 52.0 | ![]() | ||
Total valid votes | 3,045 | 33.9 | |||
Turnout | 34.0 | ||||
Registered electors | 8,988 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Rotherham West
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Foden* | 2,130 | 61.9 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Caven Vines | 941 | 27.4 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Anne Middleton | 368 | 10.7 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,189 | 34.6 | ![]() | ||
Total valid votes | 3,439 | 37.4 | |||
Turnout | 37.7 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,204 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Silverwood
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Roger Stone* | 1,700 | 48.2 | ![]() | |
UKIP | John Wilkinson | 1,079 | 30.6 | New | |
Conservative | Stephen Jones | 750 | 21.3 | ![]() | |
Majority | 621 | 17.6 | ![]() | ||
Total valid votes | 3,529 | 37.1 | |||
Turnout | 37.4 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,502 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Sitwell
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Gilding* | 1,899 | 43.3 | ![]() | |
Labour | Tajamal Khan | 1,545 | 35.3 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Valerie Wilkinson | 938 | 21.4 | New | |
Majority | 354 | 8.1 | ![]() | ||
Total valid votes | 4,382 | 46.5 | |||
Turnout | 46.8 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,427 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Swinton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Doyle* | 2,135 | 62.4 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Shaun O'Dell | 823 | 24.1 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Beryl Brown | 463 | 13.5 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,312 | 38.4 | ![]() | ||
Total valid votes | 3,421 | 38.3 | |||
Turnout | 38.4 | ||||
Registered electors | 8,939 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Valley
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paul Lakin* | 2,034 | 64.8 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Valerie Todd | 639 | 20.3 | ![]() | |
BNP | Jason Pearson | 468 | 14.9 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,395 | 44.4 | ![]() | ||
Total valid votes | 3,141 | 35.0 | |||
Turnout | 35.2 | ||||
Registered electors | 8,978 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Wales
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Dominic Beck | 2,089 | 54.3 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Gillian Shaw | 1,160 | 30.1 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Dennis Flynn | 600 | 15.6 | New | |
Majority | 929 | 24.1 | N/A | ||
Total valid votes | 3,849 | 44.7 | |||
Turnout | 45.0 | ||||
Registered electors | 8,613 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ![]() |
Wath
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Sangster | 2,080 | 59.1 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Brian Bailey | 917 | 26.0 | New | |
Conservative | Linda Higgins | 524 | 14.9 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,163 | 33.0 | ![]() | ||
Total valid votes | 3,521 | 38.5 | |||
Turnout | 38.9 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,135 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Wickersley
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Christopher Read | 1,717 | 44.8 | ![]() | |
Independent | Robert Foulds | 1,058 | 27.6 | New | |
Conservative | Donald Ross | 596 | 15.6 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Tina Dowdall | 458 | 12.0 | ![]() | |
Majority | 659 | 17.1 | ![]() | ||
Total valid votes | 3,829 | 41.6 | |||
Turnout | 42.0 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,205 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Wingfield
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Terence Sharman* | 1,648 | 54.8 | ![]() | |
BNP | Marlene Guest | 514 | 17.1 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Maureen Vines | 481 | 16.0 | New | |
Conservative | Basil Hammond | 363 | 12.1 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,134 | 37.7 | ![]() | ||
Total valid votes | 3,006 | 33.4 | |||
Turnout | 33.6 | ||||
Registered electors | 8,993 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
References
[edit]- ^ Tetteh, Edmund (24 May 2011). "Local elections 2011" (PDF). The House of Commons Library. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2011 - Rotherham". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Local Elections Handbook 2011" (PDF). The Electiosn Centre. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 16 July 2024.