The 2012 Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council in South Yorkshire, England.[1] This was on the same day as other 2012 United Kingdom local elections. The Labour Party gained five seats, and one was gained by an Independent. The British National Party lost both of the seats it was defending, and the Conservative Party only held one of its five seats, in Sitwell ward.
Ward results
Anston & Woodsetts ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Clive Jepson | 1,249 | 40.6 | N/A | |
Labour | Darren Hughes | 1,156 | 37.6 | +3.3 | |
Conservative | Doris Hunter | 428 | 13.9 | −35.5 | |
Green | Charles Foulstone | 240 | 7.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 93 | 3.0 | |||
Turnout | 3,079 | 34.7 | |||
Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Boston Castle ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mahroof Hussain MBE | 2,141 | 58.2 | +15.3 | |
UKIP | Harry Woffenden | 654 | 17.8 | +2.9 | |
Conservative | Christian Kramer | 499 | 13.6 | −11.5 | |
TUSC | Christopher Bingham | 189 | 5.1 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Mohammed Meharban | 134 | 3.6 | −13.5 | |
Monster Raving Loony | Omar Mehban | 64 | 1.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,487 | 40.4 | |||
Turnout | 3,696 | 39.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Brinsworth & Catcliffe ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Shabana Ahmed | 1,618 | 54.8 | +15.8 | |
BNP | Terry Fieldhouse | 872 | 22.1 | −18.7 | |
Conservative | Michael Cook | 461 | 15.6 | −4.6 | |
Majority | 746 | 25.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,970 | 32.7 | |||
Labour gain from BNP | Swing | ||||
Dinnington ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Simon Tweed | 1,384 | 54.2 | +18.7 | |
UKIP | Denise Hickson | 454 | 17.8 | +2.8 | |
Independent | David Smith | 416 | 16.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | Patricia Beighton | 400 | 15.7 | −15.6 | |
Majority | 930 | 36.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,662 | 28.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Hellaby ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lauren Astbury | 1,257 | 41.7 | +18.9 | |
Conservative | Richard Turner | 1,064 | 35.3 | −20.0 | |
UKIP | Douglas Fairfax | 691 | 22.9 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 193 | 6.4 | |||
Turnout | 3,032 | 32.9 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Holderness ward
Hilda Jack stood in this ward as a Labour Party candidate in 2008.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Christopher Robinson | 1,529 | 51.3 | +9.3 | |
Independent | Hilda Jack | 942 | 30.2 | −11.8 | |
Conservative | Keith Hunter | 421 | 14.1 | −11.4 | |
Majority | 587 | 19.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,904 | 30.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Hoober ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Roche | 1,530 | 60.9 | +11.8 | |
UKIP | Michael Pallant | 644 | 25.6 | +6.6 | |
Conservative | Brian Taylor | 338 | 13.5 | −18.4 | |
Majority | 886 | 35.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,528 | 27.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Keppel ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Margaret Clark | 1,818 | 66.3 | +33.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Janice Middleton | 469 | 17.1 | −1.3 | |
Conservative | Michael Robinson | 454 | 16.6 | −5.5 | |
Majority | 1,349 | 49.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,787 | 30.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Maltby ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Margaret Godfrey | 1,285 | 50.0 | +27.5 | |
Independent | Michael Conlon | 699 | 27.2 | N/A | |
BNP | William Blair | 435 | 16.9 | −6.2 | |
Conservative | Richard Price | 150 | 5.8 | −3.1 | |
Majority | 586 | 22.8 | |||
Turnout | 2,580 | 28.8 | |||
Labour gain from BNP | Swing | ||||
Rawmarsh ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Glyn Whelbourn | 1,685 | 59.1 | +8.4 | |
BNP | William Baldwin | 531 | 18.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | Beryl Brown | 328 | 11.5 | −13.5 | |
Majority | 1,154 | 40.5 | |||
Turnout | 2,567 | 26.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Rother Vale ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Denise Lelliott | 1,503 | 62.8 | +19.7 | |
UKIP | Gordon Brown | 583 | 24.4 | −4.2 | |
Conservative | Andrew Frith | 307 | 12.8 | −15.6 | |
Majority | 920 | 38.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,406 | 26.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Rotherham East ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Emma Wallis | 1,520 | 54.7 | +10.3 | |
UKIP | Maureen Vines | 385 | 13.9 | −5.2 | |
Conservative | Mohammed Suleman | 362 | 13.0 | −0.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mohammed Ilyas | 207 | 7.5 | −15.6 | |
Green | Richard Penycate | 171 | 6.2 | N/A | |
Independent | Christopher Willis | 132 | 4.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,135 | 40.9 | |||
Turnout | 2,788 | 30.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Rotherham West ward
In 2008, Caven Vines stood in this ward as an Independent candidate.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kathryn Sims | 1,820 | 62.3 | +23.4 | |
UKIP | Caven Vines | 758 | 25.9 | −4.4 | |
Conservative | Anne Middleton | 212 | 7.3 | −4.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Azeem Khan | 133 | 4.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,062 | 36.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,933 | 31.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Silverwood ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gwendoline Russell | 1,393 | 48.0 | +14.6 | |
UKIP | John Wilkinson | 1,140 | 39.3 | +10.5 | |
Conservative | Peter Higgins | 371 | 12.8 | −16.1 | |
Majority | 253 | 8.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,916 | 30.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Sitwell ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Christopher Middleton | 1,474 | 40.0 | −18.5 | |
Labour | Tajamal Khan | 1,193 | 32.4 | +12.8 | |
UKIP | Valerie Wilkinson | 1,019 | 27.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 281 | 7.6 | |||
Turnout | 3,705 | 39.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Swinton ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kenneth Wyatt | 1,886 | 63.5 | +19.4 | |
UKIP | Shaun O'Dell | 852 | 28.7 | −4.5 | |
Conservative | Stephen Jones | 232 | 7.8 | −14.9 | |
Majority | 1,034 | 34.8 | |||
Turnout | 2,977 | 33.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Valley ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Simon Currie | 1,667 | 65.3 | +31.5 | |
Conservative | Brian Cutts | 490 | 19.2 | −3.7 | |
BNP | Jason Pearson | 395 | 15.5 | −12.5 | |
Majority | 1,177 | 46.1 | |||
Turnout | 2,572 | 28.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Wales ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gordon Watson | 1,837 | 65.9 | +40.9 | |
Conservative | Valerie Todd | 951 | 34.1 | −9.9 | |
Majority | 886 | 31.8 | |||
Turnout | 2,818 | 32.6 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Wath ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan Gosling | 1,805 | 60.1 | +10.7 | |
UKIP | Brian Bailey | 930 | 31.0 | +2.5 | |
Conservative | Linda Higgins | 266 | 8.9 | −13.1 | |
Majority | 875 | 29.2 | |||
Turnout | 3,008 | 32.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Wickersley ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Emma Hoddinott | 1,833 | 56.2 | +20.2 | |
UKIP | Tina Dowdall | 830 | 25.4 | +0.2 | |
Conservative | Martyn Parker | 600 | 18.4 | −20.4 | |
Majority | 1,003 | 30.7 | |||
Turnout | 3,271 | 35.1 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Wingfield ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lindsay Johnston | 1,564 | 62.0 | +26.8 | |
BNP | Marlene Guest | 720 | 28.5 | −2.9 | |
Conservative | Kenneth Marshall | 240 | 9.5 | −4.1 | |
Majority | 844 | 33.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,536 | 27.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
References
- ↑ "Local elections 2012". BBC News. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
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