Rotherham Parishes

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All parishes in Rotherham will have elections in May 2024.

Contested parishes in 2021

Aston-cum-Aughton:

Elected in 2021: 7 Lab, 1 Rotherham Democratic Party, 2 Aston-cum-Aughton Independent, 1 Ind, 4 Vacancy

North (5) - Lab 423*/419*/365*/342, AcA Ind 387*/359, RDP 385*

South (7) - 3x Lab*, AcA Ind*

West (3) - Lab*, Ind*

Brinsworth:

Elected in 2021: 7 LD, 3 Lab, 1 []

Brinsworth (11) - LD 1081*/1072*/1005*/990*/961*/835*/790*, Lab 888*/729*/693*/529, [] 563*/538/302/264

Byelection:

2023, Jan - LD*

Wales:

Elected in 2021: 2 Green, 13 Misc

Kiveton (7) - 2x Green*, 2x Ind*, 2x []*, I Love This Village*

Wales (8) - eight of eleven Ind/[] elected.

The other contested election was Bramley, South where four of five [] candidates were elected.

Uncontested parishes in 2021:

Anston:

Elected in 2021: 3 LD, 10 Misc, 2 Vacancy

North (11) - 3 LD*, 5 Ind*, 2 []*

South (4) - Ind*, []*, Past Chairman - Current Councillor*

Hellaby: (5) - 4x []*, Lab*

Maltby:

Elected in 2021: 1 Lab, 13 Misc, 4 Vacancy

East (10) - Lab*, 6x []*, 2x Ind*, Maltby Resident*
West (8) - 2x Ind*, []*, Long Haired Chap with Guide Dog*

Byelections:

2022, Dec - West - Ind 500*, [] 172

2022, Dec - West - No candidates

2022, Dec - East (2) - 2x []*

2023, Jan - West - []*

Wentworth:

Elected in 2021: 1 Green, 6 Misc, 2 Vacancy

Harley (4) - Green*, 2x []*, Retired Magistrate*

Wentworth (5) - 3x []*

Whiston (9) - Lab*, LD*, []*, 6 Vacancy

Wickersley:

Elected in 2021: 1 Lab, 13 Misc

North (9) - Lab*, 7x []*, Ind*

South (7) - 4x []*, Lifelong resident of Wickersley Parish*

All other councils were uncontested elections with only non-party description candidates.

There was also a byelection in 2022, Jun. for Thurcroft, North, which attracted fifteen non-party candidates for eight vacancies.

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Aston-cum-Aughton - 5 Lab, 8 Ind, 1 []
North (5) - 2 Lab*, 2 Ind*, 1 []*
South (7) - 3 Lab*, 4 Ind*
West (2) - 2 Ind*

Brinsworth (11) - 8 LD, 6 []

Dinnington St John's
Town (14) - 1 Reform UK, 10 Dinnington Matters, 10 Ind, 3 []
Park Avenue - 1 []*

Maltby
East (10) - 3 Lab, 9 [], 4 Ind, 1 Maltby Resident, 1 Independent Maltby resident, 1 Working hard for Maltby
West (8) - 2 Lab*, 2 []*, 1 Ind*, 1 A True Independent*

Treeton (9) - 1 Lab*, 7 []*

Waverley (7) - 1 Lab*, 1 TUSC*, 1 Waverley Resident*, 3 []*

Wentworth
Harley (4) - 1 Green, 1 Yorkshire Party, 3 [], 1 MBE JP
Wentworth (5) - 1 Green, 5 []

Whiston (9) - 1 Lab*, 1 LD*, 3 []*

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ROTHERHAM PARISH COUNCIL ELECTIONS IN STATISTICS


Rotherham is partly parished. It has 31 parishes. The total population of these parishes at the 2021 census was 135,923, of which the most populous parishes were Maltby (16,470), Aston-cum-Aughton (15,228) and Dalton (10,038).

3 have parish meetings and the remaining 28 have standalone parish councils. 3 parishes are divided into 3 wards and 8 parishes are divided into 2 wards, giving a total of 42 separate elections, comprising 294 parish council seats.

These elections attracted 246 candidates (13 Lab, 9 Lib Dem, 2 Green, 10 Dinnington Matters, 1 Reform UK (Dinnington Town), 1 TUSC (Waverley), 1 Yorkshire Party (Wentworth), 37 Independents, 4 Non-Political Descriptions and 168 with No Description).

The 42 separate elections break down as 5 contested, 8 with an exact number of candidates to fill the vacancies, 27 with a shortfall of candidates and 2 with no candidates at all.

Of the 246 candidates nominated, 69 are in contention for 44 seats and 177 are returned unopposed. This leaves a shortfall of 73 seats, of which 64 will be filled by co-option and 9 in Todwick will be re-run (see below).

Rotherham has 2 town councils – Dinnington St. John’s and Maltby.

The 5 contests fall in Brinsworth, Dinnington St. John’s (Town ward), Maltby (East ward) and Wentworth (Harley and Wentworth wards).

Only 1 parish council looks like ending up with a majority of councillors from a political or organised group – Brinsworth, where 8 Lib Dems and 6 No Description are nominated for the 11 seats.

Todwick parish attracted no candidates and is therefore inquorate. The election there will be re-run.

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Back in 2021, 2 parish councils ended up with a majority of councillors from political or organised groups,

Aston-cum-Aughton (15) – Lab 7, Aston-cum-Aughton Independents 2, Rotherham Democratic Party 1, Independent 1

Brinsworth (11) – Lib Dem 7, Lab 3, No Description 1

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Brinsworth

Lib Dem 884, 835, 753, 735, 691, 669, 663, 656
no description 814, 783, 703, 630, 621, 502

Lib Dem 8, no description 3

Dinnington St John's Town ward

Dinnington Matters 1077, 1042, 1040, 1006, 965, 945, 940, 899, 792, 691
Independent 578, 576, 512, 449, 427, 416, 335, 319, 301, 264
no description 534, 390, 341
Reform UK 269

Dinnington Matters 10, Ind 3, no description 1

Council overall (including Park Avenue ward) Dinnington Matters 10, Ind 3, no description 2

Maltby Maltby East ward

Lab 715, 646, 627
no description 785, 519, 368, 268, 268, 252, 225, 146, 117
Independent 594, 480, 446, 271
Working hard for Maltby 844
Independent Maltby Resident 280
Maltby Resident 228

Lab 3, Ind 3, no description 3, Working hard for Maltby 1

Council overall (including Maltby West ward) Lab 5, Ind 4, no description 5, Working hard for Maltby 1, A true independent 1, vacant 2.

Wentworth Harley ward

MBE JP 139
no description 114, 83, 39
Green 53
Yorkshire Party 46

Wentworth ward

no description 121, 109, 64, 54, 52
Green 56

Council overall: no description 7, Green 2, "MBE JP" 1