Doncaster

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Doncaster

[sanders]

Reform could do decently here. Parts of this area were 70% leave back in the day. I'm curious to hear from YL  about their thoughts on this borough.

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DONCASTER

Elected in 2021: Labour elected mayor

Elected in 2021 (55): Lab 40, Con 11, Mexborough First 3, Edlington and Warmsworth First 1

Retiring in 2025 (as at 09.11.2024) : Labour elected mayor

Retiring Councillors (as at 09.11.2024) (55): Lab 41, Con 11, Mexborough First 2, Edlington and Warmsworth First 1



*Ros Jones (Lab) – elected mayor

*Debbie Hutchinson (Lab) (Adwick and Carcroft)
John Mounsey (Lab) (Adwick and Carcroft)
*Sarah Smith (Lab) (Adwick and Carcroft)
*Aimee Dickson (Lab) (Armthorpe)
*Sue Knowles (Lab) (Armthorpe)
Tim Needham (Lab) (Armthorpe)
John Healy (Lab) (Balby South)
*Tracey Moran (Lab) (Balby South)
James Church (Lab) (Bentley)
Charlie Hogarth (Lab) (Bentley)
*Jane Nightingale (Lab) (Bentley)
Nick Allen (Con) (Bessacarr)
*Laura Bluff (Con) (Bessacarr)
Majid Khan (Lab) (Bessacarr)
*Lani-Mae Ball (Lab) (Conisbrough)
Nigel Ball (Lab) (Conisbrough)
Ian Pearson (Lab) (Conisbrough)
David Nevett (Lab) (Edenthorpe and Kirk Sandall)
*Andrea Robinson (Lab) (Edenthorpe and Kirk Sandall)
Phil Cole (Lab) (Edlington and Warmsworth)
Rob Reid (Edlington and Warmsworth First) (Edlington and Warmsworth)
*Jane Cox (Con) (Finningley)
Steve Cox (Con) (Finningley)
Richard A. Jones (Con) (Finningley)
Duncan Anderson (Lab) (Hatfield)
*Linda Curran (Lab) (Hatfield)
*Glynis Smith (Lab) (Hatfield)
Glyn Jones (Lab) (Hexthorpe and Balby North)
*Sophie Liu (Lab) (Hexthorpe and Balby North)
*Bev Chapman (Lab, elected as Mexborough First) (Mexborough)
Sean Gibbons (Mexborough First) (Mexborough)
Andy Pickering (Mexborough First) (Mexborough)
*Iris Beech (Lab) (Norton and Askern)
Thomas Noon (Con) (Norton and Askern)
Austen White (Lab) (Norton and Askern)
*Julie Grace (Lab) (Roman Ridge)
*Leanne Hempshall (Lab) (Roman Ridge)
Bob Anderson (Lab) (Rossington and Bawtry)
*Rachael Blake (Lab) (Rossington and Bawtry)
Ken Guest (Lab) (Rossington and Bawtry) – elected in by-election (16.11.2023)
Glenn Bluff (Con) (Sprotbrough)
*Cynthia Ransome (Con) (Sprotbrough)
*Sue Farmer (Lab) (Stainforth and Barnby Dun)
Gary Stapleton (Con) (Stainforth and Barnby Dun)
Joe Blackham (Lab) (Thorne and Moorends)
*Susan Durant (Lab) (Thorne and Moorends)
Mark Houlbrook (Lab) (Thorne and Moorends)
Nigel Cannings (Con) (Tickhill and Wadworth)
Martin Greenhalgh (Con) (Tickhill and Wadworth)
*Gemma Cobby (Lab) (Town)
Robert Dennis (Lab) (Town) – elected in by-election (04.07.2024)
Dave Shaw (Lab) (Town)
*Yetunde Elebuibon (Lab) (Wheatley Hills and Intake) – elected in by-election (31.03.2022)
*Jane Kidd (Lab) (Wheatley Hills and Intake)
*Emma Muddiman-Rawlins (Lab) (Wheatley Hills and Intake)

[YL]

Nov 8, 2024 16:47:03 GMT sanders said:

Reform could do decently here. Parts of this area were 70% leave back in the day. I'm curious to hear from YL  about their thoughts on this borough.

It's hard to dispute that there's some Reform potential here. After all this is the borough which had an English Democrat mayor for a time, and Reform did reasonably well in the General Election, though they did not stand in Doncaster North, which I suspect is actually more favourable territory for them than Central. They have not yet done very well when it comes to finding large slates of candidates in South Yorkshire, though I suspect this will change.

It is interesting that Labour held up much better here in 2021 than they did next door in Rotherham, only losing a handful of seats and retaining a very comfortable majority. This may reflect better organisation and perhaps a less unpopular council, not that Doncaster has been without its troubles in the past. (It may, of course, also be about superior organisation by their opponents in Rotherham.)