The by-thirds 2015 Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on Thursday 7 May 2015, to elect approximately one third of the members of the Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council in England as part of the

2015 United Kingdom local elections The 2015 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday 7 May 2015, the same day as the general election for the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. With the exception of those areas that have had boundary changes, the council seats up ...

held on the same day as the

general election A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...

. All seats contested at this election were last contested in 2011, and of these, 20 were held by Labour Party councillors. Following the premature resignation of former Cabinet member Cllr. Mahroof Hussain ( L) elected in Boston Castle at a more recent election, his seat (for the Boston Castle ward) was also contested in the 2015 election. As the election is held by thirds, a Labour Party majority would fall if the party failed to win more than 2 of the 22 seats that were up for election in 2015.

Council Composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was: After the election the composition of the council is: C - Conservative Party
I - Independent

Summary

The governing group of councillors, holding a majority of 16, remained councillors of the Labour Party, with two fewer members within this group (now standing at 48 councillors) and one fewer within the smaller local party opposition group of councillors ( Conservatives) as these three seats fell to UKIP affiliated candidates, bringing the official opposition group to 13 councillors. An Independent and a Conservative, who complete the Council Chamber, seek re-election in 2016.

Election result

Candidates in each ward

Results by Ward

In these results an asterisk indicates incumbent in the Ward, and Bold names highlight winning candidate.

Anston and Woodsetts

Boston Castle

Brinsworth and Catcliffe

Dinnington

Hellaby

Holderness

Hoober

Keppel

Maltby

Rawmarsh

Rother Vale

Rotherham East

Rotherham West

Silverwood

Sitwell

Swinton

Valley

Wales

Wath

Wickersley

Wingfield

References

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