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
[edit]Anston & Woodsetts ward
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "Local elections 2012". BBC News. Retrieved 30 April 2012.