Labour dominates in Rotherham elections

But independent candidate Clive Jepson shocked the midnight count by scoring a 93-vote margin over Labour’s Darren Hughes in Anston and Woodsetts.

He said: “I’m shocked but happy.”

Conservative Christopher Middleton also scored a convincing win in Sitwell, 281 votes ahead of Labour candidate Tajamal Khan.

Lauren Astbury became one of the youngest members of Rotherham Council with victory in Hellaby.

The 21-year-old Labour candidate campaigned while finishing her dissertation in history at York University.

She said: “I’m absolutely delighted. It’s just amazing—I can’t believe it.

“I just want to do the best for people in Hellaby. I’m looking forward to the work—it’s going to be a total change from university.”

ANSTON AND WOODSETTS: Charles David Foulstone, Green, 240; Darren Jason Louis Hughes, Labour, 1156; Doris Joan Hunter, Conservative, 428; Clive Robert Jepson, Independent, 1249 (elected).

BOSTON CASTLE: Christopher James Edward Bingham, Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts, 189; Mahroof Hussain, Labour, 2141 (elected); Christian Carl Backer Kramer, Conservative, 499; Mohammed Meharban, Liberal Democrats, 134; Umar Mehban, Monster Raving Loony Party, 64; Harry Woffenden, UKIP, 654.

BRINSWORTH AND CATCLIFFE: Shabana Ahmed, Labour, 1618 (elected); Michael Cooke, Conservative, 461; Terry Robert Fieldhouse, BNP, 872.

DINNINGTON: Patricia Mary Beighton, Conservative, 400; Denise Margaret Hickson, UKIP, 454; David Smith, Independent, 416; Simon Andrew Tweed, Labour 1384 (elected).

HELLABY: Lauren Amy Edith Astbury, Labour, 1257 (elected); Douglas Fairfax, UKIP, 691; Richard Arthur John Turner, Conservative, 1064.

HOLDERNESS: Keith Hunter, Conservative, 421; Hilda Landells Jack, Independent, 942; Christopher Bernard Robinson, Labour, 1529 (elected).

HOOBER: Michael John Pallant, UKIP,  644; David John Roche, Labour, 1530 (elected), Brian Eastwood Taylor, Conservative, 338.

KEPPEL: Margaret Clark, Labour, 1818 (elected); Janice Middleton, Liberal Democrats, 469; Michael Robinson, Conservative, 454.

MALTBY: William Robert Blair, BNP, 435; Michael James Conlon, Independent, 699; Margaret Ann Godfrey, Labour, 1285; (elected); Richard Terence Price, Conservative, 150.

RAWMARSH: William George Baldwin, BNP, 531; Beryl Charlotte Brown, Conservative, 328; Glyn Whelbourn, Labour, 1685 (elected).

ROTHER VALE: Gordon Hugh Brown, UKIP, 583; Andrew Mark Frith, Conservative, 307; Denise Lelliott, Labour, 1503 (elected).

ROTHERHAM EAST: Mohammed Ilyas, Liberal Democrats, 207; Richard William Penycate, Green, 171; Mohammed Suleman, Conservative, 362; Maureen Vines, UKIP, 385; Emma Wallis, Labour, 1520 (elected), Christopher Paul Willis, Independent, 132.

ROTHERHAM WEST: Azeem Khan, Liberal Democrats, 133; Anne Middleton, Conservative,  212;\!q Kathryn Joyce Sims, Labour, 1820 (elected); Caven Vines, UKIP, 758.

SILVERWOOD: Peter Michael Higgins, Conservative, 371; Gwendoline Ann Russell, Labour, 1393 (elected); John Wilkinson, UKIP, 1140.

SITWELL: Tajamal Khan, Labour, 1193; Christopher Norman Middleton, Conservative, 1474 (elected); Valerie Irene Wilkinson, UKIP, 1019.

SWINTON: Stephen Handel Jones, Conservative, 232; Shaun O’Dell, UKIP, 852; Kenneth John Wyatt, Labour, 1886 (elected).

VALLEY: Simon Currie, Labour, 1667 (elected); Brian Cutts, Conservative, 490; Jason Paul Pearson, BNP, 395.

WALES: Valerie Michele Todd, Conservative, 951; Gordon Watson, Labour, 1837 (elected).

WATH: Brian Albert Bailey, UKIP, 930; Alan Gosling, Labour, 1805 (elected); Linda Elizabeth Higgins, Conservative, 266.

WICKERSLEY: Tina Charisse Dowdall, UKIP, 830; Emma Elizabeth Hoddinott, Labour, 1833 (elected); Martyn Lawton Parker, Conservative, 600.

WINGFIELD: Marlene Guest, BNP, 720; Lindsay Mary Skelton Johnston, Labour, 1564 (elected); Kenneth Rodney  Marshall, Conservative, 240.

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