Rotherham goes to the polls

Weeks of campaigning came to a close for the 72 candidates hoping to win a place on Rotherham Borough Council.

There are more than 193,000 electors across Rotherham, including almost 50,000 postal voters.

Last year’s highest turnout was 46.8 per cent at Sitwell, while Rawmarsh won the apathy award with just 33.5 of voters casting their choice.

Chief elections officer Mags Evers said: “For our team today is the culmination of months of hard work.

“We all want to go home satisfied that we’ve put on a fair, open and accurate election.”

Follow reporter Gareth Dennison on Twitter @GarethAtWork from tonight’s vote count at Magna and click back here tomorrow for an election round-up.

See next week’s Advertiser for full reports and reaction.

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