LIVE: Rotherham Council elections 2024

Your new Rotherham Council has the following number of elected members:

33 Labour

13 Conservatives

3 Liberal Democrats

10 Independents

The final result of the day:

Boston Castle (thee – elected in bold) 

Saghir Alam (Lab)

Chris Bingham (TUSC)

Ashiq Hussain (ind)

Cheryl Lynn Jones (LD)

Tina Kumar  (Con)

Sam Lilleker (ind)

Tony Mabbott (Green)

Aaliya Malik (Green)

Jeanette Mallinder (Lab)

Phil Potholes (ind)

Mohammed Ramzan (ind)

Fakhri Saleh (Lab)

Piyush Satyawadi (Con)

Anurag Singh (Con)

Taiba Yasseen (ind)

Labour lose two seats to independents, one of whom is their former cabinet member Taiba Yasseen.

Dinnington (three – elected in bold)

Ian David Barkley (Green)

Amanda Marie Clarke (Lab)

Sophie Dack (Con) 

Julz Hall (Con)

Tony Harrison (Reform)

Matt Mears (LD)

Marshall Anthony Mellor (Lab)

Simon Andrew Tweed (ind)

John Vjestica (Lab)

Benjamin John Whomersley (Con)

Labour claw one back in a ward that went all Conservative last time.

The Labour party has reached the required 30-seat threshold for control over RMBC.

The group stands on 31, with two more wards to declare.

The Tories have 11 seats and the Lib Dems three, with another seven going to independents.

Rotherham West (three – elected in bold)

Ishtiaq Ahmad (ind)

Mohammad Ashiq (ind)

Pamela Ethel Freeman-Keel (Con)

Ian Paul Jones (ind)

Eve Rose Keenan (Lab)

Tajamal Khan (Lab)

Barrie Marsh (Con)

Ruth Pauline Marsh (Con)

Cameron McKiernan (Lab)

Richard Mills (Green)

Firas Miro (LD)

That ward stays as was, but gets Labour over the line.

Sitwell (three – elected in bold)

Mick Bower (ind)

Mike Calton (Lab)

Allen Cowles (Reform)

David Frank Fisher (Con)

Paul Jonathan Freeman-Keel (Con)

Mahmood Hussain (Green)

Gavin Shawcroft (Reform)

David Neil Spence (Lab)

Sachin Tammewar (Lab)

Colin David Taylor (LD)

Paul Stewart Thorp (Con)

John Turner (Reform)

Keppel (three – elected in bold)

Neil Mark Collett (ind)

Elizabeth Millicent Currey (Con)

Sid Currie (ind)

Carole Foster (Lab)

Gill Garnett (Lab)

Khoulod Ghanem (LD)

Richard Hall (Lab)

Peter Robert Key (Yorkshire Party)

Tom Lynn (TUSC)

Kim Lesley Rodgers (Con)

Nicholas Charles Townrow (Con)

Sylvia June Williams (Green)

Independent gain with Sid Currie’s return to RMBC.

Aughton & Swallownest (two – elected in bold)

Linda Denise Elsey (Reform UK)

Paul Stephen Lindley (LD)

Caden James Ben Lunness (Con)

Paul Marshall (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition)

Lyndsay Pitchley (Lab)

George Robinson (The Green Party)

Nigel Short (ind)

Robert Paul Taylor (Lab)

Wales ward stood by Marnie Havard and Dominic Beck, who were both in red rosettes when voted in last time around.

Cllr Havard believes voters stuck with them this time because they have seen the hard work the pair put in around the ward.

Cllr Beck has gone from RMBC cabinet member, prospective parliamentary candidate, to deselection by the party and now retaining the seat he has held since he was a teenager -- only this time as an indie.

He said: “My political beliefs remain unchanged. My principles haven’t changed. I’m just happy to continue to represent Wales ward.”

Anston & Woodsetts (three – elected in bold)

Neelam Alam (Labour)

Timothy James Baum-Dixon (Conservatives)

John Michael Blackham (Con)

Clive Robert Jepson (independent)

Karen Smallwood (Con)

Carol Stringer (Labour)

Keith Stringer (Lab)

Drew Tarmey (Liberal Democrats)

Bev Thornley (LD)

David Edward Wilson (LD)

Tories gain one from independent, although the ward had been all Tory after the 2021 polls.

Rotherham East (three – elected in bold)

Angham Ahmen (Lab)

Geoffrey Mark Downs (Con)

Donna Marie Green (Con)

Rukhsana Bibi Haleem (Lab)

Nadia Meharban (Con)

Richard Penycate (Green)

Haroon Rashid (Lab)

Kath Reeder (ind)

Aaban Mudassir Shah (LD)

Labour holds all three.

We’re about two-thirds of the way there, with Labour on course to retain control but some interesting wards still to be announced...

As things stand, we have:

Labour 22

Conservatives 7

Lib Dems 2

Independents 5

Eight of 25 wards to be announced.

Rawmarsh West (two – elected in bold)

Joanna Baker-Rogers (Lab)

William Mark Price (TUSC)

Robert Race (Con)

Natalie Thomas Stafford (Con)

Brian Steele (Lab)

Tom Sturgess (LD)

Labour gain one with Brian Steele’s return to RMBC.

Aston & Todwick (two – elected in bold)

Sarah Ann Allen (Lab)

Joshua Bacon (Con)

Patricia Anita Collins (Con)

Geoff Frost (Lab)

Mark Lambert (LD)

Council deputy leader Sarah Allen keeps her place on RMBC, this time in a new ward, as Labour gain one from the Tories.

Wales (two – elected in bold)

Cheryl Terese Barton (Con)

Dominic Edward Beck (ind)

Oliver Boddye (LD)

Marnie Anne Havard (ind)

Janet Law (Lab)

Paul Neville Martin (Green)

Jodie Leigh Nicholson (Con)

Bob Walsh (Lab)

Both winning candidates were Labour until very recently. They quit the party, ran as independents and have kept their seats.

Greasbrough (two – elected in bold)

Linda Beresford (Lab)

Sonia Blake (Lab)

Rob Elliott (ind)

Julia Helen Mitchell (Con)

Donna Moseley (LD)

Wendy Singleton (Con)

The ward stays as it was, one indie and one Labour.

Hellaby & Maltby West (two – elected in bold)

Jenny Andrews (Lab)

Simon Ashley Ball (Con)

Ken Barber (LD)

Daviyd Franckeiss (Reform)

Fiona Ozyer-Key (Lab)

Lynda Jayne Stables (Con)

Tory group leader Cllr Simon Ball holds his seat, the Tories gain one from Lab -- with former mayor Cllr Jenny Andrews missing out.

Cllr Bennett-Sylvester found a running mate in Jodi Ryalls, and now the Dalton & Thrybergh ward has two independent councillors.

Jodi said: “I’m just a girl from the estate. I didn’t think for one second I would get this far. But I think we need more people like me, who aren’t educated in politics, to be on the council. Our voices matter.”

She had never even voted until this year... now Jodi hopes to inspire more people from places like East Herringthorpe that they can stand, and make a difference.