LIVE: Rotherham Council elections 2024
The verification process took place after polls closed at 10pm yesterday, and the count is taking place today at Magna.
RMBC says results from the first wards are expected early on Friday afternoon.
The current make-up of Rotherham Council before today’s results is:
31 Labour
15 Conservative
7 Independent
4 Liberal Democrat
2 Independent Conservative
Rotherham Council election results 2024
The final standings...
Your new Rotherham Council has the following number of elected members:
33 Labour
13 Conservatives
3 Liberal Democrats
10 Independents
RESULT: Boston Castle
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.
RESULT: Dinnington
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.
BREAKING: Labour retains control of Rotherham Council
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.
RESULT: Sitwell
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)
RESULT: Keppel
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.
RESULT: Aughton & Swallownest
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.”
RESULT: Anston & Woodsetts
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.
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