2024 Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council election
May 2, 2024 (2024-05-02)
All 59 Seats to Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
30 seats needed for a majority
 
Leader Chris Read Simon Ball
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat Wickersley North Hellaby & Maltby West
Current seats 34 17 4
Seats needed Steady 0 Increase 13 Increase 26
 
Party Independent
Current seats 4
Seats needed Increase 26
Incumbent Leader

Chris Read
Labour


The 2024 Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council election will be held on Thursday 2 May 2024,[1] alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom, which are being held on the same day. It will elect all 59 councillors to the Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council for a four-year term, ending in 2028.[1]

Background

The seats on the council were last contested in 2021, when Labour retained a majority, but lost 12 seats to end with 32 seats.[2] UKIP lost all 14 seats that they were elected to in 2016.[3]

Pre-Election Composition[4]
Party Seats
Labour Party 34
Conservative Party 17
Liberal Democrats 4
Independent 4

References

  1. 1 2 "Elections in Rotherham". Rotherham Council. Archived from the original on 30 December 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  2. ↑ "Rotherham: Large Tory gains in council all-out election". BBC News. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "Rotherham result - Local Elections 2021". BBC News. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  4. ↑ "Composition of the Council". Rotherham Borough Council. Archived from the original on 30 December 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
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