- Council Control: Lab
- Conservatives 15
- Labour 34
- Liberal Democrats 4
- Green 0
- Other 6
Independents 4, Independent Conservative 2. South Yorkshire industrial town based on the iron and steel industry but now attracting high technology manufacturing. Includes the Dearne Valley and some ex-mining areas. The council's failures to protect children from sexual exploitation led to it being taken over by Commissioners in 2014.
Labour held Kilnhurst and Swinton East at a byelection on 2 November.
Next local elections
2025
Election cycle
Full
Local authority type
Metrop
Address
Walker Place, Rotherham S65 1UF
Phone
01709 382121
Website
http://www.rotherham.gov.uk/
Council Tax (Band D)
£2126.09
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