Rotherham

  • Council Control: Lab
  • Conservatives 15
  • Labour 32
  • Liberal Democrats 4
  • Green 0
  • Other 8

Independents 6, 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.

Marnie Havard and Dominic Beck (both Wales ward) moved from Labour to Independent in March 2024.

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