2015 Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council election

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One third of seats (22 of 63) toRotherham Metropolitan Borough Council 32 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Labour UKIP Seats won 18 3 Seat change 3 3   Third party Fourth party   Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Seats won 0 1 Seat change 1 1
Results of the 2015 Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council election
Majority party before election Labour Majority party after election Labour

The by-thirds2015 Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on Thursday 7 May 2015, to elect approximately one third of the members of theRotherham Metropolitan Borough Council in England as part of the2015 United Kingdom local elections held on the same day as thegeneral election.^[1] All seats contested at this election were last contested in 2011, and of these, 20 were held by Labour Party councillors.^[2]

Following the premature resignation of former Cabinet member Cllr.Mahroof Hussain (L) elected in Boston Castle at a more recent election, his seat (for the Boston Castle ward) was also contested in the 2015 election. As the election is held by thirds, a Labour Party majority would fall if the party failed to win more than 2 of the 22 seats that were up for election in 2015.

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council Election Result 2015

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	19			2	86.4	44.3	54,638	3.4
	UKIP	3			3	13.6	35.3	43,569	9.0
	Conservative	0			1	0.0	15.3	18,848	5.8
	Independent	0			0	0.0	2.1	2,571	0.7
	Green	0			0	0.0	1.7	2,079	1.2
	Liberal Democrats	0			0	0.0	1.0	1,194	0.8
	TUSC	0			0	0.0	0.4	492	0.2

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

After the election the composition of the council is:

C - Conservative Party
I - Independent

The governing group of councillors, holding a majority of 16, remained councillors of the Labour Party, with two fewer members within this group (now standing at 48 councillors) and one fewer within the smaller local party opposition group of councillors (Conservatives) as these three seats fell to UKIP affiliated candidates, bringing the official opposition group to 13 councillors. An Independent and a Conservative, who complete the Council Chamber, seek re-election in 2016.

In these results^[4] an asterisk indicates incumbent in theWard, and Bold names highlight winning candidate.

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