City of Doncaster | |
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 Doncaster shown within South Yorkshire | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Ceremonial county | South Yorkshire |
| Admin. HQ | Civic Office, Waterdale |
| Government | |
| • Type | City and metropolitan district council |
| • Body | City of Doncaster Council |
| • Leadership: | Mayor and cabinet |
| • Mayor | Ros Jones (L) |
| • MPs: | Lee Pitcher (L), Ed Miliband (L), Sally Jameson (L), John Healey (L) |
| Area | |
• Total | 219 sq mi (568 km2) |
| • Rank | 68th |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 319,765 |
| • Rank | Ranked 44th |
| • Density | 1,460/sq mi (563/km2) |
| Ethnicity(2021) | |
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| Religion(2021) | |
| • Religion | List
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| Time zone | UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (British Summer Time) |
| Area codes | 01302, 01405, 01709, 01977 |
| ISO 3166-2 | GB-DNC |
| ONS code | 00CE (ONS) E08000017 (GSS) |
| Website | doncaster.gov.uk |
TheCity of Doncaster is ametropolitan borough withcity status inSouth Yorkshire, England.[2][3][4] It is named after its principal settlement,Doncaster, and includes the surroundingsuburbs of Doncaster as well as numerous towns and villages. The district has large amounts ofcountryside; at 219 square miles (570 km2), it is the largest metropolitan borough in England by area.
The largest settlements in the borough are Doncaster itself, followed by the towns ofThorne,Hatfield andMexborough (the latter of which is part of theBarnsley/Dearne Valley built-up area), and it additionally covers the towns of Conisbrough,Stainforth,Bawtry,Askern,Edlington andTickhill.
Doncaster bordersNorth Yorkshire to the north, theEast Riding of Yorkshire to the north-east,North Lincolnshire to the east,Bassetlaw in Nottinghamshire to the south-east,Rotherham to the south-west,Barnsley to the west, andWakefield,West Yorkshire, to the north-west. It is part of theYorkshire and the Humber region.
The borough was created on 1 April 1974, under theLocal Government Act 1972, as a merger of the formerCounty Borough of Doncaster, theurban districts ofAdwick-le-Street,Bentley with Arksey,Conisbrough,Mexborough, andTickhill,Doncaster andThorne rural districts, and the parish ofFinningley fromEast Retford Rural District and small parts of the parish ofHarworth fromWorksop Rural District fromNottinghamshire.
According to the2011 census, thepopulation of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster is 302,400.
With approximately 110,000 inhabitants, the city of Doncaster itself contains around a third of the population of the entire borough. Around half of the borough's population reside within Doncaster's urban area (approximately 160,000).
Verified population statistics per Ward from the2001 census are shown as
| Ward | Population | Households |
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| Adwick | 16,142 | 6,220 |
| Armthorpe | 16,977 | 6,495 |
| Askern | 11,414 | 4,293 |
| Balby | 14,336 | 5,514 |
| Bentley Central | 12,168 | 4,665 |
| Bentley North Road | 11,606 | 4,728 |
| Bessacarr | 13,652 | 5,425 |
| Central | 11,481 | 5,144 |
| Conisbrough | 14,894 | 5,837 |
| Edlington & Warmsworth | 12,291 | 4,641 |
| Hatfield | 15,048 | 5,630 |
| Intake | 10,994 | 4,417 |
| Mexborough | 15,282 | 6,281 |
| Richmond | 13,471 | 5,308 |
| Rossington | 12,647 | 4,705 |
| South East | 16,880 | 6,247 |
| Southern Parks | 14,439 | 5,520 |
| Stainforth | 15,447 | 5,825 |
| Thorne | 17,057 | 6,380 |
| Town Field | 11,131 | 4,587 |
| Wheatley | 11,497 | 4,877 |
| Doncaster Total | 288,854 | 112,739 |
A referendum was held in 2001, to decide if adirectly elected mayor should be appointed. The firstmayor,Martin Winter, representing the Labour Party, was elected in 2002 and successfully defended his post in 2005.
In 2009 theEnglish Democrat candidate,Peter Davies, won the election for mayor.[5][6] In January 2013 Davies left the English Democrats citing "a big influx of new members (of the English Democrats) joining from the British National Party".[7] In the May 2013 mayoral election he was defeated by Labour'sRos Jones.
The council as a whole has been dominated by the Labour Party traditionally, but in the2004 local elections, they lost overall control of the council (though they retained more councillors than any other single party). Labour regained overall control at the2010 local elections.[8]
In January 2010, theAudit Commission initiated a corporate governance inspection of Doncaster Council. This followed the sudden resignation of the Chief executive leading to a conflict between the mayor and council over the appointment of a successor. The Commission felt that this, along with evidence that the council had not been well run for 15 years, was leading to a loss of public confidence.[9]
The Commission's report was issued in April 2010. It found that Doncaster was a dysfunctional authority and that there were three factors preventing the council from providing good governance:[10]
On the recommendations of the commission, theSecretary of State for Communities and Local Government,John Denham, used powers to appoint an acting chief executive and an advisory board to oversee the council.[9] A Doncaster Recovery Board, comprising four appointed commissioners and seven other members including the mayor and chief executive held its first quarterly meeting on 10 September 2010.[11]
Settlements in the Borough of Doncaster include:
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In terms of television, the area is served byBBC Yorkshire andITV Yorkshire broadcasting from theEmley Moor transmitter.[12]
Radio stations that can be received in Doncaster areSine FM 102.6 (serving central districts of around 100,000 households in FM stereo),TMCR 95.3 (which serves Northeast Doncaster and other areas in FM stereo), TX1 Radio (covering Doncaster and Bassetlaw),Capital Yorkshire,Heart Yorkshire,Greatest Hits Radio Yorkshire,Hits Radio South Yorkshire andBBC Radio Sheffield. Although the above stations can be received within various areas of Doncaster, the only stations actually owned by Doncaster-based companies are Sine FM 102.6 and TMCR 95.3.
The borough is also the base ofNova Productions who produce the syndicated TV seriesWalks Around Britain.
The following people and military units have received theFreedom of the Borough of Doncaster.
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