Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham

Borough of Rotherham
Rotherham Town Hall, Rotherham is the largest settlement and the borough's administrative centre.
Rotherham Town Hall, Rotherham is the largest settlement and the borough's administrative centre.
Official logo of Borough of Rotherham
Nickname: 
The Heart of SY
Motto: 
Where everyone matters
Rotherham shown within South Yorkshire
Rotherham shown within South Yorkshire
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Constituent countryEngland
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
Ceremonial countySouth Yorkshire
Founded1974
Admin. HQRotherham
Government
 • TypeRotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
 • Leadership:Leader & Cabinet
 • Executive:Labour
 • MPs:Alexander Stafford (Con),
John Healey (Lab),
Sarah Champion (Lab)
Area
 • Total110.6 sq mi (286.5 km2)
 • Rank122nd
Population
(2021)
 • Total266,183
 • RankRanked 64th
 • Density2,400/sq mi (930/km2)
Time zoneUTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
ONS code00CF (ONS)
E08000018 (GSS)
Ethnicity91.9% White British
4.1% Asian
0.8% Black
Websiterotherham.gov.uk

The Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham is a metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. It is named after its main settlement of Rotherham. The wider borough spans a larger area and covers the outlying towns of Maltby, Swinton, Wath-upon-Dearne, Dinnington. As well as the villages of Rawmarsh and Laughton. A large valley spans the entire borough and is referred to as the "Rother Valley".

The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the County Borough of Rotherham, with Maltby, Rawmarsh, Swinton and Wath-upon-Dearne urban districts along with Rotherham Rural District and Kiveton Park Rural District.

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is one of the safest Labour councils in the United Kingdom, although the number of Labour council seats dropped from 92% to 79% in 2014 following the Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal.

Geography

Settlements in the borough of Rotherham include:

Anston, Aston, Aughton
Bramley, Brampton, Brampton-en-le-Morthen, Brinsworth, Brecks, Brookhouse, Broom
Canklow, Carr, Catcliffe, Clifton
Dinnington
East Dene, East Herringthorpe, Eastwood
Firbeck, Flanderwell
Gildingwells, Greasbrough
Harthill, Harley, Hellaby, Herringthorpe
Kimberworth, Kimberworth Park, Kiveton Park
Laughton-en-le-Morthen, Letwell
Maltby, Manvers, Masbrough, Moorgate, Morthen
Parkgate
Ravenfield, Rawmarsh, Ryecroft
Scholes, Slade Hooton, Stone Swallownest, Swinton, Sunnyside
Templeborough, Thorpe Hesley, Thorpe Salvin, Thrybergh, Thurcroft, Todwick, Treeton
Ulley
Wales, Wath-upon-Dearne, Waverley, Wellgate, Wentworth, West Melton, Whiston, Wickersley, Woodsetts

The borough borders City of Sheffield, Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, City of Doncaster, Bassetlaw District in Nottinghamshire and North East Derbyshire and Bolsover District in Derbyshire. The borough is also close to the cities of Sheffield, Doncaster, Lincoln, Hull, Leeds, Bradford, Wakefield, Nottingham, Manchester and Derby.

Demographics

Ethnicity

Ethnic Group 1991
Number %
White: Total 246,637 98%
White: British - -
White: Irish 1,256 0.49%
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller - -
White: Other - -
Asian or Asian British: Total 4,131 1.64%
Asian or Asian British: Indian 489
Asian or Asian British: Pakistani 3,244 1.28%
Asian or Asian British: Bangladeshi 32
Asian or Asian British: Chinese 218
Asian or Asian British: Other Asian 148
Black or Black British: Total 394 0.15%
Black or Black British: Caribbean 144
Black or Black British: African 85
Black or Black British: Other Black 165
Mixed: Total - -
Mixed: White and Black Caribbean - -
Mixed: White and Black African - -
Mixed: White and Asian - -
Mixed: Other Mixed - -
Other: Total 475 0.18%
Other: Arab - -
Other: Any other ethnic group 475
Total 251,637 100%


As of 2021, the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham's population was enumerated at 265,807, and its ethnic makeup was 91% White, 5.3% Asian, 1.4% Mixed, 1.1% Black, 0.8% Other and 0.3% Arab. The Borough's religious makeup was 51.6% Christian, 42% No Religion, 5.3% Muslim, and has small Hindu and Sikh communities.

Council elections

The Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham was founded in 1974, and Labour have been in control of the council since the first election.

Year Labour UKIP Conservative Others BNP
2016 election 48 14 0 1 0
2014 election 50 10 2 1 0
2012 election 58 0 4 1 0
2011 election 54 0 7 1 1
2010 election 50 0 10 2 1
2008 election 50 0 10 1 2
2007 election 54 0 7 2 0

See also

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