Local Election Results 2002
Rotherham
One-third of council up for election.
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By-elections for Rotherham (may be incomplete): 18th July 2002 (Thurcroft & Whiston)
— 27th November 2003 (Herringthorpe)
— 26th October 2006 (Rotherham W.)
— 12th July 2007 (Valley)
— 28th August 2008 (Wickersley)
— 5th August 2010 (Sitwell)
— 16th May 2013 (Rawmarsh)
— 2nd February 2017 (Brinsworth & Catcliffe; Dinnington)
— 9th December 2021 (Anston & Woodsetts; Aughton & Swallownest)
— 26th January 2023 (Keppel)
— 13th July 2023 (Dinnington)
— 2nd November 2023 (Kilnhurst & Swinton E.)
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Labour |
28004 |
54.6% |
21 |
| Conservative |
10599 |
20.7% |
1 |
| Liberal Democrat |
4880 |
9.5% |
0 |
| Independent |
4456 |
8.7% |
1 |
| Rotherham Independents |
2424 |
4.7% |
0 |
| Green Party |
646 |
1.3% |
0 |
| Socialist Alternative |
225 |
0.4% |
0 |
| Socialist Alliance |
25 |
0.0% |
0 |
| Iain St John |
Lab |
1381 |
59.5% |
| Keith Hunter |
C |
574 |
24.7% |
| Daniel Gallacher |
LD |
365 |
15.7% |
| Gerald Smith |
Lab |
1653 |
59.6% |
| Andrew Hopkinson |
LD |
470 |
16.9% |
| Doris Hunter |
C |
426 |
15.4% |
| Paul Marshall |
SocAlt |
225 |
8.1% |
| Mahroof Hussain |
Lab |
1145 |
43.9% |
| Christian Kramer |
C |
838 |
32.1% |
| James Charters |
LD |
476 |
18.3% |
| Theresa Daley |
Grn |
149 |
5.7% |
| Peter Thirlwall |
Lab |
2102 |
44.1% |
| Gavin Sharp |
C |
1862 |
39.1% |
| Ann Jones |
LD |
800 |
16.8% |
| Paul Hill |
Lab |
1016 |
60.6% |
| Gillian Fleming-Smith |
C |
332 |
19.8% |
| Annette Kelly |
LD |
329 |
19.6% |
| Fred Wright |
Lab |
1469 |
59.2% |
| Stephen Shaw |
Ind |
712 |
28.7% |
| Heather Johnson |
C |
299 |
12.1% |
| John Clarke |
C |
1384 |
48.3% |
| Ian Barron |
Lab |
872 |
30.4% |
| Stanley Burgess |
LD |
292 |
10.2% |
| Kathleen Reeder |
Ind |
246 |
8.6% |
| John Bristowe |
Grn |
70 |
2.4% |
| Mahroof Rashid |
Lab |
618 |
31.1% |
| Josephine Jones |
RothrhmI |
545 |
27.4% |
| Mohammed Shahid |
LD |
399 |
20.1% |
| Aurangzeb Khaliq |
Ind |
302 |
15.2% |
| Ian Roebuck |
C |
124 |
6.2% |
| Patrick Burke |
Lab |
1688 |
62.7% |
| Margaret Richardson |
RothrhmI |
751 |
27.9% |
| Jennifer Tiptaft |
C |
253 |
9.4% |
| Terence Sharman |
Lab |
1074 |
64.2% |
| David Newey |
Ind |
361 |
21.6% |
| Basil Hammond |
C |
237 |
14.2% |
| Mark Edgell |
Lab |
1513 |
82.7% |
| Caven Vines |
RothrhmI |
217 |
11.9% |
| David Nuttall |
C |
100 |
5.5% |
| Patricia Lee |
Ind |
997 |
42.0% |
| Peter Wootton |
Lab |
971 |
40.9% |
| Walford Martin |
LD |
202 |
8.5% |
| Gregory White |
C |
179 |
7.5% |
| Brian Todd |
SocAll |
25 |
1.1% |
| Audrey Gilbert |
Lab |
1254 |
55.6% |
| David Mannion |
C |
1001 |
44.4% |
| Josephine Burton |
Lab |
1450 |
44.5% |
| Benjamin Slade |
Ind |
1054 |
32.3% |
| Kevin Smith |
LD |
267 |
8.2% |
| William Blair |
Ind |
256 |
7.8% |
| Derek Johnson |
C |
235 |
7.2% |
| Shaukat Ali |
Lab |
964 |
59.7% |
| Robert Slow |
Grn |
363 |
22.5% |
| James Roebuck |
C |
289 |
17.9% |
| Gwendoline Russell |
Lab |
993 |
64.7% |
| Maureen Vines |
RothrhmI |
324 |
21.1% |
| David Tiptaft |
C |
154 |
10.0% |
| Louise Muirhead |
Grn |
64 |
4.2% |
| Keith Goulty |
Lab |
1431 |
77.1% |
| Guy Canby |
C |
426 |
22.9% |
| James Wardle |
Lab |
1417 |
69.1% |
| Nigel Lee |
C |
633 |
30.9% |
| Kenneth Wyatt |
Lab |
1917 |
81.0% |
| Brian Taylor |
C |
451 |
19.0% |
| Barry Kaye |
Lab |
1040 |
42.8% |
| David Pickering |
Lab |
755 |
|
| Marlene Guest |
RothrhmI |
587 |
24.2% |
| Pat Shaw |
LD |
521 |
21.4% |
| Alan Bryden |
LD |
483 |
|
| Saul Bennett |
C |
282 |
11.6% |
| Roy Nuttall |
C |
152 |
|
| Ronald Pearson |
Lab |
913 |
52.6% |
| Eric Shaw |
LD |
544 |
31.3% |
| Christopher Middleton |
C |
279 |
16.1% |
| William Sangster |
Lab |
1123 |
53.3% |
| Margaret Parker |
Ind |
528 |
25.1% |
| Geoffrey Ward |
C |
241 |
11.4% |
| Steven Scutt |
LD |
215 |
10.2% |
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