Local Election Results 2008
Rotherham
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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 |
23759 |
36.2% |
14 |
| Conservative |
19100 |
29.1% |
5 |
| UK Independence Party |
9976 |
15.2% |
0 |
| Independent |
4812 |
7.3% |
0 |
| British National Party |
4522 |
6.9% |
2 |
| Liberal Democrat |
3475 |
5.3% |
0 |
| Darren Hughes |
C |
1704 |
49.4% |
| Robin Stonebridge |
Lab |
1184 |
34.3% |
| Colin Tawn |
UKIP |
560 |
16.2% |
| Mahroof Hussain |
Lab |
1545 |
42.9% |
| Christian Kramer |
C |
904 |
25.1% |
| Patricia Shaw |
LD |
617 |
17.1% |
| Peter Murdock |
UKIP |
535 |
14.9% |
| John Gamble |
BNP |
1430 |
40.8% |
| Allan Jackson |
Lab |
1369 |
39.0% |
| Jacki Brown |
C |
708 |
20.2% |
| Simon Tweed |
Lab |
979 |
35.5% |
| Nigel Lee |
C |
862 |
31.3% |
| James Alliott |
LD |
502 |
18.2% |
| Denise Hickson |
UKIP |
413 |
15.0% |
| John Turner |
C |
1865 |
55.3% |
| Christopher McMahon |
Lab |
769 |
22.8% |
| Valerie Wilkinson |
UKIP |
739 |
21.9% |
| Hilda Jack |
Lab |
1311 |
42.0% |
| Doris Hunter |
C |
796 |
25.5% |
| Alan Thompson |
Ind |
600 |
19.2% |
| Martin Hickson |
UKIP |
416 |
13.3% |
| Frank Hodgkiss |
Lab |
1322 |
49.1% |
| Brian Taylor |
C |
857 |
31.8% |
| Norman Lush |
UKIP |
512 |
19.0% |
| Sheila Walker |
Lab |
1069 |
32.6% |
| David Cutts |
UKIP |
885 |
27.0% |
| Christopher Middleton |
C |
723 |
22.0% |
| Paul Shaw |
LD |
604 |
18.4% |
| Will Blair |
BNP |
702 |
23.1% |
| Glyn Robinson |
Lab |
684 |
22.5% |
| Ted Millward |
Ind |
519 |
17.1% |
| Keith Stringer |
Ind |
427 |
14.0% |
| Mark Ainsworth |
Ind |
343 |
11.3% |
| Derek Johnson |
C |
272 |
8.9% |
| Gordon Brown |
UKIP |
94 |
3.1% |
| Glyn Whelbourn |
Lab |
1291 |
45.3% |
| Edward Smith |
UKIP |
922 |
32.4% |
| David Tiptaft |
C |
636 |
22.3% |
| Jeb Nightingale |
Lab |
1161 |
43.1% |
| John Wilkinson |
UKIP |
769 |
28.5% |
| Keith Hunter |
C |
766 |
28.4% |
| Maurice Kirk |
Lab |
1163 |
44.4% |
| Mohd Ilyas |
LD |
604 |
23.1% |
| Peter Griffith |
UKIP |
499 |
19.1% |
| Marilyn Marshall |
C |
353 |
13.5% |
| Kath Sims |
Lab |
1227 |
38.9% |
| Caven Vines |
Ind |
958 |
30.4% |
| Brian Jessop |
BNP |
587 |
18.6% |
| Kenneth Marshall |
C |
382 |
12.1% |
| Ann Russell |
Lab |
1044 |
33.3% |
| Melissa Parker |
C |
906 |
28.9% |
| Brian Dagless |
UKIP |
902 |
28.8% |
| Eric Shaw |
LD |
281 |
9.0% |
| Michael Clarke |
C |
2300 |
58.4% |
| Steven Scutt |
LD |
867 |
22.0% |
| Denise Lelliott |
Lab |
768 |
19.5% |
| Ken Wyatt |
Lab |
1341 |
44.1% |
| Shaun O'Dell |
UKIP |
1009 |
33.2% |
| Stephen Jones |
C |
691 |
22.7% |
| Simon Currie |
Lab |
982 |
33.8% |
| John Wilson |
BNP |
811 |
27.9% |
| Josephine Taylor |
C |
666 |
22.9% |
| Kath Reeder |
Ind |
443 |
15.3% |
| Thomas Fenoughty |
C |
1275 |
44.0% |
| Peter Blanksby |
Ind |
898 |
31.0% |
| David Barker |
Lab |
724 |
25.0% |
| Alan Gosling |
Lab |
1461 |
49.5% |
| Christopher Hucknall |
UKIP |
842 |
28.5% |
| Jennifer Tiptaft |
C |
650 |
22.0% |
| Martyn Parker |
C |
1355 |
38.8% |
| Sue Ellis |
Lab |
1255 |
36.0% |
| Tona Dowdall |
UKIP |
879 |
25.2% |
| Lindsay Johnston |
Lab |
1110 |
35.2% |
| Marlene Guest |
BNP |
992 |
31.4% |
| Mick Sylvester |
Ind |
624 |
19.8% |
| Basil Hammond |
C |
429 |
13.6% |
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