2021 Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election
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The 2021 Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2021 as part of the 2021 local elections in the United Kingdom.[1] All 55 councillors were elected from 21 wards which return either two or three councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office.
The election of the Mayor of Doncaster also took place on the same day.
Wards
[edit]Doncaster is divided into 21 wards for electoral purposes with each ward electing either two or three councillors. The number of councillors elected by ward is shown in the table below.
Ward | Councillors | Prior to election |
---|---|---|
Adwick-Le-Street and Carcroft | 3 | 3x Labour |
Armthorpe | 3 | 3x Labour |
Balby South | 2 | 2x Labour |
Bentley | 3 | 3x Labour |
Bessacarr | 3 | 2x Conservative, 1x Labour |
Conisbrough | 3 | 3x Labour |
Edenthorpe & Kirk Sandall | 2 | 2x Labour |
Edlington & Warmsworth | 2 | 2x Labour |
Finningley | 3 | 3x Conservative |
Hatfield | 3 | 3x Labour |
Hexthorpe & Balby North | 2 | 2x Labour |
Mexborough | 3 | 3x Mexborough First |
Norton & Askern | 3 | 2x Labour, 1x Conservative |
Roman Ridge | 2 | 2x Labour |
Rossington & Bawtry | 3 | 2x Labour, 1x Independent |
Sprotbrough | 2 | 2x Conservative |
Stainforth & Barnby Dun | 2 | 1x Labour, 1x Conservative |
Thorne & Moorends | 3 | 3x Labour |
Tickhill & Wadworth | 2 | 1x Independent, 1x Conservative |
Town | 3 | 3x Labour |
Wheatley Hills & Intake | 3 | 3x Labour |
Results overview
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 40 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 72.73 | 46.55 | 65,647 | 9.05 | |
Conservative | 11 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 20.00 | 33.25 | 46,886 | 8.55 | |
Mexborough First | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5.46 | 3.49 | 4,923 | 0.49 | ||
Edlington and Warmsworth First | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.81 | 1.02 | 1,444 | ||
Green | 0 | - | - | 0.00 | 7.77 | 10.963 | 3.87 | ||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.00 | 3.85 | 5,434 | 3.95 | |
No Label | 0 | - | - | 0.00 | 1.30 | 1,834 | |||
Yorkshire | 0 | - | - | 0.00 | 1.12 | 1,584 | 4.18 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 0 | - | - | 0.00 | 1.10 | 1,584 | 0.10 | ||
TUSC | 0 | - | - | 0.00 | 0.33 | 461 | 0.77 | ||
Reform UK | 0 | - | - | 0.00 | 0.15 | 207 | |||
SDP | 0 | - | - | 0.00 | 0.07 | 100 |
Council composition
[edit]Following the last election in 2017, the composition of the council was:
43 | 7 | 3 | 2 |
Labour | Conservative | MF | I |
After the election, the composition of the council was:
40 | 11 | 3 | 1 |
Labour | Conservative | MF | E |
MF - Mexborough First
I - Independent
E - Edlington and Warmsworth First
Results by ward
[edit]Incumbent councillors are denoted by an asterisk.
Adwick-Le-Street and Carcroft
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sarah Diane Smith | 1,467 | 54.3 | −0.1 | |
Labour | Debbie Hutchinson | 1,457 | 53.9 | +6.9 | |
Labour | John Mounsey* | 1,379 | 51.0 | −2.6 | |
Conservative | Peter John Ransome | 586 | 21.7 | +5.4 | |
Conservative | Charles Terence John Bluff | 532 | 19.7 | New | |
Conservative | Kevin Kerrigan | 472 | 17.5 | New | |
Green | Vanessa Aradia Myatt | 304 | 11.2 | New | |
Turnout | 2,703 | 22.98 | −2.22 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Armthorpe
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Aimee Louise Dickson | 1,306 | 46.1 | −5.3 | |
Labour | Tim Needham | 1,219 | 43.1 | −3.3 | |
Labour | Sue Knowles | 1,216 | 43.0 | −2.6 | |
Conservative | Kathleen Margaret Beard | 1,026 | 36.2 | +8.9 | |
Conservative | Ann Nadin Martin | 878 | 31.0 | New | |
Green | Mark Gray | 507 | 17.9 | +6.5 | |
Conservative | Janet Sanderson | 427 | 15.1 | New | |
Turnout | 2,831 | 26.01 | −0.59 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Balby South
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Patrick Joseph Healy* | 895 | 47.1 | +8.7 | |
Labour | Tracey Ann Moran | 811 | 42.6 | −6.2 | |
Conservative | Susan Davies | 693 | 36.4 | New | |
Conservative | John Thomas Papworth | 431 | 22.7 | −10.1 | |
Green | Lynette Chipp | 228 | 12.0 | +1.9 | |
Turnout | 1,902 | 26.63 | −1.47 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Bentley
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Vernon Church | 1,461 | 49.2 | −0.2 | |
Labour | Charlie Hogarth* | 1,327 | 44.7 | −6.1 | |
Labour | Jane Nightingale* | 1,265 | 42.6 | −3.5 | |
Conservative | Louise Margaret Emery | 744 | 25.0 | −0.4 | |
Conservative | Peter Anthony Ellison | 741 | 24.9 | +0.4 | |
Conservative | Dave Glover | 713 | 24.0 | New | |
Green | Dawn Longley | 454 | 15.3 | +7.1 | |
Green | Michelle Elise Newton-Carline | 291 | 9.8 | −2.3 | |
TUSC | Scott Middleton | 210 | 7.1 | +1.9 | |
Turnout | 2,972 | 23.03 | −2.97 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Bessacarr
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nick Allen* | 1,808 | 43.6 | +6.7 | |
Conservative | Laura Samantha Bluff | 1,615 | 39.0 | +11.1 | |
Labour | Majid Khan* | 1,583 | 38.2 | +8.4 | |
Conservative | James Paul Goff | 1,437 | 34.7 | +8.2 | |
Labour | Neil Gethin* | 1,380 | 33.3 | +2.3 | |
Labour | Lauren Barbara Hogg | 1,199 | 28.9 | −0.7 | |
Green | Monty Cuthbert | 885 | 21.4 | +16.0 | |
Green | Veronica Jane Maxwell | 386 | 9.3 | +5.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Giulia Savini | 263 | 6.3 | −3.5 | |
Turnout | 4,143 | 35.44 | +1.04 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Conisbrough
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lani-Mae Ball* | 2,126 | 69.3 | +19.1 | |
Labour | Nigel Ball* | 2,102 | 68.5 | +13.0 | |
Labour | Ian Pearson* | 1,560 | 50.8 | −0.1 | |
Conservative | Christine Yvonne Allen | 610 | 19.9 | −2.4 | |
Conservative | Jacqueline Isaacs | 403 | 13.1 | New | |
Green | Matthew Grant Wood | 256 | 8.3 | New | |
TUSC | Lee Trow | 251 | 8.2 | New | |
Conservative | Doreen Woodhouse | 167 | 5.4 | New | |
Turnout | 3,069 | 25.23 | −0.07 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Edenthorpe & Kirk Sandall
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Andrew Nevett* | 1,078 | 43.4 | −0.2 | |
Labour | Andrea Robinson* | 1,065 | 42.8 | +3.6 | |
Conservative | Jason Colin Carruthers | 848 | 34.1 | +7.8 | |
Conservative | Julia Elizabeth Gibbons | 810 | 32.6 | +7.7 | |
Green | Fiona Wilson | 355 | 14.3 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Kieron Anthony Franks | 149 | 6.0 | New | |
Turnout | 2,486 | 31.66 | − 2.04 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Edlington & Warmsworth
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Phil Cole* | 1,002 | 41.3 | −9.5 | |
Edlington and Warmsworth First | Rob Reid | 778 | 32.0 | New | |
Labour | Kirsty Lenham | 739 | 30.4 | −25.8 | |
Edlinton and Warmsworth First | Keri Anderson | 666 | 27.4 | New | |
Conservative | Joe George | 583 | 24.0 | −5.5 | |
Conservative | Carol Greenhalgh | 386 | 15.9 | New | |
Green | Toby William Crane | 137 | 5.6 | New | |
Turnout | 2,429 | 27.75 | +0.35 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Edlington and Warmsworth First gain from Labour |
Finningley
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Allan Jones* | 2,458 | 52.0 | −3.9 | |
Conservative | Jane Margaret Cox* | 2,188 | 46.3 | −15.0 | |
Conservative | Steve Cox* | 2,056 | 43.5 | −13.2 | |
Labour | Sue Lister | 1,267 | 26.8 | −1.4 | |
Labour | Paul Stephen Caunce | 990 | 20.9 | −7.0 | |
Labour | Rob Dennis | 849 | 18.0 | −6.8 | |
Green | Harrison Balme | 780 | 16.5 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Joshua Brignall-Morley | 351 | 7.4 | New | |
Turnout | 4,729 | 34.27 | +1.27 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Hatfield
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Linda Mary Curran* | 1,197 | 36.0 | −1.7 | |
Labour | Duncan Charles John Anderson* | 1,100 | 33.1 | −1.6 | |
Labour | Glynis Smith | 1,091 | 32.8 | +0.9 | |
Conservative | Emma Adams | 1,064 | 32.0 | +6.5 | |
Independent | Mick Glynn | 826 | 24.9 | −5.7 | |
Independent | Jessie Jamieson Credland | 825 | 24.8 | −0.3 | |
Conservative | Olivia Essem | 777 | 23.4 | New | |
Independent | Mark Steven Broadhurst | 685 | 20.6 | New | |
Conservative | Neil Saran Srivastava | 641 | 19.3 | New | |
Green | Rob Nicholas | 216 | 6.5 | New | |
Turnout | 3,322 | 28.87 | − 1.03 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Hexthorpe & Balby North
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Glyn Allen Jones* | 951 | 53.6 | −5.9 | |
Labour | Sophie Liu | 535 | 30.1 | −15.4 | |
Conservative | Liz Jones | 503 | 28.3 | +5.7 | |
Independent | Chris Nowak | 332 | 18.7 | New | |
Green | Angela Curtis | 277 | 15.6 | New | |
Independent | Tina Reid | 126 | 7.1 | New | |
Turnout | 1,775 | 22.05 | −2.85 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Mexborough
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mexborough First | Sean Michael Gibbons* | 1,673 | 60.2 | −9.7 | |
Mexborough First | Bev Chapman* | 1,639 | 59.0 | −5.7 | |
Mexborough First | Andy Pickering* | 1,611 | 57.9 | −14.1 | |
Labour | Malcolm Gamble | 797 | 28.7 | +6.3 | |
Labour | Tony Rawlings | 426 | 15.3 | −5.9 | |
Labour | Mick Muddiman | 418 | 15.0 | +2.7 | |
Conservative | Rory Francis Wood Forester | 197 | 7.1 | +2.0 | |
Conservative | Teresa Mary Robson Glynn | 191 | 6.9 | New | |
Conservative | Colin Matthew Pinder | 188 | 6.8 | New | |
Green | Ann Jackson Gilbert | 110 | 4.0 | New | |
Turnout | 2,780 | 23.89 | −3.71 | ||
Mexborough First hold | Swing | ||||
Mexborough First hold | Swing | ||||
Mexborough First hold | Swing |
Norton & Askern
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Austen William White* | 1,502 | 41.5 | −3.3 | |
Labour | Iris Beech* | 1,467 | 40.6 | −6.0 | |
Conservative | Thomas Michael Noon | 1,459 | 40.3 | +9.6 | |
Labour | Harry James Fisher | 915 | 25.3 | −16.2 | |
Conservative | Sean Poulter | 896 | 24.8 | New | |
Conservative | John Whiteside | 847 | 23.4 | New | |
Independent | Frank Jackson | 658 | 18.2 | −3.3 | |
Green | Alison Mary Briggs | 603 | 16.7 | New | |
No Description | Simon Epton | 495 | 13.7 | New | |
Turnout | 3,616 | 31.30 | −0.50 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Roman Ridge
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Leanne Hempshall | 1,055 | 42.4 | −11.5 | |
Labour | Julie Grace | 899 | 36.1 | −11.1 | |
Conservative | David Edward Clayton | 647 | 26.0 | −5.9 | |
Green | Tony Nicholson | 506 | 20.3 | +5.1 | |
Green | Kate Needham | 489 | 19.6 | +4.6 | |
Conservative | Danielle Jo Smith | 378 | 15.2 | New | |
Reform UK | Howard Bruce Rimmer | 207 | 8.3 | New | |
Turnout | 2,490 | 29.17 | −1.03 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Rossington & Bawtry
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Rachael Blake* | 1,999 | 50.8 | +2.1 | |
Labour | Bob Anderson | 1,794 | 45.6 | +5.6 | |
Labour | Barry Johnson | 1,414 | 35.9 | −0.6 | |
Independent | John Nolan Cooke* | 1,147 | 29.1 | −14.8 | |
Conservative | Julie Anne Kong | 878 | 22.3 | −5.5 | |
Conservative | Mike Angus | 877 | 22.3 | New | |
Independent | Clive Graham Stone | 573 | 14.6 | −10.4 | |
Conservative | Patrick Musami | 564 | 14.3 | New | |
Green | Han Haydn | 335 | 8.5 | New | |
Turnout | 3,935 | 28.95 | +0.35 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Sprotbrough
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Cynthia Anne Ransome* | 1,521 | 46.8 | −6.9 | |
Conservative | Glenn Karl Bluff | 1,124 | 34.6 | −8.8 | |
Labour | David Holland | 1,008 | 31.0 | −5.0 | |
Green | Jonathan Blundell Wood* | 710 | 21.8 | New | |
Labour | Philip Allan Doherty | 651 | 20.0 | −4.3 | |
Green | Fiona Dorothy Patricia Cahill | 552 | 17.0 | +0.9 | |
SDP | Laura Jane McHardy | 100 | 3.1 | New | |
Turnout | 3,252 | 36.75 | +1.05 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Jonathan Wood was previously a Conservative councillor.
Stainforth & Barnby Dun
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sue Farmer | 678 | 32.3 | −18.1 | |
Conservative | Gary Stapleton | 663 | 31.5 | −4.1 | |
Conservative | Steven James Ratcliffe | 619 | 29.4 | New | |
Labour | Lee Michael Pitcher | 486 | 23.1 | −13.4 | |
No Description | Ken Keegan* | 374 | 17.8 | −32.6 | |
Independent | Anne Lesley Sylvester | 272 | 12.9 | New | |
Yorkshire | Rosemarie Squires | 208 | 9.9 | New | |
Yorkshire | George Derx* | 202 | 9.6 | −26.9 | |
Green | Richard Needham | 157 | 7.5 | New | |
No Description | Neil James Wood | 47 | 2.2 | New | |
Turnout | 2,102 | 28.71 | +0.91 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Both Ken Keegan and George Derx were previously elected as Labour councillors.
Thorne & Moorends
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Susan Jane Durant* | 1,649 | 49.7 | −3.2 | |
Labour | Mark Stuart Houlbrook* | 1,534 | 46.2 | −3.3 | |
Labour | Joe Blackham* | 1,238 | 37.3 | −9.8 | |
Conservative | Paul David Tonge | 970 | 29.2 | +16.9 | |
No Description | Martin Williams | 918 | 27.7 | −2.4 | |
Conservative | James Norman Aitken | 674 | 20.3 | New | |
Conservative | Tracey Wheeler | 611 | 19.6 | New | |
Green | Gwyn Ap Harri | 537 | 16.2 | New | |
Turnout | 3,318 | 24.89 | −4.91 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Tickhill & Wadworth
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nigel Cannings* | 2,032 | 64.9 | +20.3 | |
Conservative | Martin Damian Greenhalgh* | 1,332 | 42.5 | +11.0 | |
Labour | Phyllis Cowden | 740 | 23.6 | −0.3 | |
Labour | Louis Joseph Jackson | 633 | 20.2 | −1.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ian Michael Smith | 277 | 8.8 | −2.8 | |
Green | Helen Hopkins | 253 | 8.1 | New | |
Green | Kay Goddard | 226 | 7.2 | −3.0 | |
Turnout | 3,131 | 35.60 | N/C | ||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Town
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gemma Louise Cobby | 1,768 | 50.2 | +0.4 | |
Labour | Dave Shaw* | 1,430 | 40.6 | −3.3 | |
Labour | Jake David Kearsley | 1,340 | 38.1 | −7.5 | |
Conservative | Molly Whiteside | 793 | 22.5 | −4.9 | |
Conservative | Dene Anthony Flannigan | 783 | 22.2 | New | |
Conservative | Reuben Glynn | 726 | 20.6 | New | |
Green | Julie Buckley | 725 | 20.6 | +3.2 | |
Yorkshire | Chris Whitwood | 521 | 14.8 | −27.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Paul Snelling | 276 | 7.8 | New | |
Turnout | 3,520 | 25.86 | −3.84 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Wheatley Hills & Intake
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Daniel Steven Barwell | 1,457 | 43.8 | −10.8 | |
Labour | Jane Kidd* | 1,445 | 43.5 | −7.3 | |
Labour | Emma Michelle Muddiman-Rawlins | 1,287 | 38.7 | −5.3 | |
Conservative | Roy John Penketh | 932 | 28.0 | +2.5 | |
Conservative | Mark Parkinson | 727 | 21.9 | −4.5 | |
Conservative | Nic Davison | 660 | 19.8 | New | |
Yorkshire | Andy Budden | 653 | 19.6 | −1.3 | |
Green | Julie Margaret Blount | 377 | 11.3 | New | |
Green | Jennifer Joanne Rozenfelds | 305 | 9.2 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Dean Peter Southall | 232 | 7.0 | New | |
Turnout | 3,325 | 25.96 | −1.24 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
By-elections
[edit]Wheatley Hills & Intake
[edit]A by-election was held in the Wheatley Hills & Intake after the incumbent Labour Party councillor Daniel Barwell resigned following being arrested for an 'offence relating to the distribution of a controlled drug on a warrant issued at the request of United States authorities'.[2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Yetunde Elebuibon | 827 | 46.0 | +2.2 | |
Conservative | Angus Michael Lindsay | 419 | 23.3 | −4.7 | |
Yorkshire | Andy Budden | 356 | 19.8 | +0.2 | |
Green | Jennifer Joanne Rozenfelds | 135 | 7.5 | −3.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dean Peter Southall | 60 | 3.3 | −3.7 | |
Labour hold | Swing |
Rossington & Bawtry
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ken Guest | 1,467 | 56.7 | +5.9 | |
Conservative | Carol Greenhalgh | 492 | 19.0 | −3.3 | |
Independent | John Nolan Cooke | 461 | 17.8 | −11.3 | |
Reform UK | Surjit Singh Duhre | 168 | 6.5 | New | |
Labour hold | Swing |
References
[edit]- ^ "Upcoming Elections". Doncaster Council. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
- ^ "Doncaster councillor arrested over alleged drug distribution and faces extradition to USA". Yorkshire Live. Archived from the original on 9 February 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022.