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. The borough includes parts of the Don, Rother and Dearne Valleys..

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 GroupYear1991 censusAs UK Census data post 2001 is unavailable through the ONS website, it has been recommended to use archival census collection websites to obtain data. Data is taken from United Kingdom Casweb Data services of the United Kingdom 1991 Census on Ethnic Data for England. (Table 6)Office of Population Censuses and Surveys; General Register Office for Scotland; Registrar General for Northern Ireland (1997): 1991 Census aggregate data. UK Data Service (Edition: 1997). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5257/census/aggregate-1991-1 This information is licensed under the terms of the Open Government Licence2001 census2011 census2021 censusNumber%Number%Number%Number%White: Total246,63798%240,46396.9%240,75893.6%241,95491%White: British - -238,09595.9%236,43891.9%234,61388.3%White: Irish1,2560.49%1,063776655White: Gypsy or Irish TravellerNew category created for the 2011 census - -126227White: Roma699White: Other - -1,3053,4185,760Asian or Asian British: Total4,1311.64%5,8332.4%10,5514.1%14,1765.3%Asian or Asian British: Indian4894979611,312Asian or Asian British: Pakistani3,2441.28%4,7047,60910,0013.8%Asian or Asian British: Bangladeshi3226109123Asian or Asian British: ChineseIn 2001, listed under the 'Chinese or other ethnic group' heading.218303592756Asian or Asian British: Other Asian1483031,2801,984Black or Black British: Total3940.15%4002,1120.8%3,0161.1%Black or Black British: Caribbean144180283336Black or Black British: African851801,6722,260Black or Black British: Other Black16540157420Mixed: Total--1,2102,5513,854Mixed: White and Black Caribbean - -3527871,183Mixed: White and Black African - -104301583Mixed: White and Asian - -4888651,300Mixed: Other Mixed - -266598788Other: Total4750.18%2691,3082,806Other: ArabNew category created for the 2011 census - -581778Other: Any other ethnic group4757272,028Total251,637100%248,175100%257,280100%265,806100%

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 electionElection 2016 | Rotherham Council, BBC News 48 14 0 1 0 2014 electionElection 2014 | Rotherham Council, BBC News 50 10 2 1 0 2012 electionElection 2012 | Rotherham Council, BBC News 58 0 4 1 0 2011 electionElection 2011 | Rotherham Council, BBC News 54 0 7 1 1 2010 electionElection 2010 | Rotherham Council, BBC News 50 0 10 2 1 2008 election 50 0 10 1 2 2007 electionElection 2007 | Rotherham Council, BBC News 54 0 7 2 0

Arms

See also Listed buildings in Rotherham

Notes

References

External links Rotherham - The Unofficial Website