| Election Name: | 2016 Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2015 Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2015 |
| Next Election: | 2021 Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 2021 |
| Seats For Election: | All 63 seats to Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Majority Seats: | 32 |
| Election Date: | 5 May 2016 |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats1: | 48 |
| Party2: | United Kingdom Independence Party |
| Seats2: | 14 |
| Seat Change2: | 2 |
| Map Size: | 400px |
| Majority party | |
| Posttitle: | Majority party after election |
| Before Election: | Labour |
| After Election: | Labour |
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council elections took place on Thursday 5 May 2016, alongside nationwide local elections. All 63 seats were up for election, 3 seats from each of the 21 wards.[1]
This result has the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:
| valign=top colspan="2" style="width: 230px" | Party | valign=top style="width: 30px" | Previous council | valign=top style="width: 30px" | New council | valign=top style="width: 30px" | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | align=center | 48 | align=center | 48 | align=center | 0 | |
| UKIP | align=center | 12 | align=center | 14 | align=center | 2 | |
| Independent | align=center | 2 | align=center | 1 | align=center | 1 | |
| Conservatives | align=center | 1 | align=center | 0 | align=center | 1 | |
| Total | 63 | 63 | |||||
| Working majority | |||||||
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