| Election Name: | 2024 Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Country: | South Yorkshire |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2021 Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2021 |
| Next Election: | 2028 Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 2028 |
| Seats For Election: | All 59 Seats to Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Majority Seats: | 30 |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Leader1: | Chris Read |
| Leaders Seat1: | Wickersley North |
| Last Election1: | 32 seats, 41.4% |
| Seats Before1: | 32 |
| Seats After1: | 33 |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Leader2: | Simon Ball |
| Leaders Seat2: | Hellaby & Maltby |
| Last Election2: | 20 seats, 28.4% |
| Seats Before2: | 15 |
| Seats Needed2: | 15 |
| Seats After2: | 13 |
| Party4: | Independent |
| Leader4: | None |
| Last Election4: | 1 seat, 5.2% |
| Seats Before4: | 8 |
| Seats Needed4: | 24 |
| Seats After4: | 10 |
| Party5: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Leader5: | Adam Carter |
| Last Election5: | 3 seats, 7.9% |
| Seats Before5: | 4 |
| Seats Needed5: | 26 |
| Seats After5: | 3 |
| Leader | |
| Posttitle: | Leader after election |
| Before Election: | Chris Read |
| Before Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
| After Election: | Chris Read |
| After Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
The 2024 Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024,[1] alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom, which were held on the same day. It elected all 59 councillors to the Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council for a four-year term, ending in 2028. Labour retained their majority on the council.[2] [3]
The council elects its councillors every four years[4] [5] The election took place by first-past-the-post voting, with wards being represented by two or three councillors.
All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in Rotherham Borough aged 18 or over will be entitled to vote in the election. People who live at two addresses in different councils, such as university students with different term-time and holiday addresses, are entitled to be registered for and vote in elections in both local authorities. Voting in-person at polling stations will take place from 07:00 to 22:00 on election day, and voters will be able to apply for postal votes or proxy votes in advance of the election.
| After 2021 election | Before 2024 election | After 2024 election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Party | Seats | Party | Seats | |||
| 32 | 32 | 33 | ||||||
| 20 | 15 | 13 | ||||||
| 1 | 8 | 10 | ||||||
| 3 | 4 | 3 | ||||||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Sarah Ann Allen was a sitting councillor for Greasbrough.
David John Roche was a sitting councillor for Hoober
Tajamal Khan was a sitting councillor for Rotherham East
Firas Miro was a sitting councillor for Rother Vale
Chris Read was a sitting councillor for Wickersley North