| Borough of Rotherham | |
| Nickname: | The Heart of SY |
| Type: | Metropolitan borough |
| Image Blank Emblem: | Coat of arms of Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council.png |
| Blank Emblem Size: | 150px |
| Blank Emblem Type: | Coat of arms of the Borough Council |
| Motto: | Where everyone matters |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Subdivision Type: | Sovereign state |
| Subdivision Name: | United Kingdom |
| Subdivision Type1: | Constituent country |
| Subdivision Name1: | England |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Subdivision Type3: | Ceremonial county |
| Subdivision Name3: | South Yorkshire |
| Seat Type: | Admin. HQ |
| Seat: | Rotherham |
| Government Type: | Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Leader Title: | Leadership |
| Leader Name: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Leader Title1: | Executive: |
| Leader Title2: | MPs |
| Leader Name2: | Alexander Stafford (Con), John Healey (Lab), Sarah Champion (Lab) |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 1974 |
| Area Rank: | |
| Population Rank: | Ranked |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | Greenwich Mean Time |
| Utc Offset: | +0 |
| Timezone Dst: | British Summer Time |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +1 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postcode |
| Blank Name: | ISO 3166-2 |
| Blank1 Name: | ONS code |
| Blank1 Info: | 00CF (ONS) E08000018 (GSS) |
| Blank2 Name: | OS grid reference |
| Blank3 Name: | NUTS 3 |
| Demographics Type1: | Ethnicity (2021) |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Ethnic groups |
| Demographics Type2: | Religion (2021) |
| Demographics2 Title1: | Religion |
| Website: | rotherham.gov.uk |
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. A large valley spans the entire borough and is referred to as the "Rother Valley".
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.[1]
Settlements in the borough of Rotherham include:
Bramley, Brampton, Brampton-en-le-Morthen, Brinsworth, Brecks, Brookhouse, Broom
Canklow, Carr, Catcliffe, Clifton
East Dene, East Herringthorpe, Eastwood
Firbeck, Flanderwell
Harthill, Harley, Hellaby, Herringthorpe
Kimberworth, Kimberworth Park, Kiveton Park
Laughton-en-le-Morthen, Letwell
Maltby, Manvers, Masbrough, Moorgate, Morthen
Ravenfield, Rawmarsh, Ryecroft
Scholes, Slade Hooton, Stone Swallownest, Swinton, Sunnyside
Templeborough, Thorpe Hesley, Thorpe Salvin, Thrybergh, Thurcroft, Todwick, Treeton
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.
| Ethnic Group | Year | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991[2] [3] | 2001[4] | 2011[5] | 2021[6] | ||||||
| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | ||
| White Total | 246,637 | 98% | 240,463 | 96.9% | 240,758 | 241,954 | 91% | ||
| White: British | - | - | 238,095 | 95.9% | 236,438 | 234,613 | 88.3% | ||
| White: Irish | 1,256 | 0.49% | 1,063 | 776 | 655 | ||||
| White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller[7] | - | - | 126 | 227 | |||||
| White: Roma | 699 | ||||||||
| White: Other | - | - | 1,305 | 3,418 | 5,760 | ||||
| Asian or Asian British Total | 4,131 | 1.64% | 5,833 | 10,551 | 14,176 | 5.3% | |||
| Asian or Asian British: Indian | 489 | 497 | 961 | 1,312 | |||||
| Asian or Asian British: Pakistani | 3,244 | 1.28% | 4,704 | 7,609 | 10,001 | ||||
| Asian or Asian British: Bangladeshi | 32 | 26 | 109 | 123 | |||||
| Asian or Asian British: Chinese[8] | 218 | 303 | 592 | 756 | |||||
| Asian or Asian British: Other Asian | 148 | 303 | 1,280 | 1,984 | |||||
| Black or Black British Total | 394 | 0.15% | 400 | 2,112 | 3,016 | ||||
| Black or Black British: Caribbean | 144 | 180 | 283 | 336 | |||||
| Black or Black British: African | 85 | 180 | 1,672 | 2,260 | |||||
| Black or Black British: Other Black | 165 | 40 | 157 | 420 | |||||
| Mixed Total | - | - | 1,210 | 2,551 | 3,854 | ||||
| Mixed: White and Black Caribbean | - | - | 352 | 787 | 1,183 | ||||
| Mixed: White and Black African | - | - | 104 | 301 | 583 | ||||
| Mixed: White and Asian | - | - | 488 | 865 | 1,300 | ||||
| Mixed: Other Mixed | - | - | 266 | 598 | 788 | ||||
| Other: Total | 475 | 0.18% | 269 | 1,308 | 2,806 | ||||
| Other: Arab[9] | - | - | 581 | 778 | |||||
| Other: Any other ethnic group | 475 | 727 | 2,028 | ||||||
| Total | 251,637 | 100% | 248,175 | 100% | 257,280 | 100% | 265,806 | 100% | |
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.[10] The Borough's religious makeup was 51.6% Christian, 42% No Religion, 5.3% Muslim, and has small Hindu and Sikh communities.[11]
See main article: Rotherham local elections. The Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham was founded in 1974, and Labour have been in control of the council since the first election.
| Year | Others | BNP | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 election[12] | 48 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2014 election[13] | 50 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2012 election[14] | 58 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2011 election[15] | 54 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2010 election[16] | 50 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
| 50 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2007 election[17] | 54 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 |