2021_Doncaster_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_election

2021 Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election

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.

Quick Facts All 55 seats to Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council 28 seats needed for a majority, First party ...

The election of the Mayor of Doncaster also took place on the same day.

Wards

Map of the electoral wards of Doncaster.

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.

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Results overview

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Council composition

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

Incumbent councillors are denoted by an asterisk.

Adwick-Le-Street and Carcroft

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Armthorpe

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Balby South

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Bentley

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Bessacarr

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Conisbrough

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Edenthorpe & Kirk Sandall

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Edlington & Warmsworth

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Finningley

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Hatfield

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Hexthorpe & Balby North

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Mexborough

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Norton & Askern

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Roman Ridge

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Rossington & Bawtry

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Sprotbrough

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Jonathan Wood was previously a Conservative councillor.

Stainforth & Barnby Dun

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Both Ken Keegan and George Derx were previously elected as Labour councillors.

Thorne & Moorends

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Tickhill & Wadworth

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Town

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Wheatley Hills & Intake

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By-elections

Wheatley Hills & Intake

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]

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Rossington & Bawtry

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References

  1. "Upcoming Elections". Doncaster Council. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  2. "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.

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