Rotherham_(district)

Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham

Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham

Metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England

For the town within the metropolitan borough, see Rotherham. For the council which governs this borough, see Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council. For the local government district in East Sussex, see Rother District.

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".

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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.[2]

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

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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.[5] The Borough's religious makeup was 51.6% Christian, 42% No Religion, 5.3% Muslim, and has small Hindu and Sikh communities.[6]

Council elections

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.

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See also

Notes

  1. [N 1]
    New category created for the 2011 census
  2. [N 2]
    In 2001, listed under the 'Chinese or other ethnic group' heading.
  3. [N 3]
    New category created for the 2011 census

References

  1. [1]
    UK Census (2021). "2021 Census Area Profile – Rotherham Local Authority (E08000018)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  2. [2]
    "Election Results 2008, Rotherham council". BBC News. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
  3. [3]
    As 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)
  4. [4]
    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 Licence
  5. [5]
    "Rotherham (Metropolitan Borough, Yorkshire and The Humber, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  6. [6]
    "Rotherham (Metropolitan Borough, Yorkshire and The Humber, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
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    Election 2016 | Rotherham Council, BBC News
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    Election 2014 | Rotherham Council, BBC News
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    Election 2012 | Rotherham Council, BBC News
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    Election 2011 | Rotherham Council, BBC News
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    Election 2010 | Rotherham Council, BBC News
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    Election 2007 | Rotherham Council, BBC News

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