Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham

Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham
—  Metropolitan borough  —
Rotherham Council Offices (left) in central Rotherham
Coat of Arms of the Borough Council
Motto: Operor non exsisto ignavus (no slacking)
Rotherham shown within England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Ceremonial county	South Yorkshire
Founded	1974
Admin. HQ	Rotherham
Government
• Type	Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
• Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
• Executive:	Labour
• MPs:	Kevin Barron, John Healey, Denis MacShane
Area
• Total	110.6 sq mi (286.5 km2)
Area rank	142nd
Population (2010 est.)
• Total	254,600
• Rank	Ranked 50th
• Density	2,300/sq mi (890/km2)
Time zone	Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0)
• Summer (DST)	British Summer Time (UTC+1)
Postcode
ISO 3166-2
ONS code	00CF
OS grid reference
NUTS 3
Ethnicity	95.5% White 2.8% S.Asian 0.6% Black[1]
Website	rotherham.gov.uk

The Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham is a metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. It is named for its largest town, Rotherham, but also spans the outlying towns of Maltby, Rawmarsh, Swinton, Wath-upon-Dearne, as well as a suburban and rural element composed of hills, escarpments and broad valleys.

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.

Although support decreased in 2008, Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council it is one of the safest Labour councils in the United Kingdom and now their only safe council in Yorkshire.^[2] Neighbouring districts Barnsley and Wakefield are also held by Labour but only by a majority of one in each case.^[3]

Geography

Settlements in the borough of Rotherham include:

Anston, Aston, Aughton

Bramley, Brampton, Brinsworth, Brecks

Canklow, Catcliffe, Clifton

Dinnington

Firbeck

Gildingwells, Greasbrough

Harthill, Hellaby, Herringthorpe

Kimberworth, Kimberworth Park, Kiveton Park

Laughton-en-le-Morthen, Letwell

Maltby, Manvers, Masbrough, Morthen

Parkgate

Ravenfield, Rawmarsh, Ryecroft

Swallownest, Swinton

Templeborough, Thorpe Hesley, Thorpe Salvin, Thrybergh, Thurcroft, Todwick, Treeton

Ulley

Wales, Wath-upon-Dearne, Wentworth, West Melton, Whiston, Wickersley, Woodsetts

Council elections

The Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham was founded in 1973, and Labour have been in control of the council since the first election.

References

External links

• Rotherhamweb
• Rotherham - The Unofficial Website
• Rotherham Politics The Unvarnished Truth

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