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href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Metropolitan_Borough_of_Rotherham&params=53_25_51_N_1_21_17_W_region:GB_type:city_source:nlwiki"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">53°25′51″N</span> <span class="longitude">1°21′17″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">53.43083°N 1.35472°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">53.43083; -1.35472</span></span></span></a></span></span></div></div> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" 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.infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Borough of Rotherham</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_borough" title="Metropolitan borough">Metropolitan borough</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Red_lorry_on_the_A57_near_South_Anston_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4087413.jpg/203px-Red_lorry_on_the_A57_near_South_Anston_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4087413.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Red_lorry_on_the_A57_near_South_Anston_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4087413.jpg/270px-Red_lorry_on_the_A57_near_South_Anston_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4087413.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2494" data-file-height="1782" /></a></span></div></div></div></div></div><div class="ib-settlement-caption"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>From left to right</li><li>Top: The <a href="/wiki/Rotherham_Town_Hall" title="Rotherham Town Hall">Town Hall</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rotherham_Minster" title="Rotherham Minster">Spire of the Minster</a> in <a href="/wiki/Rotherham" title="Rotherham">Rotherham</a></li><li>Upper: Rotherham townscape and <a href="/wiki/Dinnington,_South_Yorkshire" title="Dinnington, South Yorkshire">Dinnington</a> town skyline</li><li>Lower: <a href="/wiki/Wath_upon_Dearne" title="Wath upon Dearne">Wath upon Dearne</a> town centre and St Margaret Church in <a href="/wiki/Swinton,_South_Yorkshire" title="Swinton, South Yorkshire">Swinton</a></li><li>Bottom: Countryside looking towards <a href="/wiki/South_Anston" class="mw-redirect" title="South Anston">South Anston</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rawmarsh" title="Rawmarsh">Rawmarsh</a> village centre</li></ul></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output 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shown within South Yorkshire" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Rotherham_UK_locator_map.svg/250px-Rotherham_UK_locator_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="171" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Rotherham_UK_locator_map.svg/375px-Rotherham_UK_locator_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Rotherham_UK_locator_map.svg/500px-Rotherham_UK_locator_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1425" data-file-height="974" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Rotherham shown within South Yorkshire</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Sovereign state</a></th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Countries_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Countries of the United Kingdom">Constituent country</a></th><td class="infobox-data">England</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_England" title="Regions of England">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Yorkshire_and_the_Humber" title="Yorkshire and the Humber">Yorkshire and the Humber</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ceremonial_counties_of_England" title="Ceremonial counties of England">Ceremonial county</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/South_Yorkshire" title="South Yorkshire">South Yorkshire</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1974</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Admin. HQ</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rotherham" title="Rotherham">Rotherham</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rotherham_Metropolitan_Borough_Council" title="Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council">Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_England#Councillors_and_mayors" title="Local government in England">Leadership</a>:</th><td class="infobox-data">Leader & Cabinet</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Executive:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/List_of_MPs_elected_in_the_2015_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="List of MPs elected in the 2015 United Kingdom general election">MPs</a>:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Stafford" title="Alexander Stafford">Alexander Stafford</a> (Con),<br /><a href="/wiki/John_Healey_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Healey (politician)">John Healey</a> (Lab),<br /><a href="/wiki/Sarah_Champion" title="Sarah Champion">Sarah Champion</a> (Lab)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">111 sq mi (287 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_English_districts_by_area" title="List of English districts by area">122nd</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2022)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">268,354</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_English_districts_by_population" title="List of English districts by population">Ranked 64th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">2,400/sq mi (940/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Ethnicity <span style="font-weight:normal;">(<a href="/wiki/2021_United_Kingdom_census" title="2021 United Kingdom census">2021</a>)</span><div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-2021_Nomis_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2021_Nomis-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Ethnic groups in the United Kingdom">Ethnic groups</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>List</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 91% <a href="/wiki/White_people_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="White people in the United Kingdom">White</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 5.3% <a href="/wiki/British_Asians" title="British Asians">Asian</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 1.4% <a href="/wiki/Mixed_(United_Kingdom_ethnicity_category)" title="Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category)">Mixed</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 1.1% <a href="/wiki/Black_British_people" title="Black British people">Black</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 1.1% <a href="/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Ethnic groups in the United Kingdom">other</a> </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Religion <span style="font-weight:normal;">(2021)</span><div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-2021_Nomis_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2021_Nomis-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Religion_in_England" title="Religion in England">Religion</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>List</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 49% <a href="/wiki/Religion_in_England#Christianity" title="Religion in England">Christianity</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 39.8% <a href="/wiki/Irreligion_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Irreligion in the United Kingdom">no religion</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 5.2% not stated </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 5.1% <a href="/wiki/Islam_in_England" title="Islam in England">Islam</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 0.4% <a href="/wiki/Religion_in_England" title="Religion in England">other</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 0.3% <a href="/wiki/Hinduism_in_England" title="Hinduism in England">Hinduism</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 0.2% % <a href="/wiki/Buddhism_in_England" title="Buddhism in England">Buddhism</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 0.2% <a href="/wiki/Sikhism_in_England" title="Sikhism in England">Sikhism</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 0.1% <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_England" title="History of the Jews in England">Judaism</a> </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B0" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+0">UTC+0</a> (<a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Mean_Time" title="Greenwich Mean Time">Greenwich Mean Time</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B1" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+1">UTC+1</a> (<a href="/wiki/British_Summer_Time" title="British Summer Time">British Summer Time</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166-2:GB" title="ISO 3166-2:GB">ISO 3166-2</a></th><td class="infobox-data">GB-ROT</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ONS_coding_system" title="ONS coding system">ONS code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">00CF (ONS)<br />E08000018 (GSS)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rotherham.gov.uk/">rotherham.gov.uk</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_borough" title="Metropolitan borough">metropolitan borough</a> of <a href="/wiki/South_Yorkshire" title="South Yorkshire">South Yorkshire</a>, England. It is named after its main settlement of <a href="/wiki/Rotherham" title="Rotherham">Rotherham</a>. The wider borough spans a larger area and covers the outlying towns of <a href="/wiki/Maltby,_South_Yorkshire" title="Maltby, South Yorkshire">Maltby</a>, <a href="/wiki/Swinton,_South_Yorkshire" title="Swinton, South Yorkshire">Swinton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wath-upon-Dearne" class="mw-redirect" title="Wath-upon-Dearne">Wath-upon-Dearne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dinnington,_South_Yorkshire" title="Dinnington, South Yorkshire">Dinnington</a>. As well as the villages of <a href="/wiki/Rawmarsh" title="Rawmarsh">Rawmarsh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Laughton-en-le-Morthen" class="mw-redirect" title="Laughton-en-le-Morthen">Laughton</a>. A large valley spans the entire borough and is referred to as the "Rother Valley". </p><p>The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Act_1972" title="Local Government Act 1972">Local Government Act 1972</a>, as a merger of the <a href="/wiki/County_Borough_of_Rotherham" class="mw-redirect" title="County Borough of Rotherham">County Borough of Rotherham</a>, with <a href="/wiki/Maltby_Urban_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Maltby Urban District">Maltby</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rawmarsh_Urban_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Rawmarsh Urban District">Rawmarsh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Swinton_Urban_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Swinton Urban District">Swinton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wath_upon_Dearne_Urban_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Wath upon Dearne Urban District">Wath-upon-Dearne</a> <a href="/wiki/Urban_district_(Great_Britain_and_Ireland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)">urban districts</a> along with <a href="/wiki/Rotherham_Rural_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Rotherham Rural District">Rotherham Rural District</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kiveton_Park_Rural_District" title="Kiveton Park Rural District">Kiveton Park Rural District</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Rotherham_Metropolitan_Borough_Council" title="Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council">Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council</a> is one of the safest <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> councils in the United Kingdom, although the number of Labour council seats dropped from 92% to 79% in 2014 following the <a href="/wiki/Rotherham_child_sexual_exploitation_scandal" title="Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal">Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-r2008_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-r2008-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Borough_of_Rotherham&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Settlements in the borough of Rotherham include: </p> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Anston" title="Anston">Anston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aston,_South_Yorkshire" title="Aston, South Yorkshire">Aston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aughton,_South_Yorkshire" title="Aughton, South Yorkshire">Aughton</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Bramley,_Rotherham" title="Bramley, Rotherham">Bramley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brampton,_South_Yorkshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Brampton, South Yorkshire">Brampton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brampton-en-le-Morthen" title="Brampton-en-le-Morthen">Brampton-en-le-Morthen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brinsworth" title="Brinsworth">Brinsworth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brecks" title="Brecks">Brecks</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Brookhouse,_South_Yorkshire&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Brookhouse, South Yorkshire (page does not exist)">Brookhouse</a>, Broom</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Canklow" title="Canklow">Canklow</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carr,_South_Yorkshire" title="Carr, South Yorkshire">Carr</a>, <a href="/wiki/Catcliffe" title="Catcliffe">Catcliffe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Clifton,_Rotherham" title="Clifton, Rotherham">Clifton</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Dinnington,_South_Yorkshire" title="Dinnington, South Yorkshire">Dinnington</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/East_Dene" class="mw-redirect" title="East Dene">East Dene</a>, <a href="/wiki/East_Herringthorpe" class="mw-redirect" title="East Herringthorpe">East Herringthorpe</a>, Eastwood</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Firbeck" title="Firbeck">Firbeck</a>, Flanderwell</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Gildingwells" title="Gildingwells">Gildingwells</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greasbrough" title="Greasbrough">Greasbrough</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Harthill,_South_Yorkshire" title="Harthill, South Yorkshire">Harthill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harley,_South_Yorkshire" title="Harley, South Yorkshire">Harley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hellaby" title="Hellaby">Hellaby</a>, <a href="/wiki/Herringthorpe" class="mw-redirect" title="Herringthorpe">Herringthorpe</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Kimberworth" title="Kimberworth">Kimberworth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kimberworth_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Kimberworth Park">Kimberworth Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kiveton_Park" title="Kiveton Park">Kiveton Park</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Laughton-en-le-Morthen" class="mw-redirect" title="Laughton-en-le-Morthen">Laughton-en-le-Morthen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Letwell" title="Letwell">Letwell</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Maltby,_South_Yorkshire" title="Maltby, South Yorkshire">Maltby</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manvers" title="Manvers">Manvers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Masbrough" title="Masbrough">Masbrough</a>, Moorgate, <a href="/wiki/Morthen" title="Morthen">Morthen</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Parkgate,_Rotherham" class="mw-redirect" title="Parkgate, Rotherham">Parkgate</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Ravenfield" title="Ravenfield">Ravenfield</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rawmarsh" title="Rawmarsh">Rawmarsh</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ryecroft,_South_Yorkshire&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ryecroft, South Yorkshire (page does not exist)">Ryecroft</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Scholes,_South_Yorkshire" title="Scholes, South Yorkshire">Scholes</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Slade_Hooton,_South_Yorkshire&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Slade Hooton, South Yorkshire (page does not exist)">Slade Hooton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stone,_South_Yorkshire" title="Stone, South Yorkshire">Stone</a> <a href="/wiki/Swallownest" title="Swallownest">Swallownest</a>, <a href="/wiki/Swinton,_South_Yorkshire" title="Swinton, South Yorkshire">Swinton</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sunnyside,_Rotherham&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sunnyside, Rotherham (page does not exist)">Sunnyside</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Templeborough" title="Templeborough">Templeborough</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thorpe_Hesley" title="Thorpe Hesley">Thorpe Hesley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thorpe_Salvin" title="Thorpe Salvin">Thorpe Salvin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thrybergh" title="Thrybergh">Thrybergh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thurcroft" title="Thurcroft">Thurcroft</a>, <a href="/wiki/Todwick" title="Todwick">Todwick</a>, <a href="/wiki/Treeton" title="Treeton">Treeton</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Ulley" title="Ulley">Ulley</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Wales,_South_Yorkshire" title="Wales, South Yorkshire">Wales</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wath-upon-Dearne" class="mw-redirect" title="Wath-upon-Dearne">Wath-upon-Dearne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Waverley,_Rotherham" class="mw-redirect" title="Waverley, Rotherham">Waverley</a>, Wellgate, <a href="/wiki/Wentworth,_South_Yorkshire" title="Wentworth, South Yorkshire">Wentworth</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Melton" title="West Melton">West Melton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Whiston,_South_Yorkshire" title="Whiston, South Yorkshire">Whiston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wickersley" title="Wickersley">Wickersley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Woodsetts" title="Woodsetts">Woodsetts</a></dd></dl> <p>The borough borders <a href="/wiki/City_of_Sheffield" title="City of Sheffield">City of Sheffield</a>, <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Barnsley" title="Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley">Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley</a>, <a href="/wiki/City_of_Doncaster" title="City of Doncaster">City of Doncaster</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bassetlaw_District" title="Bassetlaw District">Bassetlaw District</a> in <a href="/wiki/Nottinghamshire" title="Nottinghamshire">Nottinghamshire</a> and <a href="/wiki/North_East_Derbyshire" title="North East Derbyshire">North East Derbyshire</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bolsover_District" title="Bolsover District">Bolsover District</a> in <a href="/wiki/Derbyshire" title="Derbyshire">Derbyshire</a>. The borough is also close to the cities of <a href="/wiki/Sheffield" title="Sheffield">Sheffield</a>, <a href="/wiki/Doncaster" title="Doncaster">Doncaster</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lincoln,_Lincolnshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Lincoln, Lincolnshire">Lincoln</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kingston-upon-Hull" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingston-upon-Hull">Hull</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leeds" title="Leeds">Leeds</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bradford" title="Bradford">Bradford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wakefield" title="Wakefield">Wakefield</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nottingham" title="Nottingham">Nottingham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manchester" title="Manchester">Manchester</a> and <a href="/wiki/Derby" title="Derby">Derby</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Borough_of_Rotherham&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ethnicity">Ethnicity</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Borough_of_Rotherham&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Ethnicity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="3">Ethnic Group </th> <th colspan="8">Year </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">1991 census<sup id="cite_ref-:412_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:412-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:422_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:422-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="2">2001 census<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="2">2011 census<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="2">2021 census<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/White_people_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="White people in the United Kingdom">White</a>: Total </th> <th>246,637 </th> <th>98% </th> <th>240,463 </th> <th>96.9% </th> <th>240,758 </th> <th>93.6% </th> <th>241,954 </th> <th>91% </th></tr> <tr> <td>White: <a href="/wiki/White_British" title="White British">British</a> </td> <td>- </td> <td>- </td> <td>238,095 </td> <td>95.9% </td> <td>236,438 </td> <td>91.9% </td> <td>234,613 </td> <td>88.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td>White: <a href="/wiki/White_Irish" title="White Irish">Irish</a> </td> <td>1,256 </td> <td>0.49% </td> <td>1,063 </td> <td> </td> <td>776 </td> <td> </td> <td>655 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>White: <a href="/wiki/White_Gypsy_or_Irish_Traveller" class="mw-redirect" title="White Gypsy or Irish Traveller">Gypsy or Irish Traveller</a><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>- </td> <td>- </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>126 </td> <td> </td> <td>227 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>White: Roma </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>699 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>White: <a href="/wiki/Other_White" title="Other White">Other</a> </td> <td>- </td> <td>- </td> <td>1,305 </td> <td> </td> <td>3,418 </td> <td> </td> <td>5,760 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/British_Asian" class="mw-redirect" title="British Asian">Asian or Asian British</a>: Total </th> <th>4,131 </th> <th>1.64% </th> <th>5,833 </th> <th>2.4% </th> <th>10,551 </th> <th>4.1% </th> <th>14,176 </th> <th>5.3% </th></tr> <tr> <td>Asian or Asian British: <a href="/wiki/British_Indians" title="British Indians">Indian</a> </td> <td>489 </td> <td> </td> <td>497 </td> <td> </td> <td>961 </td> <td> </td> <td>1,312 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Asian or Asian British: <a href="/wiki/British_Pakistanis" title="British Pakistanis">Pakistani</a> </td> <td>3,244 </td> <td>1.28% </td> <td>4,704 </td> <td> </td> <td>7,609 </td> <td> </td> <td>10,001 </td> <td>3.8% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Asian or Asian British: <a href="/wiki/British_Bangladeshis" title="British Bangladeshis">Bangladeshi</a> </td> <td>32 </td> <td> </td> <td>26 </td> <td> </td> <td>109 </td> <td> </td> <td>123 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Asian or Asian British: <a href="/wiki/British_Chinese" title="British Chinese">Chinese</a><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>218 </td> <td> </td> <td>303 </td> <td> </td> <td>592 </td> <td> </td> <td>756 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Asian or Asian British: Other Asian </td> <td>148 </td> <td> </td> <td>303 </td> <td> </td> <td>1,280 </td> <td> </td> <td>1,984 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Black_British_people" title="Black British people">Black or Black British</a>: Total </th> <th>394 </th> <th>0.15% </th> <th>400 </th> <th> </th> <th>2,112 </th> <th>0.8% </th> <th>3,016 </th> <th>1.1% </th></tr> <tr> <td>Black or Black British: <a href="/wiki/British_African-Caribbean_people" title="British African-Caribbean people">Caribbean</a> </td> <td>144 </td> <td> </td> <td>180 </td> <td> </td> <td>283 </td> <td> </td> <td>336 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Black or Black British: <a href="/wiki/Black_British_people" title="Black British people">African</a> </td> <td>85 </td> <td> </td> <td>180 </td> <td> </td> <td>1,672 </td> <td> </td> <td>2,260 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Black or Black British: <a href="/wiki/Classification_of_ethnicity_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Classification of ethnicity in the United Kingdom">Other Black</a> </td> <td>165 </td> <td> </td> <td>40 </td> <td> </td> <td>157 </td> <td> </td> <td>420 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Mixed_(United_Kingdom_ethnicity_category)" title="Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category)">Mixed</a>: Total </th> <th>- </th> <th>- </th> <th>1,210 </th> <th> </th> <th>2,551 </th> <th> </th> <th>3,854 </th> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <td>Mixed: White and Black Caribbean </td> <td>- </td> <td>- </td> <td>352 </td> <td> </td> <td>787 </td> <td> </td> <td>1,183 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mixed: White and Black African </td> <td>- </td> <td>- </td> <td>104 </td> <td> </td> <td>301 </td> <td> </td> <td>583 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mixed: White and Asian </td> <td>- </td> <td>- </td> <td>488 </td> <td> </td> <td>865 </td> <td> </td> <td>1,300 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mixed: Other Mixed </td> <td>- </td> <td>- </td> <td>266 </td> <td> </td> <td>598 </td> <td> </td> <td>788 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Other: Total </th> <th>475 </th> <th>0.18% </th> <th>269 </th> <th> </th> <th>1,308 </th> <th> </th> <th>2,806 </th> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <td>Other: Arab<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>- </td> <td>- </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>581 </td> <td> </td> <td>778 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Other: Any other ethnic group </td> <td>475 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>727 </td> <td> </td> <td>2,028 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Total </th> <th>251,637 </th> <th>100% </th> <th>248,175 </th> <th>100% </th> <th>257,280 </th> <th>100% </th> <th>265,806 </th> <th>100% </th></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> As of 2021, the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham's population was enumerated at 265,807, and its ethnic makeup was 91% <a href="/wiki/White_people_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="White people in the United Kingdom">White</a>, 5.3% <a href="/wiki/British_Asians" title="British Asians">Asian</a>, 1.4% <a href="/wiki/Mixed_(United_Kingdom_ethnicity_category)" title="Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category)">Mixed</a>, 1.1% <a href="/wiki/Black_British_people" title="Black British people">Black</a>, 0.8% Other and 0.3% <a href="/wiki/British_Arabs" title="British Arabs">Arab</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Borough's religious makeup was 51.6% <a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Christianity in the United Kingdom">Christian</a>, 42% No Religion, 5.3% <a href="/wiki/Islam_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Islam in the United Kingdom">Muslim</a>, and has small <a href="/wiki/Hinduism_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Hinduism in the United Kingdom">Hindu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sikhism_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Sikhism in the United Kingdom">Sikh</a> communities.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Council_elections">Council elections</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Borough_of_Rotherham&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Council elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Rotherham_local_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="Rotherham local elections">Rotherham local elections</a></div> <p>The Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham was founded in 1974, and Labour have been in control of the council since the first election. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year</th> <th><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/UK_Independence_Party" title="UK Independence Party">UKIP</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></th> <th>Others</th> <th><a href="/wiki/British_National_Party" title="British National Party">BNP</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2016_Rotherham_Council_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2016 Rotherham Council election">2016 election</a><sup id="cite_ref-r2016_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-r2016-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>48</td> <td>14</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2014_Rotherham_Council_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 Rotherham Council election">2014 election</a><sup id="cite_ref-r2014_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-r2014-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>50</td> <td>10</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_Rotherham_Council_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 Rotherham Council election">2012 election</a><sup id="cite_ref-r2012_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-r2012-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>58</td> <td>0</td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Rotherham_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2011 Rotherham Council election (page does not exist)">2011 election</a><sup id="cite_ref-r2011_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-r2011-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>54</td> <td>0</td> <td>7</td> <td>1</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_Rotherham_Council_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2010 Rotherham Council election">2010 election</a><sup id="cite_ref-r2010_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-r2010-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>50</td> <td>0</td> <td>10</td> <td>2</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Rotherham_Council_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2008 Rotherham Council election (page does not exist)">2008 election</a><sup id="cite_ref-r2008_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-r2008-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>50</td> <td>0</td> <td>10</td> <td>1</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2007_Rotherham_Council_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2007 Rotherham Council election">2007 election</a><sup id="cite_ref-r2007_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-r2007-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>54</td> <td>0</td> <td>7</td> <td>2</td> <td>0 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Arms">Arms</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Borough_of_Rotherham&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Arms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="max-width: 100%"> <caption class="nowrap">Coat of arms of Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham </caption> <tbody><tr> <td style="min-width:175px;"> <dl><dt>Notes</dt> <dd>Granted 19 December 1977.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dt>Crest</dt> <dd>On a wreath of colours a demi-horse Sable resting its dexter hoof upon a cogwheel Proper.</dd> <dt>Escutcheon</dt> <dd>Vert on a fess wavy between in chief a mitre between two Argent roses barbed and seeded Proper and in base a cogwheel Argent a bar wavy Sable.</dd> <dt>Supporters</dt> <dd>On the dexter a buck and on the sinister a griffin Or each charged upon the neck with a bar wavy Sable.</dd> <dt>Motto</dt> <dd>By Industry And Honour</dd> <dt>Badge</dt> <dd>Lozenge enclosed by horseshoe inverted Sable winged Or.</dd></dl> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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