# 2017 Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2017 Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom. The election of the Mayor of Doncaster also took place on the same day. All 55 councillors were elected from 21 wards which returned either two or three councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office.
The election resulted in the Labour Party retaining control of the Council, with an increased majority after gaining two seats from UKIP.

## Result

Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2017 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Votes % | Votes |
| Labour | 43 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 37.5 | 28,873 |
| Conservative | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24.7 | 18,993 |
| Mexborough First | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2,320 |
| Independent | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7.8 | 6,039 |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14.3 | 11,008 |
| Yorkshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 4,102 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.9 | 2,988 |
| Community Group | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 1,147 |
| TUSC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 848 |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 736 |

## Council composition

Following the last election in 2015, the composition of the council was:
| 41 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Labour | Conservative | MF | U | I |
After the election, the composition of the council was:
| 43 | 7 | 3 | 2 |
| Labour | Conservative | MF | I |
MF - Mexborough First
I - Independent
U - UKIP

## Mayoral election

Doncaster Mayoral Election 2017 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st round | 1st round | 2nd round | 2nd round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round |
| | Labour | Ros Jones | 32,631 | 50.9% | | | | ​​ |
| | Conservative | George Jabbour | 13,575 | 21.2% | | | | ​​ |
| | UKIP | Brian Whitmore | 7,764 | 12.1% | | | | ​​ |
| | Independent | Eddie Todd | 5,344 | 8.3% | | | | ​​ |
| | Yorkshire | Chris Whitwood | 3,235 | 5.0% | | | | ​​ |
| | TUSC | Steve Williams | 1,531 | 2.4% | | | | ​​ |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 64,080 | | | | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

## Ward results
### Adwick-Le-Street and Carcroft

Adwick-Le-Street and Carcroft (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David Hughes | 1,574 | 54.4 | +9.7 |
| | Labour | John Mounsey | 1,553 | 53.6 | +6.1 |
| | Labour | Rachel Hodson | 1,361 | 47.0 | +11.6 |
| | Yorkshire | Charles Bridges | 678 | 23.4 | New |
| | UKIP | Frank Calladine | 655 | 22.6 | −6.4 |
| | Conservative | Terry Taylor | 472 | 16.3 | +4.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 25.2% | |

### Armthorpe

Armthorpe (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Tony Corden | 1,479 | 51.4 | +4.6 |
| | Labour | Chris McGuinness | 1,336 | 46.4 | +3.3 |
| | Labour | Sue McGuinness | 1,314 | 45.6 | +4.4 |
| | UKIP | Nigel Berry | 1,045 | 36.3 | −1.9 |
| | Conservative | Margaret Beard | 787 | 27.3 | +6.2 |
| | UKIP | Kevin Michael Abell | 767 | 26.6 | New |
| | Green | Mark Gray | 328 | 11.4 | +1.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 26.6% | |

### Balby South

Balby South (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Nuala Mary Fennelly | 1,007 | 48.8 | +12.1 |
| | Labour | John Patrick Joseph Healy | 792 | 38.4 | −9.8 |
| | Conservative | John Thomas Papworth | 678 | 32.8 | +9.4 |
| | UKIP | James Anthony Cotterill | 530 | 25.7 | −10.1 |
| | Green | Ash Ingram | 208 | 10.1 | +2.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 28.1% | |

### Bentley

Bentley (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Charlie Hogarth | 1,665 | 50.8 | +6.5 |
| | Labour | Bill Mordue | 1,618 | 49.4 | +2.4 |
| | Labour | Jane Nightingale | 1,511 | 46.1 | +2.9 |
| | UKIP | Louise Margaret Emery | 832 | 25.4 | −6.6 |
| | Conservative | Brian Woodhouse | 803 | 24.5 | +6.3 |
| | Green | Amy Louise Baker | 398 | 12.1 | +1.2 |
| | Green | Tony Nicholson | 300 | 9.2 | New |
| | Green | Dawn Longley | 267 | 8.2 | New |
| | TUSC | Jordan James Lucas | 169 | 5.2 | New |
| | TUSC | Steven Flint | 167 | 5.1 | −1.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,730 | 26.0% | |

### Bessacarr

Bessacarr (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Nick Allen | 1,448 | 36.9 | +10.8 |
| | Labour | Neil Gethin | 1,217 | 31.0 | +2.6 |
| | Labour | Majid Khan | 1,172 | 29.8 | +3.1 |
| | Labour | Diane Jones | 1,161 | 29.6 | +4.6 |
| | Conservative | Carol Greenhalgh | 1,097 | 27.9 | New |
| | Independent | Monty Cuthbert | 1,044 | 26.6 | +7.7 |
| | Conservative | Leon Sean French | 1,040 | 26.5 | +6.1 |
| | Independent | Paul Coddington | 838 | 21.3 | −3.5 |
| | UKIP | Paul Alexander Carr Pickering | 542 | 13.8 | −7.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roger Leonard Long | 386 | 9.8 | −3.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Matthew Thomas Hague | 295 | 7.5 | −4.9 |
| | Green | James Michael Chatterley | 212 | 5.4 | −3.4 |
| | Green | Veronica Jane Maxwell | 156 | 4.0 | New |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,608 | 34.4% | |

### Conisbrough

Conisbrough (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Nigel Ball | 1,685 | 55.5 | +0.3 |
| | Labour | Ian Pearson | 1,545 | 50.9 | +5.7 |
| | Labour | Lani-Mae Ball | 1,523 | 50.2 | +12.7 |
| | UKIP | William Brooke Shaw | 750 | 24.7 | +2.3 |
| | Yorkshire | Stevie Manion | 716 | 23.6 | New |
| | Conservative | Rachel French | 676 | 22.3 | +10.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,895 | 25.3% | |

### Edenthorpe & Kirk Sandall

Edenthorpe & Kirk Sandall (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David Andrew Nevett | 1,156 | 43.6 | +3.3 |
| | Labour | Andrea Robinson | 1,039 | 39.2 | +2.6 |
| | UKIP | Paul Bissett | 713 | 26.9 | −7.2 |
| | Conservative | Cliff Hampson | 698 | 26.3 | +6.2 |
| | Conservative | Karen Hampson | 660 | 24.9 | +13.3 |
| | UKIP | Harry Palmer | 544 | 20.5 | −8.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,810 | 33.7% | |

### Edlington & Warmsworth

Edlington & Warmsworth (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Tina Reid | 1,292 | 56.2 | +8.3 |
| | Labour | Phil Cole | 1,168 | 50.8 | −1.0 |
| | Conservative | Liz Jones | 679 | 29.5 | +13.1 |
| | UKIP | Robert Noel Middleton | 534 | 23.2 | −5.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,673 | 27.4% | |

### Finningley

Finningley (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jane Margaret Cox | 2,579 | 61.3 | +25.6 |
| | Conservative | Stephen Leslie Cox | 2,385 | 56.7 | +24.0 |
| | Conservative | Allan Jones | 2,351 | 55.9 | +22.5 |
| | Labour | Tony Bryan | 1,185 | 28.2 | +0.6 |
| | Labour | Sandra Mary Holland | 1,173 | 27.9 | +0.9 |
| | Labour | Phil Docherty | 1,042 | 24.8 | +4.2 |
| | TUSC | Owen Harris-Evans | 315 | 7.5 | +4.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,030 | 33.0% | |

### Hatfield

Hatfield (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Linda Mary Curran | 1,297 | 37.7 | −3.2 |
| | Labour | Duncan Charles Anderson | 1,195 | 34.7 | −1.5 |
| | Labour | Derek William Smith | 1,097 | 31.9 | +2.8 |
| | UKIP | Mick Glynn | 1,053 | 30.6 | −5.4 |
| | Conservative | James Vincent Hart | 878 | 25.5 | +4.1 |
| | Independent | Jessie Jamieson Credland | 864 | 25.1 | −11.0 |
| | UKIP | Keith Jacques | 688 | 20.0 | −16.1 |
| | Independent | Bill Morrison | 631 | 18.3 | New |
| | UKIP | Deborah Cotterill | 518 | 15.0 | −11.5 |
| | Independent | Anne Frances Rutherford | 392 | 11.4 | −15.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,613 | 29.9% | |

### Hexthorpe & Balby North

Hexthorpe & Balby North (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Glyn Allen Jones | 1,141 | 59.5 | +5.9 |
| | Labour | Sue Wilkinson | 873 | 45.5 | −0.3 |
| | UKIP | John David Cotterill | 532 | 27.7 | −11.3 |
| | Conservative | Ann Nadin Martin | 433 | 22.6 | New |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,979 | 24.9% | |

### Mexborough

Mexborough (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Mexborough First | Andy Pickering | 2,320 | 72.0 | +24.6 |
| | Mexborough First | Sean Michael Gibbons | 2,252 | 69.9 | +22.6 |
| | Mexborough First | Bev Chapman | 2,083 | 64.7 | +26.6 |
| | Labour | Sue Phillips | 722 | 22.4 | −6.4 |
| | Labour | Tracey Joan Leyland-Jepson | 682 | 21.2 | −5.4 |
| | Labour | Rob Reid | 397 | 12.3 | −9.2 |
| | Conservative | Barbara Fletcher | 163 | 5.1 | New |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,619 | 27.6% | |

### Norton & Askern

Norton & Askern (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Iris Beech | 1,651 | 46.6 | +7.3 |
| | Labour | Austen William White | 1,586 | 44.8 | +7.4 |
| | Labour | John Anthony Gilliver | 1,470 | 41.5 | +0.7 |
| | Conservative | Carolyn Taylor | 1,088 | 30.7 | +2.3 |
| | Yorkshire | Jacob Barker | 785 | 22.2 | New |
| | Independent | Frank Jackson | 763 | 21.5 | New |
| | UKIP | Charles Roger Morris | 742 | 20.9 | −12.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,085 | 31.8% | |

### Roman Ridge

Roman Ridge (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Pat Haith | 1,376 | 53.9 | +13.7 |
| | Labour | Kevin Terence Rodgers | 1,205 | 47.2 | +7.0 |
| | Conservative | Doreen Woodhouse | 814 | 31.9 | +13.8 |
| | Green | Christine Florence Platt | 387 | 15.2 | +9.4 |
| | Green | Stephen Platt | 382 | 15.0 | +5.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,164 | 30.2% | |

### Rossington & Bawtry

Rossington & Bawtry (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Rachael Blake | 1,823 | 48.7 | +12.7 |
| | Independent | John Nolan Cooke | 1,645 | 43.9 | +13.6 |
| | Labour | Mick Cooper | 1,497 | 40.0 | +16.4 |
| | Labour | Kevin Robert Fennelly | 1,368 | 36.5 | +14.7 |
| | Conservative | Ross Lawrence David Atkinson | 1,039 | 27.8 | +4.5 |
| | UKIP | Clive Graham Stone | 937 | 25.0 | −0.6 |
| | TUSC | Luke Michael Jones | 159 | 4.2 | New |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,468 | 28.6% | |

### Sprotbrough

Sprotbrough (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Cynthia Anne Ransome | 1,704 | 53.7 | +15.3 |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Blundell Wood | 1,376 | 43.4 | +7.4 |
| | Labour | David Holland | 1,141 | 36.0 | +4.6 |
| | Labour | Craig Bernard Sahman | 772 | 24.3 | −2.9 |
| | Green | Fiona Dorothy Patricia Cahill | 510 | 16.1 | +4.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,503 | 35.7% | |

### Stainforth & Barnby Dun

Stainforth & Barnby Dun (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ken Keegan | 1,004 | 50.4 | +6.8 |
| | Labour | George Derx | 728 | 36.5 | +4.2 |
| | Conservative | Christine Yvonne Allen | 710 | 35.6 | +15.1 |
| | UKIP | John Waggitt | 673 | 33.8 | +7.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,115 | 27.8% | |

### Thorne & Moorends

Thorne & Moorends (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Susan Jane Durant | 2,019 | 52.9 | +16.6 |
| | Labour | Mark Stuart Houlbrook | 1,890 | 49.5 | +15.6 |
| | Labour | Joe Blackham | 1,797 | 47.1 | +12.6 |
| | Community Group | Martin Williams | 1,147 | 30.1 | +0.5 |
| | Community Group | Tony Brookes | 982 | 25.7 | +8.7 |
| | Community Group | Lee Dudgeon | 735 | 19.3 | +6.0 |
| | UKIP | Kim Parkinson | 583 | 15.3 | −11.5 |
| | Conservative | Keith Oades | 469 | 12.3 | −2.3 |
| | Independent | Karen Lesley Mundin | 374 | 9.8 | New |
| | TUSC | Mary Jackson | 205 | 5.4 | +2.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,201 | 29.8% | |

### Tickhill & Wadworth

Tickhill & Wadworth (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Nigel John Cannings | 1,349 | 44.6 | +19.2 |
| | Conservative | Martin Damian Greenhalgh | 954 | 31.5 | +1.6 |
| | Conservative | Alan Smith | 821 | 27.1 | −3.5 |
| | Labour | Sue Farmer | 722 | 23.9 | −3.2 |
| | Labour | Bob Johnson | 641 | 21.2 | −3.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Michael Smith | 350 | 11.6 | New |
| | Green | Kay Goddard | 308 | 10.2 | New |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,145 | 35.6% | |

### Town

Town (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John McHale | 1,818 | 49.8 | +6.6 |
| | Labour | Nikki McDonald | 1,667 | 45.6 | +2.8 |
| | Labour | Dave Shaw | 1,603 | 43.9 | +1.8 |
| | Yorkshire | Chris Whitwood | 1,195 | 32.7 | New |
| | Conservative | Guy Aston | 1,003 | 27.4 | +6.2 |
| | Green | Laura Jane Vieira | 637 | 17.4 | +1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 408 | 11.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 29.7 | −22.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Wheatley Hills & Intake

Wheatley Hills & Intake (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Eva Theresa Hughes | 1,899 | 54.6 | +11.5 |
| | Labour | Jane Kidd | 1,767 | 50.8 | +9.1 |
| | Labour | Paul Wray | 1,531 | 44.0 | +4.4 |
| | Conservative | Neil Saran Srivastava | 918 | 26.4 | +9.9 |
| | UKIP | Roy John Penketh | 887 | 25.5 | −4.1 |
| | Yorkshire | Gareth Shanks | 728 | 20.9 | New |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,730 | 27.2% | |