# Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham

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".
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.

## 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

| Ethnic Group | Year | Year | Year | Year | Year | Year | Year | Year |
| Ethnic Group | 1991 census | 1991 census | 2001 census | 2001 census | 2011 census | 2011 census | 2021 census | 2021 census |
| Ethnic Group | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % |
| White: Total | 246,637 | 98% | 240,463 | 96.9% | 240,758 | 93.6% | 241,954 | 91% |
| White: British | - | - | 238,095 | 95.9% | 236,438 | 91.9% | 234,613 | 88.3% |
| White: Irish | 1,256 | 0.49% | 1,063 | | 776 | | 655 | |
| White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller | - | - | | | 126 | | 227 | |
| White: Roma | | | | | | | 699 | |
| White: Other | - | - | 1,305 | | 3,418 | | 5,760 | |
| Asian or Asian British: Total | 4,131 | 1.64% | 5,833 | 2.4% | 10,551 | 4.1% | 14,176 | 5.3% |
| Asian or Asian British: Indian | 489 | | 497 | | 961 | | 1,312 | |
| Asian or Asian British: Pakistani | 3,244 | 1.28% | 4,704 | | 7,609 | | 10,001 | 3.8% |
| Asian or Asian British: Bangladeshi | 32 | | 26 | | 109 | | 123 | |
| Asian or Asian British: Chinese | 218 | | 303 | | 592 | | 756 | |
| Asian or Asian British: Other Asian | 148 | | 303 | | 1,280 | | 1,984 | |
| Black or Black British: Total | 394 | 0.15% | 400 | | 2,112 | 0.8% | 3,016 | 1.1% |
| Black or Black British: Caribbean | 144 | | 180 | | 283 | | 336 | |
| Black or Black British: African | 85 | | 180 | | 1,672 | | 2,260 | |
| Black or Black British: Other Black | 165 | | 40 | | 157 | | 420 | |
| Mixed: Total | - | - | 1,210 | | 2,551 | | 3,854 | |
| Mixed: White and Black Caribbean | - | - | 352 | | 787 | | 1,183 | |
| Mixed: White and Black African | - | - | 104 | | 301 | | 583 | |
| Mixed: White and Asian | - | - | 488 | | 865 | | 1,300 | |
| Mixed: Other Mixed | - | - | 266 | | 598 | | 788 | |
| Other: Total | 475 | 0.18% | 269 | | 1,308 | | 2,806 | |
| Other: Arab | - | - | | | 581 | | 778 | |
| Other: Any other ethnic group | 475 | | | | 727 | | 2,028 | |
| Total | 251,637 | 100% | 248,175 | 100% | 257,280 | 100% | 265,806 | 100% |
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. The Borough's religious makeup was 51.6% Christian, 42% No Religion, 5.3% Muslim, and has small Hindu and Sikh communities.

## Council elections

The Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham was founded in 1974, and Labour have been in control of the council since the first election.
| Year | Labour | UKIP | Conservative | Others | BNP |
| 2016 election | 48 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 election | 50 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012 election | 58 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2011 election | 54 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 election | 50 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 |
| 2008 election | 50 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 election | 54 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 |

## Arms

Coat of arms of Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham :
* NotesGranted 19 December 1977.
* CrestOn a wreath of colours a demi-horse Sable resting its dexter hoof upon a cogwheel Proper.
* EscutcheonVert 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.
* SupportersOn the dexter a buck and on the sinister a griffin Or each charged upon the neck with a bar wavy Sable.
* MottoBy Industry And Honour
* BadgeLozenge enclosed by horseshoe inverted Sable winged Or.