Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham

Borough of Rotherham
Metropolitan borough
From left to right Top: The Town Hall and Spire of the Minster in Rotherham Upper: Rotherham townscape and Dinnington town skyline Lower: Wath upon Dearne town centre and St Margaret Church in Swinton Bottom: Countryside looking towards South Anston and Rawmarsh village centre
Coat of arms of the Borough Council
Nickname:  The Heart of SY
Motto:  Where everyone matters
Rotherham shown within South Yorkshire
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:	Alexander Stafford (Con), John Healey (Lab), Sarah Champion (Lab)
Area
• Total	111 sq mi (287 km2)
• Rank	122nd
Population  (2022)
• Total	268,354
• Rank	Ranked 64th
• Density	2,400/sq mi (940/km2)
Ethnicity (2021) [1]
• Ethnic groups	List 91% White 5.3% Asian 1.4% Mixed 1.1% Black 1.1% other
Religion (2021) [1]
• Religion	List 49% Christianity 39.8% no religion 5.2% not stated 5.1% Islam 0.4% other 0.3% Hinduism 0.2% % Buddhism 0.2% Sikhism 0.1% Judaism
Time zone	UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
ISO 3166-2	GB-ROT
ONS code	00CF (ONS) E08000018 (GSS)
Website	rotherham.gov.uk

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.^[2]

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.

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.^[8] The Borough's religious makeup was 51.6% Christian, 42% No Religion, 5.3% Muslim, and has small Hindu and Sikh communities.^[9]

The Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham was founded in 1974, and Labour have been in control of the council since the first election.

• Listed buildings in Rotherham

• Rotherham - The Unofficial Website

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