Rotherham, Dinnington Council by election result 2nd February 2017

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Rotherham, Dinnington - Labour gain from UKIP

Party	2017 votes	2017 shares	since 2016 "top"	since 2016 "average"	since 2015	since 2014	since 2012
Labour	670	36.1%	+8.2%	+9.0%	+0.7%	-2.9%	-16.1%
UKIP	303	16.3%	-9.9%	-10.6%	-14.0%	-25.8%	-0.8%
Conservative	238	12.8%	-0.7%	-1.7%	-6.4%	from nowhere	-2.3%
Independent Smith	232	12.5%	-9.4% *	-7.9% *	+3.5%	-6.4%	-3.2%
Independent Hart	180	9.7%	+9.7% *	+9.7% *	from nowhere	from nowhere	from nowhere
Independent Scott	81	4.4%	from nowhere	from nowhere	from nowhere	from nowhere	from nowhere
Green	78	4.2%	-6.3%	-7.0%	-1.9%	from nowhere	from nowhere
Liberal Democrat	75	4.0%	from nowhere	from nowhere	from nowhere	from nowhere	from nowhere
Total votes	1,857		51%	55%	32%	61%	70%

* Independents Smith and Hart were two of the three Independents in 2016 polling 795 (Smith), 657 (Hart) and 620

Swing UKIP to Labour ~ 9% / 9¾% since 2016, ~ 6½% since 2015, ~ 11% since 2014 but Labour to UKIP ~7½% since 2012

Council now 48 Labour, 13 UKIP, 1 Liberal Democrat, 1 Independent

Rotherham MB
Dinnington
UKIP resigned



2016: Lab 1,012/913/827, UKIP 954 (resgn.)/871, Ind 795/657/620, Con 492, Green 380
2015: Lab 2,037, UKIP 1,736, Con 1,106, Ind 515, Green 351
2014: UKIP 1,293 (resgn.), Lab 1,195, Ind 579
2012: Lab 1,384, UKIP 454, Ind 416, Con 400
2011: Lab 1,725, Con 761, Ind 465, UKIP 324
2010: Lab 2,713, Con 1,584, UKIP 1,156

David FOULSTONE (Green Party)
Jean HART (Independent)
Lee HUNTER (UK Independence Party (UKIP))
Christopher MIDDLETON (Conservative Party Candidate)
Steven SCOTT (Independent)
Dave SMITH (Independent)
Stephen THORNLEY (Liberal Democrats)
John VJESTICA (Labour Party)