For the town within the metropolitan borough, see Rotherham. For the council which governs this borough, see Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council. For the local government district in East Sussex, see Rother District.
Metropolitan borough in England
Borough of Rotherham
Metropolitan borough
Rotherham Town Hall, Rotherham is the largest settlement and the borough's administrative 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)
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]
^ abUK Census (2021). "2021 Census Area Profile – Rotherham Local Authority (E08000018)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
^"Election Results 2008, Rotherham council". BBC News. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
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