Election Results - 4th May 2006

1 seat for each of the 21 wards.

Overall turnout figure - 32.42%

Compared with 42.07% in the last council elections in 2004 which was an all postal election.

Anston and Woodsetts Ward
Candidate	Party	No. of Votes	Majority
Josephine Burton	Labour	1300	198
Keith Hunter	Conservative	1102
Steven Scutt	Liberal Democrat	684
Boston Castle Ward
Candidate	Party	No. of Votes	Majority
Irene Furnell	Independent	1006
Christian Kramer	Conservative	648
Rose McNeely	Labour	1020	14
Patricia Shaw	Liberal Democrat	621
Brinsworth and Catcliffe Ward
Candidate	Party	No. of Votes	Majority
Stanley Burgess	Liberal Democrat	823
Raymond Philips	Conservative	488
Fred Wright	Labour	1542	719
Dinnington Ward
Candidate	Party	No. of Votes	Majority
David Davies	Labour	1238	411
George Hardwick	Liberal Democrat	555
Nigel Lee	Conservative	827
Hellaby Ward
Candidate	Party	No. of Votes	Majority
Lynda Binnie	Conservative	1229	348
Timothy Bowmar	Labour	881
Donald Ross	Liberal Democrat	575
John Wilkinson	UK Independence Party	576
Holderness Ward
Candidate	Party	No. of Votes	Majority
Roger Beaverstock	Liberal Democrat	970
Paul Martin	Christian Peoples Alliance	533
Gerald Smith	Labour	1327	357
Hoober Ward
Candidate	Party	No. of Votes	Majority
Christopher-John Dannatt	British National Party	641
Jon Fleming-Smith	Conservative	523
Ann Jones	Liberal Democrat	425
Richard Russell	Labour	1208	567
Keppel Ward
Candidate	Party	No. of Votes	Majority
Ian Barron	Labour	1110	174
Marlene Guest	British National Party	936
Annette Kelly	Liberal Democrat	882
Christopher Middleton	Conservative	450
Maltby Ward
Candidate	Party	No. of Votes	Majority
Eric Broadhead	Liberal Democrat	558
Amy Rushforth	Labour	1124	106
Keith Stringer	Independent	1018
Rawmarsh Ward
Candidate	Party	No. of Votes	Majority
Paul Shaw	Liberal Democrat	643
David Tiptaft	Conservative	524
Shaun Wright	Labour	1399	756
Rother Vale Ward
Candidate	Party	No. of Votes	Majority
Georgina Boyes	Labour	1078	324
Vera Brockbank	Independent	754
Gisela Bryden	Liberal Democrat	518
Rotherham East Ward
Candidate	Party	No. of Votes	Majority
Shaukat Ali	Labour	1329	584
Mohd Ilyas	Liberal Democrat	745
Rotherham West Ward
Candidate	Party	No. of Votes	Majority
Jahangir Akhtar	Labour	1205	68
Lee Ridsdale	Liberal Democrat	634
Cav Vines	Independent	1137
Silverwood Ward
Candidate	Party	No. of Votes	Majority
James Gelder	Conservative	698
Patricia Russell	Labour	1212	372
Eric Shaw	Liberal Democrat	840
Sitwell Ward
Candidate	Party	No. of Votes	Majority
Alan Bryden	Liberal Democrat	1154
John Foden	Labour	914
Anthony Mannion	Conservative	1714	560
Swinton Ward
Candidate	Party	No. of Votes	Majority
Neil License	Labour	1547	885
Martyn Parker	Liberal Democrat	662
Brian Taylor	Conservative	554
Valley Ward
Candidate	Party	No. of Votes	Majority
Lucie Brittain	Conservative	583
Dave Pickering	Labour	1235	652
Kath Reeder	Independent	375
Paul Turner	Liberal Democrat	499
Wales Ward
Candidate	Party	No. of Votes	Majority
Bernard Baber	Liberal Democrat	555
Gavin Sharp	Conservative	1045
Jennifer Whysall	Labour	1168	123
Wath Ward
Candidate	Party	No. of Votes	Majority
Alan Atkin	Labour	1498	887
Daniel Gallacher	Liberal Democrat	562
Jennifer Tiptaft	Conservative	611
Wickersley Ward
Candidate	Party	No. of Votes	Majority
Beryl Billington	Labour	1227	55
Gabrielle Colley	Conservative	1172
Peter Ward	Liberal Democrat	773
Wingfield Ward
Candidate	Party	No. of Votes	Majority
John Beaumont	Liberal Democrat	440
Keith Goulty	Labour	1200	755
Harry Gresser		333
Basil Hammond	Conservative	315
David Newey	Independent	445