2025 City of Doncaster Council election

2025 City of Doncaster Council election
← 2021
1 May 2025
All 55 seats to City of Doncaster Council
28 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
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Party Reform Labour Conservative
Last election 0 seats, 0.3% 40 seats, 40.2% 11 seats, 31.3%
Seats before 0 41 11
Seats won 37 12 6
Seat change Increase 37 Decrease 29 Decrease 5
Popular vote 28,245 23,109 12,191
Percentage 36.2% 29.6% 15.6%
Swing Increase 35.9 pp Decrease 10.6 pp Decrease 15.7 pp

The 2025 City of Doncaster Council election took place on 1 May 2025 to elect all 55 members of City of Doncaster Council in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England,[1] alongside other nationwide local elections.

Reform UK gained control of the council from Labour.[2] At the separate mayoral election held on the same day, the incumbent Labour Mayor of Doncaster, Ros Jones, narrowly retained the mayoralty.[3]

Background

At the 2025 election, Reform UK won a majority of seats.

Council composition

After 2021 election Before 2025 election[4]
Party Seats Party Seats
Labour 40 Labour 41
Conservative 11 Conservative 11
Mexborough First 3 Mexborough First 2
Edlington and Warmsworth First 1 Edlington and Warmsworth First 1

Changes:

  • February 2022: Daniel Barwell (Labour) resigns – by-election held 31 March 2022[5]
  • 31 March 2022: Yetunde Elebuibon (Labour) wins by-election[6]
  • October 2023: Barry Johnson (Labour) resigns – by-election held 16 November 2023[7]
  • 16 November 2023: Ken Guest (Labour) wins by-election[8]
  • 8 December 2023: Mexborough First councillor Bev Chapman changes allegiance to the Labour Party.[9]
  • 15 May 2024: Jake Kearsley (Labour) resigns – by-election held 4 July 2024[10]
  • 4 July 2024: Rob Dennis (Labour) wins by-election[11]

Summary

Election result

2025 City of Doncaster Council election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Reform 55 37 37 0 +37 67.3 36.2 28,245 +35.9
  Labour 55 12 0 -28 -28 21.8 29.6 23,109 -10.6
  Conservative 38 6 0 -5 -5 10.9 15.6 12,191 -15.7
  Green 24 0 0 0 0 0 8.9 6,961 -4.1
  Liberal Democrats 14 0 0 0 0 0 3.4 2,640 +1.1
  Independents 15 0 0 -4 -4 0 3.4 2,629 -2.9
  TUSC 11 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 1,275 +0.9
  Mexborough First 3 0 0 -3 -3 0 1.1 877 -1.4
  British Democrats 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 111 +0.1

Results by ward

Incumbent councillors are denoted by an asterisk.

Adwick-Le-Street and Carcroft

Adwick-Le-Street & Carcroft ward (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Maria Hollingworth 1,588 49.3 N/A
Reform Nicola Brown 1,450 45.0 N/A
Reform Steven Plater 1,435 44.5 N/A
Labour Sarah Smith (inc) 966 30.0 −24.3
Labour Debbie Hutchinson (inc) 921 28.6 −25.3
Labour Tommy Shaw 866 26.9 −24.1
Green Julie Winter 327 10.1 −1.1
Conservative Chris Allen 291 9.0 −12.7
Liberal Democrats Midori Wilkinson 158 4.9 N/A
Independent Ashley Mulligan 105 3.3 N/A
Turnout 3,224 26.5 +3.98
Registered electors 12,157
Reform gain from Labour Swing
Reform gain from Labour Swing
Reform gain from Labour Swing

Armthorpe

Armthorpe ward (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Christopher Marriott 1,567 45.6 N/A
Labour Tim Needham (inc) 1,329 38.7 −4.4
Reform Nick Pritchard 1,190 34.6 N/A
Reform Phil Smith 1,072 31.2 N/A
Labour Emma North 1,004 29.2 −16.9
Labour Anya Duckitt 998 29.1 −13.9
Conservative Craig Armstrong 520 15.1 −21.1
Conservative Wendy Easton-McLellan 418 12.2 −18.8
Green James Kaya 392 11.4 −6.5
Liberal Democrats Sara Booth-Card 233 6.8 N/A
Turnout 3,435 31.5 +5.49
Registered electors 10,899
Reform gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing
Reform gain from Labour Swing

Balby South

Balby South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Ioan-Emanuel Craciun 950 43.2 N/A
Labour Sue Farmer 745 33.9 −13.2
Reform James Hart 736 33.5 N/A
Labour Aimee Dickson 638 29.0 −13.6
Conservative Thomas Jennions 344 15.6 −20.8
Green Lynette Chipp 201 9.1 −2.9
Independent Shannon Gaines 83 3.8 N/A
Independent Rob Reid 81 3.7 N/A
Turnout 2,200 31.4 +4.77
Registered electors 7,013
Reform gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing

Bentley

Bentley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Samuel Booth 1,595 44.1 N/A
Reform Rebecca Booth 1,554 43.0 N/A
Labour James Church (inc) 1,328 36.7 −12.5
Reform Steve Wharton 1,238 34.2 N/A
Labour Jane Nightingale (inc) 1,137 31.4 −11.2
Labour Matt Jones 1,131 31.3 −13.4
Conservative Sandra Bluff 435 12.0 −13.0
Green James Breen 359 9.9 −5.4
Green Frank Cooper 280 7.7 −2.1
Liberal Democrats Giulia Savini 188 5.2 N/A
TUSC Steven Flint 127 3.5 −3.6
Turnout 3,617 28.3 +5.27
Registered electors 12,801
Reform gain from Labour Swing
Reform gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing

Bessacarr

Bessacarr
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nick Allen (inc) 1,412 32.1 −11.5
Reform David Carroll 1,405 31.9 N/A
Reform Chris Kidger 1,282 29.1 N/A
Labour Lee Mulholland 1,214 27.6 −10.6
Reform Aaran Strong 1,173 26.7 N/A
Labour Sue Knowles 1,108 25.2 −8.1
Conservative Laura Bluff (inc) 1,091 24.8 −14.2
Labour Andrew Bosmans 1,029 23.4 −5.5
Conservative Carol Greenhalgh 889 20.2 −14.5
Liberal Democrats Andrew Brooke 505 11.5 +5.2
Green Richard Mallinder 448 10.2 −11.2
TUSC Stacy Johnson 97 2.2 N/A
Turnout 4,400 38.7 +3.26
Registered electors 11,378
Conservative hold Swing
Reform gain from Conservative Swing
Reform gain from Labour Swing

Conisbrough

Conisbrough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform William Shaw 1,577 43.3 N/A
Reform Jason Charity 1,544 42.4 N/A
Reform Rachel Reed 1,453 39.9 N/A
Labour Lani-Mae Ball (inc) 1,379 37.9 −31.4
Labour Nigel Ball (inc) 1,353 37.2 −31.3
Labour Dawn Lawrence 1,088 29.9 −20.9
Conservative Terry Taylor 291 8.0 −11.9
Green Danny Fielding 237 6.5 −1.8
Liberal Democrats Dave Lee 169 4.6 N/A
TUSC Steven Merriman 156 4.3 −3.9
British Democrats Frank Calladine 111 3.1 N/A
Turnout 3,638 30.5 +5.27
Registered electors 11,942
Reform gain from Labour Swing
Reform gain from Labour Swing
Reform gain from Labour Swing

Edenthorpe & Kirk Sandall

Edenthorpe & Kirk Sandall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Alexander Jones 1,239 43.2 N/A
Labour David Nevett (inc) 992 34.6 −8.8
Labour Andrea Robinson (inc) 946 33.0 −9.8
Reform Ismail Newton 808 28.2 N/A
Conservative Patrick Musami 335 11.7 22.4
Independent Paul Bissett 328 11.4 N/A
Green Frank Sheridan 243 8.5 −5.8
TUSC Greg Beaumont 69 2.4 N/A
Turnout 2,869 36.5 +4.84
Registered electors 7,865
Reform gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing

Edlington & Warmsworth

Edlington & Warmsworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Joan Briggs 1,013 37.6 N/A
Reform Stephen Barnett 986 36.6 N/A
Labour Phil Cole 901 33.5 −7.8
Labour Sam Siddall 877 32.6 +2.2
Conservative Richard Jones 274 10.2 −13.8
Independent Chris Mitchell 234 8.7 N/A
Independent Craig Bowker 195 7.2 N/A
Green Gillian Nixon 136 5.1 −0.5
Liberal Democrats Joseph Reid 127 4.7 N/A
Turnout 2,693 30.2 +2.45
Registered electors 8,903
Reform gain from Labour Swing
Reform gain from Edlington and Warmsworth First Swing

Finningley

Finningley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jane Cox (inc) 1,896 33.8 −12.5
Conservative Steve Cox (inc) 1,894 33.7 −9.8
Conservative Symeon Waller 1,720 30.6 −21.4
Reform Owen Wheatley 1,579 28.1 N/A
Reform Stephane Leclerc 1,555 27.7 N/A
Reform Surjit Singh Duhre 1,347 24.0 N/A
Labour Katie Smith 1,206 21.5 −5.3
Labour Robert Grice 1,173 20.9 ±0.0
Labour Anthony Rawlings 1,109 19.8 +1.8
Green Leanne Gilbride 449 8.0 −8.5
Liberal Democrats Roger Long 394 7.0 −0.4
Liberal Democrats Mihai Melenciuc 228 4.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Henry Nchendze 195 3.5 N/A
TUSC Heather Nicholls 133 2.4 N/A
Turnout 5,612 40.0 +5.73
Registered electors 14,036
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Hatfield

Hatfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Mark Broadhurst 1,733 43.2 +22.6
Reform Nick Smith 1,433 35.8 N/A
Reform Dan Dawson 1,427 35.6 N/A
Labour Glynis Smith (inc) 1,187 29.6 −3.2
Labour Fiona Anderson 1,050 26.2 −9.8
Labour Jude Knight 959 23.9 −9.2
Conservative James Aitken 823 20.5 −11.5
Conservative Ethan Bluff 669 16.7 −6.7
Conservative Hakan Hyusein 439 11.0 −8.3
Independent James Hart 431 10.8 N/A
Green Brian Webster 252 6.3 −0.2
Liberal Democrats Linda Cotton 238 5.9 N/A
Turnout 4,007 32.7 +3.83
Registered electors 12,239
Reform gain from Labour Swing
Reform gain from Labour Swing
Reform gain from Labour Swing

Hexthorpe & Balby North

Hexthorpe & Balby North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Glyn Jones (inc) 813 38.3 −15.3
Reform Russ Linley 775 36.5 N/A
Reform Isaiah-John Reasbeck 685 32.3 N/A
Labour Sophie Liu (inc) 584 27.5 −2.6
Conservative Clive Jones 278 13.1 −15.2
Green Angela Curtis 222 10.5 −5.1
Liberal Democrats Dean Southall 168 7.9 N/A
Turnout 2,121 26.1 +4.05
Registered electors 8,122
Labour hold Swing
Reform gain from Labour Swing

Mexborough

Mexborough (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Anthony Dodds 1,138 38.5 N/A
Reform Brendan Megaw 1,001 33.9 N/A
Reform John Reed 938 31.8 N/A
Mexborough First Sean Gibbons* 877 29.7 −30.5
Mexborough First John Beal 795 26.9 −32.1
Mexborough First Tina Needham 770 26.1 −31.8
Labour Bev Chapman 768 26.0 −2.7
Labour Martin Booth 537 18.2 +2.9
Labour John Avery 486 16.5 +1.5
Green Keagan Barnes 130 4.4 +0.4
Conservative Neil Srivastava 80 2.7 −4.4
Turnout 2,953 26.5 +2.61
Registered electors 11,182
Reform gain from Mexborough First Swing
Reform gain from Mexborough First Swing
Reform gain from Mexborough First Swing

Norton & Askern

Norton & Askern (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Frank Jackson 1,968 49.8 N/A
Reform Gerald Squire 1,842 46.6 N/A
Reform Vicky Lawson 1,758 44.5 N/A
Labour Iris Beech* 1,036 26.2 −14.4
Labour Austen White* 913 23.1 −18.4
TUSC Andy Hiles 891 22.5 N/A
Labour Janet Silcock 831 21.0 −4.3
Conservative Steven Ratcliffe 617 15.6 −24.7
Conservative John Russo 462 11.7 −13.1
Green Vanessa Myatt 379 9.6 −7.1
Liberal Democrats Adrian McLeay 378 9.6 N/A
Turnout 3,952 34.3 +3
Registered electors 11,554
Reform gain from Labour Swing
Reform gain from Labour Swing
Reform gain from Conservative Swing

Roman Ridge

Roman Ridge (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Howard Rimmer 1,278 42.8 +34.5
Reform Craig Ward 941 31.5 N/A
Labour Julie Grace* 888 29.8 −6.3
Labour Leanne Hempshall* 874 29.2 −13.2
Green Tony Nicholson 619 20.7 +0.4
Green Paul Garrett 464 15.5 −4.1
Conservative Ann Martin 217 7.3 −18.7
Conservative Ben Smith 202 6.8 −8.4
Turnout 2,984 35.6 +6.43
Registered electors 8,439
Reform gain from Labour Swing
Reform gain from Labour Swing

Rossington & Bawtry

Rossington & Bawtry (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bob Anderson* 2,173 45.8 +0.2
Labour Ken Guest 1,921 40.5 −10.3
Labour Lee Sammut 1,406 29.6 −6.3
Reform Gerrard Farmer 1,313 27.7 N/A
Reform Ellis Mohoney 1,251 26.4 N/A
Reform Clive Stone 1,097 23.1 +8.5
Conservative David Bluff 685 14.4 −7.9
Independent Mick Taylor 592 12.5 N/A
Conservative Teresa Glynn 549 11.6 −10.7
Conservative Reuben Glynn 538 11.3 −3.0
Independent John Cooke 504 10.6 −18.5
Green Margaret Garrett 313 6.6 −1.9
Liberal Democrats Joshua Brignall-Morley 187 3.9 N/A
Independent Anne Wilkinson 49 1.0 N/A
Turnout 4,747 34.2 +5.25
Registered electors 13,941
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Sprotbrough

Sprotbrough (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Oliver Bloor 1,175 34.4 N/A
Conservative Cynthia Ransome* 990 29.0 −17.8
Reform Simon Wellings 980 28.7 N/A
Conservative Glenn Bluff* 926 27.1 −7.5
Labour Michael MacDonald 797 23.3 −7.7
Labour Kevin Rodgers 680 19.9 −0.1
Green Fiona Cahill 314 9.2 −7.8
Green Olivia Alder 301 8.8 −13.0
Turnout 3,415 39.6 +2.85
Registered electors 8,662
Reform gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Stainforth & Barnby Dun

Stainforth & Barnby Dun (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Karl Hughes 1,014 47.1 N/A
Reform Neil Wood 850 39.4 N/A
Labour Keith Allsopp 532 24.7 −7.6
Labour Dan Cosgrove 412 19.1 −4.0
Conservative Christine Lunney 295 13.7 −15.7
Conservative Gary Stapleton* 285 13.2 −18.3
Independent Andy Flynn 221 10.3 N/A
Green Amy Mack 171 7.9 +0.4
Turnout 2,155 30.6 +1.89
Registered electors 7,107
Reform gain from Labour Swing
Reform gain from Conservative Swing

Thorne & Moorends

Thorne & Moorends (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Dave Knight 1,692 45.3 N/A
Reform Kieran Lay 1,528 40.9 N/A
Reform Glyn Whiting 1,439 38.5 N/A
Labour Susan Durant* 1,407 37.7 −12.0
Labour Mark Houlbrook* 1,329 35.6 −10.6
Labour Joe Blackham* 1,120 30.0 −7.3
Conservative Michael Kirkbride 399 10.7 −18.5
Conservative Charlotte Smith 352 9.4 −10.9
Conservative Andrew Smith 347 9.3 −10.3
Green Diar Davey-Rogerson 253 6.8 −9.4
TUSC Adam Holgate 127 3.4 N/A
Turnout 3,737 29.1 +4.21
Registered electors 12,919
Reform gain from Labour Swing
Reform gain from Labour Swing
Reform gain from Labour Swing

Tickhill & Wadworth

Tickhill & Wadworth (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Jackie Dudley 1,163 32.7 N/A
Conservative Martin Greenhalgh* 1,114 31.3 −11.2
Conservative David Dixon 1,111 31.2 −33.7
Reform Simon Menzies 1,032 29.0 N/A
Labour Louis Jackson 825 23.2 +3.0
Labour Laura Vieira 801 22.5 −1.1
Green Sarah Henton 363 10.2 +2.1
Turnout 3,562 38.4 +2.8
Registered electors 9,314
Reform gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Town

Town (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gemma Cobby* 1,567 39.9 −10.3
Labour Majid Khan* 1,468 37.4 −3.2
Labour Rob Dennis 1,433 36.5 −1.6
Reform Steffan Eyre 999 25.4 N/A
Reform Ryan Malee 962 24.5 N/A
Reform Macauley Gibb 948 24.1 N/A
Green Julie Buckley 719 18.3 −2.3
Conservative Dene Flannigan 454 11.6 −10.6
Conservative Helen Simcock 418 10.6 −11.9
Liberal Democrats Neil Snowdon 273 7.0 −13.6
TUSC Tosh McDonald 204 5.2 N/A
TUSC Nikki McDonald 199 5.1 N/A
Independent Richie Vallance 103 2.6 N/A
TUSC Maldwyn Perkins 98 2.5 N/A
Independent Richard Young 89 2.3 N/A
Turnout 3,927 28.7 +2.84
Registered electors 13,719
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Wheatley Hills & Intake

Wheatley Hills & Intake (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Guy Aston 1,546 39.6 N/A
Labour Co-op Jane Kidd* 1,370 35.1 −8.4
Reform Paul Cutts 1,335 34.2 N/A
Reform Simon Bonnett 1,330 34.1 N/A
Labour Co-op Yetunde Elebuibon 1,171 30.0 −13.8
Labour Co-op Emma Muddiman-Rawlins* 1,165 29.8 −8.9
Independent Daniel Barwell* 444 11.4 −32.4
Conservative Jan Woning 441 11.3 −16.7
Green Martin Boyd 434 11.1 −0.2
Independent Tim Brown 383 9.8 N/A
Independent Miriam Clarke 101 2.6 N/A
Turnout 3,905 29.6 +3.64
Registered electors 13,304
Reform gain from Labour Co-op Swing
Labour Co-op hold Swing
Reform gain from Labour Co-op Swing

Opinion polls

Seat projections

Date(s)
conducted 		Pollster Client Sample
size 		Area Lab Con Ref Others
1 – 10 Mar 2025 Electoral Calculus[12] Daily Telegraph 5,421 GB 13 5 32 5
6 May 2021 2021 local elections – – 40 11 0 4

By-elections

Bentley

Bentley by-election: 21 August 2025
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Isaiah-John Reasbeck 1,062 43.8 Increase4.2
Labour Matthew Jones 912 37.6 Increase4.7
Independent Jane Nightingale 169 7.0 Increase7.0
Conservative Christine Lunney 121 5.0 Decrease5.8
Green Vanessa Aradia 79 3.3 Decrease5.6
Liberal Democrats Giulia Savini 39 1.6 Decrease3.1
TUSC Andy Hiles 29 1.2 Decrease1.9
Workers Party Ahsan Jamil 15 0.6 Increase0.6
Majority 150 6.2 N/A
Turnout 2,432 19.1 Decrease9.2
Registered electors 12,758
Reform hold Swing Decrease0.3

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Doncaster election result - Local Elections 2025". BBC News. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  3. ^ Burke, Darren (2 May 2025). "Labour's Ros Jones wins fourth term as mayor of Doncaster by narrow margin". Doncaster Free Press. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  4. ^ "Your Councillors". City of Doncaster Council. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  5. ^ "Daniel Barwell: Ex-councillor wanted in US writes apology in jail". BBC News. 27 April 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
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  12. ^ "MRP Local Election Poll March 2025".
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