Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham

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.

Geography
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.

Ethnicity
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. The Borough's religious makeup was 51.6% Christian, 42% No Religion, 5.3% Muslim, and has small Hindu and Sikh communities.

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