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Rotherham

Every general election and by-election in Rotherham since 1918. Latest: Sarah Champion, Labour, majority 5,490.

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Member of Parliament

Sarah Champion

Labour · elected 4 July 2024 · majority 5,490

2024 general election

CandidatePartyVotesShareShare bar
Sarah Champion Elected sitting MPLabour16,67145.1%
John CronlyReform UK11,18130.3%
Adam CarterLiberal Democrats2,8247.7%
Tony MabbotGreen2,6327.1%
Taukir IqbalWorkers Party of Britain1,7144.6%
David AtkinsonThe Yorkshire Party1,3633.7%
Ishtiaq AhmadIndependent5471.5%
Valid votes36,932
Majority5,49014.9%

Lab hold Turnout 48.6% of 75,929 electors. Full result →

0%25%50%75%100%19181924193519511964F197419831997201020192024Labour, 1918: 38.1%Labour, 1922: 49.0%Labour, 1923: 53.9%Labour, 1924: 54.6%Labour, 1929: 60.4%Labour, 1931: 49.2%Labour, 1935: 67.5%Labour, 1945: 74.2%Labour, 1950: 64.5%Labour, 1951: 65.6%Labour, 1955: 63.3%Labour, 1959: 62.8%Labour, 1964: 66.5%Labour, 1966: 69.7%Labour, 1970: 66.4%Labour, February 1974: 60.0%Labour, October 1974: 64.6%Labour, 1979: 60.6%Labour, 1983: 54.3%Labour, 1987: 59.7%Labour, 1992: 64.0%Labour, 1997: 71.3%Labour, 2001: 63.9%Labour, 2005: 52.8%Labour, 2010: 44.6%Labour, 2015: 52.5%Labour, 2017: 56.4%Labour, 2019: 41.3%Labour, 2024: 45.1%Conservative, 1918: 44.8%Conservative, 1922: 51.0%Conservative, 1923: 46.1%Conservative, 1924: 45.5%Conservative, 1929: 22.7%Conservative, 1931: 50.8%Conservative, 1950: 30.5%Conservative, 1951: 34.4%Conservative, 1955: 36.7%Conservative, 1959: 37.2%Conservative, 1964: 33.5%Conservative, 1966: 30.3%Conservative, 1970: 33.6%Conservative, February 1974: 22.9%Conservative, October 1974: 22.1%Conservative, 1979: 29.9%Conservative, 1983: 25.7%Conservative, 1987: 22.1%Conservative, 1992: 23.8%Conservative, 1997: 14.3%Conservative, 2001: 19.4%Conservative, 2005: 16.6%Conservative, 2010: 16.7%Conservative, 2015: 12.3%Conservative, 2017: 26.4%Conservative, 2019: 32.6%Liberal Democrats, 1992: 12.3%Liberal Democrats, 1997: 10.4%Liberal Democrats, 2001: 10.6%Liberal Democrats, 2005: 17.2%Liberal Democrats, 2010: 16.0%Liberal Democrats, 2015: 2.9%Liberal Democrats, 2017: 4.6%Liberal Democrats, 2019: 5.9%Liberal Democrats, 2024: 7.7%Liberal, 1918: 14.9%Liberal, 1929: 16.9%Liberal, 1950: 5.1%Liberal, February 1974: 17.1%Liberal, October 1974: 13.4%Liberal, 1979: 8.4%National Liberal, 1935: 32.5%National Liberal, 1945: 25.8%UK Independence Party, 2010: 5.9%UK Independence Party, 2015: 30.2%UK Independence Party, 2017: 8.7%SDP–Liberal Alliance, 1983: 20.0%SDP–Liberal Alliance, 1987: 18.2%
Vote share in Rotherham at each general election Lab Con LD Lib Nat Lib UKIP Alliance

Boundary changes in 2024

Where the voters of today’s Rotherham lived under the old (2010–2019) boundaries:

Where the voters of the old Rotherham (2010–2019 boundaries) live now:

Shares of population, from the House of Commons Library’s boundary analysis in the UK Parliament election results data.

Every result

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ElectionWinnerRunner-upMajority%TurnoutResult
2024Lab Sarah ChampionRef5,49014.948.6%Lab hold
2019Lab Sarah ChampionCon3,1218.857.8%Lab hold
2017Lab Sarah ChampionCon11,38730.060.0%Lab hold
2015Lab Sarah ChampionUKIP8,44622.359.4%Lab hold
By-election Nov 2012Lab Sarah ChampionUKIP5,31824.833.8%Lab hold
2010Lab Denis MacshaneCon10,46227.959.0%Lab hold
2005LabLD10,68135.654.9%
2001LabCon13,07744.650.7%Lab hold
1997LabCon21,46957.063.1%
1992LabCon17,56140.271.7%Lab hold
1987LabCon16,01237.669.2%Lab hold
1983LabCon11,70928.666.1%
1979LabCon13,43530.672.1%Lab hold
October 1974LabCon17,03442.565.5%Lab hold
February 1974LabCon16,73437.174.3%
1970LabCon12,47632.862.9%Lab hold
1966LabCon15,47739.468.7%Lab hold
1964LabCon13,67833.071.6%Lab hold
1959LabCon11,53925.678.9%Lab hold
1955LabCon11,54126.777.4%
1951LabCon14,80731.284.2%Lab hold
1950LabCon16,46734.087.3%
1945LabNat Lib23,23448.376.4%
1935LabNat Lib15,42735.076.7%Lab gain from Con
1931ConLab7621.682.6%Con gain from Lab
1929LabCon16,83637.881.4%Lab hold
1924LabCon3,1489.181.8%Lab hold
1923LabCon2,4487.875.3%Lab gain from Con
1922ConLab6441.981.6%Con hold
1918ConLab1,7166.763.2%

Constituency boundaries were redrawn several times (most recently in 1983, 1997, 2005 (Scotland), 2010 and 2024), so the area behind the name changed over time. Before 2010 results are by party; candidate names start in 2010.

Questions and answers

Who is the MP for Rotherham?

Sarah Champion (Labour) won Rotherham at the 2024 general election with a majority of 5,490.

Which parties have won Rotherham?

At the 29 general elections held under this name since 1918: Labour 26, Conservative 3.

Which region is Rotherham in?

Rotherham is in Yorkshire and the Humber.

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