Sovereign state United Kingdom Founded 1974 Area rank 142nd | Constituent country England Area 286.5 km² | |
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Colleges and Universities Rotherham College of Arts and Technology Points of interest Clifton Park Museum, All Saints Church - Rotherham, Wentworth Woodhouse, Rother Valley Country P, South Yorkshire Transport Destinations Rotherham, Rother Valley Co, Killamarsh, Wentworth, Maltby | ||
The Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham is a metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. It is named after its largest town, Rotherham, but also spans the outlying towns of Maltby, Rawmarsh, Swinton, Wath-upon-Dearne, and also Dinnington and Laughton as well as a suburban and rural element composed of hills, escarpments and broad valleys.
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Map of Rotherham District, UK
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, AughtonBramley, Brampton, Brinsworth, Brecks, BroomCanklow, Catcliffe, CliftonDinningtonEast Dene, East HerringthorpeFirbeck, FlanderwellGildingwells, GreasbroughHarthill, Hellaby, HerringthorpeKimberworth, Kimberworth Park, Kiveton ParkLaughton-en-le-Morthen, LetwellMaltby, Manvers, Masbrough, MorthenParkgateRavenfield, Rawmarsh, RyecroftSwallownest, Swinton, SunnysideTempleborough, Thorpe Hesley, Thorpe Salvin, Thrybergh, Thurcroft, Todwick, TreetonUlleyWales, Wath-upon-Dearne, Waverley, Wentworth, West Melton, Whiston, Wickersley, Woodsetts, WellgateCouncil elections
The Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham was founded in 1974, and Labour have been in control of the council since the first election.