The 2017 Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom. The election of the Mayor of Doncaster also took place on the same day. All 55 councillors were elected from 21 wards which returned either two or three councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office.
The election resulted in the Labour Party retaining control of the Council, with an increased majority after gaining two seats from UKIP.
Results summary
Council composition Following the last election in 2015, the composition of the council was: + ↓ 41 8 3 2 1 Labour Conservative MF U I
After the election, the composition of the council was: 43 7 3 2 Labour Conservative MF I
MF - Mexborough First I - Independent U - UKIP
Mayoral election
Ward results
Adwick-Le-Street and Carcroft
Armthorpe
Balby South
Bentley
Bessacarr
Conisbrough
Edenthorpe & Kirk Sandall
Edlington & Warmsworth
Finningley
Hatfield
Hexthorpe & Balby North
Mexborough
Norton & Askern
Roman Ridge
Rossington & Bawtry
Sprotbrough
Stainforth & Barnby Dun
Thorne & Moorends
Tickhill & Wadworth
Town
Wheatley Hills & Intake
Changes 2017–2021 June 2019: Independent councillor Nigel Cannings joined the Conservative Group. October 2019: Labour councillor Tina Reid resigned from the Labour Group and joined the Mexborough First Group. By May 2021, Tina Reid was standing as an Independent candidate, after having joined the Mexborough First Group in 2019; the date and circumstances of the later change are not established. August 2020: Labour councillor George Derx joined the Yorkshire Party. March 2021: Conservative councillor Jonathan Wood joined the Green Party. By the 2021 election, Ken Keegan was no longer listed with a party description, although he had been listed as a Labour councillor in 2020; the precise date and nature of this change have not been established.
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