2025 City of Doncaster Council election
2025 English local election
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, alongside other nationwide local elections.
Reform UK gained control of the council from Labour. At the separate mayoral election held on the same day, the incumbent Labour Mayor of Doncaster, Ros Jones, narrowly retained the mayoralty.
Background
At the 2025 election, Reform UK won a majority of seats.
Council composition
Changes:
February 2022: Daniel Barwell (Labour) resigns – by-election held 31 March 2022
31 March 2022: Yetunde Elebuibon (Labour) wins by-election
October 2023: Barry Johnson (Labour) resigns – by-election held 16 November 2023
16 November 2023: Ken Guest (Labour) wins by-election
8 December 2023: Mexborough First councillor Bev Chapman changes allegiance to the Labour Party.
15 May 2024: Jake Kearsley (Labour) resigns – by-election held 4 July 2024
4 July 2024: Rob Dennis (Labour) wins by-election
Summary
Election result
Results by ward
Incumbent councillors are denoted by an asterisk.
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