Rotherham By-Election Result 2012:
| Name | Description | Vote | % Vote Share |
| M Beckett | LibDem | 451 | 2.1 |
| C Bristow | EDL | 29 | 0.1 |
| S Champion | Lab | 9966 | 46.5 |
| J Collins | UKIP | 4648 | 21.7 |
| S Copley | Ind | 582 | 2.7 |
| P Dickson | Ind | 51 | 0.2 |
| R Dyson | TUSC | 281 | 1.3 |
| M Guest | BNP | 1804 | 8.4 |
| Y Ridley | Respect | 1778 | 8.3 |
| D Wildgoose | ED | 703 | 3.3 |
| S Wilson | Con | 1157 | 5.4 |
| Total | 21450 | ||
| Majority | 5318 | ||
| Turnout | 34.00% | ||
| Ballot papers issued | 21496 | ||
| Spoilt Papers | 46 | ||
| Electorate | 63420 |
Rotherham Constituency Previous Results 1997-2010:
| Rotherham 1997 | ||
| Description | Votes | Votes% |
| Labour | 26852 | 71.3 |
| Conservatives | 5383 | 14.3 |
| Liberal | 3919 | 10.4 |
| Total Votes | 36154 | |
| Electorate | 59942 | |
| Turnout% | 62.8 | |
| Majority | 21469 |
| Rotherham 2001 | ||
| Description | Votes | Votes% |
| Labour | 18759 | 63.9 |
| Conservatives | 5682 | 19.4 |
| Liberal | 3117 | 10.6 |
| UKIP | 730 | 2.5 |
| Total Votes | 28288 | |
| Electorate | 57931 | |
| Turnout% | 50.7 | |
| Majority | 13077 |
| Rotherham 2005 | |||
| Name | Description | Votes | Vote% |
| Cutts | UKIP | 1122 | 3.7 |
| Gordon | Liberal | 5159 | 17.2 |
| Guest | BNP | 1986 | 6.6 |
| MacShane | Labour | 15840 | 52.8 |
| Penycate | Green | 905 | 3 |
| Rotherham | Conservative | 4966 | 16.6 |
| Total Votes | 29978 | ||
| Electorate | 54370 | ||
| Turnout% | 55.2 | ||
| Majority | 10681 |
| Rotherham 2010 | ||||
| Name | Description | Votes | Vote% | |
| Guest | BNP | 3906 | 10.4 | |
| MacShane | Labour | 16741 | 44.6 | Elected |
| Taylor | Liberal | 5994 | 16 | |
| Thirlwall | Independent | 2366 | 6.3 | |
| Vines | UKIP | 2220 | 5.9 | |
| Whitely | Conservative | 6279 | 16.7 | |
| Total Votes | 37506 | |||
| Electorate | 63563 | |||
| Turnout% | 59.2 | |||
| Majority | 10462 |
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