Photo: Richard Croft · CC BY-SA 2.0Reform UK holds a majority on Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council
Bentley is run by Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council. Reform UK has a majority on Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council. Its MP is Ed Miliband (Labour), member for Doncaster North.
£2,125
Band D, a year, the middle band every council sets its tax from.
Where it goes →How Bentley’s politics has changed since 2021
A majority on Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council
Reform UK holds a majority on Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council: 38 of its 55 seats as elected (it held 0 before the May 2025 election). Labour holds 11, the Conservatives 6. Who’s in charge ↓
The 2025 vote
Across Bentley’s wards, Reform UK took 46.8%, Labour took 38.4% and the Greens took 6.8% of votes in May 2025. In 2021, Reform UK had 0%. How Bentley has voted ↓
Council tax
A Band D bill in Bentley is £2,125 for 2026–27; Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council keeps 82% of it. The council area’s Band D has risen 51% in ten years, against England’s 56%. Council money ↓
Written from the data on this page: Democracy Club results since May 2021, the UK Parliament Members API and MHCLG council tax.
Who holds the seats
Seats by party as elected. A party needs 28 of Doncaster’s 55 seats to run the council alone.
- Reform UK38+38
- Labour11−29
- Conservative6−5
- Edlington and Warmsworth First0−1
- Mexborough First0−3
Change against the council before the 1 May 2025 election.
Seats are counted from election results: each ward’s most recent winners until its seats are filled. Councillors who have since changed party or resigned aren’t reflected, and which parties lead the council, and who is leader, comes from the council itself.
Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), elections since May 2021; seats per ward from its EveryElection.
The councils that run Bentley
One council runs every main service here.
Every main council service: schools, social care, roads, bins, planning, housing and libraries.
Led by an elected mayor: Ros Jones (Labour), elected May 2025
Website ↗Transport, skills and regeneration across several council areas.
Who to ask
From GOV.UK’s “Understand how your council works”: here one council runs every main service.
All of Bentley is unparished: there is no parish or town council, so the council runs local matters itself and no parish precept is added to the bill.
Councils from ONS lookups (wards and councils May 2026, parishes 2025), names and websites from GOV.UK’s local council finder; parish councils from MHCLG’s 2026–27 list of precepting parishes.
From the council to Westminster
Every elected tier that speaks for Bentley, from the most recent elections.
- 1Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council1 ward · 3 councillorsIsaiah-John ReasbeckSamuel George BoothRebecca Emily BoothJames Vernon Church
- 2Mayor of DoncasterDoncaster Metropolitan Borough Council · elected May 2025Ros Jones
- 3Police and crime commissionerSouth Yorkshire Police · elected May 2021Alan Billings
- 4House of CommonsDoncaster North
Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. Tap an MP’s name for their contact page on parliament.uk.
3 councillors for 1 ward
Wards with at least 2% of the town’s residents, or half their own inside it. Each shows who won its most recent elections, newest first, until its seats are filled.
- Isaiah-John ReasbeckReform UK · August 2025 · by-election
- Samuel George BoothReform UK · May 2025
- Rebecca Emily BoothReform UK · May 2025
- James Vernon ChurchLabour · May 2025
Show as a table
| Ward | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bentleymostly in Bentley · 12,044 residents3 seats · August 2025, May 2025 | 3 | Isaiah-John Reasbeckby-electionSamuel George BoothRebecca Emily BoothJames Vernon Church | August 2025, May 2025 |
Councillors can resign, change party or sit as independents between elections; a by-election winner replaces someone not named here. Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council’s website lists who sits now.
Results from Democracy Club’s candidates database (CC BY 4.0; elections since May 2021) and ward seats from its EveryElection, matched to ONS wards (May 2026) and county divisions (May 2025).
Labour led each vote to 2021; Reform UK led in 2025
Share of all votes cast for candidates in Bentley’s wards at each scheduled council election since 2021. A gap is a year with no election here.
Seats won at each election
Show as a table
| Party | 2021 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Green | 10.3% | 6.8% |
| Labour | 56.2% | 38.4% |
| Conservative | 30.5% | 4.6% |
| Reform UK | 0% | 46.8% |
In 2025, Reform UK won 2 and Labour won 1 of the 3 seats up in Bentley’s wards.
Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0). Where a ward elects several councillors at once, each voter has that many votes; all of them count here.
City of Doncaster council election, May 2025
Results in the wards that make up Bentley, as declared. Percentages are of votes cast for candidates in each ward; where a ward elects several councillors, each voter has that many votes.
1 ward voted. Every seat in the town’s wards was up.
No election is scheduled yet for Bentley’s wards in Democracy Club’s list. Councils publish a notice of election about five weeks before polling day.
Who can I vote for? ↗9,372 votes for candidates · 3 seats, so 3 votes each
Candidates and results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), from councils’ declared results; polling dates from Democracy Club’s EveryElection.
Bentley is in Doncaster North constituency
The constituency’s MP and the 4 July 2024 general election, the whole constituency’s result (it reaches beyond Bentley).
31,002 votes for candidates · majority 9,126
Labour, MP since 5 May 2005.
turnout in July 2024: 31,002 votes from 69,759 registered voters. England: 60%.
Majority 9,126 of 31,002 votes (29.4%): wider than in 84% of England’s 543 constituencies.
MPs and results: UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0); constituencies from ONS (2024 boundaries). Percentages are of valid votes; turnout is votes cast over the electorate.
Bentley’s Band D council tax is £2,125 a year
Where a Band D bill goes, what it has cost over the years, and what the councils plan to spend per resident.
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council keeps £1,749.86 of a Band D bill (82%); the rest goes to the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority and the South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority.
Band D since 1993
Doncaster’s Band D bill has risen 51% in ten years, from £1,436.44 in 2016–17, against England’s average (56%). It was £587.25 in 1993–94.
Your bill by band
A Band D home in the unparished part of Doncaster, 2026–27, before discounts. The Valuation Office Agency’s band search gives any home’s band.
South Yorkshire’s councils
Average Band D in each council area, 2026–27, parish precepts included. Bars start at £2,000.
Council budgets per resident, 2026–27
Show as a table, with South Yorkshire
| Doncaster | Bentley’s councils | South Yorkshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adult social care | £506 | £528 | £487 |
| Children’s social care | £341 | £333 | £290 |
| Roads and transport | £35 | £67 | £41 |
| Housing (not council homes’ rents) | £33 | £45 | £61 |
| Bins, street cleaning, environment | £123 | £120 | £119 |
| Libraries, leisure, culture | £52 | £51 | £44 |
| Planning and development | £31 | £37 | £26 |
| Public health | £120 | £94 | £78 |
| Running the council | £43 | £47 | £59 |
| Other | £8 | £2 | £19 |
| Total, schools apart | £1,293 | £1,323 | £1,234 |
Net budgeted service spending, MHCLG Revenue Account budget 2026–27, per resident (ONS mid-2025 estimates). Schools are left out: academies are paid for directly by government, so council school budgets depend on how many schools have converted. South Yorkshire and England: all their councils together. Police, fire and transport authorities aren’t included.
Band D: MHCLG Band D council tax 2026–27 (each authority’s own figure, excluding parish precepts) and Council Tax statistics for town and parish councils 2026–27; since 1993–94, MHCLG’s area averages including parishes.
Having a say in how Bentley is run
It takes about five minutes online; the deadline is 12 working days before a poll.
gov.uk ↗Type a postcode to write to each of its councillors and its MP.
WriteToThem ↗GOV.UK sends the report to the council that looks after the road.
gov.uk ↗Council and committee meetings are open to the public, with agendas and minutes online.
doncaster.gov.uk ↗Anyone can comment while an application is open for consultation.
doncaster.gov.uk ↗The rules, nomination papers and guidance for council candidates.
Electoral Commission ↗Questions about how Bentley is run
Does Bentley have a town council?
No. Bentley is unparished, so there is no town or parish council and no parish precept.
Who is the MP for Bentley?
Ed Miliband (Labour) is the MP for Doncaster North, which covers Bentley.
How many councillors does Bentley have?
3 ward councillors represent Bentley’s 1 ward.
When are the next elections in Bentley?
No election is scheduled yet in Democracy Club’s list for Bentley’s wards. The next UK general election must be held by August 2029.
How much is council tax in Bentley?
Band D council tax in Bentley is £2,125 for 2026–27. Your bill depends on your home’s band, from A (6/9 of Band D) to H (18/9).
Who controls Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council?
Reform UK has a majority: 38 of 55 seats as elected. The council’s website lists who leads it now.
Who won the 2025 council election in Bentley?
In Bentley’s wards on 1 May 2025, Reform UK 2 · Labour 1 of the 3 seats up. Reform UK had the largest share of votes, 46.8%.
Sources: ONS ward, county division, parish, constituency lookups (Census 2021 output areas; Open Government Licence v3.0) · GOV.UK local council finder · Democracy Club candidates (CC BY 4.0) and EveryElection · UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0) · MHCLG Band D council tax, parish precepts and Revenue Account budgets 2026–27 (OGL v3.0) · ONS mid-2025 population estimates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.
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