15-600: Toll Bar is a semi-rural hamlet in the City of Doncaster local government area, South Yorkshire , England. It is situated on the A19 road , and approximately 3 miles (5 km) north from the city of Doncaster , and adjacent to Bentley . Toll Bar had a population of 1,226 in the 2011 census. On 25 June 2007 the Ea Beck overflowed and flooded the village. The village school is Toll Bar Primary School. In 2014, about one third of its pupils had
30-472: A Romany or Gypsy background. The school has been rated as good by Ofsted. Toll Bar also has a post office. This South Yorkshire location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . City of Doncaster The City of Doncaster is a metropolitan borough with city status in South Yorkshire , England. It is named after its principal settlement, Doncaster , and includes
45-656: A referendum to keep the position of directly elected mayor. The election took place on 6 May 2021. The fifth mayoral election took place on 4 May 2017. The fourth mayoral election took place on 2 May 2013. The third mayoral election was held on 4 June 2009, the same day as the Elections to the European Parliament . Peter Davies of the English Democrats won. Placing second in terms of first preference votes, Davies beat Michael Maye, an independent with backing from
60-483: Is a directly elected mayor , first elected on 2 May 2002, taking on the executive function of City of Doncaster Council . The incumbent mayor is Ros Jones elected as a member of the Labour Party, who won the election held on 2 May 2013. The position is different from the long-existing and largely ceremonial, annually appointed mayors who are now known as the civic mayor of Doncaster . In May 2012, voters decided in
75-534: The 2011 census , the population of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster is 302,400. With approximately 110,000 inhabitants, the town of Doncaster itself contains around a third of the population of the entire borough. Around half of the borough's population reside within Doncaster's urban area (approximately 160,000). Verified population statistics per Ward from the 2001 census are shown as A referendum
90-518: The Audit Commission initiated a corporate governance inspection of Doncaster Council. This followed the sudden resignation of the Chief executive leading to a conflict between the mayor and council over the appointment of a successor. The Commission felt that this, along with evidence that the council had not been well run for 15 years, was leading to a loss of public confidence. The Commission's report
105-535: The Liberal Democrats and Green Party , after second preference votes were counted. In the elections of 2002 and 2005, Martin Winter won the mayoralty. A referendum was held after being triggered by the councils' ruling Labour group on the retention of the mayor system or reverting to the previous leader and cabinet system. The results of the referendum were in favour of retaining the mayor. An all-postal ballot
120-521: The British National Party". In the May 2013 mayoral election he was defeated by Labour's Ros Jones . The council as a whole has been dominated by the Labour Party traditionally, but in the 2004 local elections , they lost overall control of the council (though they retained more councillors than any other single party). Labour regained overall control at the 2010 local elections . In January 2010,
135-603: The Humber region. The borough was created on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972 , as a merger of the former County Borough of Doncaster , the urban districts of Adwick-le-Street , Bentley with Arksey , Conisbrough , Mexborough , and Tickhill , Doncaster and Thorne rural districts, and the parish of Finningley from East Retford Rural District and small parts of the parish of Harworth from Worksop Rural District from Nottinghamshire . According to
150-663: The above stations can be received within various areas of Doncaster, the only stations actually owned by Doncaster-based companies are Sine FM 102.6 and TMCR 95.3. The borough is also the base of Nova Productions who produce the syndicated TV series Walks Around Britain . The following people and military units have received the Freedom of the Borough of Doncaster. 53°31′21″N 1°07′43″W / 53.52250°N 1.12861°W / 53.52250; -1.12861 Directly elected mayor of Doncaster The Mayor of Doncaster
165-770: The mayor and chief executive held its first quarterly meeting on 10 September 2010. Settlements in the Borough of Doncaster include: In terms of television, the area is served by BBC Yorkshire and ITV Yorkshire broadcasting from the Emley Moor transmitter. Radio stations that can be received in Doncaster are Sine FM 102.6 (serving central districts of around 100,000 households in FM stereo), TMCR 95.3 (which serves Northeast Doncaster and other areas in FM stereo), TX1 Radio (covering Doncaster and Bassetlaw), Capital Yorkshire , Heart Yorkshire , Greatest Hits Radio Yorkshire , Hits Radio South Yorkshire and BBC Radio Sheffield . Although
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#1732869619440180-567: The surrounding suburbs of Doncaster as well as numerous towns and villages. The district has large amounts of countryside ; at 219 square miles (570 km ), it is the largest metropolitan borough in England by area. The largest settlements in the borough are Doncaster itself, followed by the towns of Thorne , Hatfield and Mexborough (the latter of which is part of the Barnsley/Dearne Valley built-up area ), and it additionally covers
195-577: The towns of Conisbrough, Stainforth , Bawtry , Askern , Edlington and Tickhill . Doncaster borders North Yorkshire to the north, the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north-east, North Lincolnshire to the east, Bassetlaw in Nottinghamshire to the south-east, Rotherham to the south-west, Barnsley to the west, and Wakefield , West Yorkshire , to the north-west. It is part of the Yorkshire and
210-603: Was held in 2001, to decide if a directly elected mayor should be appointed. The first mayor , Martin Winter , representing the Labour Party, was elected in 2002 and successfully defended his post in 2005. In 2009 the English Democrat candidate, Peter Davies , won the election for mayor. In January 2013 Davies left the English Democrats citing "a big influx of new members (of the English Democrats) joining from
225-588: Was issued in April 2010. It found that Doncaster was a dysfunctional authority and that there were three factors preventing the council from providing good governance: On the recommendations of the commission, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government , John Denham , used powers to appoint an acting chief executive and an advisory board to oversee the council. A Doncaster Recovery Board, comprising four appointed commissioners and seven other members including
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