Submitting... Ros Jones The nearest challenger to Jones, Conservative James Hart received 21,019 votes in total with 28.4 per cent of the vote in the first round of voting. The party were hoping to mirror success seen in the Hartlepool by-election in which the Tories took the parliamentary seat in the Labour stronghold. Despite falling short, The Tories increased their mayoral vote share by around 8,000. Independent candidate Frank Calladine beat the Green Party, Yorkshire Party and Reform UK came to finish in third with 5,166. Speaking after the result, Jones said: “I would like to thank those residents of Doncaster who have voted for me. I am privileged and humbled to lead our beloved borough as the Labour mayor for a third term.