An unusual aspect of Rother Valley is its above average levels of owner occupation, 70%, and its correspondingly low level of council-rented homes - a statistical glitch for a constituency supposedly crippled by the disappearance of its primary industry. The seat has pulled through the hard times with a series of regeneration and reclamation projects, as well as re-inventing itself as a dormitory for managerial and skilled manual workers who commute into bordering Rotherham.