Bassetlaw District Council elections

Bassetlaw District Council elections are held every four years. Prior to 2015, elections were generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council being elected each time. Bassetlaw District Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan district of Bassetlaw in Nottinghamshire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2002, 48 councillors have been elected from 25 wards.[1]

Political control

The first election to the council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority before coming into its powers on 1 April 1974. Since 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2][3]

Party in controlYears
Labour1973–1976
No overall control1976–1979
Labour1979–2004
No overall control2004–2006
Conservative2006–2010
No overall control2010–2011
Labour2011–present

Leadership

The leaders of the council have been:[4]

Leader Seat Party From To
Graham Oxby Retford North Labour 1991 5 May 2006
Mike Quigley Retford East Conservative 5 May 2006 6 May 2011
Graham Oxby Retford North Labour 6 May 2011 16 May 2012
Simon Greaves Worksop North East Labour 16 May 2012 22 September 2022
James Naish Sturton Labour 22 September 2022

Council elections
Year Party in control Turnout SEATS VOTE % Notes
Lab Con LD Ind Oth Lab Con LD Ind Oth
1973 Labour 48.1% 29 11 0 11 43.9% 24.4% 0.0% 27.8% 3.8%
1976 No overall control 47.3% 18 24 0 9 31.9% 37.8% 5.9% 17.6% 6.8%
1979 Labour 76.9% 29 17 0 4 46.6% 37.3% 5.5% 8.5% 2.1% New ward boundaries
1980 Labour 43.2% 31 15 0 4 53.7% 30.6% 4.7% 9.4% 1.7%
1982 Labour 40.5% 28 14 1 7 37.1% 34.9% 23.9% 4.0% 0.0%
1983 Labour 45.4% 27 19 1 3 46.0% 37.5% 13.6% 2.9% 0.0%
1984 Labour 46.3% 26 17 0 7 52.3% 36.6% 9.8% 0.9% 0.4%
1986 Labour 43.8% 27 19 0 4 49.2% 33.3% 11.8% 2.2% 3.5%
1987 Labour 48.1% 27 18 0 1 45.8% 33.2% 14.4% 3.7% 2.9%
1988 Labour 42.1% 26 19 0 5 55.8% 35.9% 4.4% 0.6% 3.4%
1990 Labour 50.2% 29 15 1 5 61.6% 27.3% 6.8% 3.4% 0.9%
1991 Labour 42.2% 29 15 1 5 51.4% 27.6% 7.7% 11.7% 1.6%
1992 Labour 36.6% 30 17 1 2 44.9% 43.3% 6.6% 5.2% 0.0%
1994 Labour 39.6% 30 16 2 2 59.1% 23.5% 9.9% 7.6% 0.0%
1995 Labour 35.2% 33 12 2 3 62.1% 25.1% 6.4% 3.4% 3.0%
1996 Labour 29.9% 34 6 3 5 59.1% 22.5% 5.9% 12.4% 0.0%
1998 Labour 25.7% 35 8 3 4 54.1% 35.4% 8.6% 0.0% 2.0%
1999 Labour 26.3% 32 12 3 3 50.3% 34.9% 8.4% 3.6% 2.8%
2000 Labour 25.8% 31 14 3 2 44.6% 41.8% 10.1% 2.5% 1.0%
2002 Labour 29.7% 28 16 3 1 41.1% 40.0% 8.3% 7.6% 3.0% New ward boundaries
2003 Labour 27.3% 25 19 2 2 38.3% 40.1% 6.9% 11.8% 2.9%
2004 No overall control 42.1% 18 24 1 5 42.2% 40.9% 4.5% 12.4% -
2006 Conservative 40.4% 14 28 1 5 46.3% 46.4% - 6.5% 0.8%
2007 Conservative 32.1% 16 27 0 5 45.9% 46.8% 0.7% 6.6% -
2008 Conservative 32.3% 16 30 0 2 39.9% 47.9% - 11.1% 1.2%
2010 Conservative 62.1% 25 20 0 3 55.4% 36.5% 2.1% 5.3% 0.7%
2011 Labour 42.0% 27 18 0 3 62.7% 34.0% 1.2% 2.1% -
2012 Labour 32.2% 34 11 0 3 65.8% 29.1% 1.3% 3.7% -
2014 Labour 32.6% 35 10 0 3 49.8% 19.5% 1.5% 2.9% 26.3%
2015 Labour 63.7% 33 12 0 3 0 41.1% 33.8% 1.4% 4.0% 19.7%
2019 Labour 30.0% 37 5 1 5 0 45.4% 29.0% 4.7% 13.0% 8.0%
2023 Labour 31.5% 38 8 0 2 0 47.1% 35.5% 4.0% 9.5% 3.9%

District result maps
  • 2010 results map
    2010 results map
  • 2011 results map
    2011 results map
  • 2015 results map
    2015 results map
  • 2019 results map
    2019 results map

Changes between elections

By-elections
Worksop South East By-Election 22 March 2018[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Clayton Tindle 1004 77.3 +21.1
Conservative Lewis Antony Stanniland 197 15.2 +15.2
Liberal Democrats Leon Maurice Duveen 98 7.5 +7.5
Turnout 23.28
Conservative hold Swing

[7]

Worksop North East By-Election 10 February 2011
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John William Henry Anderton 1,198 74.04
Conservative Barry Albert Bowles 317 19.59
Independent Geoffrey Ernest Coe 75 4.64
Liberal Democrats Mark Peter Hunter 28 1.73
Turnout 1,618 32.09

[8]

Harworth By-Election 21 October 2010
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gloria June Evans 1,345 82.31
Conservative Tracey Lee Taylor 182 11.14
Independent Richard Vernon Bennett 68 4.16
Liberal Democrats Mark Peter Hunter 39 2.39
Turnout 1,634 27.53
Worksop South By-Election 16 September 2010[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sylvia May 815 51.98 +4.22
Conservative Alec Thorpe 669 42.67 -10.59
Liberal Democrats Leon Maurice Duveen 84 5.36 +5.36
Turnout 1,568 28.5
Sutton By-Election 18 September 2003[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 335 87.5 +58.0
Labour 48 12.5 +12.5
Majority 287 75.0
Turnout 383 24.0
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
East Retford East By-Election
30 July 1998
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mike Quigley 788 54.6 +5.1
Labour Susan Shaw 492 34.1 -5.3
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Dobbie 163 11.3 +0.2
Majority 296 20.5
Turnout 1,443 24.8
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

References
  1. "The District of Bassetlaw (Electoral Changes) Order 2000", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2000/3285, retrieved 20 August 2022
  2. "Compositions calculator". The Elections Centre. 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  3. "Bassetlaw". BBC News Online. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 11 September 2009.
  4. "Council minutes". Bassetlaw District Council. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  5. "Worksop South East By-Election 22nd March 2018 - Bassetlaw District Council". www.bassetlaw.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 24 March 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  6. "Britain Elects on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  7. Worksop North East By-election result Archived 28 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Bassetlaw District Council
  8. Harworth By-election results Archived 16 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Bassetlaw District Council
  9. By-election results Archived 29 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Bassetlaw District Council
  10. "Lib Dem vote slumps in home counties". guardian.co.uk. London. 19 September 2003. Retrieved 11 September 2009.
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