Bassetlaw (UK Parliament constituency)

Bassetlaw
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Bassetlaw in Nottinghamshire for the 2010 general election.
Location of Nottinghamshire within England.
County	Nottinghamshire
Population	103,808 (2011 census)^[1]
Electorate	78,306 (December 2010)^[2]
Major settlements	Worksop and Retford
Current constituency
Created	1885
Member of parliament	John Mann (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	North Nottinghamshire
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	East Midlands

Bassetlaw /ˈbæsᵻtˌlɔː/ is a constituency^{[n 1]} in Nottinghamshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2001 by John Mann of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

Boundaries

The Bassetlaw constituency covers the north of Nottinghamshire, including the towns of Worksop and Retford. It shares the name of the Bassetlaw district.

The constituency includes 22 electoral wards from Bassetlaw District Council:

Beckingham, Blyth, Carlton, Clayworth, East Retford East, East Retford North, East Retford South, East Retford West, Everton, Harworth, Langold, Misterton, Ranskill, Sturton, Sutton, Welbeck, Worksop East, Worksop North, Worksop North East, Worksop North West, Worksop South, Worksop South East.

Latest boundary changes

Following their review of parliamentary boundaries in Nottinghamshire, the Boundary Commission for England made changes to the constituency for the 2010 general election to allow for population changes, most noticeably by moving the small town of Market Warsop into Mansfield constituency.

History

The constituency was created in 1885 by the Redistribution of Seats Act.

History of boundaries

The Bassetlaw Division (named after one of the ancient Wapentakes of the county) as originally created in 1885 consisted of the municipal borough of East Retford, the petty sessional divisions of Retford and Worksop and part of Mansfield petty sessional division.

In 1918, the number of parliamentary divisions in Nottinghamshire was increased from four to five, with resulting changes in boundaries. Bassetlaw Division was now defined as containing the Municipal Borough of East Retford, the Urban Districts of Warsop and Worksop, and the Rural Districts of Blyth & Cuckney, Misterton and East Retford, with the civil parish of Sookholme from Skegby Rural District.

In 1950, the five Parliamentary Divisions of Nottinghamshire were reorganised as six County Constituencies. Local government boundary changes in the 1930s now meant that Bassetlaw County Constituency was defined as comprising the Municipal Boroughs of East Retford and Worksop, the Urban District of Warsop and the Rural Districts of East Retford and Worksop.

The constituency's boundaries then remained unchanged until 1983. In that year, the town of East Retford and the neighbouring areas were transferred to the redrawn Newark constituency. Bassetlaw constituency then comprised Worksop and surrounding areas in the Bassetlaw district as well as the town of Warsop in the Mansfield district (see list of wards during this period below). There were no boundary changes in 1997.

From 1983 to 2010, the constituency comprised the following Bassetlaw district wards:

Beckingham, Blyth, Carlton, Clayworth, Everton, Harworth East, Harworth West, Hodsock, Misterton, Rampton, Ranskill, Sturton, Sutton, Welbeck, Worksop East, Worksop North, Worksop North East, Worksop North West, Worksop South, Worksop South East

along with two Mansfield district wards:

Birklands, Meden (both in the Warsop area). These wards were transferred to Mansfield constituency in 2010.

Bassetlaw constituency boundary from 1885 to 1918, shown within the county of Nottinghamshire
Constituency boundary from 1950 to 1983, shown within the county of Nottinghamshire
Constituency boundary from 1983 to 2010, shown within the county of Nottinghamshire
Constituency boundary since 2010, shown within the county of Nottinghamshire

Electoral history

A graph showing the election results for Bassetlaw

Bassetlaw is a safe seat for the Labour Party, with their candidates having held it since 1935. In fact, Labour first won the seat in the 1929 general election. However, its Member of Parliament Malcolm MacDonald was one of the few Labour MPs to join his father Ramsay MacDonald's National Government. MacDonald held the seat as a National Labour candidate in the 1931 election, but was defeated at the next election in 1935 by Labour's Frederick Bellenger.

Bellenger held the seat until he died in 1968. At the subsequent by-election, the seat was retained for the Labour Party by Joe Ashton, who remained the constituency's MP until his retirement at the 2001 general election. The current MP, since 2001, is John Mann.

Members of Parliament

	Member^[3]	Party
1885	William Beckett-Denison	Conservative
1890	Frederick Milner	Conservative
1906	Frank Newnes	Liberal
1910	Ellis Hume-Williams	Conservative
1929	Malcolm MacDonald	Labour
1931	Malcolm MacDonald	National Labour
1935	Fred Bellenger	Labour
1968	Joe Ashton	Labour
2001	John Mann	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Bassetlaw^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Mann^[5]	23,965	48.6	-1.8
	Conservative	Sarah Downes	15,122	30.7	-3.2
	UKIP	Dave Scott^[6]	7,865	16.0	+12.4
	Liberal Democrat	Leon Duveen^[7]	1,331	2.7	-8.5
	Green	Kristopher Wragg^[8]	1,006	2.0	+2
Majority			8,843	17.9	+1.3
Turnout			49,289	63.6	-1.2
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 2010: Bassetlaw^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Mann	25,018	50.5	-2.5
	Conservative	Keith Girling	16,803	33.9	-1.2
	Liberal Democrat	David Dobbie	5,570	11.2	-0.7
	UKIP	Andrea Hamilton	1,779	3.6	+3.6
	Independent	Graham Whitehurst	407	0.8	+0.8
Majority			8,215	16.6	-10.3
Turnout			49,577	64.8	+4.0
	Labour hold		Swing	0.7

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Bassetlaw^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Mann	22,847	56.6	+1.3
	Conservative	Jonathan Sheppard	12,010	29.8	-0.4
	Liberal Democrat	David Dobbie	5,485	13.6	+0.9
Majority			10,837	26.9	+1.8
Turnout			40,342	58.1	+1.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.9

General Election 2001: Bassetlaw^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Mann	21,506	55.3	-5.7
	Conservative	Alison Holley	11,758	30.2	+5.3
	Liberal Democrat	Neil Taylor	4,942	12.7	+2.5
	Socialist Labour	Kevin Meloy	689	1.8	N/A
Majority			9,748	25.1	-11.3
Turnout			38,895	56.8	-13.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Bassetlaw^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph William Ashton	29,298	61.1	+7.7
	Conservative	Martyn Cleasby	11,838	24.7	−10.3
	Liberal Democrat	Mike Kerringan	4,950	10.3	−1.3
	Referendum	Roy Graham	1,838	3.8	N/A
Majority			17,460	36.4	+18.0
Turnout			47,924	70.4	−8.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+9.0

General Election 1992: Bassetlaw^[13]^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph William Ashton	29,061	53.4	+5.3
	Conservative	Caroline Spelman	19,064	35.0	−2.5
	Liberal Democrat	Mike J. Reynolds	6,340	11.6	−2.8
Majority			9,997	18.4	+7.7
Turnout			54,465	79.4	+1.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.9

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Bassetlaw^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph William Ashton	25,385	48.10
	Conservative	DRJ Selves	19,772	37.47
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	WG Smith	7,616	14.43
Majority			5,613	10.64
Turnout			52,773	77.56
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Bassetlaw^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph William Ashton	22,231	45.60
	Conservative	M Cleasby	18,400	37.74
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	B Withnall	8,124	16.66
Majority			3,831	7.86
Turnout			48,755	74.18
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Bassetlaw
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph William Ashton	29,426	50.23
	Conservative	DK Harris	22,247	37.97
	Liberal	A Wilkinson	6,913	11.80
Majority			7,179	12.25
Turnout			58,586	79.42
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Bassetlaw
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph William Ashton	28,663	53.69
	Conservative	DK Harris	16,494	30.90
	Liberal	A Wilkinson	7,821	14.65
	The Christian Party	A Storkey	408	0.76
Majority			12,169	22.79
Turnout			53,386	74.43
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Bassetlaw
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph William Ashton	33,724	59.99
	Conservative	RC Heading	22,490	40.01
Majority			11,234	19.98
Turnout			56,214	79.05
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Bassetlaw
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph William Ashton	28,959	54.87
	Conservative	James Theodore Lester	20,698	39.21
	Liberal	Malcolm Anthony Haydon-Baillie	3,125	5.92
Majority			8,261	15.65
Turnout			52,782	76.44
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

Bassetlaw by-election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph William Ashton	21,394
	Conservative	James Theodore Lester	20,654
	Independent	Thomas Lynch	1,053
Majority			740
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1966: Bassetlaw
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frederick John Bellenger	27,623	61.63
	Conservative	Robert William Martin Orme	17,195	38.37
Majority			10,428	23.27
Turnout				73.29
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Bassetlaw
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frederick John Bellenger	27,612	59.03
	Conservative	Robert William Martin Orme	19,167	40.97
Majority			8,445	18.05
Turnout				77.00
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Bassetlaw
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frederick John Bellenger	27,875	58.03
	Conservative	Maurice John Cowling	20,162	41.97
Majority			7,713	16.06
Turnout				80.19
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Bassetlaw
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frederick John Bellenger	26,873	58.11
	Conservative	Mrs. Kathleen Voilet Maiden	19,375	41.89
Majority			7,498	16.21
Turnout				79.46
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Bassetlaw
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frederick John Bellenger	32,850	60.71
	Conservative	William Arnold Sime	21,257	39.29
Majority			11,593	21.43
Turnout				84.36
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Bassetlaw
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frederick John Bellenger	31,589	57.64
	Conservative	John James Cawdell Irving	17,622	32.16
	Liberal	William GE Dyer	5,590	10.20
Majority			13,967	25.49
Turnout				87.15
	Labour hold		Swing

Election in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Bassetlaw
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frederick John Bellenger	30,382	62.79
	Conservative	Robert Edward Laycock	18,005	37.21
Majority			12,377	25.58
Turnout				76.75
	Labour hold		Swing

Election in the 1930s

General Election 14 November 1935: Basselaw
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frederick John Bellenger	21,903	51.33
	National Labour	Malcolm John Macdonald	20,764	48.67
Majority			1,139	2.67
Turnout				79.87
	Labour gain from National Labour		Swing

General Election 27 October 1931: Bassetlaw
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Labour	Malcolm John Macdonald	27,136	66.64
	Labour	Harold Mostyn Watkins	13,582	33.36
Majority			13,554	33.29
Turnout				79.55
	National Labour gain from Labour		Swing

Election in the 1920s

General Election 30 May 1929: Bassetlaw
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Malcolm John Macdonald	23,681	58.7
	Unionist	Sir Ellis William Hume-Williams	16,670	41.3
Majority			7,011	17.4
Turnout			40,351
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing

General Election 29 October 1924:
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir William Ellis Hume-Williams
	Labour
	Liberal
Majority
Turnout

Arthur Neal

General Election 6 December 1923: Bassetlaw
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Sir William Ellis Hume-Williams	10,419
	Liberal	Arthur Neal	7,247
	Labour	Malcolm John Macdonald	6,973
Majority
Turnout
	Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 15 November 1922: Bassetlaw
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Sir William Ellis Hume-Williams	12,944
	Labour	Henry Joseph Odell	10,502
Majority
Turnout

Election in the 1910s

General Election 14 December 1918: Bassetlaw
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Sir William Ellis Hume-Williams	unopposed	n/a	n/a

endorsed by Coalition Government

Notes and references

Notes

↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

↑ "Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 1)
↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
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↑ https://my.greenparty.org.uk/candidates?display_name=Bassetlaw&display_name_1=&display_name_2=All&relationship_type=All
↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

Sources

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Coordinates: 53°24′N 0°57′W / 53.40°N 0.95°W / 53.40; -0.95

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