Bassetlaw District Council elections

One third of Bassetlaw District Council in Nottinghamshire, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election.

Political control

Since the foundation of the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[1]

Party in control	Years
Labour	1973 - 1976
No overall control	1976 - 1979
Labour	1979 - 2004
No overall control	2004 - 2006
Conservative	2006 - 2010
No overall control	2010 - 2011
Labour	2011 - present

Council elections

• Bassetlaw District Council election, 1973
• Bassetlaw District Council election, 1976
• Bassetlaw District Council election, 1979 (New ward boundaries)^[2]
• Bassetlaw District Council election, 1980
• Bassetlaw District Council election, 1982
• Bassetlaw District Council election, 1983
• Bassetlaw District Council election, 1984
• Bassetlaw District Council election, 1986
• Bassetlaw District Council election, 1987
• Bassetlaw District Council election, 1988
• Bassetlaw District Council election, 1990
• Bassetlaw District Council election, 1991 (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[3]
• Bassetlaw District Council election, 1992
• Bassetlaw District Council election, 1994 (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[4][5][6]
• Bassetlaw District Council election, 1995
• Bassetlaw District Council election, 1996
• Bassetlaw District Council election, 1998
• Bassetlaw District Council election, 1999
• Bassetlaw District Council election, 2000
• Bassetlaw District Council election, 2002 (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 2)^[7][8]
• Bassetlaw District Council election, 2003
• Bassetlaw District Council election, 2004
• Bassetlaw District Council election, 2006
• Bassetlaw District Council election, 2007
• Bassetlaw District Council election, 2008
• Bassetlaw District Council election, 2010
• Bassetlaw District Council election, 2011
• Bassetlaw District Council election, 2012
• Bassetlaw District Council election, 2014
• Bassetlaw District Council election, 2015

District result maps

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  2011 results map

By-election results

^[9]

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 Democrat	Mark Peter Hunter	28	1.73
Turnout			1,618	32.09

^[10]

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 Democrat	Mark Peter Hunter	39	2.39
Turnout			1,634	27.53

Worksop South By-Election 16 September 2010[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sylvia May	815	51.98	+4.22
	Conservative	Alec Thorpe	669	42.67	-10.59
	Liberal Democrat	Leon Maurice Duveen	84	5.36	+5.36
Turnout			1,568	28.5

Sutton By-Election 18 September 2003[12]
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 Democrat		Swing

East Retford East By-Election 30 July 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		788	54.6	+5.1
	Labour		492	34.1	-5.3
	Liberal Democrat		163	11.3	+0.2
Majority			296	20.5
Turnout			1,443	24.8
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

References

1. "Bassetlaw". BBC News Online. 2008-04-19. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
2. The District of Bassetlaw (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976
3. legislation.gov.uk - The North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
4. legislation.gov.uk - The Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire (County Boundaries) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
5. legislation.gov.uk - The Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire (County Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
6. legislation.gov.uk - The Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and South Yorkshire (County and District Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
7. "Bassetlaw". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
8. legislation.gov.uk - The District of Bassetlaw (Electoral Changes) Order 2000. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
9. Worksop North East By-election result, Bassetlaw District Council
10. Harworth By-election results, Bassetlaw District Council
11. By-election results, Bassetlaw District Council
12. "Lib Dem vote slumps in home counties". London: guardian.co.uk. 2003-09-19. Retrieved 2009-09-11.

• By-election results

External links

• Bassetlaw District Council