Bassetlaw

Bassetlaw is the northernmost district of Nottinghamshire, England, with an estimated population of 114,143 according to the Mid-2014 estimate^[1] by the Office for National Statistics. The borough is predominantly rural, with two towns: Worksop, site of the borough offices, and Retford. The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the boroughs of Worksop and East Retford and most of Worksop Rural District and most of East Retford Rural District. It is named after the historic Bassetlaw wapentake of Nottinghamshire.

The district council is now a non-constituent partner member of the Sheffield City Region Combined Authority.

Settlements

The two main settlements in Bassetlaw are Worksop and Retford. Smaller settlements include: Askham, Babworth, Beckingham, Bevercotes, Bircotes, Blyth, Bole, Bothamsall, Carburton, Carlton-in-Lindrick, Clarborough, Clayworth, Cotes, Cottam, Cuckney, Darlton, Dunham on Trent, East Drayton, East Markham, Eaton, Elkesley, Everton, Gamston, Gringley-on-the-Hill, Grove, Harwell, Harworth, Hayton, Headon, Langold, Lound, Low Marnham, Markham Moor, Marnham, Mattersey, Milton, Misson, Misterton, Normanton-on-Trent, North Leverton-with-Habblesthorpe, North Wheatley, Oldcotes, Ragnall, Rampton, Ranby, Ranskill, Rhodesia, Rockley, Saundby, Scrooby, Shireoaks, South Leverton, Sutton cum Lound, Sturton le Steeple, Torworth, Treswell, Tuxford, Walkeringham, West Drayton, West Markham, West Stockwith, Woodbeck

Civil parishes

There are 68 parishes in Bassetlaw. The two main settlements of Retford and Worksop are the only areas of the district that are unparished.

Wards

Bassetlaw is split into 25 separate wards for elections.

Beckingham
Blyth
Carlton
Clayworth
East Markham
East Retford East
East Retford North
East Retford South
East Retford West
Everton
Harworth
Langold
Misterton

Rampton
Ranskill
Sturton
Sutton
Tuxford and Trent
Welbeck
Worksop East
Worksop North
Worksop North East
Worksop North West
Worksop South
Worksop South East

Politics

The first elections to the council took place in 1973, with Labour gaining control. The party held power until 1976, with no party in overall control until 1979. Labour gained control again in 1979 and held overall control until 2004. From 2004 to 2006 no party had overall control, But in 2006 the Conservatives gained control of the council. John Mann, of the Labour party, has been MP of Bassetlaw since 2001.

Parliamentary constituency

Main article: Bassetlaw (UK Parliament constituency)

The constituency was created in 1885 by the Redistribution of Seats Act. Bassetlaw is a safe seat for the Labour Party, with them 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.

MPs:

1935 Frederick Bellenger (Labour)
1968 Joe Ashton (Labour)
2001 John Mann (Labour)

Council elections

Main article: Bassetlaw local elections

Bassetlaw District Council was founded in 1973 with Labour first gaining control. From 1976 to 1979, no party had overall control, until the 1979 local elections in which Labour gained control. Labour controlled the council for 25 years, until once again no party had overall control. In 2006, the Conservatives gained control of the council, and held control until 2010 when a series of by-election defeats caused them to lose their majority. In 2011 Labour gained control of the council for the first time in seven years. One third of the council is elected each year, followed by one year without election.

Council political makeup

Year	Labour	Conservative	Independent	Liberal Democrats
2011 election	27	18	3	0
2010 election	20	25	3	0
2008 election	16	30	2	0
2007 election	16	27	5	0
2006 election	14	28	5	1

Demography

Population

Population of Bassetlaw (1811–2011)
Year	Population	Year	Population	Year	Population
1811	25,813	1881	43,735	1951	101,590
1821	30,148	1891	45,203	1961	99,221
1831	32,950	1901	50,796	1971	96,918
1841	34,961	1911	57,084	1981	101,119
1851	37,180	1921	63,854	1991	105,354
1861	39,365	1931	71,427	2001	107,701
				2011	112,863
Pre-1974 statistics were gathered from local government areas that now comprise Bassetlaw. Source: Great Britain Historical GIS.^[2]

Religion

Religion	Percent^[3]
Christian	81.53%
Buddhist	0.09%
Hindu	0.13%
Jewish	0.05%
Muslim	0.33%
Sikh	0.07%
No religion	9.99%

Town twinning

References

Districts of the East Midlands

Derbyshire	Amber Valley Bolsover Chesterfield Derby Derbyshire Dales Erewash High Peak North East Derbyshire South Derbyshire

Leicestershire	Blaby Charnwood Harborough Hinckley and Bosworth Leicester Melton North West Leicestershire Oadby and Wigston

Lincolnshire	Boston East Lindsey Lincoln North Kesteven South Holland South Kesteven West Lindsey

Nottinghamshire	Ashfield Bassetlaw Broxtowe Gedling Mansfield Newark and Sherwood Nottingham Rushcliffe

Northamptonshire	Corby Daventry East Northamptonshire Kettering Northampton South Northamptonshire Wellingborough

Rutland	Rutland

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

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