Bassetlaw local elections
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One third of Bassetlaw District Council in Nottinghamshire, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election.
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[edit] 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 |
[edit] Council elections
Bassetlaw Council election, 2002 (whole council elected after boundary changes reduced the number of seats by 2)[2]
Bassetlaw Council election, 2003
Bassetlaw Council election, 2004
Bassetlaw Council election, 2006
Bassetlaw Council election, 2007
Bassetlaw Council election, 2008
Bassetlaw Council election, 2010
Bassetlaw Council election, 2011
[edit] By-election results
| 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 | |||
| 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[5] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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[6] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
[edit] References
- ^ "Bassetlaw". BBC News Online. 2008-04-19. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/elections/local_council/08/html/37uc.stm. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
- ^ "Bassetlaw". BBC News Online. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2002/local_elections/9.stm. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
- ^ Worksop North East By-election result, Bassetlaw District Council
- ^ Harworth By-election results, Bassetlaw District Council
- ^ By-election results, Bassetlaw District Council
- ^ "Lib Dem vote slumps in home counties". London: guardian.co.uk. 2003-09-19. http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2003/sep/19/byelections.uk3. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
